☒ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
☐ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
☐ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Lena Moran-Adams | Craig Hilts | |||||
Scott Byers | Jason Kropp | |||||
55 Flemington Road | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP | |||||
North Melbourne, Victoria 3051, Australia | 60 State St. | |||||
Tel: +61 3 9093 3855 | Boston, MA 02109 | |||||
(617) 526-6000 | ||||||
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||
American depositary shares, each representing one ordinary share, no par value Ordinary shares, no par value* | TLX | The Nasdaq Global Market | ||||
* | Listed not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of the American Depositary Shares, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities & Exchange Commission. |
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Emerging growth company | ☒ | ||||||||||||||
† | The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
U.S. GAAP ☐ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒ | Other ☐ | ||||
• | the ongoing commercialization of Illuccix and our preparation for the commercialization of our products and product candidates, if or when they are approved; |
• | the timing and review of submissions for regulatory approval of our product candidates, including review of our accepted submission for TLX007-CDx, our planned resubmission for TLX250-CDx and our submission for TLX101-CDx, and our ability to obtain and maintain such regulatory approvals; |
• | the initiation, timing, progress and results of our ongoing and planned clinical trials, including the timing of dosing of patients, enrollment and completion of these trials, including multi-national trials, and the anticipated results from these trials; |
• | our sales, marketing and distribution capabilities and strategies, including for the commercialization and manufacturing of Illuccix and any future products; |
• | our ability to obtain an adequate supply at reasonable costs of raw materials we may incorporate into our products and product candidates; |
• | our ability to address the fulfillment and logistical challenges posed by the time-limited stabilization of our products and product candidates; |
• | our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy, including the timing and costs of expanding our manufacturing capabilities; |
• | the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of our products and product candidates; |
• | the pricing and reimbursement of our products and product candidates, if and after they have been approved; |
• | estimates of our expenses, future revenues and capital requirements; |
• | our financial performance; |
• | developments relating to our competitors and industry; |
• | the success of our collaborations and partnerships with third parties; |
• | our ability to maintain, expand, protect and enforce our regulatory exclusivity and intellectual property, or IP, portfolio; |
• | our expectations regarding our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory exclusivity and intellectual property protection for our products and product candidates; |
• | our ability to consummate the acquisition of RLS (USA) Inc., or RLS, that we announced in September 2024; |
• | our ability to successfully integrate the businesses that we have acquired or may acquire in the future; |
• | our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; |
• | legal and regulatory developments in the United States, Australia and other jurisdictions; |
• | our ability to remain compliant with the respective listing rules and standards of the Australian Securities Exchange, or ASX, and the Nasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq; |
• | our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel; |
• | the success of competing therapies that are or may become available; |
• | our expectations regarding the period during which we qualify as an emerging growth company, or EGC, under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act; |
• | the volatility of currency exchange rates; |
• | the impact of and changes in governmental regulations or the enforcement thereof, tax laws and rates, accounting guidance and similar matters in regions in which we operate or will operate in the future; and |
• | other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors.” |
IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS. |
A. | Directors and Senior Management |
Name | Age | Position | ||||
Non-Executive Directors | ||||||
H Kevin McCann | 83 | Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman | ||||
Mark Nelson | 65 | Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
Tiffany Olson | 65 | Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
Jann Skinner | 67 | Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
Executive Officers | ||||||
Christian Behrenbruch | 49 | Managing Director and Group CEO | ||||
Darren Patti | 52 | Group Chief Operating Officer | ||||
Darren Smith | 59 | Group Chief Financial Officer | ||||
David Cade | 55 | Group Chief Medical Officer | ||||
B. | Advisers |
C. | Auditors |
OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE |
KEY INFORMATION |
A. | [Reserved] |
B. | Capitalization and Indebtedness |
• | an actual basis; and |
• | an as adjusted basis to give effect to the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of A$650.0 million of 2.375% unsecured convertible notes due 2029, or the Convertible Bonds, which closed on July 30, 2024, after deducting expenses payable by us. |
As of June 30, 2024 | ||||||
Actual | As Adjusted(1) | |||||
A$ | ||||||
(in thousands, except share data) (unaudited) | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 118,837 | 753,837 | ||||
Borrowings, non-current portion (Convertible Bonds) | — | 539,400 | ||||
Borrowings, non-current portion (other) | 9,952 | 9,952 | ||||
Total non-current debt | 9,952 | 549,352 | ||||
Equity: 334,231,398 ordinary shares, no par value, outstanding | 587,408 | 587,408 | ||||
Share capital reserve | (68,343) | 27,257 | ||||
Foreign currency translation reserve | 7,103 | 7,103 | ||||
Share-based payments reserve | 112,823 | 112,823 | ||||
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income reserve | (1,513) | (1,513) | ||||
Accumulated losses | (233,504) | (233,504) | ||||
Total equity | 403,974 | 499,574 | ||||
Total capitalization | 413,926 | 1,048,926 | ||||
(1) | Proceeds raised from the issuance of Convertible Bonds are allocated between equity and financial liabilities in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. |
C. | Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds |
D. | Risk Factors |
• | We have a history of significant net losses, our operating expenses may increase in the future, and we may not be able to maintain profitability in future periods. |
• | We may need to raise capital to achieve our business objectives if we are unable to fund our operations with our cash flows from the sale of our products. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on acceptable terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research and development programs and/or commercialization efforts. |
• | We may not consummate the acquisition of RLS at all, or the acquisition may not occur within the expected time frame, which may negatively affect the benefits we expect to obtain from the transaction and increase transaction costs. |
• | We may not be able to effectively integrate the businesses that we have acquired and/or may acquire in the future. |
• | Our business is substantially dependent on the commercial success of Illuccix and our product candidates. If we are unable to successfully commercialize Illuccix as currently approved or to successfully commercialize our product candidates, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be materially harmed. |
• | Clinical development is a lengthy and expensive process, with uncertain timelines and outcomes. If clinical trials of our product candidates fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy to the satisfaction of regulatory authorities or do not otherwise produce positive results, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of such product candidates. |
• | If we experience delays or difficulties in enrolling patients in our ongoing or planned clinical trials, our receipt of necessary regulatory approval could be delayed or prevented. |
• | The results of previous clinical trials may not be predictive of future trial results, and preliminary, interim or top-line data may be subject to change or qualification based on the complete analyses of data and, therefore, may not be predictive of the final results of a trial. |
• | Due to their radioactive nature, Illuccix and our product candidates have time-limited stability, and as a result, we may encounter difficulties with fulfillment and logistics. |
• | We face substantial competition, which may result in others discovering, developing, or commercializing products before or more successfully than we do. |
• | The commercial success of Illuccix and our product candidates, if approved, will depend upon public perception of radiopharmaceuticals and the degree of their market acceptance by physicians, patients, healthcare payors and others in the medical community. |
• | We may be unable to generate and/or obtain a sufficient supply of radioisotopes to support clinical development or manufacturing at commercial scale. |
• | Even if we are able to effectively commercialize Illuccix or any product candidates for which we obtain approval, the products may not receive coverage or may become subject to unfavorable pricing regulations, third-party reimbursement practices or healthcare reform initiatives, all of which would harm our business. |
• | We depend on collaborations with third parties for certain aspects of the development, marketing and/or commercialization of Illuccix and our product candidates. If those collaborations are not successful, or if we are not able to maintain our existing collaborations or establish additional collaborations, we may have to alter our development and commercialization plans and may not be able to capitalize on the market potential of Illuccix or our product candidates. |
• | If we are unable to obtain and/or maintain commercially valuable regulatory exclusivity and patent claims or to protect our patents, trademarks, know-how and trade secrets, our ability to successfully commercialize our products and product candidates would be adversely impacted. |
• | There has been no prior market for the ADSs and an active and liquid market for our securities may fail to develop, which could harm the market price of the ADSs. |
• | As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted and expect to follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain Nasdaq requirements applicable to domestic issuers. |
• | We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to remediate these material weaknesses, or if we identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately or timely report our financial condition or results of operations, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and, as a result, the value of our ADSs. |
• | effectively commercializing Illuccix or any future products either on our own or with a collaborator, including by maintaining a full commercial organization required to market, sell and distribute our products, and achieving an adequate level of market acceptance; |
• | the impact of current or future competing products on product sales of Illuccix or any of our future products; |
• | obtaining sufficient pricing, coverage and reimbursement, under U.S. federal healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and from private payors, for Illuccix and any of our other approved products from private and government payors and the impact of any pricing changes; |
• | initiating and successfully completing clinical trials required to file for, obtain and maintain regulatory approval for our product candidates; |
• | obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals, and the timing of such approvals; |
• | manufacturing at commercial scale; |
• | establishing and managing any collaborations for the development, marketing and/or commercialization of our products and product candidates, including the level of success of any such collaborators’ efforts and the timing and amount of any milestone or royalty payments we may receive; and |
• | obtaining, maintaining and protecting our intellectual property rights. |
• | commercialize Illuccix in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other jurisdictions following regulatory approval, including maintaining our commercial infrastructure; |
• | obtain and/or maintain regulatory approval for Illuccix and our product candidates, including completing any required post-marketing requirements to the satisfaction of the FDA or other regulatory agencies; |
• | expand our research and development programs, identify additional product candidates and initiate and conduct clinical trials, including clinical trials required by the FDA or other regulatory agencies in addition to those that have been or are currently expected to be conducted; |
• | maintain, expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio; |
• | manufacture Illuccix and our product candidates; |
• | add clinical, scientific, operational, financial and management information systems and personnel, including personnel to support our product development and potential future radiopharmaceutical commercialization efforts; |
• | operate as a publicly listed company in the United States and Australia; and |
• | acquire or in-license other products, product candidates or technologies. |
• | the scope, progress, results, timing and costs of our current and planned development efforts and regulatory review of our product candidates; |
• | the amount and timing of revenues from sales of Illuccix or any product candidate for which we receive regulatory approval; |
• | the cost of, and our ability to expand and maintain, the commercial infrastructure required to support the commercialization of Illuccix and any other product for which we receive regulatory approval, including medical affairs, manufacturing, marketing and distribution functions; |
• | our ability to establish and maintain collaboration, partnership, licensing, marketing, distribution or other arrangements on favorable terms and the level and timing of success of these arrangements; |
• | the extent to which we acquire or in-license other products, product candidates and technologies; and |
• | the costs and timing of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property rights and defending intellectual property-related claims. |
• | timing and variations in the level of expense related to the current or future development of our programs; |
• | timing and status of enrollment for our clinical trials; |
• | results of clinical trials, or the addition or termination of clinical trials or funding support by us or potential future partners; |
• | timing of any milestone payments or other payment obligations to be paid by us pursuant to existing supply agreements, licenses or collaborations; |
• | timing of any milestone payments or other payments to be received by us pursuant to our license agreement; |
• | our execution of any collaboration, licensing or similar arrangements, and the timing of payments we may make or receive under potential future arrangements or the termination or modification of any such potential future arrangements; |
• | any intellectual property infringement, misappropriation or violation lawsuit or opposition, interference or cancellation proceeding in which we may become involved; |
• | additions and departures of key personnel; |
• | strategic decisions, such as acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic investments or changes in business strategy; |
• | if any product candidate we may develop receives regulatory approval, the timing and terms of such approval and market acceptance and demand for such product candidate; |
• | the timing and cost to establish a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure to commercialize any products for which we may obtain regulatory approval and intend to commercialize on our own or jointly with current or future collaborators; |
• | regulatory developments affecting Illuccix or any other of our product candidates or those of our competitors; and |
• | changes in general market and economic conditions, including as a result of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. |
• | increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions; |
• | limiting our ability to obtain additional financing; |
• | requiring the dedication of a portion of our cash flow from operations to service our indebtedness, which would reduce the amount of cash available for other purposes; |
• | limiting our flexibility to plan for, or react to, changes in our business; |
• | diluting the interests of our existing shareholders as a result of issuing ordinary shares upon conversion of the Convertible Bonds; and |
• | placing us at a possible competitive disadvantage with competitors that are less leveraged than us or have better access to capital. |
• | increased operating expenses and cash requirements; |
• | the assumption of indebtedness or contingent liabilities; |
• | the issuance of our equity securities which would result in dilution to our shareholders and ADS holders; |
• | assimilation of operations, intellectual property, products and product candidates of an acquired company, including difficulties associated with integrating new personnel; |
• | the diversion of our management’s attention from our existing product programs and initiatives in pursuing such an acquisition or strategic partnership; |
• | retention of key employees, the loss of key personnel and uncertainties in our ability to maintain key business relationships; |
• | risks and uncertainties associated with the other party to such a transaction, including the prospects of that party and their existing products or product candidates and regulatory approvals; and |
• | our inability to generate revenue from acquired intellectual property, technology and/or products sufficient to meet our objectives or even to offset the associated transaction and maintenance costs. |
• | the inability to integrate effectively the operations, products, technologies and personnel of the acquired companies (some of which are in diverse geographic regions) and achieve expected synergies; |
• | the potential disruption of existing business and diversion of management’s attention from day-to-day operations; |
• | the inability to maintain uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies; |
• | the need or obligation to divest portions of the acquired companies to satisfy regulatory requirements; |
• | the potential failure to identify material problems and liabilities during due diligence review of acquisition targets; |
• | the potential failure to obtain sufficient indemnification rights to fully offset possible liabilities associated with acquired businesses; and |
• | the challenges associated with operating in new product segments and/or geographic regions. |
• | diversion of financial and managerial resources from existing operations; |
• | successfully negotiating a proposed acquisition, in-license or investment in a timely manner and at a price or on terms and conditions favorable to us; |
• | successfully combining and integrating a potential acquisition into our existing business to fully realize the benefits of such acquisition; |
• | the impact of regulatory reviews on a proposed acquisition, in-license or investment; and |
• | the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted with respect to the proposed acquisition, in-license or investment. |
• | delays or failure to reach agreement with regulatory authorities on a trial design or the receipt of feedback requiring us to modify the design of our clinical trials, perform additional or unanticipated clinical trials to obtain approval or alter our regulatory strategy; |
• | clinical trials of our product candidates may produce negative or inconclusive results or other patient safety concerns, including undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics, and we may decide, or regulatory authorities may require us, to conduct additional clinical trials, suspend ongoing clinical trials or abandon product development programs, including as a result of a finding that the participants are being exposed to unacceptable health risks; |
• | enrollment in our clinical trials may be slower than we anticipate or we may not be able to enroll the number of patients that we expect, including as a result of competition with other ongoing clinical trials for the same indications as our product candidates or because the patient population may be limited for orphan indications; |
• | regulators may revise the requirements for approving our product candidates, even after providing a positive opinion on or otherwise reviewing and providing comments on a clinical trial protocol, or such requirements may not be as we anticipate; |
• | delays or failure in obtaining the necessary authorization from regulatory authorities or institutional review boards to permit us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial, conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site, or the suspension or termination of a clinical trial once commenced; |
• | delays or failure to reach agreement on acceptable terms with prospective clinical trial sites or contract research organizations, or CROs; |
• | delays in manufacturing, testing, releasing, validating or importing/exporting sufficient stable quantities of our product candidates for use in clinical trials or the inability to do any of the foregoing; |
• | the number of patients required for clinical trials of our product candidates may be larger than we anticipate or participants may drop out of these clinical trials at a higher rate than we anticipate; |
• | our third-party contractors, including manufacturers or CROs, may fail to comply with regulatory requirements, perform effectively, or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely manner, or at all; |
• | we or our investigators might be found to be non-compliant with regulatory requirements; |
• | the cost of clinical trials of our product candidates may be greater than we anticipate; |
• | the supply or quality of our product candidates or other materials necessary to conduct clinical trials may be insufficient or inadequate; |
• | regulators or institutional review boards/ethics committees may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial or conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site; |
• | imposition of a temporary or permanent clinical hold by regulatory authorities for a number of reasons, including after review of an IND or amendment or equivalent foreign application or amendment, as a result of a new safety finding that presents unreasonable risk to clinical trial participants, or a negative finding from an inspection of our clinical trial operations or study sites; |
• | developments on trials conducted by competitors for related technology that raises FDA or foreign regulatory authority concerns about risk to patients of the technology broadly, or if the FDA or a foreign regulatory authority finds that the investigational protocol or plan is clearly deficient to meet its stated objectives; |
• | occurrence of adverse events associated with the product candidate that are viewed to outweigh its potential benefits, or occurrence of adverse events in trial of the same class of agents conducted by other companies; |
• | any partners or collaborators that help us conduct clinical trials may face any of the above issues, and may conduct clinical trials in ways they view as advantageous to them but that are suboptimal for us; and |
• | negative impacts resulting from infectious disease epidemics or pandemics, including impacts to healthcare systems and our trial sites’ ability to conduct trials. |
• | be delayed in obtaining, or not obtain at all, regulatory approval for the indication or product candidate; |
• | obtain regulatory approval in some countries and not in others; |
• | obtain approval for indications or patient populations that are not as broad as intended or desired; |
• | obtain approval with labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings, including boxed warnings; |
• | be subject to additional post-marketing testing requirements; or |
• | have the product removed from the market after obtaining regulatory approval. |
• | severity of the disease under investigation; |
• | our ability to recruit clinical trial investigators of appropriate competencies and experience; |
• | the incidence and prevalence of our target indications; |
• | clinicians’ and patients’ awareness of, and perceptions as to the potential advantages and risks of our product candidates in relation to other available therapies, including any new products that may be approved for the indications we are investigating; |
• | invasive procedures required to enroll patients and to obtain evidence of the product candidate’s performance during the clinical trial; |
• | availability and efficacy of approved medications for the disease under investigation; |
• | eligibility criteria defined in the protocol for the trial in question; |
• | the ability of our companion diagnostics to identify patients; |
• | the size of the patient population required for analysis of the trial’s primary endpoints; |
• | efforts to facilitate timely enrollment in clinical trials; |
• | whether we are subject to a partial or full clinical hold on any of our clinical trials; |
• | reluctance of physicians to encourage patient participation in clinical trials; |
• | the ability to monitor patients adequately during and after treatment; |
• | our ability to obtain and maintain patient consents; and |
• | proximity and availability of clinical trial sites for prospective patients. |
• | regulatory authorities may withdraw the approval of such product; |
• | regulatory authorities may require additional warnings on the label, such as a “black box” warning or a contraindication, or issue safety alerts, Dear Healthcare Provider letters, press releases or other communications containing warnings or other safety information about the product, or impose distribution or use restrictions; |
• | patients and/or healthcare providers may elect to utilize other treatment options that have or are perceived to have more tolerable side effects; |
• | regulatory authorities may require one or more post-marketing studies; |
• | we may be required to implement a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS, or create a medication guide outlining the risks of such side effects for distribution to patients; |
• | additional restrictions may be imposed on the marketing or promotion of the particular product or the manufacturing processes for the product or any component thereof; |
• | we could be sued and held liable for harm caused to patients; |
• | the product could become less competitive; and |
• | our reputation may suffer. |
• | obtaining regulatory authorizations to commence a trial or reaching a consensus with regulatory authorities on trial design; |
• | the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities disagreeing as to the design or implementation of our clinical studies; |
• | any failure or delay in reaching an agreement with CROs and clinical trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites; |
• | obtaining approval from one or more institutional review boards, or IRBs; |
• | IRBs or ethics committees refusing to approve, suspending or terminating the trial at an investigational site, precluding enrollment of additional subjects, or withdrawing their approval of the trial; |
• | changes to the clinical trial protocol; |
• | delays in identifying, recruiting and training suitable clinical investigators; |
• | clinical sites deviating from the trial protocol or dropping out of a trial; |
• | manufacturing sufficient quantities of our product candidates for use in clinical trials; |
• | subjects failing to enroll or remain in our trials at the rate we expect, or failing to return for post-treatment follow-up, including subjects failing to remain in our trials due to movement restrictions, health reasons or otherwise resulting from ongoing or future public health or geopolitical concerns; |
• | subjects choosing alternative treatments for the indications for which we are developing our therapeutic product candidates, or participating in competing clinical trials; |
• | lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial or incurring greater costs than we anticipate; |
• | subjects experiencing severe or serious unexpected drug-related adverse effects; |
• | occurrence of serious adverse events in trials of the same class of agents conducted by other companies; |
• | selection of clinical endpoints that require prolonged periods of clinical observation or extended analysis of the resulting data; |
• | failure of a facility manufacturing our product candidates or any of their components to produce clinical trial materials in accordance with current good manufacturing practice requirements, or cGMP, regulations (and similar foreign requirements) or other applicable requirements; |
• | a facility manufacturing our product candidates or any of their components being ordered by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities to temporarily or permanently shut down due to violations of cGMP regulations (and similar foreign requirements) or other applicable requirements, or infections or cross-contaminations of product candidates in the manufacturing process; |
• | any transfer of manufacturing processes to alternate facilities or any other changes to our manufacturing process that may be necessary or desired; |
• | third-party clinical investigators losing the licenses or permits necessary to perform our clinical trials, not performing our clinical trials on our anticipated schedule or consistent with the clinical trial protocol, good clinical practice, or GCP, requirements or other regulatory requirements; |
• | third-party contractors not performing data collection or analysis in a timely or accurate manner; or |
• | third-party contractors becoming debarred or suspended or otherwise penalized by the FDA or other government or regulatory authorities for violations of regulatory requirements, in which case we may need to find a substitute contractor, and we may not be able to use some or all of the data produced by such contractors in support of our marketing applications. |
• | the research methodology used may not be successful in identifying potential product candidates; |
• | potential product candidates may, on further study, be shown to have harmful side effects or other characteristics that indicate that they are unlikely to be products that will receive regulatory approval and/or achieve market acceptance; or |
• | potential product candidates may not be effective in treating their targeted diseases or yield clinically significant outcomes. |
• | our ability to successfully launch and achieve broad adoption of Illuccix or any other product for which we obtain approval, or any future indications for which Illuccix may be approved; |
• | the competitive landscape for Illuccix and our product candidates, including the timing of new competing products entering the market and the level and speed at which these products achieve market acceptance; |
• | actual or perceived advantages or disadvantages of Illuccix or any product candidates for which we obtain approval as compared to alternative treatments, including their respective safety, tolerability and efficacy profiles, the potential convenience and ease of administration, access or cost effectiveness; |
• | the effectiveness of our sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution strategies and operations; |
• | the consistency of any new data we collect and analyses we conduct with prior results; whether they support a favorable safety, efficacy and effectiveness profile of Illuccix; and any potential impact on our FDA or any foreign regulatory approvals and/or labeling for Illuccix; |
• | our ability to comply with the FDA’s and comparable foreign regulatory authorities’ post-marketing requirements and commitments, including through successfully conducting, on a timely basis, additional studies that confirm clinical efficacy, effectiveness and safety of Illuccix (or any product candidates for which we obtain approval and are required to conduct such studies) and acceptance of the same by the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities; |
• | acceptance of current indications of Illuccix and future indications of Illuccix and other product candidates, if approved, by patients, the medical community and third-party payors; |
• | obtaining and maintaining coverage, adequate pricing and reimbursement by third-party payors, including government payors, for Illuccix and our product candidates, if approved; |
• | the willingness of patients to pay out-of-pocket in the absence of third-party coverage or as co-pay amounts under third-party coverage; |
• | our ability to enforce intellectual property rights in and to our products to prohibit a third party from marketing a competing product and our ability to avoid third-party patent interference or intellectual property infringement claims; |
• | current and future restrictions or limitations on our approved or future indications and patient populations or other adverse regulatory actions; |
• | the performance of our manufacturers, license partners, distributors, providers and other business partners, over which we have limited control; |
• | any significant misestimations of the size of the market and market potential for any of Illuccix or our product candidates; |
• | establishing and maintaining commercial manufacturing capabilities or making arrangements with third-party manufacturers; |
• | the willingness of the target patient population to try new therapies and of physicians to prescribe these therapies, based, in part, on their perception of our clinical trial data and/or the actual or perceived safety, tolerability and effectiveness profile; |
• | maintaining an acceptable safety and tolerability profile of Illuccix or any of our product candidates for which we obtain approval, including the prevalence and severity of any side effects; |
• | the ability to offer Illuccix or any product candidates for which we obtain approval for sale at competitive prices; |
• | adverse publicity about our products or favorable publicity about competitive products; and |
• | our ability to maintain compliance with existing and new health care laws and regulations, including government pricing, price reporting and other disclosure requirements related to such laws and regulations, and the potential impact of such laws and regulations on physician prescribing practices and payor coverage. |
• | our inability to recruit, train and retain adequate numbers of effective sales, market access, market analytics, operations and marketing personnel; |
• | the inability of sales personnel to obtain access to physicians or persuade adequate numbers of physicians to prescribe current or future products; |
• | the lack of complementary products, which may put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to companies with more extensive product lines; |
• | unforeseen costs and expenses associated with creating an independent sales, marketing and distribution organization; |
• | our inability to obtain sufficient coverage and reimbursement from third-party payors and governmental agencies; |
• | our ability to supply, manufacture and deliver sufficient inventory of our products for commercial sale on a timely basis; and |
• | existing or new competitors taking share from Illuccix or any other product candidate for which we obtain approval in the future, or preventing Illuccix or any such product from gaining share in its approved indications. |
• | our ability to provide acceptable evidence of safety and efficacy; |
• | the prevalence and severity of any side effects in general, and differentiation relative to other treatments; |
• | limitations or warnings contained in the labeling approved for our product candidates by the FDA; |
• | the size of the target patient population; |
• | advertising concerning our products or competing products and treatments; |
• | availability, relative cost and relative efficacy of alternative and competing treatments; |
• | the ability to offer our products for sale at competitive prices; |
• | the relative convenience and ease of administration of our products and product candidates, which may require coordination amongst multiple physicians across disciplines for administration; |
• | the willingness of the target patient population to try new products or product candidates and of physicians to prescribe these products and product candidates; |
• | strength of marketing and distribution support; |
• | publicity for our product candidates and competing products and treatments; |
• | the existence of distribution and/or use restrictions, such as through a REMS; |
• | the availability of third-party payor coverage and adequate reimbursement; |
• | the timing of any marketing approval in relation to other product approvals; |
• | support from patient advocacy groups; |
• | any restrictions on the use of our products together with other medications; and |
• | the sufficiency of coverage or reimbursement by third parties. |
• | decreased demand for Illuccix and any other products that we may develop or acquire; |
• | injury to our reputation and significant negative media attention; |
• | withdrawal of clinical trial participants; |
• | initiation of investigations by regulators; |
• | product recalls, withdrawals or labeling, marketing or promotional restrictions; |
• | significant costs to defend the related litigation; |
• | substantial monetary awards to trial participants or patients; |
• | loss of revenue; |
• | reduced resources of our management to pursue our business strategy; and |
• | the inability to successfully commercialize Illuccix and any other products that we may develop or acquire. |
• | regulatory authorities may determine that our product candidates do not demonstrate safety and effectiveness in accordance with regulatory agency standards based on a number of considerations, including adverse events that are reported during clinical trials; |
• | regulatory authorities could analyze and/or interpret data from clinical trials and preclinical testing in different ways than we interpret them and determine that our data is insufficient for approval; |
• | regulatory authorities may require more information, including additional preclinical or clinical data or the conduct of new trials, to support approval; |
• | regulatory authorities could determine that our manufacturing processes are not properly designed, are not conducted in accordance with federal or other laws or otherwise not properly managed, and we may be unable to obtain regulatory approval for a commercially viable manufacturing process for our product candidates in a timely manner, or at all; |
• | the supply or quality of our product candidates for our clinical trials may be insufficient, inadequate or delayed; |
• | the size of the patient population required to establish the efficacy of our product candidates to the satisfaction of regulatory agencies may be larger than we or they anticipated; |
• | our failure or the failure of clinical sites, and the records kept at the respective locations, including records containing clinical trial data, to be in compliance with the FDA’s GCP, requirements or comparable regulations outside of the United States; |
• | regulatory authorities may change their approval policies or adopt new regulations; |
• | regulatory authorities may not be able to undertake reviews of our marketing applications, conduct applicable inspections or proceed through their approval processes in a timely manner; |
• | the results of our earlier clinical trials may not be representative of our future, larger trials; |
• | regulatory authorities may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our or their regulatory filings, such as the design or implementation of the relevant clinical trials; or |
• | a product may not be approved for the indications that we request or may be limited or subject to restrictions or post-approval commitments that render the approved drug not commercially viable. |
• | additional foreign regulatory requirements; |
• | foreign exchange fluctuations; |
• | compliance with foreign manufacturing, customs, shipment and storage requirements; |
• | cultural differences in medical practice and clinical research; |
• | diminished protection of intellectual property in some countries; and |
• | interruptions or delays in our trials resulting from geopolitical events, such as war or terrorism. |
• | our inability to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA or the applicable regulatory authority or notified body that our product candidates are safe or effective for their intended uses or are substantially equivalent to a predicate device; |
• | the disagreement of the FDA or the applicable foreign regulatory authority with the design or implementation of our clinical studies or the interpretation of data from pre-clinical studies or clinical studies; |
• | serious and unexpected adverse effects experienced by participants in our clinical studies; |
• | the data from our pre-clinical studies and clinical studies may be insufficient to support clearance, approval or certification where required; |
• | our inability to demonstrate that the clinical and other benefits of the device outweigh the risks; |
• | the manufacturing process or facilities we use may not meet applicable requirements; and |
• | the potential for approval policies or regulations of the FDA or applicable foreign regulatory authorities to change significantly in a manner rendering our clinical data or regulatory filings insufficient for clearance or approval. |
• | refuse to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications; |
• | require us to change the way a product is distributed, conduct additional clinical trials, change the labeling of a product or require us to conduct additional post-marketing studies or surveillance; |
• | restrict our ability to conduct clinical trials, including full or partial clinical holds on ongoing or planned trials; |
• | require additional warnings on the product label, such as a “black box” warning or a contraindication; |
• | impose restrictions on the products, manufacturers or manufacturing process; |
• | require warning or untitled letters; |
• | seek injunctions or civil or criminal penalties; |
• | suspend or withdraw regulatory approvals; |
• | seize or detain products or implement import bans; |
• | impose voluntary or mandatory product recalls and publicity requirements; |
• | totally or partially suspend production; and |
• | impose restrictions on operations, including costly new manufacturing requirements. |
• | the federal healthcare Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order, arranging for or recommendation of, any good or service, for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. A person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation; |
• | the FCA imposes criminal and civil penalties, including civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for knowingly presenting or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment or approval from Medicare, Medicaid or other government payors that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government, with potential liability including mandatory treble damages and significant per-claim penalties. In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti- Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the FCA; |
• | the federal false statements statute, which prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or service. Similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation; |
• | the federal transparency requirements under the federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies to report to the HHS, information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians (as defined by statute), other healthcare providers and teaching hospitals and ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members and applicable group purchasing organizations; |
• | analogous state and foreign laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to sales or marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed by non-governmental third-party payors, including private insurers, and certain state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government in addition to requiring drug manufacturers to report information related to payments to physicians and other healthcare providers or marketing expenditures; and |
• | international, federal or state laws, regulations, or rules that oversee the compounding, administration or distribution of radiopharmaceutical products by licensed pharmacists. |
• | collaborators have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to these collaborations; |
• | collaborators may not perform their obligations as expected or in compliance with applicable local and national laws and regulatory requirements; |
• | collaborators may de-emphasize or may not pursue development, marketing and/or commercialization of our products or product candidates or may elect not to continue or renew development, marketing or commercialization programs based on clinical trial results, changes in the collaborator’s strategic focus, including as a result of a sale or disposition of a business unit or development function, or available funding or external factors such as an acquisition that diverts resources or creates competing priorities; |
• | collaborators may delay clinical trials, provide insufficient funding for a clinical trial program, stop a clinical trial or abandon a product candidate, repeat or conduct new clinical trials or require a new formulation of a product candidate for clinical testing; |
• | collaborators could independently develop, or develop with third parties, products that compete directly or indirectly with our products or product candidates if the collaborators believe that competitive products are more likely to be successfully developed or can be commercialized under terms that are more economically attractive than ours; |
• | a collaborator with marketing and distribution rights to one or more products or product candidates may not commit sufficient resources to the marketing and distribution of our products or product candidates; |
• | disagreements with collaborators, including disagreements over proprietary rights, contract interpretation or the preferred course of development or commercialization, might cause delays or termination of the research, development or commercialization of products or product candidates, might lead to additional responsibilities for us with respect to our products or product candidates, or might result in litigation or arbitration, any of which would be time-consuming and expensive; |
• | collaborators may not properly maintain or defend our intellectual property rights or may use our proprietary information in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property or proprietary information or expose us to potential litigation; |
• | collaborators may infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties, which may expose us to litigation and potential liability; |
• | we may lose certain valuable rights under circumstances identified in any collaboration arrangement that we enter into, such as if we undergo a change of control; |
• | collaborations may be terminated and, if terminated, may result in a need for additional capital to pursue further development, marketing and/or commercialization of the applicable products or product candidates or to enter into new collaboration agreements; |
• | collaborators may learn about our discoveries and use this knowledge to compete with us in the future; |
• | collaboration agreements may not lead to development or commercialization of product candidates in the most efficient manner or at all; and |
• | the number and type of our collaborations could adversely affect our attractiveness to other collaborators or acquirers. |
• | not provide us accurate or timely information regarding their inventories, the number of patients who are using Illuccix or serious adverse reactions, events and/or product complaints regarding Illuccix; |
• | not effectively sell or support Illuccix or communicate publicly concerning Illuccix in a manner that is contrary to FDA rules and regulations; |
• | reduce their efforts or discontinue to sell or support, or otherwise not effectively sell or support, Illuccix; |
• | not devote the resources necessary to sell Illuccix in the volumes and within the time frames that we expect; |
• | be unable to satisfy financial obligations to us or others; |
• | not be able to obtain or maintain all necessary licenses; or |
• | cease operations. |
• | reliance on the third party for regulatory compliance and quality assurance; |
• | the possible breach, termination or nonrenewal of a manufacturing agreement by the third party, including at a time that is costly or inconvenient to us; |
• | the possible failure of the third party to manufacture Illuccix or our product candidates according to our schedule, or at all, including if the third-party manufacturer gives greater priority to the supply of other products over Illuccix or our product candidates, or otherwise does not satisfactorily perform according to the terms of the manufacturing agreement; |
• | equipment malfunctions, power outages or other general disruptions experienced by our third-party manufacturers or distributors to their respective operations and other general problems with a multi-step manufacturing or distribution process; |
• | the possible disruptions to supply chain and logistics processes that are required to store, transport, and deliver our products to customers that require timely delivery given the need to inject a dose of our products within a specific window of radioactivity; and |
• | the possible misappropriation or disclosure by the third party or others of our proprietary information, including our trade secrets and know-how. |
• | we may not be able to enter into critical strategic collaborations or enter into them on favorable terms; |
• | collaborators may have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to collaborations, and they may not perform their obligations as agreed, expected, or in compliance with applicable legal requirements; |
• | collaborators may not pursue development and commercialization of our product candidates or may elect not to continue or renew development or commercialization programs based on clinical trial results, changes in their strategic focus due to their acquisition of competitive products or their internal development of competitive products, availability of funding or other external factors, such as a business combination that diverts resources or creates competing priorities; |
• | collaborators may delay clinical trials, provide insufficient funding for a clinical trial program, stop a clinical trial, abandon a product candidate, repeat or conduct new clinical trials or require a new formulation of a product candidate for clinical testing; |
• | collaborators could independently develop, or develop with third parties, products that compete directly or indirectly with our products or product candidates if the collaborators believe that competitive products are more likely to be successfully developed or can be commercialized under terms that are more economically attractive than our product candidates; |
• | a collaborator with marketing, manufacturing and distribution rights to one or more products may not commit sufficient resources to or otherwise not perform satisfactorily in carrying out these activities; |
• | we could grant exclusive rights to our collaborators that would prevent us from collaborating with others; |
• | collaborators may not properly maintain or defend our intellectual property rights or may use our intellectual property or proprietary information in a way that gives rise to actual or threatened litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property or proprietary information or expose us to potential liability; |
• | disputes may arise between us and a collaborator that cause the delay or termination of the research, development or commercialization of our current or future product candidates or that results in costly litigation or arbitration that diverts management attention and resources; |
• | collaborations may be terminated, which may result in a need for additional capital to pursue further development or commercialization of the applicable current or future product candidates; |
• | collaborators may own or co-own intellectual property covering products that result from our collaboration with them, and in such cases, we would not have the exclusive right to develop or commercialize such intellectual property; |
• | disputes may arise with respect to the ownership of any intellectual property developed pursuant to our collaborations; and |
• | a collaborator’s sales and marketing activities or other operations may not be in compliance with applicable laws resulting in civil or criminal proceedings. |
• | lodged regulatory filings may not result in intended market or data exclusivity; |
• | governments may change data and market exclusivity provisions; |
• | know-how and trade secrets may be published removing protections; |
• | patent or trademark applications may not result in issued patents or trademarks or may take longer than expected to be issued; |
• | the claims of any patents or trademarks that are issued may not provide meaningful protection; |
• | patent term extensions may not be granted or, if granted, may be subject to revision; |
• | we and our research partners may not be able to develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable or otherwise protectable under regulatory exclusivity principles; |
• | patents issued to us, or our industry partners, may not provide a competitive advantage; |
• | other companies may challenge our issued patents or trademarks; |
• | other companies may independently develop similar or alternative technologies to ours or duplicate or design around our technology; |
• | other companies may hold patents or trademarks that are relevant to our technology or activities and enforce their rights against us; and |
• | if patents are not issued, then the value of our patent rights may be significantly diminished. |
• | the scope of rights granted under the license agreement and other interpretation-related issues; |
• | our financial or other obligations under the licensing agreement; |
• | the extent to which our product candidates, technology and processes infringe on intellectual property of the licensor that is not subject to the licensing agreement; |
• | the sublicensing of patent and other rights under our collaboration agreements; |
• | our rights to transfer or assign the license; |
• | our diligence obligations under the license agreement and what activities satisfy those diligence obligations; |
• | the inventorship and ownership of inventions and know-how resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by our licensors and us and our partners; and |
• | the priority of invention of patented technology. |
• | others may be able to make products that are the same as or similar to our product candidates but that are not covered by the claims of the patents that we own or have exclusively licensed; |
• | others, including inventors or developers of our or our owned or in-licensed patented technologies who may become involved with competitors, may independently develop similar technologies that function as alternatives or replacements for any of our technologies without infringing our intellectual property rights; |
• | we or our licensors or our other collaboration partners might not have been the first to conceive and reduce to practice the inventions covered by the patents or patent applications that we own or license or will own or license; |
• | we or our licensors or our other collaboration partners might not have been the first to file patent applications covering certain of the patents or patent applications that we or they own or have obtained a license, or will own or will have obtained a license; |
• | we or our licensors may fail to meet obligations to the U.S. government with respect to in-licensed patents and patent applications funded by U.S. government grants, leading to the loss of patent rights; |
• | it is possible that our pending patent applications will not result in issued patents; |
• | it is possible that there are prior public disclosures that could invalidate our or our licensors’ patents; |
• | issued patents that we own or exclusively license may not provide us with any competitive advantage, or may be held invalid or unenforceable, as a result of legal challenges by our competitors; |
• | our competitors might conduct R&D activities in countries where we do not have patent rights, or in countries where R&D safe harbor laws exist, and then use the information learned from such activities to develop competitive products for sale in our major commercial markets; |
• | ownership, validity or enforceability of our or our licensors’ patents or patent applications may be challenged by third parties; and |
• | the patents of third parties or pending or future applications of third parties, if issued, may have an adverse effect on our business. |
• | adverse results or delays in our preclinical studies or clinical trials; |
• | reports of adverse events or other negative results in clinical trials of third parties’ product candidates that target our products’ or product candidates’ target indications; |
• | an inability for us to obtain additional funding on reasonable terms or at all; |
• | any delay in submitting an IND, BLA or NDA (or similar foreign application) for our product candidates and any adverse development or perceived adverse development with respect to the FDA’s (or comparable foreign regulatory authority’s) review of that IND, BLA or NDA (or similar foreign application); |
• | failure to develop successfully and commercialize our products and product candidates; |
• | announcements we make regarding our current products and product candidates, acquisition of potential new products/product candidates and companies and/or in-licensing; |
• | failure to maintain our existing license arrangements or enter into new licensing and collaboration agreements; |
• | failure by us or our licensors to prosecute, maintain or enforce our intellectual property rights; |
• | changes in laws or regulations applicable to current and future products; |
• | inability to obtain adequate clinical or commercial supply for our product candidates or the inability to do so at acceptable prices; |
• | adverse regulatory decisions, including failure to reach agreement with applicable regulatory authorities on the design or scope of our planned clinical trials; |
• | failure to obtain and maintain regulatory exclusivity for our products and product candidates; |
• | regulatory approval or commercialization of new products or other methods of treating our target disease indications by our competitors; |
• | failure to meet or exceed financial projections we may provide to the public or to the investment community; |
• | publication of research reports or comments by securities or industry analysts; |
• | the perception of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and especially the radiopharmaceutical industry, by the public, legislatures, regulators and the investment community; |
• | announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments by us, our strategic collaboration partners or our competitors; |
• | disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our technologies; |
• | additions to or departures of our key scientific or management personnel; |
• | significant lawsuits, including patent or shareholder litigation, against us; |
• | changes in the market valuations of similar companies; |
• | fluctuations of exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the Australian dollar; |
• | changes in trading volume of ADSs on Nasdaq and of our ordinary shares on the ASX; |
• | sales or perceived potential sales of the ADSs or ordinary shares by us, our directors, executive officers or our shareholders in the future; |
• | announcement or expectations of additional financing efforts; and |
• | conditions in the U.S. or Australian financial markets or changes in general economic conditions. |
• | We expect to rely on an exemption from the requirement that our independent directors meet regularly in executive sessions. The ASX Listing Rules and the Australian Corporations Act do not require the independent directors of an Australian company to have such executive sessions and, accordingly, we expect to rely on this exemption. |
• | We expect to rely on an exemption from the requirement that the responsibility for the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm be made by the audit committee. While our Audit and Risk Committee is directly responsible for remuneration and oversight of the independent registered public accounting firm, the ultimate responsibility for the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm rests with our shareholders in accordance with Australian law and our |
• | We expect to rely on an exemption from the quorum requirements applicable to meetings of shareholders under Nasdaq rules. Our Constitution provides that two shareholders present and entitled to vote on a resolution at the meeting shall constitute a quorum for a general meeting. Nasdaq requires that an issuer provide for a quorum as specified in its bylaws for any meeting of the holders of ordinary shares, which quorum may not be less than 33 1/3% of the outstanding shares of an issuer’s voting ordinary shares. Accordingly, because applicable Australian law and rules governing quorums at shareholder meetings differ from Nasdaq’s quorum requirements, we expect to rely on this exemption. |
• | We expect to rely on an exemption from the requirement prescribed by Nasdaq that issuers obtain shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in connection with certain acquisitions, changes of controls or private placements of securities, or the establishment or amendment of certain stock option, purchase or other compensation plans. Applicable Australian law and rules differ from Nasdaq requirements, with the ASX Listing Rules providing generally for the ability to seek prior shareholder approval in numerous circumstances, including (i) issuance of equity securities exceeding 15% of our issued share capital in any 12 month period (but, in determining the available issue limit, securities issued under an exception to the rule or with shareholder approval are not counted), (ii) issuance of equity securities to related parties, certain substantial shareholders and their respective associates (as defined in the ASX Listing Rules) and (iii) directors or their associates acquiring securities under an employee incentive plan. Due to differences between Australian law and rules and the Nasdaq shareholder approval requirements, we expect to rely on this exemption. |
• | not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting; and |
• | to the extent that we no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer, (i) certain reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and, proxy statements and registration statements and (ii) exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, including golden parachute compensation. |
INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY |
A. | History and Development of the Company |
B. | Business Overview |
• | Pharmacokinetics: Peptides and small molecules have a short circulation time (several hours) and therefore require a higher dose of radiation payload to sufficiently irradiate the tumor in therapeutic contexts, which comes at the expense of a resulting higher exposure to the kidney. Antibodies have a longer circulation time (several days), are cleared though the liver and are lost slowly, which can transiently impact the levels of blood cells but results in higher amounts of radiation payload in tumors to maximize the therapeutic effect. The calculations and study required to determine the optimal dose of radiation to be delivered for maximum therapeutic effect with an acceptable safety profile are referred to as dosimetry. |
• | Binding and cancer specificity: Antibodies have evolved in the immune system to be highly selective and, as a well-known class of agents, can be generated to be highly specific to their target. Small molecules and peptides are not as predictable as a delivery platform, however they can be engineered for high selectivity and affinity; their metabolism properties and off-target toxicity are unique to each molecule. |
• | Internalization and residualization in the tumor: Once bound to their biological targets, targeting agents can be taken up by cancer cells through a process called ‘internalization’. Peptides tend to be returned to the blood or otherwise degraded relatively quickly after internalization. By contrast, antibodies tend to be retained within cancer cells and, with their sustained presence in the blood, tend to accumulate or ‘residualize’ their radiation payload over time which can favor the localization of higher amounts of radiation to the tumor than peptides or small molecules. The slow excretion of antibodies and their ability to highly effectively residualize radiation in tumors means that lower doses of radiation are needed to treat patients; thereby improving supply chain capability and cost of goods. |
• | Route of excretion from the body: Small molecules and peptides are primarily excreted in the urine rapidly passing through from the blood into the bladder via the kidneys. Antibodies are cleared via the liver, which is a more radio-tolerant organ. |
• | Diagnostic radioisotopes for imaging: Radioisotopes emitting positrons can be detected by a PET camera. Gamma emissions can be detected by a single photon emission computed tomography, or SPECT. These are commonly referred to as “scanners.” |
• | Diagnostic radioisotopes for surgery: Both gamma and beta emitting radioisotopes can be used for the interoperative detection of tumors, using a handheld or robotic probe. The most commonly used radioisotope in radio-guided surgery is 99mTc. |
• | Radioisotopes for therapy: Radioisotopes with the ability to kill cells for therapeutic effect are classified as either beta- or alpha-emitters, based on their emission profile. Beta emitters (such as 177Lu and 131I) have a longer penetration and may be more suitable for bulky metastatic disease. Alpha-emitters are substantially bigger isotopes than beta-emitters and have the potential to deliver very high amounts of energy to cancer cells in closer proximity to these particles, which can decrease the risk of damage to surrounding healthy cells and increase the selectivity and potency of the radiation treatment. Alpha and beta therapies are often complementary, with alpha therapies being more suitable for smaller or disseminated tumors (including micro metastatic disease) and beta therapies being more suitable for treatment of bulkier tumors. |
• | with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy; |
• | with suspected recurrence based on elevated serum PSA level; and |
• | for selection of patients with metastatic prostate cancer, for whom Pluvicto is indicated. |
• | monitoring for progression in non-metastatic and mCRPC patients; and |
• | monitoring response to PSMA-directed radioligand therapy, |
• | evidence that treatment with TLX591 is well tolerated, including data from the Phase 1 ProstACT SELECT trial, common grade 3 and 4 hematological events included thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia and neutropenia. All hematological events were transient. All drug-related non-hematologic events were grade 1 or 2, with no grade 3 or 4 events; |
• | evidence of efficacy demonstrated following treatment of 242 patients across eight Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials, including up to 42.3 months median survival in a single-arm Phase 2 clinical trial in 17 patients with mCRPC when delivered under a fractionated dosing regimen; |
• | evidence of low rates of off-target organ exposure observed in the ProstACT SELECT trial; and |
• | convenient two-dose regimen administered over 14 days with low radiation exposure. |
• | functionally specific to tumor-expressed PSMA, whereas small-molecule PSMA is taken up by endogenous PSMA; |
• | reduced off-target radiation, with reduced potential for undesirable effects including dry eye, xerostomia, and back pain from ganglia irradiation; |
• | longer circulation time and tumor retention, while small molecule PSMA is rapidly excreted with approximately 70% of activity lost after 12 hours; and |
• | shorter dosing regimen of two doses, 14 days apart compared to dosing regimens lasting up to 36 weeks with small molecule PSMA. |
• | broad availability in the United States through over 220 radiopharmacies and with flexible scheduling; |
• | validated accuracy compared to other PSMA imaging agents, including lower rate of false positives and efficacy in patients with low disease burden; and |
• | potential for expanded clinical utility based on guidelines and clinical research. |
• | two clinical trials have investigated TLX250 in patients with advanced ccRCC in which TLX250 has been well tolerated and has shown the potential to stabilize progressive disease as a monotherapy; |
• | animal models indicated combination with checkpoint inhibitors can improve therapeutic response; and |
• | potential application in range of carcinomas that are known to over-express CAIX. |
• | high affinity was observed for CAIX, expressed in up to 94% of ccRCC and many hypoxic solid tumors, low expression in normal tissue; |
• | positive results in Phase 3 ZIRCON trial including key secondary endpoints that demonstrated detection of ccRCC even in small renal masses (less than 4cm); and |
• | breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA granted in 2020. |
Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Reader 3 | Overall % (95% CI) | |||||||||
Sensitivity, % | 84.13 | 85.19 | 87.30 | 85.5 | ||||||||
Lowest bounds, Wilson 95% CI | 78.24 | 79.42 | 81.80 | (79.8; 89.8) | ||||||||
Specificity, % | 88.42 | 88.42 | 84.21 | 87 | ||||||||
Lowest bounds, Wilson 95% CI | 80.45 | 80.45 | 75.57% | (78.8; 92.3) | ||||||||
Positive predictive value, % | 93.53 | 93.60 | 91.67 | 93 (88; 96) | ||||||||
Negative predictive value, % | 73.68 | 75.00 | 76.92 | 75 (66; 82) | ||||||||
Accuracy, % | 85.56 | 86.27 | 86.27 | 86 (81.5; 89.6) | ||||||||
• | the IPAX-1 trial demonstrated evidence of tumor responses in recurrent glioblastoma including some patients with prolonged disease stabilization; |
• | the IPAX-2 Phase 1 trial is designed to extend TLX101 into the front-line setting, building upon experience in recurrent setting; |
• | evidence of rapid clearance of TLX101 from the brain observed in the IPAX-1 trial; and |
• | TLX101 has been granted orphan drug designation in the United States and Europe for the treatment of glioma. |
• | potential tool for management of progression and treatment monitoring; |
• | orphan drug designation, potential to meet major unmet need; and |
• | widely used in Europe and recommended in the joint guidelines for imaging of gliomas. |
• | well-established clinical and toxicology profile of olaratumab as a non-radiolabeled agent; |
• | submitted ethics application to commence a Phase 1 trial, to be conducted in Australia and New Zealand targeting and biodistribution in humans; and |
• | potential application in a range of other cancers (e.g., bone, brain, breast, lung, ovarian and prostate cancers). |
• | minimal uptake in non-hematopoietic organs such as liver, kidneys and gut; |
• | approximately 100 patients treated in several Phase 1 and 2 investigator-initiated trials of TLX66 in different hematological diseases requiring autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation; and |
• | orphan drug designation granted in the United States and Europe for TLX66 for bone marrow conditioning. |
• | EMA approval for imaging of peripheral osteomyelitis in 2010; and |
• | Phase 3 trial showed that Scintimun imaging is accurate and well-tolerated in diagnosing infection of the peripheral skeleton and provides comparable information. |
• | completion of preclinical laboratory tests in compliance with the FDA’s good laboratory practice, or GLP, standards and applicable regulations; |
• | design of a clinical protocol and submission to the FDA of an IND, which must take effect before human clinical trials may begin; |
• | approval by an IRB representing each clinical site before each clinical trial may be initiated; |
• | performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials in accordance with GCPs to establish the safety and efficacy of the proposed drug product for each proposed indication or with respect to biologics, the safety, purity and potency of the product candidate for each proposed indication; |
• | submission to the FDA of an NDA for a drug candidate product and a BLA for a biological product requesting marketing for one or more proposed indications; |
• | review of the request for approval by an FDA advisory committee, where appropriate or if applicable; |
• | completion of one or more FDA inspections of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the product, or components thereof, are produced to assess compliance with cGMPs to assure the product’s identity, strength, quality and purity; |
• | completion of FDA audits of clinical trial sites to assure compliance with GCPs and the integrity of the clinical data; |
• | payment of user fees and securing FDA approval of the NDA or BLA; and |
• | compliance with any post-approval requirements, including the potential requirement to implement a REMS and the potential requirement to conduct post-approval studies. |
• | Phase 1. Phase 1 studies include the initial introduction of an investigational new drug or biological product into humans. These studies are designed to evaluate the safety, dosage tolerance, metabolism and pharmacologic actions of the investigational drug or biological product in humans, the side effects associated with increasing doses, and if possible, to gain early evidence on effectiveness. |
• | Phase 2. Phase 2 includes the controlled clinical trials conducted to preliminarily or further evaluate the effectiveness of the investigational drug or biological product for a particular indication(s) in patients with the disease or condition under trial, to determine dosage tolerance and optimal dosage, and to identify possible adverse side effects and safety risks associated with the drug or biological product. Phase 2 clinical trials are typically well-controlled, closely monitored, and conducted in a limited patient population. |
• | Phase 3. Phase 3 clinical trials are generally controlled clinical trials conducted in an expanded patient population generally at geographically dispersed clinical trial sites. They are performed after preliminary evidence suggesting effectiveness of the drug or biological product has been obtained, and are intended to further evaluate dosage, clinical effectiveness and safety, to establish the overall benefit-risk relationship of the investigational drug or biological product, and to provide an adequate basis for product approval. |
• | Phase 4. Post-approval studies may be conducted after initial marketing approval. These studies are used to gain additional experience from the treatment of patients in the intended therapeutic indication. |
• | restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product, suspension of the approval, or complete withdrawal of the product from the market or product recalls; |
• | fines, warning letters or holds on post-approval clinical trials; |
• | refusal of the FDA to approve pending NDAs, BLAs or supplements to approved NDAs or BLAs, or suspension or revocation of product approvals; |
• | product seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of products; or |
• | injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties. |
• | establishment registration and device listing with the FDA; |
• | QSR requirements, which require manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the design and manufacturing process; |
• | labeling regulations and FDA prohibitions against the promotion of “off-label” uses of cleared or approved products; |
• | requirements related to promotional activities; |
• | clearance or approval of product modifications to 510(k)-cleared devices that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that would constitute a major change in intended use of cleared devices, or approval of certain modifications to PMA-approved devices; |
• | medical device reporting regulations, which require that a manufacturer report to the FDA if a device it markets may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury, or has malfunctioned and the device or a similar device that it markets would be likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury, if the malfunction were to recur; |
• | correction, removal and recall reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and product recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed by the device or to remedy a violation of the FDCA that may present a risk to health; |
• | the FDA’s recall authority, whereby the agency can order device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of governing laws and regulations; and |
• | post-market surveillance activities and regulations, which apply when deemed by the FDA to be necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and effectiveness data for the device. |
• | issuance of warning letters, untitled letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties; |
• | requesting or requiring recalls, withdrawals, or administrative detention or seizure of our products; |
• | imposing operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production; |
• | refusing or delaying requests for 510(k) marketing clearance or PMA approvals of new products or modified products; |
• | withdrawing 510(k) clearances or PMA approvals that have already been granted; |
• | refusal to grant export approvals for our products; or |
• | criminal prosecution. |
• | the federal healthcare program Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully offering, soliciting, receiving, or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order, or arranging for or recommending the purchase or order of a good or service for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. A person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation; |
• | federal false claims, false statements, and civil monetary penalties laws prohibiting, among other things, any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false claim for payment of government funds or knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false statement to get a false claim paid. In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti- Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the civil False Claims Act; |
• | the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, which, in addition to privacy protections applicable to healthcare providers and other entities, prohibits executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements relating to healthcare matters. Similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation; |
• | federal laws that require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report certain calculated product prices to the government or provide certain discounts or rebates to government authorities or private entities, often as a condition of reimbursement under government healthcare programs; |
• | federal Open Payments (or federal “sunshine” law), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to monitor and report certain financial interactions with certain healthcare providers and teaching hospitals to CMS within the HHS for re-disclosure to the public, as well as ownership and investment interests held by physicians (as defined by statute) and their immediate family members; |
• | federal consumer protection and unfair competition laws, which broadly regulate marketplace activities and activities that potentially harm consumers; |
• | analogous state laws and regulations, including: state anti-kickback and false claims laws; state laws requiring pharmaceutical companies to comply with specific compliance standards, restrict financial interactions between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers or require pharmaceutical companies to report information related to payments to health care providers or marketing expenditures; and state laws governing privacy, security and breaches of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts; and |
• | laws and regulations prohibiting bribery and corruption such as the FCPA, which, among other things, prohibits U.S. companies and their employees and agents from authorizing, promising, offering, or providing, directly or indirectly, corrupt or improper payments or anything else of value to foreign government officials, employees of public international organizations or foreign government-owned or affiliated entities, candidates for foreign public office, and foreign political parties or officials thereof. |
C. | Organizational Structure |
Name of Entity | State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization | Percentage Ownership and Voting Interest (%) | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals International Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals Australia Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd | Australia | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (ANZ) Pty Ltd | Australia | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Corporate) Pty Ltd | Australia | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited | New Zealand | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharma Japan KK | Japan | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Singapore) Pte Ltd | Singapore | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc. | Delaware | 100 | ||||
Telix Optimal Tracers LLC | Delaware | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Inc. | Canada | 100 | ||||
Telix Innovations SA | Belgium | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Germany) GmbH | Germany | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland) GmbH | Switzerland | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL | Belgium | 100 | ||||
Dedicaid GmbH | Austria | 100 | ||||
Lightpoint Surgical Ltd | United Kingdom | 100 | ||||
Lightpoint Surgical Spain S.L. | Spain | 100 | ||||
Rhine Pharma GmbH | Germany | 100 | ||||
Therapeia GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | 100 | ||||
Therapeia-Verwaltungs GmbH | Germany | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (France) SAS | France | 100 | ||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd | United Kingdom | 100 | ||||
Telix IsoTherapeutics Group Inc. | Delaware | 100 | ||||
Telix ARTMS Inc. | Canada | 100 | ||||
ARTMS US, Inc. | Delaware | 100 | ||||
Telix QSAM, Inc. | Delaware | 100 | ||||
QSAM Therapeutics Inc. | Texas | 100 | ||||
D. | Property, Plants and Equipment |
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS |
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS |
A. | Operating Results |
• | expenses incurred in connection with the clinical development of our product candidates, including under agreements with third parties, such as consultants and CROs; |
• | the cost of manufacturing and purchasing drug products for use in our clinical trials, including under agreements with third parties, such as consultants and CMOs; |
• | other research and development related activities, which include pre-clinical expenses and research expenditure on novel targets and technologies; |
• | costs related to compliance with regulatory requirements and patent expenses; |
• | intellectual property costs, such as milestone payments and fees to licensors; and |
• | consulting, pre-launch commercialization activities and travel and conferences related to new products in development. |
• | the scope, rate of progress and expense of our planned clinical trials as well as other R&D activities; |
• | clinical trial results; |
• | the terms and timing of regulatory approvals; |
• | the expense of filing, maintaining, prosecuting, defending and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights; |
• | the ability to raise necessary additional funds, whether through commercial operations or investment; |
• | the ability to commercialize and achieve market acceptance for any products that receive regulatory approval; |
• | a continued acceptable safety profile following approval in any indication; and |
• | the ability to establish and maintain agreements with third-party suppliers and manufacturers for clinical supply and commercial manufacturing for any product candidate, if approved. |
Six Months ended June 30, | 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||||
2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 363,964 | 220,834 | 143,130 | 65% | ||||||||
Cost of sales | (124,938) | (81,791) | 43,147 | 53% | ||||||||
Gross profit | 239,026 | 139,043 | 99,983 | 72% | ||||||||
Research and development costs | (84,190) | (48,726) | 35,464 | 73% | ||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (37,311) | (24,171) | 13,140 | 54% | ||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (13,327) | (4,302) | 9,025 | 210% | ||||||||
General and administration costs | (59,341) | (30,315) | 29,026 | 96% | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | (2,870) | (38,159) | 35,289 | 92% | ||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 41,987 | (6,630) | 48,617 | 733% | ||||||||
Finance income | 1,373 | 453 | 920 | 203% | ||||||||
Finance costs | (8,678) | (6,123) | 2,555 | 42% | ||||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 34,682 | (12,300) | 46,982 | 382% | ||||||||
Income tax expense | (5,028) | (2,020) | 3,008 | 149% | ||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the half-year | 29,654 | (14,320) | 43,974 | 307% | ||||||||
Other comprehensive income/(loss): | ||||||||||||
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | ||||||||||||
Changes in fair value of equity investments at fair value through other comprehensive income | (618) | — | (618) | — | ||||||||
Items to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | ||||||||||||
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations | 12,517 | 4,302 | 8,215 | 191% | ||||||||
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the half-year | 41,553 | (10,018) | 51,571 | 515% | ||||||||
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the half-year attributable to: | ||||||||||||
Owners of the Company | 41,553 | (10,018) | 51,571 | 515% | ||||||||
Basic earnings/(loss) per share after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company (in cents) | 9.05 | (4.51) | ||||||||||
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company (in cents) | 8.75 | (4.51) | ||||||||||
