Dated 5 April 2022 Amendment and Restatement Agreement in respect of the Original Bond Agreement by Renalytix plc with CVI Investments, Inc. as Initial Bondholder White & Case LLP 5 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DW
EXHIBIT 10.11
Dated 5 April 2022
Amendment and Restatement Agreement
in respect of the Original Bond Agreement
by
with
CVI Investments, Inc.
as Initial Bondholder
White & Case LLP
0 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Table of Contents
1. Definitions and Interpretation 2
2. Amendment and Restatement 2
3. Further Assurance 3
4. Notices 3
5. Severability 3
6. Counterparts 3
7. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 3
8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction 3
ANNEX 1 - Form of Amended and Restated Bond Agreement 7
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This Agreement is made on 5 April 2022
Between:
(1) RENALYTIX PLC, a company incorporated as a public limited company under the laws of England (the “Company” or the “Issuer”); and
(2) CVI INVESTMENTS INC., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Initial Bondholder”),
(each a “Party” and together the “Parties”).
Whereas:
(A) The Company and the Initial Bondholder entered into a bond agreement dated 31 March 2022 (the “Original Bond Agreement”).
(B) The Parties are entering into this Agreement in order to amend and restate the Bond Agreement.
It is agreed as follows:
In this Agreement, the term:
“Amended and Restated Bond Agreement” means the Original Bond Agreement as amended and restated by this Agreement in the form set out in Annex 1 (Form of Amended and Restated Bond Agreement).
“Original Bond Agreement” has the meaning given to it in Recital (A).
Terms defined in the Amended and Restated Bond Agreement shall have the same meaning herein, unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires.
The principles of construction set out in clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Amended and Restated Bond Agreement shall have effect as if set out in this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
With effect at and from the date of this Agreement, each of the Parties hereto consents and agrees that the Original Bond Agreement will be amended and restated in its entirety so that it reads and is construed for all purposes as set out in Annex 1 (Form of Amended and Restated Bond Agreement). Save as amended by this Agreement, the provisions of the Original Bond Agreement, the obligations of the parties and all the rights of the Company and the Initial Bondholder thereunder shall continue in full force and effect and this Agreement and the Amended and Restated Bond Agreement shall be read and construed as one instrument.
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Each Party shall promptly, at the request of the other Party (acting reasonably) and at its own expense, do all such acts and things necessary or desirable to give effect to the amendments effected or to be effected pursuant to this Agreement.
The provisions of clause 13 (Notices) of the Original Bond Agreement shall be incorporated into this Agreement as if set out in full in this Agreement and as if references therein to “this Agreement” were references to this Agreement.
If any provision in or obligation under this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, that will not affect or impair (i) the validity, legality or enforceability under the law of that jurisdiction of any other provision in or obligation under this Agreement, and (ii) the validity, legality or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision in or obligation under this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
A Person who is not a Party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this Agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third Party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law. The provisions of clause 21.2 (Jurisdiction) of the Original Bond Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as if the same were repeated in full herein, mutatis mutandis.
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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning.
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Name: Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx |
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Title: CEO |
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CVI INVESTMENTS, INC.
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ANNEX 1 - Form of Amended and Restated Bond Agreement
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Amended and Restated Bond Agreement
in respect of the commitment to purchase and the issuance of
U.S.$21,200,000 Amortising Senior Convertible Bonds due 2027
by
with
CVI Investments, Inc.
as Initial Bondholder
White & Case LLP
0 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
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Table of Contents
Page
1. Definitions and Interpretation 1
2. The Bonds 5
3. Issue and Subscription 6
4. Completion and Settlement 6
5. Register and Title 8
6. Indemnity 10
7. Costs and Expenses 12
8. Representations of the Company 12
9. Representations of the Initial Bondholder 21
10. Undertakings by the Company 23
11. Transfers of Rights and Obligations 24
12. Undertaking of Bondholders 25
13. Notices 26
14. Confidential Information 28
15. Payments 29
16. Severability 29
17. Remedies and Waivers 29
18. Amendments and Waivers 29
19. Counterparts 30
20. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 30
21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction 30
Schedule 1 Subscription Allocation 31
Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent 32
Schedule 3 Form of Bond Certificate 33
Schedule 4 Terms and Conditions of the Bonds 34
Schedule 5 Form of Transfer and Accession Deed 103
Schedule 6 Form of Register 105
Schedule 7 Regulations Concerning Transfers and Registration of the Bonds 106
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This Agreement was made on 31 March 2022 and is amended and restated on 5 April 2022
Between:
(1) RENALYTIX PLC, a company incorporated as a public limited company under the laws of England (the “Company” or the “Issuer”); and
(2) CVI INVESTMENTS INC., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Initial Bondholder”),
(each a “Party” and together the “Parties”).
Whereas:
(A) The Company has authorised the creation and issue of U.S.$21,200,000 amortising senior convertible bonds due 2027 (the “Bonds”) to be constituted by this Agreement and subject to the Conditions (as defined below).
(B) Subject to the provisions of the Conditions, the Bonds will be convertible into American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) each as at the Closing Date representing two ordinary shares of £0.0025 each in the share capital of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) at an initial conversion price of U.S.$8.70 per ADS (being the sum of a reference price of U.S.$7.25 per ADS plus a 20 per cent. conversion premium), subject to adjustment in accordance with the Conditions.
(C) Prior to or substantially concurrently with the issue of the Bonds, the Company shall offer and sell pursuant to a private sale between the Company and prospective investors: ADSs representing newly issued Ordinary Shares, newly issued Ordinary Shares or a combination of such ADSs and newly issued Ordinary Shares; (the “Equity Raise Securities” and which such expression shall include any underlying securities represented by any such ADS), with the issue and placing price of such ADSs being not less than U.S.$6.00 (and the issue and placing price of any such Ordinary Shares (if any) corresponding to the same price) and resulting in no less than U.S.$7,000,000 in gross proceeds for the Company (the “Equity Raise”).
(D) The Parties hereto wish to record the arrangements agreed between them in relation to the commitment to purchase the Bonds by the Initial Bondholder and the issue of the Bonds by the Company.
It is agreed as follows:
In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (and terms used and not defined in the Recitals above or in this Clause 1.1, and which are defined in the Conditions, shall have the meanings given in the Conditions):
“ADSs” has the meaning given to it in Recital (B).
“affiliate” has the meaning given to it in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
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“Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Laws” has the meaning given in Clause 8(u) (Representations of the Company).
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“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
“Bond Certificates” means a Bond certificate in or in substantially the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Bond Certificate) including any replacement Bond Certificate issued pursuant to Clause 5.6 (Replacement of Bonds).
“Bond Documents” means this Agreement (including the Conditions), the Calculation Agency Agreement and each Bond Certificate.
“Bondholder” means in respect of a Bond, the person in whose name such Xxxx is for the time being registered in the Register, being, at the Closing Date, the Initial Bondholder.
“Bonds” has the meaning given to it in Recital (A).
“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in London and New York.
“Calculation Agency Agreement” means the calculation agency agreement to be entered into not later than the Closing Date between the Company and the Calculation Agent.
“Calculation Agent” means Conv-Ex Advisors Limited.
“Closing” means the closing of the issue of the Bonds to the Initial Bondholder.
“Closing Date” means the date falling on the fourth Business Day after the occurrence of the Pricing Date, except if the receipt of the monies specified in Clause 4.2(b) (Closing Procedure) by the Company shall not occur on such date, in which case it shall be the date falling on the fifth Business Day after the occurrence of the Pricing Date, or such other date as may be agreed in writing between the Parties, in their absolute discretion.
“Conditions” means the terms and conditions of the Bonds in Schedule 4 (Terms and Conditions of the Bonds) hereto.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning given in Clause 14.1 (Confidentiality).
“Conversion Notice” means a notice (which shall be irrevocable) delivered by (and signed by an authorised signatory of) a Bondholder to the Company, stating the Bondholder is electing to exercise its Conversion Rights (as defined in the Conditions) with respect to certain Bonds, and specifying:
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“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Condition 10 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Bond Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
“Equity Raise” has the meaning given to it in Recital (C).
“Equity Raise Securities” has the meaning given to it in Recital (C).
“EUWA” means the European Union (Withdrawal) Xxx 0000.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing Holder” has the meaning given to it in Clause 11.2 (Permitted Transfers).
“FSMA” means the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of any nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, regional or local, and any agency, authority, branch, department, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government or any subdivision thereof (including any supra-national bodies).
“Group” means the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries from time to time taken as a whole and references to a member of the Group means any of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries from time to time.
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and interpretations issued by the International Reporting Interpretations Committee of the IASB (as amended, supplemented or re-issued from time to time).
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning given to it in Clause 6.1 (Indemnity).
“Initial Bondholder’s Solicitors” means White & Case LLP, a limited liability partnership organised and existing under the laws of England with its registered office at 0 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means, collectively, trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property.
“Issue Price” means, in respect of the Initial Bondholder, [***] of the principal amount of Bonds to be subscribed by such Initial Bondholder.
“Licences” has the meaning given to it in Clause 8(l) (Representations of the Company).
“Longstop Time” means 10:00 a.m. London time on 7 April 2022, or any later date, if so agreed in writing between the Parties, in their absolute discretion.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, (a) (solely in respect of the period commencing from the date hereof up to the time of pricing on the Pricing Date) with respect to the Company and
each member of the Group: (i) it is in breach of the terms of, or in default under, any
instrument, agreement or order to which it is a party or by which it or its property is bound
or an event has occurred which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or other condition would constitute a default under any such instrument, agreement or order, except for any
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such breach or default which either individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the issue and offering of the Bonds; or (ii) it is
engaged (whether as defendant or otherwise) in, or the Company has knowledge of the existence of, or any threat of, any legal, arbitration, administrative, governmental or other proceedings an adverse result of which would reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the issue and offering of the Bonds, or (iii) it has taken any action or any steps have been taken or legal proceedings commenced for the winding up or dissolution of the Company or any member of the Group, or (b) any adverse change or any development or event, in each case when compared to the position which had been publicly disclosed by the Company immediately prior to this Agreement, which could be reasonably expected to, individually or in aggregate, result in a change which is materially adverse to the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, business, results of operations, or properties of the Group as a whole or (c) any development of which the Company is, or might reasonably be expected to be, aware that could be reasonably expected to materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Bond Documents or the Bonds.
“Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning given in Clause 8(w) (Representations of the Company).
“Ordinary Shares” has the meaning given to it in Recital (B).
“Pricing Date” means the date on which the purchase price of the Equity Raise Securities in the Equity Raise is announced by the Company, which shall not occur later than the Longstop Time.
“Prohibited Payment” has the meaning given in Clause 8(u) (Representations of the Company).
“Public Statements” means any information in any press release or announcement by or on behalf of the Company or any member of the Group, whether such information was required to be made public by applicable law and regulation (including, but not limited to, all filings required by the relevant Stock Exchange and/or English law) or otherwise, on or after 30 June 2021.
“Register” means the register of Bonds maintained by the Company in or substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Register).
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Related Parties” has the meaning given to it in Clause 6.1 (Indemnity).
“Sanctions” means any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. State Department, any other agency of the U.S. government, the United Nations, the European Union or the United Kingdom.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Stock Exchange” means, in the case of ADSs in issue or to be issued by the Company, the Nasdaq Global Market, and in the case of Ordinary Shares of the Company, the AIM market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc, in each case as the context may require.
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“Subsidiary” means a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Xxx 0000 as if the words “is a member of the undertaking and” had been deleted from subsections 1162(2)(b) and (d).
“Term Sheet” means the term sheet in respect of the Bonds dated 27 March 2022 between the Company and the Initial Bondholder.
“Transfer and Accession Deed” means a deed substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Transfer and Accession Deed) or any other form agreed between the Issuer, the relevant Existing Holder and the New Holder.
“£” and “Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“U.S. Dollars” or “U.S.$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
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On and from the Closing Date, the Company constitutes the Bonds and covenants in favour
of each Bondholder that it will duly perform and comply with the obligations expressed to
be undertaken by it in this Agreement, in each Bond Certificate and in the Conditions (and
for this purpose any reference in the Conditions to any obligation or payment under or in
respect of the Bonds shall be construed to include a reference to any obligation or payment under or pursuant to this provision).
