14,402,000 American Depositary Shares and Warrants to Purchase 5,760,800 American Depositary Shares Each American Depositary Share Representing Ten Ordinary Shares PSIVIDA LIMITED PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
14,402,000
American Depositary Shares
and
Warrants
to Purchase 5,760,800 American Depositary Shares
Each
American Depositary Share Representing Ten Ordinary Shares
PSIVIDA
LIMITED
June
29,
2007
Xxxxx
and
Company, LLC
JMP
Securities LLC
c/o
Cowen
and Company, LLC
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Dear
Sirs:
1. Introductory.
pSivida
Limited, an Australian company existing pursuant to the Australian Corporations
Act 2001 (the “Company”),
proposes to sell to certain purchasers, pursuant to the terms of a subscription
agreement in the form of Exhibit
A
attached
hereto (the “Subscription
Agreement”)
to be
entered into with such purchasers (each, a “Purchaser”
and
collectively, the “Purchasers”),
up to
an aggregate of 14,402,000 units (the “Units”)
with
each Unit consisting of (i) one American Depositary Share (an “ADS”
or
the
“ADSs”),
with
each ADS representing ten ordinary shares of the Company (the “Ordinary
Shares”)
and
(ii) one warrant in the form of Exhibit
B
(the
“Warrants”)
to
purchase 0.4 ADS. The ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are referred
to herein as the “Warrant
ADSs.”
The
ADSs will be evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”)
to be
issued pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, dated January 24, 2005 (the
“Deposit
Agreement”)
among
the Company, Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the “Depositary”),
and
the holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the ADRs issued by the
Depositary thereunder and evidencing the ADSs. The Company hereby confirms
that
Xxxxx and Company, LLC (“Cowen”)
and
JMP Securities LLC (“JMP,”
and
together with Cowen, the “Placement
Agents”)
acted
as Placement Agents in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Cowen
is
acting as the representative of the Placement Agents, and in such capacity
is
hereinafter referred to as the “Representative.”
2. Agreement
to Act as Placement Agents; Placement of Securities. On
the
basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained
herein, and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Placement Agent
Agreement (this “Agreement”):
(I) The
Company hereby acknowledges the Placement Agents acted as its agents to solicit
offers for the purchase of all or part of the Units from the Company in
connection with the proposed offering of the Units (the “Offering”).
Until
the Closing Date (as defined in Section
4
hereof),
the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Representative,
solicit or accept offers to purchase the ADSs otherwise than through the
Placement Agents.
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(II) The
Company hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agents, as agents of the Company,
used their reasonable efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Units on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined
below). The Placement Agents shall use reasonable efforts to assist the Company
in selling Units to each Purchaser whose offer to purchase the Units was
solicited by the Placement Agents and accepted by the Company, but the Placement
Agents shall not, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, be obligated
to disclose the identity of any potential purchaser or have any liability to
the
Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. Under
no circumstances will the Placement Agents be obligated to underwrite or
purchase any Units for its own account and, in soliciting purchases of Units,
the Placement Agents acted solely as the Company’s agents and not as principals.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise provided in this
Section
2(II),
it is
understood and agreed that the Placement Agents (or their affiliates) may,
solely at their discretion and without any obligation to do so, purchase the
Units as principals;
provided, however, that any such purchases by any of the Placement Agents (or
its affiliates) shall be fully disclosed to the Company (including the identity
of such Purchasers) and approved by the Company in accordance with Section
2(III).
(III) Offers
for the purchase of Units were solicited by the Placement Agents as agents
for
the Company at such times and in such amounts as the Placement Agents deemed
advisable. Each Placement Agent communicated to the Company, orally or in
writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Units received by it as agent of
the
Company. The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase
the
Units and may reject any such offer, in whole or in part. Each Placement Agent
has the right, in its discretion, without notice to the Company, to reject
any
offer to purchase Units received by it, in whole or in part, and any such
rejection shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement.
(IV) The
Units
are being sold to the Purchasers at a price of US$1.25 per Unit. The purchases
of the Units by the Purchasers shall be evidenced by the execution of
Subscription Agreements by each of the Purchasers and the Company.
(V) As
compensation for services rendered, on the Closing Date, (A) the Company shall
pay to the Placement Agents by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to
an account or accounts designated by the Representative, on such Closing Date,
an aggregate amount equal to seven percent (7%) of the gross proceeds received
by the Company from the sale on such Closing Date and (B) the Company shall
issue the Placement Agents warrants (the “Placement
Agent Warrants”)
to
purchase in the aggregate that number of ADSs equal to two percent (2%) of
the
ADSs sold in the Offering in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
C.
The
Placement Agents agree that the foregoing compensation, together with any
expense reimbursement payable hereunder, constitutes all of the compensation
that the Placement Agents shall be entitled to receive in connection with the
Offering; such compensation shall supersede, in all respects, any and all prior
agreements or understandings relating to compensation to be received by the
Placement Agents from the Company in connection with the Offering.
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(VI) No
Units
which the Company has agreed to sell pursuant to this Agreement and the
Subscription Agreements shall be deemed to have been purchased and paid for,
or
sold by the Company, until an ADR representing ADSs and a warrant certificate
representing the Warrant shall have been delivered to the Purchaser thereof
against payment by such Purchaser. If the Company shall default in its
obligations to deliver the ADRs and warrant certificates to a Purchaser whose
offer it has accepted, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Placement Agents
harmless against any loss, claim, damage or expense arising from or as a result
of such default by the Company in accordance with the procedures set forth
in
Section
8
herein.
Units will not be issued or certificated.
(VII) The
Placement Agents shall make commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a letter
from the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)
indicating that the NASD shall have raised no objection to the fairness and
reasonableness of the terms hereof and arrangements hereunder.
3. Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company represents and warrants to the Placement Agents and the Purchasers,
as
of the date hereof, and agrees with the Placement Agents and the Purchasers,
that:
(a) A
registration statement of the Company on Form F-3 (File No. 333-141091)
(including all post-effective amendments thereto filed before execution of
this
Agreement, the “Initial
Registration Statement”)
in
respect of the Units has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”)
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities
Act”).
The
Company meets the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the Securities Act,
and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Rules
and Regulations”).
The
Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each
in
the form heretofore delivered to the Representative, and excluding exhibits
thereto, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form and meet
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. Other
than
(i) a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the Offering filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations
(a “Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”)
and
(ii) the Prospectus (as defined below) contemplated by this Agreement to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations in accordance with
Section
5
hereof
and (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), no other
document with respect to the offer and sale of the Units has heretofore been
filed with the Commission. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the
Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act has been initiated
or threatened by the Commission. The prospectus filed as part of the
registration statement in the form in which it has most recently been filed
with
the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called
the “Base
Prospectus”
and
any
prospectus subject to completion included in the Registration Statement or
any
preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement)
relating to the Units filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the
Rules and Regulations is hereinafter called a “Preliminary
Prospectus.”
The
various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, in each case including all exhibits thereto
and
including (i) the information contained in the Prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and deemed
by
virtue of Rules 430B and 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the Initial
Registration Statement at the time it became effective and (ii) the documents
incorporated by reference in the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement at the
time
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became effective, are hereinafter
collectively called the “Registration
Statement.”
The
base prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement at the time
of
effectiveness thereof, as supplemented by the final prospectus supplement
relating to the offer and sale of the Units, in the form filed pursuant to
and
within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Rules and Regulations,
is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.”
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Any
reference herein to any Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated
by
reference therein. Any reference to any amendment or supplement to any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange
Act”),
and
incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as
the
case may be. Any reference to (i) any Registration Statement shall be deemed
to
refer to and include the annual report of the last completed fiscal year of
the
Company on Form 20-F filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
prior to the date hereof and (ii) the effective date of such Registration
Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include the date such Registration
Statement became effective and, if later, the date such Form 20-F was so filed.
Any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to
refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b) As
of the
Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date, as the case
may
be, none of (i) the General Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below)
issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Pricing Prospectus (as defined
below), all considered together (collectively, the “General
Disclosure Package”),
(ii)
any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), or (iii)
the bona fide electronic road show (as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) of the Rules
and Regulations that has been made available without restriction to any person),
when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or,
as of
the Closing Date, will include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or, as of the Closing Date, will omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under
which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however,
that
the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained
in or omitted from the Pricing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity
with, written information furnished to the Company through the Representative
by
or on behalf of any Placement Agent specifically for inclusion therein, which
information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agents’
Information as defined in Section
17.