Year ended December 31 | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage and per share data) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 502,547 | 160,096 | 7,596 | 342,451 | 214% | 152,500 | 2,008% | ||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (188,157) | (65,170) | (6,371) | 122,987 | 189% | 58,799 | 923% | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 314,390 | 94,926 | 1,225 | 219,464 | 231% | 93,701 | 7,649% | ||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | (128,537) | (80,687) | (48,114) | 47,850 | 59% | 32,573 | 68% | ||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (50,109) | (36,313) | (5,706) | 13,796 | 38% | 30,607 | 536% | ||||||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (9,869) | (3,949) | (460) | 5,920 | 150% | 3,489 | 758% | ||||||||||||||
General and administration costs | (74,181) | (47,156) | (28,192) | 27,025 | 57% | 18,964 | 67% | ||||||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | (35,854) | (18,751) | 6,000 | (17,103) | (91%) | (24,751) | (413%) | ||||||||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 15,840 | (91,930) | (75,247) | 107,770 | 117% | (16,683) | (22%) | ||||||||||||||
Finance income | 1,019 | 1 | — | 1,018 | * | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||
Finance costs | (13,772) | (6,693) | (5,218) | 7,079 | 106% | 1,475 | 28% | ||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 3,087 | (98,622) | (80,465) | 101,709 | 103% | (18,157) | (23%) | ||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit/(expense) | 2,124 | (5,457) | (45) | 7,581 | 139% | (5,412) | * | ||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year | 5,211 | (104,079) | (80,510) | 109,290 | 105% | (23,569) | (29%) | ||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income/(loss): | |||||||||||||||||||||
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Changes in fair value of equity investments at fair value through other comprehensive income | (895) | — | — | (895) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Items to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations | (4,852) | 591 | (1,452) | (5,443) | (921%) | 2,043 | 141% | ||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss for the year | (536) | (103,488) | (81,962) | 102,952 | 99% | (21,526) | (26%) | ||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Owners of the Company | (536) | (103,488) | (81,962) | 102,952 | 99% | (21,526) | (26%) | ||||||||||||||
Basic earnings/(loss) per share after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company (in cents) | 1.63 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company (in cents) | 1.61 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||||||||||||||
* | Percentage not meaningful. |
Six Months ended June 30, | 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||||
2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 358,818 | 218,516 | 140,302 | 64% | ||||||||
Cost of sales | (124,938) | (81,791) | 43,147 | 53% | ||||||||
Gross profit | 233,880 | 136,725 | 97,155 | 71% | ||||||||
Research and development costs | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (37,188) | (24,171) | 13,017 | 54% | ||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (5,071) | (3,143) | 1,928 | 61% | ||||||||
General and administration costs | (16,899) | (14,024) | 2,875 | 21% | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | 229 | (1,248) | 1,477 | 118% | ||||||||
Operating profit | 174,951 | 94,139 | 80,812 | 86% | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | (229) | 1,248 | (1,477) | (118%) | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 2,726 | 2,700 | 26 | 1% | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 177,448 | 98,087 | 79,361 | 81% | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 497,051 | 156,369 | 5,408 | 340,682 | 218% | 150,961 | 2,791% | ||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | (188,157) | (65,170) | (6,371) | 122,987 | 189% | 58,799 | 923% | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit/(loss) | 308,894 | 91,199 | (963) | 217,695 | 239% | 92,162 | 9,570% | ||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | (282) | (704) | — | (422) | (60%) | 704 | — | ||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (49,925) | (36,217) | (5,692) | 13,708 | 38% | 30,525 | 536% | ||||||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (7,127) | (2,139) | (170) | 4,988 | 233% | 1,969 | 1,158% | ||||||||||||||
General and administration costs | (30,151) | (17,207) | (9,512) | 12,944 | 75% | 7,695 | 81% | ||||||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | (863) | (791) | 2,064 | (72) | (9%) | (2,855) | (138%) | ||||||||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 220,546 | 34,141 | (14,273) | 186,405 | 546% | 48,414 | 339% | ||||||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | 863 | 791 | (2,064) | 72 | 9% | 2,855 | 138% | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 5,594 | 4,694 | 596 | (900) | (19%) | (4,098) | (688%) | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 227,003 | 39,626 | (15,741) | 187,377 | 473% | 55,367 | 352% | ||||||||||||||
Six Months ended June 30, | 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||||
2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 4,278 | 2,042 | 2,236 | 110% | ||||||||
Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Gross profit | 4,278 | 2,042 | 2,236 | 110% | ||||||||
Research and development costs | (83,890) | (48,715) | 35,175 | 72% | ||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
General and administration costs | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Operating loss | (79,612) | (46,673) | (32,939) | (71%) | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 55 | 123 | 68 | 55% | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | (79,557) | (46,550) | (33,007) | (71%) | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 5,496 | 3,727 | 2,188 | 1,769 | 47% | 1,539 | 70% | ||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 5,496 | 3,727 | 2,188 | 1,769 | 47% | 1,539 | 70% | ||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | (128,212) | (80,000) | (48,114) | 48,212 | 60% | 31,886 | 66% | ||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
General and administration costs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other gains (net) | — | 11 | 18,574 | (11) | (100%) | (18,563) | (100%) | ||||||||||||||
Operating loss | (122,716) | (76,262) | (27,352) | (46,454) | (61%) | (48,910) | (179%) | ||||||||||||||
Other gains (net) | — | (11) | (18,574) | 11 | 100% | 18,563 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 237 | 172 | — | (65) | (38%) | (172) | — | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | (122,479) | (76,101) | (45,926) | (46,378) | (61%) | (30,175) | (66%) | ||||||||||||||
Six Months ended June 30, | 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||||
2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
Direct research and development costs by program: | ||||||||||||
Therapeutic programs | ||||||||||||
Phase 3 – TLX591 | 15,751 | 6,373 | 9,378 | 147% | ||||||||
Phase 2 – TLX250, TLX101 | 3,439 | 3,009 | 430 | 14% | ||||||||
Phase 1 – TLX66, TLX300 | 1,179 | — | 1,179 | — | ||||||||
Diagnostic imaging programs | ||||||||||||
Commercial – Illuccix, TLX591-CDx | 8,658 | 1,398 | 7,260 | 519% | ||||||||
Pre-commercial – TLX101-CDx (Pixclara), TLX250-CDx (Zircaix), TLX007-CDx | 25,667 | 16,990 | 8,677 | 51% | ||||||||
Other research and development programs | 3,581 | 2,576 | 1,005 | 39% | ||||||||
Unallocated expenses: | ||||||||||||
Employment costs | 19,319 | 14,676 | 4,643 | 32% | ||||||||
General and administration costs | 6,296 | 3,693 | 2,603 | 70% | ||||||||
Total research and development costs | 83,890 | 48,715 | 35,175 | 72% | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | Total Incurred in Years ended December 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | 2020 through 2023 A$ | |||||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Direct research and development costs by program: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Therapeutic programs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phase 3 – TLX591 | 17,326 | 11,383 | 6,075 | 5,943 | 52% | 5,308 | 87% | 37,065 | ||||||||||||||||
Phase 2 – TLX250, TLX101 | 5,537 | 5,528 | 1,530 | 9 | — | 3,998 | 261% | 22,552 | ||||||||||||||||
Phase 1 – TLX66, TLX300 | 631 | 3,358 | 18 | (2,727) | (81%) | 3,340 | * | 4,007 | ||||||||||||||||
Diagnostic imaging programs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial – Illuccix, TLX591-CDx | 6,637 | 2,240 | 7,867 | 4,397 | 196% | (5,627) | (72%) | 19,527 | ||||||||||||||||
Pre-commercial – TLX101-CDx (Pixclara), TLX250-CDx (Zircaix), TLX007-CDx | 49,592 | 25,314 | 15,048 | 24,278 | 96% | 10,266 | 68% | 94,497 | ||||||||||||||||
Other research and development programs | 6,569 | 9,116 | 3,596 | (2,547) | (28%) | 5,520 | 154% | 22,803 | ||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | Total Incurred in Years ended December 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | 2020 through 2023 A$ | |||||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unallocated expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employment costs | 32,077 | 19,166 | 13,723 | 12,911 | 67% | 5,443 | 40% | 72,125 | ||||||||||||||||
General and administration costs | 9,843 | 3,895 | 257 | 5,948 | 153% | 3,638 | 1,416% | 26,835 | ||||||||||||||||
Total research and development costs | 128,212 | 80,000 | 48,114 | 48,212 | 60% | 31,886 | 66% | 299,411 | ||||||||||||||||
* | Percentage not meaningful. |
Six Months ended June 30, | 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||||
2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Six Months ended June 30, | 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||||
2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Research and development costs | (284) | — | 284 | — | ||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (182) | — | 182 | — | ||||||||
General and administration costs | (890) | — | 890 | — | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Operating loss | (1,356) | — | (1,356) | — | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 5 | — | (5) | — | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | (1,351) | — | (1,351) | — | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (3) | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
General and administration costs | (394) | — | — | 394 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Operating loss | (397) | — | — | (397) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1 | — | — | (1) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | (396) | — | — | (396) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Six Months ended June 30, | 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||||
2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 868 | 276 | 592 | 214% | ||||||||
Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Gross profit | 868 | 276 | 592 | 214% | ||||||||
Research and development costs | (16) | (11) | 5 | 45% | ||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (123) | — | 123 | — | ||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (8,074) | (1,159) | 6,915 | 597% | ||||||||
General and administration costs | (2,149) | (1,626) | 523 | 32% | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | 65 | — | 65 | — | ||||||||
Operating loss | (9,429) | (2,520) | (6,909) | (274%) | ||||||||
Other losses (net) | (65) | — | (65) | — | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 541 | 183 | (358) | (196%) | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | (8,953) | (2,337) | (6,616) | (283%) | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (586) | (322) | (290) | 264 | 82% | 32 | 11% | ||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | Change A$ | Change % | Change A$ | Change % | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentage data) | |||||||||||||||||||||
General and administration costs | (2,646) | — | — | 2,646 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Operating loss | (3,232) | (322) | (290) | (2,910) | (904%) | (32) | (11%) | ||||||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 370 | 322 | — | (48) | (15%) | (322) | — | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | (2,862) | — | (290) | (2,862) | — | 290 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
• | exemption from the auditor attestation requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting; and |
• | to the extent that we no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer, (i) certain reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements and (ii) exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, including golden parachute compensation. |
B. | Liquidity and Capital Resources |
• | the amount of revenue received from commercial sales of Illuccix and any of our product candidates for which we may receive marketing approval; |
• | the initiation, progress, timing, costs and results of our clinical trials for our product candidates; |
• | the costs associated with in-licensing or acquiring assets to expand our pipeline, acquiring businesses or assets to vertically integrate our supply chain and manufacturing and acquiring complementary business; |
• | the amount of milestones and royalties that we may be required to pay under existing acquisition and licensing agreements; |
• | costs associated with expanding our organization; |
• | the costs involved in filing patent applications and maintaining and enforcing patents or defending against claims of infringement raised by third parties; |
• | the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approval for our product candidates and any delays we may encounter as a result of evolving regulatory requirements or adverse results with respect to any of these product candidates; and |
• | the costs of operating as a public listed company in both Australia and the United States. |
Year ended December 31, | Six Months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2023 A$ | 2022 A$ | 2021 A$ | 2024 A$ | 2023 A$ | |||||||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Net cash generated from/(used in) operating activities | 23,884 | (63,970) | (59,328) | 39,081 | 13,259 | ||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (25,489) | (16,997) | (2,726) | (45,841) | (2,886) | ||||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 10,186 | 174,960 | 2,846 | 2,153 | 4,701 | ||||||||||
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 8,581 | 93,993 | (59,208) | (4,607) | 15,074 | ||||||||||
Total A$ | < 1 year A$ | 1-3 years A$ | 3-5 years A$ | > 5 years A$ | |||||||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Capital commitments | 57,598 | 22,407 | 34,941 | 250 | — | ||||||||||
R&D commitments | 47,705 | 24,446 | 23,259 | — | — | ||||||||||
ANMI A$ | TheraPharm A$ | Optimal Tracers A$ | IsoTherapeutics A$ | ARTMS A$ | Total A$ | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||
Current | 102,114 | — | 38 | 7,518 | — | 109,670 | ||||||||||||
Non-current | — | 2,480 | — | — | 38,027 | 40,507 | ||||||||||||
Total contingent consideration | 102,114 | 2,480 | 38 | 7,518 | 38,027 | 150,177 | ||||||||||||
• | the post-tax discount rate, as determined by an independent third party based on required rates of returns of listed companies in the biotechnology industry (taking into account their stage of development, size and risk adjustments); |
• | regulatory/marketing authorization approval dates and approval for marketing authorization probability success factors, as determined through benchmarking of historic approval rates and derived in consultation with our regulatory team; and |
• | expected sales volumes and net sales price per unit, estimated based on market information on annual incidence rates and information for similar products and expected market penetration. |
C. | Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc. |
D. | Trend Information |
E. | Critical Accounting Estimates |
• | the post-tax discount rate, as determined by an independent third party based on required rates of returns of listed companies in the biotechnology industry (taking into account their stage of development, size and risk adjustments); |
• | regulatory/marketing authorization approval dates and approval for marketing authorization probability success factors, as determined through benchmarking of historic approval rates and derived in consultation with our regulatory team; and |
• | expected sales volumes and net sales price per unit, estimated based on market information on annual incidence rates and information for similar products and expected market penetration. |
DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES |
A. | Directors and Senior Management |
B. | Compensation |
• | attract, motivate and retain talent in our operating markets; |
• | reward corporate performance and execution of our strategy; |
• | align the interests of employees with shareholders; and |
• | be simple and transparent. |
• | providing fixed and variable (or “at risk”) remuneration to attract and retain the talent required to build and execute our strategy; |
• | ensuring variable remuneration is contingent on outcomes that grow and/or protect shareholder value; and |
• | ensuring a suitable proportion of remuneration is received as an equity-based award so performance is aligned with long-term shareholder interests and aids retention. |
• | our board of directors delegates specific responsibilities to the People, Culture, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, which provides recommendations to the board of directors; |
• | our strategic objectives, corporate governance principles, market practice and stakeholder interests are considered; and |
• | achievement of pre-determined financial results and strategic objectives is rewarded through sustainable means for executive officers and the board of directors. |
Total Fixed Remuneration (TFR) | Short Term Variable Remuneration (STVR) | Long Term Variable Remuneration (LTVR) | |||||||
Purpose | Attract and retain global talent capable of leading and delivering our strategy. | Reward achievement of our annual corporate objectives aligned to the delivery of our strategy. | Reward long-term performance aligned with delivery of our strategic objectives. | ||||||
Remuneration setting | TFR is set considering the elements mentioned under ‘Rationale’ below | Target STVR remuneration for executive officers is set as a percent of base salary. The maximum outcome is 100% of target. | Target LTVR remuneration for executive officers is set as a percent of base salary. | ||||||
Composition and delivery | Base salary and statutory pension/ superannuation contributions paid in equal monthly cash installments over the year, and packaged benefits.(1) | Annual performance incentive delivered in cash following completion of the performance period and assessment of performance (approximately February the following year).(2) | Award of Performance Share Appreciation Rights (PSARs)(3) subject to achievement of 3-year performance and vesting conditions. | ||||||
Rationale | TFR is set with consideration of: • competence and capability; • relativity to market benchmark; and • motivational and retention impact of TFR adjustments. | STVR rewards performance against annual financial and non-financial corporate objectives – maintaining a focus on underlying value creation within the business operations. | LTVR aligns the interests of executive officers with shareholders and rewards the achievement of long-term, sustainable performance and shareholder value creation. | ||||||
(1) | Australian executive officers can choose to cap their superannuation at the statutory superannuation maximum and receive the additional 11% (applicable superannuation rate for 2023) over the maximum as base salary. |
(2) | From January 1, 2024, equity deferral for executive officer STVR participation applies. |
(3) | PSARs and other equity incentives are granted in accordance with the Equity Incentive Plan rules. |
• | the number of PSARs granted was determined on the concluded value of A$2.9662, which was calculated by adjusting the fair value price of A$3.7866 (the independently determined Black Scholes valuation) for the probability of achievement of the non-market vesting conditions; |
• | at stretch target for the CEO on May 24, 2023 following shareholder approval; |
• | at target for all other executive officers on May 2, 2023; |
• | a notional ‘exercise’ price of A$6.90, being the volume weighted average price (VWAP) of shares over the 20 trading days following the announcement of the 2022 full year annual results (February 28 to March 28, 2023); and |
• | performance conditions related to: |
○ | adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and research and development expenses (50%); |
○ | product milestone 1: ProstACT GLOBAL interim read-out completed (25%); and |
○ | product milestone 2: Pre-pivotal trial (pre-investigative new drug (IND)) meeting completed with a major regulator for one of our rare disease therapy programs (25%). |
• | the number of PSARs granted was determined on the concluded value of A$5.9441, which was calculated by adjusting the fair value price of A$7.5882 (the independently determined Black Scholes valuation) for the probability of achievement of the non-market vesting conditions; |
• | at stretch target for the CEO on June 26, 2024 following shareholder approval; |
• | at target for all other executive officers on May 15, 2024; |
• | a notional ‘exercise’ price of A$11.94, being the volume weighted average price (VWAP) of shares over the 20 trading days following the announcement of the 2023 full year annual results (February 23 to March 21, 2024); and |
• | performance conditions related to: |
○ | adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and research and development expenses (50%); |
○ | product milestone 1: Marketing authorization submitted in a commercially relevant jurisdiction for prostate cancer therapy (25%); and |
○ | product milestone 2: Interim data readout from global Phase 3 trial in renal cancer therapy (25%). |
• | Termination for cause: all unvested PSARs are forfeited. |
• | Other reasons (death, disability, resignation and redundancy): |
○ | a pro rata portion of the unvested PSARs based on the portion of the first year of the measurement period served will remain eligible to vest on the usual testing and vesting date; and/or |
○ | our board of directors will automatically exercise vested unrestricted PSARs into shares for departed executive officers who retain their PSARs after exit within 90 days of the PSARs becoming unrestricted. |
Executive Officer | Base Salary | Short Term | Long Term | ||||||||||||
Variable Remuneration (STVR) | Variable Remuneration (LTVR) | ||||||||||||||
% of base salary | Annual Target(1) | % of base salary | Annual Target(2) | ||||||||||||
Christian Behrenbruch | A$475,650 | 32% | A$152,208 | 50% | A$237,825 | ||||||||||
Darren Smith | A$420,000 | 27% | A$113,400 | 50% | A$210,000 | ||||||||||
Colin Hayward | US$449,604 | 26% | US$116,897 | 35%(3) | US$157,361 | ||||||||||
Richard Valeix(4) | CHF295,000 | 26% | CHF76,700 | 50% | CHF147,500 | ||||||||||
(1) | STVR maximum opportunity is 100% of target (there is no over-earn potential). |
(2) | LTVR maximum opportunity is 150% of target (subject to achievement of a stretch financial performance condition). |
(3) | Dr Hayward's LTVR opportunity was 35% of base salary at target to maintain total remuneration parity. |
(4) | Mr. Valeix transitioned to the non-Executive Officer role of CEO - Therapeutics effective August 19, 2024. |
% of Base Salary | % of Total Remuneration Mix | |||||||||||||||||
Executive Officer | Base salary | STVR | LTVR | TFR | STVR | LTVR | ||||||||||||
Christian Behrenbruch | 100% | 65% | 100% | 40% | 24% | 36% | ||||||||||||
Darren Smith | 100% | 35% | 60% | 54% | 17% | 29% | ||||||||||||
David Cade | 100% | 35% | 60% | 53% | 17% | 30% | ||||||||||||
Darren Patti | 100% | 35% | 60% | 53% | 17% | 30% | ||||||||||||
Richard Valeix(1) | 100% | 35% | 60% | 54% | 17% | 29% | ||||||||||||
(1) | Mr. Valeix transitioned to the non-Executive Officer role of CEO - Therapeutics effective August 19, 2024 |
• | the Chairman for his role as Chairman of our board of directors (A$170,000 per annum); and |
• | non-executive directors (A$86,000 per annum), and additionally for: |
○ | chairing a committee of our board of directors (A$15,000 per annum, excluding superannuation, if applicable); and |
○ | membership of a committee of our board of directors (A$7,500 per annum, excluding superannuation, if applicable). |
Salary & Fees A$ | Leave Accruals A$ | Post-Employment / Superannuation Benefits A$ | Short-term Variable Remuneration A$(1) | Long-term Variable Remuneration A$(2) | Termination Benefits A$ | Total A$ | |||||||||||||||
Non-Executive Directors | |||||||||||||||||||||
H Kevin McCann | 170,000 | — | 18,275 | — | — | — | 188,275 | ||||||||||||||
Andreas Kluge(3) | 43,000 | — | — | — | — | — | 43,000 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Nelson | 93,273 | — | 10,027 | — | — | — | 103,300 | ||||||||||||||
Tiffany Olson | 104,300 | — | — | — | 34,111 | — | 138,411 | ||||||||||||||
Jann Skinner | 100,727 | — | 10,828 | — | — | — | 111,555 | ||||||||||||||
Executive Officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
Christian Behrenbruch | 499,282 | 13,081 | 36,632 | 120,244 | 349,222 | — | 1,018,461 | ||||||||||||||
Darren Smith | 437,650 | 10,194 | 33,745 | 89,586 | 142,727 | — | 713,902 | ||||||||||||||
Colin Hayward(4) | 680,739 | (25,145) | 11,717 | — | 377,177 | 155,252 | 1,199,740 | ||||||||||||||
Richard Valeix(5) | 496,571 | (1,694) | 37,793 | 105,821 | 264,413 | — | 902,904 | ||||||||||||||
David Cade(4) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Darren Patti(6) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total | 2,625,542 | (3,564) | 159,017 | 315,651 | 1,167,650 | 155,252 | 4,419,548 | ||||||||||||||
(1) | In 2023, Dr. Behrenbruch was eligible to receive an annual STVR of up to 32% of base salary. Mr. Smith was eligible to receive an annual STVR of up to 27% of base salary, and Dr. Hayward and Mr. Valeix were each eligible to receive an annual STVR of up to 26% of base salary. Non-executive directors were not eligible to receive an STVR amount. In the year ended December 31, 2023, based on actual achievement against corporate objectives, 79% of STVR entitlement due to each eligible executive officer for the year was awarded. The remaining 21% of STVR entitlement due to each eligible executive officer for the year was forfeited. |
(2) | Long-term variable remuneration is paid in the form of PSARs. |
(3) | Dr. Kluge’s remuneration for 2023 excluded his leave of absence for the period of March 29, 2023 to September 29, 2023, which was unpaid. Dr. Kluge retired from his role as a Non-Executive Director on October 17, 2024. |
(4) | Dr. Hayward resigned as Group Chief Medical Officer of the company on December 31, 2023. The termination benefit payable to Dr. Hayward is in lieu of notice and in consideration of the agreed non-compete and non-solicit for three months from departure. Dr. Cade was appointed Group Chief Medical Officer effective January 1, 2024. |
(5) | Mr. Valeix transitioned to the non-Executive Officer role of CEO - Therapeutics effective August 19, 2024. |
(6) | Dr. Patti was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer effective March 11, 2024. |
Eligibility | The Board determines which of our full-time or part-time employees (including a director employed in an executive capacity), non-executive directors, a casual employee or contractors and any other eligible persons (determined at the board’s discretion) may participate in the EIP, collectively referred to as Eligible Employees. | |||||
Administration of the EIP | The EIP is managed by our board of directors, which has the power to determine the appropriate procedures for the administration of the EIP. | |||||
Invitation | The Board may make an invitation to an Eligible Employee to apply for Incentive Securities on such terms and conditions as our board of directors determines from time to time, including (i) the type and number of Incentive Securities, or the method by which the number will be calculated; (ii) the amount (if any) payable for the grant of Incentive Securities; (iii) any vesting conditions or other conditions in relation to the Incentive Securities; (iv) the procedure for exercising an option or right following vesting; (v) the determination the board of directors has made at its discretion that vesting of share rights and/or exercise of options (as applicable) will be satisfied through an allocation of shares or by cash payment; (vi) the circumstances in which rights and/or options will lapse, shares allocated under the EIP may be forfeited or an EIP participant’s entitlement to Incentive Securities may be reduced/extinguished; (vii) how Incentive Securities may be treated in the event that an Eligible Employee ceases employment with us; (viii) any restrictions on dealing shares; and (ix) any other terms and conditions that, in the opinion of our board of directors, are fair and reasonable and not inconsistent with the EIP, and any other information that is required by applicable law. | |||||
Grant price | Unless the Board determines otherwise, no payment is required for the grant of Incentive Securities under the EIP. | |||||
Cap on number of ordinary shares to be issued under the EIP | The number of equity securities offered to participants under the EIP must not, when aggregated with the number of equity securities issued over the prior three years under (i) the EIP; (ii) any other employee share scheme covered by the ASIC Instrument 2022/1021; or (iii) an ASIC-exempt arrangement of a similar kind to an employee incentive scheme, exceed 32,405,821 equity securities, as approved by shareholders at an annual general meeting of shareholders on May 22, 2024. Our board of directors retains the discretion to adjust the cap on the number of the shares to be issued under the EIP, so long as the adjustment complies with applicable law. | |||||
Rights attaching to shares (including restricted shares) | Ranking. Shares issued under the EIP rank equally with all our other fully paid ordinary shares at the time of issue, except in relation to any rights attaching to such shares by reference to a record date prior to the date of their issue. | |||||
Dividends. Holders of shares granted under the EIP are entitled to participate in all dividends and other distributions or benefits payable to participants in respect of the shares. | ||||||
Voting rights. Holders of shares granted under the EIP are entitled to exercise all voting rights attached to the shares, either generally or in a particular case, in accordance with our Constitution. | ||||||
Options | Exercise price | When the Board makes an invitation to Eligible Employees to participate in the grant of share options, the Board shall advise each Eligible Employee included in the offer of the procedure for exercising the share options, including any exercise price that will become payable with respect to the share options exercised. Subject to ASX listing rules, prior to the exercise of share options, the Board will retain the power to adjust the relevant exercise price in order to minimize or eliminate any material advantage or disadvantage to a participant resulting from a corporate action by, or capital reconstruction in relation to, our Company. | ||||
Exercise period | Share options will vest and become exercisable when all vesting conditions and any other conditions advised to the participant by the Board have been satisfied (or otherwise waived by the Board). If the vesting conditions and all other relevant conditions are satisfied during a period in which the participant is prohibited from dealing in our securities or shares, the Board may determine that the vesting of the options held by the affected participant will be delayed until such dealings are permitted. | |||||
Lapse of share options | The share options will lapse upon the earliest to occur of: (i) ten years after the date on which the options were allocated to the participant, or any other date nominated as the expiry date of the offer; (ii) the option lapsing in accordance with a provision of the EIP; (iii) failure to meet a vesting condition or any other applicable condition within the vesting period; or (iv) our receipt of a written notice from the participant that the participant has elected to surrender the option. | |||||
Shares issued | Upon the exercise of a share option, we will issue the number of fully paid ordinary shares allocatable to the share options that have been exercised, ranking equally with, and having the same rights and entitlements as, our other ordinary shares on issue at the date of allotment of the share (other than rights and entitlements accrued prior to the date of allotment of the share). Notwithstanding, the Board may determine that the exercise of an option will be satisfied in part or in whole by a cash payment made by us in lieu of an allocation of shares. | |||||
In the case of options held by/on behalf of a participant who is a director, vested options must be satisfied by shares that have been purchased on market, unless (i) no shareholder approval is required under the listing rules in respect of the director’s participation in the EIP; or (ii) shareholder approval has been obtained for the director’s participation in the EIP to the extent required under the listing rules. | ||||||
Restrictions on transfer of share options | Unless the Board determines otherwise, share options may not be registered in any name other than that of the participant and may not be transferred, assigned, or otherwise dealt with by the participant. | |||||
Share Rights | Exercise price | No amount will become payable with respect to share rights upon vesting and exercise. | ||||
Exercise period | Share rights will vest and become exercisable (or will automatically be exercised, if specified by the Board in the terms provided at the time of grant) when all vesting conditions and any other conditions advised to the participant by the Board have been satisfied (or otherwise waived by the Board). If the vesting conditions and all other relevant conditions are satisfied during a period in which the participant is prohibited from dealing in our securities or shares, the Board may determine that the vesting of the rights held by the affected participant will be delayed until such dealings are permitted. | |||||
Lapse of share rights | The share rights will lapse upon the earliest to occur of: (i) ten years after the date on which the rights were allocated to the participant, or any other date nominated as the expiry date in the offer; (ii) the right lapsing in accordance with a provision of the EIP; (iii) failure to meet a vesting condition or any other applicable condition within the vesting period; or (iv) our receipt of a written notice from the participant that the participant has elected to surrender the right. | |||||
Shares issued | Upon vesting, the Board will issue the number of fully paid ordinary shares allocatable to the share rights that have vested, ranking equally with, and having the same rights and entitlements as, our other ordinary shares on issue at the date of allotment of the share (other than rights and entitlements accrued prior to the date of allotment of the share). Notwithstanding, the Board may determine that the exercise of a share right will be satisfied in part or in whole by a cash payment made by us in lieu of an allocation of shares. | |||||
In the case of share rights held by or on behalf of a participant who is a director, vested rights must be satisfied by shares that have been purchased on market, unless (i) no shareholder approval is required under the listing rules in respect of the director’s participation in the | ||||||
EIP; or (ii) shareholder approval has been obtained for the director’s participation in the EIP to the extent required under the listing rules. | |||||||||
Share appreciation rights | At its discretion, the Board may determine that share appreciation rights will be granted to Eligible Employees. Share appreciation rights are share rights which only produce value if, at the time of vesting and exercise, the current market price exceeds a notional price specified by the Board at the time of the offer of such share appreciation rights. In the event that the calculation of current market price less notional price results in a zero or negative value at the time of exercise, the participant will not be entitled to any issuance of shares or cash payment. In the event that such calculation returns a positive value, the participant will be entitled to shares (or cash payment, as determined by the Board under the applicable rules of the EIP) with a value equal to the excess of the current market value over the notional price. Notwithstanding, the remainder of the terms of the EIP applicable to share rights (including exercise period, lapse, and restrictions on transfer) apply equally to share appreciation rights. | ||||||||
Restrictions on transfer of share rights | Unless the Board determines otherwise, share rights may not be registered in any name other than that of the participant and may not be transferred, assigned, or otherwise dealt with by the participant. | ||||||||
Restricted Shares | Cessation of restrictions | A restricted share ceases to be restricted (i.e., vests) where the vesting period and all other relevant conditions have been satisfied or waived by the Board and we notify the participant that the restrictions have ceased or no longer apply. If the vesting conditions and all other relevant conditions are satisfied during a period in which the participant is prohibited from dealing in our securities or shares, the Board may determine that the vesting of the restricted shares held by the affected participant will be delayed until such dealings are permitted. | |||||||
Forfeiture of restricted shares | A restricted share will be forfeited upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the restricted share being forfeited in accordance with a provision of the EIP; (ii) the failure to meet a vesting condition or other applicable condition within the vesting period; or (iii) our receipt of a written notice from the participant that the participant has elected to surrender the restricted share. | ||||||||
Vesting conditions | Incentive Securities may be subject to any vesting condition as the Board determines. Incentive Securities will vest in the participant upon all the vesting conditions and any other applicable conditions that apply to such Incentive Securities being satisfied. The Board has discretion to attach individual vesting conditions to the Incentive Securities at the time they are issued. Eligible Employees will be advised of such vesting conditions in connection with their invitation to participate in a grant. The Board may in its absolute discretion waive, amend, or replace any or all of the vesting conditions, provided that the interests of the affected participant are not, in the opinion of the Board, materially prejudiced or advantaged relative to the position reasonably anticipated at the time of grant. | ||||||||
Amendments, suspensions or termination to/of the EIP | Subject to the exceptions listed below, our board of directors may at any time by resolution amend, suspend or terminate any provision of the EIP without the consent of the participant. However, no amendment, suspension or termination may be made if the amendment, suspension or termination materially prejudices the rights of any participant as they existed before the date of the relevant amendment, suspension or termination. | |||||
The exceptions are amendments introduced: (i) for complying or conforming with present or future laws or regulations; (ii) to correct any manifest error or mistake; or (iii) to take into consideration possible adverse taxation implications in relation to the EIP. | ||||||
Moreover, the Board may waive, amend or replace any vesting condition attaching to an Incentive Security if the Board determines that the original vesting condition is no longer appropriate or applicable. | ||||||
Equity Based Awards | ||||||||||||
Number of Options Granted | Class of Securities | Expiry Date | Exercise Price A$ | |||||||||
Non-Executive Directors | ||||||||||||
Tiffany Olson | 52,070 | PSAR | 05/18/2027 | 4.95 | ||||||||
Executive Officers | ||||||||||||
Christian Behrenbruch | 200,000 | Option | 01/12/2024(1) | 2.23 | ||||||||
100,708 | Option | 01/26/2026 | 4.38 | |||||||||
139,672 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | |||||||||
120,268 | PSAR | 05/24/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
Darren Smith | 45,449 | PSAR | 10/24/2027 | 6.15 | ||||||||
32,463 | PSAR | 10/24/2027 | 6.15 | |||||||||
70,798 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
Richard Valeix(2) | 75,000 | Option | 07/20/2026 | 5.37 | ||||||||
89,300 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | |||||||||
81,214 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
35,000 | Right | 06/15/2028 | — | |||||||||
Colin Hayward(3) | 85,185 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | ||||||||
79,336 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
David Cade(3) | 100,000 | Right | 07/20/2026 | — | ||||||||
78,189 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | |||||||||
67,435 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
(1) | This award was exercised in full on January 8, 2024, and Dr. Behrenbruch received 153,298 resultant shares. |
(2) | Mr. Valeix transitioned to the non-Executive Officer role of CEO - Therapeutics effective August 19, 2024. |
(3) | Dr. Hayward resigned as Group Chief Medical Officer of the company on December 31, 2023. Dr. Hayward’s outstanding awards outlined above remain on-foot. Dr. Cade was appointed Group Chief Medical Officer effective January 1, 2024. |
Equity Based Awards | ||||||||||||
Number of Options Granted | Class of Securities | Expiry Date | Exercise Price A$ | |||||||||
Non-Executive Directors | ||||||||||||
Tiffany Olson | 52,070 | PSAR | 05/18/2027 | 4.95 | ||||||||
Executive Officers | ||||||||||||
Christian Behrenbruch | 200,000 | Option | 01/12/2024(1) | 2.23 | ||||||||
100,708 | Option | 01/26/2026 | 4.38 | |||||||||
139,672 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | |||||||||
120,268 | PSAR | 05/24/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
Equity Based Awards | ||||||||||||
Number of Options Granted | Class of Securities | Expiry Date | Exercise Price A$ | |||||||||
144,037 | PSAR | 03/31/2029 | 11.94 | |||||||||
Darren Smith | 45,449 | PSAR | 10/24/2027 | 6.15 | ||||||||
32,463 | PSAR | 10/24/2027 | 6.15 | |||||||||
70,798 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
35,000 | PSIR | 02/28/2029 | — | |||||||||
50,874 | PSAR | 03/31/2029 | 11.94 | |||||||||
35,000 | PSIR | 02/28/2030 | — | |||||||||
Richard Valeix(2) | 75,000 | Option | 07/20/2026 | 5.37 | ||||||||
89,300 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | |||||||||
81,214 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
35,000 | Right | 06/15/2028 | — | |||||||||
35,000 | PSIR | 02/28/2029 | — | |||||||||
60,358 | PSAR | 03/31/2029 | 11.94 | |||||||||
35,000 | PSIR | 02/28/2030 | — | |||||||||
35,000 | Right | 03/31/2029 | — | |||||||||
Colin Hayward(3) | 85,185 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | ||||||||
79,336 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
David Cade(3) | 100,000 | Right | 07/20/2026 | — | ||||||||
78,189 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | |||||||||
67,435 | PSAR | 03/27/2028 | 6.90 | |||||||||
49,461 | PSAR | 03/31/2029 | 11.94 | |||||||||
Darren Patti(4) | 15,000 | Right | 04/01/2025 | — | ||||||||
15,000 | Right | 04/01/2025 | — | |||||||||
15,826 | PSAR | 04/04/2027 | 4.95 | |||||||||
21,959 | PSAR | 12/31/2027 | 6.90 | |||||||||
15,000 | Right | 11/01/2028 | — | |||||||||
11,450 | PSAR | 03/31/2029 | 11.94 | |||||||||
55,388 | PSAR | 03/31/2029 | 11.94 | |||||||||
15,000 | Right | 11/01/2029 | — | |||||||||
(1) | This award was exercised in full on January 8, 2024, and Dr. Behrenbruch received 153,298 resultant shares. |
(2) | Mr. Valeix transitioned to the non-Executive Officer role of CEO - Therapeutics effective August 19, 2024. |
(3) | Dr. Hayward resigned as Group Chief Medical Officer of the company on December 31, 2023. Dr. Hayward’s outstanding awards outlined above remain on-foot. Dr. Cade was appointed Group Chief Medical Officer effective January 1, 2024. |
(4) | Dr. Patti was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer effective March 11, 2024. |
Role | Notice Period | Non-Compete and Non-Solicit | ||||
Christian Behrenbruch | 3 months | Non-compete and non-solicit: 6, 3 months Restricted area: Australia/United Kingdom/European Union/United States; Victoria; Melbourne | ||||
Darren Smith | 4 months | Non-compete and non-solicit: 6, 3, 1 month(s) Restricted area: Australia; Victoria; Melbourne | ||||
Role | Notice Period | Non-Compete and Non-Solicit | ||||
Colin Hayward(1) | 3 months | Non-compete and non-solicit: 6 months Restricted area: Australia/United Kingdom/European Union/United States | ||||
David Cade(1) | 4 months | Non-compete and non-solicit: 6, 3, 1 month(s) Restricted area: Australia; Victoria; Melbourne | ||||
Richard Valeix(2) | 3 months | Non-compete and non-solicit: 12 months Restricted area: Switzerland/European Union/United Kingdom/Australia/United States/Canada/Japan/China | ||||
Darren Patti(3) | 4 weeks | Non-compete and non-solicit: 6 months Restricted area: United States of America; Australia/United Kingdom/European Union; states, provinces or territories within the United States of America | ||||
(1) | Dr. Hayward resigned as the Group Chief Medical Officer of the company on December 31, 2023 and Dr. Cade was appointed Group Chief Medical Officer effective January 1, 2024. |
(2) | Mr. Valeix transitioned to the non-Executive Officer role of CEO - Therapeutics effective August 19, 2024. |
(3) | Dr. Patti was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer effective March 11, 2024. |
C. | Board Practices |
• | Jann Skinner (Chair); |
• | H Kevin McCann; |
• | Mark Nelson; and |
• | Tiffany Olson. |
• | H Kevin McCann (Chair); |
• | Mark Nelson; |
• | Jann Skinner; and |
• | Tiffany Olson. |
• | We expect to rely on an exemption from the requirement that our independent directors meet regularly in executive sessions. The ASX Listing Rules and the Australian Corporations Act do not require the independent directors of an Australian company to have such executive sessions and, accordingly, we expect to rely on this exemption. |
• | We expect to rely on an exemption from the quorum requirements applicable to meetings of shareholders under Nasdaq rules. Our Constitution provides that two shareholders present and entitled to vote on a resolution at the meeting shall constitute a quorum for a general meeting. Nasdaq requires that an issuer provide for a quorum as specified in its bylaws for any meeting of the holders of ordinary shares, which quorum may not be less than 33 1/3% of the outstanding shares of an issuer’s voting ordinary shares. Accordingly, because applicable Australian law and rules governing quorums at shareholder meetings differ from Nasdaq’s quorum requirements, we expect to rely on this exemption. |
• | We expect to rely on an exemption from the requirement prescribed by Nasdaq that issuers obtain shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in connection with certain acquisitions, changes of controls or private placements of securities, or the establishment or amendment of certain stock option, purchase or other compensation plans. Applicable Australian law and rules differ from Nasdaq requirements, with the ASX Listing Rules providing generally for the ability to seek prior shareholder approval in numerous circumstances, including (i) issuance of equity securities exceeding 15% of our issued share capital in any 12 month period (but, in determining the available issue limit, securities issued under an exception to the rule or with shareholder approval are not counted), (ii) issuance of equity securities to related parties, certain substantial shareholders and their respective associates (as defined in the ASX Listing Rules) and (iii) directors or their associates acquiring securities under an employee incentive plan. Due to differences between Australian law and rules and the Nasdaq shareholder approval requirements, we expect to rely on this exemption. |
D. | Employees |
Employees | |||
United States | 233 | ||
Australia | 84 | ||
Belgium | 48 | ||
Canada | 36 | ||
Switzerland | 13 | ||
United Kingdom | 13 | ||
Japan | 6 | ||
France | 3 | ||
Spain | 2 | ||
The Netherlands | 2 | ||
Sweden | 1 | ||
Total | 441 | ||
E. | Share Ownership |
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
A. | Major Shareholders |
• | each person or group of affiliated persons known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our ordinary shares; |
• | each of our executive officers; |
• | each of our directors; and |
• | all of our directors and executive officers as a group. |
Name of Beneficial Owner | Number of Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned | Percentage | ||||
5% or greater shareholders | ||||||
State Street Corporation(1) | 17,516,215 | 5.23% | ||||
Directors and Executive officers | ||||||
H Kevin McCann(2) | 1,150,000 | * | ||||
Christian Behrenbruch(3) | 23,329,006 | 6.97% | ||||
Andreas Kluge(4) | 22,675,000 | 6.78% | ||||
Mark Nelson(5) | 3,628,750 | 1.08% | ||||
Tiffany Olson(6) | 95,235 | * | ||||
Jann Skinner(7) | 595,000 | * | ||||
Darren Smith(8) | 6,500 | * | ||||
Darren Patti(9) | 100,000 | * | ||||
David Cade(10) | 373,133 | * | ||||
All directors and executive officers as a group (ten persons) | 51,952,624 | 15.52% | ||||
* | Less than one percent. |
(1) | Based on information filed with the ASX by State Street Corporation and subsidiaries on August 30, 2024. The address for State Street Corporation is State Street Financial Center, 1 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111. |
(2) | Consists of (i) 1,150,000 ordinary shares beneficially owned or with right to control and (ii) no ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. |
(3) | Consists of (i) 23,228,298 ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) 100,708 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. |
(4) | Consists of (i) 22,675,000 ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) no ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. Dr. Kluge retired from his role as a Non-Executive Director on October 17, 2024. |
(5) | Consists of (i) 3,628,750 ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) no ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. |
(6) | Consists of (i) 95,235 ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) no ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. |
(7) | Consists of (i) 595,000 ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) no ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. |
(8) | Consists of (i) 6,500 ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) no ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. |
(9) | Consists of (i) no ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) 100,000 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. Dr. Patti was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer effective March 11, 2024. |
(10) | Consists of (i) 373,133 ordinary shares beneficially owned and (ii) no ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2024. |
B. | Related Party Transactions |
C. | Interests of Experts and Counsel |
FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
A. | Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information |
B. | Significant Changes |
THE OFFER AND LISTING |
A. | Offer and Listing Details |
B. | Plan of Distribution |
C. | Markets |
D. | Selling Shareholders |
E. | Dilution |
F. | Expenses of the Issuer |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
A. | Share Capital |
• | On January 27, 2022, we completed an institutional placement of 22,727,273 ordinary shares at a price per share of A$7.70 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of A$175.0 million. |
• | From time to time since January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, we have granted options to directors, employees, and consultants covering an aggregate of 3,519,848 options over ordinary shares, with exercise prices ranging from A$1.83 to A$5.37 per share. As of June 30, 2024, 1,396,771 of these options have been exercised, and 957,575 of these options have lapsed or been forfeited without being exercised. |
• | From time to time since January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, we have granted performance share appreciation rights to directors, employees, and consultants covering an aggregate of 12,952,977 performance share appreciation rights over ordinary shares, with notional exercise prices ranging from A$4.95 to A$11.94 that convert into a number of ordinary shares based on a vesting formula upon the satisfaction of various performance conditions. As of June 30, 2024, none of these performance share appreciation rights have been exercised, and 2,176,518 of these performance share appreciation rights have lapsed or been forfeited without being exercised. |
• | From time to time since January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, we have granted rights to directors and high performing employees covering an aggregate of 1,602,000 rights over ordinary shares, with nil exercise price that each convert into one ordinary share upon the satisfaction of continued service conditions. In addition, we have granted 70,000 rights which have the ability to convert into 105,000 ordinary shares (150%) upon achievement of performance and continued service conditions. As of June 30, 2024, 125,000 of these rights have been exercised, and 152,000 of these rights have lapsed or been forfeited without being exercised. |
• | From time to time since January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, we have granted performance share incentive rights to executive officers and high performing employees covering an aggregate of 440,000 rights over ordinary shares, with nil exercise price that each convert into one ordinary share upon the satisfaction of continued service and performance conditions. As of June 30, 2024, none of these rights have been exercised, and none of these rights have lapsed or been forfeited without being exercised. |
• | On April 27, 2023, we acquired Dedicaid GmbH. We issued 207,207 ordinary shares at a price of A$8.73 per share to fund the purchase price of A$1.8 million. We also have an obligation to pay an additional €1.1 million as an earn-out subject to achievement of regulatory approval in the United States, which is payable in cash or equity, at our election. |
• | On November 1, 2023, we acquired Lightpoint’s radio-guided surgery business. As part of the purchase price, we issued 3,298,073 ordinary shares at a price of A$9.3659 per share for an aggregate purchase price of A$30.9 million. We also issued 2,523,720 performance rights, which will convert into fully paid ordinary shares (or be paid in cash, at our election) upon achievement of specified milestone events associated with the acquisition. The number of any ordinary shares issued will be calculated by converting the U.S. dollar amount of performance rights being satisfied into Australian dollars on the relevant date and dividing that amount by the 20-trading day volume weighted average price. |
• | On April 9, 2024, we acquired IsoTherapeutics. As part of the purchase price, we issued 717,587 ordinary shares at a price per share of A$12.72 for an aggregate amount of A$9.2 million. |
• | On April 11, 2024, we acquired ARTMS Inc. As part of the purchase price, we issued 5,674,635 ordinary shares at a price per share of A$11.50 for an aggregate amount of A$64.2 million. |
• | On May 3, 2024, we acquired QSAM Biosciences, Inc. As part of the purchase price, we issued 3,671,120 ordinary shares at a price per share of A$11.61 for an aggregate amount of A$42.6 million. Upon the completion of the post-closing price adjustment process, on July 4, 2024, we issued 409,026 additional ordinary shares to satisfy transaction costs. We also issued 4,284,000 performance rights, which will convert into fully paid ordinary shares (or be paid in cash, at our election) upon achievement of specified milestone events associated with the acquisition. The number of any ordinary shares issued will be calculated by converting the U.S. dollar amount of performance rights being satisfied into Australian dollars on the relevant date and dividing that amount by the 20-trading day volume weighted average price. |
B. | Memorandum and Articles of Association |
• | identifying that director, the nature and extent of the director’s interest in the matter and its relation to our affairs; and |
• | stating that those directors are satisfied that the interest should not disqualify the director from voting on the matter or being present at the board meeting. |
• | Directors must ensure that no decision or action is taken that has the effect of prioritizing their personal interests over the Company’s interests. |
• | Directors must: (i) disclose to the board of directors any actual or potential conflict of interest or duty or matter that may bear on their independence, that might reasonably be thought to exist as soon as the situation arises; (ii) take all necessary and reasonable action to resolve or avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or duty; and (iii) comply with all applicable law and our Constitution in relation to disclosing material personal interests and restrictions on voting. |
• | If a conflict exists, it is expected that any director to whom the conflict relates will recuse himself or herself when the board of directors is discussing any matter to which the conflict relates. |
• | Directors are expected to inform the Chairman of any proposed appointment to the board of directors or executive of another company as soon as practicable. |
• | Dividend Rights. Under our Constitution, subject to the rights of persons (if any) entitled to shares with special rights to dividends, our board of directors may pay an interim or final dividend that, in its judgment, the financial position of the Company justifies. No dividend carries interest as against us. Under the Australian Corporations Act, we must not pay a dividend unless: (i) our assets exceed our liabilities immediately before the dividend is declared and the excess is sufficient for the payment of the dividend; (ii) the payment of the dividend is fair and reasonable to our shareholders as a whole; and (iii) the payment of the dividend does not materially prejudice our ability to pay our creditors. Unless any share is issued on terms providing to the contrary, all dividends are to be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts paid, or credited as paid on the relevant shares. |
• | Voting Rights. Holders of ordinary shares have one vote per person on a show of hands, or one vote for each fully paid ordinary share held (or for a partly paid share, a fraction of a vote equal to the proportion which the amount paid up bears to the total issue price of the share) on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders conducted by way of a poll. |
• | Rights in the Event of Liquidation. Under our Constitution, in the event of our liquidation, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors and other statutory obligations prescribed by the laws of Australia, and the passing of a special resolution giving effect to the following, our assets will be distributed to the holders of ordinary shares in proportion to the shares held by them respectively. This right may be affected by the grant of preferential dividend or distribution rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights, such as the right in winding up to payment in cash of the amount then paid up on the share, and any arrears of dividend in respect of that share, in priority to any other class of shares. |
• | is the holder of the securities (other than if the person holds those securities as a bare trustee); |
• | has power to exercise, or control the exercise of, a right to vote attached to the securities; or |
• | has the power to dispose of, or control the exercise of a power to dispose of, the securities. |
• | a person has a relevant interest in issued securities; |
• | the person (whether before or after acquiring the relevant interest) has: |
○ | entered or enters into an agreement with another person with respect to the securities; |
○ | given or gives another person an enforceable right, or has been or is given an enforceable right by another person, in relation to the securities (whether the right is enforceable presently or in the future and whether or not on the fulfillment of a condition); or |
○ | granted or grants an option to, or has been or is granted an option by, another person with respect to the securities; and |
• | the other person would have a relevant interest in the securities if the agreement were performed, the right enforced or the option exercised, |
• | when the acquisition results from the acceptance of an offer under a formal takeover bid; |
• | when the acquisition is conducted on market by or on behalf of the bidder during the bid period for a full takeover bid that is unconditional or only conditional on certain ‘prescribed’ matters set out in the Australian Corporations Act; |
• | when the acquisition has been previously approved by our shareholders by resolution passed at a general meeting; |
• | an acquisition by a person if, throughout the six months before the acquisition, that person or any other person has had voting power in our company of at least 19% and, as a result of the acquisition, none of the relevant persons would have voting power in our company more than three percentage points higher than they had six months before the acquisition; |
• | when the acquisition results from the issue of securities under a rights issue; |
• | when the acquisition results from the issue of securities under a dividend reinvestment scheme or bonus share plan; |
• | when the acquisition results from the issue of securities under certain underwriting arrangements; |
• | when the acquisition results from the issue of securities through a will or through operation of law; |
• | an acquisition that arises through the acquisition of a relevant interest in another listed company which is listed on a prescribed financial market or a financial market approved by ASIC; |
• | an acquisition arising from an auction of forfeited shares conducted on-market; or |
• | an acquisition arising through a compromise, arrangement, liquidation or buy-back. |
• | the acquisition by a foreign person who is not a foreign government investor of a substantial interest in an Australian corporation which has a total asset value in excess of the applicable monetary threshold (see below); |
• | any direct investment by a foreign government investor, regardless of value; |
• | any acquisition by a foreign person of shares in an Australian corporation that is a national security business, regardless of value; and |
• | any acquisition by a foreign person of shares in an Australian land corporation, which exceeds certain thresholds. |
• | a natural person not ordinarily resident in Australia; |
• | a corporation in which a natural person not ordinarily resident in Australia, or a corporation incorporated outside of Australia, holds direct or indirect, actual or potential, voting power of 20% or more; |
• | a corporation in which two or more persons, each of whom is either a non-Australian resident or a non-Australian corporation, hold direct or indirect, actual or potential, voting power in aggregate of 40% or more; |
• | a trustee of a trust in which a non-Australian resident or non-Australian corporation holds 20% or more; |
• | a trustee of a trust estate in which two or more persons, each of whom is either a non-Australian resident or a non-Australian corporation, hold in aggregate 40% or more; or |
• | a foreign government or foreign government investor. |
• | the person’s spouse or de facto partner, and relatives of the person; |
• | any person with whom the person is acting, or proposes to act, in concert in relation to an action; |
• | any partner of the person; |
• | any corporation of which the person is an officer, any officer of a corporation (where the person is a corporation), employers and employees, any employee of a natural person of whom the person is an employee; |
• | any corporation whose directors are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the person or, where the person is a corporation, of the directors of the person; |
• | any corporation in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of which, or of the directors of which, the person is accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act; |
• | any corporation in which the person holds a substantial interest; |
• | where the person is a corporation, a person who holds a substantial interest in the corporation; |
• | the trustee of a trust in which the person holds a substantial interest; |
• | where the person is the trustee of a trust, a person who holds a substantial interest in the trust estate; and |
• | any person who is an associate of any other person who is an associate of the person. |
• | an interest in at least 20% or more of the actual or potential voting power or issued shares in an entity by a single foreign person (together with associates); or |
• | an interest in at least 40% or more of the actual or potential voting power or issued shares in an entity by multiple foreign persons (together with associates). |
• | an interest of 5% or more if the acquirer has entered into a legal arrangement relating to the acquirer’s business and the target’s business; and |
• | a no minimum interest if the person who acquired the interest is in a position to influence or control the target. |
• | a foreign government or separate government entity; |
• | entities in which governments, their agencies or related entities from a single foreign country have an aggregate interest (direct or indirect) of 20% or more; |
• | entities in which governments, their agencies or related entities from more than one foreign country have an aggregate interest (direct or indirect) of 40% or more; or |
• | entities that are otherwise controlled by foreign governments, their agencies or related entities, and any associates, or could be controlled by them including as part of a controlling group. |
Corporate Law | Delaware Law | Australian Law | ||||
Special Meetings of Shareholders | Shareholders generally do not have the right to call meetings of shareholders unless that right is granted in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws. However, if a corporation fails to hold its annual meeting within a period of 30 days after the date designated for the annual meeting, or if no date has been designated for a period of 13 months after its last annual meeting, the Delaware Court of Chancery may order a meeting to be held upon the application of a shareholder. | The Australian Corporations Act requires the directors to call and arrange to hold a general meeting on the request of shareholders with at least 5% of the vote that may be cast at the general meeting. Shareholders with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at the general meeting may also call and arrange to hold a general meeting. The shareholders calling the meeting must pay the expenses of calling and holding the meeting. | ||||
Interested Director Transactions | Interested director transactions are permissible and may not be legally voided if: • either a majority of disinterested directors, or a majority in interest of holders of shares of the corporation’s capital shares entitled to vote upon the matter, approves the transaction upon disclosure of all material facts; or • the transaction is determined to have been fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors, a committee thereof or the shareholders | Unless a relevant exception applies, the Australian Corporations Act requires our directors to provide disclosure of any material personal interest in a matter that relates to the affairs of the company, and prohibits directors from voting on matters in which they have a material personal interest and from being present at the meeting while the matter is being considered, unless directors who do not have a material personal interest in the relevant matter have passed a resolution that identifies the director, the nature and extent of the director’s interest in the matter and its relation to our affairs and states that those directors are satisfied that the interest should not disqualify the director from voting or being present. In addition, the Australian Corporations Act may require shareholder approval (in the way set out in the Australian Corporations Act) of any provision of related party benefits to our directors, unless a relevant exception applies. The ASX Listing Rules also restrict us (including any of our subsidiaries) from acquiring a “substantial asset” from, or disposing of a “substantial asset” to, certain related parties (including our directors) without shareholder approval, and from issuing securities to certain related parties (including our directors) without shareholder approval, subject to exceptions. | ||||
Corporate Law | Delaware Law | Australian Law | ||||
Cumulative Voting | The certificate of incorporation of a Delaware corporation may provide that shareholders of any class or classes or of any series may vote cumulatively either at all elections or at elections under specified circumstances. | No cumulative voting concept. | ||||
Approval of Corporate Matters by Written Consent | Unless otherwise specified in a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, shareholders may take action permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting, without a meeting, notice, or a vote, if consents, in writing, setting forth the action, are signed by shareholders with not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting. All consents must be dated and are only effective if the requisite signatures are collected within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered. | Australian public companies cannot under the Australian Corporations Act pass resolutions by circulating written resolutions. | ||||
Business Combinations | With certain exceptions, a merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all the assets of a Delaware corporation must be approved by the board of directors and a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon. | Various provisions of the Australian Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules may impact a business combination involving the company and create a need for shareholder approval. For example: • securities may not be issued which exceed 15% of our issued capital in any 12-month period without shareholder approval, unless an exception applies; • while the ASX Listing Rules apply to it, the company will not be able to make a significant change to the nature or scale of its activities (including by selling all or a substantial proportion of its assets) without shareholder approval; and • the acquisition of a “relevant interest” in issued voting shares of the company by a person is prohibited if the acquisition would result in the person’s or someone else’s voting power in the company increasing from 20% or more to more than 20%, or from a starting point that is above 20% and below 90%, unless an exception applies (which includes making a takeover bid or with shareholder approval). | ||||
Corporate Law | Delaware Law | Australian Law | ||||
Limitations on Director’s Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers | A Delaware corporation may include in its certificate of incorporation provisions limiting the personal liability of its directors to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for many types of breach of fiduciary duty. However, these provisions may not limit liability for any breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, the authorization of unlawful dividends, stock purchases, or redemptions, or any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. Moreover, these provisions would not be likely to bar claims arising under U.S. federal securities laws. A Delaware corporation may indemnify a director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in defense of an action, suit, or proceeding by reason of his or her position if (i) the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. | Australian law provides that a company or a related body corporate must not exempt a person from a liability to the company incurred as an officer or auditor of the company. However, a company or a related body corporate of the company may provide for indemnification of officers (including directors) and auditors, except to the extent of any of the following liabilities (other than for legal costs) incurred as an officer or auditor of the company: • a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate of the company; • a liability for a pecuniary penalty order made under section 1317G or a compensation order under section 961M, 1317H, 1317HA, 1317HB, 1317HC or 1317HE of the Australian Corporations Act; or • a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate of the company and did not arise out of conduct in good faith. An indemnity for legal costs in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer or auditor of the company will not be allowed if the costs are incurred: • in defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for which they cannot be indemnified as set out above; • in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty; • in defending or resisting proceedings brought by ASIC or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by the court to have been established (except costs incurred in responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before commencing proceedings for a court order); or | ||||
Corporate Law | Delaware Law | Australian Law | ||||
• in connection with proceedings for relief to the person under the Australian Corporations Act in which the court denies the relief. | ||||||
Appraisal Rights | A shareholder of a Delaware corporation participating in certain major corporate transactions may, under certain circumstances, be entitled to appraisal rights under which the shareholder may receive cash in the amount of the fair value of the shares held by that shareholder (as determined by a court) in lieu of the consideration the shareholder would otherwise receive in the transaction. | No equivalent concept under Australian law, subject to general minority oppression rights under which shareholders can apply to the courts for an order in respect of company actions that are either: contrary to the interests of the members as a whole, or oppressive to, unfairly prejudicial to, or unfairly discriminatory against, a member or members whether in that capacity or in any other capacity. | ||||
Shareholder Suits | Class actions and derivative actions generally are available to the shareholders of a Delaware corporation for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, and actions not taken in accordance with applicable law. In such actions, the court has discretion to permit the winning party to recover attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with such action. | Shareholders have a number of statutory protections and rights available to them, regardless of the quantity of shares they hold. These include: • the ability to bring legal proceedings in the company’s name, including against the directors of the company, with the permission of the court; • the ability to inspect the company’s books, with the permission of the court; and • the ability to apply to the court for orders in cases where company actions are oppressive to, unfairly prejudicial to or discriminatory against a shareholder, or contrary to the interest of the shareholders as a whole. The right to apply to the court for orders in cases of oppressive prejudicial actions does not have a minimum shareholding requirement, and can result in a broad range of orders, including: • the winding up of the company; • modification of the company’s constitution; and • regulating the conduct of the company’s affairs. | ||||
Inspection of Books and | All shareholders of a Delaware corporation have the right, upon written demand, to | Any shareholder of the company has the right to inspect our share register kept | ||||
Corporate Law | Delaware Law | Australian Law | ||||
Records | inspect or obtain copies of the corporation’s shares ledger and its other books and records for any purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a shareholder. | under the Australian Corporations Act without charge, and to obtain copies of the same if the person makes an application to the company and pays a prescribed fee. Books containing the minutes of general meetings will be kept at our registered office and will be open to inspection of shareholders at all times when the office is required to be open to the public. Generally, other corporate records, including minutes of directors’ meetings, financial records and other documents, are not open for inspection by shareholders (who are not directors). A shareholder may apply to the court to make an order for inspection and making copies of our books, and the court may only grant the order if it is satisfied that the shareholder is acting in good faith and that the inspection is to be made for a proper purpose. All public companies are required to prepare annual financial reports, directors’ reports and an auditor’s report for each financial year, and to file these reports with ASIC. The reports, and a concise report for the relevant financial year, must also be provided to members. | ||||
Amendments to Charter | Amendments to the certificate of incorporation of a Delaware corporation require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon or such greater vote as is provided for in the certificate of incorporation. A provision in the certificate of incorporation requiring the vote of a greater number or proportion of the directors or of the holders of any class of shares than is required by Delaware corporate law may not be amended, altered or repealed except by such greater vote. Any amendment to the certificate of incorporation that would alter or change the special rights, powers or preferences of one or more classes or series of stock so as to affect them adversely must, in addition to any other vote required by law or under the company’s certificate of incorporation, be approved by the adversely affected class or series by a majority of all votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the outstanding shares of the class or series, voting as a separate class or series. | Amending or replacing the company’s constitution requires a special resolution (≥75%) of the shareholders. The Australian Corporations Act allows a company to set out in its constitution the procedure for varying or cancelling rights attached to shares in a class of shares and provides the procedure should a company not have the procedure set out in the constitution. | ||||
C. | Material Contracts |
D. | Exchange Controls |
E. | Taxation |
• | insurance companies; |
• | banks or other financial institutions; |
• | tax-exempt entities including pension plans, “individual retirement accounts” or “Roth IRAs”; |
• | regulated investment companies; |
• | real estate investment trusts; |
• | individuals who are former U.S. citizens or former long-term U.S. residents; |
• | brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies; |
• | traders that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting; |
• | except as specifically described below, persons holding the ADSs or ordinary shares through a partnership (including an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or S corporation; |
• | persons that received ADSs or ordinary shares as compensation for the performance of services; |
• | persons that hold ADSs or ordinary shares as a position in a straddle or as part of a hedging, constructive sale, conversion or other integrated transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes; |
• | persons that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar; |
• | corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax; or |
• | persons that own (directly, indirectly or constructively) 10% or more of our equity (by vote or value). |
• | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation (or any other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust (i) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a court in the United States and for which one or more U.S. persons has the authority to control all substantial decisions or (ii) that has an election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
• | the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ADSs or ordinary shares; |
• | the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which we were classified as a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income arising in the current taxable year (and would not be subject to the interest charge discussed below); and |
• | the amount allocated to each other taxable year will be subject to income tax at the highest marginal tax rate in effect for individuals or corporations, as applicable, for such year, and the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such year. |
• | the Non-Australian Holder, together with associates, holds 10% or more of our issued capital, at the time of disposal or for a 12-month period during the two years prior to disposal; and |
• | more than 50% of our assets held directly or indirectly, determined by reference to market value, consist of Australian real property (which includes land and leasehold interests) or Australian mining, quarrying or prospecting rights at the time of disposal. |
F. | Dividends and Paying Agents |
G. | Statement by Experts |
H. | Documents on Display |
I. | Subsidiary Information |
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
U.S. Dollars A$ | Euros A$ | Swiss Francs A$ | Japanese Yen A$ | Canadian Dollars A$ | |||||||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 98.9 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Trade receivables | 87.3 | 1.0 | — | — | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Financial assets | — | 10.5 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES |
A. | Debt Securities |
B. | Warrants and Rights |
C. | Other Securities |
D. | American Depositary Shares |
• | Cash. The depositary will distribute any U.S. dollars available to it resulting from a cash dividend or other cash distribution or the net proceeds of sales of any other distribution or portion thereof (to the extent applicable), on an averaged or other practicable basis, subject to (i) appropriate adjustments for taxes withheld, (ii) such distribution being permissible or practicable with respect to certain registered ADR holders, and (iii) deduction of the depositary's and/or its agents' fees and expenses in (a) converting any foreign currency to U.S. dollars to the extent that it determines that such conversion may be made on a reasonable basis, (b) transferring foreign currency or U.S. dollars to the United States by such means as the depositary may determine to the extent that it determines that such transfer may be made on a reasonable basis, (c) obtaining any approval or license of any governmental authority required for such conversion or transfer, which is obtainable at a reasonable cost and within a reasonable time and (d) making any sale by public or private means in any commercially reasonable manner. To the extent that any of the deposited securities is not or shall not be entitled, by reason of its |
• | Shares. In the case of a distribution in ordinary shares, the depositary will issue additional ADRs to evidence the number of ADSs representing such ordinary shares. Only whole ADSs will be issued. Any ordinary shares that would result in fractional ADSs will be sold and the net proceeds of the public or private sales of such will be distributed in the same manner as cash to the ADR holders entitled thereto. |
• | Rights to receive additional ordinary shares. In the case of a distribution of rights to subscribe for additional ordinary shares or other rights, if we timely provide evidence satisfactory to the depositary that it may lawfully distribute such rights, the depositary will distribute warrants or other instruments in the discretion of the depositary representing such rights. However, if we do not timely furnish such evidence, the depositary may: |
(i) | sell such rights if practicable and distribute the net proceeds of the public or private sales of such rights in the same manner as cash to the ADR holders entitled thereto; or |
(ii) | if it is not practicable to sell such rights by reason of the non-transferability of the rights, limited markets therefor, their short duration or otherwise, do nothing and allow such rights to lapse, in which case ADR holders will receive nothing and the rights may lapse. |
• | Other Distributions. In the case of a distribution of securities or property other than those described above, the depositary may either (i) distribute such securities or property in any manner it deems equitable and practicable or (ii) to the extent the depositary deems distribution of such securities or property not to be equitable and practicable, sell such securities or property and distribute any net proceeds of public or private sales in the same way it distributes cash. |
• | Elective Distributions. In the case of a dividend payable at the election of our shareholders in cash or in additional ordinary shares, we will notify the depositary at least 30 days prior to the proposed distribution stating whether or not we wish such elective distribution to be made available to ADR holders. The depositary shall make such elective distribution available to ADR holders only if (i) we shall have timely requested that the elective distribution is available to ADR holders, (ii) the depositary shall have determined that such distribution is reasonably practicable and (iii) the depositary shall have received satisfactory documentation within the terms of the deposit agreement including any legal opinions of counsel that the depositary in its reasonable discretion may request. If the above conditions are not satisfied, the depositary shall, to the extent permitted by law, distribute to the ADR holders, on the basis of the same determination as is made in the local market in respect of the ordinary shares for which no election is made, either (x) cash or (y) additional ADSs representing such additional ordinary |
• | temporary delays caused by closing our transfer books or those of the depositary or the deposit of ordinary shares in connection with voting at a shareholders' meeting, or the payment of dividends; |
• | the payment of fees, taxes and similar charges; or |
• | compliance with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations relating to the ADRs or to the withdrawal of deposited securities. |
• | to receive any distribution on or in respect of deposited securities, |
• | to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights, |
• | to pay any fees assessed by, or owing to, the depositary for administration of the ADR program and for any expenses as provided for in the ADR, or |
• | to receive any notice or to act or be obligated in respect of other matters, |
