Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 5, 2005, between pSivida Limited and the investor listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto
EXHIBIT
99.1
Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated October 5, 2005, between pSivida Limited and the
investor listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached
thereto
Execution
Version
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(the
"Agreement"),
dated
as of October 5th 2005 by and among pSivida Limited, an Australian corporation,
with headquarters located at Xxxxx 00, XXX Centre, 00 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx,
XX
0000 Xxxxxxxxx (the "Company"),
and
the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually,
a
"Buyer"
and
collectively, the "Buyers").
WHEREAS:
A. The
Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2)
of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"),
and
Rule 506 of Regulation D ("Regulation
D")
as
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC")
under
the 1933 Act.
B. The
Company has authorized a new series of convertible notes of the Company,
which
notes shall be convertible into ordinary shares of the Company (the
"Ordinary
Shares"),
which
are, as of the date hereof, represented by American Depositary Shares each
representing 10 Ordinary Shares and evidenced by an American Depository Receipt
("ADR"),
in
accordance with the terms of the Notes (as converted, the "Conversion
Shares").
C. Each
Buyer wishes to purchase, severally but not jointly, and the Company wishes
to
sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate
principal amount of notes, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the "Notes"),
set
forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers
(which
aggregate principal amount for all Buyers shall be $15,000,000) and (ii)
warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the
"Warrants"),
to
acquire up to that number of additional Ordinary Shares set forth opposite
such
Buyer's name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised, the
"Warrant
Shares").
D. The
Notes
bear interest, which at the option of the Company, subject to certain
conditions, may be paid in Ordinary Shares ("Interest
Shares").
E. Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are
executing and delivering a registration rights agreement, substantially in
the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"),
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights
with respect to the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Interest
Shares under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
and applicable state securities laws.
F. The
Notes, the Conversion Shares (including ADRs), the Interest Shares (including
ADRs), the Warrants and the Warrant Shares (including ADRs) collectively
are
referred to herein as the "Securities".
NOW,
THEREFORE,
the
Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
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1. PURCHASE
AND SALE OF DEBENTURES AND WARRANTS.
(a) Amount.
Subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6
and 7
below, the Company shall issue to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but
not
jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined
below), a principal amount of Notes, as is set forth opposite such Buyer's
name
in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, along
with Warrants to acquire that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite
such Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers.
(b) Closing.
The
closing (the "Closing")
of the
purchase of the Notes and the Warrants by the Buyers shall occur at the offices
of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. The
date and time of the Closing (the "Closing
Date")
shall
be 10:00 a.m., New York City Time, two (2) Business Days after, and subject
to,
satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections
6 and 7 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company
and
each Buyer).
(c) Purchase
Price.
The
purchase price for each Buyer (the "Purchase
Price")
of the
Notes and related Warrants to be purchased by each such Buyer at the Closing
shall be equal to $1.00 for each $1.00 of principal amount of Notes being
purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.
(d) Form
of Payment.
On the
Closing Date, (A) each Buyer shall pay its aggregate applicable Purchase
Price
to the Company for the Notes and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such
Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
accordance with the Company's written wire instructions, and (B) the
Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Notes (in the principal amounts as
such
Buyer shall have requested prior to the Closing) which such Buyer is then
purchasing along with the Warrants (in the amounts as such Buyer shall have
requested prior to the Closing) such Buyer is purchasing, duly executed on
behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.
2. BUYER'S
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
Each
Buyer represents, warrants, covenants and agrees with respect to only itself
that:
(a) No
Public Sale or Distribution.
Such
Buyer is (i) acquiring the Notes and the Warrants, and (ii) upon conversion
of
the Notes and exercise of the Warrants will acquire the Conversion Shares
issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view towards,
or
for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except
pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided,
however,
that by
making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any
of the
Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right
to
dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer is
acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
Such
Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or
indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.
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(b) Accredited
Investor Status.
Such
Buyer is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)
of
Regulation D.
(c) Reliance
on Exemptions.
Such
Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in
reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United
States federal and state securities laws and in compliance with Australian
Securities Laws (as defined below) and that the Company is relying in part
upon
the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer's compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings
of
such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such
exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the
Securities.
(d) Information.
Such
Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating
to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating
to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by such
Buyer
and have had access to those documents described in Section 3(k) as are
generally available to the public. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have
been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such
inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer
or
its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect
such
Buyer's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained
herein and such Buyer represents that, in connection with its purchase of
the
Securities, it has not relied on any statement or representation by the Company
or any of its officers, directors or employees or any of its attorneys or
agents, except as specifically set forth in the Transaction Documents. Such
Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree
of risk. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it
has
considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect
to its
acquisition of the Securities.
(e) No
Governmental Review.
Such
Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation
or
endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment
in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits
of the offering of the Securities.
(f) Transfer
or Resale.
Such
Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement:
(i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933
Act
or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned
or
transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer
shall
have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold,
assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to
an
exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company
with
such documents, certificates or opinions as the Company may reasonably request
to the effect that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant
to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended (or a
successor rule thereto) (collectively, "Rule
144");
(ii)
any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only
in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not
applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the
seller
(or the Person (as defined in Section 3(r)) through whom the sale is made)
may
be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 0000 Xxx)
may
require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules
and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any
other
Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933
Act or
any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any
exemption thereunder. The Securities may be pledged in connection with a
bona
fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the
Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer,
sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a
pledge
of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof
or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement
or any
other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without
limitation, this Section 2(i).
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(g) Legends.
Such
Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing
the
Notes and the Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the Conversion
Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the certificates representing
any Securities, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required
by
the "blue sky" laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially
the
following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer
of such
stock certificates):
[NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR
THE
SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE][EXERCISABLE] HAVE
BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
(I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
IN A
FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) IF SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID
ACT,
SUCH DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS AND CERTIFICATES AS THE COMPANY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH
A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED
BY THE
SECURITIES.
The
legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a
certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which
it is
stamped, if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such
Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection
with
a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with
an
opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the
effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made
without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or
(iii)
such holder provides the Company with such documents, certificates or opinions
as the Company may reasonably request to the effect that the Securities can
be
sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A.