As used
in this paragraph (b) and elsewhere in this Agreement:
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“Applicable
Time” means 2:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or such
other time as agreed to in writing by the Company and the
Representative.
“Pricing
Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus and the Base Prospectus, each as
amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, including
any
document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed
to be a part thereof.
“Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations relating to the Units in the form
filed
or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed,
in
the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Rules
and Regulations.
“General
Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is
identified on Schedule
A
to this
Agreement.
“Limited
Use Free Writing Prospectuses” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is
not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
(c) No
order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer
Free
Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the Offering has been issued
by
the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A
of
the Securities Act has been instituted or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, if any, at the
time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and did not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however,
that
the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained
in or omitted from any Preliminary Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, written information furnished to the Company through the
Representative by or on behalf of any Placement Agent specifically for inclusion
therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement
Agents’ Information as defined in Section
17.
(d) At
the
time the Registration Statement became effective, at the date of this Agreement
and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto
conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date,
conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain
an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading;
provided,
however,
that
the foregoing representations and warranties in this paragraph (d)
shall
not apply to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon,
and
in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company through the
Representative by or on behalf of any Placement Agent specifically for inclusion
therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement
Agents’ Information (as defined in Section
17).
The
Prospectus contains all required information under the Securities Act with
respect to the Ordinary Shares, ADSs, ADRs, Warrants, Warrant ADSs and
Units.
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(e) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times through the completion of the offer and sale of the Units
or
until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative
as described in Section
5,
did not
and does not include any information that conflicted or conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus or
the
Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any
prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded
or modified, or included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing,
not
misleading.
(f) The
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they were filed
with
the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder and none of such documents contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(g) The
Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute
any
offering material in connection with the Offering other than any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the
Securities Act and consistent with Section
5
below.
The Company has or will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses (other than a “road show,” as described in Rule 433(d)(8) of the
Rules and Regulations), if any, in the time and manner required under Rules
163(b)(2) and 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations.
(h) At
the
time of filing the Initial Registration Statement, any 462(b) Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, and at the date hereof,
(i)
the Company was not, and the Company currently is not, an “ineligible
issuer,”
as
defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations, and (ii) the Company
qualified, and the Company currently qualifies, as a “foreign private issuer” as
such term is defined in the Exchange Act.
(i) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries (as defined below) have been duly organized
and are validly existing as corporations or other legal entities in good
standing (or the foreign equivalent thereof) under the laws of their respective
jurisdictions of organization or formation. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing (or
the
foreign equivalent thereof) as corporations or other legal entities in each
jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification and have
all
power and authority (corporate or other) necessary to own or hold their
respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged,
except where the failure to so qualify or have such power or authority would
not
(i) have, in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, assets, business or prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) impair in any
material respect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (any such effect as described
in clauses (i) or (ii), a “Material
Adverse Effect”).
The
Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, only the following
corporations, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability
companies, associations or other entities: (i) pSivida Inc., (ii)
pSiMedica Limited, (iii) pSiOncology Pte. Limited and (iv) pSiNutria Limited
(each, a “subsidiary”).
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(j) The
Company has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement,
each of the Subscription Agreements and that certain Escrow Agreement (the
“Escrow
Agreement”)
dated
as of the date hereof by and among the Company, the Placement Agents and the
escrow agent named therein, and to perform and to discharge its obligations
hereunder and thereunder; and each of this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement,
each of the Subscription Agreements and the Escrow Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid
and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
(k) The
Ordinary Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor as provided in the Subscription Agreements,
will be duly and validly issued, and will be fully paid and nonassessable and
free of any preemptive or similar rights and will conform to the description
thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The
Warrants have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered
against payments therefor as provided in the Subscription Agreements, will
be
duly and validly issued and will conform to the description thereof contained
in
the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus. Upon the issuance by the
Depositary of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs and the Warrant ADSs against the
deposit of Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs
will be duly and validly issued under the Deposit Agreement and persons in
whose
names such ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights of registered
holders of ADRs as specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement.
(l) All
of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued
in
compliance with all relevant securities laws, and conform to the description
thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. As
of
June 24, 2007, there were 565,950,830 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding,
no
preference shares of the Company issued and outstanding and 398,790,907 Ordinary
Shares were issuable upon the exercise of all options, warrants and convertible
securities outstanding as of such date. Since such date, the Company has not
issued any securities other than equity interests or Ordinary Shares of the
Company issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options previously outstanding
under the Company’s stock option plans. All of the Company’s options, warrants
and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the
Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and were
issued in compliance with all relevant securities laws. None of the outstanding
Ordinary Shares or equity interests were issued in violation of any preemptive
rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding
shares of capital stock, options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or
any
of its subsidiaries other than those described above or accurately described
in
the General Disclosure Package. The description of the Company’s stock option,
stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other
rights granted thereunder, as described in the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, accurately and fairly present the information required to be
shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
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(m) All
the
outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have
been
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, except
to the extent set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
are owned by the Company directly or indirectly through one or more wholly-owned
subsidiaries, free and clear of any claim, lien, encumbrance, security interest,
restriction upon voting or transfer or any other claim of any third
party.
(n) Except
as
described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and
the
Escrow Agreement by the Company, the issue and sale of the Units by the Company,
the performance of its obligations under the Deposit Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (with
or without notice or lapse of time or both) conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, constitute a default under,
give rise to any right of termination or other right or the cancellation or
acceleration of any right or obligation or loss of a benefit under, or give
rise
to the creation or imposition of any lien, encumbrance, security interest,
claim
or charge upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant
to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor
will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the charter
or
by-laws (or analogous governing instruments, as applicable) of the Company
or
any of its subsidiaries or any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order
or decree of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
properties or assets.
(o) Except
for the registration of the ADSs, the Warrants and the Warrant ADSs offered
in
the Offering under the Securities Act and such other consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the
Exchange Act and applicable state securities laws or by the NASD and
the
Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq
GM”)
or by
the ASX Limited, and the lodgment of either a cleansing statement pursuant
to
section 708A(6) of the Australian Corporations
Act 2001
(Cth)
("Corporations
Act")
with
the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX")
or a
prospectus satisfying the requirements of the Corporations Act with the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission ("ASIC")
(as
required) and applying for quotation of the Ordinary Shares underlying the
ADSs
and the Warrant ADSs on ASX and notifying ASIC of their issue, in connection
with the purchase of the Units by the Purchasers and the listing of the ADSs
and
the Warrant ADSs on the Nasdaq GM, no consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or filing, qualification or registration (each an “Authorization”)
with,
any court, governmental or non-governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic,
which has not been made, obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect,
is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
the
Deposit Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and the Escrow Agreement by
the
Company, the offer or sale of the Units or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby; and no event has occurred that allows or results
in, or after notice or lapse of time or both would allow or result in,
revocation, suspension, termination or invalidation of any such Authorization
or
any other impairment of the rights of the holder or maker of any such
Authorization. All corporate approvals (including those of stockholders)
necessary for the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement have been obtained and are in effect.
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(p) Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu, who have certified certain financial statements and related
schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is an independent registered
public accounting firm within the meaning of Article 2-01 of Regulation S-X
and
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”).
(q) The
financial statements, together with the related notes, included or incorporated
by reference in the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement fairly present the financial position and the results
of
operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries at the respective dates or for the respective periods therein
specified. Such statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance
with Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards
(“AIFRS”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except as may
be
set forth in the related notes included or incorporated by reference in the
General Disclosure Package. The financial statements, together with the related
notes, included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with Regulation S-X. No
other
financial statements or supporting schedules or exhibits are required by
Regulation S-X to be described, or included or incorporated by reference in
the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. There
is no pro forma or as adjusted financial information which is required to be
included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein in accordance with
Regulation S-X which has not been included or incorporated as so required.
The
pro forma and pro forma as adjusted financial information (if applicable) and
the related notes included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been properly
compiled and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of Rule
11-02 of Regulation S-X and present fairly the information shown therein, and
the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the
adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions
and
circumstances referred to therein. The summary and selected financial data
included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus and each Registration Statement fairly present the information shown
therein as at the respective dates and for the respective periods specified
and
are derived from the consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference
or set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus and other financial information. Nothwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, all of the representations and warranties of the
Company relating to Regulation S-X compliance are only to the extent Regulation
S-X is applicable to the Company as a foreign private issuer.