• | a fee of up to US$0.05 per ADS held for any cash distribution made, or for any elective cash/stock dividend offered, pursuant to the deposit agreement; |
• | an aggregate fee of up to US$0.05 per ADS per calendar year (or portion thereof) for services performed by the depositary in administering the ADRs (which fee may be charged on a periodic basis during each calendar year and shall be assessed against holders of ADRs as of the record date or record dates set by the depositary during each calendar year and shall be payable in the manner described in the next succeeding provision); |
• | an amount for the reimbursement of such fees, charges and expenses as are incurred by the depositary and/or any of its agents (including, without limitation, the custodian, as well as charges and expenses incurred on behalf of ADR holders in connection with compliance with foreign exchange control regulations or any law, rule or regulation relating to foreign investment) in connection with the servicing of the ordinary shares or other deposited securities, the sale of securities (including, without limitation, deposited securities), the delivery of deposited securities or otherwise in connection with the depositary's or its custodian's compliance with applicable law, rule or regulation (which fees and charges shall be assessed on a proportionate basis against ADR holders as of the record date or dates set by the depositary and shall be payable at the sole discretion of the depositary by billing such ADR holders or by deducting such charge from one or more cash dividends or other cash distributions); |
• | a fee of up to US$0.05 per ADS held for the direct or indirect distribution of securities (other than ADSs or rights to purchase additional ADSs) or the net cash proceeds from the public or private sale of such securities, regardless of whether any such distribution and/or sale is made by, for, or received from, or (in each case) on behalf of, the depositary, us and/or any third party (which fee may be assessed against ADR holders as of a record date set by the depositary); |
• | stock transfer or other taxes and other governmental charges; |
• | a transaction fee per cancellation request (including any cancellation request made through SWIFT, facsimile transmission or any other method of communication) as disclosed on the “Disclosures” page (or successor page) of www.adr.com (as updated by the depositary from time to time, “ADR.com”) and any applicable delivery expenses (which are payable by such persons or ADR holders); |
• | transfer or registration fees for the registration of transfer of deposited securities on any applicable register in connection with the deposit or withdrawal of deposited securities; and |
• | fees of any division, branch or affiliate of the depositary utilized by the depositary to direct, manage and/or execute any public and/or private sale of securities under the deposit agreement. |
• | amend the form of ADR; |
• | distribute additional or amended ADRs; |
• | distribute cash, securities or other property it has received in connection with such actions; |
• | sell by public or private sale any securities or property received and distribute the proceeds as cash; or |
• | none of the above. |
• | payment with respect thereto of (i) any stock transfer or other tax or other governmental charge, (ii) any stock transfer or registration fees in effect for the registration of transfers of ordinary shares or other deposited securities upon any applicable register and (iii) any applicable fees and expenses described in the deposit agreement; |
• | the production of proof satisfactory to it of (i) the identity of any signatory and genuineness of any signature and (ii) such other information, including without limitation, information as to citizenship, residence, exchange control approval, beneficial or other ownership of, or interest in, any securities, compliance with applicable law, regulations, provisions of or governing deposited securities and terms of the deposit agreement and the ADRs, as it may deem necessary or proper; and |
• | compliance with such regulations as the depositary may establish consistent with the deposit agreement or as the depositary believes are required, necessary or advisable in order to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations. |
• | incur or assume no liability (including, without limitation, to ADR holders or beneficial owners) if any present or future law, rule, regulation, fiat, order or decree of the United States, the Commonwealth of Australia or any other country or jurisdiction, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or any securities exchange or market or automated quotation system, the provisions of or governing any deposited securities, any present or future provision of the Company's constituent documents, any act of God, war, terrorism, epidemic, pandemic, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, extraordinary market conditions, work stoppage, strike, civil unrest, revolutions, rebellions, explosions, cyber, ransomware or malware attack, computer failure or circumstance our, the depositary's or our respective directors’, officers’, employees’, agents' or affiliates’ direct and immediate control shall prevent or delay, or shall cause any of them to be subject to any civil or criminal penalty in connection with, any act which the deposit agreement or the ADRs provide shall be done or performed by any such party (including, without limitation, voting); |
• | incur or assume no liability (including, without limitation, to ADR holders or beneficial owners) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or things which by the terms of the deposit agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed or any exercise or failure to exercise discretion under the deposit agreement or the ADRs including, without limitation, any failure to determine that any distribution or action may be lawful or reasonably practicable; |
• | incur or assume no liability (including, without limitation, to holders or beneficial owners) if it performs its obligations specifically set forth in the deposit agreement and ADRs without gross negligence or willful misconduct; |
• | in the case of the depositary and its agents, be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any deposited securities the ADSs or the ADRs; |
• | in the case of us and our agents, be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any deposited securities the ADSs or the ADRs, which in our or our agents’ opinion, as the case may be, may involve us in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to us or our agent, as the case may be, against all expense (including fees and disbursements of counsel) and liability is furnished as often as may be requested; |
• | not be liable (including, without limitation, to ADR holders or beneficial owners) for any action or inaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from any legal counsel, any accountant, any person presenting ordinary shares for deposit, any registered holder of ADRs, or any other person believed by it to be competent to give such advice or information and/or, in the case of the depositary, from us; or |
• | may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction, instruction or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, presented or given by the proper party or parties. |
• | be a party to and bound by the terms of the deposit agreement and the applicable ADR or ADRs, |
• | appoint the depositary its attorney-in-fact, with full power to delegate, to act on its behalf and to take any and all actions contemplated in the deposit agreement and the applicable ADR or ADRs, to adopt any and all procedures necessary to comply with applicable laws and to take such action as the depositary in its sole discretion may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the deposit agreement and the applicable ADR and ADRs, the taking of such actions to be the conclusive determinant of the necessity and appropriateness thereof; and |
• | acknowledge and agree that (i) nothing in the deposit agreement or any ADR shall give rise to a partnership or joint venture among the parties thereto, nor establish a fiduciary or similar relationship among such parties, (ii) the depositary, its divisions, branches and affiliates, and their respective agents, may from time to time be in the possession of non-public information about us, ADR holders, beneficial owners and/or their respective affiliates, (iii) the depositary and its divisions, branches and affiliates may at any time have multiple banking relationships with us, ADR holders, beneficial owners and/or the affiliates of any of them, (iv) the depositary and its divisions, branches and affiliates may, from time to time, be engaged in transactions in which parties adverse to us, ADR holders, or beneficial owners may have interests, (v) nothing contained in the deposit agreement or any ADR(s) shall (a) preclude the depositary or any of its divisions, branches or affiliates from engaging in any such transactions or establishing or maintaining any such relationships, or (b) obligate the depositary or any of its divisions, branches or affiliates to disclose any such transactions or relationships or to account for any profit made or payment received in any such transactions or relationships, (vi) the depositary shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any information held by any branch, division or affiliate of the depositary and (vii) notice to an ADR holder shall be deemed, for all purposes of the deposit agreement and the ADRs, to constitute notice to any and all beneficial owners of the ADSs |
DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES |
MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
RESERVED |
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT |
CODE OF ETHICS |
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
EXEMPTIONS FROM LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES |
PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS |
CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT |
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE |
ITEM 16I. | DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS |
ITEM 16J. | INSIDER TRADING POLICIES |
ITEM 16K. | CYBERSECURITY |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
EXHIBITS |
Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | ||
Certificate of Registration of the Registrant. | |||
Constitution of the Registrant. | |||
Form of Deposit Agreement. | |||
Form of American Depositary Receipt evidencing American Depositary Shares (included in Exhibit 2.1). | |||
4.1† | License Agreement between Telix International Pty Ltd. and Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited, dated as of April 8, 2022, as amended. | ||
4.2† | License Agreement between Telix International Pty Ltd. and Wilex AG, dated as of January 16, 2017, as amended. | ||
Form of Deed of Indemnity, Insurance and Access. | |||
Lease Agreement, dated November 30, 2022, by and between Collan Investment Limited and Telix International Pty Ltd. | |||
Lease Agreement, dated April 22, 2022, by and between Crew HQ, LLC and Telix Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc. | |||
Loan Agreement, dated March 3, 2022, by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SPRL and BNP Paribas Fortis. | |||
Loan Agreement, dated March 3, 2022, by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SPRL and IMBC. | |||
4.8+ | Equity Incentive Plan Rules. | ||
4.9+ | Employment Agreement, dated January 16, 2017, by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited and Christian Behrenbruch. | ||
4.10+ | Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2022, by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited and Darren Smith. | ||
4.11+ | Employment Agreement, dated December 20, 2023, by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited and David Cade. | ||
4.12+ | Employment Agreement, dated March 5, 2024, by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc. and Darren Patti. | ||
4.13+ | Form of Non-Executive Director Agreement. | ||
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 7, 2024, by and among Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited, QSAM Biosciences, Inc., Cyclone Merger Sub I, Inc., Cyclone Merger Sub II, Inc. and David H. Clarke. | |||
4.15† | Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2024, between ARTMS Inc. and Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited. | ||
Trust Deed, dated as of July 30, 2024, between Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. | |||
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2024, by and among Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited, RLS Group Ltd., RLS (USA) Inc. and Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP. | |||
List of subsidiaries. | |||
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent registered public accounting firm. | |||
* | To be filed by amendment. |
+ | Indicates management contract or compensatory plan. |
† | Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K. |
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED | ||||||
By: | /s/ Christian Behrenbruch Ph.D. | |||||
Name: | Christian Behrenbruch Ph.D. | |||||
Title: | Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director | |||||
Page | |||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Note | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||
Continuing operations | ||||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 4 | 502,547 | 160,096 | 7,596 | ||||||||
Cost of sales | (188,157) | (65,170) | (6,371) | |||||||||
Gross profit | 314,390 | 94,926 | 1,225 | |||||||||
Research and development costs | (128,537) | (80,687) | (48,114) | |||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (50,109) | (36,313) | (5,706) | |||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (9,869) | (3,949) | (460) | |||||||||
General and administration costs | (74,181) | (47,156) | (28,192) | |||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | 5 | (35,854) | (18,751) | 6,000 | ||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 15,840 | (91,930) | (75,247) | |||||||||
Finance income | 1,019 | 1 | — | |||||||||
Finance costs | 6 | (13,772) | (6,693) | (5,218) | ||||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 3,087 | (98,622) | (80,465) | |||||||||
Income tax benefit/(expense) | 7 | 2,124 | (5,457) | (45) | ||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year | 5,211 | (104,079) | (80,510) | |||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to: | ||||||||||||
Owners of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited | 5,211 | (104,079) | (80,510) | |||||||||
Other comprehensive (loss)/income: | ||||||||||||
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | ||||||||||||
Changes in the fair value of equity investments at fair value through other comprehensive income | 14 | (895) | — | — | ||||||||
Items to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | ||||||||||||
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations | (4,852) | 591 | (1,452) | |||||||||
Total comprehensive loss for the year | (536) | (103,488) | (81,962) | |||||||||
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to: | ||||||||||||
Owners of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited | (536) | (103,488) | (81,962) | |||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Note | Cents | Cents | Cents | |||||||||
Basic earnings/(loss) per share from continuing operations after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 8.1 | 1.63 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||||
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share from continuing operations after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 8.2 | 1.61 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||||
2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
Note | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Current assets | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 123,237 | 116,329 | |||||||
Trade and other receivables | 11 | 64,777 | 39,354 | ||||||
Inventories | 12 | 17,310 | 8,477 | ||||||
Current tax asset | 7,656 | — | |||||||
Other current assets | 13 | 19,524 | 9,073 | ||||||
Total current assets | 232,504 | 173,233 | |||||||
Non-current assets | |||||||||
Trade and other receivables | 11 | 586 | 327 | ||||||
Financial assets | 14 | 12,260 | — | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | 15.1 | 20,452 | 3,971 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment | 16 | 23,170 | 12,032 | ||||||
Right-of-use assets | 17 | 7,323 | 6,806 | ||||||
Intangible assets | 18 | 109,663 | 58,984 | ||||||
Total non-current assets | 173,454 | 82,120 | |||||||
Total assets | 405,958 | 255,353 | |||||||
Current liabilities | |||||||||
Trade and other payables | 20 | 81,704 | 49,519 | ||||||
Borrowings | 21 | 964 | — | ||||||
Current tax payable | 19,164 | 7,320 | |||||||
Contract liabilities | 22 | 10,995 | 4,940 | ||||||
Lease liabilities | 23 | 595 | 641 | ||||||
Provisions | 24 | 577 | 402 | ||||||
Contingent consideration | 25 | 37,153 | 15,183 | ||||||
Employee benefit obligations | 26 | 13,912 | 7,551 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 165,064 | 85,556 | |||||||
Non-current liabilities | |||||||||
Borrowings | 21 | 8,209 | 3,312 | ||||||
Contract liabilities | 22 | 12,162 | 22,522 | ||||||
Lease liabilities | 23 | 7,677 | 6,493 | ||||||
Provisions | 24 | 8,004 | 7,482 | ||||||
Contingent consideration | 25 | 55,601 | 49,766 | ||||||
Employee benefit obligations | 26 | 330 | 215 | ||||||
Total non-current liabilities | 91,983 | 89,790 | |||||||
Total liabilities | 257,047 | 175,346 | |||||||
Net assets | 148,911 | 80,007 | |||||||
Equity | |||||||||
Share capital | 27.1 | 446,268 | 370,972 | ||||||
Share capital reserve | 27.2 | (62,829) | (26,909) | ||||||
Foreign currency translation reserve | (5,414) | (562) | |||||||
Share-based payments reserve | 27.3 | 35,446 | 9,321 | ||||||
Financial assets at FVOCI reserve | 27.4 | (895) | — | ||||||
Accumulated losses | (263,665) | (272,815) | |||||||
Total equity | 148,911 | 80,007 | |||||||
Share capital | Share capital reserve | Foreign currency translation reserve | Share-based payments reserve | Financial assets at FVOCI reserve | Accumulated losses | Total equity | ||||||||||||||||||
Note | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2023 | 370,972 | (26,909) | (562) | 9,321 | — | (272,815) | 80,007 | |||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year | — | — | — | — | — | 5,211 | 5,211 | |||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss | — | — | (4,852) | — | (895) | — | (5,747) | |||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive (loss)/income | — | — | (4,852) | — | (895) | 5,211 | (536) | |||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on acquisitions | 27.1 | 32,724 | — | — | — | — | — | 32,724 | ||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on exercise of options | 27.1, 27.2 | 42,572 | (35,920) | — | — | — | — | 6,652 | ||||||||||||||||
Share based payments | 27.3 | — | — | — | 8,786 | — | — | 8,786 | ||||||||||||||||
Share based payments associated with acquisitions | 27.3 | — | — | — | 21,278 | — | — | 21,278 | ||||||||||||||||
Transfer on exercise of options | 27.3 | — | — | — | (3,939) | — | 3,939 | — | ||||||||||||||||
75,296 | (35,920) | — | 26,125 | — | 3,939 | 69,440 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | 446,268 | (62,829) | (5,414) | 35,446 | (895) | (263,665) | 148,911 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2022 | 170,840 | — | (1,153) | 5,942 | — | (173,471) | 2,158 | |||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year | — | — | — | — | — | (104,079) | (104,079) | |||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | 591 | — | — | — | 591 | |||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss | — | — | 591 | — | — | (104,079) | (103,488) | |||||||||||||||||
Contributions of equity | 27.1 | 175,000 | — | — | — | — | — | 175,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs arising on new share issues | (7,816) | — | — | — | — | — | (7,816) | |||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on exercise of options | 27.1, 27.2 | 32,948 | (26,909) | — | — | — | — | 6,039 | ||||||||||||||||
Share based payments | 27.3 | — | — | — | 8,114 | — | — | 8,114 | ||||||||||||||||
Transfer on exercise of options | 27.3 | — | — | — | (4,735) | — | 4,735 | — | ||||||||||||||||
200,132 | (26,909) | — | 3,379 | — | 4,735 | 181,337 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance as at December 31, 2022 | 370,972 | (26,909) | (562) | 9,321 | — | (272,815) | 80,007 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2021 | 167,058 | — | 299 | 4,620 | — | (92,961) | 79,016 | |||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year | — | — | — | — | — | (80,510) | (80,510) | |||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss | — | — | (1,452) | — | — | — | (1,452) | |||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss | — | — | (1,452) | — | — | (80,510) | (81,962) | |||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on exercise of options | 3,782 | — | — | — | — | — | 3,782 | |||||||||||||||||
Share based payments | — | — | — | 1,322 | — | — | 1,322 | |||||||||||||||||
3,782 | — | — | 1,322 | — | — | 5,104 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance as at December 31, 2021 | 170,840 | — | (1,153) | 5,942 | — | (173,471) | 2,158 | |||||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Note | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||||||
Receipts from customers | 463,654 | 124,095 | 4,158 | |||||||||
Receipts in relation to R&D tax incentive | — | 18,909 | 12,123 | |||||||||
Payments to suppliers and employees | (414,079) | (204,289) | (75,420) | |||||||||
Payments for contingent consideration | (16,282) | — | — | |||||||||
Income taxes paid | (10,253) | (2,278) | — | |||||||||
Interest received | 1,629 | 1 | — | |||||||||
Interest paid | (785) | (408) | (189) | |||||||||
Net cash generated from/(used in) operating activities | 29.1 | 23,884 | (63,970) | (59,328) | ||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||||||
Payments for investments in financial assets | (13,155) | — | — | |||||||||
Payments for acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired | — | (973) | — | |||||||||
Purchases of intangible assets | (1,115) | (6,823) | — | |||||||||
Payments for contingent consideration | (1,484) | — | — | |||||||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (9,679) | (7,038) | (1,339) | |||||||||
Payments for decommissioning liability | (56) | (2,163) | (1,387) | |||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (25,489) | (16,997) | (2,726) | |||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||||||
Proceeds from borrowings | 5,756 | 3,014 | — | |||||||||
Repayment of borrowings | — | (13) | (340) | |||||||||
Principal element of lease payments | (2,222) | (1,264) | (596) | |||||||||
Proceeds from issue of shares and other equity | 6,652 | 181,039 | 3,782 | |||||||||
Transaction costs of capital raising | — | (7,816) | — | |||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 10,186 | 174,960 | 2,846 | |||||||||
Net increase in cash held | 8,581 | 93,993 | (59,208) | |||||||||
Net foreign exchange differences | (1,673) | 299 | 3,300 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial year | 116,329 | 22,037 | 77,945 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year | 123,237 | 116,329 | 22,037 | |||||||||
a. | Comparatives |
b. | New and amended standards adopted by the Group |
c. | New standards and interpretations not yet adopted |
a. | Functional and presentation currency |
b. | Transactions and balances |
c. | Group companies |
• | assets and liabilities for each consolidated statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that consolidated statement of financial position |
• | income and expenses for each consolidated statement of comprehensive income or loss are translated at actual exchange rates at the dates of the transactions, and |
• | all resulting exchange differences are recognized in other comprehensive income. |
• | fair values of the assets transferred |
• | liabilities incurred to the former owners of the acquired business |
• | equity interests issued by the Group |
• | fair value of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement, and |
• | fair value of any pre-existing equity interest in the subsidiary. |
a. | Impairment of trade and other receivables |
• | Buildings: 18 years |
• | Plant and equipment: 3-5 years |
• | Furniture, fittings and equipment: 3-5 years |
• | Leased plant and equipment: 3-5 years |
• | fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), less any lease incentives receivable |
• | variable lease payments that are based on an index or a rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the commencement date |
• | amounts expected to be payable by the Group under residual value guarantees |
• | the exercise price of a purchase option if the Group is reasonably certain to exercise that option, and |
• | payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the Group exercising that option. |
• | the amount of the initial measurement of lease liability |
• | any lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received |
• | any initial direct costs, and |
• | restoration costs. |
a. | Goodwill |
b. | Patents, trademarks, licenses and customer contracts |
c. | Intellectual property |
d. | Research and development |
a. | Decommissioning liability |
a. | Short-term obligations |
b. | Other long-term employee benefit obligations |
c. | Share-based payments |
d. | Termination benefits |
• | when the Group can no longer withdraw the offer of those benefits, and |
• | when the entity recognizes costs for a restructuring that is within the scope of IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets and involves the payment of termination benefits. In the case of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy, the termination benefits are measured based on the number of employees expected to accept the offer. Benefits falling due more than 12 months after the end of the reporting period are discounted to present value. |
a. | Sales of goods |
b. | Licenses of intellectual property |
c. | Research and development services |
d. | Financing component |
e. | Milestone revenue |
f. | Sales-based or usage-based royalties |
a. | Basic earnings per share |
b. | Diluted earnings per share |
• | Level 1: fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets is based on quoted market prices at the end of the reporting period. The quoted market price used for financial assets is the current bid price. |
• | Level 2: fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market is determined using valuation techniques which maximize the use of observable market data and rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are observable, the instrument is included in level 2. |
• | Level 3: if one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable market data, the instrument is included in level 3. |
• | Contract Research Organizations (CROs) in connection with clinical studies |
• | investigative sites in connection with clinical studies |
• | vendors in connection with preclinical development activities, and |
• | vendors related to product manufacturing, process development and distribution of clinical supplies, all of which are in connection with products for use in clinical trials. |
Reportable segment | Principal activities | ||
Commercial | Commercial sales of Illuccix and other products subsequent to obtaining regulatory approvals. | ||
Product development | Developing radiopharmaceutical products for commercialization. This segment includes revenue received from license agreements prior to commercialization and research and development services. | ||
Medical technologies | Developing complementary artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technologies. This segment includes costs and assets associated with the Group's development of AI molecular imaging and guided robotic surgical technologies and includes Dedicaid, Lightpoint Surgical, and QDOSE1. | ||
Manufacturing services | Telix Manufacturing Solutions business. This segment comprises costs to operate our facilities and assets associated with the Group's vertically integrated manufacturing and supply chain. This business includes facilities at Brussels South, IsoTherapeutics1, Optimal Tracers and ARTMS1. | ||
1. | Acquired in 2024 |
2023 | Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | ||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 497,051 | 5,496 | — | — | 502,547 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | (188,157) | — | — | — | (188,157) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | 308,894 | 5,496 | — | — | 314,390 | ||||||||||
Research and development costs | (282) | (128,212) | — | — | (128,494) | ||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (49,925) | — | — | — | (49,925) | ||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (7,127) | — | (3) | (586) | (7,716) | ||||||||||
General and administration costs | (30,151) | — | (394) | (2,646) | (33,191) | ||||||||||
Other losses (net) | (863) | — | — | — | (863) | ||||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 220,546 | (122,716) | (397) | (3,232) | 94,201 | ||||||||||
Other losses (net) | 863 | — | — | — | 863 | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 5,594 | 237 | 1 | 370 | 6,202 | ||||||||||
Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization | 227,003 | (122,479) | (396) | (2,862) | 101,266 |
2022 | Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | ||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 156,369 | 3,727 | — | — | 160,096 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | (65,170) | — | — | — | (65,170) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | 91,199 | 3,727 | — | — | 94,926 | ||||||||||
Research and development costs | (704) | (80,000) | — | — | (80,704) | ||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (36,217) | — | — | — | (36,217) | ||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (2,139) | — | — | (322) | (2,461) | ||||||||||
General and administration costs | (17,207) | — | — | — | (17,207) | ||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | (791) | 11 | — | — | (780) | ||||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 34,141 | (76,262) | — | (322) | (42,443) | ||||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | 791 | (11) | — | — | 780 | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,694 | 172 | — | 322 | 5,188 | ||||||||||
Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization | 39,626 | (76,101) | — | — | (36,475) |
2021 | Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | ||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 5,408 | 2,188 | — | — | 7,596 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | (6,371) | — | — | — | (6,371) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | (963) | 2,188 | — | — | 1,225 | ||||||||||
Research and development costs | — | (48,114) | — | — | (48,114) | ||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (5,692) | — | — | — | (5,692) | ||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (170) | — | — | (290) | (460) | ||||||||||
General and administration costs | (9,512) | — | — | — | (9,512) | ||||||||||
Other gains (net) | 2,064 | 18,574 | — | — | 20,638 | ||||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | (14,273) | (27,352) | — | (290) | (41,915) | ||||||||||
Other gains (net) | (2,064) | (18,574) | — | — | (20,638) | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 596 | — | — | — | 596 | ||||||||||
Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization | (15,741) | (45,926) | — | (290) | (61,957) |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Note | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||
Total segment adjusted EBITDA | 101,266 | (36,475) | (61,957) | |||||||||
Unallocated income and expenses: | ||||||||||||
Research and development costs | (43) | 18 | — | |||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (184) | (96) | (14) | |||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (2,153) | (1,488) | — | |||||||||
General and administration costs | (40,990) | (29,950) | (18,680) | |||||||||
Other (losses)/gains (net) | 5 | (35,854) | (18,751) | 6,000 | ||||||||
Finance income | 1,019 | 1 | — | |||||||||
Finance costs | (13,772) | (6,693) | (5,218) | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (6,202) | (5,188) | (596) | |||||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 3,087 | (98,622) | (80,465) | |||||||||
2023 | Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | Reconciling items | Group | ||||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||||
Total assets | 167,356 | 46,744 | 52,700 | 36,835 | 303,635 | 102,323 | 405,958 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 65,890 | 40,252 | 275 | 20,172 | 126,589 | 130,458 | 257,047 | ||||||||||||||
Additions to non- current assets | 12,025 | 5,116 | 54,296 | — | 71,437 | — | 71,437 | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | Reconciling items | Group | ||||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||||
Total assets | 126,781 | 36,675 | — | 19,976 | 183,432 | 71,921 | 255,353 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 48,038 | 16,221 | — | 12,849 | 77,108 | 98,238 | 175,346 | ||||||||||||||
Additions to non- current assets | 13,675 | 6,823 | — | 2,114 | 22,612 | — | 22,612 | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||
Revenue by location of customer | Non-current assets by location of asset | Revenue by location of customer | Non-current assets by location of asset | Revenue by location of customer | |||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||
Australia | 1,166 | 21,057 | 149 | 31,815 | — | ||||||||||
Belgium | 458 | 77,469 | 564 | 41,174 | — | ||||||||||
China | 5,291 | — | 3,353 | — | 2,188 | ||||||||||
Other countries | 4,669 | — | 3,979 | — | 4,893 | ||||||||||
United Kingdom | 1,306 | 50,346 | 2,045 | — | — | ||||||||||
United States | 489,657 | 4,130 | 150,006 | 5,160 | 515 | ||||||||||
Total | 502,547 | 153,002 | 160,096 | 78,149 | 7,596 | ||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Recognition | Operating segment | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||
Sale of goods | At a point in time | Commercial | 496,241 | 155,984 | 4,894 | ||||||||||
Royalty income | At a point in time | Commercial | 392 | 385 | 514 | ||||||||||
Provision of services | Over time | Commercial | 418 | — | — | ||||||||||
Licenses of intellectual property | At a point in time | Product development | 100 | 374 | — | ||||||||||
Research and development services | Over time | Product development | 5,396 | 3,353 | 2,188 | ||||||||||
Total revenue from continuing operations | 502,547 | 160,096 | 7,596 | ||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Remeasurement of contingent consideration | 34,275 | 16,707 | 14,438 | ||||||
Remeasurement of provisions | (173) | 1,017 | 417 | ||||||
Realized currency (loss)/gain | (2,460) | 669 | 914 | ||||||
Impairment of intangible assets | 804 | — | — | ||||||
Other income | (20) | (91) | (583) | ||||||
Research and development tax incentive income | — | — | (18,574) | ||||||
Unrealized currency loss | 3,428 | 449 | (2,612) | ||||||
35,854 | 18,751 | (6,000) | |||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Unwind of discount | 12,782 | 6,287 | 5,029 | ||||||
Interest expense on lease liabilities | 636 | 277 | 157 | ||||||
Interest expense | 148 | 46 | 6 | ||||||
Bank fees | 206 | 83 | 26 | ||||||
Finance costs | 13,772 | 6,693 | 5,218 | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Current tax expense1 | 14,357 | 9,428 | 45 | ||||||
Deferred tax benefit | (16,481) | (3,971) | — | ||||||
(2,124) | 5,457 | 45 | |||||||
1. | The current tax expense is attributable to Telix Innovations SA and Telix Pharmaceuticals US Inc and is driven by the individual entity's taxable profits. |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 3,087 | (98,622) | (80,465) | ||||||
Prima-facie tax at a rate of 30.0% (2022: 30.0%, 2021: 26.0%) | 926 | (29,587) | (20,920) | ||||||
Tax effect of amounts which are not deductible (taxable) in calculating taxable income: | |||||||||
Net R&D tax incentive credit | (7,408) | (6,688) | 5,644 | ||||||
Remeasurement of provisions | 13,915 | 7,423 | 3,862 | ||||||
Share-based payments expense | 2,636 | 2,434 | 343 | ||||||
Employee Share Trust payments | (10,776) | (8,073) | — | ||||||
Deductible transaction costs on share issues | — | — | (305) | ||||||
Sundry items | 569 | 2 | (48) | ||||||
Foreign exchange translation loss | 1,028 | (464) | (203) | ||||||
890 | (34,953) | (11,627) | |||||||
Current year tax losses not recognized | 35,152 | 46,325 | 10,624 | ||||||
Prior year tax losses recognized | — | (854) | |||||||
Adjustment for current tax of prior periods | — | 561 | 581 | ||||||
Provisions recognized in international jurisdictions | — | — | 45 | ||||||
Difference in overseas tax rates | (38,166) | (5,622) | 422 | ||||||
Income tax (benefit)/expense | (2,124) | 5,457 | 45 | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Cents | Cents | Cents | |||||||
Basic earnings/(loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 1.63 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||
Total basic earnings/(loss) per share attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 1.63 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Cents | Cents | Cents | |||||||
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 1.61 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||
Total diluted earnings/(loss) per share attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 1.61 | (33.50) | (28.50) | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Number | Number | Number | |||||||
’000 | ’000 | ’000 | |||||||
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used as the denominator in calculating basic earnings/loss per share1 | 319,181 | 310,644 | 282,206 | ||||||
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used as the denominator in calculating diluted earnings/loss per share | 323,710 | 310,644 | 282,206 | ||||||
1. | For the year ended December 31, 2022 there were 4,436,046 options (2021: 3,745,000) that were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings as they were antidilutive. |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Salaries and wages | 82,108 | 47,302 | 24,618 | ||||||
Short term incentives | 9,413 | 4,025 | 2,312 | ||||||
Sales commissions | 7,167 | 3,113 | 748 | ||||||
Share based payment charge | 8,786 | 8,114 | 1,319 | ||||||
Superannuation | 1,798 | 1,270 | 642 | ||||||
Non-Executive Directors’ fees | 577 | 661 | 465 | ||||||
109,849 | 64,485 | 30,104 | |||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
$’000 | $’000 | $’000 | |||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 4,344 | 4,098 | 4,179 | ||||||
Depreciation | 2,399 | 1,281 | 995 | ||||||
6,743 | 5,379 | 5,174 | |||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Trade receivables | 65,310 | 39,354 | ||||
Allowance for impairment losses | (533) | — | ||||
Deposits | 586 | 327 | ||||
65,363 | 39,681 | |||||
Current | 64,777 | 39,354 | ||||
Non-current | 586 | 327 | ||||
Total trade and other receivables | 65,363 | 39,681 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Raw materials and stores | 7,700 | 2,422 | ||||
Work in progress | 5,961 | 3,773 | ||||
Finished goods | 3,649 | 2,282 | ||||
Total inventories | 17,310 | 8,477 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Other receivables | 2,363 | 3,675 | ||||
GST receivables | 4,739 | 2,890 | ||||
Prepayments | 12,422 | 2,508 | ||||
Total other current assets | 19,524 | 9,073 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Investment in Mauna Kea | 9,497 | — | ||||
Investment QSAM Biosciences | 2,763 | — | ||||
Total financial assets | 12,260 | — | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to: | ||||||
Tax losses | — | 4,400 | ||||
Intangible assets | 8,294 | 2,434 | ||||
Employee benefit obligations | 2,791 | 1,052 | ||||
Lease liabilities | 1,780 | 803 | ||||
Inventories | 10,976 | 363 | ||||
Other | 531 | 157 | ||||
Total deferred tax assets | 24,372 | 9,209 | ||||
Set-off of deferred tax liabilities pursuant to set-off provisions | (3,920) | (5,238) | ||||
Net deferred tax assets | 20,452 | 3,971 | ||||
Tax losses | Intangible assets | Employee benefit obligations | Lease liabilities | Inventories | Other | Total | |||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets movements | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||||||||||||
The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 4,400 | 2,434 | 1,052 | 803 | 363 | 157 | 9,209 | ||||||||||||||
(Charged)/credited: | |||||||||||||||||||||
to profit and loss | (4,400) | 5,860 | 1,739 | 977 | 10,613 | 374 | 15,163 | ||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | — | 8,294 | 2,791 | 1,780 | 10,976 | 531 | 24,372 | ||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022 | 4,692 | — | — | 756 | — | — | 5,448 | ||||||||||||||
(Charged)/credited: | |||||||||||||||||||||
to profit and loss | (292) | 2,434 | 1,052 | 47 | 363 | 157 | 3,761 | ||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 4,400 | 2,434 | 1,052 | 803 | 363 | 157 | 9,209 | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to: | ||||||
Intangible assets | 2,376 | 3,634 | ||||
Right-of-use assets | 1,544 | 1,604 | ||||
Total deferred tax liabilities | 3,920 | 5,238 | ||||
Set-off of deferred tax assets pursuant to set-off provisions | (3,920) | (5,238) | ||||
Net deferred tax liabilities | — | — | ||||
Deferred tax liabilities movements | Intangible assets | Right-of-use assets | Total | ||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to: | |||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 3,634 | 1,604 | 5,238 | ||||||
Charged/(credited): | |||||||||
to profit and loss | (1,258) | (60) | (1,318) | ||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 2,376 | 1,544 | 3,920 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities movements | Intangible assets | Right-of-use assets | Total | ||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022 | 4,734 | 714 | 5,448 | ||||||
Charged/(credited): | |||||||||
to profit and loss | (1,100) | 890 | (210) | ||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 3,634 | 1,604 | 5,238 | ||||||
Unrecognized deferred tax assets | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Tax losses and tax credits | 84,412 | 62,833 | ||||
Temporary differences in relation to provisions | 212 | 1,600 | ||||
Temporary differences in relation to employee benefit obligations | 97 | 898 | ||||
Temporary differences in relation to intangible assets | — | 2,127 | ||||
Temporary differences in relation to lease liabilities | 211 | 838 | ||||
Temporary differences in relation to share based payments | 8,940 | 10,508 | ||||
Total unrecognized deferred tax assets | 93,872 | 78,804 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Unused tax losses and carried forward tax credits for which no deferred tax asset has been recognized: | |||||||||
Australia | 82,908 | 61,330 | 17,882 | ||||||
Other countries | 1,504 | 1,503 | 2,538 | ||||||
Unrecognized income tax benefit | 84,412 | 62,833 | 20,420 | ||||||
Land and buildings | Plant and equipment | Furniture, fittings and equipment | Leasehold improvements | Total | |||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 9,611 | 576 | 441 | 1,404 | 12,032 | ||||||||||
Additions | 8,912 | 96 | 168 | 503 | 9,679 | ||||||||||
Acquisition of business | — | 37 | — | — | 37 | ||||||||||
Reclassifications | 2,021 | (12) | 490 | (142) | 2,357 | ||||||||||
Depreciation charge | (91) | (207) | (422) | (222) | (942) | ||||||||||
Exchange differences | (11) | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 20,442 | 499 | 680 | 1,549 | 23,170 | ||||||||||
Cost | 20,752 | 895 | 1,600 | 1,908 | 25,155 | ||||||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (310) | (396) | (920) | (359) | (1,985) | ||||||||||
Net book amount | 20,442 | 499 | 680 | 1,549 | 23,170 | ||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022 | 2,203 | 991 | 461 | 296 | 3,951 | ||||||||||
Additions | 6,717 | 152 | 203 | 1,165 | 8,237 | ||||||||||
Acquisition of business | — | 258 | — | — | 258 | ||||||||||
Reclassifications | 766 | (766) | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Depreciation charge | (70) | (63) | (230) | (57) | (420) | ||||||||||
Land and buildings | Plant and equipment | Furniture, fittings and equipment | Leasehold improvements | Total | |||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||
Exchange differences | (5) | 4 | 7 | — | 6 | ||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 9,611 | 576 | 441 | 1,404 | 12,032 | ||||||||||
Cost | 9,830 | 765 | 939 | 1,541 | 13,075 | ||||||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (219) | (189) | (498) | (137) | (1,043) | ||||||||||
Net book amount | 9,611 | 576 | 441 | 1,404 | 12,032 | ||||||||||
Properties | Motor vehicles | Total | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 6,327 | 479 | 6,806 | ||||||
Additions | 1,188 | 1,158 | 2,346 | ||||||
Reclassifications | (336) | — | (336) | ||||||
Depreciation charge | (1,006) | (451) | (1,457) | ||||||
Exchange differences | (39) | 3 | (36) | ||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 6,134 | 1,189 | 7,323 | ||||||
Cost | 8,959 | 2,195 | 11,154 | ||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (2,825) | (1,006) | (3,831) | ||||||
Net book amount | 6,134 | 1,189 | 7,323 | ||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022 | 2,067 | 311 | 2,378 | ||||||
Additions | 5,054 | 384 | 5,438 | ||||||
Acquisition of business | 423 | — | 423 | ||||||
Depreciation charge | (640) | (221) | (861) | ||||||
Disposals | (580) | — | (580) | ||||||
Exchange differences | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 6,327 | 479 | 6,806 | ||||||
Cost | 8,104 | 1,034 | 9,138 | ||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (1,777) | (555) | (2,332) | ||||||
Net book amount | 6,327 | 479 | 6,806 | ||||||
Depreciation charge on right-of-use assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Properties | 1,006 | 640 | 515 | ||||||
Motor vehicles | 451 | 221 | 141 | ||||||
1,457 | 861 | 656 | |||||||
Goodwill | Intellectual property | Software | Patents | Licenses | Total | |||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 5,519 | 41,060 | — | 300 | 12,105 | 58,984 | ||||||||||||
Additions | — | 57,410 | 1,659 | 266 | 77 | 59,412 | ||||||||||||
Reclassifications | — | — | — | — | (2,021) | (2,021) | ||||||||||||
Amortization charge | — | (4,005) | — | (37) | (302) | (4,344) | ||||||||||||
Impairments | — | (804) | — | — | — | (804) | ||||||||||||
Changes in provisions | (672) | 489 | — | — | 282 | 99 | ||||||||||||
Exchange differences | — | (1,933) | (37) | — | 307 | (1,663) | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 4,847 | 92,217 | 1,622 | 529 | 10,448 | 109,663 | ||||||||||||
Cost | 4,847 | 114,048 | 1,622 | 949 | 11,604 | 133,070 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated amortization | — | (21,831) | — | (420) | (1,156) | (23,407) | ||||||||||||
Net book amount | 4,847 | 92,217 | 1,622 | 529 | 10,448 | 109,663 | ||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022 | 4,097 | 44,486 | — | 337 | 6,809 | 55,729 | ||||||||||||
Acquisition of business | 1,433 | — | — | — | — | 1,433 | ||||||||||||
Additions | — | — | — | — | 6,823 | 6,823 | ||||||||||||
Amortization charge | — | (3,742) | — | (34) | (322) | (4,098) | ||||||||||||
Changes in provisions | — | 256 | — | — | (1,120) | (864) | ||||||||||||
Exchange differences | (11) | 60 | — | (3) | (85) | (39) | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 5,519 | 41,060 | — | 300 | 12,105 | 58,984 | ||||||||||||
Cost | 5,519 | 58,875 | — | 675 | 12,835 | 77,904 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated amortization | — | (17,815) | — | (375) | (730) | (18,920) | ||||||||||||
Net book amount | 5,519 | 41,060 | — | 300 | 12,105 | 58,984 | ||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||
CGU | Useful life | Status | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||||||
TLX591-CDx (Illuccix) | Definite | Commercial | 10,876 | 14,709 | ||||||||
TLX591 | Indefinite | Product development | 17,912 | 12,796 | ||||||||
TLX101 | Definite | Product development | 1,613 | 1,676 | ||||||||
TLX66 | Indefinite | Product development | 15,569 | 15,080 | ||||||||
TLX66-CDx | Definite | Commercial | — | 898 | ||||||||
TLX300 | Indefinite | Product development | 6,823 | 6,823 | ||||||||
Manufacturing services | Definite | Manufacturing services | 4,298 | 6,702 | ||||||||
Medical technologies | Indefinite | Medical technologies | 52,043 | — | ||||||||
Patents | Definite | Product development | 529 | 300 | ||||||||
109,663 | 58,984 | |||||||||||
• | discounted expected future cash flows of each program which span 10 years from marketing authorization, reflecting the anticipated product life cycle, and include cash inflows and outflows determined using further assumptions below |
• | risk adjusted post-tax discount rate – 15.0% (2022: 15.0%) |
• | regulatory/marketing authorization approval dates, these are re-assessed in conjunction with Senior Management and Commercial teams |
• | expected sales volumes, these are determined by applying a target market share to cancer incidence rates across countries within Americas, European and APAC regions, sourced from data provided by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer |
• | net sales price per unit, for commercialized products forecast average selling price is used and for products in development a target sales price is used |
• | approval for marketing authorization probability success factor, this varies depending on the clinical trial stage of each program |
• | in relation to cash outflows consideration has been given to cost of sales, selling and marketing expenses, general and administration costs and the anticipated research and development costs to reach commercialization. Associated expenses such as royalties, milestone payments and license fees are included, and |
• | costs of disposal were assumed to be immaterial at December 31, 2023. |
2023 | |||
Consideration | A$’000 | ||
Equity issued | 1,829 | ||
Total consideration | 1,829 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Trade and other receivables | 111 | ||
Software | 1,659 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | 123 | ||
Trade and other payables | (64) | ||
Total identifiable assets | 1,829 |
2023 | |||
Consideration | A$’000 | ||
Cash paid | 627 | ||
Equity issued | 30,895 | ||
Performance Rights issued | 21,278 | ||
Total consideration | 52,800 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Intellectual property | 52,294 | ||
Inventory | 406 | ||
Patents | 266 | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 37 | ||
Other current assets | 32 | ||
Trade payables | (235) | ||
Total identifiable assets | 52,800 |
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Trade creditors | 32,837 | 16,806 | ||||
Accruals | 37,895 | 22,325 | ||||
Other creditors | 6,738 | 3,148 | ||||
Accrued royalties | 3,205 | 1,919 | ||||
Payroll liabilities | 899 | 972 | ||||
Government rebates payable | 130 | 4,349 | ||||
Total trade and other payables | 81,704 | 49,519 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Current | 964 | — | ||||
Non-current | 8,209 | 3,312 | ||||
Total borrowings | 9,173 | 3,312 | ||||
Lenders | Loan balance | Due < 1 year | Due > 1 year | Maturity date | ||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||||||||
BNP Paribas | 9,173 | 964 | 8,209 | 29-Feb-32 | ||||||||
Total | 9,173 | 964 | 8,209 | |||||||||
Lenders | Loan balance | Due < 1 year | Due > 1 year | Maturity date | ||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||||||||
BNP Paribas | 3,312 | — | 3,312 | 29-Feb-32 | ||||||||
Total | 3,312 | — | 3,312 | |||||||||
Opening balance | Net cash inflow/ (outflow) | Other non- cash movements | Closing balance | |||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||
For the year ended December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings | 3,312 | 5,756 | 105 | 9,173 | ||||||||
Lease liabilities | 7,134 | (2,858) | 3,996 | 8,272 | ||||||||
10,446 | 2,898 | 4,101 | 17,445 | |||||||||
For the year ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings | 19 | 3,293 | — | 3,312 | ||||||||
Lease liabilities | 2,520 | (1,541) | 6,155 | 7,134 | ||||||||
2,539 | 1,752 | 6,155 | 10,446 | |||||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Balance at January 1 | 27,462 | 29,199 | ||||
Consideration received | — | 537 | ||||
Revenue recognized | (5,291) | (3,352) | ||||
Exchange differences | 17 | — | ||||
Unwind of discount | 969 | 1,078 | ||||
Balance at December 31 | 23,157 | 27,462 | ||||
Current | 10,995 | 4,940 | ||||
Non-current | 12,162 | 22,522 | ||||
Total contract liabilities | 23,157 | 27,462 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
Lease liabilities | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||
Current | 595 | 641 | ||||
Non-current | 7,677 | 6,493 | ||||
Total lease liabilities | 8,272 | 7,134 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Balance at January 1 | 7,134 | 2,520 | ||||
Additions | 3,436 | 6,164 | ||||
Acquisition of business | — | 423 | ||||
Interest expense | 636 | 277 | ||||
Lease payments (principal and interest) | (2,858) | (1,541) | ||||
Disposals | — | (633) | ||||
Exchange differences | (76) | (76) | ||||
Balance at December 31 | 8,272 | 7,134 | ||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Interest expense relating to leases | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||||
Properties | 604 | 244 | 126 | ||||||
Motor vehicles | 32 | 33 | 31 | ||||||
Total lease interest | 636 | 277 | 157 | ||||||
Government grant liability | Decommissioning liability | Total | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 2,551 | 5,333 | 7,884 | ||||||
Remeasurement of provisions | (173) | — | (173) | ||||||
Unwind of discount | 238 | 181 | 419 | ||||||
Charged to profit or loss | 65 | 181 | 246 | ||||||
Exchange differences | 48 | 173 | 221 | ||||||
Amounts adjusted to intangible assets | — | 286 | 286 | ||||||
Provision utilized | — | (56) | (56) | ||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 2,664 | 5,917 | 8,581 | ||||||
Current | 577 | — | 577 | ||||||
Non-current | 2,087 | 5,917 | 8,004 | ||||||
Total provisions | 2,664 | 5,917 | 8,581 | ||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022 | 1,539 | 8,532 | 10,071 | ||||||
Remeasurement of provisions | 1,017 | — | 1,017 | ||||||
Unwind of discount | 115 | 137 | 252 | ||||||
Charged to profit or loss | 1,132 | 137 | 1,269 | ||||||
Exchange differences | (59) | (73) | (132) | ||||||
Acquisition of business | — | — | — | ||||||
Amounts adjusted to intangible assets | — | (1,100) | (1,100) | ||||||
Provision utilized | (61) | (2,163) | (2,224) | ||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 2,551 | 5,333 | 7,884 | ||||||
Current | 402 | — | 402 | ||||||
Non-current | 2,149 | 5,333 | 7,482 | ||||||
Total provisions | 2,551 | 5,333 | 7,884 | ||||||
ANMI | TheraPharm | Optimal Tracers | Contingent consideration | |||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 62,541 | 1,690 | 718 | 64,949 | ||||||||
Remeasurement of contingent consideration | 34,275 | — | — | 34,275 | ||||||||
Unwind of discount | 11,033 | 278 | 83 | 11,394 | ||||||||
Charged to profit or loss | 45,308 | 278 | 83 | 45,669 | ||||||||
Exchange differences | 410 | (279) | (46) | 85 | ||||||||
Amounts adjusted to intangible assets | — | 489 | (672) | (183) | ||||||||
Payments for contingent consideration | (17,766) | — | — | (17,766) | ||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 90,493 | 2,178 | 83 | 92,754 | ||||||||
Current | 37,070 | — | 83 | 37,153 | ||||||||
Non-current | 53,423 | 2,178 | — | 55,601 | ||||||||
Total contingent consideration | 90,493 | 2,178 | 83 | 92,754 | ||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022 | 40,635 | 1,275 | — | 41,910 | ||||||||
Remeasurement of contingent consideration | 16,707 | — | — | 16,707 | ||||||||
Unwind of discount | 4,798 | 159 | — | 4,957 | ||||||||
Charged to profit or loss | 21,505 | 159 | — | 21,664 | ||||||||
Exchange differences | 401 | — | — | 401 | ||||||||
Acquisition of business | — | — | 718 | 718 | ||||||||
Amounts adjusted to intangible assets | — | 256 | — | 256 | ||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022 | 62,541 | 1,690 | 718 | 64,949 | ||||||||
Current | 14,811 | — | 372 | 15,183 | ||||||||
Non-current | 47,730 | 1,690 | 346 | 49,766 | ||||||||
Total contingent consideration | 62,541 | 1,690 | 718 | 64,949 | ||||||||
Unobservable input | Methodology | December 31, 2023 | ||||
Risk adjusted post-tax discount rate | The post-tax discount rate used in the valuation has been determined based on required rates of returns of listed companies in the biotechnology industry (having regards to their stage of development, size and risk adjustments). | A 0.5% increase in the post-tax discount rate would decrease the contingent consideration by 0.4% and a 0.5% decrease in the post-tax discount rate would increase the contingent consideration by 0.4%. | ||||
Expected sales volumes | This is determined using actual sales volumes for 2023 and forecasting sales volumes for 2024 and beyond for each region. | A 10% increase in sales volumes across all regions would increase the contingent consideration by 5.5% and a 10% decrease in sales volumes would decrease the contingent consideration by 5.5% | ||||
Net sales price per unit | This is determined using actual sales prices for 2023 and forecasting sales prices for 2024 and beyond for each region. | A 10% increase in net sales price per unit across all regions would increase the contingent consideration by 5.6% and a 10% decrease in sales prices would decrease the contingent consideration by 5.6%. | ||||
• | €5,000,000 cash payment upon successful completion of a Phase III pivotal registration trial |
• | €5,000,000 cash payment upon achievement of marketing authorization in the Europe or the United States, whichever approval comes first, and |
• | 5% of net sales for the first three years following marketing authorization in the Europe or the United States, whichever approval comes first. |
Unobservable input | Methodology | December 31, 2023 | ||||
Risk adjusted post-tax discount rate | The post-tax discount rate used in the valuation has been determined based on required rates of returns of listed companies in the biotechnology industry (having regards to their stage of development, size and risk adjustments). | A 0.5% increase in the post-tax discount rate would decrease the contingent consideration by 2.0% and a decrease in the post-tax discount rate by 0.5% would increase the contingent consideration by 2.0%. | ||||
Unobservable input | Methodology | December 31, 2023 | ||||
Expected sales volumes | This is determined through assumptions on target market population, penetration and growth rates in the United States and Europe. | A 10% increase in the sales volumes would increase the contingent consideration by 0.7% and a 10% decrease in sales volumes would decrease the contingent consideration by 0.7%. | ||||
Net sales price per unit | The net sales price per unit is estimated based on comparable products currently in the market. | A 10% increase in the net sales price per unit would increase the contingent consideration by 1.6% and a 10% decrease in net sales price per unit would decrease the contingent consideration by 1.6%. | ||||
Approval for marketing authorization probability success factor | This assumption is based on management’s estimate for achieving regulatory approval and is determined through benchmarking of historic approval rates. | An increase in the probability of success factor by 10% would increase the contingent consideration by 50.0% and a 10% decrease in the probability of success factor would decrease the contingent consideration to nil. | ||||
Unobservable input | Methodology | December 31, 2023 | ||||
Risk adjusted post-tax discount rate | The post-tax discount rate used in the valuation has been determined based on required rates of returns of listed companies in the biotechnology industry (having regards to their stage of development, size and risk adjustments). | A 0.5% increase in the post-tax discount rate would decrease the contingent consideration by 0.6% and a 0.5% decrease in the post-tax discount rate would increase the contingent consideration by 0.6%. | ||||
Expected revenue | This is determined using actual revenue for 2023 and forecasting revenue for 2024. | A 10% increase in revenue would increase the contingent consideration by 10.0% and a 10% decrease in revenue would decrease the contingent consideration by 10.0% | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
Bonus | 10,630 | 5,101 | ||||
Annual leave | 3,282 | 2,450 | ||||
Long service leave | 330 | 215 | ||||
Balance at December 31 | 14,242 | 7,766 | ||||
Current | 13,912 | 7,551 | ||||
Non-current | 330 | 215 | ||||
Total employee benefit obligations | 14,242 | 7,766 | ||||
2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Number '000 | A$’000 | Number '000 | A$’000 | Number '000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||
Balance at January 1 | 316,343 | 370,972 | 285,073 | 170,840 | 280,405 | 167,058 | ||||||||||||
Shares issued through the exercise of share options and warrants1 | 3,879 | 42,572 | 8,543 | 32,948 | 4,668 | 3,782 | ||||||||||||
Contributions of equity2 | — | — | 22,727 | 175,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Shares issued for Dedicaid GmbH3 | 207 | 1,829 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Shares issued for Lightpoint transaction4 | 3,298 | 30,895 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Transaction costs arising on new share issues | — | — | — | (7,816) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 31 | 323,727 | 446,268 | 316,343 | 370,972 | 285,073 | 170,840 | ||||||||||||
1. | Options exercised during the year through the employee Equity Incentive Plan resulted in 3,879,000 (2022: 8,543,000, 2021: $4,668,000) shares being issued of total value of $42,572,000 (2022: $32,948,000, 2021: $3,782,000). |
2. | On January 27, 2022, the Group completed a $175,000,000 institutional placement of 22,727,000 new, fully paid ordinary shares at a price of $7.70 per share. As part of this placement, the Group also incurred $7,816,000 of associated transaction costs. |
3. | On April 27, 2023, the Group completed the acquisition of Dedicaid GmbH. The consideration for the acquisition comprised 207,000 in Telix shares at a 10-day volume weighted average price of shares on the execution date of $8.73 per share. |
4. | On November 1, 2023, the Group completed the acquisition of Lightpoint through the issue of 3,298,000 fully paid ordinary Telix shares at $9.3659 per share. |
1. | Ordinary shares: Ordinary shares entitle the holder to participate in dividends, and to share in the proceeds of winding up the Company in proportion to the number of and amounts paid on the shares held. |
2. | Options and rights: Holders of Options and rights have no voting rights. Information relating to the Company’s Employee Incentive Plan (EIP), including details of Options issued, exercised and lapsed during the financial year, is set out in note 28. |
2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Number ’000 | A$’000 | Number ’000 | A$’000 | Number '000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||
Balance at January 1 | — | (26,909) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Treasury shares acquired | 3,877 | (35,920) | 4,054 | (26,909) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Shares allocated to employees | (3,877) | — | (4,054) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 31 | — | (62,829) | — | (26,909) | — | — | ||||||||||||
2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Number ’000 | A$’000 | Number ’000 | A$’000 | Number '000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||
Balance at January 1 | 11,736 | 9,321 | 17,148 | 5,942 | 20,226 | 4,620 | ||||||||||||
EIP options issued | 6,689 | 8,786 | 4,436 | 8,114 | 3,745 | 1,322 | ||||||||||||
Performance Rights issued1 | 2,524 | 21,278 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
Options exercised | (4,524) | (3,939) | (8,843) | (4,735) | (4,716) | — | ||||||||||||
Options lapsed | (1,824) | — | (1,005) | — | (2,107) | — | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 31 | 14,601 | 35,446 | 11,736 | 9,321 | 17,148 | 5,942 | ||||||||||||
1. | Relates to the acquisition of Lightpoint. |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Balance at January 1 | — | — | — | ||||||
Revaluation - gross | (895) | — | — | ||||||
Deferred tax | — | — | — | ||||||
Balance at December 31 | (895) | — | — | ||||||
2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||||||
Number | Number | |||||||||||
‘000 | WAEP1 | ‘000 | WAEP1 | |||||||||
Balance at January 1 | 11,736 | 3.62 | 17,148 | 2.03 | ||||||||
Granted during the year | 6,689 | 6.64 | 4,436 | 5.10 | ||||||||
Exercised during the year | (4,524) | 2.68 | (8,843) | 1.25 | ||||||||
Lapsed/forfeited during the year | (1,824) | 4.00 | (1,005) | 3.80 | ||||||||
Balance at December 31 | 12,077 | 5.59 | 11,736 | 3.62 | ||||||||
Vested and exercisable at December 31 | 2,221 | 3.73 | 3,199 | 3.93 | ||||||||
1. | WAEP - weighted average exercise price |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$‘000 | A$‘000 | A$‘000 | |||||||
Options issued under EIP | 8,786 | 8,114 | 1,322 | ||||||
Total | 8,786 | 8,114 | 1,322 | ||||||
Options on issue at January 1, 2023 | Issued during the year | Vested during the year | Exercised during the year | Lapsed during the year | Options on issue at December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Grant date | Vesting date | Expiry date | Exercise price | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ||||||||||||||||||
11-Jun-18 | 11-Jun-20 | 11-Jun-22 | 0.85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
11-Jun-18 | 11-Jun-21 | 11-Jun-22 | 0.85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
24-Jan-19 | 24-Jan-22 | 24-Jan-23 | 1.09 | 450 | — | — | (200) | (250) | — | ||||||||||||||||||
4-Nov-19 | 4-Nov-22 | 3-Nov-23 | 2.30 | 430 | — | — | (330) | — | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||
13-Jan-20 | 13-Jan-23 | 12-Jan-24 | 2.23 | 3,080 | — | 3,080 | (2,210) | (135) | 735 | ||||||||||||||||||
1-Jul-20 | 1-Jul-23 | 30-Jun-24 | 1.83 | 1,300 | — | 1,300 | (762) | (450) | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
27-Jan-21 | 28-Oct-22 | 26-Jan-26 | 4.38 | 1,386 | — | — | (674) | — | 712 | ||||||||||||||||||
27-Jul-21 | 28-Oct-22 | 27-Jul-26 | 5.37 | 933 | — | — | (348) | — | 585 | ||||||||||||||||||
27-Jul-21 | 27-Jul-25 | 27-Jul-26 | 0.00 | 100 | — | — | — | — | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||
5-Apr-22 | 31-Dec-24 | 4-Apr-27 | 4.95 | 2,452 | — | — | — | (374) | 2,078 | ||||||||||||||||||
5-Apr-22 | 31-Dec-24 | 4-Apr-27 | 0.00 | 205 | — | — | — | (55) | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||
24-Oct-22 | 31-Dec-24 | 24-Oct-27 | 6.15 | 1,400 | — | — | — | (141) | 1,259 | ||||||||||||||||||
2-May-23 | 31-Dec-25 | 27-Mar-28 | 6.90 | — | 3,362 | — | — | (286) | 3,076 | ||||||||||||||||||
6-Jul-23 | 31-Dec-25 | 16-May-28 | 10.04 | — | 817 | — | — | (38) | 779 | ||||||||||||||||||
6-Jul-23 | 31-Mar-25 or 31-Dec-25 | 15-Jun-25, 15-Jun-28 | 0.00 | — | 260 | — | — | (15) | 245 | ||||||||||||||||||
18-Oct-23 | 30-Jun-26 | 20-Sep-28 | 11.37 | — | 508 | — | — | (42) | 466 | ||||||||||||||||||
31-Oct-23 | 31-Dec-26 | 1-Nov-28 | 0.00 | — | 466 | — | — | — | 466 | ||||||||||||||||||
31-Oct-23 | 31-Dec-27 | 1-Nov-29 | 0.00 | — | 466 | — | — | — | 466 | ||||||||||||||||||
30-Nov-23 | 30-Jun-26 | 14-Nov-28 | 8.91 | — | 810 | — | — | (38) | 772 | ||||||||||||||||||
11,736 | 6,689 | 4,380 | (4,524) | (1,824) | 12,077 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Apr-22 | Oct-22 | May-23 | Jul-23 | Oct-23 | Nov-23 | |||||||||||||
Fair value | $2.43 | $3.08 | $3.79 | $6.44 | $6.33 | $5.21 | ||||||||||||
Consideration | $NIL | $NIL | $NIL | $NIL | $NIL | $NIL | ||||||||||||
Exercise price | $4.95 | $6.15 | $6.90 | $10.04 | $11.37 | $8.91 | ||||||||||||
Grant date | 5-Apr-22 | 24-Oct-22 | 2-May-23 | 6-Jul-23 | 18-Oct-23 | 30-Nov-23 | ||||||||||||
Expiry date | 4-Apr-27 | 24-Oct-27 | 27-Mar-28 | 16-May-28 | 20-Sep-28 | 14-Nov-28 | ||||||||||||
Term | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 years | 7 years | ||||||||||||
Share price at grant date | $4.53 | $6.97 | $7.03 | $11.36 | $11.50 | $9.28 | ||||||||||||
Volatility | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | ||||||||||||
Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||||||||||||
Risk-free rate | 2.62% | 3.52% | 2.91% | 3.15% | 3.98% | 4.36% | ||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 3,087 | (98,622) | (80,465) | ||||||
Adjustments for | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 6,743 | 5,379 | 5,174 | ||||||
Impairment of intangible assets | 804 | — | — | ||||||
Fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration | 34,275 | 16,707 | 14,855 | ||||||
Fair value remeasurement of provisions | (173) | 1,017 | — | ||||||
Unwind of discount | 12,782 | 6,287 | 5,029 | ||||||
Share based payments | 8,786 | 8,114 | 1,322 | ||||||
Foreign exchange losses | 1,339 | 433 | (2,613) | ||||||
Income taxes paid | (10,253) | (2,278) | — | ||||||
Change in assets and liabilities | |||||||||
(Increase) in trade and other receivables | (27,382) | (19,934) | (7,192) | ||||||
(Increase) in inventory | (9,636) | (5,023) | (2,821) | ||||||
(Increase)/decrease in other current assets | (10,451) | (6,441) | 198 | ||||||
(Increase) in other non-current assets | (259) | (115) | (29) | ||||||
Increase in trade creditors | 33,704 | 30,451 | 7,484 | ||||||
Deduct trade and other payables capitalized to intangible assets | (4,385) | — | — | ||||||
Contingent consideration payments classified as operating | (16,282) | — | — | ||||||
Increase in employee benefit obligations | 6,476 | 2,870 | 2,428 | ||||||
(Decrease) in contract liabilities | (5,291) | (2,815) | (2,698) | ||||||
Net cash from/(used in) operating activities | 23,884 | (63,970) | (59,328) | ||||||
USD | EUR | CHF | JPY | SGD | GBP | CAD | |||||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 95,543 | 18,953 | 315 | 134 | — | — | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Trade receivables | 63,634 | 403 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Financial assets | 2,763 | 9,497 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Trade payables | (37,843) | (11,765) | (192) | (12) | — | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
Government grant liability | — | (2,663) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Decommissioning liability | — | (5,917) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Contingent consideration liability | (72,314) | (17,100) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Borrowings | — | (9,173) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
USD | EUR | CHF | JPY | SGD | GBP | CAD | |||||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 60,659 | 3,678 | 118 | 133 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Trade receivables | 37,131 | 1,168 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Trade payables | (9,224) | (4,721) | — | (8) | — | (162) | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Government grant liability | — | (2,550) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Decommissioning liability | — | (5,333) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Contingent consideration liability | — | (64,231) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Borrowings | — | (3,312) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
+10% Profit/ (loss) | —10% Profit/ (loss) | +10% Equity | —10% Equity | +10% Profit/ (loss) | —10% Profit/ (loss) | +10% Equity | —10% Equity | |||||||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||||||
USD | 1,699 | (2,076) | (7,860) | 9,606 | (2,036) | 2,488 | (6,016) | 7,352 | ||||||||||||||||
EUR | 1,496 | (1,828) | (231) | 283 | 5,837 | (7,134) | 1,009 | (1,233) | ||||||||||||||||
CHF | — | — | (29) | 35 | (11) | 13 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
JPY | — | — | (12) | 14 | (11) | 14 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
SGD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
GBP | — | 1 | — | — | 15 | (18) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
CAD | — | — | (7) | 8 | 1 | (1) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 3,195 | (3,903) | (8,139) | 9,946 | 3,795 | (4,638) | (5,007) | 6,119 | ||||||||||||||||
Expected credit losses | Gross carrying amount | |||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||
Not past due: | — | — | 57,576 | 37,145 | ||||||||
Past due: | ||||||||||||
30 days | — | — | 4,298 | 1,599 | ||||||||
Expected credit losses | Gross carrying amount | |||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||
60 days | (1) | — | 381 | 121 | ||||||||
90 days | (4) | — | 932 | 34 | ||||||||
120 days | (528) | — | 2,123 | 455 | ||||||||
Total | (533) | — | 65,310 | 39,354 | ||||||||
1-6 months | 6-12 months | 1-5 years | Over 5 years | Total contractual cash flows | Carrying amount of liabilities | |||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2023 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||||||||||
Non-derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables | 81,704 | — | — | — | 81,704 | 81,704 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings | 1,105 | 1,105 | 8,839 | 6,859 | 17,908 | 9,173 | ||||||||||||
Lease liabilities | 1,044 | 1,057 | 6,744 | 1,264 | 10,109 | 8,272 | ||||||||||||
Government grant liability | 376 | 577 | 3,169 | 593 | 4,715 | 2,664 | ||||||||||||
Contingent consideration | — | 38,382 | 65,229 | 2,352 | 105,963 | 92,754 | ||||||||||||
Total financial liabilities | 84,229 | 41,121 | 83,981 | 11,068 | 220,399 | 194,567 | ||||||||||||
1-6 months | 6-12 months | 1-5 years | Over 5 years | Total contractual cash flows | Carrying amount of liabilities | |||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2022 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | ||||||||||||
Non-derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables | 49,519 | — | — | — | 49,519 | 49,519 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings | 58 | 58 | 5,080 | 1,800 | 6,996 | 3,312 | ||||||||||||
Lease liabilities | 815 | 802 | 6,419 | 1,862 | 9,898 | 7,134 | ||||||||||||
Government grant liability | 330 | 550 | 1,490 | 368 | 2,738 | 2,551 | ||||||||||||
Contingent consideration | 15,331 | — | 63,793 | 2,130 | 81,254 | 64,949 | ||||||||||||
Total financial liabilities | 66,053 | 1,410 | 76,782 | 6,160 | 150,405 | 127,465 | ||||||||||||
• | discount rates are determined by an independent third party using a weighted average cost of capital model to calculate a post-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risk specific to the asset |
• | regulatory/marketing authorization approval dates and approval for marketing authorization probability risk factors are derived in consultation with the Group’s regulatory team |
• | expected sales volumes and net sales price per unit are estimated based on market information on annual incidence rates and information for similar products and expected market penetration, and |
• | contingent consideration cash flows are estimated based on the terms of the sale contract. Changes in fair values are analyzed at the end of each reporting period during the half-yearly valuation discussion between the CFO and Board. As part of this discussion the CFO presents a report that explains the reason for the fair value movement. |
Due < 1 year | Due > 1 year | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
At December 31, 2023 | ||||||
Capital commitments1 | 16,572 | 40,000 | ||||
R&D commitments | 28,112 | 20,403 | ||||
44,684 | 60,403 | |||||
December 31, 2022 | ||||||
Capital commitments2 | 6,764 | — | ||||
R&D commitments | 15,583 | 2,293 | ||||
22,347 | 2,293 | |||||
1. | Includes the three year supply of Ytterbium-176 isotope. |
2. | Restated to exclude Brussels South radiopharmaceutical production facility buildout costs incurred to December 31, 2022. |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$ | A$ | A$ | |||||||
Short-term employee benefits | 3,092,881 | 2,146,954 | 1,635,286 | ||||||
Superannuation entitlements | 159,017 | 116,922 | 106,294 | ||||||
Share-based payments | 1,167,650 | 542,456 | 303,789 | ||||||
4,419,548 | 2,806,332 | 2,045,369 | |||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
A$ | A$ | A$ | |||||||
Purchases of various goods and services from entities controlled by key management personnel1 | 1,256,490 | 3,685,543 | 1,997,8 36 | ||||||
1. | Non-Executive Director, Dr Andreas Kluge, is the principal owner and Geschäftsführer (Managing Director) of ABX- CRO, a clinical research organization (CRO) that specializes in radiopharmaceutical product development. |
Name of entity | Place of business/country of incorporation | Ownership interest held by the Group (%) | Principal activities | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (EST) Pty Ltd | Australia | 100 | Dormant | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Limited (formerly Telix International Pty Ltd)1 | Australia | 100 | Manufacturing and development | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals Holdings Pty Limited1 | Australia | 100 | Holding company | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals International Holdings Pty Limited1 | Australia | 100 | Holding company | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals Australia Holdings Pty Limited1 | Australia | 100 | Holding company | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (ANZ) Pty Ltd1 | Australia | 100 | Commercial operations | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Corporate) Pty Limited1 | Australia | 100 | Commercial operations | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL | Belgium | 100 | Manufacturing and development | ||||||
Telix Innovations SA | Belgium | 100 | Commercial operations | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Inc. | Canada | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (France) SAS | France | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Germany) GmbH (formerly Telix Pharmaceuticals Holdings (Germany) GmbH) | Germany | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Rhine Pharma GmbH (formerly Telix Pharmaceuticals (Germany) GmbH) | Germany | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Therapeia GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Dedicaid GmbH | Austria | 100 | Software | ||||||
Telix Pharma Japan KK | Japan | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Name of entity | Place of business/country of incorporation | Ownership interest held by the Group (%) | Principal activities | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited | New Zealand | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Singapore) Pte Ltd | Singapore | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland) GmbH | Switzerland | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd (formerly Telix Life Sciences (UK) Ltd) | United Kingdom | 100 | Clinical R&D | ||||||
Lightpoint Surgical Ltd | United Kingdom | 100 | Medical devices | ||||||
Lightpoint Medical Espana SLU | Spain | 100 | Medical devices | ||||||
Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc. | USA | 100 | Commercial operations | ||||||
Telix Optimal Tracers, LLC | USA | 100 | Manufacturing and development | ||||||
1. | Denotes an entity that is a party to a deed of cross guarantee, refer to note 37 for further information |
Auditors of the Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia and related network firms | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
A$ | A$ | A$ | |||||||
Audit or review of financial statements | 1,380,000 | 367,200 | 310,080 | ||||||
Other assurance services | 170,000 | — | — | ||||||
Other advisory services | 291,861 | 156,857 | 159,657 | ||||||
1,841,861 | 524,057 | 469,737 | |||||||
Other auditors and their related network firms | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
A$ | A$ | A$ | |||||||
Audit or review of financial statements | 52,538 | 89,621 | 63,132 | ||||||
Other advisory services | — | 9,435 | — | ||||||
52,538 | 99,056 | 63,132 | |||||||
Provisional fair value | |||
Consideration | A$'000 | ||
Cash paid | 3,285 | ||
Equity issued | 8,912 | ||
Contingent consideration | 7,662 | ||
Total consideration | 19,859 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 394 | ||
Trade and other receivables | 642 | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 365 | ||
Right-of-use assets | 519 | ||
Trade and other payables | (7) | ||
Lease liabilities | (519) | ||
Total identifiable assets and liabilities | 1,394 | ||
Fair value adjustments | |||
Customer relationships | 1,280 | ||
Brand name | 102 | ||
Deferred tax liabilities | (332) | ||
Total fair value adjustments | 1,050 | ||
Goodwill | 17,415 | ||
Total | 19,859 | ||
Provisional fair value | |||
Consideration | A$'000 | ||
Cash paid | 24,491 | ||
Equity issued | 71,610 | ||
Contingent consideration | 37,672 | ||
Total consideration | 133,773 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 5,810 | ||
Trade and other receivables | 252 | ||
Other current assets | 67 | ||
Inventories | 2,869 | ||
Other non-current assets | 149 | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 1,422 | ||
Right-of-use assets | 1,154 | ||
Trade and other payables | (4,716) | ||
Lease liabilities | (1,154) | ||
Total identifiable assets and liabilities | 5,853 | ||
Fair value adjustments | |||
Intellectual property | 39,965 | ||
Deferred tax liabilities | (10,487) | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 504 | ||
Inventories | 1,478 | ||
Total fair value adjustments | 31,460 | ||
Goodwill | 96,460 | ||
Total | 133,773 | ||
Fair value | |||
Consideration | A$'000 | ||
Cash paid | 6,726 | ||
Equity issued | 54,470 | ||
Performance rights issued | 67,943 | ||
Total consideration | 129,139 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 18 | ||
Trade and other receivables | 52 | ||
Intellectual property | 129,907 | ||
Trade and other payables | (838) | ||
Total identifiable assets and liabilities | 129,139 | ||
• | US$230.0 million upfront consideration, payable in cash at closing of the acquisition, which will be adjusted for transaction expenses, cash and cash equivalents (net of restricted cash), debt and debt equivalents and working capital, and |
• | further milestone payments of up to US$20.0 million in the aggregate, payable in cash upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones related to the demonstration of accretive financial and operational performance during the four-quarters following closing. |
Six months ended June 30, 2024 | Six months ended June 30, 2023 | ||||||||
Note | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||
Continuing operations | |||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 4.1 | 363,964 | 220,834 | ||||||
Cost of sales | (124,938) | (81,791) | |||||||
Gross profit | 239,026 | 139,043 | |||||||
Research and development costs | 4.2 | (84,190) | (48,726) | ||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (37,311) | (24,171) | |||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (13,327) | (4,302) | |||||||
General and administration costs | 4.3 | (59,341) | (30,315) | ||||||
Other losses (net) | 4.6 | (2,870) | (38,159) | ||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 41,987 | (6,630) | |||||||
Finance income | 1,373 | 453 | |||||||
Finance costs | 4.7 | (8,678) | (6,123) | ||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 34,682 | (12,300) | |||||||
Income tax expense | (5,028) | (2,020) | |||||||
Profit/(loss) for the half-year | 29,654 | (14,320) | |||||||
Profit/(loss) for the half-year attributable to: | |||||||||
Owners of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited | 29,654 | (14,320) | |||||||
Other comprehensive income: | |||||||||
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | |||||||||
Changes in the fair value of investments at fair value through other comprehensive income | (618) | — | |||||||
Items to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | |||||||||
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations | 12,517 | 4,302 | |||||||
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the half-year | 41,553 | (10,018) | |||||||
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the half-year attributable to: | |||||||||
Owners of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited | 41,553 | (10,018) | |||||||
Six months ended June 30, 2024 | Six months ended June 30, 2023 | |||||
Cents | Cents | |||||
Basic earnings/(loss) per share from continuing operations after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 9.05 | (4.51) | ||||
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share from continuing operations after income tax attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company | 8.75 | (4.51) | ||||
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||
Note | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||
Current assets | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 118,837 | 123,237 | |||||||
Trade and other receivables | 5 | 89,328 | 64,777 | ||||||
Inventories | 6 | 30,803 | 17,310 | ||||||
Current tax asset | 7,945 | 7,656 | |||||||
Other current assets | 8,348 | 19,524 | |||||||
Total current assets | 255,261 | 232,504 | |||||||
Non-current assets | |||||||||
Financial assets | 7 | 10,462 | 12,260 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | 36,699 | 20,452 | |||||||
Property, plant and equipment | 8 | 29,070 | 23,170 | ||||||
Right-of-use assets | 9,185 | 7,323 | |||||||
Intangible assets | 9 | 399,483 | 109,663 | ||||||
Other non-current assets | 5,798 | 586 | |||||||
Total non-current assets | 490,697 | 173,454 | |||||||
Total assets | 745,958 | 405,958 | |||||||
Current liabilities | |||||||||
Trade and other payables | 11 | 84,277 | 81,704 | ||||||
Borrowings | 1,900 | 964 | |||||||
Current tax payable | 33,965 | 19,164 | |||||||
Contract liabilities | 12,380 | 10,995 | |||||||
Lease liabilities | 1,880 | 595 | |||||||
Provisions | 734 | 577 | |||||||
Contingent consideration | 12 | 109,670 | 37,153 | ||||||
Employee benefit obligations | 13,567 | 13,912 | |||||||
Total current liabilities | 258,373 | 165,064 | |||||||
Non-current liabilities | |||||||||
Borrowings | 9,952 | 8,209 | |||||||
Contract liabilities | 6,830 | 12,162 | |||||||
Lease liabilities | 8,411 | 7,677 | |||||||
Deferred tax liabilities | 9,615 | — | |||||||
Provisions | 7,847 | 8,004 | |||||||
Contingent consideration | 12 | 40,507 | 55,601 | ||||||
Employee benefit obligations | 449 | 330 | |||||||
Total non-current liabilities | 83,611 | 91,983 | |||||||
Total liabilities | 341,984 | 257,047 | |||||||
Net assets | 403,974 | 148,911 | |||||||
Equity | |||||||||
Share capital | 14.1 | 587,408 | 446,268 | ||||||
Share capital reserve | (68,343) | (62,829) | |||||||
Foreign currency translation reserve | 7,103 | (5,414) | |||||||
Share-based payments reserve | 14.2 | 112,823 | 35,446 | ||||||
Financial assets at FVOCI reserve | (1,513) | (895) | |||||||
Accumulated losses | (233,504) | (263,665) | |||||||
Total equity | 403,974 | 148,911 | |||||||
Share capital | Share capital reserve | Foreign currency translation reserve | Share- based payments reserve | Financial assets at FVOCI reserve | Accumulated losses | Total equity | ||||||||||||||||||