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(h) Validity;
Enforcement.
This
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer, enforceable against
such
Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors'
rights and remedies.
(i) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation
of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation
of any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state
securities laws and Australian Securities Laws) applicable to such Buyer,
except
in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults,
rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of
such
Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
(j) Certain
Trading Activities.
(A) No
such Buyer nor its affiliates has directly or indirectly, and no Person acting
on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer or its affiliates
has directly or indirectly, engaged in any transactions in the securities
of the
Company (including, without limitations, any Short Sales) since the time
that
such Buyer was first contacted by the Company, a placement agent or any other
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (the foregoing,
a
"Prohibited
Transaction").
“Short
Sales”
include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200
promulgated under Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act and all types of direct
and
indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short
sales, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis),
and
sales and other transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated
brokers (but does not include any actions to secure available shares to borrow
in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the
future.)
(B) Such
Buyer covenants that neither it, its affiliates, nor any Person acting on
its or
its affiliate’s behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it or its affiliate
will (x) engage in any Prohibited Transaction prior to the earlier of the
Effective Date and the Effectiveness Deadline or (y) during the twenty (20)
Trading Days (as defined in the Notes) prior to any Optional Redemption Date
(as
defined in the Notes), engage in any Short Sale or otherwise sell any securities
of the Company other than (i) any Conversion Shares received or due to the
Buyer
at any time upon any conversion of the Note or (ii) any Warrant Shares received
or due to the Buyer at any time upon any exercise of the Warrant.
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(C) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Buyers agree and undertake to
the
Company that the Buyers will not transfer or otherwise dispose of, or agree
to
the transfer or dispose of (such action a "Disposal"), any of the: Notes,
Warrants, Conversion Shares, Interest Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares
(or the
fully paid ordinary shares underlying any of them) within 12 months after
the
relevant date of issue, to any Australian resident or person within Australia
(including through trading on the Australian Stock Exchange), unless the
Disposal does not require a disclosure document under Chapter 6 of the
Corporations Act and the transferee has given the Buyer a binding undertaking
on
the same terms as those contained in this clause.
(k) Residency.
Such
Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the
Schedule of Buyers.
(l) Buyer
Agent Fees.
Such
Buyer has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any Person
for
brokerage commission, finder’s fees or similar payments by the Company relating
to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby ("Buyers'
Agent Fees").
The
Company shall have no obligation with respect to any Buyers' Agent Fees or
with
respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for any Buyers'
Agent Fees. Such Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Company,
its employees, officers, directors, agents and partners and their respective
affiliates, from and against all claims, losses, damages, costs (including
the
costs of preparation and attorney’s fees) and expenses suffered in respect of
any such claimed or existing Buyers' Agent Fees, as and when
incurred.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The
Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers as follows (it being
understood and agreed that all such representations and warranties are made
without recognizing or giving effect to the Acquisition, the documents being
executed in connection therewith and that the company being acquired pursuant
to
the Acquisition is not considered a subsidiary or part of the Company for
the
purposes hereof):
(a) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company and its "Subsidiaries"
(which
for purposes of this Agreement means any entity in which the Company, directly
or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest
in
excess of 50% of such stock or equity) are entities duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they
are
formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties
and to carry on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company
and
its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and
is in
good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or
the
nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement,
"Material
Adverse Effect"
means
any event or collection of events which individually or in the aggregate
would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, assets, operations, results of operations, condition (financial
or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or on the transactions contemplated hereby and the other Transaction Documents
or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith
or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform fully
its
obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company
has
no Subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule
3(a).
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(b) Authorization;
Enforcement; Validity.
The
Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)),
the
Warrants and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively,
the "Transaction
Documents")
and,
subject to the Company obtaining the Shareholder Approval (as defined in
Section
4(p),
to
issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including, without limitation and subject to the Company obtaining the
Shareholder Approval, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, the issuance
of the Conversion Shares issuable
upon conversion of the Notes, and the issuance of Warrant Shares issuable
upon
exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company's Board
of
Directors and (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration
Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights
Agreement) no further filing, consent, or authorization, other than obtaining
the Shareholder Approval, is required by the Company, its Board of Directors
or
its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents of even
date herewith have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as
such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar
laws
relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors'
rights and remedies.
(c) Issuance
of Securities.
The
issuance of the Notes and the Warrants shall, upon the occurrence of the
Company
obtaining the Shareholder Approval, be duly authorized and shall be free
from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. Subject to
the
company obtaining the Shareholder Approval, upon conversion or in accordance
with the Notes or exercise in accordance with the Warrants, as the case may
be,
the Interest Shares, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively,
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issue
thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder
of
Ordinary Shares. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties
of
the Buyers contained in Section 2, the offer and issuance by the Company
of the
Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and
thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the
Warrants and issuance of the Interest Shares, the Conversion Shares and the
Warrant Shares) will not, assuming the Company obtains Shareholder approval
as
contemplated by Section 4(p) (i) result in a violation of the Certificate
of
Incorporation (as defined in Section 3(q)) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
which
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give
to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
of,
any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities
laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq National
Market
(the "Principal
Market"))
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property
or
asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, in
any
such case which is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(e) Consents.
The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of,
or
make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any
regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it
to
execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated
by the
Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or
thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations
which
the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have
been
obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company and
its
Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent
the
Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application
or
filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in violation
of
the listing requirements of the Principal Market or the Australian Stock
Exchange and has no knowledge of any facts which would reasonably lead to
delisting or suspension of the ADRs or the Ordinary Shares in the foreseeable
future.
(f) Acknowledgment
Regarding Buyer's Purchase of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity
of arm's length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an
officer
or director of the Company, (ii) an "affiliate" of the Company (as defined
in
Rule 144) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a "beneficial owner"
of more
than 10% of the Ordinary Shares (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act")).
The
Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor
or
fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
and
any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer's purchase of the
Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company's
decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on
the
independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
(g) No
General Solicitation; Placement Agent's Fees.