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(r) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the
General Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Effect; and, since such date,
there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt
of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as
set
forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.
(s) Except
as
set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no
legal or governmental action, suit, claim or proceeding pending to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, including any
proceeding before the United States Food and Drug Administration of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (“FDA”)
or
comparable federal, state, local or foreign governmental bodies (it being
understood that the interaction between the Company and the FDA and such
comparable governmental bodies relating to the clinical development and product
approval process shall not be deemed proceedings for purposes of this
representation), which is required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or a document
incorporated by reference therein and is not described therein, or which,
singularly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any
of
its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and to
the
best of the Company’s knowledge (“Knowledge”),
no
such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
or
threatened by others. The Company is in compliance with all applicable federal,
state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees governing its
business as prescribed by the FDA, or any other federal, state or foreign
agencies or bodies with jurisdiction over the activities of the Company engaged
in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous substances or materials,
except where noncompliance would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect. All preclinical and clinical studies conducted by
or on
behalf of the Company to support approval for commercialization of the Company’s
products have been conducted by the Company, or to the Company’s Knowledge by
third parties, in compliance with all applicable federal, state or foreign
laws,
rules, orders and regulations, except for such failure or failures to be in
compliance as could not reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its charter
or
by-laws (or analogous governing instrument, as applicable), (ii) is in default
in any respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time
or
both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance
of
any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed
of
trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is
a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is
subject (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA or by
any
foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority with
jurisdiction over the activities of the Company performing functions similar
to
those performed by the FDA) or (iii) is in violation in any respect of any
law,
ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court order, decree or judgment
to
which it or its property or assets may be subject except, in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (t),
for any
violations or defaults which, singularly or in the aggregate, would not have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(u) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by, and have made all declarations and filings
with, the appropriate local, state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies
or
bodies (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA or by
any
foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing
functions similar to those performed by the FDA) which are necessary or
desirable for the ownership of their respective properties or the conduct of
their respective businesses as described in the General Disclosure Package
and
the Prospectus (collectively, the “Governmental
Permits”)
except
where any failures to possess or make the same, singularly or in the aggregate,
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries
are
in material compliance with all such Governmental Permits; all such Governmental
Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the validity or
failure to be in full force and effect would not, singularly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All such Governmental Permits are
free and clear of any restriction or condition that are in addition to, or
materially different from those normally applicable to similar licenses,
certificates, authorizations and permits. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary
has received notification of any revocation, modification, suspension,
termination or invalidation (or proceedings related thereto) of any such
Governmental Permit and to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred
that allows or results in, or after notice or lapse of time or both would allow
or result in, revocation, modification, suspension, termination or invalidation
(or proceedings related thereto) of any such Governmental Permit and the Company
has no reason to believe that any such Governmental Permit will not be renewed,
except as, in each case, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as
would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries
are members in good standing of each Federal, state or foreign exchange, board
of trade, clearing house or association and self-regulatory or similar
organization, in each case as necessary to conduct their respective businesses
as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The studies,
tests and preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the
Company that are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(the “Company
Studies and Trials”)
were
and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all material respects in
accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to,
where applicable, accepted professional scientific standards; the descriptions
of the results of the Company Studies and Trials contained in the General
Disclosure Package and Prospectus are accurate in all material respects; and
the
Company has not received any notices or correspondence with the FDA or any
foreign, state or local governmental body exercising comparable authority
requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any Company
Studies or Trials that termination, suspension or material modification would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(v) Neither
the Company nor, to the Company's Knowledge, any of its officers, directors
or
affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
or intended to stabilize or manipulate the price of any security of the Company,
or which caused or resulted in, or which might in the future reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price
of
any security of the Company.
(w) To
the
Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess the
valid right to use (either directly or through licenses) all (i) valid and
enforceable patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark registrations,
service marks, service mark registrations, Internet domain name registrations,
copyrights, copyright registrations, licenses, trade secret rights
(“Intellectual
Property Rights”)
and
(ii) inventions, software, works of authorships, trade marks, service marks,
trade names, databases, formulae, know how, Internet domain names and other
intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary confidential information, systems, or procedures)
(collectively, “Intellectual
Property Assets”)
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, and
as
proposed to be conducted and described in the General Disclosure Package and
the
Prospectus, except as disclosed therein. The Company and its subsidiaries have
not received any opinion from their legal counsel concluding that any activities
of their respective businesses infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate,
valid and enforceable Intellectual Property Rights of any other person, and
have
not received written notice of any challenge, which is to their Knowledge still
pending, by any other person to the rights of the Company and its subsidiaries
with respect to any material Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual
Property Assets owned or used by the Company or its subsidiaries, except as
disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as
described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the Knowledge
of the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries’ respective businesses as now
conducted do not give rise to any infringement of, any misappropriation of,
or
other violation of, any valid and enforceable Intellectual Property Rights
of
any other person. To the Knowledge of the Company, all licenses for the use
of
the Intellectual Property Rights described in the General Disclosure Package
and
the Prospectus are valid, binding upon, and enforceable by or against the
parties thereto in accordance to its terms. The Company has complied in all
material respects with, and is not in breach nor has received any asserted
or
threatened claim of breach of any Intellectual Property license, and the Company
has no Knowledge of any breach or anticipated breach by any other person to
any
Intellectual Property license. Except as described in the General Disclosure
Package, no material claim has been made against the Company alleging the
infringement by the Company of any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name,
copyright, trade secret, license in or other intellectual property right or
franchise right of any person. The Company has taken all reasonable steps to
protect, maintain and safeguard its Intellectual Property Rights, including
the
execution of appropriate nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result
in the loss or impairment of or payment of any additional amounts with respect
to, nor require the consent of any other person in respect of, the Company’s
right to own, use, or hold for use any of the Intellectual Property Rights
as
owned, used or held for use in the conduct of the business as currently
conducted. The
Company has taken all necessary actions to obtain ownership of all works of
authorship and inventions made by its employees, consultants and contractors
during the time they were employed by or under contract with the Company and
which relate to the Company’s business. All founders and key employees have
signed confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with the Company.
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(x) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee
simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real
or
personal property which are material to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, security interests, claims and defects that do not, singularly
or
in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material
to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one
enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds
properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
are
in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has
received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted
by
anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of
the
leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights
of
the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or
subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(y) There
is
(A) no significant unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Company,
or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against it or any of its subsidiaries, before the National Labor Relations
Board, any state or local labor relation board or any foreign labor relations
board, and no significant grievance or significant arbitration proceeding
arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened against it and (B) no labor disturbance by the employees
of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is
imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries principal
suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could reasonably be
expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The
Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees
of
the Company or any subsidiary plans to terminate employment with the Company
or
any such subsidiary.
(z) No
“prohibited
transaction”
(as
defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(“ERISA”),
or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time
(the “Code”))
or
“accumulated
funding deficiency”
(as
defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section
4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day
notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred
or
could reasonably be expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit
plan
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which could, singularly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each employee benefit plan of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. The Company and its
subsidiaries have not incurred and could not reasonably be expected to incur
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or
withdrawal from, any pension plan (as defined in ERISA). Each pension plan
for
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability that
is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified,
and
nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could,
singularly or in the aggregate, cause the loss of such qualification.
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(aa) The
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all foreign, federal, state
and local rules, laws and regulations relating to the use, treatment, storage
and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of health
and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses
(“Environmental
Laws”).