Note | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2024 | 446,268 | (62,829) | (5,414) | 35,446 | (895) | (263,665) | 148,911 | |||||||||||||||||
Profit for the half-year | — | — | — | — | — | 29,654 | 29,654 | |||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income/(loss) | — | — | 12,517 | — | (618) | — | 11,899 | |||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the half-year | — | — | 12,517 | — | (618) | 29,654 | 41,553 | |||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on acquisitions | 14.1 | 134,992 | — | — | — | — | — | 134,992 | ||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on exercise of options | 14.1 | 6,148 | (5,514) | — | — | — | — | 634 | ||||||||||||||||
Share based payments to employees | 14.2 | — | — | — | 9,941 | — | — | 9,941 | ||||||||||||||||
Share based payments associated with acquisitions | 14.2 | — | — | — | 67,943 | — | — | 67,943 | ||||||||||||||||
Transfer on exercise of options | 14.2 | — | — | — | (507) | — | 507 | — | ||||||||||||||||
141,140 | (5,514) | — | 77,377 | — | 507 | 213,510 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | 587,408 | (68,343) | 7,103 | 112,823 | (1,513) | (233,504) | 403,974 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2023 | 370,972 | (26,909) | (562) | 9,321 | — | (272,815) | 80,007 | |||||||||||||||||
Loss for the half-year | — | — | — | — | — | (14,320) | (14,320) | |||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | 4,302 | — | — | — | 4,302 | |||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss for the half-year | — | — | 4,302 | — | — | (14,320) | (10,018) | |||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on acquisitions | 1,829 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,829 | |||||||||||||||||
Issue of shares on exercise of options | 19,095 | (16,167) | — | — | — | — | 2,928 | |||||||||||||||||
Share based payments to employees | — | — | — | 1,311 | — | — | 1,311 | |||||||||||||||||
Transfer on exercise of options | — | — | — | (1,914) | — | 1,914 | — | |||||||||||||||||
20,924 | (16,167) | — | (603) | — | 1,914 | 6,068 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance as at June 30, 2023 | 391,896 | (43,076) | 3,740 | 8,718 | — | (285,221) | 76,057 | |||||||||||||||||
Six months ended June 30, 2024 | Six months ended June 30, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||
Receipts from customers | 343,336 | 195,330 | ||||
Payments to suppliers and employees | (298,174) | (176,311) | ||||
Income taxes paid | (6,783) | (5,857) | ||||
Interest received | 1,373 | 453 | ||||
Interest paid | (671) | (356) | ||||
Net cash generated from operating activities | 39,081 | 13,259 | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||
Payments for investments in financial assets | (1,988) | — | ||||
Payments for acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired | (23,188) | 123 | ||||
Purchases of intangible assets | (11,749) | — | ||||
Purchases of other non-current assets | (4,178) | — | ||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (4,689) | (3,009) | ||||
Payments for contingent consideration | (49) | — | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (45,841) | (2,886) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||
Proceeds from borrowings | 2,700 | 2,484 | ||||
Repayment of borrowings | (441) | — | ||||
Principal element of lease payments | (740) | (711) | ||||
Proceeds from issue of shares and other equity | 634 | 2,928 | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 2,153 | 4,701 | ||||
Net (decrease)/increase in cash held | (4,607) | 15,074 | ||||
Net foreign exchange differences | 207 | 326 | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the half-year | 123,237 | 116,329 | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the half-year | 118,837 | 131,729 | ||||
1. | Corporate information |
2. | Basis of preparation and changes to the Company's accounting policies |
2.1. | Going concern |
2.2. | Significant changes in the prior reporting period |
3. | Segment reporting |
Reportable segment | Principal activities | ||
Commercial | Commercial sales of Illuccix and other products subsequent to obtaining regulatory approvals. | ||
Product development | Developing radiopharmaceutical products for commercialization. This segment includes revenue received from license agreements prior to commercialization and research and development services. | ||
Medical technologies | Developing complementary artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technologies. This segment includes costs and assets associated with the Group's development of AI molecular imaging and guided robotic surgical technologies and includes Dedicaid, Lightpoint Surgical, and QDOSE. | ||
Reportable segment | Principal activities | ||
Manufacturing services | Telix Manufacturing Solutions business. This segment comprises costs to operate our facilities and assets associated with the Group's vertically integrated manufacturing and supply chain. This business includes facilities at Brussels South, IsoTherapeutics, Optimal Tracers and ARTMS. | ||
3.1. | Segment performance |
Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | |||||||||||
June 30, 2024 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | ||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 358,818 | 4,278 | — | 868 | 363,964 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | (124,938) | — | — | — | (124,938) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | 233,880 | 4,278 | — | 868 | 239,026 | ||||||||||
Research and development costs | — | (83,890) | (284) | (16) | (84,190) | ||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (37,188) | — | — | (123) | (37,311) | ||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (5,071) | — | (182) | (8,074) | (13,327) | ||||||||||
General and administration costs | (16,899) | — | (890) | (2,149) | (19,938) | ||||||||||
Other losses (net) | 229 | — | — | 65 | 294 | ||||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 174,951 | (79,612) | (1,356) | (9,429) | 84,554 | ||||||||||
Other losses (net) | (229) | — | — | (65) | (294) | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 2,726 | 55 | 5 | 541 | 3,327 | ||||||||||
Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization | 177,448 | (79,557) | (1,351) | (8,953) | 87,587 | ||||||||||
Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | |||||||||||
June 30, 2023 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | ||||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers | 218,516 | 2,042 | — | 276 | 220,834 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | (81,791) | — | — | — | (81,791) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | 136,725 | 2,042 | — | 276 | 139,043 | ||||||||||
Research and development costs | — | (48,715) | — | (11) | (48,726) | ||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | (24,171) | — | — | — | (24,171) | ||||||||||
Manufacturing and distribution costs | (3,143) | — | — | (1,159) | (4,302) | ||||||||||
General and administration costs | (14,024) | — | — | (1,626) | (15,650) | ||||||||||
Other losses (net) | (1,248) | — | — | — | (1,248) | ||||||||||
Operating profit/(loss) | 94,139 | (46,673) | — | (2,520) | 44,946 | ||||||||||
Other losses (net) | 1,248 | — | — | — | 1,248 | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 2,700 | 123 | — | 183 | 3,006 | ||||||||||
Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization | 98,087 | (46,550) | — | (2,337) | 49,200 | ||||||||||
3.2. | Reconciliation of total segment adjusted EBITDA to profit/(loss) before income tax |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | ||||||||
Note | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||
Total segment adjusted EBITDA | 87,587 | 49,200 | |||||||
Unallocated income and expenses: | |||||||||
General and administration costs | (39,403) | (14,665) | |||||||
Other losses (net) | 4.6 | (2,870) | (38,159) | ||||||
Finance income | 1,373 | 453 | |||||||
Finance costs | (8,678) | (6,123) | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (3,327) | (3,006) | |||||||
Profit/(loss) before income tax | 34,682 | (12,300) | |||||||
3.3. | Operating segment assets and liabilities |
June 30, 2024 | Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | Reconciling items | Group | ||||||||||||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||||||
Total assets | 181,286 | 181,748 | 55,630 | 212,599 | 631,263 | 114,695 | 745,958 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 64,901 | 21,219 | 649 | 44,633 | 131,402 | 210,582 | 341,984 | ||||||||||||||
Additions to non- current assets | 78 | 135,931 | 1,967 | 163,566 | 301,542 | 236 | 301,778 | ||||||||||||||
December 31, 2023 | Commercial | Product development | Medical technologies | Manufacturing services | Total segment | Reconciling items | Group | ||||||||||||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||||||
Total assets | 167,356 | 46,744 | 52,700 | 36,835 | 303,635 | 102,323 | 405,958 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 65,890 | 40,252 | 275 | 20,172 | 126,589 | 130,458 | 257,047 | ||||||||||||||
Additions to non- current assets | 12,025 | 5,116 | 54,296 | — | 71,437 | — | 71,437 | ||||||||||||||
3.4. | Geographical information |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
Revenue by location of customer | Revenue by location of customer | Non-current assets by location of asset | Non-current assets by location of asset | |||||||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||
Australia | 523 | 426 | 26,805 | 21,057 | ||||||||
Belgium | 331 | 202 | 75,773 | 77,469 | ||||||||
Canada | 835 | 1,060 | 138,422 | — | ||||||||
China | 4,765 | 2,042 | — | — | ||||||||
United Kingdom | 236 | 1,101 | 51,497 | 50,346 | ||||||||
United States | 354,756 | 213,772 | 157,472 | 4,130 | ||||||||
Other countries | 2,518 | 2,231 | 4,029 | — | ||||||||
Total | 363,964 | 220,834 | 453,998 | 153,002 | ||||||||
4. | Profit and loss information |
4.1. | Revenue from contracts with customers |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||||||||
Recognition | Operating segment | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||
Sale of goods | At a point in time | Commercial | 357,862 | 218,311 | ||||||||
Royalty income | At a point in time | Commercial | 956 | 205 | ||||||||
Provision of services | Over time | Manufacturing services | 868 | 276 | ||||||||
Research and development services | Over time | Product development | 4,278 | 2,042 | ||||||||
Total revenue from continuing operations | 363,964 | 220,834 | ||||||||||
4.2. | Research and development costs |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Late-stage diagnostics | 33,972 | 18,509 | ||||
Therapeutics and other assets | 24,303 | 11,837 | ||||
General and administration costs | 6,190 | 3,568 | ||||
4.3. | General and administration costs |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Professional fees | 7,179 | 4,998 | ||||
Acquisition related transaction costs | 1,348 | — | ||||
U.S. listing costs | 7,618 | — | ||||
IT infrastructure, hosting and support | 3,415 | 2,267 | ||||
Travel, conferences and entertainment | 2,858 | 2,616 | ||||
Rent and insurance | 2,107 | 1,631 | ||||
Marketing and sponsorship | 1,465 | 1,218 | ||||
4.4. | Employment costs |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Salaries and wages | 59,017 | 37,229 | ||||
Short term incentives | 6,264 | 4,955 | ||||
Sales commissions | 4,013 | 2,564 | ||||
Share based payment charge | 9,941 | 1,311 | ||||
Superannuation | 1,456 | 900 | ||||
Non-Executive Directors’ fees | 379 | 292 | ||||
81,070 | 47,251 | |||||
4.5. | Depreciation and amortization |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 2,193 | 2,151 | ||||
Depreciation | 1,505 | 1,043 | ||||
3,698 | 3,194 | |||||
4.6. | Other losses (net) |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Remeasurement of contingent consideration | 3,071 | 36,054 | ||||
Remeasurement of provisions | 96 | 544 | ||||
Realized currency gain | (87) | (2,117) | ||||
Other income | (342) | (1) | ||||
Unrealized currency loss | 132 | 3,679 | ||||
2,870 | 38,159 | |||||
4.7. | Finance costs |
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Unwind of discount | 8,006 | 5,681 | ||||
Interest expense on lease liabilities | 347 | 306 | ||||
Interest expense | 123 | 50 | ||||
Bank fees | 202 | 86 | ||||
Finance costs | 8,678 | 6,123 | ||||
5. | Trade and other receivables |
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Trade receivables | 89,448 | 65,310 | ||||
Allowance for impairment losses | (120) | (533) | ||||
89,328 | 64,777 | |||||
6. | Inventories |
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Raw materials and stores | 11,422 | 7,700 | ||||
Work in progress | 13,823 | 5,961 | ||||
Finished goods | 10,530 | 3,649 | ||||
Provision for obsolescence | (4,972) | — | ||||
Total inventories | 30,803 | 17,310 | ||||
7. | Financial assets |
2024 | 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Investment in Mauna Kea | 7,765 | 9,497 | ||||
Investment in Atonco SAS | 2,697 | — | ||||
Investment in QSAM Biosciences1 | — | 2,763 | ||||
Total financial assets | 10,462 | 12,260 | ||||
1. | This investment was reclassified to intangible assets on completion of the QSAM asset acquisition, refer to note 10.3 for further details. |
8. | Property, plant and equipment |
Land and buildings | Plant and equipment | Furniture, fittings and equipment | Leasehold improvements | Total | |||||||||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2024 | 20,442 | 499 | 680 | 1,549 | 23,170 | ||||||||||
Additions | 40 | 3,216 | 1,305 | 128 | 4,689 | ||||||||||
Acquisition of business | — | 1,416 | 262 | 644 | 2,322 | ||||||||||
Reclassifications | — | (3) | (7) | (6) | (16) | ||||||||||
Changes in provisions | (388) | — | — | — | (388) | ||||||||||
Depreciation charge | — | (58) | (217) | (125) | (400) | ||||||||||
Exchange differences | (264) | (82) | 38 | 1 | (307) | ||||||||||
Balance at June 30, 2024 | 19,830 | 4,988 | 2,061 | 2,191 | 29,070 | ||||||||||
Cost | 20,140 | 5,442 | 3,198 | 2,675 | 31,455 | ||||||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (310) | (454) | (1,137) | (484) | (2,385) | ||||||||||
Net book amount | 19,830 | 4,988 | 2,061 | 2,191 | 29,070 | ||||||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2023 | 9,611 | 576 | 441 | 1,404 | 12,032 | ||||||||||
Additions | 8,912 | 96 | 168 | 503 | 9,679 | ||||||||||
Acquisition of business | — | 37 | — | — | 37 | ||||||||||
Reclassifications | 2,021 | (12) | 490 | (142) | 2,357 | ||||||||||
Depreciation charge | (91) | (207) | (422) | (222) | (942) | ||||||||||
Exchange differences | (11) | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 20,442 | 499 | 680 | 1,549 | 23,170 | ||||||||||
Cost | 20,752 | 895 | 1,600 | 1,908 | 25,155 | ||||||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (310) | (396) | (920) | (359) | (1,985) | ||||||||||
Net book amount | 20,442 | 499 | 680 | 1,549 | 23,170 | ||||||||||
9. | Intangible assets |
Goodwill | Intellectual property | Customer relationships and brands | Software | Patents | Licenses | Total | |||||||||||||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2024 | 4,847 | 92,217 | — | 1,622 | 529 | 10,448 | 109,663 | ||||||||||||||
Acquisition of business | 113,876 | 39,938 | 1,382 | — | — | — | 155,196 | ||||||||||||||
Additions | — | 135,931 | — | 1,967 | — | — | 137,898 | ||||||||||||||
Reclassifications | 77 | — | — | — | — | (77) | — | ||||||||||||||
Amortization charge | — | (1,976) | (61) | — | (7) | (149) | (2,193) | ||||||||||||||
Changes in provisions | — | 170 | — | — | — | — | 170 | ||||||||||||||
Exchange differences | (1,055) | (164) | (26) | 15 | (6) | (15) | (1,251) | ||||||||||||||
Balance at June 30, 2024 | 117,745 | 266,116 | 1,295 | 3,604 | 516 | 10,207 | 399,483 | ||||||||||||||
Cost | 117,745 | 289,879 | 1,356 | 3,604 | 951 | 11,501 | 425,036 | ||||||||||||||
Accumulated amortization | — | (23,763) | (61) | — | (435) | (1,294) | (25,553) | ||||||||||||||
Net book amount | 117,745 | 266,116 | 1,295 | 3,604 | 516 | 10,207 | 399,483 | ||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 5,519 | 41,060 | — | — | 300 | 12,105 | 58,984 | ||||||||||||||
Additions | — | 57,410 | — | 1,659 | 266 | 77 | 59,412 | ||||||||||||||
Reclassifications | — | — | — | — | — | (2,021) | (2,021) | ||||||||||||||
Amortization charge | — | (4,005) | — | — | (37) | (302) | (4,344) | ||||||||||||||
Impairments | — | (804) | — | — | — | — | (804) | ||||||||||||||
Changes in provisions | (672) | 489 | — | — | — | 282 | 99 | ||||||||||||||
Exchange differences | — | (1,933) | — | (37) | — | 307 | (1,663) | ||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 4,847 | 92,217 | — | 1,622 | 529 | 10,448 | 109,663 | ||||||||||||||
Cost | 4,847 | 114,048 | — | 1,622 | 949 | 11,604 | 133,070 | ||||||||||||||
Accumulated amortization | — | (21,831) | — | — | (420) | (1,156) | (23,407) | ||||||||||||||
Net book amount | 4,847 | 92,217 | — | 1,622 | 529 | 10,448 | 109,663 | ||||||||||||||
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||
Product or business unit | Useful life | CGU | A$'000 | A$'000 | ||||||||
TLX591-CDx (Illuccix) | Definite | Commercial | 8,915 | 10,876 | ||||||||
QSAM (153Sm-DOTMP) | Indefinite | Product development | 134,821 | — | ||||||||
TLX591 | Indefinite | Product development | 18,074 | 17,912 | ||||||||
TLX66 | Indefinite | Product development | 15,739 | 15,569 | ||||||||
TLX300 | Indefinite | Product development | 6,823 | 6,823 | ||||||||
TLX101 | Indefinite | Product development | 1,531 | 1,613 | ||||||||
Patents | Definite | Product development | 515 | 529 | ||||||||
ARTMS | Indefinite | Manufacturing services | 135,254 | — | ||||||||
IsoTherapeutics | Definite and indefinite | Manufacturing services | 18,594 | — | ||||||||
Brussels South and Optimal Tracers | Definite | Manufacturing services | 4,153 | 4,298 | ||||||||
SENSEI | Indefinite | Medical technologies | 51,460 | 50,346 | ||||||||
Dedicaid, QDOSE | Indefinite | Medical technologies | 3,604 | 1,697 | ||||||||
399,483 | 109,663 | |||||||||||
10. | Acquisitions |
10.1. | IsoTherapeutics Group, LLC |
Provisional fair value | |||
Consideration | A$'000 | ||
Cash paid | 3,285 | ||
Equity issued | 8,912 | ||
Contingent consideration | 7,662 | ||
Total consideration | 19,859 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 394 | ||
Trade and other receivables | 642 | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 365 | ||
Right-of-use assets | 519 | ||
Trade and other payables | (7) | ||
Lease liabilities | (519) | ||
Total identifiable assets and liabilities | 1,394 | ||
Fair value adjustments | |||
Customer relationships | 1,280 | ||
Brand name | 102 | ||
Deferred tax liabilities | (332) | ||
Total fair value adjustments | 1,050 | ||
Goodwill | 17,415 | ||
Total | 19,859 | ||
10.2. | ARTMS Inc. |
Provisional fair value | |||
Consideration | A$'000 | ||
Cash paid | 24,491 | ||
Equity issued | 71,610 | ||
Contingent consideration | 37,672 | ||
Total consideration | 133,773 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 5,810 | ||
Trade and other receivables | 252 | ||
Other current assets | 67 | ||
Inventories | 2,869 | ||
Other non-current assets | 149 | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 1,422 | ||
Right-of-use assets | 1,154 | ||
Trade and other payables | (4,716) | ||
Lease liabilities | (1,154) | ||
Total identifiable assets and liabilities | 5,853 | ||
Fair value adjustments | |||
Intellectual property | 39,965 | ||
Deferred tax liabilities | (10,487) | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 504 | ||
Inventories | 1,478 | ||
Total fair value adjustments | 31,460 | ||
Goodwill | 96,460 | ||
Total | 133,773 | ||
10.3. | QSAM Biosciences, Inc. |
Fair value | |||
Consideration | A$'000 | ||
Cash paid | 6,726 | ||
Equity issued | 54,470 | ||
Performance rights issued | 67,943 | ||
Total consideration | 129,139 | ||
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 18 | ||
Trade and other receivables | 52 | ||
Intellectual property | 129,907 | ||
Trade and other payables | (838) | ||
Total identifiable assets and liabilities | 129,139 | ||
11. | Trade and other payables |
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||
Trade creditors | 22,302 | 32,837 | ||||
Accruals | 51,878 | 37,895 | ||||
Other creditors | 5,678 | 6,738 | ||||
Accrued royalties | 1,846 | 3,205 | ||||
Payroll liabilities | 2,008 | 899 | ||||
Government rebates payable | 565 | 130 | ||||
Total trade and other payables | 84,277 | 81,704 | ||||
12. | Contingent consideration |
ANMI | TheraPharm | Optimal Tracers | IsoTherapeutics | ARTMS | Total | |||||||||||||
A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2024 | 90,493 | 2,178 | 83 | — | — | 92,754 | ||||||||||||
Remeasurement of contingent consideration | 3,071 | — | — | — | — | 3,071 | ||||||||||||
Unwind of discount | 6,631 | 144 | — | — | 717 | 7,492 | ||||||||||||
Charged to profit or loss | 9,702 | 144 | — | — | 717 | 10,563 | ||||||||||||
Exchange differences | 1,919 | (12) | 4 | (144) | (362) | 1,405 | ||||||||||||
Acquisition of business | — | — | — | 7,662 | 37,672 | 45,334 | ||||||||||||
Amounts adjusted to intangible assets | — | 170 | — | — | — | 170 | ||||||||||||
Payments for contingent consideration | — | — | (49) | — | — | (49) | ||||||||||||
Balance at June 30, 2024 | 102,114 | 2,480 | 38 | 7,518 | 38,027 | 150,177 | ||||||||||||
Current | 102,114 | — | 38 | 7,518 | — | 109,670 | ||||||||||||
Non-current | — | 2,480 | — | — | 38,027 | 40,507 | ||||||||||||
Total contingent consideration | 102,114 | 2,480 | 38 | 7,518 | 38,027 | 150,177 | ||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2023 | 62,541 | 1,690 | — | — | — | 41,910 | ||||||||||||
Remeasurement of contingent consideration | 34,275 | — | — | — | — | 34,275 | ||||||||||||
Unwind of discount | 11,033 | 278 | 83 | — | — | 11,394 | ||||||||||||
Charged to profit or loss | 45,308 | 278 | 83 | — | — | 45,669 | ||||||||||||
Exchange differences | 410 | (279) | (46) | — | — | 4,201 | ||||||||||||
Acquisition of business | — | — | 718 | — | — | 718 | ||||||||||||
Amounts adjusted to intangible assets | — | 489 | (672) | — | — | 256 | ||||||||||||
Payments for contingent consideration | (17,766) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | 90,493 | 2,178 | 83 | — | — | 92,754 | ||||||||||||
Current | 37,070 | — | 83 | — | — | 37,153 | ||||||||||||
Non-current | 53,423 | 2,178 | — | — | — | 55,601 | ||||||||||||
Total contingent consideration | 90,493 | 2,178 | 83 | — | — | 92,754 | ||||||||||||
12.1. | Telix Innovations (formerly ANMI) |
12.2. | IsoTherapeutics |
12.3. | ARTMS |
Milestone | Amount (US$) | ||
Approval by the FDA and subsequent direct incorporation of the ARTMS Technology into the U.S. Telix Illuccix approved product labels | $4,500,000 | ||
Upon completion of the installation and acceptance of a target number of ARTMS QIS systems in commercial radiopharmacy sites in the United States | $5,000,000 | ||
Upon achieving cumulative Net Sales from consumables | $5,000,000 | ||
Upon achieving cumulative annual Net Sales from sales of ARTMS Products and consumables | $5,000,000 | ||
Upon achieving a cumulative total target Net Sales from ARTMS Products, inclusive of QIS installations, processing systems, QUANTM targets and consumable Net Sales | $5,000,000 | ||
Unobservable input | Methodology | June 30, 2024 | ||||
Risk adjusted post-tax discount rate | The post-tax discount rate used in the valuation has been determined based on required rates of returns of listed companies in the biotechnology industry (having regards to their stage of development, size and risk adjustments). | A 0.5% increase in the post-tax discount rate would decrease the contingent consideration by 0.9% and a 0.5% decrease in the post-tax discount rate would increase the contingent consideration by 0.9%. | ||||
Unobservable input | Methodology | June 30, 2024 | ||||
Expected sales volumes - ARTMS and Telix products | This is determined through assumptions on target market population, penetration and growth rates in the United States and Europe. | A 10.0% increase in the sales volumes would increase the contingent consideration by 10.0% and a 10.0% decrease in sales volumes would decrease the contingent consideration by 10.0%. | ||||
Net sales price per unit | The net sales price per unit is estimated based on comparable products currently in the market. | A 10.0% increase in the net sales price per unit would increase the contingent consideration by 10.0% to 21.0% across the different royalties and a 10.0% decrease in net sales price per unit would decrease the contingent consideration by 10.0% to 21.0% across the different royalties. | ||||
13. | Contractual maturities of financial liabilities |
As at June 30, 2024 | 1-6 months | 6-12 months | 1-5 years | Over 5 years | Total contractual cash flows | Carrying amount of liabilities | ||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||
Non-derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables | 84,277 | — | — | — | 84,277 | 84,277 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings | 1,095 | 1,095 | 8,763 | 5,705 | 16,658 | 11,852 | ||||||||||||
Lease liabilities | 1,492 | 1,469 | 8,497 | 538 | 11,996 | 10,291 | ||||||||||||
Government grant liability | 372 | 752 | 1,675 | 678 | 3,477 | 3,014 | ||||||||||||
Contingent consideration | 39,836 | 75,774 | 52,382 | 2,359 | 170,351 | 150,177 | ||||||||||||
Total financial liabilities | 127,072 | 79,090 | 71,317 | 9,280 | 286,759 | 259,611 | ||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2023 | 1-6 months | 6-12 months | 1-5 years | Over 5 years | Total contractual cash flows | Carrying amount of liabilities | ||||||||||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||||||||||
Non-derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables | 81,704 | — | — | — | 81,704 | 81,704 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings | 1,105 | 1,105 | 8,839 | 6,859 | 17,908 | 9,173 | ||||||||||||
Lease liabilities | 1,044 | 1,057 | 6,744 | 1,264 | 10,109 | 8,272 | ||||||||||||
Government grant liability | 376 | 577 | 3,169 | 593 | 4,715 | 2,664 | ||||||||||||
Contingent consideration | — | 38,382 | 65,229 | 2,352 | 105,963 | 92,754 | ||||||||||||
Total financial liabilities | 84,229 | 41,121 | 83,981 | 11,068 | 220,399 | 194,567 | ||||||||||||
14. | Equity |
14.1. | Share capital |
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
Number '000 | Number '000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||
Opening balance | 323,727 | 316,343 | 446,268 | 370,972 | ||||||||
Shares issued through the exercise of share options and warrants1 | 441 | 3,879 | 6,148 | 42,572 | ||||||||
Shares issued for Dedicaid2 | — | 207 | — | 1,829 | ||||||||
Shares issued for Lightpoint3 | — | 3,298 | — | 30,895 | ||||||||
Shares issued for IsoTherapeutics4 | 718 | — | 8,912 | — | ||||||||
Shares issued for ARTMS5 | 5,675 | — | 71,610 | — | ||||||||
Shares issued for QSAM6 | 3,671 | — | 54,470 | — | ||||||||
Closing balance | 334,232 | 323,727 | 587,408 | 446,268 | ||||||||
1. | Options exercised during the half-year through the employee Equity Incentive Plan resulted in 441,373 (December 31, 2023: 3,878,633) shares being issued for a total value of $6,148,000 (December 31, 2023: $42,572,000). |
2. | On April 27, 2023, the Group completed the acquisition of Dedicaid. The consideration for the acquisition comprised an upfront payment of $1,829,000 (€1,100,000) in Telix shares at a fair value of A$8.73 per share (207,207 Telix shares). |
3. | On November 1, 2023, the Group completed the acquisition of Lightpoint through the issue of 3,298,000 fully paid ordinary Telix shares at $9.3659 per share. |
4. | On April 9, 2024, the Group completed the acquisition of IsoTherapeutics. The consideration included the issue of 717,587 fully paid ordinary Telix shares at A$12.42 per share. |
5. | On April 11, 2024, the Group completed the acquisition of ARTMS. The consideration included the issue of 5,674,365 fully paid ordinary Telix shares at A$12.62 per share. |
6. | On May 3, 2024, the Group completed the acquisition of QSAM. The purchase price included the issue of 3,671,120 fully paid ordinary Telix shares at A$14.80 per share. |
14.2. | Share-based payments reserve |
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
Number ’000 | Number ’000 | A$'000 | A$'000 | |||||||||
Opening balance | 14,601 | 11,736 | 35,446 | 9,321 | ||||||||
EIP options issued | 3,715 | 6,689 | 9,941 | 8,786 | ||||||||
Performance Rights issued1 | 4,284 | 2,524 | 67,943 | 21,278 | ||||||||
Options exercised | (520) | (4,524) | (507) | (3,939) | ||||||||
Options lapsed | (1,495) | (1,824) | — | — | ||||||||
Closing balance | 20,585 | 14,601 | 112,823 | 35,446 | ||||||||
1. | Relates to the acquisition of QSAM in the current period and Lightpoint in the prior year. |
15. | Commitments and contingent liabilities |
15.1. | Commitments |
Due < 1 year | Due > 1 year | |||||
A$’000 | A$’000 | |||||
June 30, 2024 | ||||||
Capital commitments1 | 22,407 | 35,191 | ||||
R&D commitments | 24,446 | 23,259 | ||||
46,853 | 58,450 | |||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||
Capital commitments | 16,572 | 40,000 | ||||
R&D commitments | 28,112 | 20,403 | ||||
44,684 | 60,403 | |||||
1. | Includes the three year supply of Ytterbium-176 isotope. |
15.2. | Contingent liabilities and contingent assets |
16. | Related party transactions |
16.1. | Transactions with other related parties |
17. | Events occurring after the reporting period |
18. | Events subsequent to original issuance of financial statements (Unaudited) |
• | US$230.0 million upfront consideration, payable in cash at closing of the acquisition, which will be adjusted for transaction expenses, cash and cash equivalents (net of restricted cash), debt and debt equivalents and working capital, and |
• | further milestone payments of up to US$20.0 million in the aggregate, payable in cash upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones related to the demonstration of accretive financial and operational performance during the four-quarters following closing. |
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Definitions and interpretation
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1.2
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Application of the Act, Listing Rules and ASX Settlement Operating Rules
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1.3
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Exercising powers
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1.4
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Currency
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1.5
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Transitional provisions
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Share capital
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2.1
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Shares
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2.2
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Preference shares
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2.3
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Alteration of share capital
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2.4
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Conversion or reclassification of shares
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2.5
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Variation of class rights
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2.6
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Joint holders of shares
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2.7
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Equitable and other claims
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2.8
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Restricted Securities
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Calls, forfeiture, indemnities, lien and surrender
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3.1
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Calls
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3.2
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Proceedings to recover calls
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3.3
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Payments in advance of calls
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3.4
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Forfeiting partly paid shares
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3.5
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Members’ indemnity
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3.6
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Lien on shares
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3.7
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Surrender of shares
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3.8
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Sale, reissue or other disposal of shares by the company
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3.9
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Interest payable by member
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Distributions
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4.1
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Dividends
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4.2
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Capitalising profits
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4.3
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Ancillary powers
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4.4
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Reserves
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4.5
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Carrying forward profits
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Transfer and transmission of shares
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5.1
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Transferring shares
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5.2
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Power to decline to register transfers
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5.3
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Power to suspend registration of transfers
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5.4
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Selling non marketable parcels
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Transmission of shares
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Plebiscite to approve proportional takeover bids
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Definitions
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Transfer not to be registered
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Approving Resolution
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Sunset
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General meetings
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Calling general meetings
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Holding of general meetings
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Notice of general meetings
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Admission to general meetings
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Hybrid meetings
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Virtual meetings
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Quorum at general meetings
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Chairperson of general meetings
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Conduct at general meetings
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Decisions at general meetings
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Direct voting
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Voting rights
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Representation at general meetings
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Right to request observer and report on conduct of poll
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Right to request scrutiny and report on outcome of poll
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Access to information and record-keeping
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Directors
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Appointment and retirement of directors
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Vacating office
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Remuneration
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Director need not be a member
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Directors may contract with the company and hold other offices
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Delegation by the Board
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Proceedings of directors
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Calling meetings of the Board
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Notice of meetings of the Board
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Quorum at meetings of the Board
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Chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Board
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Decisions of the Board
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Written resolutions
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Alternate directors
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Validity of acts
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External professional advice
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Executive officers
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Chief executive officers and executive directors
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Secretary
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Provisions applicable to all executive officers
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Indemnity and Insurance
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Persons to whom rules 10.2 and 10.4 apply
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Indemnity
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Insurance
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Savings
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Winding up
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Distributing surplus
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Dividing property
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Manner of execution
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Common seal
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Safe custody of Seal
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Using the Seal
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Seal register
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Duplicate seals and certificate seals
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Sealing and signing certificates
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Notices by the company to members
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Notices by the company to directors
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Notices by members or directors to the company
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Other communications and documents
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Elections by members
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Written notices
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Submission to jurisdiction
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Prohibition and enforceability
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1.1 |
Definitions and interpretation
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The meanings of the terms used in this constitution are set out below.
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Defined Term
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Act
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Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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AGM
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an annual general meeting of the company that the Act requires to be held.
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ASX
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means ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691 or the Australian Securities Exchange, as operated by ASX Limited (as the context requires).
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ASX Settlement
Operating Rules
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the operating rules of ASX Settlement Pty Limited and, to the extent that they are applicable, the operating rules of the Exchange and the operating rules of ASX Clear Pty Limited.
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Board
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the directors for the time being of the company or those of them who are present at a meeting at which there is a quorum.
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Business Day
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has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.
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Dispose
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in respect of Restricted Securities, dispose of, directly or indirectly through another person, the Restricted Securities by any means, including:
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granting, being granted or exercising an option in respect of the Restricted Securities;
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declaring a trust over the Restricted Securities;
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using the Restricted Securities as collateral;
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decreasing an economic interest in the Restricted Securities; or
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disposing of all or part of the Restricted Securities.
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Exchange | the Australian Securities Exchange or such other body corporate that is declared by the Board to be the company’s primary stock exchange for the purposes of this definition. |
Defined Term | Meaning | |
Holding Lock
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as defined in section 2 of the ASX Settlement Operating Rules.
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Listing Rules
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the listing rules of the Exchange as they apply to the company.
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Proper ASTC Transfer
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has the meaning given to that term in the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth).
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Record Time
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in the case of a meeting for which the caller of the meeting has decided, under the Act, that shares are to be taken to be held by the persons who held them at a specified time before the meeting, that time; and
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in any other case, 48 hours before the relevant meeting, or, if this time would fall on a trading day, 7.00pm (Melbourne time) on that day.
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Representative
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in relation to a member that is a body corporate means a person authorised in accordance with the Act (or a corresponding previous law) by the body corporate to act as its representative at the meeting.
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Restricted Securities
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all share capital of the company that is classified by the Exchange as ‘restricted securities’.
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Seal
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any common seal, duplicate seal or certificate seal of the company.
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Subsidiary
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has the meaning given in the Act.
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Transmission Event
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for a member who is an individual - the member’s death, the member’s bankruptcy, or a member becoming of unsound mind, or a person who, or whose estate, is liable to be dealt with in any way under the laws relating to mental
health; and
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for a member who is a body corporate - the dissolution of the member or the succession by another body corporate to the assets and liabilities of the member.
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator, the address that specifies the location of a file on the internet.
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(b) |
A reference in this constitution to a partly paid share is a reference to a share on which there is an amount unpaid.
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(c) |
A reference in this constitution to an amount unpaid on a share includes a reference to any amount of the issue price which is unpaid.
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A reference in this constitution to a call or an amount called on a share includes a reference to a sum that, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable on issue or at a fixed date.
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A reference in this constitution to a member for the purposes of a meeting of members is a reference to a registered holder of shares as at the relevant Record Time.
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A reference in this constitution to a member present at a general meeting is a reference to a member present in person or by proxy, attorney or Representative or, except in any rule that specifies a quorum or except in any rule
prescribed by the Board, a member who has duly lodged a valid direct vote in relation to the general meeting under rule 7.8.
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(g) |
A chairperson or deputy chairperson appointed under this constitution may be referred to as chairman or chairwoman, or deputy chairman or chairwoman, or as chair, if applicable.
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(h) |
A reference in this constitution to a person holding or occupying a particular office or position is a reference to any person who occupies or performs the duties of that office or position.
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(i)
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A reference to a document being ‘signed’ or to ‘signature’ includes that document being executed under hand or under seal or by any other method and, in the case of a communication in electronic form, includes the document being
authenticated in accordance with the Act or any other method approved by the Board.
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Unless the contrary intention appears, in this constitution:
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(i)
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the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular;
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(ii)
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words that refer to any gender include all genders;
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(iii)
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words used to refer to persons generally or to refer to a natural person include a body corporate, body politic, partnership, joint venture, association, board, group or other body (whether or not the body is incorporated);
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(iv)
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a reference to a person includes that person’s successors and legal personal representatives;
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(v)
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a reference to a statute or regulation, or a provision of any of them includes all statutes, regulations or provisions amending, consolidating or replacing them, and a reference to a statute includes all regulations,
proclamations, ordinances and by-laws issued under that statute;
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(vi)
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a reference to the Listing Rules or the ASX Settlement Operating Rules includes any variation, consolidation or replacement of those rules and is to be taken to be subject to any applicable waiver or exemption; and
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(vii)
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where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or phrase have corresponding meanings.
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(k) |
Specifying anything in this constitution after the words ‘including’, ‘includes’ or ‘for example’ or similar expressions does not limit what else is included unless there is express wording to the contrary.
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(l) |
In this constitution, headings and bold type are only for convenience and do not affect the meaning of this constitution.
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1.2 |
Application of the Act, Listing Rules and ASX Settlement Operating Rules
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(a)
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The rules that apply as replaceable rules to companies under the Act do not apply to the company except so far as they are repeated in this constitution.
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(b)
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Unless the contrary intention appears:
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(i)
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an expression in a rule that deals with a matter dealt with by a provision of the Act, the Listing Rules or the ASX Settlement Operating Rules has the same meaning as in that provision; and
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(ii)
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subject to rule 1.2(b)(1), an expression in a rule that is used in the Act has the same meaning in this constitution as in the Act.
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(c) |
For so long as the company is admitted to the official list of ASX:
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(i)
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notwithstanding anything contained in this constitution, if the Listing Rules prohibit an act being done, the act shall not be done;
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(ii)
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nothing contained in this constitution prevents an act being done that the Listing Rules require to be done;
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(iii)
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if the Listing Rules require an act to be done or not to be done, authority is given for that act to be done or not to be done (as the case may be);
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(iv)
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if the Listing Rules require this constitution to contain a provision and it does not contain such a provision, this constitution is deemed to contain that provision;
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(v)
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if the Listing Rules require this constitution not to contain a provision and it contains such a provision, this constitution is deemed not to contain that provision; and
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(vi)
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if any provision of this constitution is or becomes inconsistent with the Listing Rules, this constitution is deemed not to contain that provision to the extent of the inconsistency.
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1.3 |
Exercising powers
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(a) |
The company may, in any way the Act permits:
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(i)
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exercise any power;
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(ii)
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take any action; or
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(iii)
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engage in any conduct or procedure,
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(b) |
Where this constitution provides that a person ‘may’ do a particular act or thing, the act or thing may be done at the person’s discretion.
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(c)
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Where this constitution confers a power to do a particular act or thing, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken as including a power exercisable in the same way and subject to the same conditions (if
any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend or vary that act or thing.
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(d)
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Where this constitution confers a power to do a particular act or thing, the power may be exercised from time to time and may be exercised subject to conditions.
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(e)
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Where this constitution confers a power to do a particular act or thing concerning particular matters, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken to include a power to do that act or thing as to only some of
those matters or as to a particular class of those matters, and to make different provision concerning different matters or different classes of matters.
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(f)
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Where this constitution confers a power to make appointments to an office or position (except the power to appoint a director under rule 8.1(b)), the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken to include a
power:
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(i)
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to appoint a person to act in the office or position until a person is formally appointed to the office or position;
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(ii)
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to remove or suspend any person appointed (without prejudice to any rights or obligations under any contract between the person and the company); and
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(iii)
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to appoint another person temporarily in the place of any person removed or suspended or in the place of any sick or absent holder of the office or position.
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(g) |
Where this constitution gives power to a person to delegate a function or power:
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(i) |
the delegation may be concurrent with, or (except in the case of a delegation by the Board) to the exclusion of, the performance or exercise of that function or power by the person;
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(ii) |
the delegation may be either general or limited in any way provided in the terms of delegation;
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(iii) |
the delegation need not be to a specified person but may be to any person holding, occupying or performing the duties of a specified office or position;
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(iv) |
the delegation may include the power to delegate; and
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(v) |
where performing or exercising that function or power depends on that person’s opinion, belief or state of mind about a matter, that function or power may be performed or exercised by the delegate on the delegate’s opinion, belief
or state of mind about that matter.
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1.4 |
Currency
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1.5 |
Transitional provisions
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(a) |
every director, chief executive officer, executive director and secretary in office in that capacity immediately before this constitution is adopted continues in office subject to, and is taken to have been appointed or elected
under, this constitution;
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(b) |
any register maintained by the company immediately before this constitution is adopted is taken to be a register maintained under this constitution;
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(c) |
any Seal adopted by the company as a Seal immediately before this constitution is adopted is taken to be a Seal which the company has adopted under a relevant authority given by this constitution;
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(d) |
for the purposes of rule 4.1(p):
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(i) |
a cheque issued under the predecessor of rule 4.1(k) is taken to have been issued under rule 4.1(k);
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(ii) |
any money held at the date of adoption of this constitution for a member under the predecessor of rule 4.1(m) is taken to have been held in an account under rule 4.1(m); and
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(iii) |
any money held at the date of adoption of this constitution for a member the company regards as uncontactable is taken to have been held in an account under rule 4.1(n); and
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(e) |
unless a contrary intention appears in this constitution, all persons, things, agreements and circumstances appointed, approved or created by or under the constitution of the company in force before this constitution is adopted
continue to have the same status, operation and effect after this constitution is adopted.
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2
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Share capital
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2.1 |
Shares
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(a) |
issue, allot or grant options for, or otherwise dispose of, shares in the company; and
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(b) |
decide:
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(i) |
the persons to whom shares are issued or options are granted;
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(ii) |
the terms on which shares are issued or options are granted; and
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(iii) |
the rights and restrictions attached to those shares or options.
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2.2 |
Preference shares
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(a) |
The company may issue preference shares including preference shares which are, or at the option of the company or holder are, liable to be redeemed or convertible into ordinary shares.
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(b) |
Each preference share confers on the holder a right to receive a preferential dividend, in priority to the payment of any dividend on the ordinary shares, at the rate and on the basis decided by the Board under the terms of issue.
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(c) |
In addition to the preferential dividend and rights on winding up, each preference share may participate with the ordinary shares in profits and assets of the company, including on a winding up, if and to the extent the Board
decides under the terms of issue.
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(d) |
The preferential dividend may be cumulative only if and to the extent the Board decides under the terms of issue, and will otherwise be non-cumulative.
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(e) |
Each preference share confers on its holder the right in a winding up and on redemption to payment in priority to the ordinary shares of:
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(i) |
the amount of any dividend accrued but unpaid on the share at the date of winding up or the date of redemption; and
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(ii) |
any additional amount specified in the terms of issue.
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(f) |
To the extent the Board may decide under the terms of issue, a preference share may confer a right to a bonus issue or capitalisation of profits in favour of holders of those shares only.
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(g) |
A preference share does not confer on its holder any right to participate in the profits or assets of the company except as set out above.
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(h) |
A preference share does not entitle its holder to vote at any general meeting of the company except in the following circumstances:
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(i) |
during a period in which a dividend or part of a dividend on the share is in arrears;
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(ii) |
on a proposal to reduce the share capital of the company;
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(iii) |
on a resolution to approve the terms of a buy back agreement;
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(iv) |
on a proposal that affects rights attached to the preference share;
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(v) |
on a proposal to wind up the company;
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(vi) |
on a proposal for the disposal of the whole of the property, business and undertaking of the company;
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(vii) |
during the winding up of the company; or
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(viii) |
in any other circumstances in which the Listing Rules require holders of preference shares to be entitled to vote.
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(i) |
The holder of a preference share who is entitled to vote in respect of that share under rule 2.2(h) is, on a poll, entitled to the greater of one vote per share or such other number of votes specified in, or determined in
accordance with, the terms of issue for the share.
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(j) |
In the case of a redeemable preference share, the company must, at the time and place for redemption specified in, or determined in accordance with, the terms of issue for the share, redeem the share and, on receiving a redemption
request under the terms of issue, pay to or at the direction of the holder the amount payable on redemption of the share.
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(k) |
A holder of a preference share must not transfer or purport to transfer, and the Board, to the extent permitted by the Listing Rules, must not register a transfer of, the share if the transfer would contravene any restrictions on
the right to transfer the share set out in the terms of issue for the share.
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2.3 |
Alteration of share capital
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(a) |
making cash payments;
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(b) |
determining that fractions may be disregarded to adjust the rights of all members;
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(c) |
appointing a trustee to deal with any fractions on behalf of members; and
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(d) |
rounding (or rounding up) each fractional entitlement to the nearest whole share.
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2.4 |
Conversion or reclassification of shares
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2.5 |
Variation of class rights
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(a) |
The rights attached to any class of shares may, unless their terms of issue state otherwise, be varied:
|
(i) |
with the written consent of the holders of 75% of the shares of the class; or
|
(ii) |
by a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of shares of the class.
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(b) |
The provisions of this constitution relating to general meetings apply, with necessary changes, to separate class meetings as if they were general meetings
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(c) |
The rights conferred on the holders of any class of shares are to be taken as not having been varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking equally with them.
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2.6 |
Joint holders of shares
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(a) |
they are liable individually as well as jointly for all payments, including calls, in respect of the share;
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(b) |
subject to rule 2.6(a), on the death of any one of them the survivor is the only person the company will recognise as having any title to the share;
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(c) |
any one of them may give effective receipts for any dividend, bonus, interest or other distribution or payment in respect of the share; and
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(d) |
except where persons are jointly entitled to a share because of a Transmission Event, or where required by the Listing Rules or the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, the company may, but is not required to, register more than four
persons as joint holders of the share.
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2.7 |
Equitable and other claims
|
(a) |
recognise a person as holding a share on trust, even if the company has notice of a trust; or
|
(b) |
recognise, or be bound by, any equitable, contingent, future or partial claim to or interest in a share by any other person, except an absolute right of ownership in the registered holder, even if the company has notice of that
claim or interest.
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2.8 |
Restricted Securities
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(a) |
If, at any time, the company has on issue any Restricted Securities, then despite any other provision of this constitution:
|
(i) |
a holder of Restricted Securities must not Dispose of, or agree or offer to Dispose of, the Restricted Securities during the escrow period applicable to those Restricted Securities except as permitted by the Listing Rules or the
Exchange;
|
(ii) |
if the Restricted Securities are in the same class as quoted securities, the holder of those Restricted Securities will be taken to have agreed in writing that the Restricted Securities are to be kept on the company’s issuer
sponsored subregister and are to have a Holding Lock applied for the duration of the escrow period applicable to those Restricted Securities;
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(iii) |
the company will refuse to acknowledge any Disposal (including, without limitation, to register any transfer) of the Restricted Securities during the escrow period applicable to those Restricted Securities except as permitted by
the Listing Rules or the Exchange;
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(iv) |
a holder of Restricted Securities will not be entitled to participate in any return of capital on those Restricted Securities during the escrow period applicable to those Restricted Securities except as permitted by the Listing
Rules or the Exchange; and
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(v) |
if a holder of Restricted Securities breaches this rule 2.8 or a restriction agreement, the holder will not be entitled to any dividend or distribution, or to exercise any voting rights, in respect of those Restricted Securities
for so long as the breach continues.
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(b) |
While the Company has on issue any Restricted Securities, this rule 2.8 may not be amended or removed except as expressly permitted by the Listing Rules or the Exchange.
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3
|
Calls, forfeiture, indemnities, lien and surrender
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3.1 |
Calls
|
(a) |
Subject to the terms on which any shares are issued, the Board may:
|
(i) |
make calls on the members for any amount unpaid on their shares which is not by the terms of issue of those shares made payable at fixed times; and
|
(ii) |
on the issue of shares, differentiate between members as to the amount of calls to be paid and the time for payment.
|
(b) |
The Board may require a call to be paid by instalments.
|
(c) |
The Board must send members notice of a call at least 14 days (or such longer period required by the Listing Rules) before the amount called is due, specifying the amount of the call, the amount for payment and the manner in which
payment must be made.
|
(d) |
Each member must pay the amount called to the company by the time and in the manner specified for payment.
|
(e) |
A call is taken to have been made when the resolution of the Board authorising the call is passed.
|
(f) |
The Board may revoke a call or extend the time for payment.
|
(g) |
A call is valid even if a member for any reason does not receive notice of the call.
|
(h) |
If an amount called on a share is not paid in full by the time specified for payment, the person who owes the amount must pay:
|
(i) |
interest on the unpaid part of the amount from the date payment is due to the date payment is made, at a rate determined under rule 3.9; and
|
(ii) |
any costs, expenses or damages the company incurs due to the failure to pay or late payment.
|
(i) |
Any amount unpaid on a share that, by the terms of issue of the share, becomes payable on issue or at a fixed date:
|
(i) |
is treated for the purposes of this constitution as if that amount were payable under a call duly made and notified; and
|
(ii) |
must be paid on the date on which it is payable under the terms of issue of the share.
|
(j) |
The Board may, to the extent the law permits, waive or compromise all or part of any payment due to the company under the terms of issue of a share or under this rule 3.1.
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3.2 |
Proceedings to recover calls
|
(a) |
In a proceeding to recover a call, or an amount payable due to the failure to pay or late payment of a call, proof that:
|
(i) |
the name of the defendant is entered in the register as the holder or one of the holders of the share on which the call is claimed;
|
(ii) |
the resolution making the call is recorded in the minute book; and
|
(iii) |
notice of the call was given to the defendant complying with this constitution,
|
(b) |
In rule 3.2(a), defendant includes a person against whom the company alleges a set-off or counterclaim, and a proceeding to recover a call or an
amount is to be interpreted accordingly.
|
3.3 |
Payments in advance of calls
|
(a) |
The Board may accept from a member the whole or a part of the amount unpaid on a share even though no part of that amount has been called.
|
(b) |
The Board may authorise payment by the company of interest on an amount accepted under rule 3.3(a), until the amount becomes payable, at a rate agreed between the Board and the member paying the amount.
|
(c) |
The Board may repay to a member any amount accepted under rule 3.3(a).
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3.4 |
Forfeiting partly paid shares
|
(a) |
If a member fails to pay the whole of a call or an instalment of a call by the time specified for payment, the Board may serve a notice on that member:
|
(i) |
requiring payment of the unpaid part of the call or instalment, together with any interest that has accrued and all costs, expenses or damages that the company has incurred due to the failure to pay;
|
(ii) |
naming a further time (at least 14 days after the date of the notice) by which, and the manner in which, the amount payable under rule 3.4(a)(i) must be paid; and
|
(iii) |
stating that if the whole of the amount payable under rule 3.4(a)(i) is not paid by the time and in the manner specified, the shares on which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.
|
(b) |
If a member does not comply with a notice served under rule 3.4(a), the Board may by resolution forfeit any share concerning which the notice was given at any time after the day named in the notice and before the payment required
by the notice is made.
|
(c) |
A forfeiture under rule 3.4(b) includes all dividends, interest and other amounts payable by the company on the forfeited share and not actually paid before the forfeiture.
|
(d) |
Where a share has been forfeited:
|
(i) |
notice of the resolution must be given to the member in whose name the share stood immediately before the forfeiture; and
|
(ii) |
an entry of the forfeiture, with the date, must be made in the register of members.
|
(e) |
Failure to give the notice or to make the entry required under rule 3.4(d) does not invalidate the forfeiture.
|
(f) |
A forfeited share becomes the property of the company and the Board may sell, reissue or otherwise dispose of the share as it thinks fit and, in the case of reissue or other disposal, with or without crediting as paid up any amount
paid on the share by any former holder.
|
(g) |
A person whose shares have been forfeited ceases to be a member as to the forfeited shares, but must, unless the Board decides otherwise, pay to the company:
|
(i) |
all calls, instalments, interest, costs, expenses and damages owing on the shares at the time of the forfeiture; and
|
(ii) |
interest on the unpaid part of the amount payable under rule 3.4(g)(i), from the date of the forfeiture to the date of payment, at a rate determined under rule 3.9.
|
(h) |
The forfeiture of a share extinguishes all interest in, and all claims and demands against the company relating to, the forfeited share and, subject to rule 3.8(i), all other rights attached to the share.
|
(i) | (i) | The Board may: |
(ii) |
exempt a share from all or part of this rule 3.4;
|
(iii) |
waive or compromise all or part of any payment due to the company under this rule 3.4; and
|
(iv) |
before a forfeited share has been sold, reissued or otherwise disposed of, cancel the forfeiture on the conditions it decides.
|
3.5 |
Members’ indemnity
|
(a) |
If the company becomes liable for any reason under a law to make a payment:
|
(i) |
in respect of shares held solely or jointly by a member;
|
(ii) |
in respect of a transfer or transmission of shares by a member;
|
(iii) |
in respect of dividends, bonuses or other amounts due or payable or which may become due and payable to a member; or
|
(iv) |
in any other way for, on account of or relating to a member,
|
(b) |
The member or, if the member is dead, the member’s legal personal representative must:
|
(i) |
fully indemnify the company against that liability;
|
(ii) |
on demand reimburse the company for any payment made; and
|
(iii) |
pay interest on the unpaid part of the amount payable to the company under rule 3.5(b)(ii), from the date of demand until the date the company is reimbursed in full for that payment, at a rate determined under rule 3.9.
|
(c) |
The Board may:
|
(i) |
exempt a share from all or part of this rule 3.5; and
|
(ii) |
waive or compromise all or part of any payment due to the company under this rule 3.5.
|
3.6 |
Lien on shares
|
(a) |
The company has a first lien on:
|
(i) |
each partly paid share for all unpaid calls and instalments due on that share; and
|
(ii) |
each share for any amounts the company is required by law to pay and has paid in respect of that share.
|
(b) |
The company’s lien on a share extends to all dividends payable on the share and to the proceeds of sale of the share.
|
(c) |
The Board may sell a share on which the company has a lien as it thinks fit where:
|
(i) |
an amount for which a lien exists under this rule 3.6 is presently payable; and
|
(ii) |
the company has given the registered holder a written notice, at least 14 days before the date of the sale, stating and demanding payment of that amount.
|
(d) |
The Board may do anything necessary or desirable under the ASX Settlement Operating Rules to protect any lien, charge or other right to which the company is entitled under this constitution or a law.
|
(e) |
When the company registers a transfer of shares on which the company has a lien without giving the transferee notice of its claim, the company’s lien is released so far as it relates to amounts owing by the transferor or any
predecessor in title.
|
(f) |
The Board may:
|
(i) |
exempt a share from all or part of this rule 3.6; and
|
(ii) |
waive or compromise all or part of any payment due to the company under this rule 3.6.
|
3.7 |
Surrender of shares
|
(a) |
The Board may accept a surrender of a share by way of compromise of a claim.
|
(b) |
Any share so surrendered may be sold, reissued or otherwise disposed in the same manner as a forfeited share.
|
3.8 |
Sale, reissue or other disposal of shares by the company
|
(a) |
A reference in this rule 3.8 to a sale of a share by the company is a reference to any sale, reissue or other disposal of a share under rule 3.4(f) or, rule 3.6(c) or rule 5.4.
|
(b) |
When the company sells a share, the Board may:
|
(i) |
receive the purchase money or consideration given for the share;
|
(ii) |
effect a transfer of the share or execute or appoint a person to execute, on behalf of the former holder, a transfer of the share; and
|
(iii) |
register as the holder of the share the person to whom the share is sold.
|
(c) |
A person to whom the company sells shares need not take any steps to investigate the regularity or validity of the sale, or to see how the purchase money or consideration on the sale is applied. That person’s title to the shares
is not affected by any irregularity by the company in relation to the sale. A sale of the share by the company is valid even if a Transmission Event occurs to the member before the sale.
|
(d) |
The only remedy of a person who suffers a loss because of a sale of a share by the company is a claim for damages against the company.
|
(e) |
The proceeds of a sale of shares by the company must be applied in paying:
|
(i) |
first, the expenses of the sale;
|
(ii) |
secondly, all amounts payable (whether presently or not) by the former holder to the company,
|
(f) |
The proceeds of sale arising from a notice under rule 5.4(b):
|
(i) |
must not be applied in payment of the expenses of the sale;
|
(ii) |
must be paid to the former holder on the former holder delivering to the company proof of title to the shares acceptable to the Board, failing which the proceeds will be dealt with in such a way as determined by the Board at its
sole discretion (subject to applicable law); and
|
(iii) |
must be paid to each former holder in proportion to the pro rata
|
(A) |
such electronic or other means approved by the Board directly to an account (of a type approved by the Board) nominated in writing by the former holder; or
|
(B) |
cheque sent to the address of the former holder shown in the register of members or, in the case of joint former holders, to the address shown in the register of members of any of the joint former holders, or to such other
address as the former holder or any of the joint former holders in writing direct,
|
(iv) |
or any other method of payment which the company may adopt.
|
(g) |
Until the proceeds of a sale of a share sold by the company are claimed or otherwise disposed of according to law, the Board may invest or use the proceeds in any other way for the benefit of the company.
|
(h) |
The company is not required to pay interest on money payable to a former holder under this rule 3.8.
|
(i) |
On completion of a sale, reissue or other disposal of a share under rule 3.4(f), the rights which attach to the share which were extinguished under rule 3.4(h) revive.
|
(j) |
A written statement by a director or secretary of the company that a share in the company has been:
|
(i) |
duly forfeited under rule 3.4(b);
|
(ii) |
duly sold, reissued or otherwise disposed of under rule 3.4(f); or
|
(iii) |
duly sold under rule 3.6(c) or rule 5.4,
|
3.9 |
Interest payable by member
|
(a) |
For the purposes of rules 3.1(h)(i), 3.4(g)(ii) and 3.5(b)(iii), the rate of interest payable to the company is:
|
(i) |
if the Board has fixed a rate, that rate; or
|
(ii) |
in any other case, a rate per annum 2% higher than the rate prescribed in respect of unpaid judgments in the Supreme Court of the state or territory in which the company is registered.
|
(b) |
Interest accrues daily and may be capitalised monthly or at such other intervals the Board decides.
|
4 | Distributions |
4.1 |
Dividends
|
(a) |
The Board may pay any interim and final dividends that, in its judgment, the financial position of the company justifies.
|
(b) |
The Board may rescind a decision to pay a dividend if it decides, before the payment date, that the company’s financial position no longer justifies the payment.
|
(c) |
The Board may pay any dividend required to be paid under the terms of issue of a share.
|
(d) |
Paying a dividend does not require confirmation at a general meeting.
|
(e) |
Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares:
|
(i) |
all dividends must be paid equally on all shares, except that a partly paid share confers an entitlement only to the proportion of the dividend which the amount paid (not credited) on the share is of the total amounts paid and payable
(excluding amounts credited);
|
(ii) |
for the purposes of rule 4.1(e)(i), unless the Board decides otherwise, an amount paid on a share in advance of a call is to be taken as not having been paid until it becomes payable; and
|
(iii) |
interest is not payable by the company on any dividend.
|
(f) |
Subject to the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, the Board may fix a record date for a dividend, with or without suspending the registration of transfers from that date under rule 5.3.
|
(g) |
Subject to the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, a dividend in respect of a share must be paid to the person who is registered, or entitled under rule 5.1(c) to be registered, as the holder of the share:
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(i) |
where the Board has fixed a record date in respect of the dividend, on that date; or
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(ii) |
where the Board has not fixed a record date in respect of that dividend, on the date fixed for payment of the dividend,
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(h) |
When resolving to pay a dividend, the Board may direct payment of the dividend from any available source permitted by law, including:
|
(i) |
wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets, including paid-up shares or other securities of the company or of another body corporate, either generally or to specific members; and
|
(ii) |
unless prevented by the Listing Rules, to particular members wholly or partly out of any particular fund or reserve or out of profits derived from any particular source, and to the other members wholly or partly out of any other
particular fund or reserve or out of profits derived from any other particular source.
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(i) |
Subject to the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, where a person is entitled to a share because of a Transmission Event, the Board may, but need not, retain any dividends payable on that share until that person becomes registered as the
holder of that share or transfers it.
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(j) |
The Board may retain from any dividend payable to a member any amount presently payable by the member to the company and apply the amount retained to the amount owing.
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(k) |
The Board may decide the method of payment of any dividend or other amount in respect of a share. Different methods of payment may apply to different members or groups of members (such as overseas members). Without limiting any other
method of payment which the company may adopt, payment in respect of a share may be made:
|
(i) |
by such electronic or other means approved by the Board directly to an account (of a type approved by the Board) nominated in writing by the member or the joint holders; or
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(ii) |
by cheque sent to the address of the member shown in the register of members or, in the case of joint holders, to the address shown in the register of members of any of the joint holders, or to such other address as the member or any
of the joint holders in writing direct.
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(l) |
A cheque sent under rule 4.1(k):
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(i) |
may be made payable to bearer or to the order of the member to whom it is sent or any other person the member directs; and
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(ii) |
is sent at the member’s risk.
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(m) |
If the Board decides that payments will be made by electronic transfer into an account (of a type approved by the Board) nominated by a member, but no such account is nominated by the member or an electronic transfer into a nominated
account is rejected or refunded, the company may credit the amount payable to an account of the company to be held until the member nominates a valid account.
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(n) |
Where a member does not have a registered address or the company believes that a member is not known at the member’s registered address, the company may credit an amount payable in respect of the member’s shares to an account of the
company to be held until the member claims the amount payable or nominates a valid account.
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(o) |
An amount credited to an account under rules 4.1(m) or 4.1(n) is to be treated as having been paid to the member at the time it is credited to that account. The company will not be a trustee of the money and no interest will accrue on
the money. The money may be used for the benefit of the company until claimed, reinvested under rule 4.1(p) or disposed of in accordance with the laws relating to unclaimed monies.
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(p) |
If a cheque for an amount payable under rule 4.1(k) is not presented for payment for at least 11 calendar months after issue or an amount is held in an account under rules 4.1(m) or 4.1(n) for at least 11 calendar months, the Board may
reinvest the amount, after deducting reasonable expenses, into shares in the company on behalf of, and in the name of, the member concerned and may stop payment on the cheque. The shares may be acquired on market or by way of new issue
at a price the Board accepts is market price at the time. Any residual sum which arises from the reinvestment may be carried forward or donated to charity on behalf of the member, as the Board decides. The company’s liability to provide
the relevant amount is discharged by an application under this rule 4.1(p). The Board may do anything necessary or desirable (including executing any document) on behalf of the member to effect the application of an amount under this
rule 4.1(p). The Board may determine other rules to regulate the operation of this rule 4.1(p) and may delegate its power under this rule to any person.