Neither
the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their
behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising
(within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale
of the
Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement
agent's fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers' commissions relating to
or
arising out of its retention of any such Person in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer
harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation,
attorney's fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any
such
claim. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged BIO-IB, LLC as advisor
(the
"Advisor")
in
connection with the sale of the Securities. No Buyer shall have any obligation
with respect to any claim by any Person for brokerage commission, finder’s fees
or similar payments by the Company relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby ("Company
Advisor Fees")
or with
respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for any Company
Advisor Fees. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and
their
respective employees, officers, directors, agents and partners and their
respective affiliates, from and against all claims, losses, damages, costs
(including the costs of preparation and attorney’s fees) and expenses suffered
in respect of any such claimed or existing Company Advisor Fees, as and when
incurred.
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(h) No
Integrated Offering.
Except
for the possibility that the PIPE Transaction (as hereinafter defined) would
be
so regarded, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates,
and
any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers
or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would require registration of any of the Securities under
the
1933 Act or cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior
offerings by the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any other applicable
regulatory provisions requiring stockholder approval, including, without
limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated
quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed
or
designated; provided,
that if
the offering of the Securities would be required to be integrated with the
PIPE
transaction, such integration would not violate the 1933 Act or any other
applicable regulatory provisions requiring stockholder approval, including,
without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated
quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed
or
designated, but excluding the Shareholder Approval (as hereinafter defined).
None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting
on
their behalf will in the future take any action or steps referred to in the
preceding sentence that would require registration of any of the Securities
under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated
with
other offerings.
(i) Dilutive
Effect.
The
Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares
issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants will increase in certain circumstances. The Company
further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon
conversion of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes and
its
obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, in each case, absolute
and
unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have
on
the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.
(j) Application
of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement.
The
Company and its board of directors or other similar governing body have taken
all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control
share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution
under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the
Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of any jurisdiction which is or
could
become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's issuance of
the
Securities and any Buyer's ownership of the Securities. The Company has not
adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to
accumulations of beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares or a change in control
of the Company.
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(k) SEC
and Australian Documents; Financial Statements.
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
3(k),
during
the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by
it with
the SEC and the ASX and the ASIC pursuant to the reporting requirements of
the
1934 Act and the Corporations
Xxx 0000
(Cth),
its Regulations and the ASX Listing Rules "Australian
Securities Laws")
(all
of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included
therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the
"SEC
Documents").
The
Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true,
correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the XXXXX
system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the Australian Securities
Laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC or the ASX
promulgated
thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents,
at
the time they were filed with the SEC or the ASX,
as
applicable, contained any 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 under which
they
were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form
in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the SEC and the ASX
with
respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed
or
summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case
of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(l) Absence
of Certain Changes.
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
3(l),
since
June 30, 2005, there has been no material adverse change and no material
adverse
development in the business, properties, operations, condition (financial
or
otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company. Except as
disclosed in Schedule
3(l),
since
June 30, 2005, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii)
sold
any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000 outside
of
the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually
or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000. The Company has not taken any
steps
to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have
any
knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would
reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company is not as of the date hereof,
and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur
at the
applicable Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes
of
this Section 3(l), "Insolvent"
means
(i) the present fair saleable value of the Company's assets is less than
the
amount required to pay the Company's total Indebtedness (as defined in Section
3(s)), (ii) the Company is unable to pay its debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become
absolute and matured, (iii) the Company intends to incur or believes that
it
will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature
or
(iv) the Company has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the
business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is
proposed to be conducted.
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(m) Conduct
of Business; Regulatory Permits.
Neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default
under its Certificate of Incorporation or their organizational charter,
certificate of incorporation or other organizational documents or bylaws
or
other governing documents, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute,
ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries,
and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business
in
violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Since
January 27, 2005, (i) the ADRs have been designated for quotation on the
Principal Market, (ii) trading in the ADRs has not been suspended by the
SEC,
the ASIC, the ASX or the Principal Market, other than pursuant to the request
of
the Company, and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written
or
oral, from the SEC, the ASIC, the ASX or the Principal Market regarding the
suspension or delisting of the ADRs from the Principal Market, other than
pursuant to the request of the Company. The Company and its Subsidiaries
possess
all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, territory or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates,
authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate,
a
Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary
has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification
of
any such certificate, authorization or permit.
(n) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent,
employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the
Company
(i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment
or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any
direct
or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official
or
employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any
applicable provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee.
(o) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
The
Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof and
applicable to it, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated
by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof, except where
such noncompliance would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(p) Transactions
With Affiliates.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Documents filed at least ten days prior to the date
hereof and other than as set forth on Schedule
3(p),
as of
the date hereof, none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company
is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such
officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer,
director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner.
(q) Equity
Capitalization.
As of
the date hereof, the Company has (i) 225,962,166 Ordinary Shares issued and
outstanding and (ii) no preferred shares issued and outstanding. All of such
outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and
fully
paid. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3(q):
(i)
none of the Company's share capital is subject to preemptive rights or any
other
similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the
Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to,
or
securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for,
any
share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional share capital of
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to,
or
securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for,
any
share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) there
are no
securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions
that
will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities. Except as disclosed
in
Schedule
3(q)
or in
the materials referred to in Section
3(k),
as of
the date hereof: (i) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit
agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments
evidencing Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)) of the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or
may
become bound; (ii) there are no financing statements securing obligations
in any
material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection
with
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated
to
register the sale of any of their securities (including ADRs) under the 1933
Act
(except the Registration Rights Agreement); (iv) there are no outstanding
securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which
contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries; (v) the Company does not have any stock appreciation
rights
or "phantom stock" plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement;
and
(vi) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations
required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so disclosed in the
SEC
Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's
or
its Subsidiaries' respective businesses and which, individually or in the
aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company
has
furnished to the Buyer true, correct and complete copies of the Company's
Constitution as in effect on the date hereof (the "Certificate
of Incorporation")
and
the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable
for, Ordinary Shares and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect
thereto.
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(r) Indebtedness
and Other Contracts.