There
has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal,
discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes
or
other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or
omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may otherwise be liable)
upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or
any
of its subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in violation of any law,
statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or
which
would, under any law, statute, ordinance, rule (including rule of common law),
regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, give rise to any liability;
and
there has been no disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind
onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any
toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has knowledge, except for any such disposal,
discharge, emission or other release of any kind that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. In the ordinary course of business, the Company and its
subsidiaries conduct periodic reviews of the effect of Environmental Laws on
their business and assets, in the course of which they identify and evaluate
associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital
or
operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or Governmental Permits issued thereunder,
any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities
to
third parties). On the basis of such reviews, the Company has reasonably
concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not have, singularly
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Each
of
the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has timely filed all necessary federal,
state, local and foreign tax returns, and all such returns were true, complete
and correct, (ii) has paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes,
assessments, governmental or other charges due and payable for which it is
liable, including, without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to withhold from
amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, and (iii) do not have
any tax deficiency or claims outstanding or assessed or, to its Knowledge,
proposed against any of them, except those, in each of the cases described
in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (bb),
that
would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
The
Company and its subsidiaries have not engaged in any transaction which is a
corporate tax shelter or which could be characterized as such by the Internal
Revenue Service or any other taxing authority. The accruals and reserves on
the
books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries in respect of tax
liabilities for any taxable period not yet finally determined are adequate
to
meet any assessments and related liabilities for any such period, and since
June
30, 2006, the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any liability
for
taxes other than in the ordinary course.
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(cc) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance
provided by recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with
policies in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct
of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties
and
as is customary for companies of a similar size engaged in similar businesses
in
similar industries. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any
reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All policies of insurance owned by
the
Company or any of its subsidiaries are, to the Company’s Knowledge, in full
force and effect and the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with
the
terms of such policies. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received written notice from any insurer, agent of such insurer or the broker
of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries that any material capital improvements
or
any other material expenditures (other than premium payments) are required
or
necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance. None of the Company
or
any of its subsidiaries insures risk of loss through any captive insurance,
risk
retention group, reciprocal group or by means of any fund or pool of assets
specifically set aside for contingent liabilities other than as described in
the
General Disclosure Package.
(dd) The
Company has started to implement a system of internal control over financial
reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act (the “Exchange
Act Rules”))
to
comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and to provide reasonable
assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with AIFRS and
to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package, since the
end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A) no
material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
(whether or not remediated) and (B) no change in the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is, or upon consummation
of the Offering will be, overseen by the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Audit
Committee”)
in
accordance with the Exchange Act Rules. Within the next 90 days, the Company
does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee
or the Board a significant deficiency, material weakness, change in internal
control over financial reporting or fraud involving management or other
employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial
reporting (each an “Internal
Control Event”),
any
violation of, or failure to comply with, the U.S. Securities Laws, or any matter
which if determined adversely, would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(ee) A
member
of the Audit Committee has confirmed to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer or General Counsel that, except as set forth in the General
Disclosure Package, the Audit Committee is not reviewing or investigating,
and
neither the Company’s independent auditors nor its internal auditors have
recommended that the Audit Committee review or investigate, (i) adding to,
deleting, changing the application of or changing the Company’s disclosure with
respect to, any of the Company’s material accounting policies, (ii) any matter
which could result in a restatement of the Company’s financial statements for
any annual or interim period during the current or prior three fiscal years,
or
(iii) any Internal Control Event.
(ff) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries have made and keep books, records and
accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries
in all material respects.
(gg) The
minute books of the Company and each of its subsidiaries that would be a
“significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rules 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X
(such significant subsidiary of the Company, a “Significant
Subsidiary”)
have
been made available to the Placement Agents and counsel for the Placement
Agents, and such books (i) contain a complete summary or complete minutes,
as
applicable, of all meetings and actions of the board of directors (including
each board committee) and shareholders of the Company (or analogous governing
bodies and interest holders, as applicable), and each Significant Subsidiary
since January 1, 2005 through the date of the latest meeting and action, and
(ii) accurately in all material respects reflect all transactions referred
to in
such summary or minutes, as applicable.
(hh) There
is
no franchise agreement, lease, contract, or other agreement or document required
by the Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations to be described in the
General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus or a document incorporated
by
reference therein or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statements
or
a document incorporated by reference therein which is not so described or filed
therein as required; and all descriptions of any such franchise agreements,
leases, contracts, or other agreements or documents contained in the General
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus or in a document incorporated by
reference therein are accurate and complete descriptions of such documents
in
all material respects. Other than as described in the General Disclosure
Package, no such franchise agreement, lease, contract or other agreement has
been suspended or terminated for convenience or default by the Company or any
of
the other parties thereto, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has received notice of and the Company does not have Knowledge of any such
pending or threatened suspension or termination.
(ii) No
relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company on the
one
hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders (or analogous interest holders),
customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its affiliates on the other
hand, which is required to be described in the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein and which is
not
so described.
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(jj) No
person
or entity has the right to require registration of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or
other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries because of the filing
or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or otherwise, except for persons
and entities who have expressly waived such right in writing or who have been
given timely and proper written notice and have failed to exercise such right
within the time or times required under the terms and conditions of such right.
Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there
are no persons with registration rights or similar rights to have any securities
registered by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under the Securities
Act.
(kk) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries own any “margin
securities”
as
that
term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (the “Federal
Reserve Board”),
and
none of the proceeds of the sale of the Units
will be
used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
margin security, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which
was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for any
other purpose which might cause any of the ADSs
to be
considered a “purpose
credit”
within
the meanings of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
(ll) Other
than any contracts or agreements between the Company and the Placement Agents,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract,
agreement or understanding with any person that would give rise to a valid
claim
against the Company or the Placement Agents for a brokerage commission, finder’s
fee or like payment in connection with the Offering or any transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
(mm) The
exercise price of each option issued under the Company’s stock option or other
employee benefit plans has been no less than the fair market value of an
Ordinary Share as determined on the date of grant of such option. All
grants of options were validly issued and properly approved by the board of
directors of the Company (or a duly authorized committee thereof) in material
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and recorded in the
Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP or AIFRS and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, no such grants involved “back
dating,”
“forward
dating”
or
similar practice with respect to the effective date of grant.
(nn) Except
as
described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no subsidiary
of
the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement
or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the
Company.
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(oo) Since
the
date as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package and
the
Prospectus through the date hereof, and except as set forth in the General
Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i)
issued or granted any securities other than options to purchase Ordinary Shares
pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan or Ordinary Shares issued upon
conversion thereof (ii) incurred any material liability or obligation, direct
or
contingent, other than liabilities and obligations which were incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (iii) entered into any material transaction other
than in the ordinary course of business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend
on
any of its capital stock.
(pp) If
applicable, all of the information provided to the Representative or to counsel
for the Representative by the Company, its officers and directors and the
holders of any securities (debt or equity) or options to acquire any securities
of the Company in connection with letters, filings or other supplemental
information provided to NASD Regulation Inc. pursuant to NASD Conduct rule
2710
or 2720 is true, correct and complete.
(qq) The
Company is not a Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”)
within
the meaning of Section 1296 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and the Company is not likely to become a PFIC.
(rr) No
forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a
reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(ss) The
Company is subject to and in compliance in all material respects with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
The
ADSs are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act
and
are listed on the Nasdaq GM, and the Company has taken no action designed to,
or
reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the
ADSs under the Exchange Act or delisting the ADSs from the Nasdaq GM, nor has
the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Nasdaq GM
is
contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
(tt) The
Company is in compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing the
provisions thereof (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act”)
that
are then in effect to the extent such rules, regulations and/or provisions
are
applicable to it as a foreign private issuer.
(uu) The
Company is in compliance with all applicable corporate governance requirements
set forth in the rules of the Nasdaq General Marketplace Rules that are then
in
effect to the extent such requirements are applicable to it as a foreign private
issuer.
(vv) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any
employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has (i) used any corporate
funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic
political parties or campaigns from corporate funds or (iii) violated any
provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
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(ww) There
are
no transactions, arrangements or other relationships between and/or among the
Company, any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the
Rules
and Regulations) and any unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited
to,
any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity that could
reasonably be expected to materially affect the Company’s or any of its
subsidiaries’ liquidity or the availability of or requirements for its capital
resources required to be described in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein which have not been
described as required.
(xx) There
are
no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses
in
the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company
or
any of its subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers or
directors of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All transactions by the Company with
office holders or control persons of the Company have been duly approved by
the
board of directors of the Company, or duly appointed committees or officers
thereof, if and to the extent required under all applicable laws.
(yy) The
statistical and market related data included in the Registration Statement,
the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from
sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data
agree with the sources from which they are derived.
(zz) The
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted
at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970,
as
amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and
regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”),
and
no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending, or to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened.