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4.2 |
Capitalising profits
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(a) |
Subject to:
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(i) |
the Listing Rules;
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(ii) |
any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares; and
|
(iii) |
any special resolution of the company;
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(iv) |
forming part of the undivided profits of the company;
|
(v) |
representing profits arising from an ascertained accretion to capital or a revaluation of the assets of the company;
|
(vi) |
arising from the realisation of any assets of the company; or
|
(vii) |
otherwise available for distribution as a dividend.
|
(b) |
The Board may resolve that all or any part of the capitalised amount is to be applied:
|
(i) |
in paying up in full, at an issue price decided by the Board, any unissued shares in or other securities of the company;
|
(ii) |
in paying up any amounts unpaid on shares or other securities held by the members;
|
(iii) |
partly as specified in rule 4.2(b)(i) and partly as specified in rule 4.2(b)(ii);
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(iv) |
any other method permitted by law.
|
(c) |
Rules 4.1(e), 4.1(f) and 4.1(g) apply, so far as they can and with any necessary changes, to capitalising an amount under this rule 4.2 as if references in those rules to:
|
(i) |
a dividend were references to capitalising an amount; and
|
(ii) |
a record date were references to the date the Board resolves to capitalise the amount under this rule 4.2.
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(d) |
Where the terms of options (existing at the date the resolution referred to in rule 4.2(b) is passed) entitle the holder to an issue of bonus shares under this rule 4.2, the Board may in determining the number of unissued shares to be
so issued, allow in an appropriate manner for the future issue of bonus shares to options holders.
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4.3 |
Ancillary powers
|
(a) |
Board may settle as it thinks expedient any difficulty that arises in making the distribution or capitalisation and, in particular:
|
(i) |
make cash payments in cases where members are entitled to fractions of shares or other securities;
|
(ii) |
decide that amounts or fractions of less than a particular value decided by the Board may be disregarded to adjust the rights of all parties;
|
(iii) |
fix the value for distribution of any specific assets;
|
(iv) |
pay cash or issue shares or other securities to any member to adjust the rights of all parties;
|
(v) |
vest any of those specific assets, cash, shares or other securities in a trustee on trust for the persons entitled to the distribution or capitalised amount; and
|
(vi) |
authorise any person to make, on behalf of all the members entitled to any specific assets, cash, shares or other securities as a result of the distribution or capitalisation, an agreement with the company or another person which
provides, as appropriate, for the distribution or issue to them of shares or other securities credited as fully paid up or for payment by the company on their behalf of the amounts or any part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their
existing shares or other securities by applying their respective proportions of the amount resolved to be distributed or capitalised.
|
(b) |
Any agreement made under an authority referred to in rule 4.3(a)(vi) is effective and binds all members concerned.
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(c) |
If a distribution, transfer or issue of specific assets, shares or securities to a particular member or members is, in the Board’s discretion, considered impracticable or would give rise to parcels of securities that do not constitute
a marketable parcel, the Board may make a cash payment to those members or allocate the assets, shares or securities to a trustee to be sold on behalf of, and for the benefit of, those members, instead of making the distribution, transfer
or issue to those members. Any proceeds receivable by members under this rule 4.3(c) will be net of expenses incurred by the company and trustee in selling the relevant assets, shares or securities.
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(d) |
If the company distributes to members (either generally or to specific members) securities in the company or in another body corporate or trust (whether as a dividend or otherwise and whether or not for value), each of those members
appoints the company as his or her agent to do anything needed to give effect to that distribution, including agreeing to become a member of that other body corporate.
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4.4 |
Reserves
|
(a) |
The Board may set aside out of the company’s profits any reserves or provisions it decides.
|
(b) |
The Board may appropriate to the company’s profits any amount previously set aside as a reserve or provision.
|
(c) |
Setting aside an amount as a reserve or provision does not require the Board to keep the amount separate from the company’s other assets or prevent the amount being used in the company’s business or being invested as the Board decides.
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4.5 |
Carrying forward profits
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5 | Transfer and transmission of shares |
5.1 |
Transferring shares
|
(a) |
Subject to this constitution and to any restrictions attached to a member’s shares, a member may transfer any of the member’s shares by:
|
(i) |
a Proper ASTC Transfer; or
|
(ii) |
a written transfer in any usual form or in any other form approved by the Board.
|
(b) |
A transfer referred to in rule 5.1(a)(ii) must be:
|
(i) |
signed by or on behalf of the transferor and, if required by the company, the transferee;
|
(ii) |
if required by law, duly stamped; and
|
(iii) |
left for registration at the company’s registered office, or at any other place the Board decides, with such evidence the Board requires to prove the transferor’s title or right to the shares and the transferee’s right to be
registered as the owner of the shares.
|
(c) |
Subject to rules 5.2(a) and 5.3, where the company receives a transfer complying with this rule 5.1, the company must register the transferee named in the transfer as the holder of the shares to which it relates.
|
(d) |
A transferor of shares remains the holder of the shares until a Proper ASTC Transfer has been effected or the transferee’s name is entered in the register of members as the holder of the shares.
|
(e) |
The company must not charge a fee for registering a transfer of shares unless:
|
(i) |
the company is not listed on the Exchange; or
|
(ii) |
if the company is listed on the Exchange, the fee is permitted by the Listing Rules.
|
(f) |
The company (or the company’s securities registry) may put in place, and require compliance with, reasonable processes and procedures in connection with determining the authenticity of an instrument of transfer, notwithstanding that
this may prevent, delay or interfere with the registration of the relevant instrument of transfer.
|
(g) |
The company may retain a registered transfer for any period the Board decides.
|
(h) |
The Board may do anything that is necessary or desirable for the company to participate in any computerised, electronic or other system for facilitating the transfer of shares or operation of the company’s registers that may be
owned, operated or sponsored by the Exchange or a related body corporate of the Exchange.
|
(i) |
The Board may, to the extent the law permits, waive any of the requirements of this rule 5.1 and prescribe alternative requirements instead, to give effect to rule 5.1(h) or for another purpose.
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5.2 |
Power to decline to register transfers
|
(a) |
The Board may decline to register, or prevent registration of, a transfer of shares or apply a holding lock to prevent a transfer in accordance with the Act or the Listing Rules where:
|
(i) |
the transfer is not in registrable form;
|
(ii) |
the company has a lien on any of the shares transferred;
|
(iii) |
registration of the transfer may breach a law of Australia;
|
(iv) |
the transfer is paper-based and registration of the transfer will result in a holding which, at the time the transfer is lodged, is less than a marketable parcel;
|
(v) |
the transfer is not permitted under the terms of an employee share plan; or
|
(vi) |
the company is otherwise permitted or required to do so under the Listing Rules or, except for a Proper ASTC Transfer, under the terms of issue of the shares.
|
(b) |
If the Board declines to register a transfer, the company must give notice of the refusal as required by the Act and the Listing Rules. Failure to give that notice will not invalidate the decision of the Board to decline to register
the transfer.
|
(c) |
The Board may delegate its authority under this rule 5.2 to any person.
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5.3 |
Power to suspend registration of transfers
|
5.4 |
Selling non marketable parcels
|
(a) |
The Board may sell shares that constitute less than a marketable parcel by following the procedures in this rule 5.4.
|
(b) |
The Board may send a notice to a member who holds less than a marketable parcel of shares in a class of shares of the company, on a date decided by the Board, which:
|
(i) |
explains the effect of the notice under this rule 5.4; and
|
(ii) |
advises the holder that he or she may choose to be exempt from the provisions of this rule. A form of election for that purpose must be sent with the notice; and
|
(iii) |
specifies the manner by which the proceeds of sale will be distributed, including the treatment of any unclaimed moneys, which shall be at the sole discretion of the company.
|
(c) |
If, before 5.00pm Melbourne time on a date specified in the notice which is no earlier than 6 weeks after the notice is sent:
|
(i) |
the company has not received a notice from the member exempting them from this rule 5.4; and
|
(ii) |
the member has not increased his or her shareholding to a marketable parcel,
|
(d) |
In addition to initiating a sale by sending a notice under rule 5.4(b), the Board may also initiate a sale if a member holds less than a marketable parcel at the time that the transfer document was initiated or, in the case of a
paper-based transfer document, was lodged with the company. In that case:
|
(i) |
the member is taken to have irrevocably appointed the company as his or her agent to do anything in rule 5.4(e); and
|
(ii) |
if the holding was created after the adoption of this rule, the Board may remove or change the member’s rights to vote or receive dividends in respect of those shares. Any dividends withheld must be sent to the former holder after
the sale when the former holder delivers to the company such proof of title as the Board accepts.
|
(e) |
The company may:
|
(i) |
sell the shares constituting less than a marketable parcel as soon as practicable;
|
(ii) |
deal with the proceeds of sale under rule 3.8; and
|
(iii) |
receive any disclosure document, including a financial services guide, as agent for the member.
|
(f) |
The costs and expenses of any sale of shares arising from a notice under rule 5.4(b) (including brokerage and stamp duty) are payable by the purchaser or by the company.
|
(g) |
A notice under rule 5.4(b) may be given to a member only once in a 12 month period and may not be given during the offer period of a takeover bid for the company.
|
(h) |
If a takeover bid is announced after a notice is given but before an agreement is entered into for the sale of shares, this rule ceases to operate for those shares. However, despite rule 5.4(g), a new notice under rule 5.4(b) may be
given after the offer period of the takeover bid closes.
|
(i) |
The Board may, before a sale is effected under this rule 5.4, revoke a notice given or suspend or terminate the operation of this rule either generally or in specific cases.
|
(j) |
If a member is registered in respect of more than one parcel of shares, the Board may treat the member as a separate member in respect of each of those parcels so that this rule 5.4 will operate as if each parcel was held by
different persons.
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5.5 |
Transmission of shares
|
(a) |
Subject to rule 5.5(c), where a member dies, the only persons the company will recognise as having any title to the member’s shares or any benefits accruing on those shares are:
|
(i) |
where the deceased was a sole holder, the legal personal representative of the deceased; and
|
(ii) |
where the deceased was a joint holder, the survivor or survivors.
|
(b) |
Rule 5.5(a) does not release the estate of a deceased member from any liability on a share, whether that share was held by the deceased solely or jointly with other persons.
|
(c) |
The Board may register a transfer of shares signed by a member before a Transmission Event even though the company has notice of the Transmission Event.
|
(d) |
A person who becomes entitled to a share because of a Transmission Event may, on producing such evidence as the Board requires to prove that person’s entitlement to the share, choose:
|
(i) |
to be registered as the holder of the share by signing and giving the company a written notice stating that choice; or
|
(ii) |
to nominate some other person to be registered as the transferee of the share by executing or effecting in some other way a transfer of the share to that other person.
|
(e) |
The provisions of this constitution concerning the right to transfer shares and the registration of transfers of shares apply, so far as they can and with any necessary changes, to a notice or transfer under rule 5.5(d) as if the
relevant Transmission Event had not occurred and the notice or transfer were executed or effected by the registered holder of the share.
|
(f) |
Where 2 or more persons are jointly entitled to a share because of a Transmission Event they will, on being registered as the holders of the share, be taken to hold the share as joint tenants and rule 2.6 will apply to them.
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6 | Plebiscite to approve proportional takeover bids |
6.1 |
Definitions
|
Defined Term
|
Meaning
|
Approving Resolution
|
in relation to a Proportional Takeover Bid, a resolution to approve the Proportional Takeover Bid passed in accordance with rule 6.3.
|
Approving Resolution
Deadline
|
in relation to a Proportional Takeover Bid, the day that is 14 days before the last day of the bid period and during which the offers under the Proportional Takeover Bid remain open or a later day allowed by the Australian Securities
and Investments Commission.
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Proportional Takeover
Bid
|
a takeover bid that is made or purports to be made under section 618(1)(b) of the Act in respect of securities included in a class of securities in the company.
|
Relevant Class
|
in relation to a Proportional Takeover Bid, means the class of securities in the company in respect of which offers are made under the Proportional Takeover Bid.
|
6.2 |
Transfer not to be registered
|
6.3 |
Approving Resolution
|
(a) |
Where offers have been made under a Proportional Takeover Bid, the Board must:
|
(i) |
convene a meeting of the persons entitled to vote on the Approving Resolution for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing a resolution to approve the Proportional Takeover Bid; and
|
(ii) |
ensure that the resolution is voted on in accordance with this rule 6.3,
|
(b) |
The provisions of this constitution relating to general meetings apply (with any necessary changes) to a meeting that is convened under rule 6.3(a), as if that meeting were a general meeting of the company.
|
(c) |
The bidder under a Proportional Takeover Bid and any associates of the bidder are not entitled to vote on the Approving Resolution and if they do vote, their votes must not be counted.
|
(d) |
Subject to rule 6.3(c), a person who held securities of the relevant class as at the end of the day on which the first offer under the Proportional Takeover Bid was made is entitled to vote on the Approving Resolution.
|
(e) |
An Approving Resolution that has been voted on is taken to have been passed if the proportion that the number of votes in favour of the resolution bears to the total number of votes on the resolution is greater than 50%, and
otherwise is taken to have been rejected.
|
(f) |
If an Approving Resolution has not been voted on in accordance with this rule 6.3 as at the end of the day before the Approving Resolution Deadline, an Approving Resolution will be taken to have been passed in accordance with this
rule 6.3 on the Approving Resolution Deadline.
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6.4 |
Sunset
|
(a) |
where those rules have not been renewed in accordance with the Act, on the date that those rules were adopted by the company; or
|
(b) |
where those rules have been renewed in accordance with the Act, on the date those rules were last renewed.
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7 | General meetings |
7.1 |
Calling general meetings
|
(a) |
A general meeting may only be called:
|
(i) |
by a Board resolution; or
|
(ii) |
as otherwise provided in the Act.
|
(b) |
The Board may, by notice to the Exchange, change the venue for, postpone or cancel a general meeting, but:
|
(i) |
a meeting that is called in accordance with a members’ requisition under the Act; and
|
(ii) |
any other meeting that is not called by a Board resolution,
|
7.2 |
Holding of general meetings
|
(a) |
at one or more physical venues;
|
(b) |
at one or more physical venues and using virtual meeting technology, in accordance with rule 7.5; or
|
(c) |
using virtual meeting technology, in accordance with rule 7.6.
|
7.3 |
Notice of general meetings
|
(a) |
Notice of a general meeting must be given in accordance with the procedure in one of rules 14.1(a)(i) to 14.1(a)(v) to each person who at the time of giving the notice:
|
(i) |
is a member, director or auditor of the company; or
|
(ii) |
is entitled to a share because of a Transmission Event and has satisfied the Board of this.
|
(b) |
The content of a notice of a general meeting called by the Board is to be decided by the Board, but it must state the general nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting and any other matters required by the Act.
|
(c) |
Unless the Act provides otherwise:
|
(i) |
no business may be transacted at a general meeting unless the general nature of the business is stated in the notice calling the meeting; and
|
(ii) |
except with the approval of the Board or the chairperson, no person may move any amendment to a proposed resolution or to a document that relates to such a resolution.
|
(d) |
A person may waive notice of any general meeting by written notice to the company.
|
(e) |
Failure to give a member or any other person notice of a general meeting or a proxy form, does not invalidate anything done or resolution passed at the general meeting if:
|
(i) |
the failure occurred by accident or inadvertent error; or
|
(ii) |
before or after the meeting, the person notifies the company of the person’s agreement to that thing or resolution.
|
(f) |
A person’s attendance at a general meeting waives any objection that person may have to:
|
(i) |
a failure to give notice, or the giving of a defective notice, of the meeting unless the person at the beginning of the meeting objects to the holding of the meeting; and
|
(ii) |
the consideration of a particular matter at the meeting which is not within the business referred to in the notice of the meeting, unless the person objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
|
7.4 |
Admission to general meetings
|
(a) |
The chairperson of a general meeting may take any action he or she considers appropriate for the safety of persons attending the meeting and the orderly conduct of the meeting and may refuse admission to, or require to leave and
remain out of, the meeting any person:
|
(i) |
in possession of a pictorial-recording or sound-recording device;
|
(ii) |
in possession of a placard or banner;
|
(iii) |
in possession of an article considered by the chairperson to be dangerous, offensive or liable to cause disruption;
|
(iv) |
who refuses to produce or permit examination of any article, or the contents of any article, in the person’s possession;
|
(v) |
who refuses to comply with a request to turn off a mobile telephone, personal communication device or similar device;
|
(vi) |
who behaves or threatens to behave or who the chairperson has reasonable grounds to believe may behave in a dangerous, offensive or disruptive way; or
|
(vii) |
who is not entitled to receive notice of the meeting.
|
(b) |
A person, whether a member or not, requested by the Board or the chairperson to attend a general meeting is entitled to be present and, at the request of the chairperson, to speak at the meeting.
|
(c) |
If the chairperson of a general meeting considers that there is not enough room for the members who wish to attend the meeting, he or she may arrange for any person whom he or she considers cannot be seated in the main meeting room
to observe or attend the general meeting in a separate room. Even if the members present in the separate room are not able to participate in the conduct of the meeting, the meeting will nevertheless be treated as validly held in the
main room.
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7.5 |
Hybrid meetings
|
(a) |
The Board may determine, where it is reasonable to do so, that:
|
(i) |
one or more separate meeting places be linked to the main place of a general meeting by an instantaneous audio-visual communication device; or
|
(ii) |
participants may elect to either physically attend the meeting at the main place of a general meeting or attend the meeting via an instantaneous audio-visual communication device,
|
(iii) |
gives the members entitled to attend the meeting, as a whole, a reasonable opportunity to participate in proceedings in the main place, including a reasonable opportunity to exercise a right to speak and ask questions (either orally
or in writing, at the member’s election);
|
(iv) |
enables the chairperson to be aware of proceedings of the meeting;
|
(v) |
enables the members entitled to attend the meeting to vote on a show of hands or on a poll; and
|
(vi) |
enables all documents required or permitted to be tabled at the meeting to be made accessible to the members entitled to attend the meeting (either before or during the meeting),
|
(b) |
A meeting that is held in accordance with rule 7.5(a) must be held at a time that is reasonable at the main place of the general meeting.
|
(c) |
If, before or during the general meeting, any technical difficulty occurs where one or more of the matters set out in rule 7.5(a) is not satisfied, the chairperson may:
|
(i) |
adjourn the meeting until the difficulty is remedied; or
|
(ii) |
continue to hold the meeting in the main place (and any other place which is linked under rule 7.5(a)) and transact business, and no member may object to the meeting being held or continuing.
|
(d) |
Nothing in this rule 7.5 or in rule 7.9 is to be taken to limit the powers conferred on the chairperson by law.
|
7.6 |
Virtual meetings
|
(a) |
The Board may determine, where it is reasonable to do so having regard to health and safety concerns or any government imposed restrictions or lockdowns, that there be no physical place of a general meeting and that the general
meeting may be conducted virtually such that each participant in the meeting is linked by an instantaneous audio-visual communication device which, by itself or in conjunction with other arrangements:
|
(i) |
gives the members entitled to attend the meeting, as a whole, a reasonable opportunity to participate in proceedings, including a reasonable opportunity to exercise a right to speak and ask questions (either orally or in writing, at
the member’s election);
|
(ii) |
enables the chairperson to be aware of proceedings of the meeting;
|
(iii) |
enables the members attending the meeting to vote on a show of hands or on a poll; and
|
(iv) |
enables all documents required or permitted to be tabled at the meeting to be made accessible to the members attending the meeting (either before or during the meeting),
|
(b) |
A meeting that is held in accordance with rule 7.6(a) must be held at a time that is reasonable at the registered office of the company.
|
(c) |
If, before or during the general meeting, any technical difficulty occurs where one or more of the matters set out in rule 7.6(a) is not satisfied, the chairperson may:
|
(i) |
adjourn the meeting until the difficulty is remedied; or
|
(ii) |
continue to hold the meeting in each place which is linked under rule 7.6(a) and transact business, and no member may object to the meeting being held or continuing.
|
(d) |
Nothing in this rule 7.6 or in rule 7.9 is to be taken to limit the powers conferred on the chairperson by law.
|
7.7 |
Quorum at general meetings
|
(a) |
No business may be transacted at a general meeting, except the election of a chairperson and the adjournment of the meeting, unless a quorum of members is present when the meeting proceeds to business.
|
(b) |
A quorum is two or more members present at the meeting and entitled to vote on a resolution at the meeting.
|
(c) |
If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the general meeting:
|
(i) |
where the meeting was called at the request of members, the meeting must be dissolved; or
|
(ii) |
in any other case, the meeting stands adjourned to the day, time and place the directors present decide or, if they do not make a decision, to the same day in the next week at the same time and place and if a quorum is not present at
the adjourned meeting within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the meeting must be dissolved.
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7.8 |
Chairperson of general meetings
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(a) |
The chairperson of the Board or, in the absence of the chairperson, the deputy chairperson of the Board is entitled, if present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for a general meeting and willing to act, to preside as
chairperson at the meeting.
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(b) |
The directors present may choose one of their number to preside as chairperson if, at a general meeting:
|
(i) |
there is no chairperson or deputy chairperson of the Board;
|
(ii) |
neither the chairperson nor the deputy chairperson of the Board is present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting; or
|
(iii) |
neither the chairperson nor the deputy chairperson of the Board is willing to act as chairperson of the meeting.
|
(c) |
If the directors do not choose a chairperson under rule 7.8(b), the members present must elect as chairperson of the meeting:
|
(i) |
another director who is present and willing to act; or
|
(ii) |
if no other director is present and willing to act, a member who is present and willing to act.
|
(d) |
A chairperson of a general meeting may, for any item of business or discrete part of the meeting, vacate the chair in favour of another person nominated by him or her (Acting Chairperson).
Where an instrument of proxy appoints the chairperson as proxy for part of the proceedings for which an Acting Chairperson has been nominated, the instrument of proxy is taken to be in favour of the Acting Chairperson for the relevant
part of the proceedings.
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(e) |
Wherever the term ‘chairperson’ is used in this rule 7, it is to be read as a reference to the chairperson of the general meeting, unless the context indicates otherwise.
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7.9 |
Conduct at general meetings
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(a) |
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the chairperson is responsible for the general conduct of the meeting and for the procedures to be adopted at the meeting.
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(b) |
The chairperson may, at any time the chairperson considers it necessary or desirable for the efficient and orderly conduct of the meeting:
|
(i) |
impose a limit on the time that a person may speak on each motion or other item of business and terminate debate or discussion on any business, question, motion or resolution being considered by the meeting and require the business,
question, motion or resolution to be put to a vote of the members present;
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(ii) |
adopt any procedures for casting or recording votes at the meeting whether on a show of hands or on a poll, including the appointment of scrutineers; and
|
(iii) |
decide not to put to the meeting any resolution proposed in the notice convening the meeting (other than a resolution proposed by members in accordance with section 249N of the Act or required by the Act to be put to the meeting).
|
(c) |
A decision by a chairperson under rules 7.9(a) or 7.9(b) is final.
|
(d) |
Whether or not a quorum is present, the chairperson may postpone the meeting before it has started if, at the time and place appointed for the meeting, he or she considers that:
|
(i) |
there is not enough room for the number of members who wish to attend the meeting; or
|
(ii) |
a postponement is necessary in light of the behaviour of persons present or for any other reason so that the business of the meeting can be properly carried out.
|
(e) |
A postponement under rule 7.9(d) will be to another time, which may be on the same day as the meeting, and may be to another place (and the new time and place will be taken to be the time and place for the meeting as if specified in
the notice that called the meeting originally).
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(f) |
The chairperson may at any time during the course of the meeting:
|
(i) |
adjourn the meeting or any business, motion, question or resolution being considered or remaining to be considered by the meeting either to a later time at the same meeting or to an adjourned meeting; and
|
(ii) |
for the purpose of allowing any poll to be taken or determined, suspend the proceedings of the meeting for such period or periods as he or she decides without effecting an adjournment. No business may be transacted and no discussion
may take place during any suspension of proceedings unless the chairperson otherwise allows.
|
(g) |
The chairperson’s rights under rules 7.9(d) and 7.9(f) are exclusive and, unless the chairperson requires otherwise, no vote may be taken or demanded by the members present concerning any postponement, adjournment or suspension of
proceedings.
|
(h) |
Only unfinished business may be transacted at a meeting resumed after an adjournment.
|
(i) |
Where a meeting is postponed or adjourned under this rule 7.9, notice of the postponed or adjourned meeting must be given to the Exchange, but, except as provided by rule 7.9(k), need not be given to any other person.
|
(j) |
Where a meeting is postponed or adjourned, the Board may, by notice to the Exchange, postpone, cancel or change the place of the postponed or adjourned meeting.
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(k) |
Where a meeting is postponed or adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the postponed or adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.
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7.10 |
Decisions at general meetings
|
(a) |
Except where a resolution requires a special majority, questions arising at a general meeting must be decided by a majority of votes cast by the members present at the meeting. A decision made in this way is for all purposes, a
decision of the members.
|
(b) |
If the votes are equal on a proposed resolution, the chairperson of the meeting has a casting vote, in addition to any deliberative vote.
|
(c) |
Subject to rules 7.10(d) and 7.10(e) each question submitted to a general meeting may be decided by:
|
(i) |
a poll; or
|
(ii) |
a show of hands,
|
(d) |
The chairperson may determine that any question to be submitted to a general meeting will be determined by a poll without first submitting the question to a show of hands.
|
(e) |
While the company is listed on an Exchange, a question must be decided by a poll if:
|
(i) |
the notice of meeting set out an intention to propose the resolution and stated the resolution;
|
(ii) |
the company has given notice of the resolution to members in accordance with section 249O of the Act;
|
(iii) |
a poll is demanded by members in accordance with the Act (and not otherwise); or
|
(iv) |
a poll is demanded by the chairperson.
|
(f) |
A demand for a poll does not prevent a general meeting continuing to transact any business except the question on which the poll is demanded.
|
(g) |
Unless a poll is required or duly demanded, a declaration by the chairperson that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in
the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the company is conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded for or against the resolution.
|
(h) |
If a poll is required or duly demanded at a general meeting, it must be taken in the way and either at once or after an interval or adjournment as the chairperson directs. The result of the poll as declared by the chairperson is the
resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
|
(i) |
Subject to rule 7.10(e):
|
(i) |
a poll cannot be demanded at a general meeting on the election of a chairperson; and
|
(ii) |
the demand for a poll may be withdrawn with the chairperson’s consent.
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7.11 |
Direct voting
|
(a) |
Despite anything to the contrary in this constitution, the Board may decide that, at any general meeting or class meeting, a member who is entitled to attend and vote on a resolution at that meeting is entitled to a direct vote in
respect of that resolution. A ‘direct vote’ includes a vote delivered to the company by post or other electronic means approved by the directors.
|
(b) |
The Board may prescribe regulations, rules and procedures in relation to direct voting, including specifying the form, method and timing of giving a direct vote at a meeting in order for the vote to be valid.
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7.12 |
Voting rights
|
(a) |
Subject to this constitution and the Act and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares, at a general meeting:
|
(i) |
on a show of hands, every member present has one vote; and
|
(ii) |
on a poll, every member present has one vote for each share held as at the Record Time by the member entitling the member to vote, except for partly paid shares, each of which confers on a poll only the fraction of one vote which the
amount paid (not credited) on the share bears to the total amounts paid and payable (excluding amounts credited) on the share. An amount paid in advance of a call is disregarded for this purpose.
|
(b) |
If a person present at a general meeting represents personally or by proxy, attorney or Representative more than one member, the person is, subject to the Act, not entitled to vote on a show of hands if each represented member has
specified different ways to vote on the resolution.
|
(c) |
A joint holder may vote at a meeting either personally or by proxy, attorney or Representative as if that person was the sole holder. If more than one joint holder tenders a vote in respect of the relevant shares, the vote of the
holder named first in the register who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, attorney or Representative, must be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders.
|
(d) |
The parent or guardian of an infant member may vote at any general meeting on such evidence being produced of the relationship or of the appointment of the guardian as the Board may require and any vote so tendered by a parent or
guardian of an infant member must be accepted to the exclusion of the vote of the infant member.
|
(e) |
A person entitled to a share because of a Transmission Event may vote at a general meeting in respect of that share in the same way as if that person were the registered holder of the share if, at least 48 hours before the meeting
(or such shorter time as the Board determines), the Board:
|
(i) |
admitted that person’s right to vote at that meeting in respect of the share; or
|
(ii) |
was satisfied of that person’s right to be registered as the holder of, or to transfer, the share.
|
(f) |
Where a member holds a share on which a call or other amount payable to the company has not been duly paid:
|
(i) |
that member is only entitled to be present at a general meeting and vote if that member holds, as at the Record Time, other shares on which no money is then due and payable; and
|
(ii) |
on a poll, that member is not entitled to vote in respect of that share but may vote in respect of any shares that member holds, as at the Record Time, on which no money is then due and payable.
|
(g) |
A member is not entitled to vote on a resolution if, under the Act or the Listing Rules:
|
(i) |
the member must not vote or must abstain from voting on the resolution; or
|
(ii) |
a vote on the resolution by the member must be disregarded for any purposes.
|
(h) |
An objection to the validity of a vote tendered at a general meeting must be:
|
(i) |
raised before or immediately after the result of the vote is declared; and
|
(ii) |
referred to the chairperson, whose decision is final.
|
(i) |
A vote tendered, but not disallowed by the chairperson under rule 7.12(h), is valid for all purposes, even if it would not otherwise have been valid.
|
(j) |
The chairperson may decide any difficulty or dispute which arises as to the number of votes that may be cast by or on behalf of any member and the decision of the chairperson is final.
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7.13 |
Representation at general meetings
|
(a) |
Subject to this constitution, each member entitled to vote at a general meeting may vote:
|
(i) |
in person or, where a member is a body corporate, by its Representative;
|
(ii) |
by not more than 2 proxies; or
|
(iii) |
by not more than 2 attorneys.
|
(b) |
A proxy, attorney or Representative may, but need not, be a member of the company.
|
(c) |
An instrument appointing a proxy is valid if it is in accordance with the Act or in any form approved by the Board.
|
(d) |
For the purposes of this rule 7.13 a proxy appointment received at an electronic address specified in the notice of general meeting for the receipt of proxy appointment or otherwise received by the company in accordance with the Act
is taken to have been signed or executed if the appointment:
|
(i) |
includes or is accompanied by a personal identification code allocated by the company to the member making the appointment;
|
(ii) |
has been authorised by the member in another manner approved by the Board and specified in or with the notice of meeting; or
|
(iii) |
is otherwise authenticated in accordance with the Act.
|
(e) |
A vote given in accordance with an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney is valid despite the transfer of the share in respect of which the instrument was given if the transfer is not registered by the time at which the
instrument appointing the proxy or attorney is required to be received under rule 7.13(i).
|
(f) |
Unless otherwise provided in the appointment of a proxy, attorney or Representative, an appointment will be taken to confer authority:
|
(i) |
even though the appointment may refer to specific resolutions and may direct the proxy, attorney or Representative how to vote on those resolutions, to do any of the acts specified in rule 7.13(g); and
|
(ii) |
even though the appointment may refer to a specific meeting to be held at a specified time or venue, where the meeting is rescheduled, adjourned or postponed to another time or changed to another venue, to attend and vote at the
rescheduled, adjourned or postponed meeting or at the new venue.
|
(g) |
The acts referred to in rule 7.13(f)(i) are:
|
(i) |
to vote on any amendment moved to the proposed resolutions and on any motion that the proposed resolutions not be put or any similar motion;
|
(ii) |
to vote on any motion before the general meeting, whether or not the motion is referred to in the appointment; and
|
(iii) |
to act generally at the meeting (including to speak, demand a poll, join in demanding a poll and to move motions).
|
(h) |
A proxy form issued by the company must allow for the insertion of the name of the person to be primarily appointed as proxy and may provide that, in circumstances and on conditions specified in the form that are not inconsistent
with this constitution, the chairperson of the relevant meeting (or another person specified in the form) is appointed as proxy.
|
(i) |
A proxy or attorney may not vote at a general meeting or adjourned or postponed meeting or on a poll unless the instrument appointing the proxy or attorney, and the authority under which the instrument is signed or a certified copy
of the authority, are received by the company:
|
(i) |
at least 48 hours, or such lesser time as specified by the Board in the notice of meeting, (or in the case of an adjournment or postponement of a meeting, any lesser time that the Board or the chairperson of the meeting decides)
before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned or postponed meeting or taking the poll, as applicable; or
|
(ii) |
where rule 7.13(j)(ii) applies, such shorter period before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned or postponed meeting or taking the poll, as applicable, as the company determines in its discretion.
|
(j) |
Where the company receives an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney in accordance with this rule 7.13 and within the time period specified in rule 7.13(i)(i), the company is entitled to:
|
(i) |
clarify with the appointing member any instruction in relation to that instrument by written or verbal communication and make any amendments to the instrument required to reflect any clarification; and
|
(ii) |
where the company considers that the instrument has not been duly executed, return the instrument to the appointing member and request that the member duly execute the instrument and return it to the company within the period
determined by the company under rules 7.13(i)(ii) and notified to the member.
|
(k) |
The member is taken to have appointed the company as its attorney for the purpose of any amendments made to an instrument appointing a proxy in accordance with rule 7.13(i)(i). An instrument appointing a proxy or attorney which is
received by the company in accordance with rule 7.13(j) is taken to have been validly received by the company.
|
(l) |
The appointment of a proxy or attorney is not revoked by the appointor attending and taking part in the general meeting, but if the appointor votes on a resolution, the proxy or attorney is not entitled to vote, and must not vote, as
the appointor’s proxy or attorney on the resolution.
|
(m) |
Where a member appoints 2 proxies or attorneys to vote at the same general meeting:
|
(i) |
if the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the member’s votes each proxy or attorney may exercise, each proxy or attorney may exercise half the member’s votes;
|
(ii) |
on a show of hands, neither proxy or attorney may vote if more than one proxy or attorney attends; and
|
(iii) |
on a poll, each proxy or attorney may only exercise votes in respect of those shares or voting rights the proxy or attorney represents.
|
(n) |
Unless written notice of the matter has been received at the company’s registered office (or at another place specified for lodging an appointment of a proxy, attorney or Representative for the meeting) within the time period
specified under rule 7.13(j), a vote cast by a proxy, attorney or Representative is valid even if, before the vote is cast:
|
(i) |
a Transmission Event occurs to the member; or
|
(ii) |
the member revokes the appointment of the proxy, attorney or Representative or revokes the authority under which a third party appointed the proxy, attorney or Representative.
|
(o) |
The chairperson may require a person acting as a proxy, attorney or Representative to establish to the chairperson’s satisfaction that the person is the person duly appointed to act. If the person fails to satisfy the requirement,
the chairperson may:
|
(i) |
exclude the person from attending or voting at the meeting; or
|
(ii) |
permit the person to exercise the powers of a proxy, attorney or Representative on the condition that, if required by the company, he or she produce evidence of the appointment within the time set by the chairperson.
|
(p) |
The chairperson may delegate his or her powers under rule 7.13(o) to any person.
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7.14 |
Right to request observer and report on conduct of poll
|
(a) |
Members of the company with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at a meeting of members may request in writing, no later than 5 Business Days before the day the meeting is held, that the company appoint (at the company’s cost)
an independent person to:
|
(i) |
observe the conduct of an identified poll at the meeting; and
|
(ii) |
prepare a report on the conduct of the identified poll.
|
(b) |
The company must take reasonable steps to:
|
(i) |
comply with a request from members made in accordance with rule 7.14(a), including to ensure that an independent person is appointed and takes the actions requested by the members; and
|
(ii) |
ensure that a copy of the report prepared in accordance with rule 7.14(a) is made readily available to members within a reasonable time after the request is received.
|
7.15 |
Right to request scrutiny and report on outcome of poll
|
(a) |
Members of the company with at least 5% of the votes that may be cast at a meeting of members may request in writing, no later than 5 Business Days after the day the meeting is held, that the company appoint (at the company’s cost)
an independent person to:
|
(i) |
scrutinise the outcome of an identified poll at the meeting; and
|
(ii) |
prepare a report on the outcome of the identified poll.
|
(b) |
The company must take reasonable steps to:
|
(i) |
comply with a request from members made in accordance with rule 7.15(a), including to ensure that an independent person is appointed and takes the actions requested by the members; and
|
(ii) |
ensure that a copy of the report prepared in accordance with rule 7.15(a) is made readily available to members within a reasonable time after the request is received.
|
7.16 |
Access to information and record-keeping
|
(a) |
The company must take reasonable steps to provide all information that is reasonably requested by an independent person appointed in accordance with rules 7.14 or 7.15 for the purposes of (as applicable):
|
(i) |
observing and preparing a report on the conduct of a poll; or
|
(ii) |
scrutinising and preparing a report on the outcome of a poll.
|
(b) |
The company must retain a copy of any report prepared by an independent person in accordance with rules 7.14 or 7.15.
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8
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Directors
|
8.1 |
Appointment and retirement of directors
|
(a) |
The number of directors (not including alternate directors) shall:
|
(i) |
not be less than 3; and
|
(ii) |
not be more than 9,
|
(b) |
The Board may appoint any eligible person to be a director, either as an addition to the existing directors or to fill a casual vacancy, but so that the total number of directors does not exceed the maximum number fixed under this
constitution.
|
(c) |
A director appointed by the Board under rule 8.1(b), who is not a chief executive officer, holds office until the conclusion of the next AGM following his or her appointment.
|
(d) |
No director who is not the chief executive officer may hold office without re-election beyond the third AGM following the meeting at which the director was last elected or re-elected.
|
(e) |
If there is more than one chief executive officer, only one of them, nominated by the Board, is entitled not to be subject to vacation of office under rule 8.1(c) or retirement under rule 8.1(d) or 8.1(f).
|
(f) |
To the extent that the Listing Rules require an election of directors to be held and no director would otherwise be required (by rules 8.1(c) or 8.1(d)) to submit for election or re-election the director to retire is any director who
wishes to retire (whether or not he or she intends to stand for re-election), otherwise it is the director who has been longest in office since their last election or appointment (excluding the chief executive officer). As between
directors who were last elected or appointed on the same day, the director to retire must be decided by lot (unless they can agree among themselves).
|
(g) |
A director is not required to retire and is not relieved from retiring because of a change in the number or identity of the directors after the date of the notice calling the AGM but before the meeting closes.
|
(h) |
The members may by resolution at a general meeting appoint an eligible person to be a director, either as an addition to the existing directors or to fill a casual vacancy, but so that the total number of directors does not exceed the
maximum number fixed under this constitution.
|
(i) |
The retirement of a director from office under this constitution and the re-election of a director or the election of another person to that office (as the case may be) takes effect at the conclusion of the meeting at which the
retirement and re-election or election occur.
|
(j) |
A person is eligible for election to the office of a director at a general meeting only if:
|
(i) |
the person is in office as a director immediately before that meeting; or
|
(ii) |
the person has been nominated by the Board for election at that meeting; or
|
(iii) |
in any other case, not less than the number of members specified in the Act as being required to give notice of a resolution at a general meeting of the company have:
|
(A) |
at least 45 Business Days; or
|
(B) |
in the case of a general meeting that the directors have been duly requested by members under the Act to call, at least 30 Business Days,
|
(C) |
a notice signed by the relevant members stating their intention to nominate the person for election; and
|
(D) |
a notice signed by the person nominated stating his or her consent to the nomination.
|
(k) |
A partner, employer or employee of an auditor of the company may not be appointed or elected as a director.
|
8.2 |
Vacating office
|
(a) |
becomes of unsound mind or a person who is, or whose estate is, liable to be dealt with in any way under the law relating to mental health;
|
(b) |
becomes bankrupt or insolvent or makes any arrangement or composition with his or her creditors generally;
|
(c) |
is convicted on indictment of an offence and the Board does not within one month after that conviction resolve to confirm the director’s appointment or election (as the case may be) to the office of director;
|
(d) |
fails to attend meetings of the Board for more than 3 consecutive months without leave of absence from the Board and a majority of the other directors have not, within 14 days of having been given a notice by the secretary giving details
of the absence, resolved that leave of absence be granted; or
|
(e) |
resigns by written notice to the company.
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8.3 |
Remuneration
|
(a) |
The Board may decide the remuneration from the company to which each director is entitled for his or her services as a director but the total aggregate amount provided, to all non-executive directors of the company for their services as
directors must not exceed in any financial year the amount fixed by the company in general meeting.
|
(b) |
When calculating a non-executive director’s remuneration for the purposes of rule 8.3(a), any amount paid by the company or related body corporate:
|
(i) |
to a superannuation, retirement or pension fund for a director is to be included;
|
(ii) |
as fees for acting as a director of the company or any child entity (including attending and participating in any board committee meetings where the Board has not made a determination under rule 8.7(c)) is to be included;
|
(iii) |
as securities, issued with the approval of members under the Listing Rules, are to be excluded; and
|
(iv) |
for any insurance premium paid or agreed to be paid for a director under rule 10.4 is to be excluded.
|
(c) |
Remuneration under rule 8.3(a) may be provided in such manner that the Board decides, including by way of non cash benefit, such as a contribution to a superannuation fund.
|
(d) |
The remuneration is taken to accrue from day to day.
|
(e) |
The remuneration of a director (who is not a chief executive officer or an executive director) must not include a commission on, or a percentage of, profits or operating revenue.
|
(f) |
The directors are entitled to be paid all travelling and other expenses they incur in attending to the company’s affairs, including attending and returning from general meetings of the company or meetings of the Board or of committees of
the Board. Such amounts will not form part of the aggregate remuneration permitted under rule 8.3(a).
|
(g) |
Any director who performs extra services, makes any special exertions for the benefit of the company or who otherwise performs services which, in the opinion of the Board, are outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a non-executive
director, may be remunerated for the services (as determined by the Board) out of the funds of the company. Any amount paid will not form part of the aggregate remuneration permitted under rule 8.3(a).
|
(h) |
If a director is also:
|
(i) |
an officer (other than a director); or
|
(ii) |
an executive,
|
(i) |
The Board may:
|
(i) |
at any time after a director dies or ceases to hold office as a director for any other reason, pay or provide to the director or a legal personal representative, spouse, relative or dependant of the director, in addition to the
remuneration of that director under rule 8.3(a), a pension or benefit for past services rendered by that director; and
|
(ii) |
cause the company to enter into a contract with the director or a legal personal representative, spouse, relative or dependant of the director to give effect to such a payment or provide for such a benefit.
|
(j) |
Any director may be paid a retirement benefit, as determined by the Board, in accordance with the Act. The Board may make arrangements with any director with respect to the payment of retirement benefits in accordance with this rule
8.3(j).
|
(k) |
The Board may establish or support, or assist in the establishment or support, of funds and trusts to provide pension, retirement, superannuation or similar payments or benefits to or in respect of the directors or former directors and
grant pensions and allowances to those persons or their dependants either by periodic payment or a lump sum.
|
8.4 |
Director need not be a member
|
(a) |
A director is not required to hold any shares in the company to qualify for appointment.
|
(b) |
A director is entitled to attend and speak at general meetings and at meetings of the holders of a class of shares, even if he or she is not a member or a holder of shares in the relevant class.
|
8.5 |
Directors may contract with the company and hold other offices
|
(a) |
The Board may make regulations requiring the disclosure of interests that a director, and any person deemed by the Board to be related to or associated with the director, may have in any matter concerning the company or a related body
corporate. Any regulations made under this constitution bind all directors.
|
(b) |
No act, transaction, agreement, instrument, resolution or other thing is invalid or voidable only because a person fails to comply with any regulation made under rule 8.5(a).
|
(c) |
A director is not disqualified from contracting or entering into an arrangement with the company as vendor, purchaser or in another capacity, merely because the director holds office as a director or because of the fiduciary obligations
arising from that office.
|
(d) |
A contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the company in which a director is in any way interested is not invalid or voidable merely because the director holds office as a director or because of the fiduciary obligations
arising from that office.
|
(e) |
A director who is interested in any arrangement involving the company is not liable to account to the company for any profit realised under the arrangement merely because the director holds office as a director or because of the
fiduciary obligations arising from that office, provided that the director complies with the disclosure requirements applicable to the director under rule 8.5(a) and under the Act regarding that interest.
|
(f) |
A director may hold any other office or position (except auditor) in the company or any related body corporate in conjunction with his or her directorship and may be appointed to that office or position on terms (including remuneration
and tenure) the Board decides.
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(g) |
A director may be or become a director or other officer of, or interested in, any related body corporate or any other body corporate promoted by or associated with the company, or in which the company may be interested as a vendor, and,
with the consent of the Board, need not account to the company for any remuneration or other benefits the director receives as a director or officer of, or from having an interest in, that body corporate.
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(h) |
A director who has an interest in a matter that is being considered at a meeting of the Board may, despite that interest, vote, be present and be counted in a quorum at the meeting, unless that is prohibited by the Act. No act,
transaction, agreement, instrument, resolution or other thing is invalid or voidable only because a director fails to comply with that prohibition.
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(i) |
The Board may exercise the voting rights given by shares in any corporation held or owned by the company in any way the Board decides. This includes voting for any resolution appointing a director as a director or other officer of that
corporation or voting for the payment of remuneration to the directors or other officers of that corporation. A director may, if the law permits, vote for the exercise of those voting rights even though he or she is, or may be about to be
appointed, a director or other officer of that other corporation and, in that capacity, may be interested in the exercise of those voting rights.
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(j) |
A director who is interested in any contract or arrangement may, despite that interest, participate in the execution of any document by or on behalf of the company evidencing or otherwise connected with that contract or arrangement.
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8.6 |
Powers and duties of directors
|
(a) |
The business and affairs of the company are to be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which (in addition to the powers and authorities conferred on it by this constitution) may exercise all powers and do all things that are:
|
(i) |
within the power of the company; and
|
(ii) |
are not by this constitution or by law directed or required to be done by the company in general meeting.
|
(b) |
The Board may exercise all the powers of the company:
|
(i) |
to borrow or raise money in any other way;
|
(ii) |
to charge any of the company’s property or business or any of its uncalled capital; and
|
(iii) |
to issue debentures or give any security for a debt, liability or obligation of the company or of any other person.
|
(c) |
Debentures or other securities may be issued on the terms and at prices decided by the Board, including bearing interest or not, with rights to subscribe for, or exchange into, shares or other securities in the company or a related body
corporate or with special privileges as to redemption, participating in share issues, attending and voting at general meetings and appointing directors.
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(d) |
The Board may decide how cheques, promissory notes, banker’s drafts, bills of exchange or other negotiable instruments must be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as applicable, by or on behalf of the company.
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(e) |
The Board may pay out of the company’s funds all expenses of the promotion, formation and registration of the company and the vesting in it of the assets acquired by it.
|
(f) |
The Board may:
|
(i) |
appoint or employ any person as an officer, agent or attorney of the company for the purposes, with the powers, discretions and duties (those vested in or exercisable by the Board), for any period and on any other conditions they decide;
|
(ii) |
authorise an officer, agent or attorney to delegate any of the powers, discretions and duties vested in the officer, agent or attorney; and
|
(iii) |
remove or dismiss any officer, agent or attorney of the company at any time, with or without cause.
|
(g) |
A power of attorney may contain any provisions for the protection and convenience of the attorney or persons dealing with the attorney that the Board decides.
|
(h) |
Nothing in this rule 8.6 limits the general nature of rule 8.6(a).
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8.7 |
Delegation by the Board
|
(a) |
The Board may delegate any of its powers to one director, a committee of the Board, or any person or persons.
|
(b) |
A director, committee of the Board, or person to whom any powers have been so delegated must exercise the powers delegated in accordance with any directions of the Board.
|
(c) |
The acceptance of a delegation of powers by a director may, if the Board so resolves, be treated as an extra service or special exertion performed by the delegate for the purposes of rule 8.3(g).
|
(d) |
The provisions of this constitution applying to meetings and resolutions of the Board apply, so far as they can and with any necessary changes, to meetings and resolutions of a committee of the Board, except to the extent they are
contrary to any direction given under rule 8.7(b).
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8.8 |
Proceedings of directors
|
(a) |
The directors may meet together to attend to business and adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they decide.
|
(b) |
The contemporaneous linking together by telephone or other electronic means:
|
(i) |
consented to by each director (either via a standing consent or on an ad hoc basis); and
|
(ii) |
of a sufficient number of directors to constitute a quorum,
|
(c) |
A meeting by telephone or other electronic means is to be taken to be held at the place where the chairperson of the meeting is or at such other place the chairperson of the meeting decides, as long as at least one of the directors
involved was at that place for the duration of the meeting.
|
(d) |
A director taking part in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is to be taken to be present in person at the meeting and all directors participating in the meeting will (unless there is a specific statement otherwise) be
taken to have consented to the holding of the meeting by the relevant electronic means.
|
(e) |
If, before or during the meeting, any technical difficulty occurs where one or more directors cease to participate, the chairperson may adjourn the meeting until the difficulty is remedied or may, where a quorum of directors remains
present, continue with the meeting.
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8.9 |
Calling meetings of the Board
|
(a) |
A director may, whenever the director thinks fit, call a meeting of the Board.
|
(b) |
A secretary must, if requested by a director, call a meeting of the Board.
|
8.10 |
Notice of meetings of the Board
|
(a) |
Notice of a meeting of the Board must be given to each person who is, at the time the notice is given:
|
(i) |
a director, except a director on leave of absence approved by the Board; or
|
(ii) |
an alternate director appointed under rule 8.15 by a director on leave of absence approved by the Board.
|
(b) |
A notice of a meeting of the Board:
|
(i) |
must specify the time and place of the meeting;
|
(ii) |
need not state the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting;
|
(iii) |
may, if necessary, be given immediately before the meeting;
|
(iv) |
may be given in person or by post or by telephone, fax or other electronic means, or in any other way consented to by the directors from time to time; and
|
(v) |
will be taken to have been given to an alternate director if it is given to the director who appointed that alternate director.
|
(c) |
A director or alternate director may waive notice of a meeting of the Board by giving notice to that effect in person or by post or by telephone, fax or other electronic means.
|
(d) |
Failure to give a director or alternate director notice of a meeting of the Board does not invalidate anything done or any resolution passed at the meeting if:
|
(i) |
the failure occurred by accident or inadvertent error; or
|
(ii) |
the director or alternate director attended the meeting or waived notice of the meeting (whether before or after the meeting).
|
(e) |
A person who attends a meeting of the Board waives any objection that person may have to a failure to give notice of the meeting.
|
8.11 |
Quorum at meetings of the Board
|
(a) |
No business may be transacted at a meeting of the Board unless a quorum of directors is present at the time the business is dealt with.
|
(b) |
Unless the Board decides differently, 2 directors constitute a quorum.
|
(c) |
If there is a vacancy in the office of a director, the remaining directors may act. But, if their number is not sufficient to constitute a quorum, they may act only in an emergency or to increase the number of directors to a number
sufficient to constitute a quorum or to call a general meeting of the company.
|
8.12 |
Chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Board
|
(a) |
The Board must elect a director to the office of chairperson of the Board and may elect one or more directors to the office of deputy chairperson of the Board. The Board may decide the period for which those offices will be held.
|
(b) |
The chairperson of the Board is entitled (if present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting and willing to act) to preside as chairperson at a meeting of the Board.
|
(c) |
If at a meeting of the Board:
|
(i) |
there is no chairperson of the Board;
|
(ii) |
the chairperson of the Board is not present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting; or
|
(iii) |
the chairperson of the Board is present within that time but is not willing or declines to act as chairperson of the meeting,
|
(d) |
A director elected to the office of chairperson in accordance with rule 8.12(a) may be removed from that office by a resolution of all of the directors (except for the chairperson), provided that notice of the resolution was given to all
of the directors at least 14 days prior to the date of the resolution.
|
8.13 |
Decisions of the Board
|
(a) |
The Board, at a meeting at which a quorum is present, may exercise any authorities, powers and discretions vested in or exercisable by the Board under this constitution.
|
(b) |
Questions arising at a meeting of the Board must be decided by a majority of votes cast by the directors present entitled to vote on the matter.
|
(c) |
Subject to rule 8.13(d), if the votes are equal on a proposed resolution, the chairperson of the meeting has a casting vote, in addition to his or her deliberative vote.
|
(d) |
Where only 2 directors are present or entitled to vote at a meeting of the Board and the votes are equal on a proposed resolution:
|
(i) |
the chairperson of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote; and
|
(ii) |
the proposed resolution is taken as lost.
|
8.14 |
Written resolutions
|
(a) |
If:
|
(i) |
all of the directors (other than any director on leave of absence approved by the Board, any director who disqualifies himself or herself from considering the resolution in question and any director who would be prohibited by the Act
from voting on the resolution in question) sign or consent to a written resolution; and
|
(ii) |
the directors who sign or consent to the resolution would have constituted a quorum at a meeting of the Board held to consider that resolution,
|
(b) |
A director may consent to a resolution by:
|
(i) |
signing the document containing the resolution (or a copy of that document);
|
(ii) |
giving to the company a written notice (including by electronic means) addressed to the secretary or to the chairperson of the Board signifying assent to the resolution and either setting out its terms or otherwise clearly identifying
them; or
|
(iii) |
telephoning the secretary or the chairperson of the Board and signifying assent to the resolution and clearly identifying its terms.
|
8.15 |
Alternate directors
|
(a) |
A director may, with the approval of a majority of the other directors, appoint a person to be the director’s alternate director for such period as the director decides.
|
(b) |
An alternate director may, but need not, be a member or a director of the company.
|
(c) |
One person may act as alternate director to more than one director.
|
(d) |
In the absence of the appointor, an alternate director may exercise any powers (except the power to appoint an alternate director) that the appointor may exercise.
|
(e) |
An alternate director is entitled, if the appointor does not attend a meeting of the Board, to attend and vote in place of and on behalf of the appointor.
|
(f) |
An alternate director is entitled to a separate vote for each director the alternate director represents in addition to any vote the alternate director may have as a director in his or her own right.
|
(g) |
An alternate director, when acting as a director, is responsible to the company for his or her own acts and defaults and is not to be taken to be the agent of the director by whom he or she was appointed.
|
(h) |
The office of an alternate director is vacated if and when the appointor vacates office as a director.
|
(i) |
The appointment of an alternate director may be terminated or suspended at any time by the appointor or by a majority of the other directors.
|
(j) |
An appointment, or the termination or suspension of an appointment of an alternate director, must be in writing and signed and takes effect only when the company has received notice in writing of the appointment, termination or
suspension.
|
(k) |
An alternate director is not to be taken into account in determining the minimum or maximum number of directors allowed or the rotation of directors under this constitution.
|
(l) |
In determining whether a quorum is present at a meeting of the Board, an alternate director who attends the meeting is to be counted as a director for each director on whose behalf the alternate director is attending the meeting.
|
(m) |
An alternate director is not entitled to receive any remuneration as a director from the company otherwise than out of the remuneration of the director appointing the alternate director but is entitled to travelling, hotel and other
expenses reasonably incurred for the purpose of attending any meeting of the Board at which the appointor is not present.
|
8.16 |
Validity of acts
|
(a) |
a defect in the appointment of a person as a director or a member of a committee; or
|
(b) |
a person so appointed being disqualified or not being entitled to vote,
|
8.17 |
External professional advice
|
(a) |
A director may, whether individually or with other directors, engage professional advisers to assist the director in carrying out his or her duties as a director of the company, in accordance with any relevant policies adopted by the
Board from time to time.
|
(b) |
The company must pay all reasonable expenses incurred by a director in relation to a professional adviser engaged under rule 8.17(a), provided that the professional adviser has been engaged by the director for the purposes of, or in
connection with, the proper discharge of the director’s duties as a director of the company and not for any other purpose personal to the director, and provided the director has complied with any relevant policies adopted by the Board from
time to time.
|
9
|
Executive officers
|
9.1 |
Chief executive officers and executive directors
|
(a) |
The Board may appoint one or more of the directors to the office of chief executive officer or other executive director.
|
(b) |
Unless the Board decides otherwise, a chief executive officer’s or other executive director’s employment terminates if the chief executive officer or other executive director ceases to be a director.
|
(c) |
A chief executive officer or other executive director may be referred to by any title the Board decides on.
|
9.2 |
Secretary
|
(a) |
The Board must appoint at least one secretary and may appoint additional secretaries.
|
(b) |
The Board may appoint one or more assistant secretaries.
|
9.3 |
Provisions applicable to all executive officers
|
(a) |
A reference in this rule 9.3 to an executive officer is a reference to a chief executive officer, deputy chief executive officer, executive director, secretary or assistant secretary appointed under this rule 9.
|
(b) |
The appointment of an executive officer may be for the period, at the remuneration and on the conditions the Board decides.
|
(c) |
The remuneration payable by the company to an executive officer must not include a commission on, or percentage of, operating revenue.
|
(d) |
The Board may:
|
(i) |
delegate to or give an executive officer any powers, discretions and duties it decides;
|
(ii) |
withdraw, suspend or vary any of the powers, discretions and duties given to an executive officer; and
|
(iii) |
authorise the executive officer to delegate any of the powers, discretions and duties given to the executive officer.
|
(e) |
Unless the Board decides differently, the office of a director who is employed by the company or by a Subsidiary of the company automatically becomes vacant if the director ceases to be so employed.
|
(f) |
An act done by a person acting as an executive officer is not invalidated by:
|
(i) |
a defect in the person’s appointment as an executive officer;
|
(ii) |
the person being disqualified to be an executive officer; or
|
(iii) |
the person having vacated office,
|
10
|
Indemnity and Insurance
|
10.1 |
Persons to whom rules 10.2 and 10.4 apply
|
(a) |
to each person who is or has been a director, alternate director or executive officer (within the meaning of rule 9.3(a)) of the company; and
|
(b) |
to such other officers or former officers of the company or of its related bodies corporate as the Board in each case determines,
|
10.2 |
Indemnity
|
10.3 |
Extent of indemnity
|
(a) |
is enforceable without the Officer having to first incur any expense or make any payment;
|
(b) |
is a continuing obligation and is enforceable by the Officer even though the Officer may have ceased to be an officer of the company or its related bodies corporate; and
|
(c) |
applies to Liabilities incurred both before and after the adoption of this constitution.
|
10.4 |
Insurance
|
(a) |
purchase and maintain insurance; or
|
(b) |
pay or agree to pay a premium for insurance,
|
10.5 |
Savings
|
(a) |
affects any other right or remedy that a person to whom those rules apply may have in respect of any liability referred to in those rules;
|
(b) |
limits the capacity of the company to indemnify or provide or pay for insurance for any person to whom those rules do not apply; or
|
(c) |
limits or diminishes the terms of any indemnity conferred or agreement to indemnify entered into prior to the adoption of this constitution.
|
10.6 |
Deed
|
11
|
Winding up
|
11.1 |
Distributing surplus
|
(a) |
if the company is wound up and the property of the company available for distribution among the members is more than sufficient to pay:
|
(i) |
all the debts and liabilities of the company; and
|
(ii) |
the costs, charges and expenses of the winding up,
|
(b) |
for the purpose of calculating the excess referred to in rule 11.1(a), any amount unpaid on a share is to be treated as property of the company;
|
(c) |
the amount of the excess that would otherwise be distributed to the holder of a partly paid share under rule 11.1(a) must be reduced by the amount unpaid on that share at the date of the distribution; and
|
(d) |
if the effect of the reduction under rule 11.1(c) would be to reduce the distribution to the holder of a partly paid share to a negative amount, the holder must contribute that amount to the company.
|
11.2 |
Dividing property
|
(a) |
If the company is wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution:
|
(i) |
divide among the members the whole or any part of the company’s property; and
|
(ii) |
decide how the division is to be carried out as between the members or different classes of members.
|
(b) |
A division under rule 11.2(a) need not accord with the legal rights of the members and, in particular, any class may be given preferential or special rights or may be excluded altogether or in part.
|
(c) |
Where a division under rule 11.2(a) does not accord with the legal rights of the members, a member is entitled to dissent and to exercise the same rights as if the special resolution sanctioning that division were a special resolution
passed under section 507 of the Act.
|
(d) |
If any of the property to be divided under rule 11.2(a) includes securities with a liability to calls, any person entitled under the division to any of the securities may, within 10 days after the passing of the special resolution
referred to in rule 11.2(a), by written notice direct the liquidator to sell the person’s proportion of the securities and account for the net proceeds. The liquidator must, if practicable, act accordingly.
|
(e) |
Nothing in this rule 11.2 takes away from or affects any right to exercise any statutory or other power which would have existed if this rule were omitted.
|
(f) |
Rule 4.3 applies, so far as it can and with any necessary changes, to a division by a liquidator under rule 11.2(a) as if references in rule 4.3 to:
|
(i) |
the Board were references to the liquidator; and
|
(ii) |
a distribution or capitalisation were references to the division under rule 11.2(a).
|
12
|
Inspection of and access to records
|
(a) |
A person who is not a director does not have the right to inspect any of the board papers, books, records or documents of the company, except as provided by law, or this constitution, or as authorised by the Board, or by resolution of
the members.
|
(b) |
The company may enter into contracts with its directors or former directors agreeing to provide continuing access for a specified period after the director ceases to be a director to board papers, books, records and documents of the
company which relate to the period during which the director or former director was a director on such terms and conditions as the Board thinks fit and which are not inconsistent with this rule 12.
|
(c) |
The company may procure that its Subsidiaries provide similar access to board papers, books, records or documents as that set out in rules 12(a) and 12(b).
|
(d) |
This rule 12 does not limit any right the directors or former directors otherwise have.
|
13
|
Seals
|
13.1 |
Manner of execution
|
(a) |
2 directors;
|
(b) |
a director and a secretary; or
|
(c) |
any other person authorised by the Board for that purpose.
|
13.2 |
Common seal
|
13.3 |
Safe custody of Seal
|
13.4 |
Using the Seal
|
(a) |
2 directors;
|
(b) |
by a director and a secretary; or
|
(c) |
a director and another person appointed by the Board to countersign that document or a class of documents in which that document is included.
|
13.5 |
Seal register
|
(a) |
The company may keep a Seal register and, on affixing the Seal to any document (other than a certificate for securities of the company) may enter in the register particulars of the document, including a short description of the document.
|
(b) |
The register, or any details from it that the Board requires, may be produced at meetings of the Board for noting the use of the Seal since the previous meeting of the Board.
|
(c) |
Failure to comply with rules 13.5(a) or 13.5(b) does not invalidate any document to which the Seal is properly affixed.
|
13.6 |
Duplicate seals and certificate seals
|
(a) |
The company may have one or more duplicate seals for use in place of its common seal outside the state or territory where its common seal is kept. Each duplicate seal must be a facsimile of the common seal of the company with the
addition on its face of the words ‘duplicate seal’ and the name of the place where it is to be used.
|
(b) |
A document sealed with a duplicate seal, or a certificate seal as provided in rule 13.7, is to be taken to have been sealed with the common seal of the company.
|
13.7 |
Sealing and signing certificates
|
14
|
Notices
|
14.1 |
Notices by the company to members
|
(a) |
Without limiting any other way in which notice may be given to a member under this constitution, the Act or the Listing Rules, the company may give a notice to a member by:
|
(i) |
delivering it personally to the member;
|
(ii) |
sending it by prepaid post to the member’s address in the register of members or any other address the member supplies to the company for giving notices;
|
(iii) |
sending sufficient information by prepaid post to the member’s address in the register of members or any other address the member supplies to the company for giving notices, such as to allow the member to access the document
electronically (including providing a URL link to any document or attachment);
|
(iv) |
sending it by electronic means to the address the member has supplied to the company for giving notices;
|
(v) |
sending sufficient information by electronic means to the address the member has supplied to the company for giving notices, such as to allow the member to access the document electronically (including providing a URL link to any
document or attachment); or
|
(vi) |
in the case of the annual financial report and any other document permitted by the Act, by making the document readily available in electronic form on the company’s website,
|
(b) |
The company may give a notice to the joint holders of a share by giving the notice in the way authorised by rule 14.1(a) to the joint holder named first in the register of members for the share.
|
(c) |
The company may give a notice to a person entitled to a share as a result of a Transmission Event by delivering it or sending it in the manner authorised by rule 14.1(a) addressed to the name or title of the person, to:
|
(i) |
the address that person has supplied to the company for giving notices to that person; or
|
(ii) |
if that person has not supplied an address, to the address to which the notice might have been sent if that Transmission Event had not occurred.
|
(d) |
A notice given to a member under rules 14.1(a) or 14.1(b) is, even if a Transmission Event has occurred and whether or not the company has notice of that occurrence:
|
(i) |
duly given for any shares registered in that person’s name, whether solely or jointly with another person; and
|
(ii) |
sufficiently served on any person entitled to the shares because of the Transmission Event.
|
(e) |
A notice given to a person who is entitled to a share because of a Transmission Event is sufficiently served on the member in whose name the share is registered.
|
(f) |
A person who, because of a transfer of shares, becomes entitled to any shares registered in the name of a member, is taken to have received every notice which, before that person’s name and address is entered in the register of members
for those shares, is given to the member complying with this rule 14.1.
|
(g) |
A signature to any notice given by the company to a member under this rule 14.1 may be printed or affixed by some mechanical, electronic or other means.
|
(h) |
Where a member does not have a registered address or where the company believes that member is not known at the member’s registered address, all notices are taken to be:
|
(i) |
given to the member if the notice is exhibited in the company’s registered office for a period of 48 hours; and
|
(ii) |
served at the commencement of that period,
|
14.2 |
Notices by the company to directors
|
(a) |
delivering it personally to him or her;
|
(b) |
sending it by prepaid post to his or her usual residential or business address, or any other address he or she has supplied to the company for giving notices; or
|
(c) |
sending it by electronic means to the address he or she has supplied to the company for giving notices.
|
14.3 |
Notices by members or directors to the company
|
(a) |
delivering it to the company’s registered office;
|
(b) |
sending it by prepaid post to the company’s registered office;
|
(c) |
sending it to the fax number at the company’s registered office; or
|
(d) |
sending it by electronic means to the address at the company’s registered office or otherwise specified by the company.
|
14.4 |
Time of service
|
(a) |
A notice from the company properly addressed and posted is taken to be served at 10.00am Melbourne time on the day after the date it is posted.
|
(b) |
A certificate signed by a secretary or officer of the company to the effect that a notice was duly posted under this constitution is conclusive evidence of that fact.
|
(c) |
Where the company sends a notice by fax, the notice is taken as served at the time the fax is sent if the correct fax number appears on the facsimile transmission report produced by the sender’s fax machine.
|
(d) |
Where the company sends a notice by electronic transmission, the notice is taken as served at the time the electronic transmission is sent.
|
(e) |
Where the company gives a notice to a member by any other means permitted by the Act relating to the giving of notices and electronic means of access to them, the notice is taken as given at 10.00am Melbourne time on the day after the
date on which the member is notified that the notice is available.
|
(f) |
Where a given number of days’ notice or notice extending over any other period must be given, the day of service is not to be counted in the number of days or other period.
|
14.5 |
Other communications and documents
|
14.6 |
Elections by members
|
(a) |
A member may elect to be sent documents, either generally, in respect of a specific class of documents or in respect of a particular document, by the company:
|
(i) |
in physical form in accordance with rule 14.1(a)(i) or 14.1(a)(ii); or
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(ii) |
in electronic form in accordance with rule 14.1(a)(iv) or 14.1(a)(v),
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A member may elect, by notifying the company, not to receive particular documents prescribed by the Act (such as annual financial reports) from the company.