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
3(r),
as of
the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has
any
outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract,
agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which,
by the
other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument would result in
a
Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default
under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness,
except
where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the
aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract,
agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of
which,
in the judgment of the Company's officers, has or is expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Schedule
3(r)
provides
a detailed description of the material terms of any such outstanding
Indebtedness. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) "Indebtedness"
of any
Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money,
(B)
all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of
property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary
course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect
to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments,
including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition
of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising
under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as
financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired
with
the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of
the
seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under
any
leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby,
is
classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses
(A)
through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
has
an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any
property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any
Person,
even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed
or
become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent
Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds
referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) "Contingent
Obligation"
means,
as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise,
of
that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other
obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person
incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance
to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged,
or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the
holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against
loss
with respect thereto; and (z) "Person"
means
an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture,
a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or
any
department or agency thereof or other entity of whatever nature.
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(s) Absence
of Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the
Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory
organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company, the Ordinary Shares or any of the Company's
Subsidiaries or any of the Company's or the Company's Subsidiaries' officers
or
directors in their capacities as such, except as set forth in Schedule
3(s).
(t) Insurance.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company
nor
any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied
for and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary 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.
(u) Employee
Relations.
(i)
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement or enterprise agreement or employs any member of a union or any
employees subject to an award. The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that
their relations with their employees are good. Except as set forth on
Schedule
3(u),
no
executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in
Rule
501(f) of the 0000 Xxx) has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary in
writing that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary
or
otherwise terminate such officer's employment with the Company or any such
Subsidiary. No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
to
the knowledge of the Company or any such Subsidiary, is, or is now expected
to
be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement,
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does
not
subject the Company or any such Subsidiary to any liability with respect
to any
of the foregoing matters.
(ii) The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all United States and
Australian federal, state, territory, local and foreign laws and regulations
respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms
and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be
in
compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Title.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple
to all
real property, and good and marketable title to all personal property, in
each
case owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
defects
except where failure to have such good and marketable title would not, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the
Company
and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings
by the
Company and its Subsidiaries except where failure to so hold would not, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(w) Intellectual
Property Rights.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to
use
all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service xxxx registrations,
service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses,
approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual
property rights ("Intellectual
Property Rights")
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted except
where
failure to so own or possess would not, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as
set
forth in Schedule
3(w),
none of
the Company's material Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated,
or are expected to expire or terminate, within three years from the date
of this
Agreement. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by
the
Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There
is
no claim, action or proceeding pending, or to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual
Property Rights. The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which
could reasonably be expected to give rise to any of the foregoing infringements
or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and
value
of all of their intellectual properties.
(x) Environmental
Laws.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all material
Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental
Laws
to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all
terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each
of
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply or receive
could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. The term "Environmental
Laws"
means
all Australian and United States federal, state, territory, local or foreign
laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment
(including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
land
surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating
to
emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively,
"Hazardous
Materials") into
the
environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits,
plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
(y) Subsidiary
Rights.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3(y)
or the
materials described in Section
3(k),
the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and
(subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and
distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by
the
Company or such Subsidiary.
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(z) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(aa) Tax
Status.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all federal and
all
material, state, foreign and territory income and all other tax returns,
reports
and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii)
has
paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material
in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and for which adequate
reserves have been made and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to
the
periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no
unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority
of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any
such
claim.
(bb) Internal
Accounting Controls.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance 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 generally accepted accounting principles and
to
maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or
incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management's
general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities
at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
difference.
(cc) Ranking
of Notes.
Except
for Permitted Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Notes), no Indebtedness
of
the Company is senior to the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect
of
payment of redemptions, interest, damages or upon liquidation or dissolution
or
otherwise.
(dd) Manipulation
of Price.
The
Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i)
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result
in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) other than the
Advisor, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting
purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) other than the Advisor or in
connection with the PIPE Transaction, paid or agreed to pay to any Person
any
compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the
Company.
(ee) Disclosure.
Other
than with respect to the acquisition expected to be agreed to on or prior
to the
date hereof or in the near future, all as has previously been disclosed to
the
Buyers (the "Acquisition"),
the
Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf
has
provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information
that
constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic
information. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers
will
rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities
of
the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company,
its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules
to
this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole is true and correct in all material respects and does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light
of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except with respect
to
the Acquisition, no event or circumstance has occurred or information exists
with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business,
properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under
applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement
by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.
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(ff) Securities
Available for Issuance.
As of
the date hereof, the Company has all necessary power and authority in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the ASX (including ASX Listing Rule 7.1)
to
issue as of the date hereof, if the Notes were to be converted in full on
the
date hereof, two-thirds of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion
in
full of the Notes.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) Best
Efforts.
Each
party shall use its best efforts timely to satisfy each of the conditions
to be
satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
(b) Form
D
and Blue Sky.
The
Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required
under
Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such
filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action
as
the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an
exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the
Closing
pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or "Blue Sky" laws
of the
states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification),
and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or
prior
to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating
to
the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities
or
"Blue Sky" laws of the states of the United States and the applicable Australian
Securities Laws following the Closing Date.
(c) Reporting
Status.
Until
the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) shall have sold all the Conversion Shares, Interest Shares and
Warrant Shares and
none
of the Notes or Warrants
is outstanding (the "Reporting
Period"),
the
Company shall file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant
to the
1934 Act and all reports required to be filed with ASIC and the ASX pursuant
to
the Australian Securities Laws, and the Company shall not terminate its status
as a foreign private issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even
if
the 1934 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or the Australian Securities
Laws would otherwise permit such termination, except to the extent (i) the
Company is redomiciled (whether through merger or otherwise) into the United
States or (ii) a successor to the Company replaces the Company as a foreign
private issuer under United States securities laws and, in either case, the
securities of such successor are listed on an Eligible Market (as defined
in the
Notes).
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(d) Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general
corporate purposes and not for the (i) repayment of any other outstanding
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except Permitted
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Senior Indebtedness) or (ii) redemption
or
repurchase of any of its or its Subsidiaries' equity securities.