(aaa) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”);
and
the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering,
or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
(bbb) Neither
the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge any of its affiliates (within the
meaning of NASD Conduct Rule 2720(b)(1)(a)) directly or indirectly controls,
is
controlled by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person
(within the meaning of Article I, Section 1(ee) of the By-laws of the NASD)
of,
any member firm of the NASD.
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(ccc) No
further approval of the shareholders of the Company is required for the Company
to issue the Ordinary Shares and deliver to the Purchasers the ADSs and the
Warrants.
(ddd) The
statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the
heading “Description of Securities” fairly summarize the matters therein
described in all material respects.
(eee) Except
as
described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company
is
in compliance in all material respects with the Australian Corporations Act
2001
(Commonwealth of Australia) (the “Corporations
Act”),
the
Australian Securities Exchange’s (the “ASX”)
Listing Rules (the “ASX
Listing Rules”),
its
Constitution and all other applicable laws, except where noncompliance would
not, singularly or in the aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(fff) The
Company is in good standing with the ASX and ASX has not indicated to the
Company any intention to suspend or delist the Company.
(ggg) From
the
date of their issue, the Ordinary Shares will rank equally in all respects,
including for future dividends and distributions payable with other ordinary
shares of the Company and the Ordinary Shares will be issued free from all
encumbrances.
Any
certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the
Representative or to counsel for the Representative shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company to the Placement Agents and the
Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.
4. The
Closing. The
time
and date of closing and delivery of the documents required to be delivered
to
the Representative pursuant to Sections
5
and
7
hereunder shall be at 11:00 A.M., New York time, on July 5, 2007 (unless another
time shall be agreed to by the parties hereto, such time herein referred to
as
the “Closing
Date”)
at the
offices of Ropes & Gray LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX
00000-2624.
5. Further
Agreements Of The Company.
(I) The
Company agrees with the Placement Agents and the Purchasers:
(a) to
prepare the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if necessary, in a form approved
by the Representative and file such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with
the
Commission by 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date hereof, and, if applicable,
the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing
fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions
for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Rules and
Regulations; to prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative
containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B or 430C of the Rules
and
Regulations and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules
and
Regulations not later than the second (2nd)
business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A of the Rules
and
Regulations; to notify the Representative immediately of the Company’s intention
to file or prepare any supplement or amendment to any Registration Statement
or
to the Prospectus and to make no amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or to the Prospectus to which the
Representative shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a
reasonable period to review; to advise the Representative, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to any Registration
Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed
and to furnish the Representative with copies thereof; to file promptly all
material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2) of the Rules and Regulations, as the case may be;
to
file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the
Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof,
the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations) is required
in connection with the Offering or sale of the Units; to advise the
Representative, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance
by
the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the
Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Units for offering
or
sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for
any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
or
the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance
of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
or
suspending any such qualification, and promptly to use its best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of such order.
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(b) The
Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of
the
Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the
Units that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405
of the Rules and Regulations unless the prior written consent of the
Representative has been received (each, a “Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus”);
provided
that the
prior written consent of the Representative hereto shall be deemed to have
been
given in respect of the General Use Free Writing Prospectus, if any. The Company
represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted
Free
Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, comply with the
requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Rules and Regulations applicable to
any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely
filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and will not take
any
action that would result in any Placement Agent or the Company being required
to
file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations
a
free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Placement Agent that
such Placement Agent otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
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(c) If
at any
time prior to the expiration of nine (9) months after the date of the
Prospectus, when a prospectus relating to the Units is required to be delivered
(or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and
Regulations) any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement
of
a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made
when the Prospectus is delivered (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to
in
Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations), not misleading, or if it is necessary
at any time to amend or supplement any Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in
the
Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, that the
Company will promptly notify the Representative thereof and upon its request
will prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement or upon its request make
an
appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative which will correct
such statement or omission or effect such compliance and will use its reasonable
best efforts to have any amendment to any Registration Statement declared
effective as soon as possible. The Company will furnish without charge to any
Placement Agent and to any dealer in securities as many copies as such Placement
Agent may from time to time reasonably request of such amendment or supplement.
In case any Placement Agent is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu
thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations)
relating to the Units nine (9) months or more after the date of the Prospectus,
the Company upon the request of such Placement Agent will prepare promptly
an
amended or supplemented Prospectus as may be necessary to permit compliance
with
the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and deliver to such
Placement Agent as many copies as such Placement Agent may request of such
amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act.
(d) If
the
General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Units
at a
time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and
any
event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in
the
reasonable opinion of the Representative, it becomes necessary to amend or
supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading,
or
to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained
or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement then on file and not
superseded or modified, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement
the General Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company promptly
will
either (i) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the
Placement Agents and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to
the
General Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an
appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by
reference in the General Disclosure Package so that the General Disclosure
Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances then prevailing, be misleading or conflict with the Registration
Statement then on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply
with law.
(e) If
at any
time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred
or
occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicted or will conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, including any document
incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be
a
part thereof and not superseded or modified or included or would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time,
not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the
Representative so that any use of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may cease
until it is amended or supplemented and has promptly amended or will promptly
amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
to
eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by any of the Placement Agents specifically for
inclusion therein.
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(f) To
furnish promptly to the Representative and to counsel for the Representative
a
signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the
Commission, and of each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including
all consents and exhibits filed therewith.
(g) To
deliver promptly to the Representative such number of the following documents
as
the Representative shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the
Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission (in each case
excluding exhibits), (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, (iv) the Prospectus (the delivery of the documents referred
to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph (g)
to be
made not later than 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day following
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement), (v) conformed copies of any amendment
to the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits), (vi) any amendment or
supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (the delivery
of
the documents referred to in clauses (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (g)
to be
made not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day
following the date of such amendment or supplement) and (vii) any document
incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
(excluding exhibits thereto) (the delivery of the documents referred to in
clause (vii) of this paragraph (g)
to be
made not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day
following the date of such document).
(h) To
make
generally available to its shareholders as soon as practicable, but in any
event
not later than sixteen (16) months after the effective date of each Registration
Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the Rules and Regulations), an earnings
statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited)
complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(i) To
take
promptly from time to time such actions as the Representative may reasonably
request to qualify the Units for offering and sale under the securities or
Blue
Sky laws of such jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative
may
designate and to continue such qualifications in effect, and to comply with
such
laws, for so long as required to permit the offer and sale of Units in such
jurisdictions; provided
that the
Company and its subsidiaries shall not be obligated to qualify as foreign
corporations in any jurisdiction in which they are not so qualified or to file
a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
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(j) Upon
request, during the period of five (5) years from the date hereof, to deliver
to
the Representative, (i) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports
or
other communications furnished to shareholders, and (ii) as soon as they are
available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished or filed
with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which the
ADSs
and
Warrant ADSs
are
listed. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements
of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing
reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system (“XXXXX”),
it is
not required to furnish such reports or statements to the
Representative.
(k) That
the
Company will not, for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of this
Agreement, (the “Lock-Up
Period”)
without the prior written consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly
offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose
of, any Ordinary Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or ADSs, other than the
Company’s sale of the Units hereunder and
the
issuance of restricted Ordinary Shares or ADSs or options to acquire Ordinary
Shares or ADSs pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans, qualified stock
option plans or other employee compensation plans as such plans are in existence
on the date hereof and described in the Prospectus and the issuance of Ordinary
Shares or ADSs
pursuant
to the valid exercises of options, warrants or rights outstanding on the date
hereof. The Company will cause each executive officer, director, shareholder,
optionholder and warrantholder listed in Schedule
B
to
furnish to the Representative, prior to the date of this Agreement, a letter,
substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
hereto,
pursuant to which each such person shall agree, among other things, not to
directly or indirectly offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell,
or otherwise dispose of, or announce the intention to otherwise dispose of,
any
Ordinary Shares or ADSs
or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares
or ADSs,
not to
engage in any swap, hedge or similar agreement or arrangement that transfers,
in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic risk of ownership of
any
Ordinary Shares or ADSs
or any
such securities and not to engage in any short selling of any Ordinary Shares
or
ADSs
or any
such securities, during the Lock-Up Period, without the prior written consent
of
Cowen. The Company also agrees that during such period, other than for the
sale
of the Units hereunder, or in relation to the issue of Ordinary Shares or ADSs
as a result of the exercise of existing warrants and options of the Company,
the
Company will not file any registration statement, preliminary prospectus or
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, under the Securities Act
for
any such transaction or which registers, or offers for sale Ordinary Shares
or
ADSs
or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares
or ADSs,
except for a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit
plans.