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Unless otherwise specified under the Act, the company must take reasonable steps to send (or not send) documents in a manner that complies with an election made by a member under this rule 14.6:
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commencing on the date nominated by the member in the election or, if the member did not nominate a date, on the first Business Day immediately following receipt by the company of the member’s election; and
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ending on the date nominated by the member in the election or, if the member did not nominate a date, on the first Business Day immediately following receipt by the company of a notice from the member withdrawing the election.
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The company must:
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send the members, at least once in each financial year, a notice; or
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make a notice readily available on its website,
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Written notices
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15
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General
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15.1 |
Submission to jurisdiction
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15.2 |
Prohibition and enforceability
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Any provision of, or the application of any provision of, this constitution which is prohibited in any place is, in that place, ineffective only to the extent of that prohibition.
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Any provision of, or the application of any provision of, this constitution which is void, illegal or unenforceable in any place does not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of that provision in any other place or of the
remaining provisions in that or any other place.
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RECITALS
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Section 1.
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Certain Definitions
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(a)
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ADR Register
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(b)
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ADRs; Direct Registration ADRs
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1
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(c)
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ADS
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(d)
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Beneficial Owner
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1
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(e)
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CHESS
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2
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(f)
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Commission
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2
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(g)
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Custodian
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2
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(h)
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Deliver, execute, issue et al.
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2
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(i)
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Delivery Order
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2
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(j)
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Deposited Securities
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2
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(k)
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Direct Registration System
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2
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(l)
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Holder
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3
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(m)
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Removal Notice Date
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3
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(n)
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Resignation Notice Date
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3
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(o)
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Securities Act of 1933
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3
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(p)
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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3
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(q)
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Shares
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3
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(r)
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Termination Date
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3
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(s)
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Transfer Office
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3
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(t)
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Withdrawal Order
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3
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Section 2.
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Form of ADRs
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4
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Section 3.
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Deposit of Shares
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4
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Section 4.
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Issue of ADRs
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5
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Section 5.
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Distributions on Deposited Securities
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6
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Section 6.
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Withdrawal, Delivery and Transfer of Deposited Securities
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6
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Section 7.
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Substitution of ADRs
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7
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Section 8.
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Cancellation and Destruction of ADRs
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7
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Section 9.
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The Custodian
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7
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Section 10.
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Lists of Holders
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8
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Section 11.
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Depositary's Agents
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8
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Section 12.
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Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary
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8
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Section 13.
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Reports
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9
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Section 14.
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Additional Shares
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10
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Section 15.
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Indemnification
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10
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Section 16.
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Notices
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12
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Section 17.
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Counterparts
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13
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Section 18.
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No Third-Party Beneficiaries; Holders and Beneficial Owners as Parties; Binding Effect
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13
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Section 19.
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Severability
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14
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Section 20.
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Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction
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14
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Section 21.
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Agent for Service
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15
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Section 22.
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Waiver of Immunities
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16
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Section 23.
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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16
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TESTIMONIUM
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17
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SIGNATURES
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FORM OF FACE OF ADR
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A‑1
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Introductory Paragraph
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A‑1
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(1)
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Issuance of ADSs
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A‑2
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(2)
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Withdrawal of Deposited Securities
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A‑3
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(3)
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Transfers, Split-Ups and Combinations of ADRs
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A‑4
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(4)
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Certain Limitations to Registration, Transfer etc.
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A‑4
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(5)
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Liability of Holder or Beneficial Owner for Taxes, Duties and Other Charges
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A‑5
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(6)
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Disclosure of Interests
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A‑7
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(7)
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Charges of Depositary
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A‑7
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(8)
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Available Information
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A‑11
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(9)
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Execution
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A-11
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Signature of Depositary
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A‑12
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Address of Depositary's Office
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A‑12
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FORM OF REVERSE OF ADR
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A‑13
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(10)
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Distributions on Deposited Securities; Sales
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A‑13
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(11)
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Record Dates
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A‑16
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(12)
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Voting of Deposited Securities
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A‑16
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(13)
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Changes Affecting Deposited Securities
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A‑17
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(14)
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Exoneration
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A‑18
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(15)
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Resignation and Removal of Depositary; the Custodian
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A‑22
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(16)
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Amendment
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A‑23
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(17)
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Termination
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A‑24
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(18)
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Appointment; Acknowledgements and Agreements
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A‑28
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(19)
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Waiver etc.
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A‑28
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(20)
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Jurisdiction
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A‑29
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(21)
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Elective Distributions in Cash or Shares
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A‑29
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(i)
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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383 Madison Avenue, Floor 11
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New York, New York 10179
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Attention: Depositary Receipts Group
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E-mail Address: DR_Global_CSM@jpmorgan.com
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(ii)
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Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
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55 Flemington Road
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Suite 401
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North Melbourne, VIC 3051
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Australia
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Attention: Scott Byers and Lena Moran-Adams
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E-mail Addresses: Scott.Byers@telixpharma.com;
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Lena.Moran-Adams@telixpharma.com |
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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No. of ADSs:
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Number
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Each ADS represents | |
One Share | ||
CUSIP:
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(i) |
such Shares and, to the extent applicable, the certificates therefor are duly authorized, validly issued and outstanding, fully paid, nonassessable and legally obtained by such person,
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(ii) |
all pre-emptive and comparable rights, if any, with respect to such Shares have been validly waived or exercised,
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(iii) |
the person making such deposit is duly authorized so to do,
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(iv) |
the Shares presented for deposit are free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, charge, mortgage or adverse claim and
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(v) |
such Shares (A) are not Restricted Securities, unless at the time of deposit the requirements of paragraphs (c), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144 shall not apply and such Shares may be freely transferred and may otherwise be offered and sold
freely under the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth of Australia or (B) have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933. To the extent the person depositing Shares is an "affiliate" of the Company as such term is defined in
Rule 144, the person also represents and warrants that upon the sale of the ADSs, all of the provisions of Rule 144 that enable the Shares to be freely sold (in the form of ADSs) will be fully complied with and, as a result thereof, all of
the ADSs issued in respect of such Shares will not be on the sale thereof, Restricted Securities.
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a fee of up to U.S.$0.05 per ADS held for any Cash distribution made, or for any elective cash/stock dividend offered, pursuant to the Deposit Agreement,
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(ii) |
a fee of up to U.S.$0.05 per ADS held for the direct or indirect distribution of securities (other than ADSs or rights to purchase additional ADSs pursuant to paragraph (10) hereof) or the net cash proceeds from the public or private sale
of any such securities, regardless of whether any such distribution and/or sale is made by, for, or received from, or (in each case) on behalf of, the Depositary, the Company and/or any third party (which fee may be assessed against Holders
as of a record date set by the Depositary),
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an aggregate fee of up to U.S.$0.05 per ADS per calendar year (or portion thereof) for services performed by the Depositary in administering the ADRs (which fee may be charged on a periodic basis during each calendar year and shall be
assessed against Holders as of the record date or record dates set by the Depositary during each calendar year and shall be payable at the sole discretion of the Depositary by billing such Holders or by deducting such charge from one or more
cash dividends or other cash distributions), and
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(iv) |
an amount for the reimbursement of such charges and expenses as are incurred by the Depositary and/or any of its agents (including, without limitation, the Custodian, as well as charges and expenses incurred on behalf of Holders in
connection with compliance with foreign exchange control regulations or any law or regulation relating to foreign investment) in connection with the servicing of the Shares or other Deposited Securities, the sale of securities (including,
without limitation, Deposited Securities), the delivery of Deposited Securities or otherwise in connection with the Depositary's or its Custodian's compliance with applicable law, rule or regulation (which charges and expenses may be assessed
on a proportionate basis against Holders as of the record date or dates set by the Depositary and shall be payable at the sole discretion of the Depositary by billing such Holders or by deducting such charge or expense from one or more cash
dividends or other cash distributions).
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stock transfer or other taxes and other governmental charges (which are payable by Holders or persons depositing Shares);
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a transaction fee per cancellation request (including any cancellation request made through SWIFT, facsimile transmission or any other method of communication) as disclosed on the "Disclosures" page (or successor page) of www.adr.com
(as updated by the Depositary from time to time, "ADR.com") and any applicable delivery expenses (which are payable by such persons or Holders); and
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transfer or registration expenses for the registration or transfer of Deposited Securities on any applicable register in connection with the deposit or withdrawal of Deposited Securities (which are payable by persons depositing Shares or
Holders withdrawing Deposited Securities).
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Dated:
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Depositary
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By
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Authorized Officer
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the Depositary shall, in the event the Deposit Agreement is terminated and the Depositary holds Deposited Securities that are not listed and publicly traded or property for which there is no public market after the Termination Date, act in
accordance with paragraph (17)(b) of the form of ADR in respect of such securities and property; and
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(ii) |
in the event the Depositary or its Custodian receives (A) an Other Distribution under paragraph (10) consisting of securities or property that are not distributed by the Depositary pursuant to this paragraph (10) or (B) a distribution of
Rights that falls under subparagraph (10)(c)(iii) above, the Depositary will not terminate the Deposit Agreement under paragraph (17)(a)(ii)(D) of the form of ADR but, in lieu of termination, the Depositary will, in the case of an Other
Distribution, be deemed to have sold the aggregate number of securities and/or property so received for nominal value and shall have no obligation to distribute such securities or any proceeds from the deemed sale thereof to the Holders and,
in the case of Rights that fall under subparagraph (10)(c)(iii) above, allow such Rights to lapse.
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incur or assume no liability (including, without limitation, to Holders or Beneficial Owners) (A) if any present or future law, rule, regulation, fiat, order or decree of the Commonwealth of Australia, the United States or any other
country or jurisdiction, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or any securities exchange or market or automated quotation system, the provisions of or governing any Deposited Securities, any present or future provision of the
Company's constituent documents, any act of God, war, terrorism, epidemic, pandemic, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, extraordinary market conditions, work stoppage, strike, civil unrest, revolutions, rebellions,
explosions, cyber, ransomware or malware attack, computer failure or circumstance beyond its direct and immediate control shall prevent or delay, or shall cause any of them to be subject to any civil or criminal penalty in connection with,
any act which the Deposit Agreement or this ADR provides shall be done or performed by it or them (including, without limitation, voting pursuant to paragraph (12) hereof), or (B) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as
aforesaid, in the performance of any act or things which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed or any exercise or failure to exercise any discretion given it in the Deposit Agreement or this
ADR (including, without limitation, any failure to determine that any distribution or action may be lawful or reasonably practicable);
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incur or assume no liability (including, without limitation, to Holders or Beneficial Owners) except to perform its obligations to the extent they are specifically set forth in this ADR and the Deposit Agreement without gross negligence or
willful misconduct and the Depositary shall not be a fiduciary or have any fiduciary duty to Holders or Beneficial Owners;
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(iii) |
in the case of the Depositary and its agents, be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities, the ADSs or this ADR;
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(iv) |
in the case of the Company and its agents hereunder be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities, the ADSs or this ADR, which in its opinion may
involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense (including fees and disbursements of counsel) and liability be furnished as often as may be required; and
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(v) |
not be liable (including, without limitation, to Holders or Beneficial Owners) for any action or inaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from any legal counsel, any accountant, any person presenting Shares for deposit,
any Holder, or any other person believed by it to be competent to give such advice or information and/or, in the case of the Depositary, the Company.
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(i) |
The Depositary shall, at any time at the written direction of the Company, terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such termination to the Holders at least thirty (30) days prior to the Termination Date.
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(ii) |
The Depositary may also terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such termination to the Holders at least thirty (30) days prior to the Termination Date if (A) sixty (60) days shall have expired after the Resignation
Notice Date and a successor Depositary shall not be operating under the Deposit Agreement, (B) sixty (60) days shall have expired after the Removal Notice Date and a successor Depositary shall not be operating under the Deposit Agreement, (C)
the Company is in liquidation proceedings or insolvent, (D) the ADRs are delisted from a "national securities exchange" (that has registered with the Commission under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and/or the Shares cease
to be listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange,(E) the Company effects (or will effect) a redemption of all or substantially all of the Deposited Securities, or a cash or share distribution representing a return of all or
substantially all of the value of the Deposited Securities, (F) there are no Deposited Securities with respect to ADSs remaining, including if the Deposited Securities are cancelled, or the Deposited Securities have been deemed to have no
value, or (G) there occurs a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other transaction as a result of which securities or other property are delivered in exchange for or in lieu of Deposited Securities.
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(iii) |
Additionally, the Depositary may immediately terminate the Deposit Agreement, without prior notice to the Company, any Holder or Beneficial Owner or any other person if (A) required by any law, rule or regulation relating to sanctions by
any governmental authority or body, (B) the Depositary would be subject to liability under or pursuant to any law, rule or regulation, or (C) required by any governmental authority or body, in each case as determined by the Depositary in its
reasonable discretion.
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(i) |
After the Termination Date, the Depositary and its agents will perform no further acts under the Deposit Agreement and this ADR, except to receive and hold (or sell) distributions on Deposited Securities, deliver Deposited Securities being
withdrawn and to take such actions as provided in the next two paragraphs, in each case subject to payment to the Depositary of the applicable fees and expenses provided in paragraph (7) of this form of ADR (Charges
of Depositary).
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(ii) |
After the Termination Date, if the Deposited Securities are listed and publicly traded on a securities exchange and the Depositary believes that it is able, permissible and practicable to sell the Deposited Securities without undue effort,
then, the Depositary may endeavor to publicly or privately sell (as long as it may lawfully do so) the Deposited Securities, which sale may be effected in a block sale/single lot transaction and, after the settlement of such sale(s), to the
extent legally permissible and practicable, distribute or hold in an account (which may be a segregated or unsegregated account) the net proceeds of such sale(s), less any amounts owing to the Depositary (including, without limitation,
cancellation fees), together with any other cash then held by it under the Deposit Agreement, in trust, without liability for interest, for the pro rata benefit of the Holders entitled thereto. If the Depositary sells the
Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall be discharged from all, and cease to have any, obligations under the Deposit Agreement and the ADRs after making such sale, except to account for such net proceeds and other cash.
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(iii) |
However, if the Deposited Securities are not listed and publicly traded on a securities exchange after the Termination Date, or if, for any reason, the Depositary does not sell the Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall use its
reasonable efforts to ensure that the ADSs cease to be DTC eligible and that neither DTC nor any of its nominees shall thereafter be a Holder. At such time as the ADSs cease to be DTC eligible and/or neither DTC nor any of its nominees is a
Holder, to the extent the Company is not, to the Depositary's knowledge, insolvent or in liquidation, the Depositary shall:
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(A) |
cancel this ADR and all other outstanding ADRs,
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(B) |
request DTC to provide the Depositary with information on those holding ADSs through DTC and, upon receipt thereof, revise the ADR Register to reflect the information provided by DTC,
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(C) |
instruct its Custodian to deliver all Deposited Securities to the Company, a subsidiary or affiliate or registered office provider of the Company (the subsidiary or affiliate or registered office provider being the "Company Representative") or an independent trust company engaged by the Company (the "Trustee") to hold those Deposited Securities in trust for the beneficial
owners of the ADRs if the Company is not permitted to hold any of the Deposited Securities under applicable law and/or the Company has directed the Depositary to deliver such Deposited Securities to a Company Representative or Trustee
along with a stock transfer form and/or such other instruments of transfer covering such Deposited Securities as are needed under applicable law, in either case referring to the names set forth on the ADR Register, and
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(D) |
provide the Company with a copy of the ADR Register (which copy may be sent by email or by any means permitted under the notice provisions of the Deposit Agreement).
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Exhibit 4.1
Execution Copy
Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) is the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential. Double asterisks denote omissions.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
This License Agreement (the “Agreement”), effective as of April 8, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and between Telix International Pty Ltd, an Australian private company with a place of business at Suite 401, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne VIC 3051, Australia (“Telix”), Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited, an Irish private limited company with a place of business at Dunderrow, Kinsale Co., Kinsale, Ireland (“Lilly”), and, solely for purposes of Section 10.8, Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited, owner of all of the outstanding stock of Telix and an Australian public company with a place of business at Suite 401, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne VIC 3051, Australia (“Telix Parent”). Telix and Lilly may be referred to herein individually as a “Party” or collectively as the “Parties”.
Recitals:
A. Lilly has developed and controls certain proprietary rights to a certain antibody listed on Exhibit A attached hereto.
B. Telix is a biotechnology company developing and commercializing molecularly-targeted radiation pharmaceutical products.
C. Lilly wishes to grant to Telix, and Telix wishes to receive, an exclusive license to develop and exploit products constituting a radio-labeled version of such antibody under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Agreement:
1. DEFINITIONS
Unless specifically set forth to the contrary herein, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
1.1 “Acquired Entity” means, in the event a Party or any Affiliate thereof acquires any Third Party or all or substantially all of the stock, assets, or business of a Third Party or otherwise obtains control of a Third Party (with “control”, for purposes of this definition, having the meaning set forth below in the definition of “Affiliate”), such Third Party or any Affiliate thereof.
1.2 “Acquiring Entity” means any Third Party that acquires all or substantially all of the stock, assets, or business of a Party or any Affiliate thereof (or all or substantially all of the assets or business thereof related, in either case, to this Agreement) or otherwise obtains control of a Party or any Affiliate thereof (with “control”, for purposes of this definition, having the meaning set forth below in the definition of “Affiliate”), or any Affiliate of such Third Party. The Third Party in a Change of Control with respect to a Party shall be an Acquiring Entity with respect to such Party.
1.3 “Act” means, as applicable, the United States Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq., and/or the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 262 et seq., as such may be amended from time to time.
1.4 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Party, any person or entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Party. For purposes of this Section 1.4, “control” means (a) in the case of a corporate entity, direct or indirect ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the stock or shares having the right to vote for the election of directors of such corporate entity and (b) in the case of an entity that is not a corporate entity, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management or policies of such entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
1.5 “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.6 “ALCOA+” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.26.
1.7 “Applicable Laws” means all statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules or orders of any kind whatsoever of any Governmental Authority that may be in effect from time to time and applicable to the activities contemplated by this Agreement.
1.8 “Bankruptcy Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.6.
1.9 “BLA” means a Biologics License Application under the United States’ Public Health Services Act and Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, each as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or a comparable filing seeking Regulatory Approval in any country.
1.10 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which the banks in Indianapolis, Indiana are open for business.
1.11 “Calendar Quarter” means the respective periods of three (3) consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. The first Calendar Quarter under this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and end on June 30 of the same year.
1.12 “Calendar Year” means the respective periods of twelve (12) months commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31. The first Calendar Year under this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and end on December 31 of the same year.
1.13 “Change of Control” means, with respect to either Party, (a) the acquisition by a Third Party, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting equity securities of such Party (excluding, for clarity, an acquisition by a Third Party where the equity holders of such acquired Party immediately prior to such transaction hold a majority of the voting shares of outstanding capital stock of the surviving entity immediately following such transaction); (b) a merger or consolidation involving such Party, as a result of which a Third Party acquires direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the surviving entity immediately after such merger, reorganization or consolidation; or (c) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of such Party (or those assets related to the subject matter of this Agreement), including such Party’s interest in this Agreement, in one transaction or a series of related transactions to a Third Party.
1.14 “Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
1.15 “Combination Product” means (a) in the case of Lilly Products sold by Lilly, an Affiliate thereof, or a licensee or sublicensee of either of the foregoing, a Lilly Product containing a Licensed Antibody and one or more additional active pharmaceutical ingredients that are not the Licensed Antibody, whether co-formulated or co-packaged or (b) in the case of Licensed Products sold by Lilly, Telix, an Affiliate of either of the foregoing, or a licensee or sublicensee of any of the foregoing, a Licensed Product containing one or more additional active pharmaceutical ingredients that are neither the Licensed Antibody nor any radioisotope conjugated or labelled therewith, whether co-formulated or co-packaged. A separately saleable product incorporating (i) in the case of Lilly Products, such an additional pharmaceutical ingredient that is not the Licensed Antibody and (ii) in the case of Licensed Products, such an additional active pharmaceutical ingredient that is not the Licensed Antibody nor any radioisotope conjugated or labelled therewith shall be referred to, in either case, as applicable, as an “Other Product”.
1.16 “Commercialization” or “Commercialize” means activities taken before and after obtaining Regulatory Approval relating specifically to the pre-launch, launch, promotion, marketing, sales force recruitment, pricing determination, Manufacturing (for sale or other use with respect to Commercialization), importation, offering for sale, sale and distribution for commercial sale, of a pharmaceutical product and post-launch medical activities, including without limitation: [**].
1.17 “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means [**].
1.18 “Companion Diagnostic” means a Licensed Product for use as a tool to (i) identify or select patients for actual or potential treatment with a Lilly Product or (ii) assist in the modulation or adjustment of the administration or dosage amount or frequency of Lilly Product to a patient undergoing treatment therewith.
1.19 “Companion Diagnostic-Specific Telix Patents” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(b)(ii)(2).
1.20 “Companion Diagnostic-Specific Joint Patents” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(C)(i)(2).
1.21 “Confidential Information” means all information disclosed or made available by a Party (the “Disclosing Party”) or its Representatives to the other Party (the “Receiving Party”) or its Representatives pursuant to, or in connection with, this Agreement or pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement or the MTA, whether, in each case, in written, oral, graphic, electronic or other form, provided that [**].
1.22 “Confidentiality Agreement” means the Confidentiality Agreement between Eli Lilly and Company and Telix Parent, dated [**].
1.23 “Control”, “Controls” or “Controlled by” means (except as used in Section 1.4, above), (i) with respect to any item of or right under Patents or Know-How, the ability of the specified Party or any of its Affiliates, whether through ownership, license or other right (other than pursuant to this Agreement), to grant access to, license or sublicense such item or right without violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with any Third Party or, (ii) with respect to such items or rights obtained pursuant to an agreement executed after the Effective Date[**].
1.24 “Cover” means, with respect to a Licensed Antibody or Licensed Product in a particular country, that [**]. “Covering” has a corresponding meaning.
1.25 “Data Exclusivity Period” means, with respect to any Licensed Product or Lilly Product, respectively, [**].
1.26 “Data Integrity” means the completeness, consistency, and accuracy of data throughout the data lifecycle. Complete, consistent, and accurate data should be attributable, legible, contemporaneously recorded, original or a true copy, and accurate, plus complete, consistent, enduring and available (“ALCOA+”) as currently defined and accepted by global Regulatory Agencies.
1.27 “Defensive Joint New Patent Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(c)(i).
1.28 “Defensive Licensed Patent Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(a)(i).
1.29 “Defensive Telix Patent Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(b)(ii).
1.30 “Develop” or “Development” or “Developing” means research, discovery, process development, manufacturing and importation for preclinical and clinical uses, and preclinical and clinical drug or biological development activities, including, without limitation, test method development and stability testing, toxicology, formulation, quality assurance/quality control development, statistical analysis, preclinical and clinical studies and regulatory affairs, in each case, of a Licensed Product in the Telix Field, [**].
1.31 “Development Plan” means the plan for the bioconjugation activities, pre-clinical activities, and POC Study to be performed by or on behalf of Telix with respect to the Licensed Product attached as Exhibit B.
1.32 “Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.21.
1.33 “Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.4.
1.34 “Dollar” or “$” means the legal currency of the United States of America.
1.35 “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.36 “Executive Officers” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.4.
1.37 “FCPA” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.3(a).
1.38 “FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor agency thereto.
1.39 “First Commercial Sale” means, [**].
1.40 “First Patient In” or “FPI” means the date the first human subject or patient is qualified for acceptance into a human clinical trial that is sponsored by, or otherwise conducted by or on behalf of, Telix, an Affiliate thereof, or any Sublicensee or for which any of the foregoing enjoy any rights to any data or results.
1.41 “First Registration Date” means the first date Regulatory Approval is granted to Telix, an Affiliate thereof, or a Sublicensee with respect to a Licensed Product in any country in the Territory.
1.42 “First Re-Registration Date” means the first date Regulatory Approval is granted to Lilly, an Affiliate thereof, licensee, or sublicensees of either of the foregoing with respect to a Lilly Product for a Lilly Product in any country in the Territory based on the use of a Companion Diagnostic to select patients for treatment therewith in the Registration Study upon which such Regulatory Approval was granted or as required by such Regulatory Approval for the administration of such Lilly Product (which for the avoidance of doubt, does not include the date of any Regulatory Approval received prior to the Effective Date or any Regulatory Approval, other than that described in the preceding portion of this Section 1.42, received following the Effective Date).
1.43 “GAAP” means U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as the same may be in effect from time to time.
1.44 “GCP” means all applicable current Good Clinical Practice standards for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyses and reporting of human clinical trials, including, as applicable, (a) as set forth in the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (“ICH”) E6 and any other guidelines for good clinical practice for trials on medicinal products in the Territory, (b) the Declaration of Helsinki (2004) as last amended at the 52nd World Medical Association in October 2000 and any further amendments or clarifications thereto, (c) U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Parts 50, 54, 56, 312 and 314, as may be amended from time to time, and (d) the equivalent Applicable Laws in any relevant country, each as may be amended and applicable from time to time and in each case, that provide for, among other things, assurance that the clinical data and reported results are credible and accurate and protect the rights, integrity, and confidentiality of trial subjects.
1.45 “GLP” means the then-current standards for laboratory activities for pharmaceuticals, as set forth in the FDA’s Good Laboratory Practice regulations as defined in 21 C.F.R. Part 58, the Council Directive 87/18/EEC, as amended, the principles for Good Laboratory Practice and/or the Good Laboratory Practice principles of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, and such standards of good laboratory practice as are required by the European Union and other organizations and governmental agencies in countries in which a Licensed Product is intended to be sold, to the extent such standards are not less stringent than United States Good Laboratory Practice.
1.46 “GMP” means all applicable current Good Manufacturing Practices including, as applicable, (a) the principles detailed in the U.S. Current Good Manufacturing Practices, 21 C.F.R. Parts 4,210,211,601,610 and 820, (b) European Directive 2003/94/EC and Eudralex 4, (c) the principles detailed in the WHO TRS 986 Annex 2, TRS 961 Annex 6, TRS 957 Annex 2 and TRS 999 Annex 2,(d) ICH Q7 guidelines, and (e) the equivalent Applicable Laws in any relevant country, each as may be amended and applicable from time to time.
1.47 “Government or Public Official” means: (i) any officer or employee of: (a) a government, or any department or agency thereof; (b) a government-owned or controlled company, institution, or other entity, including a government-owned hospital or university; or (c) a public international organization (such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the World Health Organization), or any department or agency thereof; (ii) any political party or party official or candidate for public or political party office; and (iii) any person acting in an official capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.
1.48 “Governmental Authority” means any agency, bureau, branch, office, court, commission, authority, department, ministry, official or other instrumentality of, or being vested with public authority under any law of, any country, state or local authority or any political subdivision thereof, or any association of countries.
1.49 “ICH” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.44.
1.50 “IND” means a submission for approval in the Territory to conduct human clinical investigations filed with or submitted to a Regulatory Authority for a country in the Territory in conformance with the requirements of such Regulatory Authority.
1.51 “Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.
1.52 “Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.
1.53 “Indication” means a discrete, clinically recognized form of a disease or health condition.
1.54 “Joint Commencing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(c)(ii).
1.55 “Joint Defending Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(c)(iii).
1.56 “Joint New Know-How” means any New Know-How that:
[**].
1.57 “Joint New Patent Challenge” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(c)(i).
1.58 “Joint New Patent Infringement” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(c)(i).
1.59 “Joint New Patents” means any Patents that (i) come under the Control of Lilly, Telix, or any Affiliate of either of the foregoing and (ii) were filed after the Effective Date with respect to any Joint New Know-How.
1.60 “Know-How” means any proprietary and confidential scientific or technical information, results and data of any type whatsoever, in any tangible or intangible form whatsoever, including any of the foregoing that are databases, safety information, practices, methods, techniques, specifications, formulations, formulae, knowledge, know-how, skill, experience, test data including pharmacological, medicinal chemistry, biological, chemical, biochemical, toxicological and clinical test data, bioconjugation protocols and data, analytical and quality control data, stability data, studies and procedures, manufacturing process and development information, results or data. For clarity, Know-How excludes Patents.
1.61 “Licensed Antibody” means the PDGFRA-binding monoclonal antibody known as olaratumab, as further described on Exhibit A attached hereto.
1.62 “Licensed Know-How” means [**].
1.63 “Licensed Patent Challenge” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(a)(i).
1.64 “Licensed Patent Infringement” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(a)(i).
1.65 “Licensed Patents” means (a) the Patents listed on Exhibit C, [**].
1.66 “Licensed Product” means a product constituting the Licensed Antibody when labelled with a radioisotope that uses, relies on, incorporates, or is Covered by Linker Technology or any Telix Technology.
1.67 “Licensed Subproduct(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.132.
1.68 “Licensed Technology” means the Licensed Patents and Licensed Know-How.
1.69 “Lilly” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.70 “Lilly Field” means the use of a Companion Diagnostic to identify or select patients for treatment or discontinuation of treatment with a Lilly Product or to determine the necessity and/or nature of any modifications to any such treatment.
1.71 “Lilly IND” means the IND identified as IND [**].
1.72 “Lilly Indemnitee(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.
1.73 “Lilly Milestone” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
1.74 “Lilly Net Sales” means, with respect to a Companion Diagnostic or Lilly Product, as applicable, the [**].
[**] for purposes of this definition of “Lilly Net Sales.” Such amounts shall be determined from the books and records of Lilly, its Affiliates, or its or their licensees or sublicensees. Lilly further agrees that, in determining such amounts, it will use (and cause its Affiliates and its and their licensees and sublicensees to use) their then-current standard procedures and methodology, including their then current standard and reasonable exchange rate methodology for the translation into Dollars of sales in currencies other than Dollars, consistently applied.
In the event that a Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic is sold by Lilly, an Affiliate thereof, or a licensee or sublicensee of either of the foregoing as a Combination Product, the Lilly Net Sales of such Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic sold by Lilly, an Affiliate thereof, or a licensee or sublicensee of either of the foregoing, for the purposes of determining royalty payments, shall be determined by [**].
In the event that the weighted average sale price of the [**] can be determined but the weighted average sale price of the applicable Other Product(s) cannot be determined, Net Sales for purposes of determining royalty payments shall be calculated by [**].
In the event that the weighted average sale price of the applicable Other Product(s) can be determined but the weighted average sale price of the [**] cannot be determined, Net Sales for purposes of determining royalty payments shall be calculated by [**].
In the event that the weighted average sale price of both the [**] the Other Product(s) for the Combination Product cannot be determined, the Net Sales of the Lilly Product shall be deemed to be equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of the Net Sales of the Combination Product.
The weighted average sale price for a [**], Other Product, or Combination Product shall be calculated [**] and such price shall be used during all applicable royalty reporting periods for the [**]. When determining the weighted average sale price of a [**], Other Product, or Combination Product, the weighted average sale price shall be calculated by dividing the sales revenue (translated into Dollars) by the units of active ingredient sold in such country during the [**] for the respective [**], Other Product, or Combination Product. In the [**], a forecasted weighted average sale price will be used for the [**], Other Product, or Combination Product. Any over or under payment due to a difference between forecasted and actual weighted average sale prices will be paid or credited in the first royalty payment of the [**].
1.75 “Lilly New Know-How” means any [**].
1.76 “Lilly New Patents” means [**].
1.77 “Lilly Product” means any finished product incorporating a form of the Licensed Antibody that is not conjugated with a radioisotope, including any such product incorporating, in addition to the Licensed Antibody, any active pharmaceutical ingredient other than the Licensed Antibody.
1.78 “[**]” has the meaning set forth in Section [**].
1.79 “Lilly Royalty Term” means:
(a) with respect to Companion Diagnostics, on a Companion Diagnostic-by- Companion Diagnostic and country-by-country basis, the period of time commencing on the First Commercial Sale of a particular Companion Diagnostic by Lilly, an Affiliate thereof, or a licensee or sublicensee of either of the foregoing with respect to such Companion Diagnostic in a particular country and ending on the latest of the following: (i) the twelfth (12th) anniversary of such First Commercial Sale of such Companion Diagnostic in such country; (ii) the first day on which there is not at least one Telix Patent (other than a Joint Patent) having a Valid Claim Covering such Companion Diagnostic in such country; or (iii) the expiration of the last-to-expire Data Exclusivity Period for such Companion Diagnostic in such country; and
(b) with respect to Lilly Products, on a Lilly Product-by-Lilly Product and country-by- country basis, the period of time commencing on the First Re-Registration Date for a particular Lilly Product in a particular country and ending on the latest of the following: (i) the twelfth (12th) anniversary of the date of First Commercial Sale of a Lilly Product sold for the labeled use of the treatment of human cancers, in such country following the First Re-Registration Date for such Lilly Product in such country; (ii) the first day on which there is not at least one Telix Patent having a Valid Claim in such country Covering the Companion Diagnostic that is (1) used to obtain First Re-Registration Date of such Lilly Product or (2) commercially used to identify patients for treatment with such Lilly Product, in such country; or (iii) the expiration of the last-to-expire Data Exclusivity Period based on the Regulatory Approval defining the First Re-Registration Date for such Lilly Product in such country.
1.80 “[**]” has the meaning set forth in Section [**].
1.81 “[**]” has the meaning set forth in Section [**].
1.82 “Linker Technology” means [**].
1.83 “Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
1.84 “Major Market” means any of the following: [**].
1.85 “Manufacture” and “Manufacturing” mean all activities related to the production, manufacture, processing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, shipping and holding of Licensed Antibody or Licensed Product, or any intermediate of either of the foregoing, including process development, process qualification and validation, scale-up, pre-clinical, clinical and commercial manufacture and analytic development, product characterization, stability testing, quality assurance and quality control.
1.86 “Milestone” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
1.87 “MTA” means that certain Material Transfer Agreement, dated [**], between Eli Lilly and Company and Telix.
1.88 “New Know-How” means [**].
1.89 “New Patents” means Patents filed after the Effective Date with respect to New Know-How.
1.90 “Offensive Joint New Patent Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(c)(i).
1.91 “Offensive Licensed Patent Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(a)(i).
1.92 “Offensive Telix Patent Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(b)(ii).
1.93 “Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
1.94 “Other Product” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.15.
1.95 “Party Specific Regulations” shall mean all judgments, decrees, orders or similar decisions issued by any Governmental Authority specific to a Party or any Affiliate thereof, and all consent decrees, corporate integrity agreements, or other agreements or undertakings of any kind by a Party or any Affiliate thereof with any Governmental Authority, in each case as the same may be in effect from time to time and applicable to a Party’s or its Affiliates’ activities contemplated by this Agreement.
1.96 “Party(ies)” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.97 “Patent(s)” means all patents and patent applications in any country or supranational jurisdiction, including any provisionals, substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, reexaminations, extensions, any other pre- or post-grant forms of any of the foregoing, any confirmation patents or registration patents or patents of addition, utility models, patent term extensions or restorations, and supplementary protection certificates or requests for continued examinations and the like, including any and all foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing.
1.98 “Patent Prosecution” or “Prosecution” means, with respect to a Patent, (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for such Patent, (b) paying filing, issuance and maintenance fees relating to such Patent, (c) managing and conducting any interference, opposition, invalidation, re-issue, reexamination, revocation, nullification, post-grant review, inter partes review, derivation proceeding, cancellation proceeding or other similar administrative proceeding or administrative appeal thereof with respect to such Patent, and (d) settling any interference, opposition, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding.
1.99 “PDGFRA” means platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha.
1.100 “Person” means any individual, corporation, association, partnership (general or limited), joint venture, trust, estate, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, unincorporated organization, government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other legal entity or organization, other than Lilly or Telix.
1.101 “Personal Information” means, in addition to any definition for any similar term (e.g., “personal data” or “personally identifiable information” or “PII”) provided by Applicable Laws, or by either Party in any of its own privacy policies, notices or contracts, all information that identifies, could be used to identify or is otherwise associated with an individual person, whether or not such information is associated with an identified individual person.
1.102 “Phase I Clinical Trial” means (i) a study in humans which provides for the first introduction into humans of a Licensed Product, conducted in normal volunteers or patients to generate information on product safety, tolerability, pharmacological activity or pharmacokinetics, or otherwise consistent with the requirements of U.S. 21 C.F.R. §312.21(a), as amended from time to time, or (ii) any analogous clinical trial described or defined in Applicable Laws and guidelines for a clinical trial conducted in another country in the Territory.
1.103 “Phase II Clinical Trial” means (i) a study in humans of the safety, dose ranging and efficacy of a Licensed Product, which is prospectively designed to generate sufficient data (if successful) to commence a Phase III Clinical Trial or to file for accelerated approval, or otherwise consistent with the requirements of U.S. 21 C.F.R. §312.21(b), as amended from time to time, or (ii) any analogous clinical trial described or defined in Applicable Laws and guidelines for a clinical trial conducted in another country in the Territory.
1.104 “Phase III Clinical Trial” means (i) a controlled study in humans of the efficacy and safety of a Licensed Product, which is prospectively designed to demonstrate statistically whether such product is effective and safe for use in a particular indication in a manner sufficient to file for Regulatory Approval for human therapeutic or prophylactic use, or otherwise consistent with the requirements of U.S. 21 C.F.R. §312.21(c), as amended from time to time, or (ii) any analogous clinical trial described or defined in Applicable Laws and guidelines for a clinical trial conducted in another country in the Territory.
1.105 “POC Study” means a [**].
1.106 “Privacy Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.3(a).
1.107 “Product Marks” means all trademarks, including trade names, trade dresses, branding, and logos, owned, controlled, or used by or on behalf of Telix or any Affiliate thereof during the Term with respect to any Licensed Product, other than those representing Telix or its Affiliates generally.
1.108 “[**]” has the meaning set forth in Section [**].
1.109 “Product-Related Materials” means all advertising and promotional materials (including but not limited to flyers, brochures, pamphlets and electronic media), labeling and packaging materials, and any materials or items similar to the foregoing to the extent, in each case, pertaining exclusively to the Licensed Products and in the possession or control of Telix, any Affiliate thereof, or any Sublicensee whose rights do not survive the applicable termination, and all copyright and similar rights to the contents thereof, provided that the foregoing rights shall not include any rights to any trademark, logos, or the like other than Product Marks.
1.110 “Radiotherapeutic Indication” means [**].
1.111 “Receiving Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.21.
1.112 “Registration Study” means (i) a Phase III Clinical Trial or (ii) any other human clinical trial of a Licensed Product or Lilly Product that is intended to support the submission of a Regulatory Application without conduct of any subsequent Phase I Clinical Trial, Phase II Clinical Trial, or Phase III Clinical Trial.
1.113 “Regulatory Applications” means any and all applications that are necessary and appropriate to obtain a Regulatory Approval with respect to a Licensed Product or Lilly Product, including, without limitation, all required documents, data and information concerning a Licensed Product or Lilly Product, filed or required to be filed with or, otherwise submitted to, a Regulatory Authority.
1.114 “Regulatory Approval” means all approvals or clearances from the relevant Regulatory Authority(ies) necessary to market and sell a Licensed Product or Lilly Product for human therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic use in a particular jurisdiction in the Territory (excluding all applicable pricing and reimbursement approvals).
1.115 “Regulatory Authority” means any applicable government regulatory authority involved in granting approvals for the conduct of clinical trials or the manufacturing, marketing, sale, reimbursement or pricing of a Licensed Product or Lilly Product in the Territory.
1.116 “Regulatory Materials” means all Regulatory Approvals, Regulatory Applications and other regulatory submissions in the Territory for any Licensed Antibody, Licensed Products, or Lilly Products and all correspondence with such Regulatory Authorities relating to any Licensed Antibody, Licensed Product, or Lilly Product.
1.117 “Related Party” means (i) with respect to Telix, any Affiliate of Telix or any Sublicensee and (ii) with respect to Lilly, any Affiliate thereof or licensee or sublicensee of Lilly or any Affiliate thereof with respect to any Companion Diagnostic or Lilly Product.
1.118 “Representatives” means, with respect to a Party, such Party’s Affiliates, and such Party’s and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, agents and other representatives.
1.119 “Restricted Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(g).
1.120 “Sanctioned Territory” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(g).
1.121 “Sublicense” means any agreement entered into by Telix, any Affiliate thereof, or any prior Sublicensee with a Sublicensee pursuant to which such Sublicensee obtains a sublicense to any of the rights granted to Telix under any Licensed Technology.
1.122 “Sublicense Revenue” means [**].
1.123 “Sublicensee” means any Third Party to which Telix, an Affiliate thereof, or a Sublicensee grants a sublicense of the rights granted to Telix under the Licensed Patents or Licensed Know-How.
1.124 “Successful Completion” means:
(a) with respect to the POC Study, that the results thereof achieve the clinical endpoints established therefor in the applicable clinical study protocol or (1) in the case of the POC Study being a Phase I Clinical Trial, reasonably support the conduct of a Phase II Clinical Trial or submission of a Regulatory Application with respect thereto in [**] without conduct of any further clinical trials of the Companion Diagnostic or (2) in the case of the POC Study being a Phase II Clinical Trial, reasonably support the conduct of a Phase III Clinical Trial or submission of a Regulatory Application with respect thereto in [**] without conduct of any further clinical trials of the Companion Diagnostic; and
(b) with respect to a Registration Study of a Lilly Product, that the results of such Registration Study are sufficient to support the submission of a Regulatory Application in [**] with respect to the Lilly Product and Indication therefor that are the subject of such study without conduct of any further clinical trials, as reasonably determined in good faith by Lilly.
1.125 “Sublicense Revenue Royalties” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
1.126 “Telix” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.127 “Telix Commencing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(b)(iii)(2).
1.128 “Telix Defending Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(b)(iv)(2).
1.129 “Telix Field” means the diagnosis or treatment of human cancers using antibody-radioisotope conjugates, provided that, if Lilly exercises its Option, the Telix Field shall not include the Lilly Field during the effectiveness of the rights granted to Lilly and its Affiliates under Section 3.4(b).
1.130 “Telix lndemnitee(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
1.131 “Telix Know-How” means any and all Know-How (other than Licensed Know-How) that is Controlled by Telix or any of its Affiliates as of the Effective Date, comes under the Control of Telix or any of its Affiliate thereafter, or constitutes Telix New Know-How or Telix’s or its Affiliates’ interest in Joint New Know-How and (a) relates to any Linker Technology, radiolabeling of antibodies, or other conjugation of a radioisotope to antibodies, (b) is Covered by any Telix Patent, or (c) is necessary or reasonably useful for the Manufacture, Development, or Commercialization of any Licensed Antibody or Licensed Product, provided that Telix Know-How shall not include any Know-How Controlled by any Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity of Telix or any Affiliate thereof, except to the extent such Know-How (i) was already included within the Telix Know-How immediately prior to the date of the transaction by which such Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity, respectively, first became an Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity, respectively, of Telix or any Affiliate thereof or (ii) constitutes Telix New Know-How or Joint New Know-How.
1.132 “Telix Net Sales” means, with respect to a Licensed Product, the [**].
[**] for purposes of this definition of “Telix Net Sales.” Such amounts (and any Sublicense Revenue) shall be determined from the books and records of Telix, its Affiliates, or Sublicensees, maintained in accordance with GAAP. Telix further agrees that, in determining such amounts (and any Sublicense Revenue), it will use (and cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to use) their then-current standard procedures and methodology, including their then current standard and reasonable exchange rate methodology for the translation into Dollars of sales in currencies other than Dollars, consistently applied.
In the event that a Licensed Product is sold by Telix, an Affiliate thereof, or a Sublicensee as a Combination Product, the Net Sales of such Licensed Product, for the purposes of determining royalty payments, shall be determined by [**].
In the event that the weighted average sale price of the Licensed Subproduct(s) can be determined but the weighted average sale price of the Other Product(s) cannot be determined, Net Sales for purposes of determining royalty payments shall be calculated by [**].
In the event that the weighted average sale price of the Other Product(s) can be determined but the weighted average sale price of the Licensed Subproduct(s) cannot be determined, Net Sales for purposes of determining royalty payments shall be calculated by [**].
In the event that the weighted average sale price of both the Licensed Subproduct(s) and the Other Product(s) for the Combination Product cannot be determined, the Net Sales of the Licensed Product shall be deemed to be equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of the Net Sales of the Combination Product.
The weighted average sale price for a Licensed Subproduct, Other Product, or Combination Product shall be calculated [**] and such price shall be used during all applicable royalty reporting periods for the [**]. When determining the weighted average sale price of a Licensed Subproduct, Other Product, or Combination Product, the weighted average sale price shall be calculated by dividing the sales revenue (translated into Dollars) by the units of active ingredient sold in such country during the [**] for the respective Licensed Subproduct, Other Product, or Combination Product. In the [**], a forecasted weighted average sale price will be used for the Licensed Subproduct, Other Product, or Combination Product. Any over or under payment due to a difference between forecasted and actual weighted average sale prices will be paid or credited in the first royalty payment of the [**].
1.133 “Telix New Know-How” means New Know-How that is (i) directly related to the Linker Technology as such Linker Technology exists as of the Effective Date and (ii) not related to any Licensed Technology existing as of the Effective Date or the composition, manufacture or use of Licensed Antibody.
1.134 “Telix New Patents” means Patents coming under the Control of Telix or any Affiliate thereof that were filed after the Effective Date with respect to any Telix New Know-How.
1.135 “Telix Patent Challenge” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(b)(ii).
1.136 “Telix Patent Infringement” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4(b)(ii).
1.137 “Telix Patents” means (i) the Patents listed in Exhibit D, any Patents claiming priority thereto, (ii) any Telix New Patents, (iii) Telix’s or its Affiliates’ interest in any Joint New Patents, and (iv) any and all Patents Controlled by Telix or any Affiliate thereof as of the Effective Date, or corning under the Control of Telix or any Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date that, in each case, Cover any Licensed Product or Licensed Antibody, provided that Telix Patents shall not include any Patents Controlled by any Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity of Telix or any Affiliate thereof, except to the extent such Patents (i) were already included within the Telix Patents immediately prior to the date of the transaction by which such Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity, respectively, first became an Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity, respectively, of Telix or any Affiliate thereof or (ii) constitute Telix New Patents or Joint New Patents.
1.138 “Telix Radiodiagnostic IP” means (i) the Telix Technology, (ii) any Know-How Controlled by, or corning under the Control of, Telix or any Affiliate thereof, that is necessary or useful for the development, use, manufacture, sale, import, or exploitation of any Companion Diagnostic, and (iii) any Patents Controlled by, or corning under the Control of, Telix or any Affiliate thereof that Cover any Companion Diagnostic, provided that Telix Radiodiagnostic IP shall not include any Patents or Know-How Controlled by any Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity of Telix or any Affiliate thereof, except to the extent such Patents or Know-How (i) were already included within the Telix Radiodiagnostic IP immediately prior to the date of the transaction by which such Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity, respectively, first became an Acquiring Entity or Acquired Entity, respectively, of Telix or any Affiliate thereof or (ii) constitute Telix New Patents, Telix New Know-How, Joint New Patents, or Joint New Know-How.
1.139 “Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents” means any Patents included in Telix Radiodiagnostic IP.
1.140 “Telix Royalty Term” means, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, the period of time commencing on the First Commercial Sale by Telix, an Affiliate thereof, or Sublicensee of a particular Licensed Product in a particular country and ending on the latest of the following: (a) the twelfth (12th) anniversary of such First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in such country; (b) the first day on which there is not at least one Licensed Patent (other than a Joint Patent) having a Valid Claim Covering such Licensed Product in such country; or (c) the expiration of the last-to-expire Data Exclusivity Period for such Licensed Product in such country.
1.141 “Telix Technology” means Telix Know-How and Telix Patents.
1.142 “[**]” has the meaning set forth in Section [**].
1.143 “Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.
1.144 “Territory” means worldwide.
1.145 “Third Party” means an entity other than Lilly, Telix, or any Affiliate of Lilly or Telix.
1.146 “Transferred Material” means the tangible supply of pharmaceutical preparation in finished form incorporating the Licensed Antibody as an active ingredient as described on Exhibit E.
1.147 “Valid Claim” means, with respect to a country, a claim of an issued and unexpired Patent included within the Licensed Patents or Telix Patents, as applicable, in such country which has not been revoked or held unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, which decision is not appealable or is not appealed within the time allowed for appeal, and has not been abandoned, disclaimed or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise in such country.
2. DEVELOPMENT PLAN; MATERIAL TRANSFER
2.1 Material Transfer and Related Provisions.
(a) Promptly following the Effective Date, Lilly shall, to the extent not previously provided to Telix or an Affiliate thereof under the MTA, provide Telix with the Transferred Materials (which shall be delivered EXW (Incoterms® 2020)). Telix shall not use the Transferred Materials for any purpose other than the performance of the Development Plan during the Term, and Telix shall not transfer any Transferred Material to any Third Party except to the extent such Third Party is listed on Exhibit G attached hereto or is approved by Lilly in writing and in advance, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, or to any jurisdiction outside of [**] without Lilly’s prior written approval. Telix will take all reasonable precautions to prevent the theft, loss or destruction (other than in accordance with the Quality Agreement) of the Transferred Material, and Telix will bear all risk of loss and responsibility in relation to the Transferred Material and use thereof hereunder (except as set forth in Section 2.1(d) below). Lilly shall not have any obligation to transfer any tangible material to Telix other than the Transferred Materials as referenced above. The Parties shall execute a Quality Agreement with respect to certain Transferred Material, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit F (the “Quality Agreement”), simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement.
(b) Telix will use the Transferred Material solely in accordance with Applicable Law. If any Transferred Material or information derived from the use of thereof is transferred out of [**] by Telix, Telix will communicate with all applicable Governmental Authorities if and as may be required by Applicable Laws which apply to the exportation, handling, storage, and transfer of Transferred Material (or data derived from the use thereof) out of [**] and shall comply with all Applicable Laws with respect to the transfer of the Transferred Material or data derived from the Transferred Material out of [**].
(c) Telix assumes full responsibility for any claims or liabilities which may arise as a result of the use, handling or possession of Transferred Material by or on behalf of Telix or any Affiliate thereof, except as prohibited by law. Telix agrees to retain control over and not transfer, sell, or distribute the Transferred Material to anyone other than Telix’s employees and in each case solely as needed for the purposes set forth in Section 2.1(a) above. Telix shall exercise at a minimum the same degree of care it would exercise to protect its own similar material (and in no event less than a reasonable standard of care).
(d) Lilly hereby represents and warrants that all Transferred Materials shall have been manufactured and delivered to Telix in a form that complies with: (i) all Applicable Laws, including but not limited to GMP; (ii) any and all specifications set forth on the Certificate of Analysis provided to Telix by Lilly with respect to any Transferred Materials; and (iii) the Quality Agreement.
(e) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 2.1, THE TRANSFERRED MATERIALS ARE BEING SUPPLIED TO TELIX “AS IS”, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE USE OF THEREOF WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT OR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY.
2.2 Performance of Development Plan. Telix shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to perform the activities set forth in the Development Plan, including but not limited to the POC Study, in accordance with the timelines and other requirements set forth therein, provided that, if Telix (i) has used Commercially Reasonable Efforts to complete the POC Study within the timeline set forth therefor on the Development Plan, (ii) has been unable to complete the POC Study within such timeline despite such efforts, and (iii) provides Lilly written notice of Telix’s need to extend such timeline for the performance of the POC Study at least [**] prior to the Development Plan’s target date for such completion, Telix shall be entitled to extend such date by up to [**] as necessary to provide for such completion. Neither Telix nor any Affiliate thereof shall use any Third Party contractors to perform any portion of the POC Study or use or handle any Transferred Materials except to the extent such Third Party is listed on Exhibit G attached hereto or is approved by Lilly in writing and in advance, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld. Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, neither Telix, any Affiliate thereof, any Sublicensee, nor any Third Party acting on behalf of any of the foregoing shall submit any material documentation (e.g., study protocol or investigator’s brochure) related to the POC Study for review or approval by any institutional review board, ethics committee, Governmental Authority, or body similar to any of the foregoing without Lilly’s prior written approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that (i) Lilly may waive such requirement of Lilly’s approval with respect to any particular proposed submission by written notice to Telix (and, upon such waiver, Telix shall be entitled to make such proposed submission without breach of this sentence) and (ii) if Lilly does not approve or reject a proposed submission within [**] of Telix’s written request therefor, Lilly shall be deemed to have waived the requirement of Lilly’s approval for such proposed submission (and Telix shall, upon the expiration of such [**] period, be entitled to make such proposed submission without breach of this sentence).
2.3 Development Plan Reporting. Telix will provide Lilly with [**] written updates detailing the progress of activities under the Development Plan (including but not limited to the POC Study) and the results thereof. In addition, within [**] of completion of any pre- clinical (animal) studies set forth in the Development Plan, which is expected to occur within [**] after the Effective Date, and completion of the POC Study, respectively, Telix will provide a report detailing the results of such pre-clinical studies or POC Study, respectively, to Lilly.
3. LICENSES; LILLY OPTION
3.1 Telix License. Subject to any licenses granted to Lilly under Section 3.4, Lilly hereby grants to Telix an exclusive, royalty-bearing license, with the right to grant sublicenses (subject to Section 3.2) under the Licensed Technology to research, Develop, Commercialize, Manufacture, make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, export and import Licensed Products in the Telix Field in the Territory, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the preceding license shall not be construed as restricting Lilly’s ongoing rights to research, develop, manufacture, commercialize, sell, offer to sell, distribute, import, export or market any Licensed Antibody or Lilly Product outside the Telix Field and (ii) Lilly and its Affiliates retain (and Telix hereby grants back to Lilly and its Affiliates) an irrevocable, perpetual, paid-up, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive right, without the right to sublicense, to practice, use, have used, make, have made, and import the Licensed Technology for research and development purposes (which, for clarity, shall exclude administration of any Licensed Product to any human).
3.2 Telix Sublicenses. The rights and licenses granted to Telix in Section 3.1 include the right to grant Sublicenses, provided that any Sublicense granted under this Agreement by Telix, any Affiliate thereof, or any Sublicensee to a Third Party shall be (i) in writing, (ii) subject in applicable respects to the provisions contained in this Agreement, (iii) consistent with, and not conflict with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (iv) contain terms sufficient to ensure Telix’s compliance with this Agreement, which shall include but not be limited to confidentiality provisions protecting Licensed Know-How as confidential in a manner substantially similar to that of Section 8.1 hereof. Telix shall notify Lilly and provide Lilly with a copy of each Sublicense with a Third Party (which may be reasonably redacted, if required by the Sublicensee, to remove any confidential financial terms or proprietary scientific information to the extent such redactions do not prevent Lilly from ensuring such Sublicensees complies with the requirements set forth above) within [**] following the execution thereof. Telix shall be responsible for the compliance of its Sublicensees, and ensure that Sublicensees comply with, with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
3.3 Telix Affiliates. The rights and licenses granted under Section 3.1 shall include the grant of such rights and licenses to any Affiliates of Telix if any such Affiliate expressly assumes, in writing, the same obligations as those of Telix under this Agreement. Telix and such Affiliate shall be jointly and severally responsible for the performance of all obligations by such Affiliates and for such Affiliates’ compliance with all terms and conditions of this Agreement. References to Telix under this Agreement shall be deemed to also include references to any such Affiliate.
3.4 Lilly Licenses and Option
(a) Option. Telix grants Lilly the exclusive option to be granted the rights set forth in Section 3.4(b) below (such option, the “Option”). Telix shall provide Lilly a complete, detailed, written report of the results of the POC Study, and any other New Know-How or information related to any New Patents related to, in either case, the Companion Diagnostic, promptly upon the earlier of the early termination of the POC Study or the Successful Completion thereof. Lilly shall be entitled to exercise the Option by written notice to Telix given at any time prior to the date [**] following Lilly’s receipt of the report set forth above.
(b) Companion Diagnostic License and Related Rights. Upon Lilly’s exercise of its Option, Telix shall grant, and hereby grants, to Lilly and its Affiliates an exclusive, worldwide license, with rights of sublicense and transferable with this Agreement, under the Telix Technology, Telix Radiodiagnostic IP, and any Regulatory Materials owned, licensed, or controlled by Telix or any Affiliate thereof with respect to any Companion Diagnostic or the Licensed Antibody to Develop, Commercialize, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or otherwise exploit any Companion Diagnostic in the Lilly Field, which right shall include a right of reference with respect to any of the above-referenced Regulatory Materials. In addition, to the extent Telix or any Affiliate thereof owns any Regulatory Materials that relate solely to Companion Diagnostics, Telix shall provide Lilly all material information related thereto, and, if and as requested by Lilly, assign all right, title, and interest therein to Lilly or an Affiliate thereof, free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 3.4(b) restricts Telix’s ongoing rights to research, develop, manufacture, commercialize, sell, offer to sell, distribute, import, export or market Licensed Products outside the Lilly Field.
3.5 No Implied Licenses. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither Party, by virtue of this Agreement, shall acquire any license or other interest, by implication or otherwise, in any materials, Know-How, or intellectual property rights Controlled by the other Party or its Affiliates. Furthermore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, by entering into this Agreement with Telix, neither Lilly nor any Affiliate thereof shall forfeit any rights that Lilly may have including its rights to perform research activities in compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(l) or any experimental or research use exemption that may apply in any country (which, for clarity, shall exclude administration of any Licensed Product to any human).
3.6 Third Party Contractors. Subject to Section 2.2, each Party and its Affiliates shall have the right to retain one or more Third Party contractors to perform any activities in connection with its or its Affiliates’ exercise of any rights granted under this Section 3, where such activity is to be performed at the direction and control and for the sole benefit of such Party or its Affiliates. Such retention of the Third Party contractor is not a sublicense for purposes of this Agreement, but shall be considered an activity of such Party or its Affiliate under this Agreement. Telix shall be responsible for the performance of its Third Party contractors and for such Third Party contractor’s compliance with all applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement.
4. DILIGENCE; REGULATORY
4.1 Responsibility to Develop and Commercialize.
(a) Telix. Telix, itself or through its Affiliates and Sublicensees, will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop, obtain Regulatory Approval for, and Commercialize Licensed Products in the Telix Field in each of the Major Markets, provided that, upon Lilly’s exercise of its Option, and for so long as Lilly’s rights under Section 3.4(b) remain in effect, the foregoing shall not apply with respect to Companion Diagnostics in the Lilly Field. Telix will be responsible for all costs and expenses associated with Development, regulatory and Commercialization activities under this Section 4.l(a), and, except as set forth in Section 5, Lilly will not be obligated to provide any assistance, support, advice, guidance, technology transfer, information, data, or cooperation to Telix with respect to any of the activities contemplated by this Section 4.l(a). The activities of Telix’s Affiliates, and Telix’s and its Affiliates’ licensees, sublicensees, and Third Party contractors of any of the foregoing shall constitute the efforts of Telix for purposes of this Section 4.l(a).
(b) Lilly. If Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to conduct a Registration Study of the Lilly Product for use by patients that have been screened using the Companion Diagnostic. The activities of Lilly’s Affiliates, and Lilly’s and its Affiliates’ licensees, sublicensees, and Third Party contractors of any of the foregoing shall constitute the efforts of Lilly for purposes of this Section 4.1(b).
4.2 Regulatory Interactions.
(a) Regulatory Interactions. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Telix, its Affiliates or Sublicensees, or its or their designees will have the right to conduct, and shall be responsible for, all regulatory activities and interactions, at their cost, concerning Licensed Products and the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any of the foregoing, provided that, upon Lilly’s exercise of such Option, Lilly shall, as between the Parties, have the right to conduct, and shall be responsible for, all regulatory activities and interactions, at Lilly’s cost, concerning Companion Diagnostics in the Lilly Field and the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization thereof.
(b) Safety Data Exchange Agreement. Upon either Party’s reasonable written request, the Parties shall use reasonable, good faith efforts to negotiate and enter into a reasonable and customary form of safety data exchange or pharmacovigilance agreement with respect to the Licensed Antibody and Licensed Products within [**] of the Effective Date (and in any event prior to the use of any Licensed Product in or with respect to any clinical trials). Telix will hold the global safety database for the Licensed Product and Lilly will hold the global safety database for the Licensed Antibody. Upon Lilly’s exercise of its Option, the Parties shall use reasonable, good faith efforts to negotiate and enter into a reasonable amendment to the agreement executed pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.2(b) in order to ensure it properly addresses Lilly’s Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of Companion Diagnostics.
(c) Compliance With Laws. The Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of Licensed Products and Licensed Antibodies shall be conducted by and on behalf of Telix (and Telix shall ensure that its Affiliates, Sublicensees, and their respective Third Party contractors conduct Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of Licensed Products) in accordance with all Applicable Laws, including but not limited to GCP, GMP and GLP.
(d) Compliance with Animal Care and Use Requirements. Telix shall comply with all Applicable Law pertaining to the care and use of experimental animals and that all animals used in experiments with Licensed Antibody and Licensed Products and shall be provided humane care and treatment in accordance with the current applicable veterinary practices. Telix shall also comply with the Lilly animal care and use requirements referenced in the attached Exhibit H.
(e) Notice of Regulatory Approval. Within [**] after each receipt of each Regulatory Approval in the Telix Field of each Licensed Product in [**], Telix will notify Lilly in writing of such achievement.
4.3 Recordkeeping. Telix shall keep (and shall ensure that its Affiliates keep) complete and accurate written and electronic records of its activities under this Agreement, including any New Know-How, in sufficient detail and in good scientific manner and in compliance with the ALCOA+ principles of Data Integrity, as will properly reflect all work done and results achieved by or on behalf of Telix and its Affiliates in the performance of the Development Plan or other Development of Licensed Products, and provide fully detailed electronic or written reports with respect thereto upon request of Lilly. All such records shall be maintained for a period of at least [**] following the end of [**] to which they relate, or such longer period as required by Applicable Law, and Telix shall not dispose of or destroy any such records without providing Lilly reasonable advance written notice thereof and a reasonable opportunity to take possession thereof.
4.4 Progress Reports. From and after the Effective Date, and without limitation of any more detailed or specific requirements under this Agreement, Telix shall keep Lilly regularly informed in reasonable detail of the progress of its, its Affiliates’, and Sublicensees’ efforts to Develop and Commercialize Licensed Products, including providing [**] written updates to Lilly within [**] of the end of each [**] during the Term, including a summary of [**], which summaries shall include relevant activities conducted and being conducted by or on behalf of Affiliates of Telix or Sublicensees. In addition, from and after the Effective Date, upon the reasonable request of Lilly, but no more frequently than [**], Lilly and Telix shall meet by telephone, videoconference, or in-person at a mutually agreeable location to discuss the topics described in the progress reports, and such other topics related to Licensed Antibody and/or Licensed Product as Lilly may reasonably request.
5. LICENSED KNOW-HOW TRANSFER
5.1 General. Within [**] of the Effective Date, Lilly will provide and transfer to Telix an electronic copy of the Licensed Know-How made available to Telix prior to the Effective Date in the electronic data room identified as the folder labeled “[**]” located within the virtual data room accessible to Telix effective [**] through the Datasite® data room service (the “Data Room”). No such Licensed Know-How will be re-formatted or otherwise modified for, in either case, Telix’s benefit, and Telix shall reasonably cooperate to facilitate any transfer hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Lilly will have no obligation under this Agreement to transfer (w) any finished form containing Licensed Antibody as an active ingredient from batches not included in Exhibit E, (x) any PAER-α cells to be used in conjunction with any cell proliferation bioassay or Know-How with respect thereto, (y) any proprietary cell line, media package, or sections of the Lilly IND related to either of the foregoing, or (z) any other Licensed Know-How or material existing as of the Effective Date other than the Licensed Know-How specifically referenced in the first sentence of this Section 5.1 above. Telix understands and agrees that the Know-How shall not include any Lilly or Lilly Affiliate manufacturing site or Third Party manufacturing site visits, method/process transfers (except as detailed in this Section 5.1), on-site training, technical support or transfer of manufacturing Know-How other than as set forth in this Section 5.1. Further, the Parties agree that technical consultation or support is not included. If Telix has a significant need for access to any additional documents or Licensed Know-How, it may request that Lilly provide such information, provided, however, Lilly shall not be obligated to deliver any such information.
6. TELIX PAYMENTS
6.1 Upfront Payment. Telix shall pay Lilly a one-time, non-refundable, non-creditable payment of five million Dollars ($5,000,000) within [**] of the Effective Date.
6.2 Milestone Payments. Within [**] after the initial achievement of each of the milestone events set forth in the table below (each, a “Milestone”), Telix will notify Lilly in writing of such achievement and make the corresponding non-refundable and non-creditable payment to Lilly.
Milestone | Milestone Payment (USD) |
[**] | [**] Dollars ($[**]) |
[**] |
[**] Dollars ($[**])* |
[**] | [**] Dollars ($[**]) |
4. Total, cumulative Telix Net Sales of Licensed Product(s) during the Term first equals or exceeds [**] Dollars ($[**]) | [**] Dollars ($[**]) |
5. Total, cumulative Telix Net Sales of Licensed Product(s) during the Term first equals or exceeds [**] Dollars ($[**]) | [**] Dollars ($[**]) |
6. Total, cumulative Telix Net Sales of Licensed Product(s) during the Term first equals or exceeds [**] Dollars ($[**]) | [**] Dollars ($[**]) |
*Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if Milestone [**] above is first achieved prior to the achievement of Milestone [**], then the amount payable for Milestone [**] shall equal [**] Dollars ($[**]) and no amount shall be due for any later achievement of Milestone [**]. Each of the foregoing Milestone payments will be payable only once; no additional payment will be due for subsequent or repeated achievements of a given Milestone by additional Licensed Products.
6.3 Sales Royalties.
(a) Subject to Section 6.3(b), Telix will pay Lilly [**] percent ([**]%) of Telix Net Sales.
(b) Payment Step-Downs.
(i) On a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, beginning on the first date on which a particular Licensed Product in a particular country is not Covered by one or more Valid Claims of a Licensed Patent (other than a Joint Patent) in such country, the royalty rate applicable to Net Sales of such Licensed Product in such country shall be reduced by [**] percent ([**]%) of the applicable royalty rate set forth in Section 6.3(a).
(ii) Telix shall have the right to offset [**] percent ([**]%) of any royalty payments calculated on the basis of sales of Licensed Products payable by Telix or an Affiliate thereof to a Third Party [**], provided that (x) such offset under clause (2)(a) above with respect to royalty payments due with respect to patents Covering, or necessary for, Commercialization of a Licensed Antibody shall only apply if the relevant agreement under which royalty payments are owed was executed following the Effective Date and (y) such offset does not reduce Telix’s royalty obligation to Lilly by more than [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount otherwise payable pursuant to Section 6.3(a).