(e) Financial
Information.
The
Company agrees to send the following to each Investor (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) during the Reporting Period unless the following
are filed with the SEC through XXXXX and are available to the public through
the
XXXXX system, (i) within two (2) Business Days after the filing thereof with
the
SEC, a copy of its Annual Report (on Form 20-F, or such other form as may
be
available, in the United States), quarterly financial statements and any
other
current reports on Form 6-K in the United States and any registration statements
(other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii)
within one (1) Business Day of the release thereof, facsimile or e-mailed
copies
of all material press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
and (iii) copies of any notices and other information made available or given
to
the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making
available or giving thereof to the stockholders. As used herein, "Business
Day"
means
any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
The City of New York, State of New York, U.S.A. or Perth, Australia are
authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(f) Listing.
The
Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) upon each national securities
exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the ADRs are
then
listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing
of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms
of the
Transaction Documents. The Company shall maintain the ADRs' authorization
for
listing on the Principal Market, except to the extent that the Company or
a
successor has common stock listed on an Eligible Market. Neither the Company
nor
any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably expected
to result in the delisting or suspension of the ADRs on the Principal Market,
except to the extent that the Company or a successor has common stock listed
on
an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection
with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).
(g) Fees.
Subject
to Section 8 below, at the Closing, the Company shall pay an expense allowance
to Castlerigg Master Investments Ltd. (a Buyer) or its designee(s) (in addition
to any other expense amounts paid to any Buyer prior to the date of this
Agreement) in an amount not to exceed $25,000 (in addition to any other expense
amounts paid to any Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement), which amount
shall be withheld by such Buyer from its Purchase Price at the Closing. The
Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent's fees,
financial advisory fees, or broker's commissions (other than for Persons
engaged
by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to
the
Advisor. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any
liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's
fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating
to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents,
each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with
the
sale of the Securities to the Buyers.
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(h) Pledge
of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an
Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection
with a
bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is
secured by the Securities, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. The
pledge
of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of
the
Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting such a pledge of Securities
shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise
make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(f) hereof;
provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with
the
provisions of Section 2(f) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or
assignment of Securities to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute
and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably
request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by
an
Investor; provided that the Company shall not be required to agree to any
further obligation or potential liability, or incur any costs or expenses,
beyond those which are as set forth herein.
(i) Disclosure
of Transactions and Other Material Information.
On or
before 8:30 a.m. New York time, on October 12, 2005, the Company shall file
a
Current Report on Form 6-K describing (i) the terms of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and (ii) the Acquisition (along
with
any material information regarding the Acquisition previously disclosed to
any
Buyer in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the material
Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (other
than
the schedules to this Agreement), the form of Notes, the form of Warrant
and the
form of Registration Rights Agreement) as exhibits to such submission (such
submission including all attachments, the "6-K
Filing").
From
and after the submission of the 6-K Filing with the SEC, no Buyer shall be
in
possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company,
any
of its Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers, directors, employees
or
agents, that is not disclosed in the 6-K Filing or in some other public filing
or public disclosure. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees
and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information
regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing
of
the 6-K Filing with the SEC without the express written consent of such Buyer.
In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of
its
Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees
and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the
Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall have the right to require the Company
to
make promptly a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public
advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information. Subject
to
the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall
issue
any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby; provided,
however,
that
the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to
make
any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions
(i) in substantial conformity with the 6-K Filing and contemporaneously
therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided
that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company
in
connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to
its
release).
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(j) Additional
Registration Statements.
Other
than in connection with the ADRs to be issued relating to the Acquisition
and
the ADRs issued in connection with the PIPE transaction announced by the
company
on Form 6-K on August 24, 2005 (the "PIPE
Transaction"),
until
the date that the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration
Rights
Agreement) is first declared effective by the SEC (the "Effective
Date")
the
Company shall not file a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating
to
securities that do not include the Securities (other than on Form
S-8).
(k) Additional
Notes; Variable Securities; Dilutive Issuances.
So long
as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company will not issue
any
Notes other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby and the Company shall
not
issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the
Notes.
For so long as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall
not,
in any manner, issue or sell any rights, warrants or options to subscribe
for or
purchase Ordinary Shares or directly or indirectly convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary Shares at a price which varies or
may
vary with the market price of the ADRs, including by way of one or more reset(s)
to any fixed price unless the conversion, exchange or exercise price of any
such
security cannot be less than the then applicable Conversion Price (as defined
in
the Notes) with respect to the Ordinary Shares into which any Note is
convertible or the then applicable Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants)
with respect to the Ordinary Shares into which any Warrant is exercisable.
For
so long as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall not,
in
any manner, enter into or affect any Dilutive Issuance (as defined in the
Notes)
if the effect of such Dilutive Issuance is to cause the Company to be required
to issue upon conversion of any Note or exercise of any Warrant any Ordinary
Shares in excess of that number of Ordinary Shares which the Company may
issue
upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants without breaching
the
Company's obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market.
(l) Corporate
Existence.
So long
as any Buyer beneficially owns any Notes or Warrants, the Company shall not
be
party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the
Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental
Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants.
(m) Conduct
of Business.
The
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation
of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where
such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate,
in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Additional
Issuances of Securities.
(i) For
purposes of this Section 4(p), the following definitions shall
apply.
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(A) "Convertible
Securities"
means
any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable
or
exchangeable for Ordinary Shares.
(B) "Options"
means
any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares
or
Convertible Securities.
(C) "Ordinary
Share Equivalents"
means,
collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.
(ii) Except
with respect to the Acquisition and the PIPE Transaction, from the date hereof
until the date that is 90 Trading Days (as defined in the Notes) following
the
Effective Date (the "Trigger
Date"),
the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, issue, allot, grant
any
option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale,
grant
or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its
Subsidiaries' equity or equity equivalent securities, including without
limitation any debt, preferred stock or other instrument or security that
is, at
any time during its life and under any circumstances, convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents
(any such offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred
to as a
"Subsequent
Placement").