The
Company hereby agrees that (i)
if it
issues an earnings release or material news, or if a material event relating
to
the Company occurs, during the last seventeen (17) days of the Lock-Up Period,
or (ii) if prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces
that it will release earnings results during the sixteen (16)-day period
beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by
this paragraph (k)
or the
letter shall continue to apply until the expiration of the eighteen (18)-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence
of
the material news or material event.
The
Company will provide the Representative and each stockholder subject to the
Lock-Up Period with prior notice (in accordance with Section
14
hereof)
of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up
Period.
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(l) To
supply
the Representative with copies of all correspondence to and from, and all
documents issued to and by, the Commission in connection with the registration
of the Units under the Securities Act or the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto
or document incorporated by reference therein.
(m) Prior
to
the Closing Date, to furnish to the Placement Agents, as soon as they have
been
prepared, copies of any unaudited interim consolidated financial statements
of
the Company for any periods subsequent to the periods covered by the financial
statements appearing in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(n) Prior
to
the Closing Date, not to issue any press release or other communication directly
or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its
condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs or business
prospects (except for routine oral marketing communications in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with the past practices of the Company and
of
which the Representative is notified), without the prior written consent of
the
Representative, unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and
after
notification to the Representative, such press release or communication is
required by law.
(o) Prior
to
the Closing Date, not to file with the Commission any document which contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(p) Until
the
Representative shall notify the Company of the completion of the Offering,
the
Company will not, and will cause its affiliated purchasers (as defined in
Regulation M under the Exchange Act) not to, either alone or with one or more
other persons, bid for or purchase, for any account in which it or any of its
affiliated purchasers has a beneficial interest, any Ordinary Shares or
ADSs,
or
attempt to induce any person to purchase any Ordinary Shares or ADSs;
and not
to, and to cause its affiliated purchasers not to, make bids or purchase for
the
purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in or of raising the
price of the Ordinary Shares or ADSs.
(q) Not
to
take any action prior to the Closing Date which would require the Prospectus
to
be amended or supplemented.
(r) To
at all
times comply with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act in effect
from time to time.
(s) To
maintain, at its expense, a depositary for the ADSs.
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(t) To
comply
with the Deposit Agreement and to deposit the Ordinary Shares with the
depositary in accordance with the Deposit Agreement.
(u) To
apply
the net proceeds from the Offering as set forth in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading
“Use
of Proceeds.”
The
Company shall manage its affairs and investments in such a manner as not to
be
or become an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(v) To
use
its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, and to maintain the
listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq GM.
(w) To,
immediately after the issue of the Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs to be
issued to Purchasers under the Subscription Agreement (but not the Ordinary
Shares underlying the Warrant ADSs), give a notice to ASX in accordance with
applicable law to enable those Ordinary Shares to be freely traded on ASX from
their time of issue.
(x) To
use
its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed
under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy
all
conditions precedent to the delivery of the Units.
6. Payment
of Expenses.
The
Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by the Placement Agents, whether
or
not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement
is
terminated: (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale,
preparation and delivery of the Units and any taxes payable in that connection;
(b) the costs incident to the registration of the Units under the Securities
Act; (c) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and distribution of
the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus,
any amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto or any document incorporated
by
reference therein and the costs of printing, reproducing and distributing this
Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Escrow Agreement and any closing
documents by mail, telex or other means of communications; (d) the fees and
expenses (including related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Placement Agents) incurred in connection with securing any required review
by
the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Units and any filings made with the
NASD, if applicable; (e) any applicable listing or similar fees; (f) the fees
and expenses (including related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to
the
Placement Agents) of qualifying the ADSs, the Warrants and the Warrant ADSs
under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in
Section
5(I)(i)
and of
preparing, printing and distributing wrappers, Blue Sky Memoranda and Legal
Investment Surveys; (g) the cost of preparing and printing ADRs; (h) all fees
and expenses of the Depositary of the ADSs and any custodian appointed under
the
Deposit Agreement; (i) the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of
counsel to the Placement Agents, (j) the costs and expenses of the Company
relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection
with the marketing of the Offering, including, without limitation, expenses
associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees
and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show
presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging
expenses of the officers of the Company and such consultants, including the
cost
of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show and (k) all other
costs and expenses incident to the Offering or the performance of the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s independent
accountants)
and the
fees and expenses of the agent pursuant to Section
16;
provided that, the Company shall not be obligated to pay for fees and expenses
incurred by the Placement Agents in excess of $100,000 in the
aggregate.
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7. Conditions
to obligations of the Placement Agents and the Purchasers, and the Sale of
the
Units.
The
respective obligations of the Placement Agents hereunder and the Purchasers
under the Subscription Agreements are subject to the accuracy, when made and
as
of the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date, of the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements
of
the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to
the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the
following additional terms and conditions:
(I) The
Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act, and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof,
preventing or suspending the use of any Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or any
part
thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant
to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission, and all requests for additional information on the part
of
the Commission (to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to
the
reasonable satisfaction of the Representative; and the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, if any, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (except for a road show),
if any, and the Prospectus shall have been filed with, the Commission within
the
applicable time period prescribed for such filing by, and in compliance with,
the Rules and Regulations and in accordance with Section
5(I)(a),
and the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, shall have become effective
immediately upon its filing with the Commission; and, if applicable, the NASD
shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms
of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(II) The
Placement Agents shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on
or
prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement or any amendment
or
supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion
of counsel for the Representative, is material or omits to state any fact which,
in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein
or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the
General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of fact
which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material or omits to state any fact
which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is necessary in order
to
make the statements, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading.
(III) All
corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization,
form and validity of each of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the
Escrow Agreement, the Units, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and all other
legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel
for
the Representative, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all
documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to
pass upon such matters.
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(IV) Ropes
& Gray LLP shall have furnished to the Representative such counsel’s written
opinion, as U.S. counsel to the Company, addressed to the Placement Agents
and
dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
E-1.
(V) Such
counsel shall also have furnished to the Representative a written statement,
addressed to the Placement Agents and dated the Closing Date, substantially
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E-2.
(VI) Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx shall have furnished to the Representative such counsel’s written
opinion, as Australian counsel to the Company, addressed to the Placement Agents
and dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
E-3.
(VII) Ropes
& Gray LLP, intellectual property counsel to the Company, shall have
furnished to the Placement Agents such counsel’s written statement, addressed to
the Placement Agents and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
F.
(VIII) The
Representative shall have received from Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Raysman & Xxxxxxx
LLP, counsel for the Placement Agents, such opinion or opinions, addressed
to
the Placement Agents and dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters
as
the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished
to such counsel such documents as it reasonably requests for enabling it to
pass
upon such matters.
(IX) At
the
time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received
from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu a letter, addressed to the Placement Agents,
executed and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative (i) confirming that they are an independent registered accounting
firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of
the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and PCAOB and (ii) stating the
conclusions and findings of such firm, of the type ordinarily included in
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters, with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the
Prospectus.
(X) On
the
effective date of any post-effective amendment to any Registration Statement
and
on the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a letter (the
“bring-down
letter”)
from
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu addressed to the Placement Agents and dated the Closing
Date confirming, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect
to
matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of
which
specified financial information is given in the General Disclosure Package
and
the Prospectus, as the case may be, as of a date not more than three (3)
business days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions
and
findings of such firm, of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort
letters” to underwriters, with respect to the financial information and other
matters covered by its letter delivered to the Placement Agents concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement pursuant to paragraph (IX) of this
Section
7.
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(XI) The
Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, of its Chairman of the Board or President and its Chief Financial
Officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
and the Prospectus and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto, at the Applicable Time, as of the date of this Agreement
and
as of the Closing Date did not include any untrue statement of a material fact
and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the General
Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date,
the
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective date
thereof and as of the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of
a
material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading, (ii) since the Applicable Time, no event has occurred
which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii)
to their Knowledge, as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties
of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and the Company has
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date,
and
(iv) there has not been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General
Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the
Prospectus.
(XII) At
the
time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received
copies of the Subscription Agreements and the Escrow Agreement executed by
each
Purchaser, Escrow Agent and the Company, as applicable.