This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of each Bondholder and each of their (and any subsequent) successors and assigns, each of which shall be entitled severally to enforce this Agreement against the Company.
With effect from the date of this Agreement, and subject to:
the Company undertakes to the Initial Bondholder that, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will: (x) issue Bonds in the principal amount specified opposite the Initial Bondholder’s name in Schedule 1 (Subscription Allocation) on the Closing Date, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and (y) execute the Calculation Agency Agreement, the Bond Certificate in respect of the Initial Bondholder and such other documents necessary for the issuance of the Bonds and the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.
With effect from the date of this Agreement, subject to:
the Initial Bondholder undertakes to the Company that, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, it will subscribe for Bonds in the principal amount specified opposite the Initial Bondholder’s name in Schedule 1 (Subscription Allocation) on the Closing Date at the Issue Price (less the Initial Bondholder’s permitted expenses pursuant to the Term Sheet).
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Agreement there has been no adverse change in the financial markets in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Cayman Islands, the European Economic Area or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof, any act of terrorism or war or any
declaration of emergency or martial law or other calamity or crisis (including without limitation, a material escalation in any pandemic on or after the date of this Agreement) nor any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, currency exchange rates or exchange controls, whether or not foreseeable at the date of this Agreement, which would reasonably be considered material in the context of the issue of the Bonds and the purchase thereof by the Initial Bondholder;
the documents listed in Clause 4.2(a)(ii) to be held in escrow pending
Closing.
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such documents to be held in escrow to the Company’s order until such time as they are deemed to be released pursuant to Clause 4.2(d) below.
Account Name: Renalytix plc
Sort Code: 40-12-76
Account Number: 00000000
IBAN: XX00XXXX00000000000000
SWIFTBIC: XXXXXX0X
or such account of the Company as the Company designates to the Initial Bondholder in writing at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
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Bondholders may not require transfers to be registered during the period of 5 days ending on the due date for any payment of principal or interest in respect of the Bonds or in respect of which a Conversion Notice has been delivered in accordance with Conditions.
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All transfers of Bonds, provision of new Bond Certificates (upon transfer) and entries on the Register are subject to the detailed regulations concerning the transfer and registration of Bonds set out in Schedule 7 (Regulations Concerning Transfers and Registration of the Bonds).
Promptly following receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Bond Certificate, and:
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the Company shall, at its own expense, execute and deliver, a replacement Bond Certificate.
Whenever in this Agreement or the Conditions there is any requirement to deliver, produce, surrender or possess a Bond Certificate, the delivery, production, surrender or possession of an electronic copy of such Bond Certificate shall be satisfactory, save that in the case of a surrender of a Bond Certificate by electronic means the Bondholder (where not the Company) shall confirm to the Company destruction of any original thereof.
each of its affiliates and all their respective officers, directors, general partners, employees, Heights Capital Management, Inc., Heights Capital Ireland, LLC, shareholders and representatives and each of their respective successors (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any permitted transferee or assignee of the Initial Bondholder) (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all actions, suits, investigation, inquiry, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, proceedings and documented related out-of-pocket fees and expenses of any kind or nature (a “Loss”) (subject to the limitations set forth in this Clause 6) which may be incurred by any
such Indemnified Person as a result of or arising out of or in connection with or based on:
under, this Agreement by reference to the facts and circumstances then subsisting; or
press release published following the date hereof by or on behalf of the
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statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.
subject in each case to the Indemnified Person being indemnified and secured to its reasonable satisfaction against all Losses incurred by it in consequence of its compliance with this Clause 6, and provided that nothing in this Clause 6 shall:
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With effect from the Closing Date:
all third parties (including the Calculation Agent and the Stock Exchanges)
appointed under or in connection with the Bonds, in connection with the preparation and execution of the Bond Documents and the issue and performance of the Bonds; and
If the Company requests an amendment, waiver or consent and such requests for
amendments, waivers or consents, in the reasonable opinion of each Bondholder, require
legal fees to be incurred, the Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, reimburse each Bondholder for the amount of such reasonable legal costs and expenses properly
incurred by it in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement provided that such legal costs and expenses shall be agreed with the Company in advance.
The Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Bondholder the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) properly incurred by that Bondholder in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, the Bonds and this Agreement.
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The Company makes the representations and warranties set out below in this Clause 8 to the Initial Bondholder on the date of this Agreement and to the Initial Bondholder, by reference
to the facts and circumstances then subsisting, on each of the Pricing Date and the Closing
Date:
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constitute market abuse (in contravention of Regulation 596/2014/EU as it forms part of English law by virtue of the EUWA) which has not been published;
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revoked, rescinded, modified, avoided or repudiated or not renewed, in whole or in part, in the ordinary course of events, except where such circumstances or proceedings would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
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The Initial Bondholder represents, warrants and confirms to the Company as follows:
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The Company undertakes with the Initial Bondholder as follows:
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Except as set out below in Clause 11.2 (Permitted Transfers), no Party may assign or transfer its rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement or any Bond (including the Conditions).
English law by virtue of the EUWA, as amended; (ii) is a customer within the meaning
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The Company shall, not later than ten Business Days following the occurrence of the Closing Date, give notice to the Initial Bondholder (and each subsequent Bondholder within five Business Days of such Bondholder’s accession to this Agreement in accordance with Clause 11 (Transfers of Rights and Obligations)) of a schedule detailing each of the following dates:
each such period, a “Non-Trading Period”.
The Initial Bondholder and each subsequent Bondholder (by its accession to this Agreement
by a Transfer and Accession Deed) agrees that, for so long as it is a holder of any Bonds, it shall not sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs nor engage in any short sale transactions in Ordinary Shares or ADSs nor offer to sell, pledge, enter into any option or contract to sell, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or ADSs or enter into any
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swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Ordinary Shares or ADSs, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, in each case during any Non-Trading Period. Nothing in this Clause 12.2 shall restrict a Bondholder from selling or transferring any Bonds.
The Initial Bondholder and each subsequent Bondholder (by its accession to this Agreement by a Transfer and Accession Deed) agrees that, for so long as it is a holder of any Bonds, it shall not enter into any purchase or sale agreements for ADSs, nor engage in any short sale transactions in ADSs, in each case on any Dealing Day on which such number of ADSs subject to such transactions entered into by such Bondholder account for more than: (a) 40 per cent. of the daily volume of the ADSs calculated on the basis of the average daily traded volume during the previous 20 Dealing Days, or (b) 25 per cent. of the weekly (being all Dealing Days in any Monday to Sunday period) volume of the ADSs calculated on the basis of the average weekly (being all Dealing Days in any Monday to Sunday period) volume during the last four weeks, provided that nothing in this Clause 12.3 shall restrict the Initial Bondholder and each subsequent Bondholder from entering into any purchase or sale agreements for ADSs, or engaging in any short sale transactions in ADSs, in relation to up to 15,000 ADSs on any Dealing Day.
Following a transfer of Bonds, the relevant transferor (including the Initial Bondholder, if applicable) shall have no liability for the actions of transferees or other Bondholders, nor shall it have any obligation to enforce the terms of Clause 12.2 (Agreement Not to Short Sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs in Calculation Periods) and Clause 12.3 (Maximum Trading Volume) or any other terms of this Agreement against any other Bondholders.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Conditions, each of the Initial Bondholder and any subsequent Bondholder (by its accession to this Agreement by a Transfer and Accession Deed) shall not at any time own or acquire the beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than [***] of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (which for this purpose shall include Ordinary Shares represented by outstanding ADSs or other depositary receipts or certificates representing Ordinary Shares) in the Company.
Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Bond Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by email or letter.
The address and email address (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Bond Documents and the Bonds is:
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Address: Finsgate
0-0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Email: [***]
Attention: Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Cooley (UK) LLP
Address: 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX XX0X 0XX
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx LLP
Address: 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
CVI Investments, Inc.
Address: c/o Heights Capital Management, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Email: [***]
Attention: [***]
or any substitute address or email address or department or officer as the Party may notify to the other Parties by not less than five Business Days’ notice. Any such notice shall take effect, in the case of a letter, at the time of delivery, or in the case of email transmission, at the time of despatch (unless a delivery failure notification is received by the sender within 12 hours of sending such communication, in which case such notice shall be deemed not to have taken effect).
If such delivery is made after 5:00 p.m. (London time) or on a day which is not a London business day (in respect of matters where only London business days are specified) or Business Day (in respect of all other matters), such delivery shall be deemed to have been made on the next following London business day or Business Day, as applicable.
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Each Party agrees to keep all Bond Documents and their contents (the “Confidential Information”) strictly confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 14.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information).
The Company shall not (without first entering into a separate confidentiality agreement with each Bondholder) provide any Bondholder with any non-public price sensitive information regarding the Bonds, the Ordinary Shares, the ADSs, the Company or its Group.
The Company will ensure that all announcements and documents published or statements
made by it or on its behalf, which refer to any Bondholder by name will only be made or
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published with the prior written consent of that Bondholder and will be true and accurate and
not misleading in any material respect and, where appropriate, will contain all information necessary for legal or regulatory purposes and all opinions included will be honestly held and given after due and careful consideration. Nothing in this Clause 14.4 shall restrict the Company from at any time making any disclosure or announcement which is required by any applicable law, regulation, stock exchange rule, judicial or regulatory order, any Governmental Authority, or any tax authority in connection with the Company’s tax affairs and reporting obligations.
All payments in respect of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of any Tax Jurisdiction (as defined in the Conditions), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as will result in the receipt by each Bondholder of such amounts as would have been received by it if no such withholding or deduction had been required.
If any provision in or obligation under this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, that will not affect or impair (i) the validity, legality or enforceability under the law of that jurisdiction of any other provision in or obligation under this Agreement, and (ii) the validity, legality or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision in or obligation under this Agreement.
No failure or delay by either Party to exercise any right or remedy provided under this Agreement or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
Up to the completion of Closing, the Parties may, in their absolute discretion, agree to any modification, alteration or addition to this Agreement (including the Conditions).
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From the completion of Closing, the provisions of this Agreement (including the Conditions) may not be modified, altered, abrogated or added to other than as provided in, and in accordance with, Condition 14 (Amendment and Waiver).
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
A Person who is not a Party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this Agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third Party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
This Agreement, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, are and shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
The courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any such obligations may be brought in such courts. Each of the Parties irrevocably waives any objection which it might now or hereafter have to the courts of England being nominated as the forum to hear and determine any such legal action or proceedings and agrees not to claim that any such court is not a convenient or appropriate forum.
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Subscription Allocation
Name of Initial Bondholder Aggregate principal amount of Bonds
CVI Investments, Inc. U.S.$21,200,000.
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Conditions Precedent
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Form of Bond Certificate
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Terms and Conditions of the Bonds
The issue of the US$21,200,000 5.5 per cent. Amortizing Senior Convertible Bonds due 2027 in an aggregate principal amount as specified in the Initial Determinations Notice (the “Bonds”, which expression shall, unless otherwise indicated, include any Further Bonds (as defined below)) was (save in respect of any Further Bonds) authorised by a resolution of the board of directors of Renalytix plc (the “Issuer”) passed on 30 March 2022. The Bonds are convertible into ADSs representing Ordinary Shares (each as defined in these Conditions) of the Issuer.
The Bonds are constituted by an Amended and Restated Bond Agreement dated 5 April 2022 (the “Bond Agreement”) between the Issuer and the Initial Bondholder. The statements set out in these Terms and Conditions (the “Conditions”) are subject to the provisions of the Bond Agreement.
The existing ADSs are, and the ADSs to be issued upon conversion of the Bonds or upon exercise by the Issuer of an ADS Settlement Option (as defined below) will be, evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) issued pursuant to a deposit agreement dated 21 July 2020, as amended, supplemented, modified, restated or superseded from time to time (the “Deposit Agreement”) among the Issuer, Citibank, N.A. as depositary (the “Depositary”, which term shall include any successor depositary), and the holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the ADRs.