(iii) Subject
to applicable law, from the Trigger Date until the two year anniversary of
the
Closing Date, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any
Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this
Section 4(n)(iii).
(A) The
Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice (the "Offer
Notice")
of any
proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the "Offer")
of the
securities being offered (the "Offered
Securities")
in a
Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe
the
Offered Securities, (x) describe, if known, the price and other terms
upon
which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount
of the
Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the
Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be
offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or
exchange with such Buyers a pro rata portion of 50% of the Offered Securities
allocated among such Buyers (a) based on such Buyer's pro rata portion of
the
aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased hereunder (the "Basic
Amount"),
and
(b) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount,
any
additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts
of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire
should
the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the "Undersubscription
Amount").
(B) To
accept
an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to
the
Company prior to the end of the tenth (10th)
Business Day after such Buyer's receipt of the Offer Notice (or in the case
such
Offer relates to an offering in excess of US$10 million for Ordinary Shares
that
is being offered primarily to investors outside the United States, prior
to the
end of the second (2nd) Business Day after such Buyer's receipt of the Offer
Notice) (the "Offer
Period"),
setting forth the portion of such Buyer's Basic Amount that such Buyer elects
to
purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount,
the
Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in
either
case, the "Notice
of Acceptance").
If
the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of
all of
the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription
Amount
in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to
the
Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed
for; provided,
however,
that if
the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between
the
total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the
"Available
Undersubscription Amount"),
each
Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled
to
purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the
Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers
that
have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the
Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary.
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(C) The
Company shall have twenty (20) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer
Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered
Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Buyers
(the "Refused
Securities"),
but
only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein)
and
only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices
and
interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons
or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer
Notice.
(D) In
the
event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section
4(p)(iii)(C) above), then each Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole
discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified
in
its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number
or
amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant
to
Section 4(n)(iii)(B) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of
which
shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually
proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued
or sold to Buyers pursuant to Section 4(n)(iii)(C) above prior to such
reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount
of the
Offered Securities. In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number
or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the
Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount
of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been
offered to the Buyers in accordance with Section 4(n)(iii)(A)
above.
(E) Upon
the
closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the
Refused
Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall
issue to the Buyers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified
in the
Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(p)(iii)(C) above
if the
Buyers have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer.
The purchase by the Buyers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases
to
the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Buyers of
a
purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Buyers and their respective counsel.
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(F) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by the Buyers or other Persons in accordance
with Section 4(p)(iii)(C) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until
they
are again offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this
Agreement.
(iv) Notwithstanding
the foregoing the restrictions contained in subsections (ii) and (iii) of
this
Section 4(n) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded
Securities (as defined in the Notes) or with respect to any securities of
AION
Diagnostics.
(o) Tax
Adjustments.
(i) All
payments (including issuance of Interest Shares) by the Company to any Buyer
(including, for the purposes of this Section 4(o), their respective assignees)
in regard or in connection with its ownership of the Notes, the issuance
of
Interest Shares and the conversion of the Notes into stock shall be made
free
and clear of and without deduction for any present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect
thereto; excluding, however, the following: taxes based on or measured by
the
net income of a Buyer by the jurisdiction of Buyer's applicable lending office
or any political subdivision thereof and taxes imposed on a Buyer by reason
of
its being connected with the Commonwealth of Australia or any state or territory
thereof otherwise than as a result of such Buyer's activity in connection
with
the acquiring of the Securities or by such Buyer's mere holding of the
Securities (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges
or
withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto, "Taxes").
(ii) In
the
event that any withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the
Company under the Notes or from the issuance of any Interest Shares or upon
the
conversion of the Notes into stock is required in respect of any Taxes, then
the
Company shall promptly:
(A) pay
directly to the relevant authority the full amount required to be so withheld
or
deducted;
(B) (but
in
any event within 30 days) forward to such Buyer an official receipt or other
documentation satisfactory to such Buyer evidencing such payment to such
authority; and
(C) pay
to
such Buyer such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that
the
net amount actually received by such Buyer will equal the full amount such
Buyer
would have received had no such withholding or deduction been
required;
If
the
Company fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority
or
fails to remit to such Buyer the required receipts or other required documentary
evidence, the Company shall indemnify such Buyer for any incremental Taxes,
interest, penalties, expenses and costs that may become payable or are incurred
by such Buyer as a result of any such failure. Such indemnification shall
be
paid within 10 days from the date on which Buyer makes written demand therefore
specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such Taxes and other
costs.
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(iii) The
Company shall not set off or deduct any sum from any payment due under this
Agreement whether in respect of any claim, counterclaim, right of set-off
or
otherwise howsoever.
(p) Shareholder
Approval.
The
Company shall hold a special or annual meeting of shareholders of the Company
(the "Shareholder
Meeting"),
which
shall be promptly called and held not later than December 1, 2005 (the
"Shareholder
Meeting Deadline"),
seeking such shareholder approval of resolutions providing for the Company's
issuance of all of the Securities (including resolutions in accordance with
ASX
Listing Rule 7.1) in accordance with the rules of the Principal Market and
Australian Securities Law in connection with (i) the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and (ii) the Acquisition (such approval being referred
to
herein as the "Shareholder
Approval",
and
the date of such approval, the "Shareholder
Approval Date"),
and
the Company shall solicit its shareholders' approval of such resolutions
and
recommend to the shareholders that they approve such resolutions. The Company
shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Shareholder Approval by the Shareholder
Meeting Deadline. If the Shareholder Approval is not obtained on or prior
to the
Shareholder Meeting Deadline and the Buyers do not elect to deem the failure
to
obtain the Shareholder Approval a breach of this covenant (in their sole
discretion), the Company shall cause two (2) additional Shareholder Meetings
to
be held every six months thereafter until such Shareholder Approval is obtained.