(XIII) Since
the
date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General
Disclosure Package or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure
Package as of the date hereof, (i) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries shall have sustained any loss or interference with its business
from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or
decree, otherwise than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, and
(ii)
there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt
of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth in the General
Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause
(i) or (ii) of this paragraph (XIII),
is, in
the judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Units
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure
Package.
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(XIV) No
action
shall have been taken and no law, statute, rule, regulation or order shall
have
been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would
prevent the issuance or sale of the Units or materially and adversely affect
or
potentially materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the
Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature
by
any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued
which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Units or materially and
adversely affect or potentially materially and adversely affect the business
or
operations of the Company.
(XV) Subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred
any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, Nasdaq GM, American Stock Exchange, Australian Stock Exchange, or
in
the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on
any
exchange, except as a result of a request by the Company with the consent of
the
Representatives, shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum
or
maximum prices or maximum range for prices shall have been established on any
such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or market
or by
any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii)
a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities
or a
material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement
or clearance services in the United States or Australia, (iii) the United States
or Australia shall have become engaged in hostilities other than hostilities
ongoing on the date of this Agreement, or the subject of a material act of
terrorism, or there shall have been an outbreak of new hostilities or
significant escalation in hostilities involving the United States or Australia,
or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the
United States or Australia or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material
adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the
effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States
or Australia shall be such) as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the
Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or
delivery of the Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(XVI) The
Nasdaq GM shall have approved the ADSs and the Warrant ADSs for listing therein,
subject only to official notice of issuance.
(XVII) The
Placement Agents shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory
evidence of the good standing (or the foreign equivalent thereof) of the Company
and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization or
formation and their good standing (or the foreign equivalent thereof) as foreign
entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably
request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication
from
the appropriate Governmental Authorities of such jurisdictions.
(XVIII) The
Representative shall have received the written agreements, substantially in
the
form of Exhibit
D
hereto,
of the executive officers, directors, shareholders, optionholders and
warrantholders of the Company listed in Schedule
B
to this
Agreement.
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(XIX) The
Company shall have entered into the Subscription Agreements with each of the
Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force and effect.
(XX) The
Company shall have entered into an Escrow Agreement with each of the Placement
Agents and an escrow agent and such agreement shall be in full force and
effect.
(XXI) The
Deposit Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
(XXII) The
Company shall have prepared and filed with the Commission a Current Report
on
Form 6-K including as an exhibit thereto this Agreement
(XXIII) On
the
date of its first use, the Company shall have prepared and filed with the
Commission an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
G.
(XXIV) The
Company shall have issued and delivered the Placement Agent Warrants to the
Placement Agents.
(XXV)
On or
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement
Agents such further certificates and documents as any Placement Agent may
reasonably request.
All
opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof
only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for
the Representative.
8. INDEMNIFICATION
AND CONTRIBUTION.
(I) The
Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
each
Placement Agent, its directors, officers, managers, members, employees,
representatives and agents and each person, if any, who controls any Placement
Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of
the Exchange Act (collectively the “Placement
Agent Indemnified Parties,”
and
each a “Placement
Agent Indemnified Party”)
against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability whatsoever (or any action,
investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), joint or several, to which
such
Placement Agent Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities
Act
or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action,
investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (A) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer
information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules
and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference therein,
or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, any
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or document incorporated by reference therein, a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or (C) any breach of the representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein or the failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or
pursuant to any law or any act or failure to act, or any alleged act or failure
to act, by the Placement Agent in connection with, or relating in any manner
to,
the Units or the Offering, and which is included as part of or referred to
in
any loss, claim, damage expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding
arising out of or based upon matters covered by subclause (A), (B) or (C) above
of this Section 8(I) (provided that the Company shall not be liable in the
case
of any matter covered by this subclause (C) to the extent that it is determined
in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim,
damage, expense or liability resulted primarily from any such act or failure
to
act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such Placement Agent through its gross
negligence or willful misconduct) and shall reimburse each Placement Agent
Indemnified Party promptly upon demand for any legal fees or other expenses
reasonably incurred by that Placement Agent Indemnified Party in connection
with
investigating, or preparing to defend, or defending against, or appearing as
a
third party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with,
any
such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or
proceeding, as such fees and expenses are incurred; provided, however, that
the
Company and the subsidiaries shall not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in, or omission
or
alleged omission from any Preliminary Prospectus, any Registration Statement
or
the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer
Free
Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by the Representative by or on behalf
of
any Placement Agent specifically for use therein, which information the parties
hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agents’ Information (as defined in
Section
17).
The
indemnity agreement in this Section
8(I)
is not
exclusive and is in addition to any other liability which the Company might
have
under this Agreement or otherwise, and shall not limit any rights or remedies
which may otherwise be available under this Agreement, at law or in equity
to
any Placement Agent Indemnified Party.
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(II) Each
Placement Agent, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Company and its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
(collectively the “Company
Indemnified Parties”
and
each a “Company
Indemnified Party”)
against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability whatsoever (or any action,
investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), joint or several, to which
such
Company Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action,
investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer
information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules
and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the
statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that
the
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was
made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to
the Company by the Representative by or on behalf of any Placement Agent
specifically for use therein, which information the parties hereto agree is
limited to the Placement Agents’ Information as defined in Section
17,
and
shall reimburse the Company Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or preparing
to defend or defending against or appearing as third party witness in connection
with any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, investigation or
proceeding, as such fees and expenses are incurred. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section
8(II),
in no
event shall any indemnity by the Placement Agent under this Section exceed
the
total compensation received by such Placement Agent in accordance with
Section
2(V).
This
indemnity agreement is not exclusive and will be in addition to any liability
which any Placement Agent might otherwise have and shall not limit any rights
or
remedies which may otherwise be available under this Agreement, at law or in
equity to the Company Indemnified Parties.
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(III) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
8
of
notice of the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under
this
Section
8,
notify
such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of that action;
provided,
however,
that the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have under this Section
8
except
to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure; and,
provided,
further,
that the
failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section
8.
If
any
such action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify
the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense of such action
with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party (which counsel shall
not, except with the written consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to
the
indemnifying party). After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified
party of its election to assume the defense of such action, except as provided
herein, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party
under Section
8
for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in
connection with the defense of such action other than reasonable costs of
investigation; provided,
however,
that any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and to participate in the defense of such action but the fees and
expenses of such counsel (other than reasonable costs of investigation) shall
be
at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment thereof
has
been specifically authorized in writing by the Company in the case of a claim
for indemnification under Section
8(I)
or the
Representative in the case of a claim for indemnification under Section
8(II),
(ii)
such indemnified party shall have been advised by its counsel that there may
be
one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or
additional to those available to the indemnifying party or (iii) the
indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and employ
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party within a reasonable
period of time after notice of the commencement of the action or the
indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of
the
defense, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying
party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of
the
indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume
the defense of (or, in the case of a failure to diligently defend the action
after assumption of the defense, to continue to defend) such action on behalf
of
such indemnified party and the indemnifying party shall be responsible for
legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense of such action; provided,
however,
that
the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or
separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for
the
reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at
any
time for all such indemnified parties (in addition to any local counsel), which
firm shall be designated in writing by the Representative if the indemnified
parties under this Section
8
consist
of any Placement Agent Indemnified Party or by the Company if the indemnified
parties under this Section
8
consist
of any Company Indemnified Parties.