(iii) The payment reductions set forth in this Section 6.3(b) shall be applied on a cumulative basis; provided, however that in no event, shall any royalties payable to Lilly under this Agreement with respect to any Licensed Product in a given Calendar Quarter be reduced pursuant to this Section 6.3(b) to less than [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount that would otherwise be payable to Lilly with respect to such Licensed Product in such Calendar Quarter.
6.4 Royalty Term. Royalty obligations under Section 6.3(a) (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 6.3(b)) shall only apply to, and Telix Net Sales for purposes of determining whether any sales-based Milestone has been triggered shall only include, sales of a Licensed Product sold in a country during the Telix Royalty Term applicable to such Licensed Product in such country.
6.5 Sublicense Revenue Royalty. In addition to the royalties payable pursuant to Section 6.3, Telix shall pay Lilly the percentage set forth below of any Sublicense Revenue received by Telix or any Affiliate thereof (“Sublicense Revenue Royalties”).
Date the Agreement Between Telix or Any Affiliate Thereof with any Sublicensee Constituting or Containing a Sublicense Is Executed by Telix (or its Affiliate) and the Applicable Third Party | Percentage of Sublicense Revenue |
Prior to or on the [**] of the Effective Date | [**] percent ([**]%) |
Following the [**] of the Effective Date and prior to or on the [**] of the Effective Date | [**] percent ([**]%) |
Following the [**] of the Effective Date | [**] percent ([**]%) |
Payments under this Section 6.5 shall be due with respect to any particular Sublicense Revenue within [**] of Telix’s or its Affiliate’s receipt thereof. If any Sublicense Revenue is received in a non-monetary form, payment under this Section 6.5 shall be due in cash and calculated on the basis of the fair market value of such non-monetary consideration as reasonably determined in good faith by Telix’s Board of Directors or similar governing body and agreed to by Lilly, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld.
6.6 Reports; Payment of Royalty. During the Term, beginning with the Calendar Quarter during which the earlier of (a) the First Commercial Sale of a Licensed Product occurs or (b) Sublicense Revenue is first received, Telix shall furnish to Lilly a quarterly written report for each Calendar Quarter showing (i) the Telix Net Sales of Licensed Products subject to royalty payments hereunder, broken down between Telix, its Affiliates, and any Sublicensees during the reporting period, and (ii) Sublicense Revenue received during the applicable Calendar Quarter, and the royalties payable under this Agreement with respect to any of the foregoing, including a detailed reporting of the calculation of Net Sales (including the deductions used to calculate Net Sales from gross sales and the calculation of any royalty adjustments under Section 6.3(b)) and Sublicense Revenue. Telix shall also provide a good faith sales forecast for Licensed Products for the subsequent four (4) Calendar Quarters. Reports shall be due within [**] following the close of each Calendar Quarter. Royalties on Telix Net Sales shown to have accrued by each royalty report shall be due and payable on the date such royalty report is due. Telix will mail such reports to the attention of: Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Royalty Administration in Finance, Drop Code 1064, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285 via registered or certified mail.
6.7 Records; Financial Audits.
(a) Telix will keep and maintain complete and accurate (and cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to keep and maintain complete and accurate) records and books which may be necessary to ascertain properly and to verify the payments owed hereunder. Such records need only be kept and maintained for at least [**] after the end of any Calendar Year.
(b) Upon the written request of Lilly and not more than [**], Telix shall permit (and Lilly shall have the right to have) an independent certified public accounting firm of internationally recognized standing selected by Lilly and reasonably acceptable to Telix, at Lilly’s expense, to have access during normal business hours to inspect the records of Telix, its Affiliates, and Sublicensees as may be reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the royalty reports hereunder for any Calendar Year ending not more than [**] prior to the date of such request. Any given period may not be audited more than [**]. The accounting firm shall disclose to Lilly and Telix whether the royalty reports are correct or incorrect and the specific details concerning any discrepancies. This right to audit shall remain in effect throughout the Term of this Agreement and for a period of [**] after the end of the Calendar Year in which the termination or expiration of this Agreement occurs. If such accounting firm identifies an underpayment of royalties (including Sublicense Revenue Royalties) by Telix during such period, Telix shall pay Lilly the amount of the underpayment within [**] of the date the accounting firm delivers to Telix such accounting firm’s written report so concluding, or as otherwise agreed upon by the Parties. The fees charged by such accounting firm shall be paid by Lilly unless the underpayment exceeds [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount owed by Telix to Lilly for any Calendar Year subject to such audit, in which case, the reasonable, documented out- of-pocket expense of the accounting firm to conduct such audit shall be borne by Telix. Telix shall pay interest on any underpayment at the rate set forth in Section 6.9. If such accounting firm identifies an overpayment of royalties (including any Sublicense Revenue Royalties) by Telix during such period, Telix shall have the right to offset future royalty payments by such amount of overpayment or, if no future royalties are payable, Lilly shall refund the amount of overpayment to Telix.
(c) Telix shall ensure that all Sublicenses granted pursuant to this Agreement include a provision requiring the Sublicensee to keep and maintain records of sales made pursuant to such sublicense and to grant access to such records by Lilly’s independent accountant to the same extent required of Telix under this Agreement.
(d) Lilly shall treat all financial information subject to review as Telix’s Confidential Information in accordance with Article 8 of this Agreement, and shall, if and as requested by Telix, cause its accounting firm(s) to enter into a reasonable and customary form of confidentiality agreement with Telix, its Affiliate or Sublicensee, as applicable, obligating them to retain all such information in confidence pursuant to such confidentiality agreement.
6.8 Payment Method. All payments to be made by Telix to Lilly under this Agreement shall be made in Dollars by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds to a bank account designated in writing by Lilly.
6.9 Late Payment. All late payments under the Agreement shall bear interest at the rate of United States Prime Rate for U.S. Dollars (as reported in The Wall Street Journal (Eastern U.S. edition)) as of the date such payment was due plus [**] percentage points, or, if lower, the highest rate permitted by Applicable Law, until the date such payment is made.
6.10 Tax Withholding. The Parties acknowledge that, as of the Effective Date, Telix is required to withhold income tax from certain payments due Lilly hereunder at a rate of [**] percent ([**]%) under the currently effective income tax treaty between Australia and the Republic of Ireland. Telix shall (i) make such [**] percent ([**]%) withholding payments as required, and (ii) pay Lilly the applicable amount after such [**] percent ([**]%) deduction for withholding as duly reported to Lilly. [**]. For clarity, Telix (including its Affiliates and Sublicensees) is solely responsible for any income tax due in connection with its income under this Agreement. The Parties agrees to cooperate (and cause their Affiliates to cooperate) to enable the party subject to such tax to file in a timely manner all forms, certificates, documents, applications or other reasonably required evidence required to be filed by such party to avoid or reduce such taxes and withholding. In addition, the Parties shall cooperate with one another (and cause their Affiliates to cooperate) to minimize or eliminate any withholding taxes applicable on any and all payments made by a party under or with respect to this Agreement, including as may be reasonably necessary to enjoy the benefits of any tax treaty between the applicable government and any other government to prevent double taxation on income and capital gains or similar agreements as may from time to time be available to reduce or eliminate any withholding taxes, including submission of a W8-BENE-E document or equivalent local tax form. For the [**] percent ([**]%) withholding tax Telix is required to deduct or withhold under the income tax treaty between Australia and the Republic of Ireland in effect as of the Effective Date, as contemplated by this Section 6.10, Telix will (i) pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be deducted or withheld promptly upon the earlier of determining that such deduction or withholding is required or receiving notice that such amount has been assessed against Lilly, (ii) forward to Lilly an official receipt (or certified copy) or other documentation reasonably acceptable to Lilly evidencing such payment to such authorities within [**] following such payment and (iii) cooperate with Lilly in obtaining any refund of such tax or withholding as permitted by Applicable Law, with any such refunds to be for the benefit of Lilly.
7. LILLY PAYMENTS
7.1 Applicability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Lilly shall only be obligated to pay Telix any amounts under this Section 7 if Lilly has exercised the Option under Section 3.4.
7.2 Option Payment. Lilly shall pay Telix a one-time, non-refundable, non-creditable payment of five million Dollars ($5,000,000) within [**] of the date Lilly exercises its Option.
7.3 Milestone Payments. Within [**] after the initial achievement of each of the milestone events set forth in the table below (each, a “Lilly Milestone”), Lilly will notify Telix in writing of such achievement and make the corresponding non-refundable and non-creditable payment to Telix.
Lilly Milestone | Milestone Payment (USD) |
[**] | [**] Dollars ($[**]) |
[**] | [**] Dollars ($[**]) |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (i) each of the foregoing Lilly Milestone payments will be payable only once (i.e., no additional payment will be due for subsequent or repeated achievements of a given Lilly Milestone) and (ii) the total amount due under this Section 7.3 shall not exceed thirty million Dollars ($30,000,000) in any event.
7.4 Sales Royalties.
(a) Subject to Section 7.4(b), Lilly will pay Telix:
(i) [**] percent ([**]%) of Lilly Net Sales of Lilly Products sold for the labeled use of the treatment of human cancer; and
(ii) [**] percent ([**]%) of Lilly Net Sales of Companion Diagnostics.
(b) Payment Step-Downs.
(i) On a Lilly Product-by-Lilly Product (or Companion Diagnostic-by- Companion Diagnostic) and country-by-country basis, beginning on the first date on which the applicable Companion Diagnostic in a particular country is not Covered by one or more Valid Claims of a Telix Patent (other than a Joint Patent) in such country, the royalty rate applicable to Net Sales of such Lilly Product (or Companion Diagnostic) in such country shall be reduced by [**] percent ([**]%) of the applicable royalty rate set forth in Section 7.4(a).
(ii) Lilly shall have the right to offset [**] percent ([**]%) of any royalty payments calculated on the basis of sales payable by Lilly or an Affiliate thereof to a Third Party [**], provided that such offset does not reduce Lilly’s royalty obligation to Telix by more than [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount otherwise payable pursuant to Section 7.4(a).
(c) The payment reductions set forth in this Section 7.4(b) shall be applied on a cumulative basis; provided, however that in no event, shall any royalties payable to Telix under this Agreement with respect to any Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic in a given Calendar Quarter be reduced pursuant to this Section 7.4(b) to less than [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount that would otherwise be payable to Telix with respect to such Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic in such Calendar Quarter.
7.5 Royalty Term. Royalty obligations under Section 7.4(a) (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 7.4(b)) shall only apply to sales of a Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic, as applicable, sold in a country during the Lilly Royalty Term applicable to such Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic in such country.
7.6 Reports; Payment of Royalty. During the Term, beginning with the Calendar Quarter during which the earlier to occur of First Re-Registration Date of a Lilly Product or First Commercial Sale of a Companion Diagnostic by Lilly, an Affiliate thereof, or a sublicensee or licensee of either of the foregoing occurs, Lilly shall furnish to Telix a quarterly written report for each Calendar Quarter showing the Lilly Net Sales of Lilly Products and Companion Diagnostics subject to royalty payments hereunder, broken down between Lilly, its Affiliates, and any licensees or sublicensees of either of the foregoing during the reporting period. Reports shall be due within [**] following the close of each Calendar Quarter. Royalties shown to have accrued by each royalty report shall be due and payable on the date such royalty report is due. Lilly will mail such reports to the attention of:
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne
Suite 401
VIC 3051, Australia
Attn: [**]
7.7 Records; Financial Audits.
(a) Lilly will keep and maintain complete and accurate (and cause its Affiliates and applicable licensees and sublicensees to keep and maintain complete and accurate) records and books which may be necessary to ascertain properly and to verify the payments owed hereunder. Such records need only be kept and maintained for at least [**] after the end of any Calendar Year.
(b) Upon the written request of Telix and not more than [**], Lilly shall permit (and Telix shall have the right to have) an independent certified public accounting firm of internationally recognized standing selected by Telix and reasonably acceptable to Lilly, at Telix’s expense, to have access during normal business hours to inspect the records of Lilly and its Affiliates as may be reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the royalty reports hereunder for any Calendar Year ending not more than [**] prior to the date of such request. Any given period may not be audited more than [**]. The accounting firm shall disclose to Telix and Lilly whether the royalty reports are correct or incorrect and the specific details concerning any discrepancies. This right to audit shall remain in effect throughout the Term of this Agreement and for a period of [**] after the end of the Calendar Year in which the termination or expiration of this Agreement occurs. If such accounting firm identifies an underpayment of royalties by Lilly during such period, Lilly shall pay Telix the amount of the underpayment within [**] of the date the accounting firm delivers to Lilly such accounting firm’s written report so concluding, or as otherwise agreed upon by the Parties. The fees charged by such accounting firm shall be paid by Telix unless the underpayment exceeds [**] percent ([**]%) of the amount owed by Lilly to Telix for any Calendar Year subject to such audit, in which case, the reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expense of the accounting firm to conduct such audit shall be borne by Lilly. Lilly shall pay interest on any underpayment at the rate set forth in Section 7.9. If such accounting firm identifies an overpayment of royalties by Lilly during such period, Lilly shall have the right to offset future royalty payments by such amount of overpayment or, if no future royalties are payable, Telix shall refund the amount of overpayment to Lilly.
(c) Telix shall treat all financial information subject to review as Lilly’s Confidential Information in accordance with Article 8 of this Agreement, and shall, if and as requested by Lilly, cause its accounting firm(s) to enter into a reasonable and customary form of confidentiality agreement with Lilly or its Affiliate, as applicable, obligating them to retain all such information in confidence pursuant to such confidentiality agreement.
7.8 Payment Method. All payments to be made by Lilly to Telix under this Agreement shall be made in Dollars by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds to a bank account designated in writing by Telix.
7.9 Late Payment. All late payments under the Agreement shall bear interest at the rate of United States Prime Rate for U.S. Dollars (as reported in The Wall Street Journal (Eastern U.S. edition)) as of the date such payment was due plus [**] percentage points, or, if lower, the highest rate permitted by Applicable Law, until the date such payment is made.
7.10 Tax Withholding. The Parties acknowledge that, as of the Effective Date, Lilly is required to withhold income tax from certain payments due Telix hereunder at a rate of [**] percent ([**]%) under the currently effective income tax treaty between Australia and the Republic of Ireland. Lilly shall (i) make such [**] percent ([**]%) withholding payments as required, and (ii) pay Telix the applicable amount after such [**] percent ([**]%) deduction for withholding as duly reported to Telix. [**]. For clarity, Lilly (including its Affiliates and licensees or sublicensees of either of the foregoing) is solely responsible for any income tax due in connection with its income under this Agreement. The Parties agrees to cooperate (and cause their Affiliates to cooperate) to enable the party subject to such tax to file in a timely manner all forms, certificates, documents, applications or other reasonably required evidence required to be filed by such party to avoid or reduce such taxes and withholding. In addition, the Parties shall cooperate with one another (and cause their Affiliates to cooperate) to minimize or eliminate any withholding taxes applicable on any and all payments made by a party under or with respect to this Agreement, including as may be reasonably necessary to enjoy the benefits of any tax treaty between the applicable government and any other government to prevent double taxation on income and capital gains or similar agreements as may from time to time be available to reduce or eliminate any withholding taxes, including submission of a W8-BENE-E document or equivalent local tax form. For the [**] percent ([**]%) withholding tax Lilly is required to deduct or withhold under the income tax treaty between Australia and the Republic of Ireland in effect as of the Effective Date, as contemplated by this Section 7.10, Lilly will (i) pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be deducted or withheld promptly, (ii) forward to Telix documentation of such payment to such authorities within [**] following such payment and (iii) reasonably cooperate with Telix in obtaining any refund of such tax or withholding as permitted by Applicable Law, with any such refunds to be for the benefit of Telix.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY; PUBLICATION
8.1 Nondisclosure Obligation. Except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement, during the Term and for [**] thereafter, the Receiving Party shall keep confidential, and shall not publish or otherwise disclose and shall not use for any purpose other than as expressly provided for in this Agreement, the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party may use Confidential Information only to the extent required to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. Each Party agrees that during the term of this Agreement, without limiting its obligations hereunder, each Party shall implement technical and organizational measures to protect all information under the Agreement that are appropriate and that provide no less protection than both: (i) reasonable, good industry practice (i.e., in accordance with ISO 27001 and/or similar industry standards) and (ii) its measures to protect its own information of a similar nature or importance. The Receiving Party shall promptly notify the Disclosing Party upon discovery of any unauthorized use or unauthorized disclosure of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information by the Receiving Party or any of its Representatives.
8.2 Exceptions. The Receiving Party’s obligations under Section 8.1 shall not apply to any information that the Receiving Party can show by competent evidence: (i) is already known to it or its Affiliates at the time it is disclosed to any of them, as evidenced by the Receiving Party’s written records; (ii) is or becomes generally known to the public through no act or omission of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates in violation of the terms of this Agreement; (iii) has been lawfully received by the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates from a Third Party without restriction on its disclosure and without, to the knowledge of the Receiving Party, a breach by such Third Party of an obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates; or (iv) has been independently developed by the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates without use of or reference to the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party or any of its Affiliates.
8.3 Authorized Disclosure. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.1, the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party as expressly permitted by this Agreement, or if and to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary in the following instances:
(a) enforcing or exercising the Receiving Party’s rights under this Agreement and performing the Receiving Party’s obligations under this Agreement;
(b) prosecuting or defending litigation as permitted by this Agreement;
(c) complying with applicable court or governmental orders, or Applicable Laws, including Applicable Laws related to securities laws disclosure requirements or any disclosure requirements of any applicable stock market or securities exchange on which the Receiving Party’s or any of its Affiliates’ securities are traded, provided the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party sufficient written notice, to the extent reasonably possible, to permit the Disclosing Party to seek a protective order or other confidential or protective treatment with respect to such Confidential Information;
(d) in the case of Telix as the Receiving Party, disclosure in submissions to or filings with any Regulatory Authority (including, without limitation, in INDs and BLAs) with respect to any Licensed Product, and in correspondence with any Regulatory Authority in the Territory regarding any Licensed Product or any of the foregoing submissions or filings in the Territory;
(e) in the case of Lilly as the Receiving Party, disclosure in submissions to or filings with any Regulatory Authority (including, without limitation, in INDs and BLAs) with respect to any Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic, and in correspondence with any Regulatory Authority in the Territory regarding any Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic or any of the foregoing submissions or filings in the Territory;
(f) disclosure to the Receiving Party’s Affiliates, to actual or potential Sublicensees (in the case of Telix) or licensees or sublicensees (in the case of Lilly), and to the Receiving Party’s Representatives who, in each case, have a need to know such information in order for the Receiving Party to exercise its rights or fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, provided, in each case, that any such Affiliate, actual or potential Sublicensee (in the case of Telix) or licensee or sublicensee (in the case of Lilly), or Representative agrees to be bound by terms of confidentiality and non-use substantially as restrictive as those set forth in this Article 8;
(g) disclosure (i) in connection with Patent Prosecution or the enforcement or defense of any Licensed Patent or Telix Patent, (ii) in connection with Regulatory Applications and all other documents or materials submitted to Regulatory Authorities and (iii) of the existence, terms and a copy of the Agreement (provided such terms and copy of the Agreement shall be redacted as requested by Lilly) to actual and potential investors, lenders, licensees, sublicensees and acquirers who are under obligations of confidentiality that are of substantially similar scope and magnitude as the obligations of confidentiality in this Agreement (other than the confidentiality term, which may be as short as [**]); and
(h) disclosure, by either Party, of a copy of the Agreement in response to a request from a taxing authority.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Receiving Party is required to make a disclosure of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information pursuant to Section 8.3(c) (but, for clarity, not under Section 8.3(h) where, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Lilly may freely disclose a copy of the Agreement in response to a valid request from a taxing authority), it will, except in the case where it is impractical to do so (i) give reasonable advance notice to the Disclosing Party of such required disclosure, and (ii) at the Disclosing Party’s request and expense, shall cooperate with the Disclosing Party’s efforts to contest such requirement, to obtain a protective order requiring that the Confidential Information so disclosed be used only for the purposes for which the order was issued or the law or regulation required, and/or to obtain other confidential treatment of such Confidential Information.
8.4 Publicity
(a) Public Announcements. The Parties agree that Telix shall be entitled to issue the press release attached hereto as Exhibit I at any time within [**] of the Effective Date. Except as permitted by the preceding sentence or required by applicable securities laws or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which securities issued by a Party or its Affiliates are traded or as permitted under Section 8.3(c), neither Party shall make any public announcement concerning this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided that each Party may [**].
(b) Filing of this Agreement. The Parties shall coordinate in advance with each other in connection with the filing of this Agreement (including redaction of certain provisions of this Agreement) with any securities authority or with any stock exchange on which securities issued by a Party or its Affiliate are traded, and each Party shall use reasonable efforts to seek confidential treatment for the terms proposed to be redacted; provided that each Party shall ultimately retain control over what information to disclose to any securities authority or stock exchange, as the case may be, and provided further that the Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to file redacted versions with any governing bodies which are consistent with redacted versions previously filed with any other governing bodies. Other than such obligation, neither Party (nor any of its Affiliates) shall be obliged to consult with or obtain approval from the other Party with respect to any filings to any securities authority or stock exchange.
8.5 Prior Confidentiality Agreement and MTA. As of the Effective Date, the terms of this Article 8 shall supersede the Confidentiality Agreement and the “Confidentiality”, “Research Reports”, “Publications and Use of Name”, and “Destruction of Material” section(s) of the MTA to the extent addressing the subject matter of this Article 8, and any information disclosed pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement or MTA shall be deemed Confidential Information of the applicable Party for purposes of this Agreement.
9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
9.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that, as of the Effective Date:
(a) it has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and its execution of this Agreement, the fulfillment of its obligations and performance of its activities hereunder do not conflict with, violate, or breach, or constitute a default under, any material agreement, instrument or understanding, oral or written, to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, nor violate any material law or regulation of any court, governmental body or administrative or other agency having jurisdiction over it;
(b) it is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, and has full corporate or other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Quality Agreement and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof;
(c) it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Quality Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and the person or persons executing this Agreement and the Quality Agreement on its behalf has been duly authorized to do so by all requisite corporate action;
(d) this Agreement and the Quality Agreement are legally binding upon it, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and
(e) all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of all Governmental Authorities and other persons required to be obtained by such Party as of the Effective Date in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been obtained.
9.2 Representations and Warranties of Telix. Telix represents and warrants to Lilly that, as of the Effective Date:
(a) it owns or has the exclusive rights to the Telix Technology;
(b) to the best of Telix’s and its Affiliates’ knowledge, the Telix Patents existing as of the Effective Date are valid and enforceable;
(c) to Telix’s and its Affiliates’ knowledge, without duty of investigation or inquiry, the Linker Technology existing as of the Effective Date (or the use or manufacture thereof) does not infringe any Third Party’s Patents or constitute any other misappropriation of any Third Party’s intellectual property rights;
(d) Telix has the necessary resources, skills and expertise to perform the Development Plan, including the POC Study, it has made its own assessment of the Licensed Technology, and, in executing this Agreement, it has not relied on any representation or statement by Lilly which is not included in this Agreement;
(e) neither Telix nor any of its Affiliates is debarred or disqualified under the Act or comparable Applicable Laws outside of the United States;
(f) no current employee of Telix or any of its Affiliates is debarred or disqualified under United States law, including 21 U.S.C. §335a, or any foreign equivalent thereof; and
(g) neither Telix, its Affiliates, nor any of its or their managers, executive officers, agents, members nor any person having a controlling interest in Telix or any Affiliate thereof are (i) a person targeted by trade or financial sanctions under the laws and regulations of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and its Member States, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction, including but not limited to persons designated on the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Other Blocked Persons and Consolidated Sanctions List, the U.S. State Department’s Non-proliferation Sanctions Lists, the UN Financial Sanctions Lists, the EU’s Consolidated List of Persons, Groups and Entities Subject to EU Financial Sanctions, and the UK HM Treasury Consolidated Lists of Financial Sanctions Targets; (ii) incorporated or headquartered in, or organized under the laws of, a territory subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions (each, a “Sanctioned Territory”) (currently, Cuba, Iran, Crimea, North Korea and Syria, but subject to change at any time) or (iii) directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such persons (together “Restricted Person”). Telix further represents and warrants that Telix shall notify Lilly in writing immediately if Telix, any of its Affiliates, or any of its or their managers, executive officers, agents, members or any person having a controlling interest in Telix or any Affiliate thereof becomes a Restricted Person or if Telix or an Affiliate thereof becomes directly or indirectly owned or controlled by one or more Restricted Persons.
9.3 Representations and Warranties of Lilly. Lilly represents and warrants to Telix that, as of the Effective Date:
(a) Lilly has the right to grant to Telix the rights set forth in Section 3.1;
(b) it or an Affiliate thereof owns or has rights to the Licensed Technology;
(c) to Lilly’s and its Affiliates’ knowledge, without duty of investigation or inquiry, the Licensed Patents existing as of the Effective Date are valid and enforceable;
(d) to Lilly’s knowledge, without duty of investigation or inquiry, the Licensed Antibody (or the use or manufacture thereof) does not infringe any Third Party’s Patents or constitute any other misappropriation of any Third Party’s other intellectual property rights; and
(e) no current or former employee of Lilly or any of its Affiliates engaged in any activities in connection with the Development or Commercialization of the Licensed Antibody is or was debarred or disqualified under United States law, including 21 U.S.C. §335a, or any foreign equivalent thereof.
9.4 Covenants.
(a) Each Party shall inform the other Party in writing promptly upon learning that it or any Person who has performed activities with respect to any Licensed Antibody prior to the Effective Date is debarred or is the subject of a conviction described in Section 306 of the Act, or upon learning that any action is pending or threatened relating to the debarment or conviction of such Party or any Person used in any capacity by such Party or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Development or Commercialization of the Licensed Antibody or Licensed Products.
(b) Each Party agrees to comply, and to cause its Affiliates to comply, with all applicable trade sanctions and export control laws and regulations, including where applicable the U.S. trade sanctions administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (31 C.F.R. Part 501 et seq.), the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. Part 734 et seq.), and European Union trade sanctions and export laws (including without limitation Council Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009 (as amended)).
(c) Telix agrees, and shall ensure that its Affiliates and any Sublicensees agree, that the Licensed Antibody and Licensed Products will not be manufactured in, used, sold, exported, reexported, transferred, or otherwise made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Territory or Restricted Person without the prior written approval from Lilly.
(d) Lilly agrees, and shall ensure that its Affiliates and any licensees or sublicensees of Lilly or its Affiliates with respect to any Companion Diagnostic ensure, that the Companion Diagnostic will not be manufactured in, used, sold, exported, reexported, transferred, or otherwise made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Territory or Restricted Person without the prior written approval from Telix.
9.5 No Other Representations or Warranties. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR NON-MISAPPROPRIATION OF THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, ARE MADE OR GIVEN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PARTY AND ALL SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. FURTHER, WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN SECTION 9.3, (I) LILLY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, AND EXTENDS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSFERRED MATERIAL AND (II) LILLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT THERETO.
9.6 Limitation of Liability. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, LOST OPPORTUNITY OR LOST SALES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF ANY NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 9.6 IS INTENDED TO OR SHALL LIMIT OR RESTRICT THE INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS OF ANY PARTY UNDER ARTICLE 10, OR DAMAGES AVAILABLE FOR A PARTY’S BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 8.
10. INDEMNIFICATION; GUARANTEE
10.1 By Lilly. Lilly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Telix, its Affiliates, and their respective Representatives (individually and collectively, the “Telix Indemnitee(s)”) from and against any claim, demand, action or other proceeding by any Third Party (each, a “Claim”) against any Telix Indemnitee, and all associated losses, liabilities, damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs (individually and collectively, “Losses”), arising out of (a) the gross negligence, willful misconduct, or failure to comply with Applicable Law on the part of Lilly or any Lilly Indemnitee, (b) the use, Development, Manufacture, Commercialization, handling, storage or other disposition of (x) Licensed Antibody or, if Lilly exercises its Option, (y) Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic by or on behalf of, in the case of (x) or (y), Lilly or any of its Related Parties, including without limitation any product liability claim, or (c) Lilly’s breach of this Agreement; except, in each case, to the extent such Claims or Losses arise out of any Telix Indemnitee’s negligence, illegal conduct, willful misconduct, failure to comply with Applicable Law, or breach of this Agreement.
10.2 By Telix. Telix agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Lilly, its Affiliates, and their respective Representatives (individually and collectively, the “Lilly Indemnitee(s)”) from and against any Claim against any Lilly Indemnitee, and all associated Losses, arising out of (a) the gross negligence, willful misconduct, or failure to comply with Applicable Law on the part of Telix or any Telix Indemnitee, (b) the use, Development, Manufacture, Commercialization, handling, storage or other disposition of any Licensed Antibody, Licensed Product, or Transferred Material by or on behalf of Telix or any of its Related Parties, including without limitation any product liability claim, or (c) Telix’s breach of this Agreement; except, in each case, to the extent such Claims or Losses arise out of any Lilly Indemnitee’s negligence, illegal conduct, willful misconduct, failure to comply with Applicable Law, or breach of this Agreement.
10.3 Defined Indemnification Terms. Either the Lilly Indemnitee or the Telix Indemnitee that is the beneficiary of the obligation to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless under Section 10.1 or 10.2, as applicable, shall be an “Indemnitee” for the purpose of this Article 10, and the Party that is obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee under Section 10.1 or Section 10.2, as applicable, shall be the “Indemnifying Party”.
10.4 Defense. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume direction and control of the defense of the Claim at the Indemnifying Party’s sole expense by counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee, provided that the Indemnitee may, at its own expense, also be represented by counsel of its own choosing. The Indemnifying Party shall have the sole right to control the defense of any such Claim subject to the terms of this Article 10, but shall consider in good faith all reasonable suggestions of the Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Indemnifying Party does not assume direction and control of the defense of the Claim within [**] after receiving notice of the Claim from the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee shall have the right to assume direction and control of such defense by counsel selected by the Indemnitee, and, without limiting the Indemnifying Party’s indemnification obligations, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnitee for all reasonable and documented costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred by the Indemnitee in defending itself within [**] after receipt of any invoice therefor from the Indemnitee. If the Indemnitee assumes direction and control of the defense of such Claim in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Indemnifying Party may, at its own expense, participate in and monitor such defense with counsel of its own choosing.
10.5 Settlement. The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to settle any such Claim or otherwise consent to an adverse judgment with respect to such Claim (a) with prior written notice to the Indemnitee but without the consent of the Indemnitee where (i) there is no admission of legal wrongdoing on the part of the Indemnitee and (ii) the only liability or other obligation imposed on the Indemnitee is the payment of money and the Indemnifying Party is obligated to make such payment under this Article 10 and actually makes such payment or (b) in all other cases, only with the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Telix shall not enter into any settlement or voluntary disposition or consent to an adverse judgment with respect to any Claim in any matter that would, in either case, reasonably be anticipated to adversely affect any Licensed Technology or Lilly’s ability to Develop, Manufacture, or Commercialize the Licensed Antibody or, if Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly Products or Companion Diagnostics without Lilly’s prior written consent, and provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Lilly shall not enter into any settlement or voluntary disposition or consent to an adverse judgment with respect to any Claim in any matter that would, in either case, reasonably be anticipated to materially and adversely affect Telix’s ability to Develop, Manufacture, or Commercialize Licensed Products in the Telix Field without Telix’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
10.6 Notice. In connection with any Claim for which an Indemnitee seeks indemnification from the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall: (i) notify the Indemnifying Party promptly in writing of such Claim; provided, however, that failure to provide such notice will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from its liability or obligation hereunder, except to the extent of any material prejudice as a direct result of such failure; (ii) reasonably cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Indemnifying Party with respect to such Claim and the defense or settlement thereof at the Indemnifying Party’s expense; and (iii) permit the Indemnifying Party to control the defense and settlement of the Claim as set forth above.
10.7 Permission by Indemnifying Party. The Indemnitee may not settle, consent to an adverse judgment, or make any admission as to liability or fault with respect to any Claim subject to indemnification without the express written permission of the Indemnifying Party, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except in the case of any settlement, consent, or admission that would reasonably be anticipated to adversely affect any Licensed Technology or either Party’s ability to Develop or Commercialize Licensed Products or, in the case of Lilly being the Indemnifying Party, the Licensed Antibody, which shall, in each case, require the Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent.
10.8 Telix Parent Guarantee. For any period of time following the Effective Date during which Telix Parent is an Affiliate of Telix, Telix Parent hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to Lilly Telix’s, and each of Telix’s applicable Affiliates’, compliance with, and performance of, Telix’s obligations under, this Agreement. Telix Parent expressly waives any requirement that Lilly exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against Telix or any Affiliate thereof for any obligation or performance hereunder. With the exception of the rights expressly granted to Lilly in this Section 10.8, nothing expressed or implied from this Section 10.8 is intended to or shall be construed to give to any person or entity other than Lilly any legal or equitable rights, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Section 10.8, and this Section 10.8 is intended to be and is for the sole and exclusive benefit of Lilly. For clarity, the foregoing two sentences shall not be interpreted as limiting the ability of any successor or permitted assign of Lilly to exercise Lilly’s rights pursuant to this Section 10.8. Telix Parent shall not have any right, as a third party beneficiary of this Agreement or due to its execution of this Agreement for purposes of providing Lilly the rights described under this Section 10.8, to pursue any legal or equitable claim against Lilly or any Affiliate thereof under this Agreement.
11. INVENTIONS; PATENT PROVISIONS
11.1 Ownership of Inventions.
(a) Telix New IP. Telix shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, own all Telix New Know-How and Telix New Patents. Lilly shall assign and hereby assigns all of its and its Affiliates’ right, title, and interest in any Telix New Know-How and Telix New Patents to Telix, free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances (except for those set forth in this Agreement). Lilly shall take, and shall cause its Affiliates to take, all actions necessary or useful to effect the purposes of the foregoing, including those reasonably requested by Telix in writing.
(b) Lilly New IP. Lilly shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, own all Lilly New Know-How and Lilly New Patents. Telix shall assign and hereby assigns all of its and its Affiliates’ right, title, and interest in any Lilly New Know-How and Lilly New Patents to Lilly, free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances (except for those set forth in this Agreement). Telix shall take, and shall cause its Affiliates to take, all actions necessary or useful to effect the purposes of the foregoing, including those reasonably requested by Lilly in writing.
(c) Joint New IP. Telix and Lilly shall jointly own all Joint New Know-How and Joint New Patents. Each Party shall assign, and hereby assigns, such of its and its Affiliates’ right, title, and interest in any Joint New Know-How and Joint New Patents to the other Party as may be necessary to reflect the joint ownership set forth above. Each Party shall take, and cause its Affiliates to take, all actions necessary or useful to effect the purposes of the foregoing, including those reasonably requested by the other Party in writing. Subject to any licenses thereto granted under this Agreement, (i) each Party shall have the right under Joint New Patents and Joint New Know-How to independently commercially exploit any Joint New Patents or Joint New Know-How and (ii) the Parties agree that each Party has the right to grant sublicensable, transferable licenses under Joint New Patents and Joint New Know-How to any other party, and to practice any Joint New Patents and Joint New Know-How for any purpose, without the consent of, or accounting to, the other Party, and to the extent any such consent or accounting is required by any jurisdiction, such consent is hereby granted and the requirement of such accounting is hereby waived, provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the foregoing shall not be construed as a license to any other intellectual property of either Party.
(d) Other New IP. The ownership of all New Know-How and New Patents that are not Lilly New Know-How, Lilly New Patents, Telix New Know-How, Telix New Patents, Joint New Know-How, or Joint New Patents shall follow inventorship thereof, as determined in accordance with U.S. patent law.
11.2 Patent Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance
(a) Licensed Patents Other than Joint New Patents.
(i) Prosecution and Maintenance. Lilly, at Lilly’s expense, has, subject to Section 11.2(a)(ii) and the remainder of this Section 11.2(a)(i), the sole right and obligation to control the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Licensed Patents other than Joint New Patents using patent counsel of Lilly’s choice. Lilly shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Prosecute and maintain Licensed Patents in each of the Major Markets. Lilly will provide Telix with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any filings or correspondence with patent authorities pertaining to any such Licensed Patent prior to any submission thereof to any such authority. Lilly shall keep Telix reasonably informed of all activities with respect to such Licensed Patents, including: providing copies of all material correspondence received from and filed with all applicable patent offices; informing Telix reasonably in advance and in writing of all decisions with respect to the filing (or non-filing) of continuing applications, national-phase applications, and the like; and permitting Telix a reasonable advance opportunity (at least [**]) to comment on any material action proposed to be taken with respect to any of such Licensed Patents.
(ii) Abandonment. In the event that Lilly decides to abandon or cease Prosecution of any Licensed Patent that is not a Joint New Patent, Lilly shall provide written notice to Telix thereof at least [**] prior to the next deadline for any action that must be taken with respect thereto in the relevant patent office. In such case, Telix shall have the right, in its sole discretion, exercisable upon written notice to Lilly delivered no later than [**] after receipt of such notice from Lilly with respect to any such Licensed Patent, to assume control of Prosecution with respect to such Licensed Patent. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary, in the event Lilly determines in its sole discretion that providing such control to Telix could have a detrimental impact on Lilly’s and its Affiliates’ intellectual property interests, including those relating to the Licensed Antibody, any product incorporating the foregoing, any Companion Diagnostic, any Lilly Product, or Lilly’s, its Affiliates’, or any of its or their licensees’ or sublicensees’ research, development, manufacture, or commercialization of any other products or services, then the provisions of this Section 11.2(a)(ii) shall not require Lilly to grant such control to Telix as contemplated hereby. Upon any such transfer of control of Prosecution to Telix under this Section 11.2(a)(ii), (1) all costs and expenses incurred with respect to the Prosecution and maintenance of the applicable Patent shall be borne by Telix and (2) Telix shall keep Lilly reasonably informed of all activities with respect to such Licensed Patents, including providing copies of all material correspondence received from and filed with all applicable patent offices, informing Lilly reasonably in advance and in writing of all decisions with respect to the filing (or non-filing) of continuing applications, national-phase applications, and the like, and permitting Lilly a reasonable advance opportunity (at least [**]) to comment on any material action proposed to be taken with respect to any of such Licensed Patents.
(b) Telix Patents Other than Joint New Patents.
(i) Effectiveness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 11.2(b) shall only be effective from the Effective Date until the expiration of the Option, unless Lilly exercises the Option, in which case this Section 11.2(b) shall remain in effect thereafter.
(ii) Prosecution and Maintenance.
(1) By Telix. Telix, at Telix’s expense, has, subject to Sections 11.2(b)(ii)(2) and 11.2(b)(iii), the sole right and obligation to control the Prosecution and maintenance of the Telix Patents and Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents, other than Joint New Patents, using patent counsel of Telix’s choice. Telix shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Prosecute and maintain such Telix Patents and Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents in each of the Major Markets. Telix will provide Lilly with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any filings or correspondence with patent authorities pertaining to any such Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent, prior to any submission thereof to any such authority. Telix shall keep Lilly reasonably informed of all activities with respect to such Telix Patents and Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents, including: [**]. Telix shall not file or submit any new Patents, inventor affidavits, any other Patent-related filings, or the like that disclose any information related to the Licensed Antibody, Licensed Technology, or any Confidential Information of Lilly without Lilly’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld.
(2) By Lilly. Upon Lilly’s exercise of its Option, Lilly, at Lilly’s expense, has, subject to Section 11.2(b)(iii), the sole right and obligation to control the Prosecution and maintenance of the Telix Patents and Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents, other than Joint New Patents, that Cover any Companion Diagnostic, but do not Cover any other product that is not a Companion Diagnostic (“Companion Diagnostic-Specific Telix Patents”), using patent counsel of Lilly’s choice. Lilly will provide Telix with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any filings or correspondence with patent authorities pertaining to any such Companion Diagnostic-Specific Telix Patent, prior to any submission thereof to any such authority. Lilly shall keep Telix reasonably informed of all activities with respect to such Companion Diagnostic-Specific Telix Patents, including: [**].
(iii) Abandonment. In the event that the Party controlling Prosecution of a particular Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent pursuant to Section 11.2(b)(ii) decides to abandon or cease Prosecution of any Telix Patents or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent that is not, in either case, a Joint New Patent, such Party shall provide written notice to the other Party thereof at least [**] prior to the next deadline for any action that must be taken with respect thereto in the relevant patent office. In such case, the other Party shall have the right, in its sole discretion, exercisable upon written notice to the abandoning Party delivered no later than [**] after receipt of such notice from the abandoning Party with respect to any such Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent, as applicable, to assume control of Prosecution with respect to such Patent. Upon any such transfer of control of Prosecution under this Section 11.2(b)(iii), (1) all costs and expenses incurred with respect to the Prosecution and maintenance of the applicable Patent shall be borne by the Party assuming such control of Prosecution thereof and (2) the Party assuming such control shall keep the other Party reasonably informed of all activities with respect to such Patent, including [**].
(c) Joint New Patents.
(i) Prosecution and Maintenance.
(1) Telix has, at Telix’s expense, subject to Sections 11.2(c)(i)(2) and 11.2(c)(ii) and the remainder of this Section 11.2(c)(i), the sole right and obligation to control the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Joint New Patents using patent counsel of Telix’s choice that is reasonably acceptable to Lilly. Telix shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Prosecute and maintain Joint New Patents in each of the Major Markets. Telix will provide Lilly with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any filings or correspondence with patent authorities pertaining to any such Joint New Patent prior to any submission thereof to any such authority. Telix shall keep Lilly reasonably informed of all activities with respect to such Joint New Patents, including: [**].
(2) Upon the earlier to occur of Lilly’s exercise of its Option or termination of this Agreement, Lilly has, subject to Section 11.2(c)(ii) and the remainder of this Section 11.2(c)(i)(2), the sole right and obligation to control the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Joint New Patents that Cover any Companion Diagnostic, but do not Cover any other product that is not a Companion Diagnostic (“Companion Diagnostic-Specific Joint Patents”) using patent counsel of Lilly’s choice. Lilly shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Prosecute and maintain Companion Diagnostic-Specific Joint Patents in each of the Major Markets. Lilly will provide Telix with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any filings or correspondence with patent authorities pertaining to any such Companion Diagnostic- Specific Joint Patent prior to any submission thereof to any such authority. Upon any such transfer of control of Prosecution to Lilly under this Section 11.2(c)(i)(2), (A) all costs and expenses incurred with respect to the Prosecution and maintenance of the applicable Companion Diagnostic-Specific Joint Patent shall be borne by Lilly and (2) Lilly shall keep Telix reasonably informed of all activities with respect to such Companion Diagnostic-Specific Joint Patents, including: [**].
(ii) Abandonment. In the event that the Party controlling Patent prosecution or maintenance under Section 11.2(c)(i)(l) or Section 11.2(c)(i)(2) (the “Controlling Party”) decides to abandon or cease Prosecution or maintenance of any Joint New Patent, such Party shall provide written notice to the other Party (the “Non-Controlling Party”) thereof at least [**] prior to the next deadline for any action that must be taken with respect thereto in the relevant patent office. In such case, the Non-Controlling Party shall have the right, in its sole discretion, exercisable upon written notice to the Controlling Party delivered no later than [**] after receipt of such notice from the Controlling Party with respect to any such Joint New Patent, to be assigned all of the Controlling Party’s and its Affiliates’ right, title, and interest in and to such Joint New Patent (or, if applicable, rights to a full application or counterpart with respect to the applicable Joint New Patent in the applicable jurisdiction in which a full application or counterpart will not be filed), in which case, upon such notice to the Controlling Party, (i) all of the Controlling Party’s and its Affiliates’ right, title, and interest in such Patent (or, if applicable, rights to a full application or counterpart with respect to the applicable Joint New Patent in the applicable jurisdiction in which a full application or counterpart will not be filed) shall be assigned, and is hereby assigned, to the Non-Controlling Party, free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances, (ii) the Controlling Party shall take any and all actions reasonably requested by the Non-Controlling Party as useful or necessary to effect such assignment, (iii) such Patent (or, if applicable, rights to a full application or counterpart with respect to the applicable Joint New Patent in the applicable jurisdiction in which a full application or counterpart will not be filed) shall, upon such assignment, no longer be a Joint New Patent for any purpose under this Agreement, (iv) the costs and expenses of Prosecution and maintenance of such Patent shall be borne by the Non- Controlling Party, and (v) the Non-Controlling Party hereby grants the Controlling Party and its Affiliates an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide, transferable, nonexclusive license, with rights of sublicense, under such Patent for any and all purposes.
11.3 Cooperation. Each Party agrees to cooperate in the Prosecution of Licensed Patents, Telix Patents, and Joint New Patents under Section 11.2. Such cooperation includes, but is not limited to: (a) executing all papers and instruments, or requiring its employees or contractors, to execute such papers and instruments, that may be reasonably required so as to enable the other Party to Prosecute patent applications in any country as permitted by Section 11.2; and (b) promptly informing the other Party of any request for, or filing or declaration of, any interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination, revocation, inter partes review, post-grant review, post-grant proceeding or similar proceeding relating to any Licensed Patent, Telix Patent, or Joint New Patents received by the Party.
11.4 Enforcement and Defense of Patent Rights
(a) Licensed Patents Other than Joint New Patents.
(i) Notice. If either Party becomes aware of any actual, potential or alleged infringement of any Licensed Patent that is not a Joint New Patent by the actions of a Third Party in connection with Licensed Product (or the use or manufacture of any of the foregoing) in the Telix Field (a “Licensed Patent Infringement”) or revocation, invalidation, opposition proceedings, reexamination proceedings, inter partes review proceedings, declaratory judgment or similar legal actions seeking to invalidate or hold any Licensed Patent (other than a Joint New Patent) unenforceable, whether in the context of a counterclaim in a legal action alleging an Licensed Patent Infringement or otherwise (such an action, a “Licensed Patent Challenge”), such Party shall give to the other Party prompt and reasonably detailed written notice of such actual, potential or alleged Licensed Patent Infringement or Licensed Patent Challenge. This Section 11.4(a) sets forth the rights of the Parties to commence, prosecute, and/or undertake an action relating to such Licensed Patent Infringement (an “Offensive Licensed Patent Action”) or defense related to any Licensed Patent Challenge (such defense, a “Defensive Licensed Patent Action”). Lilly’s rights under this Section 11.4(a) may be exercised by its Affiliates or its or their licensees or sublicensees.
(ii) Right to Bring an Offensive Infringement Action. Lilly shall have the initial right, but not the obligation, to commence, undertake or prosecute any Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action or, subject to Section 11.4(a)(vii), negotiate or enter into any settlement or voluntary disposition of an Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action. If Lilly has not exercised its first right to commence, undertake or prosecute an Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action with respect to any Licensed Patent Infringement within [**] of receipt of notice from Telix of the applicable Licensed Patent Infringement, Telix may, by written notice to Lilly, commence, undertake or prosecute such action (either such Party who commences, undertakes or prosecutes such action or defense in accordance with this subsection (ii), the “Licensed Patent Commencing Party”). At the Licensed Patent Commencing Party’s request, the non-Licensed Patent Commencing Party shall provide the Licensed Patent Commencing Party with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by the Licensed Patent Commencing Party) evidencing that the Licensed Patent Commencing Party is validly empowered by the non-Licensed Patent Commencing Party to initiate an Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action. The non-Licensed Patent Commencing Party shall join the Licensed Patent Commencing Party in its Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action if the Licensed Patent Commencing Party reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to sue”, at the Licensed Patent Commencing Party’s cost and expense. The Licensed Patent Commencing Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any suit initiated by it pursuant to this Section 11.4(a)(ii) (but not the non- Licensed Patent Commencing Party’s counsel).
(iii) Right to Control a Defensive Action. Lilly shall have the initial right, but not the obligation, to defend and control the defense of any Defensive Licensed Patent Action. If Lilly does not intend to exercise its first right to defend a Defensive Licensed Patent Action within the earlier of (1) [**] of receipt of notice of the applicable Licensed Patent Challenge and (2) [**] before the deadline for filing of a response to the notice of the applicable Licensed Patent Challenge (including any extensions that Lilly has obtained), it shall within [**] notify Telix in writing and Telix may, by written notice to Lilly, defend and control such Defensive Licensed Patent Action (either such Party who defends such action or defense under this sentence, the “Licensed Patent Defending Party”). At the Licensed Patent Defending Party’s request, the non-Licensed Patent Defending Party shall provide the Licensed Patent Defending Party with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by the Licensed Patent Defending Party) evidencing that the Licensed Patent Defending Party is validly empowered by the non-Licensed Patent Defending Party to defend such Defensive Licensed Patent Action. The non-Licensed Patent Defending Party shall join the Licensed Patent Defending Party in its such Defensive Licensed Patent Action if the Licensed Patent Defending Party reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to defend” at the Licensed Patent Defending Party’s cost and expense. Where one Party is the Licensed Patent Defending Party in a Defensive Licensed Patent Action which has arisen as a counterclaim in an Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action for which the other Party is the Licensed Patent Commencing Party, the Parties shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts in good faith to work closely together and consult with each other as to strategy in such proceedings. The Licensed Patent Defending Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any claim defended by it pursuant to this Section 11.4(a)(iii) (but not the non-Licensed Patent Defending Party’s counsel).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary, in the event Lilly determines in its sole discretion that providing control to Telix to prosecute an Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement or to defend a Defensive Licensed Patent Action could have a detrimental impact on Lilly’s and its Affiliates’ intellectual property interests, including those relating to the Licensed Antibody, any product incorporating the foregoing, any Companion Diagnostic, any Lilly Product, or Lilly’s, its Affiliates’, or any of its or their licensees’ or sublicensees’ research, development, manufacture, or commercialization of any other products or services, then the provisions of this Section 11.4(a) shall not require Lilly to grant such control to Telix as contemplated hereby.
(v) Nonenforcement. In the event Lilly in its sole discretion elects not to prosecute an Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement or to defend a Defensive Licensed Patent Action of any of the Licensed Patents other than Joint New Patents under this Section 11.4(a) and elects not to allow Telix to prosecute such an Offensive Licensed Patent Action or to defend such a Defensive Licensed Patent Action pursuant to Section 11.4(a)(iv), then all of the claims of any such non-enforced Licensed Patent shall no longer be Valid Claims of such Licensed Patent for any purpose under this Agreement.
(vi) Costs and Expenses of an Action. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 11.4(a)(ix), the Licensed Patent Commencing Party shall pay its own costs and expenses, and those out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the non-Licensed Patent Commencing Party for assistance requested by the Licensed Patent Commencing Party, incurred in connection with such Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Licensed Patent Action.
(vii) Settlement. No Party shall (1) settle or otherwise compromise (or resolve by consent to the entry of judgment upon) any Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Licensed Patent Action (x) by admitting that any Licensed Patent Right is to any extent invalid or unenforceable or dedicating to the public or abandoning any Licensed Patent Right or (y) in a manner that would entail payment by the other Party or any Affiliate thereof or materially adversely affect the rights of the other Party or any Affiliate thereof under any Licensed Patent, without, in the case of (x) or (y), the other Party’s prior written consent, or (2) enter into any settlement (or consent to the entry of a judgment) with respect to any Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Licensed Patent Action that entails any license to, or covenant not to sue with respect to, any Licensed Patent that would conflict with either Party’s rights thereunder, without the other Party’s prior written consent.
(viii) Reasonable Assistance. Each Party (if it is not the Licensed Patent Commencing Party or Licensed Patent Defending Party with respect to Licensed Patent Rights, as applicable) shall provide reasonable assistance to the other Party with respect to any matter subject to this Section 11.4(a), including [**], subject to the other Party’s reimbursement of any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred on an on-going basis by the non-Licensed Patent Commencing Party or non-Licensed Patent Defending Party in providing such assistance.
(ix) Distribution of Amounts Recovered. Any amounts recovered by the Licensed Patent Commencing Party or Licensed Patent Defending Party pursuant to this Section 11.4(a), whether by settlement or judgment, shall be allocated in the following order:
(1) to reimburse the non-Licensed Patent Commencing Party or non-Licensed Patent Defending Party, as applicable, for its reasonable costs incurred in connection with such Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Licensed Patent Action;
(2) to reimburse the Licensed Patent Commencing Party or Licensed Patent Defending Party, as applicable, for any reasonable costs incurred in connection with an Offensive Licensed Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Licensed Patent Action;
(3) if Lilly (or any Affiliate thereof) is the Licensed Patent Commencing Party or Licensed Patent Defending Party, as applicable, the remaining amount of such recovery received with respect to any infringement of Telix’s exclusive rights to Licensed Patents (other than Joint New Patents) under Section 3.1, and, if Lilly has exercised its Option, not received with respect to any infringement of any Licensed Patents (other than Joint New Patents) with respect to any Companion Diagnostic, shall be allocated as follows [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be retained by Lilly and [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be paid to Telix;
(4) if Telix (or any Affiliate thereof) is the Licensed Patent Commencing Party or Licensed Patent Defending Party, as applicable, the remaining amount of such recovery received with respect to any infringement of Telix’s exclusive rights to Licensed Patents (other than Joint New Patents) under Section 3.1, and, if Lilly has exercised its Option, not received with respect to any infringement of any Licensed Patents (other than Joint New Patents) with respect to any Companion Diagnostic shall be allocated [**] percent ([**]%) to Telix and [**] percent ([**]%) to Lilly; and
(5) the remaining amount of any such recovery that is (i) received with respect to any infringement of Licensed Patents (other than Joint New Patents) that is not an infringement of Telix’s exclusive rights thereto under Section 3.1 or (ii) received with respect to any infringement of any Licensed Patents (other than Joint New Patents) with respect to any Companion Diagnostic following Lily’s exercise of its Option shall be retained by Lilly.
(b) Telix Patents and Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents Other than Joint New Patents.
(i) Effectiveness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 11.4(b) shall only be effective following Lilly’s exercise of its Option. For the avoidance of doubt, prior to Lilly’s exercise of its Option, Telix shall have and retain sole control among the parties over enforcement and defense of Telix Patents and Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents other than, in either case, Joint New Patents.
(ii) Notice. If either Party becomes aware of any actual, potential or alleged infringement of any Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent, other than in either case, a Joint New Patent, by the actions of a Third Party in connection with any Licensed Product (or the use or manufacture of any of the foregoing) (a “Telix Patent Infringement”) or revocation, invalidation, opposition proceedings, reexamination proceedings, inter partes review proceedings, declaratory judgment or similar legal actions seeking to invalidate or hold any Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent, other than in either case, a Joint New Patent, unenforceable, whether in the context of a counterclaim in a legal action alleging an Telix Patent Infringement or otherwise (such an action, a “Telix Patent Challenge”), such Party shall give to the other Party prompt and reasonably detailed written notice of such actual, potential or alleged Telix Patent Infringement or Telix Patent Challenge. This Section 11.4(b) sets forth the rights of the Parties to commence, prosecute, and/or undertake an action relating to such Telix Patent Infringement (an “Offensive Telix Patent Action”) or defense related to any Telix Patent Challenge (such defense, a “Defensive Telix Patent Action”). Lilly’s rights under this Section 11.4(b) may be exercised by its Affiliates or its or their licensees or sublicensees.
(iii) Right to Bring an Offensive Infringement Action.
(1) Telix’s Rights. Subject to Section 11.4(b)(iii)(2), Telix shall have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to commence, undertake or prosecute any Offensive Telix Patent Action or, subject to Section 11.4(b)(viii), negotiate or enter into any settlement or voluntary disposition of an Offensive Telix Patent Action.
(2) Lilly’s Rights. If Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to commence, undertake or prosecute any Offensive Telix Patent Action or, subject to Section 11.4(b)(viii), negotiate or enter into any settlement or voluntary disposition of an Offensive Telix Patent Action, with respect to, in either case, infringement of the exclusive rights with respect to Companion Diagnostics granted under Section 3.4(b). At Lilly’s request, Telix shall provide Lilly with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by Lilly) evidencing that Lilly is validly empowered to initiate an Offensive Lilly Patent Action. Telix shall join Lilly in its such Offensive Lilly Patent Infringement Action if Lilly reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to sue”, at Lilly’s cost and expense. Lilly shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any suit initiated by it pursuant to this Section 11.4(b)(iii)(2). If Lilly has not exercised its first right to commence, undertake or prosecute such an Offensive Telix Patent Action within [**] of receipt of notice from Telix of the applicable Telix Patent Infringement, Telix may, by written notice to Lilly, commence, undertake or prosecute such action to the extent to which it directly relates to a Telix Patent Infringement of a Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent (either such Party who commences, undertakes or prosecutes an Offensive Telix Patent Action under Section 11.4(b)(iii)(l) or this Section 11.4(b)(iii)(2), the “Telix Commencing Party”).
(3) Process. At the Telix Commencing Party’s request, the non-Telix Commencing Party shall provide the Telix Commencing Party with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by the Telix Commencing Party) evidencing that the Telix Commencing Party is validly empowered by the non-Telix Commencing Party to initiate an Offensive Telix Patent Action. The non-Telix Commencing Party shall join the Telix Commencing Party in its Offensive Telix Patent Action if the Telix Commencing Party reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to sue”, at the Telix Commencing Party’s cost and expense. The Telix Commencing Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any suit initiated by it pursuant to Section 11.4(b)(iii)(l) or 11.4(b)(iii)(2) (but not the non-Telix Commencing Party’s counsel).
(iv) Right to Control a Defensive Action.
(1) By Telix. Subject to Sections 11.4(b)(iv)(2) and Section 11.4(b)(viii), Telix shall have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to defend and control the defense of any Defensive Telix Patent Action.
(2) By Lilly. If Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly shall, subject to Section 11.4(b)(viii), have the first right, but not the obligation, to defend and control the defense of any Defensive Telix Patent Action relating to Lilly’s rights to Companion Diagnostics under Section 3.4(b). If Lilly does not intend to exercise its first right to defend such a Defensive Telix Patent Action within the earlier of (i) [**] of receipt of notice of the applicable Telix Patent Challenge and (ii) [**] before the deadline for filing of a response to the notice of the applicable Telix Patent Challenge (including any extensions that Lilly has obtained), it shall, within [**], notify Telix in writing and Telix may, by written notice to Lilly, defend and control such Defensive Telix Patent Action with respect to the applicable Telix Patent Challenge (a Party who defends a Defensive Telix Patent Action under Section 11.4(b)(iv)(l) or this Section 11.4(b)(iv)(2), the “Telix Defending Party”).
(3) Process. At the Telix Defending Party’s request, the non-Telix Defending Party shall provide the Telix Defending Party with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by the Telix Defending Party) evidencing that the Telix Defending Party is validly empowered by the non-Telix Defending Party to defend such Defensive Telix Patent Action. The non-Telix Defending Party shall join the Telix Defending Party in its such Defensive Telix Patent Action if the Telix Defending Party reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to defend” at the Defending Party’s cost and expense. Where Telix is the Telix Defending Party in such a Defensive Telix Patent Action which has arisen as a counterclaim in an Offensive Infringement Suit for which Lilly is the Telix Commencing Party, the Parties shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts in good faith to work closely together and consult with each other as to strategy in such proceedings. The Telix Defending Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any claim defended by it pursuant to Section 11.4(b)(iv)(l) or Section 11.4(b)(iv)(2) (but not the non-Telix Defending Party’s counsel).
(v) Costs and Expenses of an Action. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Telix Commencing Party or Telix Defending Party shall pay its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Offensive Telix Patent Action or Defensive Telix Patent Action.
(vi) Reasonable Assistance. The Party that is not the Telix Commencing Party or Telix Defending Party shall provide reasonable assistance to the Telix Commencing Party or Telix Defending Party, including [**], subject to the Telix Commencing Party’s or Telix Defending Party’s reimbursement of any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other Party in providing such assistance.
(vii) Distribution of Amounts Recovered. Any amounts recovered by Telix or an Affiliate thereof with respect to any Telix Patent Infringement, whether by settlement or judgment, shall be allocated in the following order:
(1) to reimburse the Telix Commencing Party or Telix Defending Party, respectively, for its costs incurred in connection with such Offensive Telix Patent Action or Defensive Telix Patent Action, respectively;
(2) to reimburse the Party that is not the Telix Commencing Party or Telix Defending Party, respectively, for any reasonable costs incurred in connection with assisting the Telix Commencing Party or Telix Defending Party, respectively, as requested thereby, with respect to an Offensive Telix Patent Action or Defensive Telix Patent Action, respectively;
(3) the remaining amount of such recovery received with respect to any Telix Patent Infringement, and, if Lilly has exercised its Option, not received with respect to any infringement of any Telix Patents or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents (other than Joint New Patents) with respect to any Companion Diagnostic, shall be allocated as follows [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be retained by Telix (or the applicable Telix Related Party), [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be paid to Lilly;
(4) the remaining amount of such recovery received with respect to any Telix Patent Infringement with respect to any Companion Diagnostic shall, if Lilly has exercised its Option, be allocated as follows:
a. if Lilly is the Telix Commencing Party, [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be retained by Lilly (or the applicable Lilly Related Party) and [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be paid to Telix; and
b. if Telix is the Telix Commencing Party, [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be retained by Telix (or the applicable Telix Related Party) and [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be paid to Lilly; and
(5) the remaining amount of such recovery received with respect to Telix Patents or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patents (other than Joint New Patents) shall be retained by Telix.
(viii) Settlement. If Lilly has exercised its Option, Telix shall not (1) settle or otherwise compromise (or resolve by consent to the entry of judgment upon) any Offensive Telix Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Telix Patent Action (x) by admitting that any Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent is to any extent invalid or unenforceable or dedicating to the public or abandoning any Telix Patent or Telix Radiodiagnostic Patent or (y) in a manner that would entail payment by Lilly or materially adversely affect the rights of Lilly under this Agreement with respect to Companion Diagnostics, without, in the case of (x) or (y), Lilly’s prior written consent, or (2) enter into any settlement (or consent to the entry of a judgment) with respect to any Offensive Telix Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Telix Patent Action that entails any license to, or covenant not to sue with respect to, any Telix Radiodiagnostic IP that would grant any Third Party any rights to manufacture, use, sell or otherwise commercialize any Companion Diagnostic, without Lilly’s prior written consent.
(c) Joint New Patents.
(i) Notice. If either Party becomes aware of any actual, potential or alleged infringement of any Joint New Patent by the actions of a Third Party (a “Joint New Patent Infringement”) or revocation, invalidation, opposition proceedings, reexamination proceedings, inter partes review proceedings, declaratory judgment or similar legal actions seeking to invalidate or hold any Joint New Patent unenforceable, whether in the context of a counterclaim in a legal action alleging an Joint New Patent Infringement or otherwise (such an action, a “Joint New Patent Challenge”), such Party shall give to the other Party prompt and reasonably detailed written notice of such actual, potential or alleged Joint New Patent Infringement or Joint New Patent Challenge. This Section 11.4(c) sets forth the rights of the Parties to commence, prosecute, and/or undertake an action relating to such Joint New Patent Infringement (an “Offensive Joint New Patent Action”) or defense related to any Joint New Patent Challenge (such defense, a “Defensive Joint New Patent Action”). Lilly’s rights under this Section 11.4(c) may be exercised by its Affiliates or its or their licensees or sublicensees.
(ii) Right to Bring an Offensive Infringement Action.
(1) No Lilly Option Exercise. Subject to Section 11.4(c)(ii)(2), Telix shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to commence, undertake or prosecute any Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or, subject to Section 11.4(c)(v), negotiate or enter into any settlement or voluntary disposition of an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action. If Telix has not exercised its first right to commence, undertake or prosecute an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action with respect to any Joint New Patent Infringement within [**] of receipt of notice from Lilly of the applicable Joint New Patent Infringement, Lilly may, by written notice to Telix, commence, undertake or prosecute such action (either such Party who commences, undertakes or prosecutes such action, pursuant to this Section 11.4(c)(ii)(l) or 11.4(c)(ii)(2), the “Joint Commencing Party”).
(2) Lilly Option Exercise. If Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to commence, undertake or prosecute any Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or, subject to Section 11.4(c)(v), negotiate or enter into any settlement or voluntary disposition of an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action, with respect to, in either case, infringement of the exclusive rights with respect to Companion Diagnostics granted under Section 3.4(b). At Lilly’s request, Telix shall provide Lilly with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by Lilly) evidencing that Lilly is validly empowered to initiate an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action. Telix shall join Lilly in its such Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action if Lilly reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to sue”, at Lilly’s cost and expense. Lilly shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any suit initiated by it pursuant to this Section 11.4(b)(iii)(2). If Lilly has not exercised its first right to commence, undertake or prosecute such an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action within [**] of receipt of notice from Telix of the applicable Joint New Patent Infringement, Telix may, by written notice to Lilly, commence, undertake or prosecute such action to the extent to which it directly relates to a Joint New Patent Infringement.
(3) Process. At the Joint Commencing Party’s request, the non-Joint Commencing Party shall provide the Joint Commencing Party with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by the Joint Commencing Party) evidencing that the Joint Commencing Party is validly empowered by the non-Joint Commencing Party to initiate an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action. The non-Joint Commencing Party shall join the Joint Commencing Party in its Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action if the Joint Commencing Party reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to sue”, at the Joint Commencing Party’s cost and expense. The Joint Commencing Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any suit initiated by it pursuant to this Section 11.4(c)(ii) (but not the non-Joint Commencing Party’s counsel).
(iii) Right to Control a Defensive Action.
(1) No Lilly Option Exercise. Subject to Section 11.4(c)(iii)(2), Telix shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to defend and control the defense of any Defensive Joint New Patent Action. If Telix does not intend to exercise its first right to defend a Defensive Joint New Patent Action within the earlier of (1) [**] of receipt of notice of the applicable Joint New Patent Challenge and (2) [**] before the deadline for filing of a response to the notice of the applicable Joint New Patent Challenge (including any extensions that Telix has obtained), it shall within [**] notify Lilly in writing and Lilly may, by written notice to Telix, defend and control such Defensive Joint New Patent Action (either such Party who defends such action or defense under this Section 11.4(c)(iii)(l) or Section 11.4(c)(iii)(2), the “Joint Defending Party”).
(2) Lilly Option Exercise. If Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly shall, subject to Section 11.4(c)(v), have the first right, but not the obligation, to defend and control the defense of any Defensive Joint New Patent Action relating to Lilly’s rights to Companion Diagnostics under Section 3.4(b). If Lilly does not intend to exercise its first right to defend such a Defensive Joint New Patent Action within the earlier of (i) [**] of receipt of notice of the applicable Joint New Patent Challenge and (ii) [**] before the deadline for filing of a response to the notice of the applicable Joint New Patent Challenge (including any extensions that Lilly has obtained), it shall, within [**], notify Telix in writing and Telix may, by written notice to Lilly, defend and control such Defensive Joint New Patent Action with respect to the applicable Joint New Patent Challenge.