For the purpose of preparing the notices calling the Shareholder Meeting,
each
Buyer shall provide to the Company, upon reasonable request by the Company,
such
information about the Buyer that is required to be disclosed to the shareholders
of the Company in accordance with the Australian Securities Laws, and which
the
Company cannot otherwise obtain from publicly available sources. Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Agreement, in the event that the Company fails
to
obtain the Shareholder Approval on or prior to the Closing Date and the Buyers
elect to proceed with Closing, the Company will issue to the Buyers at the
option of each Buyer, on Closing, a convertible note and warrants on the
same
terms and conditions as the Note and the Warrants but for a principal value
(in
the case of the Note) elected by such Buyer and for such number of Warrant
Shares (in the case of the Warrants) elected by such Buyer, pro-rata, that
would
result, on conversion of the convertible note and exercise of the warrant
(and,
if the ASX determines, on the issue of any Interest Shares), in the issue
of not
more than the maximum number of shares able to be issued by the Company without
it breaching ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and any applicable rules of the Principal
Market. From time to time, as soon as either (i) the Company obtains the
Shareholder Approval, or (ii) the Company is otherwise able to issue additional
shares without breaching ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and any applicable rules of
the
Principal Market, the Company must issue to each Buyer at the request of
such
Buyer an additional convertible note and additional warrants ("Additional
Securities")
on the
same terms and conditions as the Note and the Warrants but for a principal
value
(in the case of the convertible note) and for such number of Warrant Shares
(in
the case of the warrants), pro-rata, equal to an amount not in excess of
the
lesser of (i) the value or amount that would result, on conversion of the
convertible note and exercise of the warrant, in the issue of the maximum
number
of shares able to be issued by the Company without it breaching ASX Listing
Rule
7.1 , any applicable rules of the Principal Market and any provision of the
Corporations Act; or (ii) the value equal to the total face value of each
of the
Note and Warrant that would have been required to have been issued under
Section
1(a) if Shareholder Approval has been obtained, less the value of any notes
or
warrants already issued to the Buyers under this Section 4(p). In connection
with each issuance of Additional Securities, the Company shall file additional
registration statements in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights
Agreement (with the Effectiveness Deadline being 180 days after the issuance
of
any such Registrable Securities) registering the sale of all securities
underlying any Additional Securities received by any Buyer pursuant to this
Section 4(p) not previously included in a registration statement in accordance
with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. From and after the date
hereof, the Company must not issue any Securities that would prevent it from
issuing Notes and Warrants to any of the Buyers under this Section 4(p) until
the Buyers have received notes with a face value equal to the face value
of
Notes that would have been required to have been issued under Section 1(a)
if
Shareholder Approval had been obtained and such number of warrants equal
to the
number of Warrants that would have been required to have been issued under
Section 1(a) if Shareholder Approval had been obtained.
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5. REGISTER;
TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
(a) Register.
The
Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other
office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of
Notes
or Warrants), a register for the Notes and the Warrants, in which the Company
shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the
Notes and
the
Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee),
the principal amount of the Notes or Notes held by such Person and the number
of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person.
The
Company shall keep the register open and available during business hours
for
inspection by any Buyer or its legal representatives upon prior written
notice.
(b) Transfer
Agent Instructions.
The
Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any
subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the
applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"),
registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the
Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares, if any, and the Warrant
Shares in
such
amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon
conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in the form of Exhibit
D
attached
hereto (the "Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions").
The
Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent
Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions
to
give effect to Section 2(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer
agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise
be
freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the
extent
provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer
effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with
Section 2(f) and satisfies the conditions applicable to the Buyer set forth
in
the Transfer Agent Instructions entered into simultaneously herewith, the
Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer
agent
to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance
accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such
Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such
sale,
assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares, Interest Shares or Warrant
Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration
statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such
Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without
any
restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its
obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly,
the
Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations
under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a
breach
or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b),
that
a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to
an
order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance
and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without
any
bond or other security being required.
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6. CONDITIONS
TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and
the
related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction,
at
or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided
that
these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by
the
Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior
written notice thereof:
(a) Such
Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is
a
party and delivered the same to the Company.
(b) Such
Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase
Price for the Notes and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer
at
the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the
wire
instructions provided by the Company.
(c) The
representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in
all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as
of a
specific date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied
in
all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required
by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer
at or
prior to the Closing Date.
(d) The
total
amount of Notes and Warrants purchased by the Buyers shall equal the maximum
amount of Notes and Warrants purchasable hereunder in accordance with Section
4(p) as of the Closing.
7. CONDITIONS
TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The
obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes and
the
related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before
the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these
conditions are for each Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer
at
any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written
notice thereof:
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(a) The
Company shall have executed and delivered to such Buyer (A) each of the
Transaction Documents and (B) the Notes (in such principal amounts as such
Buyer
shall request) and
the
related Warrants (in such amounts as such Buyer shall request), in each case,
which are being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement.
(b) Such
Buyer shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx, Colt &
Mosle LLP, the Company's outside U.S. counsel, and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
the
Company's outside Australian counsel, each dated as of the Closing Date,
in
form, scope and substance satisfactory to such Buyer, acting
reasonably.
(c) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instruction, in the form of Exhibit
D
attached
hereto which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in
writing by the Company's transfer agent.
(d) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the
formation and good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of formation
issued by the Secretary of State of the State (or comparable office) of such
jurisdiction, as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date.
(e) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the
Company's qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued
by the
Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the
Company conducts business, to the extent generally available in each such
jurisdiction, as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date.
(f) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the
Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company's board
of
directors or similar governing body or a committee thereof in a form reasonably
acceptable to such Buyer and (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, each
as in
effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F,
and
(iii) the resolutions of shareholders of the Company evidencing the Shareholder
Meeting and Shareholder Approval consistent with Section 4(p).
(g) The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in
all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as
of a
specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied
in
all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required
by
the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by
the
Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a
certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated
as of
the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as
may be
reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
G.
(h) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company's share
registry or transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding as of a date within five days of the Closing Date.
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(i) The
ADRs
(I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and
(II)
shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the
Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension
by
the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date,
either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by falling
below
the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal
Market.
(j) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents
and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.
(k) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating
to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel
may
reasonably request.
8. TERMINATION.
In
the
event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on
or
before December 1, 2005 due to the Company's or such Buyer's failure to satisfy
the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching
party's
failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall
have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching
party
at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to any
other party; provided, however, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to this
Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the non-breaching
Buyers for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of
New
York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision
or
rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State
of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of
the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein,
and
hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of
any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it
under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be
deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by
law.