Subject
to this Section
8,
the
amount payable by an indemnifying party under Section
8
shall
include, but not be limited to, (x) reasonable legal fees and expenses of
counsel to the indemnified party and any other expenses in investigating, or
preparing to defend or defending against, or appearing as a third party witness
in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any action,
investigation, proceeding or claim, and (y) all amounts paid in settlement
of
any of the foregoing. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the
entry
of judgment with respect to any pending or threatened action or any claim
whatsoever, in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought
under this Section
8
(whether
or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless
such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release
of
each indemnified party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and
(ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability
or
a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. Subject to the
provisions of the following sentence, no indemnifying party shall be liable
for
settlement of any pending or threatened action or any claim whatsoever that
is
effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), but if settled with its written consent, if its consent
has been unreasonably withheld or delayed or if there be a judgment for the
plaintiff in any such matter, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability
by
reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, if at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse
the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated
by
Sections 8(I) or (II) effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than forty-five (45) days after receipt by
such
indemnifying party of the request for reimbursement, (ii) such indemnifying
party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least thirty
(30) days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
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(IV) If
the
indemnification provided for in this Section
8
is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
Section
8(I),
then
each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party,
contribute to the amount paid, payable or otherwise incurred by such indemnified
party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any
action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), as incurred, (i) in
such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and such Placement Agent on the other
from the Offering, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) of this
Section
8(IV)
is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) of this Section
8(IV)
but also
the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and such Placement Agent
on
the other with respect to the statements, omissions, acts or failures to act
which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any action,
investigation or proceeding in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the
one hand and such Placement Agent on the other with respect to such Offering
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from
the
offering of the Units purchased pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total fees received
by
such Placement Agent with respect to the Offering, in each case as set forth
in
the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and such Placement Agent on the other shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact
relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Placement
Agent on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement, omission, act or failure to act; provided
that the
parties hereto agree that the written information furnished to the Company
by
the Representative by or on behalf of any Placement Agent for use in the
Preliminary Prospectus, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in
any
amendment or supplement thereto, consists solely of the Placement Agents’
Information as defined in Section
17.
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(V) The
Company and the Placement Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contributions pursuant to Section
8(IV)
above
were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations
referred to Section
8(IV)
above.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss,
claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding referred
to in Section
8(IV)
above
shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against or
appearing as a third party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in
connection with, any such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action,
investigation or proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
8(V),
the
Placement Agents shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the
total compensation received by such Placement Agent in accordance with
Section
2(V)
less the
amount of any damages which such Placement Agent has otherwise paid or become
liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement, omission
or
alleged omission, act or alleged act or failure to act or alleged failure to
act. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The
Placement Agents’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section are
several in proportion to their respective placement obligations and not
joint.
9. Termination.
The
obligations of the Placement Agents hereunder and of the Purchasers under the
Subscription Agreements may be terminated by the Representative, in its absolute
discretion by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment
for
the Units if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections
7(XIII),
7(XIV)
or
7(XV)
have
occurred or if the Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Units for any reason
permitted under this Agreement or the Subscription Agreements. The Company
hereby acknowledges that in the event that this Agreement is terminated by
the
Representative pursuant to the terms hereof, the Subscription Agreements shall
automatically terminate without any further action on the part of the parties
thereto.
10. Reimbursement
of Placement Agents’ Expenses.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if (a) this
Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section
9,
(b) the
Company shall fail to tender the Units for delivery to the Purchasers for any
reason not permitted under this Agreement or the Subscription Agreements, (c)
the Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Units for any reason permitted
under this Agreement or the Subscription Agreements or (d) the sale of the
Units
is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Placement
Agents or the Purchasers set forth herein is not satisfied or because of the
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or to satisfy any condition or to comply with the provisions
hereof, then in addition to the payment of amounts in accordance with
Section
6,
the
Company shall reimburse the Placement Agents for the reasonable fees and
expenses of Placement Agents’ counsel and for such other out-of-pocket expenses
as shall have been reasonably incurred by it in connection with this Agreement
and the proposed purchase of the Units, including, without limitation,
reasonable travel and lodging expenses of the Placement Agents, and upon demand
the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the
Representative in full satisfaction of all payments due to the Payment Agents
under this Section
10.
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11. Absence
of Fiduciary Relationship. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the
Placement Agents’ responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature,
the Placement Agents have been retained solely to act as placement agents in
connection with the Offering and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship
between the Company and the Placement Agents has been created in respect of
any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether
the
Placement Agents has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;
(b) the
price
of the Units set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company
following discussions with the Placement Agents and arms-length negotiations
with the Purchasers, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding,
and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) it
has
been advised that the Placement Agents and their respective affiliates are
engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ
from those of the Company and that the Placement Agents have no obligation
to
disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) it
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against
the Placement Agents for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary
duty and agrees that the Placement Agents shall have no liability (whether
direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim
or
to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of
the
Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the
Company.
12. Successors;
Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Placement
Agents, the Company and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing
expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed
to
give any person, other than the persons mentioned in the preceding sentence,
any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement,
or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and
provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive
benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person; except that
the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the
Company contained in this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the
Placement Agent Indemnified Parties, and the indemnities of the Placement Agents
shall be for the benefit of the Company Indemnified Parties. It is understood
that Placement Agents’ responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in
nature and the Placement Agents do not owe the Company, or any other party,
any
fiduciary duty as a result of this Agreement.
No
Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase.
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13. Survival
of Indemnities, Representations, Warranties, etc.
The
respective indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties
and
other statements of the Company and the Placement Agents, as set forth in this
Agreement or made by them respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of the Placement Agents, the Company, the Purchasers or any person controlling
any of them and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Units.
Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, including without limitation
any termination pursuant to Section
9,
the
indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements forth in Sections
3,
6,
8,
and
10
and
Sections
11
through
20,
inclusive, of this Agreement shall not terminate and shall remain in full force
and effect at all times.
14. Notices.
All
statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing,
and:
(a) if
to the
Representative and/or the Placement Agents, shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex, facsimile transmission or email to Xxxxx and Company, LLC, Attention:
Head of Equity Capital Markets, Fax: 000-000-0000 with a copy to the General
Counsel, Fax: 000-000-0000; and
(b) if
to the
Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, facsimile transmission or
email to: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., Vice President, Corporate Affairs, General
Counsel and Secretary, Fax: (000) 000-0000, email xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Ropes & Gray LLP, Attention:
Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Fax:
000-000-0000, E-mail: xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.
Any
such
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of
receipt thereof.
15. Definition
of Certain Terms.
For
purposes of this Agreement, “business day” means any day on which the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading.
16. Governing
Law, Agent For Service and Jurisdiction.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of
the State of New York, including without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New
York General Obligations.
The
Company and each of its subsidiaries irrevocably appoints Ropes & Gray LLP,
with offices at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000 (and its
successors) as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City
of
New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and
agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said
service to the Company or its subsidiaries by the person serving the same to
the
address provided in Section
14,
shall
be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or
its
subsidiaries, as applicable in any such suit or proceeding. The Company or
its
subsidiaries irrevocably (a) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York
for
the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration
Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, (b) agrees that
all
claims in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding may be heard and
determined by any such court, (c) waives to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any immunity from the jurisdiction of any such court or from
any
legal process, (d) agrees not to commence any such suit, action or proceeding
other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by
applicable law, any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding is brought
in
an inconvenient forum.
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17. Placement
Agents’ Information.
The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for all purposes of this Agreement,
the Placement Agents’ Information consists solely of the following information
in the Prospectus: (i) the last paragraph on the front cover page concerning
the
terms of the Offering; and (ii) the statements concerning the Placement Agents
set forth in the fifth paragraph under the heading “Plan of
Distribution.”
18. Authority
of the Representative.
In
connection with this Agreement, Cowen will act for and on behalf of the
Placement Agents, and any action taken under this Agreement by the
Representative, will be binding on all the Placement Agents. JMP authorizes
Cowen to manage the Offering and to take such action in connection therewith
as
Cowen in its sole discretion deems appropriate or desirable, consistent with
the
provisions of the Agreement Among Underwriters previously entered into between
Cowen and JMP taking into account that the Offering will be in the form of
a
best efforts placement and not a firm commitment underwriting.
19. Partial
Unenforceability.
The
invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph, clause or provision
of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
section, paragraph, clause or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph,
clause or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid
or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and
only
such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
20. General.
This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement
and
supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements,
understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof.
In
this Agreement, the masculine, feminine and neuter genders and the singular
and
the plural include one another. The section headings in this Agreement are
for
the convenience of the parties only and will not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended or modified,
and
the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, only by a writing
signed by the Company and each Placement Agent.
21. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
upon
the same instrument.
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If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of the agreement among the
Company and the Placement Agents, kindly indicate your acceptance in the space
provided for that purpose below.
Very
truly yours,
PSIVIDA
LIMITED
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By:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President, Corporate Affairs,
General
Counsel and Secretary
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Accepted
as of
the
date first above written:
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XXXXX
AND COMPANY, LLC
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By:
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing
Director
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JMP
SECURITIES LLC
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title:
Co-President, Director of Investment Banking
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