The Issuer shall also enter into a calculation agency agreement (the “Calculation Agency Agreement”) dated on or about the date of the Bond Agreement with Conv-Ex Advisors Limited (the “Calculation Agent”, which expression shall include any successor as calculation agent under the Calculation Agency Agreement) whereby the Calculation Agent has been appointed to make certain calculations in relation to the Bonds. The Bondholders are deemed to have notice of those provisions applicable to them which are contained in the Calculation Agency Agreement.
Capitalised terms used but not defined in these Conditions shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Bond Agreement unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise stated.
The Bonds are in registered form in initial principal amounts of $200,000 each, as may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Condition 7.1.
Title to the Bonds will pass by transfer and registration as described in Clause 5 (Register and Title) of the Bond Agreement and Condition 4. Each holder of Bonds will (except as otherwise required by law or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) be treated as the absolute owner of such Bond for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest in such Bond, any writing on the Bond Certificate relating to such Bonds (other than a duly executed transfer thereof) or any notice of any previous loss or theft of such Bond Certificate) and no person will be liable for so treating such holder.
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The Bonds constitute direct, unconditional, unsubordinated and (subject to Condition 2.1) unsecured obligations of the Issuer ranking pari passu and rateably, without any preference among themselves, and at least equally with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer but, in the event of an insolvency of the Issuer, save for such obligations that may be preferred by provisions of law that are mandatory and of general application.
For so long as the principal amount outstanding under the Bonds is equal to or exceeds U.S.$3,000,000, the Issuer shall not, and will procure that none of its Subsidiaries will, create or permit to subsist any Security Interest (as defined below), other than a Permitted Security Interest, upon the whole or any part of its present or future undertaking, assets or revenues (including any uncalled capital) to secure any Financial Indebtedness or to secure any Financial Indebtedness Guarantee, without at the same time or prior thereto securing the obligations of the Issuer under the Bonds and the Bond Agreement (including these Conditions) equally and rateably therewith or providing such other security, guarantees and/or other arrangements for the benefit of Bondholders as may be approved by all of the Bondholders.
For the purposes of this Condition:
“Finance Lease” means any lease or hire purchase contract, a liability under which would, in accordance with IFRS, be treated as a balance sheet liability.
“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness of any Person for or in respect of:
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“Financial Indebtedness Guarantee” means in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of any person, any obligation of another person to pay such indebtedness including (without limitation) (i) any obligation to purchase such indebtedness, (ii) any obligation to lend money, to purchase or subscribe shares or other securities or to purchase assets or services in order to provide funds for the payment of such indebtedness, (iii) any indemnity against the consequences of a default in the payment of such indebtedness and (iv) any other agreement to be responsible for repayment of such indebtedness.
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“Security Interest” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
For so long as the principal amount outstanding under the Bonds is equal to or exceeds U.S.$5,000,000, the Issuer shall not, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries shall not, at any time permit to create, incur, assume or otherwise become liable in respect of any Financial Indebtedness, contingently or otherwise, other than:
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or similar instruments issued for the account of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
In these Conditions, unless otherwise provided:
“5-Day ADSSO Average Market Price” has the meaning provided in Condition 9.9.
“10-Day ADSSO Average Market Price” has the meaning provided in Condition 9.9.
“30-Day Reset Average Market Price” means, in respect of any Reset Date, the arithmetic average (rounded to the nearest integral multiple of $0.0001 (with $0.00005 being rounded upwards)) of the Volume Weighted Average Price of an ADS (translated if necessary into US Dollars at the Prevailing Rate) on each Dealing Day in the relevant Average Market Price Observation Period, provided that:
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“Accelerated Amortisation Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Condition 7.1(c)(ii).
“Additional ADSs” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.3.
“Additional Cash Alternative Amount” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.11.
“Adjustment Reference Date” means, in respect of any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Condition 6.2, (a) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to Conditions 6.2(a), 6.2(b), 6.2(c), 6.2(d), 6.2(e) or 6.2(i), the relevant record date or other due date for the establishment of entitlement of the relevant event gives to such adjustment and (b) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to Conditions 6.2(f), 6.2(g) or 6.2(h), the relevant date of the first public announcement as is mentioned in Conditions 6.2(f), 6.2(g) or 6.2(h), as the case may be.
“ADSs” (or an “ADS”) means American Depositary Shares evidenced by ADRs issued pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, with each such ADS representing, as at the Closing Date, two Ordinary Shares.
“ADS Settlement” has the meaning provided in Condition 9.9.
“ADS Settlement Liquidity Event” has the meaning provided in Condition 9.9.
“ADS Settlement Option” means, as the case may be, an Interest ADS Settlement Option or a Principal ADS Settlement Option, as further described in Condition 9.9.
“ADS Settlement Retroactive Adjustment” has the meaning provided in Condition 9.9.
“AIM “ means AIM, a market operated by London Stock Exchange plc.
“Amortisation Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Condition 5.1(a).
“Amortised Payment Advancement” has the meaning provided in Condition 5.1(a)(ii).
“Amortised Payment Amount” has the meaning provided in Condition 5.1(a).
“Amortised Payment Deferral” has the meaning provided in Condition 5.1(a)(i).
“Applicable Adjustment Reference Date” means, in respect of any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Condition 6.2, (i) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to Conditions 6.2(a), 6.2(b), 6.2(c), 6.2(d), 6.2(e) or 6.2(i), the relevant Ex-Date of the relevant event in respect of which such adjustment is made and (ii) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to Conditions 6.2(f), 6.2(g) or 6.2(h), the relevant Adjustment Reference Date.
“Articles of Association” means the articles of association of the Issuer, as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
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“Bondholder Taxes” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.10.
“business day” means, in relation to any place, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in that place.
“Calculation Amount” has the meaning provided in Condition 5.1.
“Cash Alternative Amount” means, in respect of any exercise of Conversion Rights in respect of which the Issuer shall have made a Cash Alternative Election, an amount in US Dollars calculated by the Calculation Agent (and rounded to the nearest cent, with $0.005
rounded upwards) in accordance with the following formula and which shall be payable by
the Issuer to a Bondholder in respect of the relevant Cash Settled ADSs specified in the relevant Cash Alternative Exercise Notice:
CAA=n=1N1N×S×Pn
where:
CAA = the Cash Alternative Amount;
S = the Cash Settled ADSs;
Pn = the Volume Weighted Average Price of an ADS (translated if necessary into US Dollars at the Prevailing Rate) on the nth Dealing Day of the Cash Alternative Calculation Period; and
N = 10, being the number of Dealing Days in the Cash Alternative Calculation Period,
Provided that:
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option, warrant or other right or asset, on any Dealing Day in respect thereof, the closing
price on the Relevant Stock Exchange in respect thereof (where such Relevant Stock
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and the Closing Price determined as aforesaid on or as at any Dealing Day shall, if not in the Relevant Currency, be translated into the Relevant Currency at the Prevailing Rate on such Dealing Day.
“Companies Act” means the Companies Xxx 0000.
“Conversion Date” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.10.
“Conversion Notice” has the meaning provided in the Bond Agreement.
“Conversion Period” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.1.
“Conversion Premium” means 20.00 per cent.
“Conversion Price” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.1.
“Conversion Right” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.1.
“Conversion Right Transfer” has the meaning provided in Condition 6.16.
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and where the “value” of any property in or comprising of a Scrip Dividend shall be determined as follows:
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(x) in the case of Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) comprised in such Scrip Dividend, the Current Market Price of such Ordinary Shares as at the Scrip Dividend Valuation Date;
(y) in the case of cash comprising in such Scrip Dividend, the Fair Market Value of such cash as at the Scrip Dividend Valuation Date; and
(z) in the case of any other property or assets comprised in such Scrip Dividend, the Fair Market Value of such other property or assets as at the Scrip Dividend Valuation Date;
in which case such purchase, redemption or buy back shall be deemed to constitute a Dividend in the Relevant Currency in an amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate price paid (before expenses) in respect of such Ordinary Shares or ADSs purchased, redeemed or bought back by or on behalf of the Issuer or, as the case may be, any of its Subsidiaries (translated where appropriate into the Relevant Currency as provided above) exceeds the product of (i) 105 per cent. of such Current Market Price and (ii) the number of Ordinary Shares or ADSs so purchased, redeemed or bought back;
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and any such determination shall be made in good faith by the Calculation Agent or, where specifically provided, an Independent Adviser and, in either such case, on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made for or on account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax credit.
“Equity Raise” means the offering and sale by the Company pursuant to a private sale between the Company and prospective investors of certain ADSs representing newly issued Ordinary Shares at a purchase price of U.S.$7.25 per ADS and newly issued Ordinary Shares at a purchase price of U.S.$3.625 and with total gross proceeds of approximately U.S.$8.8 million as described in an announcement made by the Company on 31 March 2022.
“equity share capital” means (other than for the purposes of Condition 6.2(c)), in relation to any entity, its issued share capital excluding any part of that capital which, neither as respects dividends nor as respects capital, carries any right to participate beyond a specific amount in a distribution.
“Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Condition 10.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Ex-Date” means, in relation to any Dividend (including without limitation any Spin-Off), capitalisation, redesignation, reclassification, sub-division, consolidation, issue, grant, offer or other entitlement, unless otherwise defined herein, the first Dealing Day on which the ADSs are traded ex- the relevant Dividend, capitalisation, redesignation, reclassification, sub-division, consolidation, issue, grant, offer or other entitlement on the Relevant Stock Exchange (or, in the case of a Dividend which is a purchase, redemption or buy back of Ordinary Shares (or, as the case may be, any ADSs or other depositary or other receipts or certificates representing Ordinary Shares) pursuant to paragraph (c) (or, as the case may be, paragraph (d)) of the definition of “Dividend”, the date on which such purchase, redemption or buy back is made), and provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Ex-Date in respect of a Scrip Dividend shall be deemed to be the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant Dividend or capitalisation as referred to in the definition of “Scrip Dividend”.
“Exempt Newco Scheme” means a Newco Scheme where, immediately after completion of the relevant Scheme of Arrangement, the ordinary shares or units or equivalent of Newco
(or depositary or other receipts or certificates representing ordinary shares or units or
equivalent of Newco) are admitted to trading on a Qualifying US Market or an internationally recognised, regularly operating and regulated stock exchange in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area or the United States.
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“Fair Market Value” means, on any date (the “FMV Date”):
in the case of both (a) and (b) during the period of five Dealing Days on the Relevant Stock Exchange for such Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets commencing on such FMV Date (or, if later, the date (the “Adjusted FMV Date”) which falls on the first such Dealing Day on which such Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets are publicly traded, provided that where such Adjusted FMV Date falls after the fifth day following the FMV Date, the Fair Market Value of such Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets shall instead be determined pursuant to paragraph (iv) below, and no such Adjusted FMV Date shall be deemed to apply) or such shorter period as such Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets are publicly traded, all as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent,
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provided that:
and for the purposes of this definition “Exchange Securities” means ordinary shares, units or equivalent of Newco or depositary receipts or certificates representing ordinary shares, units of equivalent of Newco.
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where “principal stock exchange or securities market” shall mean the stock exchange or securities market on which such ADSs, Ordinary Shares, such other Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets are listed and admitted to trading, provided that if such ADSs, Ordinary Shares, such other Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets are listed and admitted to trading (as the case may be) on more than one stock exchange or securities market at the relevant time, then “principal stock exchange or securities market” shall mean that stock exchange or securities market on which such ADSs, Ordinary Shares, such other Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets are then traded as determined by the Calculation Agent (if the Calculation Agent determines that it is able to make such determination) or (in any other case) by an Independent Adviser by reference to the stock exchange or securities market with the highest average daily trading volume in respect of such ADSs, Ordinary Shares, such other Securities, Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets.
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issue or delivery of Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) and/or other property or assets; or
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“Voting Rights” means in relation to any entity the right generally to vote at a general meeting of Shareholders of such entity (irrespective of whether or not, at the time, stock of any other
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class or classes shall have, or might have, voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) or to elect the majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing body of such entity.
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References to any act or statute or any provision of any act or statute shall be deemed also to refer to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof or any statutory instrument, order or regulation made thereunder or under such modification or re-enactment.