EACH
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO
REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
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(b) Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective
when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party;
provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and
shall
be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if
the
signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
(c) Headings.
The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not
form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d) Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction
or the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction.
(e) Entire
Agreement; Amendments.
Except
for the non-disclosure agreement entered into by Xxxxxxx Asset Management
Corp.
and the Company on August 31, 2005, this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the
Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf
with
respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered
herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein,
neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant
or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement
may
be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and
the
holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities
issued and issuable hereunder, and any amendment to this Agreement made in
conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all
Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable. No provision hereof may
be
waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against
whom
enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent
that
it applies to less than all of the holders of the applicable Securities then
outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend
or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction
Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties
to
the Transaction Documents, holders of Notes or holders of the Warrants, as
the
case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements
with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction
Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except
as
set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise
or has
any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or
otherwise.
(f) Notices.
Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted
to be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed
to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending
party);
or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service,
in
each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses
and
facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
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If
to the
Company:
pSivida
Limited
Xxxxx
00,
XXX Xxxxxx
00
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
XX
0000
Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: 00
0 0000
0000
Facsimile: 61
8 9226
5499
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Managing Director
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx, Colt & Mosle LLP
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
X.X.
U.S.
A.
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq
If
to the
Transfer Agent:
Citibank,
N.A.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
If
to a
Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,
with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth on the Schedule
of
Buyers,
with
a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
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or
to
such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such
other
Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each
other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written
confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent,
waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated
by
the sender's facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile
number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided
by an
overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service,
receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance
with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
The
Company hereby irrevocably appoints National Corporate Research, Ltd.,
of 000
Xxxx
00xx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000, X.X.X. ("NCR")
as its
agent for the receipt of service of process in the United States. The Company
agrees that any document may be effectively served on it in connection with
any
action, suit or proceeding in the United States by service on its agents.
The
Buyers consent and agree that the Company may, in its reasonable discretion,
irrevocably appoint a substitute agent for the receipt of service of process
located within the Untied States, and that upon such appointment, the
appointment of NCR may be revoked.
Any
document shall be deemed to have been duly served if marked for the attention
of
the agent at its address as set forth in Section 9(f) or such other address
in
the United States as may be notified to the party wishing to serve the document
and (a) left at the specified address if its receipt is acknowledged in writing;
or (b) sent to the specified address by post, registered mail return receipt
requested. In the case of (a), the document will be deemed to have been duly
served when it is left and signed for. In the case of (b), the document shall
be
deemed to have been duly served when received and acknowledged.
If
the
Company's agent at any time ceases for any reason to act as such, the Company
shall appoint a replacement agent having an address for service in the United
States and shall notify each Buyer of the name and address of the replacement
agent. Failing such appointment and notification, the holders of Notes
representing not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the
then outstanding Notes shall be entitled by notice to the Company to appoint
a
replacement agent to act on the Company's behalf. The provisions of this
Section
9(f) applying to service on an agent apply equally to service on a replacement
agent.
(g) Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the
Notes
or the Warrants. Except in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(a)
of the
Note, the Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at least a
majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and issuable
hereunder, including by way of a Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company
is
in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions
set forth in the Notes and the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all
of its
rights hereunder to Persons who assume such Buyer's obligations hereunder
and
who are capable of making the representations and warranties made by such
Buyers
hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee
shall
be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights; provided
that the number of persons deemed to be Buyers pursuant to this Section 9(g)
shall not be greater than 3.
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(h) No
Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may
any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
(i) Survival.
Unless
this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties
of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3 and the agreements
and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing.
Each
Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further
Assurances.
Each
party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(k) Indemnification.
In
consideration of each Buyer's execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all
of the
Company's other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company
shall
defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder
of
the Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers,
directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing
Persons' agents or other representatives (including, without limitation,
those
retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement)
(collectively, the "Indemnitees")
from
and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses,
costs,
penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith
(irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for
which
indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys'
fees
and disbursements (the "Indemnified
Liabilities"),
incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating
to (a)
any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by
the
Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument
or
document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant,
agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents
or
any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby
or
(c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee
by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought
on
behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution,
delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any
other
certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii)
any
transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (iii)
the
status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company
pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
provided,
that
the Company shall not have to indemnify any Indemnitee for any Indemnified
Liabilities to the extent that such Indemnified Liabilities result from (x)
any
such Indemnitee's breach of any representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement or failure to perform any covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement, (y) such Indemnitee's gross negligence, willful default, recklessness
or bad faith in performing its obligations under this Agreement or (z) the
fact
that the Indemnitee's execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
and
the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (A) resulted in a violation of the
organizational documents of such Indemnitee; (B) conflicted with, or constituted
a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would have
become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to
which
such Indemnitee was a party; or (C) resulted in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities
laws and Australian Securities Laws) applicable to such Indemnitee. To the
extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable
for
any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment
and
satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible
under
applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and
procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section
9(k)
shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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(l) No
Strict Construction.
The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen
by the
parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction
will
be applied against any party.
(m) Remedies.
Each
Buyer and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies
set
forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such
holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract
and
all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having
any
rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce
such
rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover
damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to
exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes
that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or
all of
its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove
to
be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the
Buyers
shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any
such
case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting
a bond
or other security.
(n) Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder
or
pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce
or
exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments
or
the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set
aside,
recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise
restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any
law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state, territory
or
federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent
of any
such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
(o) Independent
Nature of Buyers' Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible
in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under
any
Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall
be
deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers
are
in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations
or
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company
acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in
the
negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its
own
counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect
and
enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out
of
this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
be
necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
COMPANY: pSivida Limited |
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director |
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYERS:
CASTLERIGG
MASTER INVESTMENTS LTD.
BY:
XXXXXXX ASSET MANAGEMENTCORP.
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Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Senior Managing Director |