References to any issue or offer or grant to Shareholders or Existing Shareholders “as a class” or “by way of rights” shall be taken to be references to an issue or offer or grant to all or substantially all Shareholders or Existing Shareholders, as the case may be, other than Shareholders or Existing Shareholders, as the case may be, to whom, by reason of the laws of any territory or requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any other stock exchange or securities market in any territory or in connection with fractional entitlements, it is determined not to make such issue or offer or grant.
In making any calculation or determination of 5-Day ADSSO Average Market Price, 10-Day ADSSO Average Market Price, 30-Day Reset Average Market Price Closing Price, Current Market Price or Volume Weighted Average Price, such adjustments (if any) shall be made in good faith and as the Calculation Agent or an Independent Adviser considers appropriate to reflect any change in the number of Ordinary Shares represented by an ADS or any consolidation or sub-division of the Ordinary Shares or any issue of Ordinary Shares by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves, or any like or similar event.
For the purposes of Conditions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.10 and 6.12 and Condition 11 only, (i) references to the “issue” of ADSs or Ordinary Shares or ADSs or Ordinary Shares being “issued” shall include the transfer and/or issue and delivery of ADSs or Ordinary Shares (including without limitation Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs), whether newly issued and allotted or previously existing or held by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) Ordinary Shares (including without limitation Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) held by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (and which, in the case of Condition 6.2(d), do not rank for the relevant right or other entitlement) shall not be considered as or treated as “in issue” or “issued”, or entitled to receive the relevant Dividend, right or other entitlement.
The Issuer will keep or will cause to be kept a Register as provided in Clause 5 (Register and Title) of the Bond Agreement.
Bonds may be transferred in accordance with the provisions of Clauses 5 (Register and Title) and 11 (Transfer of Rights and Obligations) of the Bond Agreement.
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The Bonds bear interest from (and including) the Closing Date at the rate of 5.5 per cent. per annum (the “Rate of Interest”) payable quarterly in arrear in equal instalments of $13.75 per each $1,000 (the “Calculation Amount”) in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding on the date falling three months after the Closing Date and on each three-month anniversary date thereof (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”, as specified in the Initial Determinations Notice), with the final Interest Payment Date falling on the Final Maturity Date.
The amount of interest payable per each Calculation Amount in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding in respect of any period which is shorter than an Interest Period shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent as the product (rounded to nearest integral multiple of $0.01 (with $0.005 being rounded upwards)) of: (i) the Calculation Amount; (ii) the Rate of Interest; and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the relevant period and the denominator of which is the product of (A) the number of days from (and including) the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Closing Date) to (but excluding) the next Interest Payment Date and (B) 4, being the number of Interest Periods normally ending in any year.
“Interest Period” means the period beginning on (and including) the Closing Date and ending on (but excluding) the first Interest Payment Date and each successive period beginning on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
In respect of the interest payment due on each Interest Payment Date, the Issuer shall be deemed to have exercised its option (the “Interest ADS Settlement Option”) to make payment of the relevant interest amount by the issue or transfer and delivery of Deliverable ADSs (and, if applicable, Additional Deliverable ADSs) to Bondholders with respect to all, and not some only, of the Bonds subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Condition 9.9, except if (i) the Issuer shall elect (in its sole discretion), by giving notice thereof (an “Interest Cash Settlement Option Notice”) (which notice shall be irrevocable) to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16 at least two Notice Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date, to satisfy its obligation to make payment on such Interest Payment Date pursuant to this Condition 5.1 by paying in cash, or (ii) an ADS Settlement Liquidity Event is occurring or occurs prior to the issue or transfer and delivery of the relevant Deliverable ADSs (in which case, in the case of (i) or (ii) the interest payment shall be paid by the Issuer in cash).
Each Bond will cease to bear interest (i) where the Conversion Right shall have been exercised by a Bondholder, from the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the relevant Conversion Date or, if none, the Closing Date (subject in any such case as provided in Condition 6.13) or (ii) where such Bond is redeemed or repaid pursuant to Condition 7 or Condition 10 from the due date for redemption or repayment thereof unless payment of principal is improperly withheld or refused or, following any election by the Issuer to exercise the ADS Settlement Option, the Issuer fails duly to perform its obligations to issue and deliver the Deliverable ADSs in accordance with Condition 9.9, in which event interest will continue to accrue at the rate specified in Condition 5.1 (both before and after judgment) up to, but excluding, the Relevant Date or, as the case may be, until such issue and delivery of Deliverable ADSs is duly made in accordance with Condition 9.9.
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Subject to the right of the Issuer to make a Cash Alternative Election and as otherwise provided in these Conditions, each Bond shall entitle the holder to convert each principal amount of such Bond which is outstanding into new and/or existing ADSs representing Ordinary Shares (or representing rights to receive Ordinary Shares, such Ordinary Shares being issued to and held by the Depositary) as determined by the Issuer, credited as fully paid (a “Conversion Right”).
The number of ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered on exercise of a Conversion Right (subject to the right of the Issuer to make a Cash Alternative Election) shall be equal to the Reference ADSs in respect of such exercise, subject to Condition 6.3.
The “Conversion Price” is initially U.S.$8.70 (the “Initial Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment in the circumstances described in Condition 6.2, Condition 6.4 and Condition 6.5.
Subject to and as provided in these Conditions, the Conversion Right in respect of a Bond may be exercised, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time subject to any applicable fiscal or other laws or regulations and as hereinafter provided from (and including) the 41 st day after the Closing Date to (and including) the date falling five London and New York business days prior to the Final Maturity Date, unless there shall be a default in making payment in respect of such Bond on any such date fixed for redemption, in which event the Conversion Right shall extend up to (and including) the date on which the full amount of such payment becomes available for payment and notice of such availability has been given to Bondholders or, if earlier, the Final Maturity Date; provided that, in each case, if such final date for the exercise of Conversion Rights is not a London and New York business day, then the period for exercise of Conversion Rights by Bondholders shall end on (and including) the immediately preceding London and New York business day.
The period during which Conversion Rights may (subject as provided below) be exercised by a Bondholder is referred to as the “Conversion Period”.
Fractions of ADSs will not be issued or transferred and delivered on exercise of Conversion Rights or pursuant to Condition 6.3 and no cash payment or other adjustment will be made in lieu thereof. However, if the Conversion Right in respect of more than one Bond is exercised at any one time such that ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered on conversion or pursuant to Condition 6.3 are to be registered in the same name, the number of such ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered in respect thereof shall, in accordance with the definition of “Reference ADSs”, be calculated by the Calculation Agent on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of such Bonds being so converted and rounded down to the nearest whole number of ADSs.
Conversion Rights may not be exercised (i) following the giving of notice by the holders of at least one-quarter in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding pursuant to Condition 10; (ii) in respect of a Bond in respect of which the relevant holder has exercised its right to require the Issuer to redeem pursuant to Condition 7.2; or (iii) in the period from the Record Date immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date until such Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date (both dates inclusive).
Subject to the right of the Issuer to make a Cash Alternative Election, the Issuer will procure that ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered on exercise of Conversion Rights
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will be issued and/or transferred and delivered to, or to the order of, the holder of the Bonds in accordance with the Payment Details in accordance with the provisions of Condition 6.10. Such ADSs will be deemed to be issued and/or transferred and delivered as of the relevant Conversion Date. Any Additional ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered pursuant to Condition 6.3 will be deemed to be issued and/or transferred and delivered as of the relevant Reference Date.
Where there is any change to the number of Ordinary Shares represented by each ADS, or where following a change in the Relevant Stock Exchange for the Shares or otherwise the Ordinary Shares are no longer represented by ADSs but are instead represented by depositary or other receipts or certificates which are not ADSs, such modification shall be made to the operation of these Conditions, including without limitation, the adjustment provisions as is appropriate to give the intended result, as determined by an Independent Adviser or (if the Calculation Agent determines in its sole discretion it is capable of making such determination in its capacity as Calculation Agent) the Calculation Agent.
The Bondholder covenants that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will deliver the ADSs received pursuant to conversion of the Bonds (including ADSs received pursuant to any ADS Settlement Option) to close out or repay the borrow associated with any Short Sale executed by it, except in compliance with applicable law. “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO promulgated under the Exchange Act, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, derivatives and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker-dealers or foreign regulated brokers.
Prior to the 41st day after the Closing Date, no offer or sale of Bonds may be made, and no transfer of the Bonds will be effected, except in compliance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S, pursuant to registration of the Bonds under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Subject to the provisions of this Condition 6, upon the occurrence of any of the events described below, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as follows:
If and whenever there shall be a consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision affecting the number of Ordinary Shares in issue, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
where:
A is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before such consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision, as the case may be;
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B is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately after, and as a result of, such consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision, as the case may be;
C is the number of Ordinary Shares represented by an ADS following or as a result or consequence of such consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision, as the case may be; and
D is the number of Ordinary Shares represented by an ADS immediately prior to such consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision, as the case may be.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date” means, in respect of this paragraph (a), the date on which the consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or sub-division, as the case may be, takes effect.
If and whenever the Issuer shall issue any Ordinary Shares credited as fully paid to Shareholders by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves, including any share premium account or capital redemption reserve (other than an issue of Ordinary Shares constituting a Scrip Dividend) the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
where:
A is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before such issue;
B is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately after such issue;
C is the number of Ordinary Shares represented by an ADS following or as a result or consequence of such issue of Ordinary Shares; and
D is the number of Ordinary Shares represented by an ADS immediately prior to such issue of Ordinary Shares.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date” means, in respect of this paragraph (b), the date of issue of such Ordinary Shares.
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where:
A is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Ex-Date in respect of such Dividend; and
B is the portion of the Fair Market Value of the aggregate Dividend attributable to one Ordinary Share, with such portion being determined by dividing the Fair Market Value of the aggregate Dividend by the number of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive the relevant Dividend (or, in the case of a purchase, redemption or buy back of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or any depositary or other receipts or certificates representing Ordinary Shares by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer, by the number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately following such purchase, redemption or buy back, and treating as not being in issue any Ordinary Shares, or any Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs or other depositary or other receipts or certificates, purchased, redeemed or bought back).
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date” means, in respect of this paragraph (c)(i), the later of (A) the Ex-Date in respect of such `Dividend and (B) the first date upon which the Fair Market Value of the relevant Dividend is capable of being determined as provided herein.
If and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or (at the direction or request or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall issue any Ordinary Shares to Shareholders as a class by way of rights, or shall issue or grant to Shareholders as a class by way of rights, any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or otherwise acquire any Ordinary Shares, or any other Securities which by their terms of issue carry (directly or indirectly) rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or the right to otherwise acquire, any Ordinary Shares (or shall grant any such rights in respect of existing Securities so issued), in each case at a consideration receivable per Ordinary Share (based, where appropriate, on such number of Ordinary Shares as is determined pursuant to the definition of “C” and the proviso below) which is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant issue or grant, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
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where:
A is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue on such Ex-Date;
B is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the Ordinary Shares issued by way of rights, or for the Securities issued by way of rights and upon exercise of rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or the right to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares, or for the options or warrants or other rights issued by way of rights and for the total number of Ordinary Shares deliverable on the exercise thereof, would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the Ex-Date; and
C is the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued or, as the case may be, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon exercise of such options, warrants or rights calculated as at the date of issue of such options, warrants or rights or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of rights of subscription or purchase or other rights of acquisition in respect thereof at the initial conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price or rate;
provided that if on such Ex-Date such number of Ordinary Shares is to be determined by reference to the application of a formula or other variable feature or the occurrence of any event at some subsequent time, then for the purposes of this paragraph (d), “C” shall be determined by the application of such formula or variable feature or as if the relevant event occurs or had occurred as at such Ex-Date and as if such conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition had taken place on such Ex-Date.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date “ means, in respect of this paragraph (d), the later of (i) the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant issue or grant and (ii) the first date upon which the adjusted Conversion Price is capable of being determined in accordance with this paragraph (d).
If and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or (at the direction or request or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall (other than in the circumstances the subject of paragraph (d) above and other than constituting a Scrip Dividend) issue any Securities to Shareholders as a class by way of rights or grant to Shareholders as a class by way of rights any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or otherwise acquire any Securities, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
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where:
A is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant issue or grant; and
B is the Fair Market Value on such Ex-Date of the portion of the rights attributable to one Ordinary Share.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date” means, in respect of this paragraph (e), the later of (i) the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant issue or grant and (ii) the first date upon which the adjusted Conversion Price is capable of being determined in accordance with this paragraph (e).
If and whenever the Issuer shall issue (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (d) above) wholly for cash or for no consideration any Ordinary Shares (other than Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs transferred or delivered on conversion of the Bonds (which term shall for this purpose include any Further Bonds) or on the exercise of any rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for or purchase of, or rights to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares and other than constituting a Scrip Dividend) or if and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or (at the direction or request or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall issue or grant (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (d) above) wholly for cash or for no consideration any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or otherwise acquire any Ordinary Shares (other than the Bonds, which term shall for this purpose include any Further Bonds), in each case at consideration receivable per Ordinary Share (based, where appropriate, on such number of Ordinary Shares as is determined pursuant to the definition of “C” and the proviso below) which is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of first public announcement of the terms of such issue or grant, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
where:
A is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before the date of first public announcement of the terms of such issue of Ordinary Shares or issue or grant of options, warrants or other rights as provided above;
B is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the issue of such Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon the exercise of any such options, warrants or rights, would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of first public announcement of the terms of such issue or grant; and
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C is the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to such issue of such Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon exercise of such options, warrants or rights calculated as at the date of issue of such options, warrants or rights;
provided that if on the date of first public announcement of the terms of such issue or grant (as used in this paragraph (f), the “Specified Date”) such number of Ordinary Shares is to be determined by reference to the application of a formula or other variable feature or the occurrence of any event at some subsequent time, then for the purposes of this paragraph (f), “C” shall be determined by the application of such formula or variable feature or as if the relevant event occurs or had occurred as at the Specified Date and as if such conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase, acquisition had taken place on the Specified Date.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date” means, in respect of this paragraph (f), the later of (i) the date of issue of such Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, the issue or grant of such options, warrants or rights and (ii) the first date upon which the adjusted Conversion Price is capable of being determined in accordance with this paragraph (f).
If and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraphs (d), (e) or (f) above) issue wholly for cash or for no consideration any Securities (other than the Bonds which term shall for this purpose exclude any Further Bonds and other than constituting a Scrip Dividend) which by their terms of issue carry (directly or indirectly) rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, purchase of, or rights to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares (or shall grant any such rights in respect of existing Securities so issued) or Securities which by their terms might be reclassified or redesignated as Ordinary Shares, and the consideration per Ordinary Share (based, where appropriate, on such number of Ordinary Shares as is determined pursuant to the definition of “C” and the proviso below) receivable upon conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase, acquisition, reclassification or redesignation is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of first public announcement of the terms of the issue of such Securities (or the terms of such grant), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
where:
A is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before the date of first public announcement of the terms of the issue of such Securities (or the terms of such grant);
B is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available
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upon conversion or exchange or upon exercise of the right of subscription,
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purchase or acquisition attached to such Securities or, as the case may be, for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or to arise from any such reclassification or redesignation would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of first public announcement of the terms of the issue of such Securities (or the terms of such grant); and
C is the maximum number of Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon conversion or exchange of such Securities or upon the exercise of such right of subscription, purchase or acquisition attached thereto at the initial conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price or rate or, as the case may be, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued or arise from any such reclassification or redesignation;
provided that if on the date of first public announcement of the terms of the issue of such Securities (or the terms of such grant) (as used in this paragraph, the “Specified Date”) such number of Ordinary Shares is to be determined by reference to the application of a formula or other variable feature or the occurrence of any event at some subsequent time (which may be when such Securities are converted or exchanged or rights of subscription, purchase or acquisition are exercised or, as the case may be, such Securities are reclassified or redesignated or at such other time as may be provided), then for the purposes of this paragraph (g), “C” shall be determined by the application of such formula or variable feature or as if the relevant event occurs or had occurred as at the Specified Date and as if such conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition, reclassification or, as the case may be, redesignation had taken place on the Specified Date.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date” means, in respect of this paragraph (g), the later of (i) the date of issue of such Securities or, as the case may be, the grant of such rights and (ii) the first date upon which the adjusted Conversion Price is capable of being determined in accordance with this paragraph (g).
If and whenever there shall be any modification of the rights of conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition attaching to any Securities (other than the Bonds, which term shall for this purpose include any Further Bonds) which by their terms of issue carry (directly or indirectly) rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or the right to otherwise acquire, any Ordinary Shares (other than in accordance with the terms (including terms as to adjustment) applicable to such Securities upon issue) so that following such modification the consideration per Ordinary Share (based, where appropriate, on such number of Ordinary Shares as is determined pursuant to the definition of “C” and the proviso below) receivable upon conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition has been reduced and is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of first public announcement of the terms for such modification, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
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where:
A is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before the date of first public announcement of the terms for such modification;
B is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon conversion or exchange or upon exercise of the right of subscription, purchase or acquisition attached to the Securities so modified would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of first public announcement of the terms for such modification or, if lower, the existing conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price or rate of such Securities; and
C is the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued or otherwise made available upon conversion or exchange of such Securities or upon the exercise of such rights of subscription, purchase or acquisition attached thereto at the modified conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price or rate but giving credit in such manner as the Calculation Agent shall consider appropriate for any previous adjustment under this paragraph (h) or paragraph (g) above;
provided that if on the date of first public announcement of the terms of such modification (as used in this paragraph (h), the “Specified Date”) such number of Ordinary Shares is to be determined by reference to the application of a formula or other variable feature or the occurrence of any event at some subsequent time (which may be when such Securities are converted or exchanged or rights of subscription, purchase or acquisition are exercised or at such other time as may be provided), then for the purposes of this paragraph (h), “C” shall be determined by the application of such formula or variable feature or as if the relevant event occurs or had occurred as at the Specified Date and as if such conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition had taken place on the Specified Date.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date” means, in respect of this paragraph (h), the later of (i) the date of modification of the rights of conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition attaching to such Securities and (ii) the first date upon which the adjusted Conversion Price is capable of being determined in accordance with this paragraph (h).
If and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall offer any Ordinary Shares or such other Securities in connection with which Shareholders as a class are entitled to participate in arrangements whereby such Ordinary Shares or Securities may be acquired by them (except where the Conversion Price falls to be adjusted under paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), or (g) above or (j) below (or, where applicable, would fall to be so adjusted if the relevant issue or grant was at less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the relevant day), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
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where:
A is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant offer; and
B is the Fair Market` Value on such Ex-Date of the portion of the relevant offer attributable to one Ordinary Share.
Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date.
“Effective Date “ means, in respect of this paragraph (i), the later of (A) the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant offer and (B) the first date upon which the adjusted Conversion Price is capable of being determined in accordance with this paragraph (i).
If a Change of Control shall occur, then, upon any exercise of Conversion Rights where the Conversion Date falls during the Change of Control Period, the Conversion Price solely for the purpose of such exercise (the “Change of Control Conversion Price”) shall be determined as set out below:
where:
COCCP = means the Change of Control Conversion Price
OCP = means the Conversion Price in effect on the relevant Conversion Date
CP = means the Conversion Premium, being 20 per cent.
c = means the number of days from and including the date the Change of Control occurs to but excluding the Final Maturity Date
t = means the number of days from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Final Maturity Date
Subject to Condition 6.7, if either the Issuer (following consultation with the Calculation Agent) or the Majority Bondholders (each acting reasonably) determines that an adjustment (for the purpose of compensating for dilution) should be made to the Conversion Price (or that a determination should be made as to whether an adjustment should be made) as a result of one or more circumstances not referred to above in this Condition 6.2) (except for events specifically excluded from the operation of paragraphs (a) to (j) above), the Issuer shall, at its own expense and acting
reasonably, request an Independent Adviser to determine, in consultation with the Calculation Agent, if different as soon as practicable what adjustment (if any) to the Conversion Price is fair and reasonable to take account thereof and the date on which
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such adjustment (if any) should take effect and upon such determination such adjustment (if any) shall be made and shall take effect in accordance with such determination, provided that an adjustment shall only be made pursuant to this paragraph (k) if such Independent Adviser is so requested to make such a determination not more than 21 days after the date on which the relevant circumstances arises (or, if later, 21 days after the date on which the relevant circumstances are made public or otherwise are made known to the Bondholders) and if the adjustment would result in a reduction to the Conversion Price.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions:
For the purpose of any calculation of the consideration receivable or price pursuant to paragraphs (d), (f), (g) and (h) above, the following provisions shall apply:
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If a Retroactive Adjustment occurs in relation to any exercise of Conversion Rights, the Issuer shall procure that there shall be issued and/or transferred and delivered to, or to the order of, the relevant Bondholder in accordance with the Payment Details, such additional number of ADSs (if any) (the “Additional ADSs”) as, together with the ADSs issued and/or transferred and delivered on the relevant exercise of Conversion Rights, is equal to the number of Physically Settled ADSs which would have been required to be issued and/or transferred and delivered on such exercise if the relevant adjustment to the Conversion Price had been made and become effective immediately prior to the relevant Conversion Date (such number of Physically Settled ADSs as aforesaid being for this purpose calculated as (i) where such exercise of Conversion Rights is not the subject of a Cash Alternative Election, the Reference ADSs in respect of such exercise of Conversion Rights determined for this purpose by reference to such deemed Conversion Price as aforesaid, and (ii) where such exercise of Conversion Rights is the subject of a Cash Alternative Election, the difference between (A) such number of Reference ADSs as is determined pursuant to (i) and (B) the product of (x) such number of Reference ADSs determined as aforesaid and (y) the Cash Settlement Ratio in respect of such exercise of Conversion Rights), all as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent or an Independent Adviser, provided that if in the case of Conditions 6.2(b), 6.2(c), 6.2(d), 6.2(e) or 6.2(i) the relevant Bondholder shall be entitled to receive the relevant Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs), Dividends or such other Securities in respect of the Reference ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered to it, then no such Retroactive Adjustment shall be made in relation to the relevant event and the relevant Bondholder shall not be entitled to receive Additional ADSs in relation thereto.
Subject to the following sentence, on each Reset Date, the Conversion Price will be adjusted by the Calculation Agent to be equal to the Reset Conversion Price. An adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Condition 6.4 on any Reset Date (each such adjustment, a “Conversion Price Reset”) shall be made only if the Conversion Price so adjusted is lower than the Conversion Price that would, but for the operation of this Condition 6.4 in respect of such Reset Date, be in effect on such Reset Date.
The “Reset Conversion Price” means, on each Reset Date, the US Dollar price per ADS which is the greater of:
as determined by the Calculation Agent.
The “Reset Price Floor” on each “Reset Date” (being each of the dates set out in (i), (ii) and (iii) below, as specified in the Initial Determinations Notice) means the US Dollar price per ADS calculated (and rounded to the nearest integral multiple of $0.0001 (with $0.00005 being rounded upwards)) as follows:
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where:
RCP = means the Reference Conversion Price on the relevant Reset Date.
FP = means the Floor Price on the relevant Reset Date.
“Reference Conversion Price”, for the purposes of this Condition 6.4, on any date means, initially, U.S.$8.70, as shall from time to time be adjusted pro rata for any adjustment made to the Conversion Price (and with effect from the date on which such adjustment becomes effective) pursuant to Condition 6.2 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not adjusted for any adjustment made to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Condition 6.4 or Condition 6.5 and ignoring for these purposes Condition 6.2(j)); and
“Floor Price” on any date means, initially U.S.$7.25, as shall from time to time be adjusted pro rata for any adjustment made to the Conversion Price (and with effect from the date on which such adjustment becomes effective) pursuant to Condition 6.2 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not adjusted for any adjustment made to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Condition 6.4 or Condition 6.5 and ignoring for these purposes Condition 6.2(j)).
Any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Condition 6.4 shall become effective as of the relevant Reset Date (or, if later, the first date on which such adjustment is capable of being determined in accordance with these Conditions) and notice of any such adjustment shall be given by the Issuer to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16.
On any adjustment to the Reference Conversion Price or Floor Price, the resultant Reference Conversion Price or Floor Price, as the case may be, if not an integral multiple of $0.0001, shall be rounded down to the nearest whole multiple of $0.0001. No adjustment shall be made to the Reference Conversion Price or Floor Price where such adjustment (rounded down if applicable) would be less than one per cent. of the Reference Conversion Price or Floor Price, as the case may be, then in effect. Any adjustment not required to be made and/or any amount by which the Reference Conversion Price or Floor Price, as the case may be, has been rounded down, shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment, and such subsequent adjustment shall be made on the basis that the adjustment not required to be made had been made at the relevant time and/or, as the case may be, that the relevant rounding down had not been made.
Notice of any adjustments to the Reference Conversion Price and Floor Price, as the case may be, and the resulting Reset Price Floor for each Reset Date falling on or after the date on which such adjustment becomes effective (determined, solely for the purpose of such notice, on the basis of the Reference Conversion Price and Floor Price so adjusted), shall be given by the Issuer to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16 promptly after the determination thereof.
Following the occurrence of a Conversion Price Reset (as defined in Condition 6.4) pursuant to Condition 6.4 on a Reset Date (the “Reference Reset Date”), if the Volume Weighted Average Price of an ADS (translated if necessary into US Dollars at the Prevailing Rate) on each of at least 20 Dealing Days in any period of 30 consecutive Dealing Days commencing
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on or after such Reference Reset Date shall have exceeded 150% of the Reference
Conversion Price (as defined in Condition 6.4) on such Dealing Day (or, if such Dealing Day falls on or after the Applicable Adjustment Reference Date in respect of any adjustment required to be made to the Conversion Price pursuant to these Conditions (other than an adjustment pursuant to Condition 6.4 or Condition 6.5) and such adjustment is not yet in effect on such Dealing Day, the Volume Weighted Average Price on such Dealing Day shall be divided by the adjustment factor (as determined pursuant to these Conditions) applied to the Conversion Price in respect of such adjustment), as verified by the Calculation Agent, then the Issuer will have the right (but not the obligation) to require the Calculation Agent to adjust the Conversion Price (the “Reset Clawback”) such that it shall be the Conversion Price which would otherwise have been in effect on the Clawback Effective Date (as defined below) had the most recent Conversion Price Reset not been made.
For the avoidance of doubt, if there shall have been Conversion Price Resets pursuant to Condition 6.4 on more than one Reset Date, the Issuer’s exercise of the Reset Clawback (if the Issuer’s right should arise and be exercised under this Condition 6.5) shall apply solely in relation to the most recent Conversion Price Reset and shall have no effect on any Conversion Price Reset which occurred prior to the most recent Conversion Price Reset.
Notice of any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Condition 6.5 shall promptly be given by the Issuer to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16, and any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Condition 6.5 shall become effective as of the date on which such notice is given to Bondholders (any such date, a “Clawback Effective Date”). Any such notice shall specify the Conversion Price so adjusted.
The Issuer may only exercise its right of the Reset Clawback under this Condition 6.5 on one occasion during the term of the Bonds.
Adjustments to the Conversion Price shall be determined and calculated by the Calculation Agent upon request from the Issuer and/or, to the extent so specified in the Conditions and upon request from the Issuer, by an Independent Adviser.
Adjustments to the Conversion Price calculated by the Calculation Agent or, where applicable, an Independent Adviser and any other determinations made by the Calculation Agent or, where applicable, an Independent Adviser, or an opinion of an Independent Adviser, pursuant to these Conditions shall in each case be made in good faith and shall be final and binding (in the absence of manifest error) on the Issuer, the Bondholders and the Calculation Agent (in the case of a determination by an Independent Adviser).
The Calculation Agent may consult, at the expense of the Issuer, on any matter (including, but not limited to, any legal matter), any legal or other professional adviser and it shall be able to rely upon, and it shall not be liable and shall incur no liability as against the Bondholders in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, relating to that matter in good faith in accordance with that adviser’s opinion.
The Calculation Agent shall act solely upon the request from, and exclusively as agent of, the Issuer and in accordance with these Conditions. Neither the Calculation Agent (acting in such capacity) nor any Independent Adviser appointed in connection with the Bonds (acting in such capacity) will thereby assume any obligations towards or relationship of agency or trust and shall not be liable and shall incur no liability in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done in good faith, in their capacity as Calculation Agent, or as the case may be, Independent Adviser, as against the Bondholders.
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If following consultation between the Issuer and the Calculation Agent any doubt shall arise as to whether an adjustment falls to be made to the Conversion Price or as to the appropriate adjustment to the Conversion Price, following consultation between the Issuer and an Independent Adviser, a written opinion of such Independent Adviser in respect thereof shall be conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Bondholders and the Calculation Agent (if different), save in the case of manifest error.
The Issuer shall promptly notify Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16 of each determination, calculation or adjustment performed by the Calculation Agent and/or Independent Adviser pursuant to these Conditions.
No adjustment will be made to the Conversion Price where ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other Securities (including, but not limited to, rights, warrants and options) are issued, offered, exercised, allotted, purchased, appropriated, modified or granted (i) to, or for the benefit of, employees or former employees (including directors holding or formerly holding executive office or non-executive office, consultants or former consultants, or the personal service company of any such person) or their spouses or relatives, in each case, of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any associated company or to a trustee or nominee to be held for the benefit of any such person, in any such case pursuant to any share or option or incentive scheme or (ii) pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan or similar plan or scheme.
No adjustment will be made to the Conversion Price in respect of any Ordinary Shares (including without limitation Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) or any warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (including without limitation Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) in each case issued pursuant to the Equity Raise.
On any adjustment, the resultant Conversion Price, if not an integral multiple of $0.0001, shall be rounded down to the nearest whole multiple of $0.0001. No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price where such adjustment (rounded down if applicable) would be less than one per cent. of the Conversion Price then in effect. Any adjustment not required to be made and/or any amount by which the Conversion Price has been rounded down, shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment, and such subsequent adjustment shall be made on the basis that the adjustment not required to be made had been made at the relevant time and/or, as the case may be, that the relevant rounding down had not been made.
Notice of any adjustments to the Conversion Price shall be given by the Issuer to Bondholders promptly after the determination thereof.
The Conversion Price shall not in any event be reduced so that on conversion of the Bonds, Ordinary Shares or ADSs would fall to be issued in circumstances not permitted by applicable laws or regulations. The Issuer undertakes that it shall not take any action, and shall procure that no action is taken, that would otherwise result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price to below any minimum level permitted by applicable laws or regulations or that would otherwise result in Ordinary Shares or ADSs being required to be issued or transferred and delivered in circumstances not permitted by applicable laws or regulations.
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Within 14 calendar days following the occurrence of a Relevant Event, the Issuer shall give notice thereof to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16 (a “Relevant Event Notice”).
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The Relevant Event Notice shall contain a statement informing Bondholders of (i) their entitlement to exercise their Conversion Rights as provided in these Conditions and (ii) their entitlement to exercise their rights to require redemption of their Bonds pursuant to Condition 7.2.
The Relevant Event Notice shall also specify:
Conversion Rights may be exercised by a Bondholder (provided that the relevant Conversion Date falls during the Conversion Period) by delivering the relevant Bond Certificate to the Issuer accompanied by a Conversion Notice. The conversion date in respect of a Bond (the “Conversion Date”) shall be the business day in London and New York on the date of the delivery (or deemed delivery) of the relevant Conversion Notice and Bond Certificate as provided in this Condition 6.10 and shall be deemed to be the date on which the Conversion Right is exercised in respect of such Bond.
If such delivery is made after 5.00p.m. London time or on a day which is not a London and New York business day, such delivery shall be deemed for all purposes of these Conditions to have been made on the next following London and New York business day.
Conversion Rights may only be exercised in respect of the whole of a Bond.
A Conversion Notice, once delivered, shall be irrevocable.
The Issuer shall pay all capital, stamp, issue and registration and transfer taxes and duties assessable or payable in the United Kingdom or in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer may be domiciled or resident or to whose taxing jurisdiction it may be generally subject (“Specified Taxes”), in respect of the issue or transfer and delivery of any ADSs (including the allotment, issue and delivery of Ordinary Shares represented thereby) in respect of the exercise of such Conversion Right (including any Additional ADSs) and any ADS Settlement. If the Issuer fails to pay any Specified Taxes assessable or payable in respect of the issue or transfer and delivery of any ADSs (including the allotment, issue and delivery of Ordinary Shares represented thereby) in respect of the exercise of such Conversion Right (including any Additional ADSs) and any ADS Settlement, the relevant Bondholder shall be entitled to tender and pay the same and the Issuer, as a separate and independent stipulation, covenants to reimburse and indemnify each Bondholder in respect of any payment thereof and any interest and penalties payable and documented costs incurred in respect thereof.
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A Bondholder exercising Conversion Rights must pay directly to the relevant authorities of
a relevant jurisdiction any capital, stamp, issue, registration and transfer taxes and duties
arising on the exercise of Conversion Rights excluding any Specified Taxes (which shall be payable by the Issuer). A Bondholder must also pay, or procure the payment of, all, if any, taxes imposed on it and arising by reference to any disposal or deemed disposal by it of a Bond or interest therein in connection with the exercise of Conversion Rights by it. Any such capital, stamp, issue, registration or transfer taxes or duties or other taxes payable by a Bondholder are referred to as “Bondholder Taxes”. If the Bondholder fails to pay any Bondholder Taxes, the Issuer shall be entitled to tender and pay the same and the Bondholder, as a separate and independent stipulation, covenants to reimburse and indemnify the Issuer in respect of any payment thereof and any interest and penalties payable and any documented costs incurred in respect thereof.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Calculation Agent shall not be responsible for determining whether any Specified Taxes or Bondholder Taxes are payable or the amount thereof and shall not be responsible or liable for any failure by the Issuer to pay such Specified Taxes or by a Bondholder to pay such Bondholder Taxes.
ADSs to be issued or transferred and delivered on exercise of Conversion Rights (including any Additional ADSs) will be issued or delivered in uncertificated form through DTC to its direct and indirect participants to the account specified by the relevant Bondholder in the Payment Details, unless at the relevant time the ADSs (including Additional ADSs) are not a participating security in DTC, in which case the Deliverable ADSs (including Additional Deliverable ADSs) will be issued or delivered in certificated form. Where Deliverable ADSs (including Additional Deliverable ADSs) are to be issued or transferred and delivered in certificated form, a certificate in respect thereof will be dispatched by mail free of charge to the relevant Bondholder in accordance with its Payment Details or as it may otherwise direct.
Such ADSs will be issued or transferred and delivered to the relevant Bondholder no later than four London and New York business days following the relevant Conversion Date or, in the case of any Additional ADSs, not later than four London and New York business days following the relevant Reference Date.
A Bondholder exercising a Conversion Right will be required to certify that it will become the beneficial owner of any relevant ADSs received pursuant to the exercise of its Conversion Right and is not an officer, director (or person performing similar functions) or other affiliate of the Issuer or a person acting on behalf of such an affiliate. ADSs issued or transferred and delivered to Bondholders (i) pursuant to an exercise of Conversion Rights (including any Additional ADSs), and (ii) pursuant to an exercise by the Issuer of an ADS Settlement Option (including any Additional Deliverable ADSs), will be immediately freely tradeable under the Securities Act by holders who are not affiliates of the Issuer, and have not been, affiliates of the Issuer within the preceding three months.
Except as otherwise provided in these Conditions or in the Bond Agreement, the Issuer will pay all costs, fees and expenses, including, where relevant, those of the Depositary and any custodian acting on behalf of such Depositary, but excluding any Bondholder Taxes, in connection with the delivery of ADSs on each exercise of Conversion Rights and in relation to each ADS Settlement.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Conditions, a Bondholder exercising Conversion Rights following a Change of Control Conversion Right Amendment as described in Condition 11(b)(vii) will be deemed, for the purposes of these Conditions, to have received the ADSs to be issued or transferred and delivered arising on conversion of its Bonds in the manner provided in these Conditions, and have exchanged such ADSs for the consideration that it would have
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received therefor if it had exercised its Conversion Right in respect of such Bonds at the time of the occurrence of the relevant Change of Control.
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ADSs (including any Additional ADSs) issued or transferred and delivered on exercise of Conversion Rights will be fully paid and will in all respects rank pari passu with the fully paid ADSs in issue on the relevant Conversion Date or, in the case of Additional ADSs, on the relevant Reference Date, and without prejudice to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the relevant holder shall be entitled to all rights, distribution or payments the record date or other due date for the establishment of entitlement for which falls on or after the relevant Conversion Date, or as the case may be, the relevant Reference Date, except in any such case for any right excluded by mandatory provisions of applicable law or as otherwise may be provided in these Conditions. Such ADSs or, as the case may be, Additional ADSs will not rank for (or, as the case may be, the relevant holder shall not be entitled to receive) any rights, distributions or payments the record date or other due date for the establishment of entitlement for which falls prior to the relevant Conversion Date or, as the case may be, the relevant Reference Date.
Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs issued and/or transferred and delivered to the Bondholders on exercise of Conversion Rights will be fully paid and in all respects will rank pari passu with all other Ordinary Shares in issue on the relevant Conversion Date (or, in the case of Ordinary Shares represented by Additional ADSs, the relevant Reference Date) (except for any right excluded by mandatory provisions of applicable law) and such Ordinary Shares will be entitled to all rights to the same extent as all other fully-paid Ordinary Shares of the Issuer.
No payment or adjustment shall be made on exercise of Conversion Rights for any interest which otherwise would have accrued on the relevant Bonds since the last Interest Payment Date preceding the Conversion Date relating to such Bonds (or, if such Conversion Date falls before the first Interest Payment Date, since the Closing Date).
The Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer may exercise such rights as they may from time to time enjoy to purchase or redeem or buy back any shares of the Issuer (including Ordinary Shares) or ADSs or any depositary or other receipts or certificates representing the same without the consent of the Bondholders provided that it is in compliance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement and the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer will obtain U.S. legal advice and take all steps necessary to ensure that the application of the proposed transaction does not violate the provisions of the Securities Act, or any other applicable laws (including, without limitation, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act or the securities laws of the states of the United States).
The Calculation Agent shall not be under any duty to monitor whether any event or circumstance has happened or exists or may happen or exist and which requires or may
require an adjustment to be made to the Conversion Price or be responsible or liable to any person for any loss arising from any failure by any of them to do so. The Calculation Agent shall also not be responsible or liable to any person (other than in the case of the Calculation
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Agent, to the Issuer strictly in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Calculation Agency Agreement) for any determination as to whether or not an adjustment to the Conversion Price is required or should be made or for any determination or calculation of any such adjustment.
Without prejudice to Condition 6.2(j), in the case of any consolidation, amalgamation or merger of the Issuer with any other corporation (other than constituting a Change of Control or a consolidation, amalgamation or merger in which the Issuer is the continuing corporation) (a “Successor in Business”), the Issuer will forthwith give notice thereof to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16 of such event and will take such steps as shall be required, subject to applicable law and as provided in Condition 15 (and including the execution of a deed supplemental to or amending the Bond Agreement):
The satisfaction of the requirements set out above in this Condition 6.16 by the Issuer is herein referred to as a “Permitted Cessation of Business”. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Conditions, a Permitted Cessation of Business shall not result in a breach of undertaking, constitute an Event of Default or otherwise result in any breach of any provision of these Conditions or the Bond Agreement. Following the occurrence of a Permitted Cessation of Business, references in these Conditions and the Bond Documents to the “Issuer” will be construed as references to the relevant Successor in Business (but without prejudice to the provisions of the Calculation Agency Agreement).
At the request of the Issuer, but subject to the Issuer’s compliance with the provisions of this Condition 6.16, the Bondholders shall (at the expense of the Issuer, including payment by the Issuer of the reasonably incurred fees of Bondholders’ legal counsel in relation to such Conversion Right Transfer) concur with the Issuer in effecting any substitution under subparagraph (a) above and Conversion Right Transfer (including, inter alia, the execution of a deed supplemental to or amending the Bond Agreement), provided that the Bondholders shall not be obliged so to concur if in the opinion of the Bondholders doing so would impose more onerous obligations upon any of them or expose any of them to any additional duties, responsibilities or liabilities in any way.
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If, following consultation with the Calculation Agent, any doubt shall arise (or upon the
request to the Issuer of the Majority Bondholders) as to how determinations, calculations or
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adjustments which are specifically required to be performed by the Calculation Agent in these Conditions should be performed following any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger, a written opinion of an Independent Adviser in respect thereof shall be conclusive and binding on the Successor in Business, the Issuer, the Bondholders, the Calculation Agent and all other parties, save in the case of manifest error.
The above provisions of this Condition 6.16 will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any subsequent consolidations, amalgamation or mergers.
Subject to Condition 7.1(c) below, on the date falling three months after the Closing Date and on each three month anniversary thereof ending on (and including) the Final Maturity Date (each such date, a “Scheduled Amortisation Payment Date”, as specified in the Initial Determinations Notice, and each such date as may become subject to deferral or advancement as provided in Condition 7.1(c), an “Amortisation Payment Date”), each Bond outstanding (except for any Bond in respect of which Conversion Rights have been exercised) will be redeemed in instalments of $10,000 per Bond (each an “Amortised Payment Amount”) together with interest accrued and unpaid to (but excluding) the relevant Amortisation Payment Date as provided in Condition 5.
In respect of the Amortisation Payment Amount due on each Amortisation Payment Date, the Issuer shall be deemed to have exercised its option (the “Principal ADS Settlement Option”) to make payment of the relevant Amortised Payment Amount by the issue or transfer and delivery of Deliverable ADSs (and, if applicable, Additional Deliverable ADSs) to Bondholders with respect to all, and not some only, of the Bonds subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Condition 9.9, except if (i) the Issuer shall elect (in its sole discretion), by giving notice thereof (a “Principal Cash Settlement Option Notice”) (which notice shall be irrevocable) to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16 at least two Notice Business Days prior to such Amortisation Payment Date, to satisfy its obligation to make payment on such Amortisation Payment Date pursuant to this Condition 7.1 by paying the Amortised Payment Amount in cash, or (ii) an ADS Settlement Liquidity Event is occurring or occurs prior to the issue or transfer and delivery of the relevant Deliverable ADSs (in which case of (i) or (ii), the Amortised Payment Amount shall be paid by the Issuer in cash). Upon each redemption of an Amortised Payment Amount on an Amortisation Payment Date the principal amount of each Bond shall be reduced accordingly on such Amortisation Payment Date.
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on such subsequent Scheduled Amortisation Payment Date as is specified in such notice (an “Amortised Payment Deferral”). The Majority Bondholders may exercise their right to defer Amortised Payment Amounts under this Condition 7.1(c)(i) in respect of a maximum of two Scheduled Amortisation Payment Dates during the term of the Bonds.
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Unless previously purchased and cancelled, redeemed or converted as herein provided, the Bonds will be redeemed at their then outstanding principal amount on the Final Maturity Date. Other than as provided in this Condition 7.1, the Bonds may only be redeemed at the option of the Issuer prior to the Final Maturity Date in accordance with Condition 7.3 and may only be redeemed by Bondholders prior to the Final Maturity Date in accordance with Condition 7.2.
Following the occurrence of a Relevant Event, each Bondholder will have the right to require the Issuer to redeem all, but not some only, of its Bonds on the Relevant Event Put Date at their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest up to (but excluding) the Relevant Event Put Date. To exercise such right, the holder of the relevant Bond must give notice thereof to the Issuer at any time during the Relevant Event Period.
The “Relevant Event Put Date” shall be the fourteenth London and New York business day after the expiry of the Relevant Event Period.
Payment in respect of any such Bond shall be made in accordance with Condition 8.
Any notice given by a Bondholder to exercise its put right pursuant to this Condition 7.2, once delivered, shall be irrevocable and the Issuer shall redeem all Bonds the subject of such notices delivered as aforesaid on the Relevant Event Put Date.
Subject to the requirements (if any) of any stock exchange on which the Bonds may be admitted to listing and trading at the relevant time and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer may at any time purchase any Bonds in the open market or otherwise at any price. Bonds purchased by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall be cancelled and may not be reissued or re-sold.
All Bonds which are redeemed or in respect of which Conversion Rights are exercised will be cancelled and may not be reissued or resold.
All payments made by or on behalf of the Issuer in respect of the Bonds will be made free and clear of and be made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction, unless deduction or withholding of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges is required to be made by law (a “Tax Withholding”).
If any such Tax Withholding is required to be made in respect of taxation arising in the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax (or any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer may be domiciled or resident or to whose taxing jurisdiction it may be generally subject) (“Tax Jurisdiction”), the Issuer will pay such additional amounts as will result in the receipt by the Bondholders of the amounts which would
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have been received by them had no such Tax Withholding been required, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable on any Bond:
References in these Conditions to principal and/or interest and/or any other amounts payable in respect of the Bonds shall be deemed also to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable under this Condition.
Where a Tax Withholding is imposed or levied by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, the exclusions in the second paragraph of this Condition 8 shall only apply if the Bonds have been (and remain) listed on any recognised stock exchange (within the meaning of Section 1005 of ITA 2007) or admitted to trading on a “multilateral trading facility” operated by a UK or EEA-regulated recognised stock exchange (within the meaning of Sections 987 and 1005 of the ITA 2007).
Payment of principal and interest in respect of the Bonds and delivery of any ADSs pursuant to these Conditions will be made to, or to the order of, and in accordance with the Payment Details provided by, the persons shown in the Register (as defined in the Bond Agreement) at the close of business on the Record Date.
Payments of all amounts other than as provided in Condition 9.1 will be made as provided in these Conditions.
“Record Date” means the fifth London and New York business day before the due date for the relevant payment.
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Bondholders will not be entitled to any interest or other payment for any delay after the due date in receiving the cash amount due to be paid or, as the case may be, the ADSs due to be delivered:
The Issuer reserves the right, subject to the prior approval of the Bondholders (not to be unreasonably withheld, and after being given not less than 10 Notice Business Days’ notice), under the Calculation Agency Agreement at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of the Calculation Agent and appoint another Calculation Agent, provided that it will maintain a Calculation Agent which shall be a financial institution of international repute or an independent financial adviser with appropriate expertise. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Bondholders of any such proposal of a variation, termination or appointment.
Without prejudice to the provisions in the sixth paragraph of Condition 6.10 and Condition 9.9(e)(iii), neither the Issuer nor any person or agent acting on its behalf shall make or impose on a Bondholder any charge or commission in relation to any payment, transfer or conversion in respect of the Bonds including any issue or delivery of Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to the exercise of any ADS Settlement Option by the Issuer.
When making payments to Bondholders, if the relevant payment is not of an amount which is a whole multiple of the smallest unit of the relevant currency in which such payment is to be made, such payment will be rounded down to the nearest unit.
The Issuer may elect to satisfy its obligation to pay cash interest on the Bonds on any Interest Payment Date pursuant to Condition 5.1(a) or to redeem in cash a principal amount of the Bonds in an Amortised Payment Amount on any Amortisation
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Payment Date pursuant to Condition 7.1(a) by the issue or transfer and delivery of
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Deliverable ADSs (and, if applicable, Additional Deliverable ADSs) to Bondholders, by exercising its Interest ADS Settlement Option or its Principal ADS Settlement Option, as applicable, (each of the Interest ADS Settlement Option and the Principal ADS Settlement Option, an “ADS Settlement Option” in respect of the relevant Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date, as applicable) with respect to all, but not some only, of the Bonds on the relevant Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date, as applicable, provided that if an ADS Settlement Liquidity Event shall have occurred on any date falling in the period from (and including) the Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date (as applicable) immediately preceding the relevant ADSSO Reference Date (or, if none, from (and including) the Closing Date) to (and including) the date immediately preceding the date on which the Deliverable ADSs are issued and/or transferred and delivered to Bondholders, then any such exercise of the ADS Settlement Option shall be null and void and such interest or principal amount shall be payable in cash.
An “ADS Settlement Liquidity Event” shall have occurred on any date if one or more of the following conditions is met:
Where the ADS Settlement Option has been exercised, the Issuer shall, in lieu of paying cash in respect of interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date or in respect of Amortised Payment Amount on the relevant Amortisation Payment Date, as applicable, effect such payment or partial redemption in respect of each Bond by issuing and/or transferring and delivering the Deliverable ADSs to the Bondholders not later than four London and New York business days following such ADSSO Reference Date, and, if applicable, issuing and/or transferring and delivering the Additional Deliverable ADSs not later than four London and New York business days following the relevant Reference Date (each, a “ADS Settlement”).
Fractions of ADSs will not be issued or transferred or delivered pursuant to this Condition 9.9 and no cash payment will be made in lieu thereof. However, to the extent that the ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered pursuant to this Condition 9.9 are to be registered in the same name, the number of ADSs to be issued and/or transferred and delivered in respect thereof shall be calculated on the basis of the
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aggregate principal amount of such Bonds, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent.
Promptly following the determination of the Relevant ADS Settlement Price and the number of Deliverable ADSs, the Issuer shall give notice thereof to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 16.
For the purposes of these Conditions:
“Offer Period” means (i) any period commencing on the date of first public announcement of an offer or tender (howsoever described) by any person or persons in respect of all or a majority of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and ending on the date that offer or tender ceases to be open for acceptance or, if earlier, on which that offer or tender lapses or terminates or is withdrawn or (ii) any period commencing on the date of first public announcement of a Scheme of Arrangement relating to the acquisition of all or a majority of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and ending on the date such Scheme of Arrangement is or becomes effective or, if earlier, the date such Scheme of Arrangement is cancelled or terminated or (iii) the period during which the Issuer is stated as being in an offer period on the Takeover Panel’s Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel’s website.
“Deliverable ADSs” means, in respect of any Bond and any Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date, such number of ADSs (unrounded) determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent by dividing the relevant interest amount in respect of such Bond (which would otherwise be payable in cash) on such Interest Payment Date or the relevant Amortised Payment Amount in respect of such Bond (which would otherwise be payable in cash) on such Amortisation Payment Date, as applicable, by the Relevant ADS Settlement Price in respect of such Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date (as applicable).
“Relevant ADS Settlement Price” means, in respect of any ADSSO Reference Date, the product (rounded to the nearest whole multiple of $0.0001 (with $0.00005 being rounded upwards) of (i) 85 per cent. and (ii) the US Dollar price per ADS which is the lower of:
or grant (as the case may be) to the relevant Bondholder in respect of the
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been applicable on such ADSSO Reference Date had no such adjustment been made,
as determined by the Calculation Agent.
“ADSSO Reference Date “ means, in respect of any ADS Settlement, the relevant Interest Payment Date or Amortisation Payment Date in respect of which the ADS Settlement Option is exercised; and in the case of ADS Settlement of any Amortisation Payment Amount which is subject to an Amortised Payment Deferral, shall be the relevant Amortisation Payment Date to which such payment has been deferred; and in the case of ADS Settlement of any Amortisation Payment Amount which is subject to an Amortised Payment Advancement (including any Amortisation Payment Amount which was previously subject to an Amortised Payment Deferral), shall be the Amortisation Payment Date immediately preceding the relevant Accelerated Amortisation Payment Date.
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If either (a) the Issuer does not exercise its ADS Settlement Option (including electing to make the relevant payments in cash in accordance with Condition 5.1(b) or Condition 7.1(b)) or (b) the Issuer does exercise its ADS Settlement Option but an ADS Settlement Liquidity Event occurs thereafter but on or prior to the issue or transfer and delivery of the Deliverable ADSs (such circumstances being referred to as an “ADS Settlement Option Annulment”), the relevant interest amount or Amortised Payment Amount shall be paid in cash in accordance with the relevant provisions of Condition 5.1(a) or Condition 7.1(a), as applicable, and payment in respect thereof shall be made in accordance with this Condition 9.
If the Issuer elects to exercise the ADS Settlement Option in respect of any ADSSO Reference Date, the following provisions shall apply:
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If any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”) occurs and is continuing, the holders of at least one-quarter in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding may give notice in writing to the Issuer that the Bonds are, and upon such notice the Bonds shall accordingly immediately become, without further action or formality, due and repayable at the Relevant Amount together with accrued interest (if any) to (but excluding) the date of payment:
provided that the aggregate amount of the relevant Financial Indebtedness and/or Financial Indebtedness Guarantee in respect of which one or more of the events mentioned above in this Condition 10(f) have occurred equals or exceeds 3 per cent. of the total gross consolidated assets of the Group (calculated by reference to the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer);
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The Issuer will, save with the approval of the holders of at least 90 per cent. in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding:
((i) to (v) above each being a “Permitted Issue”), unless, in any such case, the same constitutes a Dividend or otherwise falls to be taken into account for a determination as to whether an adjustment is to be made to the Conversion Price pursuant to
Condition 6.2, regardless of whether in fact an adjustment falls to be made in respect
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of the relevant event (or would, but for the provisions of Condition 6.8 relating to roundings and minimum adjustments or the carry forward of adjustments, give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price);
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provided that, without prejudice to the other provisions of these Conditions, the Issuer may exercise such rights as it may from time to time be entitled pursuant to applicable law to purchase, redeem or buy back its Ordinary Shares and any depositary or other receipts or certificates representing Ordinary Shares without the consent of Bondholders;
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and the Bondholders shall (at the expense of the Issuer, including payment by the Issuer of the reasonably incurred fees of Bondholders’ legal counsel, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set out in (i) to (iv) above and provided that the interests of Bondholders are not materially adversely prejudiced thereby) be obliged to concur in effecting such substitution or grant of such guarantee and in either case making any such amendments, provided that the Bondholders shall not be obliged so to concur if, in the opinion of the Bondholders, doing so would impose more onerous obligations upon any of them or expose any of them to any additional duties, responsibilities or liabilities in any way.
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in each case in respect of any payment on or in respect of the Bonds or the Bond Documents, or the transfer of any Bonds, (as applicable) than would be the case were the Issuer to remain domiciled and resident solely within the United Kingdom;
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the Issuer shall instruct an Independent Adviser to make a determination as to the number of Ordinary Shares comprising the Free Float;
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Claims against the Issuer for payment in respect of the Bonds shall be prescribed and become void unless made within 10 years (in the case of principal or any other amount (other than interest)) or five years (in the case of interest) from the appropriate Relevant Date in respect of such payment.
Claims in respect of any other obligation in respect of the Bonds, including delivery of Ordinary Shares, shall be prescribed and become void unless made within 10 years following the due date for performance of the relevant obligations.
If any Bond Certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, it may be replaced by the Issuer subject to and in accordance with Clause 5.6 (Replacement of Bond Certificates) of the Bond Agreement.
Subject to Condition 14.2 and Condition 14.4, the Bonds and the Bond Documents may be amended, or waivers or consents given in respect thereof, with the agreement of the Issuer and the Majority Bondholders and (without prejudice to the terms of the Calculation Agency Agreement) any such amendment, waiver or consent will be binding on all Bondholders and shall be notified by the Issuer to Bondholders as soon as practicable.
The Issuer shall not agree to make any amendment, and no waiver or consent shall be effective, in respect of any Bondholder Reserved Matter, without the consent of the holders of at least 90 per cent. in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding.
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In relation to any consent to be provided by Bondholders in accordance with the Bonds or the relevant Bond Documents, the Issuer shall provide or procure the provision of evidence satisfactory to each Bondholder (in each case acting reasonably) that specifies:
The consent of the Bondholders shall not be required in the event the Issuer effects any amendment to the Bonds or the Bond Documents pursuant to a NewCo Scheme Modification or otherwise effects a substitution in accordance with Condition 15 (so long as the interests of Bondholders are not materially adversely prejudiced thereby, and the terms and conditions set out in these Conditions are complied with), provided that the Issuer provides not less than 20 Notice Business Days’ written notice of such amendments to the Bondholders.
The Issuer may at any time, without the consent of the Bondholders, effect any substitution as provided in, and for the purposes of, Condition 11(g) in connection with a Newco Scheme and Condition 6.16 in connection with a Successor in Business (and any such substitute issuer being, the “Substitute Issuer”), provided that:
and delivered to (at the expense of the Substitute Issuer) the Bondholders on the
entry into the amendment deed and all other relevant documentation and
performance of the Substitute Issuer’s obligations under the Bonds and the enforceability thereof, in a form satisfactory to the Bondholders (acting reasonably);
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or that an indemnity in respect of any such additional amounts is provided by the Substitute Issuer to the satisfaction of the Bondholders (acting reasonably); and
Upon the satisfaction of such conditions, the Substitute Issuer will be deemed to be named in the Bond Documents (but without prejudice to the terms of the Calculation Agency Agreement) and the Bonds as the principal debtor in place of the Issuer (or of any previous substitute) and each Bond Document and the Bonds will be deemed to be modified in such manner as shall be necessary to give effect to the substitution.
With effect from (and including) the date of such substitution, all payments of principal and interest payable in respect of the Bonds by the Substitute Issuer shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges (including any penalties, interest and additions to tax related thereto) of whatsoever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of its taxing jurisdiction, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. If, following the date of the substitution of the Substitute Issuer, there is any increase from the amounts or rates initially determined in Condition 15(f)(i) in respect of such withholding or deduction for or on account of any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature payable in respect of any payment on or in respect of the Bonds or the Bond Documents, the Substitute Issuer shall pay such additional amounts as will result in the receipt by the Bondholders of such amounts as would have been received by them if such withholding or deduction had not been increased (including any deduction or withholding attributable to the additional amounts).
All notices required to be given to Bondholders pursuant to the Conditions will (unless otherwise provided in these Conditions) be given in accordance with, Clause 13 (Notices) of the Bond Agreement, or such other contact details as any Bondholder may subsequently
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provide in writing to the Issuer from time to time or pursuant to a duly completed and executed Transfer and Accession Deed.
The Issuer shall send a copy of all notices given by it to Bondholders (or a Bondholder) pursuant to these Conditions promptly to the Calculation Agent.
As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing Date, the Issuer shall by notice to the Bondholders in accordance with this Condition 16 (the “Initial Determinations Notice”), confirm the following details in relation to these Conditions: (a) the Reset Price Floor for each Reset Date (determined, solely for the purpose of such notice, on the basis of such initial Floor Price and Reference Conversion Price); (b) the Closing Date; (c) the Interest Payment Dates; (d) the Amortisation Payment Dates; (e) the Reset Dates; (f) the Final Maturity Date; and (g) each period of 14 calendar days prior to an Interest Payment Date and Amortisation Payment Date that constitutes a “Non-Trading Period” and each period of 6 weeks prior to each Reset Date that may constitute a “Non-Trading Period”, in each case as referred to and subject as provided in Clause 12.1 of the Bond Agreement.
The Issuer may not create and issue Further Bonds except with the prior written approval of all of the Bondholders. Any Further Bonds shall be constituted by a deed supplemental to the Bond Agreement.
No person shall have any right to enforce any term or condition of the Bonds under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000.
These Conditions, the Bond Agreement, the Calculation Agency Agreement and the Bonds and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
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Schedule 5
Form of Transfer and Accession Deed
From: [New Holder] (the “New Holder”) and [Existing Holder] (the “Existing Holder”)
To: Renalytix plc (the “Issuer”)
[Date]
To whom it may concern,
U.S.$21,200,000 Amortising Senior Convertible Bonds due 2027 issued by the Issuer pursuant to the Bond Agreement dated 31 March 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time) (the “Agreement”)
(A) We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer and Accession Deed. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning herein unless given a different meaning in this Deed.
(B) The Existing Holder confirms that the principal amount outstanding of Bonds which it holds is U.S.$[●].
(C) We refer to Clause 11 (Transfers of Rights and Obligations) of the Agreement:
(D) The administrative details for the New Holder for the purposes of the Bonds and the Agreement are as follows:
[Insert postal address, email address and attention details for notices and account details for payments]
(E) This Deed may be entered into in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Deed.
(F) The provisions of Clause 8 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction) of the Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Deed as if set out fully herein.
In Witness Whereof this Deed has been executed as a deed and delivered on the date stated at the beginning.
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CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
Schedule 6
Form of Register
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CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
Schedule 7
Regulations Concerning Transfers and Registration of the Bonds
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CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
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