(3) Process. At the Joint Defending Party’s request, the non-Joint Defending Party shall provide the Joint Defending Party with all relevant documentation (as may be requested by the Joint Defending Party) evidencing that the Joint Defending Party is validly empowered by the non-Joint Defending Party to defend such Defensive Joint New Patent Action. The non-Joint Defending Party shall join the Joint Defending Party in its such Defensive Joint New Patent Action if the Joint Defending Party reasonably determines that this is necessary to demonstrate “standing to defend” at the Joint Defending Party’s cost and expense. Where one Party is the Joint Defending Party in a Defensive Joint New Patent Action which has arisen as a counterclaim in an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action for which the other Party is the Joint Commencing Party, the Parties shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts in good faith to work closely together and consult with each other as to strategy in such proceedings. The Joint Defending Party shall have the sole and exclusive right to select counsel for any claim defended by it pursuant to this Section 11.4(c)(iii) (but not the non-Joint Defending Party’s counsel).
(iv) Costs and Expenses of an Action. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 11.4(c)(vii), the Joint Commencing Party shall pay its own costs and expenses, and those out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the non-Joint Commencing Party for assistance requested by the Joint Commencing Party, incurred in connection with such Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Joint New Patent Action.
(v) Settlement. No Party shall (1) settle or otherwise compromise (or resolve by consent to the entry of judgment upon) any Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Joint New Patent Action (x) by admitting that any Joint New Patent Right is to any extent invalid or unenforceable or dedicating to the public or abandoning any Joint New Patent Right or (y) in a manner that would entail payment by the other Party or any Affiliate thereof or materially adversely affect the rights of the other Party or any Affiliate thereof under any Joint New Patent, without, in the case of (x) or (y), the other Party’s prior written consent, or (2) enter into any settlement (or consent to the entry of a judgment) with respect to any Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Joint New Patent Action that entails any license to, or covenant not to sue with respect to, any Joint New Patent or Joint New Know-How, without the other Party’s prior written consent.
(vi) Reasonable Assistance. Each Party (if it is not the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party with respect to Joint New Patent Rights, as applicable) shall provide reasonable assistance to the other Party with respect to any matter subject to this Section 11.4(c), including [**], subject to the other Party’s reimbursement of any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred on an on-going basis by the non-Joint Commencing Party or non-Joint Defending Party in providing such assistance.
(vii) Distribution of Amounts Recovered. Any amounts recovered by the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party pursuant to this Section 11.4(c), whether by settlement or judgment, shall be allocated in the following order:
(1) to reimburse the non-Joint Commencing Party or non-Joint Defending Party, as applicable, for any reasonable costs incurred in connection with an Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Joint New Patent Action;
(2) to reimburse the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party, as applicable, for its reasonable costs incurred in connection with such Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Joint New Patent Action;
(3) if Lilly (or any Affiliate thereof) has exercised its Option and is the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party, as applicable, the remaining amount of such recovery to the extent received with respect to an infringement or defense of Lilly’s rights under Joint New Patents with respect to Companion Diagnostics (including such rights granted under Section 3.4(b)) shall be allocated as follows: [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be retained by Lilly and [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be paid to Telix;
(4) if Lilly (or any Affiliate thereof) has exercised its Option and Telix (or any Affiliate thereof) is the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party, as applicable, the remaining amount of such recovery to the extent received with respect to an infringement or defense of Lilly’s rights under Joint New Patents with respect to Companion Diagnostics (including such rights granted under Section 3.4(b)) shall be allocated as follows: [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be retained by Telix and [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be paid to Lilly;
(5) if Telix (or any Affiliate thereof) is the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party, the remaining amount of such recovery to the extent received with respect to Telix’s rights under Joint New Patents with respect to Licensed Products, and, if Lilly has exercised its Option, not received with respect to Lilly’s rights under Joint New Patents with respect to Companion Diagnostics (including such rights granted under Section 3.4(b)), shall be allocated as follows: [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be retained by Telix, [**] percent ([**]%) of such recovery shall be paid to Lilly; and
(6) the remaining amount of any such recovery received with respect to any Offensive Joint New Patent Infringement Action or Defensive Joint New Patent Action shall be allocated as follows:
a. if Telix (or any Affiliate thereof) is the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party, as applicable, the remaining amount of such recovery received with respect to the Joint New Patent Rights shall be allocated [**] percent ([**]%) to Telix and [**] percent ([**]%) to Lilly; and
b. if Lilly (or any Affiliate thereof) is the Joint Commencing Party or Joint Defending Party, as applicable, the remaining amount of such recovery received with respect to the Joint New Patent Rights shall be allocated [**] percent ([**]%) to Lilly and [**] percent ([**]%) to Lilly.
11.5 Patent Term Extensions.
(a) Licensed Patents. Lilly shall have the right to determine the Licensed Patents (other than Joint New Patents) for which it will apply for patent extension in any country, at its cost and expense. Telix shall provide all reasonable assistance to Lilly in connection with such filings, provided that Lilly shall pay or reimburse any out-of-pocket costs incurred by Telix in providing such assistance. Telix shall not have the right to apply for patent term extensions for any Licensed Patents.
(b) Telix Patents. Telix shall have the right to determine the Telix Patents (other than Joint New Patents) for which it will apply for patent extension in any country, at its cost and expense. Lilly shall provide all reasonable assistance to Telix in connection with such filings, provided that Telix shall pay or reimburse any out-of-pocket costs incurred by Lilly in providing such assistance.
(c) Joint New Patents. The Parties shall reasonably cooperate in good faith in seeking and obtaining patent extensions in any country for any Joint New Patents, with the cost thereof to be borne as agreed upon in good faith by the Parties. Each Party shall provide all reasonable assistance to the other in connection with any such filings.
11.6 Patent Markings. Telix and its Affiliates shall (and ensure that all Sublicensees) mark all Licensed Products or Licensed Product packaging or advertising (as may be permitted) with the appropriate patent number reference for any applicable Licensed Patent(s) in compliance with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 287 and equivalent foreign laws. If Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly and its Affiliates shall (and ensure that all of their applicable licensees and sublicensees) mark all Companion Diagnostic packaging or advertising (as may be permitted) with respect to the foregoing with the appropriate patent number reference for any applicable Telix Patent in compliance with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 287 and equivalent foreign laws.
11.7 Trademarks.
(a) Telix. As between the Parties, Telix shall be responsible for selecting, in its sole discretion, and shall own all right, title and interest in and to any trademarks adopted by Telix for use with the Licensed Products anywhere in the world (including all goodwill accruing with respect to such use), and shall be responsible for the registration, filing, maintenance and enforcement thereof, provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to Companion Diagnostics if Lilly has exercised its Option. Telix shall have no right to use any trademark, tradename, or corporate name of Lilly or any of its Affiliates with the Licensed Products.
(b) Lilly. If Lilly exercises its Option, as between the Parties, Lilly shall be responsible for selecting, in its sole discretion, and shall own all right, title and interest in and to any trademarks adopted by Lilly for use with the Companion Diagnostics anywhere in the world (including all goodwill accruing with respect to such use), and shall be responsible for the registration, filing, maintenance and enforcement thereof. Lilly shall have no right to use any trademark, tradename, or corporate name of Telix or any of its Affiliates with Companion Diagnostics.
12. TERM AND TERMINATION
12.1 Term and Expiration. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and, unless earlier terminated pursuant to Sections 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, or 12.5 continue until the expiration of the last-to-expire Telix Royalty Term or, if Lilly exercises its Option and the last-to-expire Lilly Royalty Term expires following the last-to-expire Telix Royalty Term, the last-to-expire Lilly Royalty Term (the period during which this Agreement is effective, the “Term”). Upon the expiration of the Telix Royalty Term for a particular Licensed Product in a particular country, the rights granted under Section 3.1 shall become nonexclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, and fully-paid. If Lilly exercises its Option, upon the expiration of the Lilly Royalty Term for a particular Lilly Product or Companion Diagnostic in a particular country, the rights granted with respect thereto under Section 3.4 shall become nonexclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, and fully-paid.
12.2 Termination on Mutual Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated by the mutual written agreement of the Parties.
12.3 Elective Termination by Telix. Telix shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in its entirety (or, following Lilly’s exercise of its Option, with respect to Telix’s licenses and rights to Licensed Products and Licensed Technology under Section 3.1, as further described below) in its sole discretion by giving thirty (30) days’ advance written notice to Lilly.
12.4 Elective Termination by Lilly. If Lilly exercises its Option, Lilly shall have the right following such exercise to terminate this Agreement with respect to Lilly’s licenses and rights to Companion Diagnostics, Telix Technology, and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP under Section 3.4(b), as further described below, in its sole discretion by giving thirty (30) days’ advance written notice to Telix.
12.5 Termination for Cause.
(a) Material Breach. This Agreement may be terminated by a Party at any time during the Term upon written notice to the other Party if such other Party is in material breach of this Agreement and has not cured such breach within (i) [**] in the case of any failure to make when due any payment hereunder, (ii) in all other cases [**]. Any such termination shall become effective at the end of such [**] or [**] (as applicable) period unless the breaching Party has cured such breach prior to the end of such period.
(b) Financial Insecurity. In the event that either Party files for protection under bankruptcy laws, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, appoints or suffers appointment of a receiver or trustee over its property, files a petition under any bankruptcy or insolvency act or has any such petition filed against it which is not discharged within [**] of the filing thereof, then the other Party may terminate this Agreement effective immediately upon written notice to such Party.
(c) Termination for Telix Failure to Conduct POC Study. Lilly shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement on written notice to Telix if FPI has not occurred with respect to the POC Study by the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date and is not cured within [**] following notice from Lilly indicating an intent to terminate for such failure.
(d) Termination for Lilly Failure to Conduct Registration Study. If Lilly exercises its Option and no human subject or patient has qualified for acceptance or enrollment into a Registration Study of the Lilly Product for use by patients that have been screened using the Companion Diagnostic by the second (2nd) anniversary of the date Lilly exercises its Option, Telix shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement on [**] notice given within [**] of such anniversary.
(e) Termination Following Lilly’s Exercise of Its Option. If Lilly terminates under Section 12.5(a) or 12.5(b) following exercise of its Option, Lilly shall indicate in such notice whether or not it is electing to terminate the Agreement in its entirety or solely with respect to Telix’s licenses and rights to Licensed Products and Licensed Technology under Section 3.1. If Telix terminates under Section 12.5(a), 12.5(b), or 12.5(d) following the date on which Lilly exercises its Option, Telix shall indicate in such notice whether or not it is electing to terminate the Agreement in its entirety or with respect to Lilly’s licenses and rights to Companion Diagnostics, Telix Technology, and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP under Section 3.4(b).
(f) Damages. For clarity, if either Party has the right to terminate this Agreement (in whole or in part) under this Section 12, it may at its sole option, elect either to (i) terminate this Agreement and pursue any legal or equitable remedy available to it or (ii) maintain the Agreement in effect and pursue any legal or equitable remedy available to it.
12.6 Effect of Termination if Telix’s Rights to Licensed Products Terminate.
(a) Primary Effects of Termination. Upon (1) any termination of this Agreement other than a termination following Lilly’s exercise of its Option, (2) any termination of this Agreement, following Lilly’s exercise of its Option, by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.5(a) or 12.5(b) or by Telix pursuant to Section 12.3, or (3) any termination of this Agreement, following Lilly’s exercise of its Option, by Telix pursuant to Section 12.5(a), 12.5(b), or 12.5(d) for which, in each case, Telix elects to terminate this Agreement in its entirety:
(i) all licenses and rights granted by Lilly to Telix pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Licensed Antibody, Licensed Products, and Licensed Technology (and any corresponding obligations of Lilly) shall automatically terminate and (x) Telix, its Affiliates, and, except to the extent any Sublicensees’ rights survive termination hereof pursuant to Section 12.6(c), any Sublicensees shall cease Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of the Licensed Antibody and all Licensed Products and (y) Telix shall not (and shall ensure that its Affiliates and Sublicensees do not) enable any Third Party, or grant any Third Party any rights, to Develop, Manufacture, or Commercialize of the Licensed Antibody and all Licensed Products;
(ii) solely in the case of any termination of this Agreement by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.5(a) or 12.5(b), or by Telix pursuant to Section 12.3, Telix and its Affiliates shall use reasonable efforts to promptly provide to Lilly [**];
(iii) solely in the case of any termination of this Agreement by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.5(a) or 12.5(b), or by Telix pursuant to Section 12.3, Telix, effective as of such termination, hereby grants to Lilly and its Affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive, worldwide, license, with the right to sublicense and transferable with this Agreement, [**];
(iv) Telix shall be responsible to wind-down or cease any ongoing clinical trials for Licensed Products that it has commenced prior to such termination. Such wind-down or cessation shall be carried out, in all instances, in full compliance with Applicable Law, ethical standards and any regulatory requirements of applicable Regulatory Authorities. Solely in the case of any termination of this Agreement by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.5(a) or 12.5(b), or by Telix pursuant to Section 12.3, Lilly may notify Telix in writing that it is electing to continue such ongoing clinical trials, in which event, Telix shall, in good faith, work with Lilly[**] to transition such ongoing clinical trials to Lilly pursuant to a mutually agreed upon transition plan;
(v) solely in the case of any termination of this Agreement by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.5(a) or 12.5(b) or by Telix pursuant to Section 12.3, Telix shall provide Lilly [**]; and
(vi) solely in the event of any termination of this Agreement, following Lilly’s exercise of its Option, by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.5(a) or 12.5(b) for which Lilly elects to terminate this Agreement with respect to Telix’s licenses and rights to Licensed Products and Licensed Technology (and not in its entirety), [**].
(b) Consideration for Rights Granted to Lilly Upon Termination. As soon as reasonably possible following any termination of this Agreement subject to this Section 12.6, the Parties shall (1) enter into reasonable good faith negotiations concerning the commercially reasonable value of the rights licensed, to Lilly and its Affiliates pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 12.6(a), which value shall, in any event, reasonably take into account the facts and circumstances at such time and (2) use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to reach written agreement, within [**] of such termination, on the commercially reasonable financial consideration to be paid to Telix in exchange for such transfers and licenses (which may include upfront payments, milestone payments, and/or royalties, as may be commercially reasonable and, upon such written agreement, shall be paid to Telix by Lilly). If the Parties are unable to reach written agreement with respect thereto within such [**] period pursuant to the foregoing, the form and amount of such consideration to be paid to Telix in exchange for the grant of such rights shall, if and as requested by either Party in writing by notice to the other Party, be determined in accordance with the process set forth in Exhibit J with the arbitrator being reasonably expert in biopharmaceutical licensing transactions; provided, however, that after the arbitrator has made its selection of the financial consideration as provided in Exhibit J, Lilly shall have the right, upon written notice given to Telix within [**] of such determination, to either (a) accept such financial consideration and the Parties would execute an agreement providing for such financial consideration or (b) reject such financial consideration, in which case the Parties shall not be obligated to execute the agreement including such financial consideration and the licenses granted to Lilly under Section 12.6(a) shall terminate upon such notice.
(c) Survival of Sublicenses. [**]:
(i) [**]; and
(ii) [**].
12.7 Effect of Termination if Lilly has Exercised its Option, Telix’s Rights to Licensed Products Survive, but Lilly’s Rights to Companion Diagnostics Terminate.
(a) Primary Effects of Termination. Upon any termination of this Agreement, following Lilly’s exercise of its Option, (1) by Telix pursuant to Section 12.5(a), 12.5(b), or 12.5(d) for which, in each case, Telix elects to terminate this Agreement with respect to Lilly’s licenses and rights to Companion Diagnostics, Telix Technology, and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP (and not in its entirety) or (2) by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.4:
(i) all licenses and rights granted by Telix to Lilly with respect to Companion Diagnostics, Telix Technology, and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP under Section 3.4, all rights and obligations of Lilly with respect to Companion Diagnostics, Telix Technology, and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP corresponding thereto, and all rights and obligations of Lilly corresponding to the foregoing under this Agreement shall terminate (i.e., this Agreement shall be deemed to have been terminated with respect to Lilly’s rights to Companion Diagnostics, Telix Technology, and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP, but not with respect to Telix’s rights to Licensed Products and Licensed Technology) and Lilly, its Affiliates, and, except to the extent any of Lilly’s or its Affiliates’ licensees’ or sublicensees’ rights survive termination hereof pursuant to Section 12.7(c), any licensees or sublicensees of Lilly or any Affiliate thereof with respect to Telix Technology and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP shall cease Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of Companion Diagnostics;
(ii) Lilly and its Affiliates shall use reasonable efforts to promptly provide to Telix [**];
(iii) Lilly shall be responsible to wind-down or cease any ongoing clinical trials for Companion Diagnostics that it has commenced prior to such termination;
(iv) Lilly shall provide Telix [**]; and
(v) all licenses, rights, and obligations of Telix with respect to Licensed Products and Licensed Technology corresponding thereto, and all rights and obligations of Lilly corresponding to the foregoing under this Agreement shall survive (i.e., this Agreement shall be deemed to have been terminated with respect to Lilly’s rights to Companion Diagnostics, Telix Technology, and Telix Radiodiagnostic IP, but not with respect to Telix’s rights to Licensed Products and Licensed Technology), provided that all of the foregoing shall remain subject to subsequent termination by Telix under Section 12.3, 12.5(a), or 12.5(b) or by Lilly pursuant to Section 12.5(a), 12.5(b), or 12.5(c) thereafter (and, in the case of such subsequent termination, this Agreement shall be terminated in its entirety).
(b) Consideration for Rights Granted to Telix Upon Termination. As soon as reasonably possible following any termination of this Agreement subject to this Section 12.7, the Parties shall (1) enter into reasonable good faith negotiations concerning the commercially reasonable value, in addition to the amounts otherwise payable to Lilly under Sections 6 and 11.4 (which amounts shall remain payable and be unaffected by this Section 12.7(b)) of the assets assigned and rights licensed in the Lilly Field to Telix and its Affiliates upon such termination, which value shall, in any event, reasonably take into account the facts and circumstances at such time and (2) use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to reach written agreement, within [**] of such termination, on the commercially reasonable financial consideration, in addition to amounts payable under Sections 6 and 11.4 of this Agreement, to be paid to Lilly in exchange for such transfers and licenses (which may include additional upfront payments, milestone payments, and/or royalties, as may be commercially reasonable and, upon such written agreement, shall be paid to Lilly by Telix). If the Parties are unable to reach written agreement with respect thereto within such [**] period pursuant to the foregoing, the form and amount of such additional consideration to be paid to Lilly in exchange for the grant of such rights shall, if and as requested by either Party in writing by notice to the other Party, be determined in accordance with the process set forth in Exhibit J with the arbitrator being reasonably expert in biopharmaceutical licensing transactions.
(c) Survival of Sublicenses. [**]:
(i) [**]; and
(ii) [**].
12.8 Accrued Obligations; Survival. Neither expiration nor any termination of this Agreement shall relieve either Party of any obligation or liability accruing prior to such expiration or termination, nor shall expiration or any termination of this Agreement preclude either Party from pursuing all rights and remedies it may have under this Agreement, at law or in equity, with respect to breach of this Agreement. In addition to any provision that explicitly indicates herein that it shall survive termination/expiration,
(i) Sections 1, 2.1(e), 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 4.2(c), 4.2(d), 4.3, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 8, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10, 12.6 (if applicable), 12.7 (if applicable), 12.8, and 13 shall survive the expiration of this Agreement in its entirety or in part;
(ii) Sections 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4, 5, 6, 9.4(a) (with respect to Telix), 9.4(c), 11.2(a), 11.2(c), 11.3 (with respect to Sections 11.2(a) and 11.2(c)), 11.4(a), 11.4(c), 11.5(a), 11.5(c), 11.6, 11.7(a), 12.1, 12.3, 12.5(a), 12.5(b), 12.5(c), 12.5(e), 12.5(t), 12.6, and 12.7 (if applicable) shall survive any termination of this Agreement subject to Section 12.6 prior to the termination of this Agreement in its entirety; and
(iii) Sections 3.4, 4.l(b), 4.2(a), 4.2(b), 7, 9.1, 9.2, 9.4(a), 9.4(b), 9.4(d), 11.2(b), 11.4(c)(i), 11.4(c)(ii)(2), 11.4(c)(ii)(3), 11.4(c)(iii)(2), 11.4(c)(iii)(3), 11.4(c)(iv), 11.4(c)(v), 11.4(c)(vi), 11.4(c)(vii), 11.5(b), 11.5(c), 11.6, 11.7(b), 12.1, 12.3, 12.5(a), 12.5(b), 12.5(d), 12.5(e), 12.5(t), 12.6 (if applicable), and 12.7 shall survive any termination of this Agreement subject to Section 12.7 prior to the termination of this Agreement in its entirety.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each Party shall, and shall require its Affiliates, sublicensees, agents and subcontractors to comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws in connection with the performance of their obligations and the exercise of their rights under this Agreement. Any internal compliance codes of a Party shall apply only to that Party, but the Parties agree to cooperate with each other to ensure that each Party is able to comply with the substance of its respective internal compliance codes and, to the extent practicable, to operate in a manner consistent with its usual compliance related processes.
13.2 Compliance with Party Specific Regulations. The Parties agree to cooperate with each other (and cause their Affiliates to cooperate) as may reasonably be required to ensure that each Party and its Affiliates is able to fully meet its obligations with respect to the Party Specific Regulations applicable to it. Neither Party nor any Affiliate thereof shall be obligated to pursue any course of conduct that would result in such Party or any Affiliate thereof being in material breach of any Party Specific Regulation applicable to it. All Party Specific Regulations are binding only in accordance with their terms and only upon the Party or its Affiliate to which they relate.
13.3 Compliance with Anti-Corruption and Privacy Laws
(a) Anti-Corruption and Privacy. In connection with this Agreement, each Party and each of its Affiliates has complied and will comply with all Applicable Laws and industry codes dealing with data protection and privacy of personal information (“Privacy Laws”) and with government procurement, conflicts of interest, corruption or bribery, including, if applicable, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”), as amended, and any laws enacted to implement the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions.
(b) Privacy. Each Party shall at all times comply (and cause its Affiliates to comply) with all Applicable Laws and all applicable contractual obligations with respect to the receipt, collection, compilation, use, storage, processing, sharing, safeguarding, security (technical, physical and administrative), disposal, destruction, disclosure, or transfer (including cross-border) of Personal Information in connection with this Agreement, including providing any notice, obtaining any consent and/or prior authorization, and conducting any assessment required under Applicable Laws, with respect thereto.
(c) No Bribery. In connection with this Agreement, neither Party, nor any of its Affiliates, has made, offered, given, promised to give, or authorized, nor will make, offer, give, promise to give, or authorize, in a manner that violates Applicable Laws, any bribe, kickback, payment or transfer of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to any person or to any Government or Public Official for the purpose of: (i) improperly influencing any act or decision of the person or Government or Public Official; (ii) inducing the person or Government or Public Official to do or omit to do an act in violation of a lawful or otherwise required duty; (iii) securing any improper advantage; or (iv) inducing the person or Government or Public Official to improperly influence the act or decision of any organization, including any government or government instrumentality, in order to assist Telix or Lilly, as applicable, in obtaining or retaining business.
(d) Compliance in Development. In connection with this Agreement, Telix specifically agrees that it will undertake all Development activities, in particular Development activities involving human subjects, in compliance with Applicable Laws, including GMPs, GLPSs, GCPs, and applicable Privacy Laws.
13.4 Dispute Resolution. In the event of a dispute, controversy or claim under, arising out of or relating to this Agreement (a “Dispute”), the Parties shall refer such dispute to the [**] (or equivalent senior level officer) of Telix and [**] (or higher) from Lilly (the “Executive Officers”) for attempted resolution by good faith negotiations in a videoconference meeting within [**] after such referral is made. If the Executive Officers are unable to resolve such Dispute in a timely manner, which shall in no case be more than [**] after the matter was referred to them, then the Dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Section 13.10 and thereafter neither Party shall have any further obligation under this Section 13.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without waiting for the expiration of any such [**] periods, each Party shall each have the right to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for equitable or injunctive relief, as necessary to protect the rights or property of such Party.
13.5 Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be held liable to the other Party nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement for failure or delay in performing any non-payment obligation under this Agreement to the extent such failure or delay is caused by or results from causes beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party, including, but not limited to, embargoes, war, acts of war (whether war be declared or not), acts of terrorism, insurrections, riots, civil commotions, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances, epidemic, pandemic, fire, flood, earthquake, tornado, tsunami, explosion, storm, or other acts of God, failure of public utilities or common carriers, or acts, omissions or delays in acting by any Governmental Authority. The affected Party shall notify the other Party of such force majeure circumstances as soon as reasonably practical and shall promptly undertake all reasonable efforts necessary to cure such force majeure circumstances.
13.6 Rights Upon Bankruptcy. All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11 of the United States Code and other similar laws in any jurisdiction outside the US (collectively, the “Bankruptcy Laws”), licenses of rights to be “intellectual property” as defined under the Bankruptcy Laws. If a case is commenced during the Term by or against a Party under Bankruptcy Laws then, unless and until this Agreement is rejected as provided in such Bankruptcy Laws, such Party (in any capacity, including debtor-in-possession) and its successors and assigns (including a trustee) shall perform all of the obligations provided in this Agreement to be performed by such Party. If a case is commenced by or against a Party under the Bankruptcy Laws, this Agreement is rejected as provided in the Bankruptcy Laws and the other Party elects to retain its rights hereunder as provided in the Bankruptcy Laws, then the Party subject to such case under the Bankruptcy Laws (in any capacity, including debtor-in-possession) and its successors and assigns (including a Title 11 trustee), shall provide to the other Party copies of all information necessary for such other Party to prosecute, maintain and enjoy its rights under the terms of this Agreement promptly upon such other Party’s written request therefor. All rights, powers and remedies of the non-bankrupt Party as provided herein are in addition to and not in substitution for any and all other rights, powers and remedies now or hereafter existing at law or in equity (including the Bankruptcy Laws) in the event of the commencement of a case by or against a Party under the Bankruptcy Laws.
13.7 Assignment. Except as provided in this Section 13.7, this Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred, nor may any right or obligation hereunder be assigned or transferred, by either Party without the consent of the other Party; provided, however, that (and notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary) either Party may, without such consent, assign this Agreement (and its rights and obligations hereunder) (i) to an Affiliate of such Party, provided such Party remains primarily liable for any acts or omissions of such Affiliate, or (ii) in connection with the transfer or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or business (or that portion thereof related to the subject matter of this Agreement), merger, consolidation, change of control, or similar transaction. If Telix is the assigning Party, the assignee shall agree in a writing that is in form and substance acceptable to Lilly in its sole discretion to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. The rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Parties, and the name of a Party appearing herein will be deemed to include the name of such Party’s successors and permitted assigns to the extent necessary to carry out the intent of this Section 13.7. Any assignment not in accordance with this Agreement shall be void.
13.8 Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, unless the absence of the invalidated provision(s) adversely affects the substantive rights of the Parties. The Parties shall in such an instance use their best efforts to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision(s) with valid, legal and enforceable provision(s) which, insofar as practical, implement the purposes of this Agreement.
13.9 Notices. All notices which are required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered personally, sent by facsimile (and promptly confirmed by personal delivery, registered or certified mail or overnight courier), sent by nationally-recognized overnight courier or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:
a if to Telix, to: | Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited |
55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne
Suite 401
VIC 3051, Australia
Attn: [**]
if to Lilly, to: | Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited |
Dunderrow
Kinsale
Co. Cork
Ireland
Pl7 NY71
with copy to: | Eli Lilly and Company |
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285
Attn: Vice President of Corporate Business Development
and
Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285
Attn: General Counsel
and
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27607
Attn: Kenneth E. Eheman Jr.
or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other Party in writing in accordance herewith. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered if personally delivered or sent by facsimile on a Business Day (provided that if given by facsimile, the transmitting Party received confirmation of complete transmission); (b) on the Business Day after dispatch if sent by nationally-recognized overnight courier; or (c) on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date of mailing if sent by registered or certified mail.
13.10 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States federal law and Indiana state law, without reference to any rules of conflict of laws that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts located in Indianapolis, Indiana for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the federal courts located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party waives personal service of any summons, complaint or other process in connection with such action and agree that service may be made by any means permitted or prescribed in this Agreement for delivery of notices or by any means permitted by Applicable Law.
13.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS IT CONTEMPLATES. THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO ANY ACTION OR LEGAL PROCEEDING, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE.
13.12 Entire Agreement; Amendments. The Agreement, and any Exhibits hereto (including the Quality Agreement), contain the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the rights and licenses granted hereunder. All express or implied agreements and understandings, either oral or written, with regard to the rights and licenses granted hereunder are superseded by the terms of this Agreement, including the prior Confidentiality Agreement and the MTA. The Agreement may be amended, or any term hereof modified, only by a written instrument duly executed by authorized representatives of both Parties.
13.13 Headings. The captions to the several Articles and Sections hereof are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of the Agreement, and in no way define, describe, extend or limit the scope or intent of this Agreement or the intent of any provision contained in this Agreement.
13.14 Independent Contractors. It is expressly agreed that Telix and Lilly shall be independent contractors and that the relationship between the two Parties shall not constitute a partnership, joint venture or agency. Neither Telix nor Lilly shall have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or to take any action, which shall be binding on the other Party, without the prior written consent of the other Party.
13.15 Waiver. The failure by either Party to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this Agreement or to exercise any right arising out of this Agreement or any breach hereof by the other Party shall neither impair such provision or right nor constitute a waiver of that provision or right, in whole or in part, in that instance or any other. No waiver by a Party of a particular provision or right shall be effective unless in writing, specific as to a particular matter and, if applicable, for a particular period of time, and signed by such Party.
13.16 Cumulative Remedies. Except as expressly set forth herein, no remedy referred to in this Agreement is intended to be exclusive, but each shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy referred to in this Agreement or otherwise available at law or in equity.
13.17 Waiver of Rule of Construction. Each Party has had the opportunity to consult with counsel in connection with the review, drafting and negotiation of this Agreement. Accordingly, the rule of construction that any ambiguity in this Agreement shall be construed against the drafting Party shall not apply.
13.18 Construction. Except where the context otherwise requires, wherever used, the singular will include the plural, the plural the singular, and the use of any gender will be applicable to all genders. The term “including” as used herein means including, without limiting the generality of any description that precedes such term, and shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “but not limited to,” “without limitation” or words of similar import regardless of whether such words are actually written there (and drawing no implication from the actual inclusion of such phrase in some instances after the word “including” but not others). References to “Article”, “Articles”, “Section”, “Sections”, “Exhibit” or “Exhibits” are references to the numbered Article(s) or lettered Exhibit(s) of this Agreement, unless expressly stated otherwise. Except where the context otherwise requires, (a) references to a particular law, rule or regulation mean such law, rule or regulation as in effect as of the relevant time, including all rules and regulations thereunder and any successor law, rule or regulation in effect as of the relevant time, and including the then-current amendments thereto; (b) the word “or” has the inclusive meaning that is typically associated with the phrase “and/or”; (c) whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number will refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified, and if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or Business Day, or the day or Business Day of an act or event, it is to be calculated exclusive of that day or Business Day; (d) references to a particular person or entity include such person’s or entity’s successors and assigns to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement; (e) a capitalized term not defined herein but reflecting a different part of speech than a capitalized term which is defined herein shall be interpreted in a correlative manner; and (f) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and derivative or similar words refer to this Agreement (including any Exhibits).
13.19 Use of Third Parties. Notwithstanding any delegation of obligations under this Agreement by a Party or its Affiliates or to a Third Party, such Party shall remain primarily liable and responsible for the performance of all of its obligations under this Agreement and for causing such Affiliates or Third Parties to act in a manner consistent herewith, to the extent applicable. No Party contracting with any Third Party shall agree to any term that would make it unable to comply with its obligations under this Agreement.
13.20 Further Action. Each Party agrees to execute, acknowledge and deliver such further instruments, and to do all such other acts, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
13.21 Counterparts. The Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each Party shall be entitled to rely on the delivery of executed facsimile copies of counterpart execution pages of this Agreement and such facsimile copies shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding agreement among the Parties. Signatures provided by facsimile transmission, in Adobe™ Portable Document Format (PDF) sent by electronic mail, or other reasonable electronic form (e.g., DocuSign) shall be deemed to be original signatures.
Signature Page Follows.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.
Telix International Pty Ltd
By: | /s/ Christian Behrenbruch |
Name: Christian Behrenbruch
Title: CEO and Managing Director
Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited
By: | /s/ David White |
Name: David White
Title: Director
Solely for purposes of Section 10.8:
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
By: | /s/ Christian Behrenbruch |
Name: Christian Behrenbruch
Title: CEO and Managing Direct
Exhibit 10.1.1
Amendment Agreement
STANDARD TERMS
Telix and Lilly are party to the existing agreement as set out in the Variation Details (“Existing Agreement”). The parties agree to amend the Existing Agreement in accordance with Section 13.12 of the Existing Agreement and the terms of this first amendment agreement (“Amendment #1”) with effect from the amendment effective date set out in the Variation Details (“Amendment Effective Date”).
This Amendment #1 comprises the terms set out in this section entitled “Standard Terms” (“Standard Terms”), the terms set out in the section entitled “Variation Details” below (the “Variation Details”) and Annex 1. This Amendment #1 varies the Existing Agreement only to the extent expressly specified herein and does not affect the rights or obligations of the parties under the Existing Agreement prior to the Amendment Effective Date. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment #1, the terms and provisions of the Existing Agreement are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.
In the event of inconsistency between the Existing Agreement and this Amendment #1, this Amendment #1 will prevail to the extent of any inconsistency.
The Existing Agreement and any and all other agreements, instruments or documentation now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Existing Agreement as amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference therein to the Existing Agreement shall mean a reference to the Existing Agreement as amended hereby.
By signing this Amendment #1, each party represents and warrants:
• | it has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Amendment #1, and its execution of this Amendment #1, the fulfillment of its obligations and performance of its activities hereunder do not conflict with, violate, or breach, or constitute a default under, any material agreement, instrument or understanding, oral or written, to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, nor violate any material law or regulation of any court, governmental body or administrative or other agency having jurisdiction over it; |
• | it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment #1 and to perform its obligations hereunder, and the person or persons executing this Amendment #1on its behalf has been duly authorized to do so by all requisite corporate action; |
• | this Amendment #1 are legally binding upon it, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and |
• | all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of all Governmental Authorities and other persons required to be obtained by such Party as of the Amendment Effective Date in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment #1 have been obtained. |
Amendment #1 may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each Party shall be entitled to rely on the delivery of executed facsimile copies of counterpart execution pages of this Amendment #1 and such facsimile copies shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding agreement among the Parties. Signatures provided by facsimile transmission, in Adobe™ Portable Document Format (PDF) sent by electronic mail, or other reasonable electronic form (e.g., DocuSign) shall be deemed to be original signatures.
This Amendment #1 will be interpreted in accordance with the governing law provisions set out in the Existing Agreement. Capitalised terms have the meaning set out herein or the Existing Agreement if not otherwise defined in this Amendment #1.
VARIATION DETAILS
1. “Telix” | Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd, f/k/a Telix International Pty Ltd with a place of business at Level 4, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne VIC 3051, Australia |
2. “Lilly” | Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited, an Irish private limited company with a place of business at Dunderrow, Kinsale Co., Kinsale, Ireland |
3. “Existing Agreement” | License Agreement, effective as of April 8, 2022, between Telix and Lilly |
4. Amendment Reference: | Amendment #1 - revision of the Development Plan, under Exhibit B, including extension of POC [**] study timeline |
5. “Amendment Effective Date” | 12 December 2023 |
6. Amendment Details: |
From the Amendment Effective Date, the parties agree to amend the Existing Agreement as follows:
• The first sentence of Section 2.2 is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following sentence:
Telix shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to perform the activities set forth in the Development Plan, including but not limited to the POC Study, in accordance with the timelines and other requirements set forth therein, provided that, if Telix (i) has used Commercially Reasonable Efforts to complete the POC Study within the timeline set forth therefor on the Development Plan, (ii) has been unable to complete the POC Study within such timeline despite such efforts, and (iii) provides Lilly written notice of Telix’s need to extend such timeline for the performance of the POC Study at least [**] prior to the Development Plan’s target date for such completion, Telix shall be entitled to extend such date by up to [**] as necessary to provide for such completion.
• Section 2.3 is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision:
“Development Plan Reporting. Telix will provide Lilly with [**] written updates detailing the progress of activities under the Development Plan (including but not limited to the POC Study) and the results thereof. In addition, within [**] of completion of any preclinical (animal) studies set forth in the Development Plan, which is expected to occur within [**] after the Effective Date, and completion of the POC Study, respectively, Telix will provide a report detailing the results of such pre-clinical studies or POC Study, respectively, to Lilly.”
• Section 12.5(c) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision:
“Termination for Telix Failure to Conduct POC Study. Lilly shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement on written notice to Telix if FPI has not occurred with respect to the POC Study by the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date and is not cured within [**] following notice from Lilly indicating an intent to terminate for such failure.”
• Exhibit B is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the Exhibit B in Annex 1 to this Amendment #1.
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SIGNATURE
Executed as an agreement by the party’s authorized representatives:
Signed by Telix
Signature: /s/ Jonathan Barlow
Name of Authorised Signatory:
Title of Authorised Signatory:
Date: 12-Dec-23
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Signed by Lilly
Signature: /s/ David White
Name of Authorised Signatory:
Title of Authorised Signatory:
Date: 17-Jan-24
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Exhibit 4.2
Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) is the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential. Double asterisks denote omissions.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
This license agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of January 16, 2017 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Wilex AG, having its principal place of business at Grillparzerstr. 18, 81675 Munich, Germany (“Wilex”) and Telix International Pty Ltd ACN 616 657 839 having its principal place of business at, at Suite 226, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051, Australia (“Telix”).
RECITALS
A. | Wilex has the right to grant rights and licenses under certain patents, patent applications, know-how and other Intellectual Property relating to monoclonal antibodies that bind to the extra-cellular domain of Carbonic Anhydrase IX (“CAIX”), including the antibody G250 (referenced formally as Girentuximab). |
B. | The Parties wish to enter into an agreement for the license and development of Girentuximab radiolabeled with an isotope, both in diagnostic imaging and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical forms. |
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
I. DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
1.1 | “Act” means the United States Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended from time to time, and its implementing regulations. |
1.2 | “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means: |
(a) | the direct or indirect ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of securities or other evidences of ownership interest in such Person; provided that, if local law requires a minimum percentage of local ownership of more than fifty percent (50%), control will be established by direct or indirect beneficial ownership of one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum ownership percentage that may, under such local law, be owned by foreign interests; or |
(b) | the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the term “controlled” in this definition has the meaning correlative to the foregoing. |
1.3 | “Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the first paragraph of this Agreement. |
1.4 | “Application for Regulatory Approval” means each application in a form accepted for filing by a Regulatory Authority to obtain Regulatory Approval in the Territory. |
1.5 | “Bankruptcy Event” means, in respect of a person, that person is adjudicated as insolvent or bankrupt or proceedings in voluntary or involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy are instituted on behalf of or against that person, that person files a petition or otherwise seeks relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute or proceeding, and any proceedings issued against it are not dismissed within [**], or it becomes insolvent or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a custodian, receiver or trustee is appointed for it or a substantial portion of its business or assets or it admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due. |
1.6 | “Claim” means any claim, demand, legal proceedings or cause of action, including any appeal, petition, plea, charge, complaint, claim, suit, demand, litigation, arbitration, mediation, hearing, inquiry, investigation, or similar event, occurrence, or proceeding. |
1.7 | “CMO” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b). |
1.8 | “Combination Product” means: |
(a) | a Licensed Product containing as its active components Girentuximab and one or more other active components (whether therapeutic, diagnostic or otherwise) other than Girentuximab; or |
(b) | a product or set of products consisting of a Licensed Product and one or more other components (whether therapeutic, diagnostic or otherwise) packaged and sold together in a single package for a single price. |
1.9 | “Commercialize” or “Commercialization” means the ongoing process and activities generally engaged in by a pharmaceutical company to establish and maintain a nationwide presence in applicable marketplaces and to sell and market a pharmaceutical product, beginning with the filing of the final Application for Regulatory Approval for the Licensed Product in such marketplace. |
1.10 | “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to each Party and its Affiliates, including with respect to the development, manufacture or commercialization of a Licensed Product, efforts and resources commonly used in by similarly situated biopharmaceutical companies for a product of similar commercial potential [**]. |
1.11 | “Confidential Information” means: |
(a) | in the case of Wilex, Wilex Know-How and financial or other non-scientific or non-technical business information regarding Wilex or its Affiliates and know-how and information regarding any products other than the Licensed Product made available to Telix; and |
(b) | in the case of Telix, any and all know-how and information relating to the Licensed Product or other Telix products other than the Licensed Product (whether commercialized or in development), or the use, manufacturing, or commercialization of any of the foregoing, or related clinical or regulatory affairs, and financial or other non-scientific or non-technical business information regarding Telix or its Affiliates made available to Wilex for the purposes described in this Agreement, which to avoid doubt includes all Documentation transferred to Telix pursuant to Section 3.2(a), to the extent solely related to the Licensed Product, |
in each case, which is owned or controlled by a Party or any of its Affiliates and is related to the subject matter of this Agreement and that is made available by one Party or its Affiliates to the other Party or its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or generated pursuant to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include:
(c) | information which is or becomes part of the public domain or publicly known through no breach of this Agreement by the recipient or any of its Affiliates; |
(d) | information which the recipient can demonstrate by its written records was known by the recipient or any of its Affiliates prior to the disclosure thereof by the disclosing Party; |
(e) | information which is independently developed by the recipient or any of its Affiliates, so long as such development does not result from use of Confidential Information of the other Party or any of its Affiliates, and such independent development can be demonstrated by written records of the Party claiming such independent development; and |
(f) | information that becomes available to the receiving Party or its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis, whether directly or indirectly, from a Third Party who is not bound by a duty of confidentiality to the other Party. |
1.12 | “Comparability Study” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(d). |
1.13 | “Confidentiality Agreement” means the Confidentiality Agreement between Wilex and Red Hill Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd dated [**]. |
1.14 | “Controlling Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.2(a). |
1.15 | “Damages” means, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13.5, all damages, losses (including any diminution in value), liabilities, payments, amounts paid in settlement, obligations, fines, penalties, costs, or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred or paid in connection with any Claim or threatened Claim (including reasonable fees and expenses of outside attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors and of expert witnesses and other costs of investigation, preparation and litigation in connection with such Claim or threatened Claim). |
1.16 | “Diagnostic Product” means Girentuximab radiolabeled with an isotope for in vivo diagnostic imaging use. |
1.17 | “Diagnostic Territory” means all countries of the world. |
1.18 | “Documentation” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3.2(a). |
1.19 | “Effective Date” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the first paragraph of this Agreement. |
1.20 | “Established MCB” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a). |
1.21 | “Established Process” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a). |
1.22 | “European Economic Space” or “EES” means the countries in the European Union, the European Free Trade Association and, in the event that should it cease to be a Member of the European Union but not join the European Free Trade Association, the United Kingdom. |
1.23 | “Excluded Territories” means [**]. |
1.24 | “FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successors to its responsibilities with respect to pharmaceutical products such as the Licensed Products. |
1.25 | “Field” means any and all diagnostic and therapeutic uses of Licensed Products. |
1.26 | “Girentuximab” means the antibody directed against the extracellular domain of CAIX and any other derivatives or fragments thereof invented or discovered or otherwise owned or controlled by Telix. |
1.27 | “Girentuximab Generic Program Improvement” means any Program Improvement solely related to manufacture or use of Girentuximab and not specific to the Licensed Product, to the extent owned or controlled by Telix or Wilex. |
1.28 | “GMP Production” means production in accordance with current good manufacturing practice. |
1.29 | “Indication” means a disease classification as defined within the ‘International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems’ as published from time to time by the World Health Organization (for example “C50 Malignant neoplasm of Breast”, “C92 Myeloid leukaemia”, “B20 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease resulting in infectious and parasitic diseases” and “M34 Systemic sclerosis”). |
1.30 | “Joint Program Improvement” means any Program Improvement, other than a Girentuximab Generic Program Improvements, created or invented by employees or consultants of Telix jointly with employees or consultants of Wilex. |
1.31 | “Intellectual Property” means all intellectual and industrial property rights throughout the world from time to time, whether registered or unregistered, including trade marks, designs, patents, inventions, semi-conductor, circuit and other eligible layouts, copyright and analogous rights, trade secrets, know-how, processes, concepts, confidential information including any such rights, including any intellectual property rights the subject of any lapsed application, divisional to any registrations or applications, any right to file further applications, and any registrations resulting from such applications. |
1.32 | “Launch” means the initial sale of the Licensed Product billed or invoiced by Telix (or one of Telix’s Affiliates or permitted sublicensees) to a Third Party following Regulatory Approval. |
1.33 | “Law” means all laws, statutes, regulations, codes, by-laws and governmental, regulatory, or judicial orders or judgments. |
1.34 | “License” will have the meaning described in Section 2.1. |
1.35 | “Licensed Patents” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 1.64. |
1.36 | “Licensed Products” means: |
(a) | Diagnostic Products; |
(b) | Therapeutic Products; and |
(c) | both Diagnostic Products and Therapeutic Products (where the context permits it). |
1.37 | “Major Market Countries” means [**]. |
1.38 | “Naked Antibody” means the antibody Girentuximab without any radiolabel. |
1.39 | “NPA” means, for a particular Licensed Product, its United States New Drug Application, filed with the FDA, as such application may be amended or supplemented from time to time. |
1.40 | “Net Sales” means the amount of [**]. |
provided, however, that:
[**].
Amounts relevant to the determination of Net Sales, and the timing of sales, shall be determined from the books and records of Telix and (if applicable) its Affiliates, which records and books shall be verified only through Telix (provided that Telix provides reasonable access to such information) or its Affiliates, which shall be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, in effect in the country where Telix or its relevant Affiliate has its head office.
1.41 | “New Process” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b). |
1.42 | “Non-Controlling Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in section 7.2(a). |
1.43 | “Other Information” means: |
(a) | information relating to a disapproval or cancellation of Regulatory Approval of the Licensed Product by the relevant Regulatory Authority of any jurisdiction; |
(b) | information on modifications required to be made in the contents of a Regulatory Approval of the Licensed Product or an application therefor in any jurisdiction in order to prevent, or to warn against risks of, death, bodily harm, or other severe adverse event; |
(c) | information on withdrawal of the Licensed Product from the marketplace in any jurisdiction; |
(d) | information on important revisions of the warnings or precautions in the usage of the Licensed Product as set forth in the labeling pursuant to a Regulatory Approval or an application therefore in any jurisdiction; and |
(e) | any information about the Licensed Product which would reasonably be expected to adversely impact the continued development or marketing of a Licensed Product in any jurisdiction. |
1.44 | “Party” means Wilex or Telix and “Parties” means Wilex and Telix. |
1.45 | “Person” means any individual, corporation (including any nonprofit corporation), general or limited partnership, company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, government agency or other entity the law recognises. |
1.46 | “Phase III Clinical Study” means a human clinical trial that would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c) in the United States, or a similar clinical study prescribed by the relevant governmental authority in a country other than the United States. |
1.47 | “Product Program Improvement” means any Program Improvement other than Girentuximab Generic Program Improvements or Joint Program Improvements. |
1.48 | “Program” means all activities related to the development and commercialization of Licensed Products for use and sale within the Field performed by or on behalf of Telix, its Affiliates and sublicensees and any activities performed by Wilex (or its Affiliates) pursuant to this Agreement. |
1.49 | “Program Improvements” means any and all inventions, developments, improvements, results, know-how, and other information, including clinical, technical, scientific, and medical information, know-how, methods, inventions, practices, and trade secrets, quality control information and procedures, pharmacological, toxicological and clinical test data and results and regulatory information and all Intellectual Property relating to any of the foregoing, that is developed by or on behalf of Telix (or its Affiliates or sublicensees) or Wilex (or its Affiliates) or jointly by Telix and Wilex or any of their respective Affiliates, in connection with the Program. |
1.50 | “Protective Action” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 7.2(a). |
1.51 | “Quarter” means a calendar quarter consisting of any of the three-month periods ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 in any particular year. |
1.52 | “Regulatory Approval” means: |
(a) | in the United States, written notice of marketing approval by the FDA based on approval of an NDA; and |
(b) | in any other country in the Territory, written notice of required marketing approval by the Regulatory Authority having jurisdiction in such country, provided that with respect to countries in the EES or (in the event that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union and neither joins the European Free Trade Association nor enters into an independent agreement with the European Union equivalent to that under the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 17th March 1993 but concludes an agreement with the European Union under which the United Kingdom continues to recognize the authority within the United Kingdom of centralized marketing authorizations issued pursuant to Regulation 727/2004 (EC)) the United Kingdom, written notice of a centralized marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency shall constitute written notice with respect to each and every such country; |
(c) | the lawful use of medicinal products pursuant to conditional marketing approvals, exceptions to statutory requirements and otherwise; and |
(d) | where necessary or relevant, written approval from any local authority in charge of the nuclear security. |
1.53 | “Regulatory Authority” means the agency, if any, of the national government of any country with which a pharmaceutical or biological therapeutic product must be registered or by which a pharmaceutical or biological therapeutic product must be approved prior to its manufacture, use, or sale in such country, provided that with respect to countries in the European Union or the EES, the European Medicines Agency shall constitute such an agency with respect to each and every such country in addition to any agency of a national government of such country. |
1.54 | “Sublicense Income” means [**]. |
1.55 | “Telix” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the first paragraph of this Agreement. |
1.56 | “Term” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 12.1. |
1.57 | “Territory” means each of the Diagnostic Territory and the Therapeutic Territory and both (where the context permits it). |
1.58 | “Therapeutic Product” means Girentuximab labeled with any therapeutic radioactive isotope and designed for or capable of therapeutic use. |
1.59 | “Therapeutic Territory” means all countries of the world, other than the Excluded Territories. |
1.60 | “Third Party” means any Person other than Wilex or Telix or an Affiliate or an employee of Wilex or Telix. |
1.61 | “Valid Claim” means any claim of an issued and unexpired patent that has neither been held unenforceable, unpatentable, nor invalid by a final decision of a court or a governmental agency of competent jurisdiction (including without limitation any competent patent office), from which no further appeal is possible. |
1.62 | “Wilex” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the first paragraph of this Agreement. |
1.63 | “Wilex Know-How” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 1.64(b). |
1.64 | “Wilex Intellectual Property” means: |
(a) | any and all patent applications and patents necessary or useful for the research, development, manufacture, commercialization, use, sale, offering for sale, distribution, exportation, importation or marketing of any Licensed Product, including all patent applications and patents short particulars of which are set forth on Exhibit A, and any and all divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitute applications, reissues, reexaminations and extensions of any of the foregoing patent applications and patents and all relevant supplementary certificates and all authorizations and applications for authorization to market orphan medicinal products in the EES and, should the United Kingdom leave the EES, the United Kingdom, that is owned or otherwise controlled or licensed by Wilex (“Licensed Patents”), including Girentuximab Generic Program Improvements that relate to the research, development, manufacture, commercialization, use, sale, offering for sale, distribution, exportation, importation or marketing of any Licensed Product and Wilex’s rights in any Joint Program Improvements and Wilex Program Improvements; |
(b) | any and all patent applications and patents necessary or useful for the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, distribution, exportation, importation or marketing of the Naked Antibody, including all patent applications and patents short particulars of which are set forth on Exhibit A, and any and all divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitute applications, reissues, reexaminations and extensions of any of the foregoing patent applications and patents and all relevant supplementary certificates, that is owned or otherwise controlled or licensed by Wilex (“Licensed Patents”), including Girentuximab Generic Program Improvements that relate to the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, distribution, exportation, importation or marketing of Girentuximab in any Joint Program Improvements and Wilex Program Improvements; |
(c) | the trade marks, applications for trade marks and registered trade marks specified in Exhibit B (“Licensed Trademarks”); and |
(d) | any and all technical information, regulatory information, clinical information, know-how, processes, procedures, methods, formulae, protocols, techniques, software, data and other Intellectual Property and information that is necessary or useful for the research, development, manufacture, commercialization, use, sale, offering for sale, distribution, exportation, importation or marketing of the Licensed Product, in each case that is owned or otherwise controlled or licensed by Wilex such that Wilex may grant a license thereunder (“Wilex Know-How”), including Girentuximab Generic Program Improvements and Wilex’s rights in any Joint Program Improvements and Wilex Program Improvements. |
1.65 | “Wilex Program Improvements” means Program Improvements created or invented solely by employees or consultants of Wilex. |
1.66 | Construction and Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement: |
(a) | headings and underlined type are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this agreement; |
(b) | words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa as the context requires; |
(c) | the word “including” and “include” shall mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified; |
(d) | the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “herewith,” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; |
(e) | all references to “Section,” “Article,” “Schedule” and “Exhibit,” unless otherwise specified, are intended to refer to a Section, Article, Schedule or Exhibit of or to this Agreement; |
(f) | a reference to a right includes a remedy, power, discretion, authority or benefit; |
(g) | words of any gender shall include any other gender as the context requires and |
(h) | A reference to any legislation includes all delegated legislation made under it and amendments, consolidations, replacements or re-enactments of any of them. |
II. LICENSE AND SUPPLY OF GIRENTUXIMAB
2.1 | License Grant (the “License”). |
(a) | Wilex grants Telix the exclusive right and license, or, as applicable, sublicense, to use the Licensed Patents and Wilex Know-How to develop, manufacture, commercialize, use, sell, offer to sell, distribute, export, import or market: |
(i) | Diagnostic Products in the Field in the Diagnostic Territory; and |
(ii) | Therapeutic Products in the Field in the Therapeutic Territory. |
(b) | Wilex grants Telix the non-exclusive right and license, or, as applicable, sublicense, to use the Licensed Patents and Wilex Know-How to manufacture, sell, offer to sell, distribute, export, import or market the Naked Antibody anywhere in the world. |
(c) | Wilex retains the right to grant to Telix or any third party the exclusive or non-exclusive license to research, develop, commercialize, use, sell, offer to sell, distribute, export, import or market products (excluding any Licensed Product) which is based on and/or contains the Naked Antibody, provided always that any such license in no way diminishes or otherwise affects the rights granted to Telix in this agreement. |
(d) | Wilex grants to Telix a non-exclusive license to use the Licensed Trade Marks in the Territory as a trade mark on or in connection with products incorporating the Licensed Products. |
(e) | Wilex will disclose to Telix all Documentation and all Wilex Know-How which it is free to disclose and which is necessary or desirable to be disclosed to Telix to enable Telix to develop, manufacture, use, sell or market the Licensed Products under the Licensed Patents as soon as possible, using all Reasonably Commercial Efforts. The parties must agree on priorities for disclosure of Documentation and Wilex must disclose all information required to commence the Agreed Activities listed in Section 4.2 of this Agreement within [**] of the Effective Date. |
2.2 | Sublicensing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Telix shall have the right to grant sublicenses to Affiliates of Telix and Third Parties of the Wilex Intellectual Property, provided that: |
(a) | the terms and conditions of each such sublicense are consistent with and no less restrictive on the sub-licensee than the terms and conditions of this Agreement; |
(b) | Telix promptly provides to Wilex a true and complete copy of each such sublicense with any Third Party; and |
(c) | Telix remains liable for the acts or omissions of any such sublicensee and remains responsible for its own obligations under this Agreement. |
2.3 | Supply and manufacturing of Girentuximab. |
(a) | Wilex and its Affiliates shall have the right upon reasonable notice (which shall not be less than [**] or any other notice provided for in the relevant manufacturing agreement if such minimum notice is longer than [**]) to Telix to purchase Girentuximab from Telix at [**], provided that such purchase does not materially impact the marketing or sale of the Licensed Product. |
(b) | Wilex will use any Girentuximab material supplied by Telix in strict compliance with all applicable Laws and Telix’s protocols and regulatory filings, including export restrictions, patient safety, dosing limits and other prescription information, if relevant. |
(c) | All Girentuximab materials provided by Telix shall be used by Wilex for internal research purposes only. Wilex shall not sell, transfer, disclose or otherwise provide access to the materials, any method or process relating thereto or any material that could not have been made but for the foregoing to any person or entity without the prior express written consent of Telix, except that Wilex may allow access to the Girentuximab materials to its employees or agents solely for purposes of performing research and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. |
(d) | On and from the Effective Date, Telix shall be exclusively responsible for manufacturing or having manufactured the Licensed Product in finished and packaged form ready to sell and meeting the specifications approved in the Field by the respective health authorities in the Territory. |
(e) | Telix will use commercially reasonable efforts to supply third parties named by Wilex with the Naked Antibody under the conditions defined in 2.3 (a) for commercial use. |
III. CONSIDERATION
As partial consideration for the rights and licenses granted to Telix in this Agreement, Telix shall pay to Wilex the following amounts by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by Wilex:
3.1 | Upfront Payment. In addition to (and not in lieu of) other payments due under this Agreement, Telix shall pay to Wilex US$[**] within [**] of the Effective Date. |
3.2 | Tech Transfer Payment. In addition to (and not in lieu of) other payments due under this Agreement, Telix shall pay to Wilex US$[**] within [**] after completion of: |
(a) | the transfer of all technical, regulatory, pre-clinical clinical and manufacturing documentation and data relating to Girentuximab (“Documentation”), which is in the possession or under the control of Wilex to Telix, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Telix to enable Telix to develop, manufacture and Commercialize the Licensed Products; and |
(b) | transfer or grant of access to the biological materials in the possession of or under the control of Wilex, together with the transfer of sufficient material to Telix’s nominated CMO(s) to begin pre-GMP Production activities outlined in section 4.2(b). |
3.3 | Manufacturing Milestone Payments. In addition to (and not in lieu of) other payments due under this Agreement, Telix shall pay to Wilex, either: |
(a) | US$[**] within [**] of delivery of [**]: |
(i) | [**] |
(ii) | [**]; or |
(b) | US$[**] within [**] of delivery of [**], |
and to avoid doubt, Telix shall not make any payment to Wilex following delivery of [**].
3.4 | Diagnostic Product Milestone Payments. Telix shall pay a milestone payment to Wilex upon the achievement by Telix, or any of its Affiliates or sublicensees, of the milestone event corresponding to such milestone payment in accordance with the following: |
(a) | Approval of a New IND Application. Following submission of a new IND application [**] (“New IND Application”), Telix shall make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within [**] after receiving approval by the FDA (or equivalent regulatory body) of the New IND Application. To avoid doubt such a payment will be required even if Telix is required by the FDA to [**]. |
(b) | LPI Event. Telix shall make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within [**] after enrollment of the last patient in a Phase III Clinical Study using a Diagnostic Product. |
(c) | BLA Granted. Telix shall make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within thirty (30) days after a biologics license application (“BLA”) has been granted by the FDA for a Diagnostic Product. |
(d) | Reimbursement for First Indication [**]. Telix shall make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within [**] after the first reimbursement in the United States for the first Indication of Diagnostic Product. |
(e) | Reimbursement for First Indication [**]. Telix shall make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within [**] after the first reimbursement outside the United States for the first indication of Diagnostic Product. |
Each of the milestones in Sections 3.4(a) to 3.4(e) shall be payable at most one time. Each of the milestones will be paid in cash.
3.5 | Therapeutic Product Buyout Payment. |
(a) | The parties acknowledge that, without affecting the scope of the Licence and Telix’s rights under this Agreement, Telix shall notify Wilex no later than [**] prior to filing a BLA in the United States for a Therapeutic Product. |
(b) | If Wilex provides notice to Telix that, in order to ensure unchallenged access for Telix to market Therapeutic Products in the United States and extinguish all co-promotion rights of third parties, Wilex intends to make a payment to a third party, then: |
(i) | Telix shall make a one-time payment to Wilex of an amount equal to the lesser of US$3,000,000 and the amount payable to the third party to extinguish any third party’s co-promotion rights in the United States (“Buyout Payment”), within [**] of such notification; and |
(ii) | immediately thereafter, Wilex must buy out and terminate any third party’s co-promotion rights on such Therapeutic Product in the United States. |
3.6 | Royalty Payments. |
(a) | Subject to Section 8.2, Telix shall pay royalty payments on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis to Wilex in respect of the sale of Diagnostic Products as follows: |
(i) | If the Diagnostic Product is based on the New Process using the Established MCB, or if Diagnostic Product is based on the New MCB and the Buy-Out Payment according to Section 3.5 (b) above will not become due, Wilex is entitled to receive a royalty on Net Sales of Diagnostic Products in the Diagnostic Territory equal to: |
(A) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the first 10 (ten) years after the first product sale, and |
(B) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the years 11 (eleven) to 20 (twenty) after the first product sale. |
(ii) | If the Diagnostic Product is based on the New MCB, Wilex is entitled to receive a royalty on Net Sales of Diagnostic Product in the Diagnostic Territory equal to: |
(A) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the first 10 (ten) years after the first product sale, and |
(B) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the years 11 (eleven) to 20 (twenty) after the first product sale. |
(b) | Subject to Section 8.2, Telix shall pay royalty payments on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis to Wilex in respect of the sale of Therapeutic Products as follows: |
Wilex is entitled to receive a royalty on Net Sales of Therapeutic Product by Telix in the Territory equal to:
(A) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the first 10 (ten) years after the first product sale; plus |
(B) | an amount equal to any royalties owed by Wilex to third parties based on sales of Therapeutic Products by sublicensees of Wilex, as set out in Exhibit C, or as otherwise agreed by Telix in writing. |
(c) | No multiple royalties shall be due or payable because the development, manufacture, use, offer for sale, marketing, sale, importation or other disposal of the Licensed Product is or shall be covered by more than one Valid Claim in the Wilex Intellectual Property. Telix acknowledges and agrees that Telix shall be solely responsible for paying all royalties owed to Wilex on account of Net Sales by Telix and any and all Affiliates of Telix. |
(d) | Upon expiration of the royalty under Section 3.6(a) with respect to a Licensed Product in a country, the rights and licenses granted by Wilex to Telix pursuant to Article II shall become fully paid-up, royalty-free and irrevocable with respect to such Licensed Product in such country. |
3.7 | Sublicense Fee Payments. |
In the event that Telix grants a sublicense to any Third Party under Wilex Intellectual Property pursuant to Telix’s rights under Section 2.2 above, Telix shall pay sublicensee fee payments to Wilex on the basis set out below:
(a) | in respect of a sublicense of [**], Wilex is entitled to [**]; |
(b) | in respect of a sublicense of [**], Wilex is entitled to [**], |
provided that:
(c) | [**]; and |
(d) | [**]. |
3.8 | Payment and Reports. Telix shall pay to Wilex, not later than [**] after the end of each Quarter, the royalties and Sublicense Income owed to Wilex under the terms of Section 3.6 and Section 3.7 (as applicable). Each such payment will be accompanied by a report in writing (the “Royalty Report”) specifying the Quarter to which such payment applies and detailing the calculation of such amount due to Wilex for such Quarter on a country-by-country basis. Except as otherwise expressly permitted in Section 3.12 with respect to taxes, all payments by Telix shall be made without set-off or deduction of any kind. |
3.9 | Foreign Exchange. For the purpose of calculating Net Sales and paying royalties hereunder, where the consideration paid in connection with such Net Sales is in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, conversion from such foreign currency to U.S. Dollars will be at the weighted average rate of exchange published in the New York edition of The Wall Street Journal (or, if The Wall Street Journal is not then published, such other comparable financial periodical of general circulation in the United States) with respect to the currency of the country of origin of such Net Sales for the Quarter for which such royalties are being paid. |
3.10 | Records. Telix will keep, and will require any Affiliates or sublicensee selling the Licensed Product to keep, for [**] from the date of each payment of royalties, complete and accurate records of Net Sales and net units sold of the Licensed Products in sufficient detail to allow the royalties to be determined accurately. |
3.11 | Audit. |
(a) | Wilex will have the right for a period of [**] after receiving each Royalty Report with respect to royalties and Sublicense Income due and payable to appoint an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Telix to inspect the relevant records gathered by Telix to verify the accuracy of such Royalty Report. |
(b) | Telix will make its records and the records of its Affiliates available (including any applicable reports received from its sublicensees selling Licensed Products) for inspection by such independent certified public accountant during regular business hours at such place or places of Telix where such records are customarily kept, upon reasonable notice - not less than [**] - from Wilex, to verify the accuracy of the Royalty Report. Such inspection right will not be exercised more than [**]. |
(c) | Wilex will bear all costs, fees and expenses associated with an audit conducted pursuant to this Section 3.11, provided, however, that if the designated auditor discovers an underpayment of the lesser of [**] percent ([**]%) or [**] United States dollars (US$[**]), or more for any Quarter between the amount of royalties and Sublicense Income Telix has paid under this Agreement and the amount of royalties and Sublicense Income actually owed to Wilex under this Agreement, then Telix will bear all costs and expenses associated with such audit. [**]. |
3.12 | Taxes. |
(a) | Telix will make all payments to Wilex under this Agreement without deduction or withholding for taxes except to the extent that any such deduction or withholding is required by law in effect at the time of payment. |
(b) | Any tax required to be withheld on amounts payable under this Agreement will promptly be paid by Telix on behalf of Wilex to the appropriate governmental authority, and Telix will furnish Wilex with proof of payment of such tax. Any such tax required to be withheld will be an expense of and borne by Wilex. |
(c) | Telix and Wilex will cooperate with respect to all documentation required by any taxing authority or reasonably requested by Telix or Wilex to secure a reduction in the rate of applicable withholding taxes. |
(d) | If Telix had a duty to withhold taxes in connection with any payment it made to Wilex under this Agreement but Telix failed to withhold, and such taxes were assessed against and paid by Telix, then Telix will furnish Wilex with proof of payment of such taxes (including any interest) and Wilex will reimburse Telix for such amount (including any interest), excluding, however, any penalties imposed. |
IV. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. CLINICAL TRIALS AND REGULATORY APPROVALS
4.1 | Licensed Product Development Responsibilities. As between the Parties, Telix will be solely responsible for and shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to develop the Licensed Product for Regulatory Approval in the Field in the Territory, including the Agreed Activities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Wilex agrees, to cooperate with Telix and to provide assistance of an advisory nature as reasonably necessary in connection with any research and development activities directed toward commercializing the Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory. Telix must reimburse Wilex for any third party costs incurred by Wilex in performing such obligations on a pass through basis with no mark up. |
4.2 | Agreed Activities. |
(a) | The parties acknowledge and agree that, in order to comply with current FDA manufacturing standards, production of Licensed Products with the existing master cell bank (“Established MCB”) must be re-validated with synthetic culture media that does not contain animal-derived products such as Bovine Serum Albumin (“BSA”). The currently implemented GMP process (“Established Process”) uses BSA in the culture media. |
(b) | Within [**] of the Effective Date, Telix will enter into a contract with one or more qualified contract manufacturing organisations (“CMOs”) to provide the following “Initial Development Services”: |
(i) | [**]; and |
(ii) | [**]. |
(c) | Telix will provide Wilex with a complete set of documentation related to the New Process. |
(d) | Following delivery of the Initial Development Services by the CMO(s) engaged by Telix pursuant to Section 4.2(b), Telix will conduct analytical comparability studies between: |
[**]
(“Comparability Study”) including but not limited to [**].
(e) | Following completion of the Comparability Study, Telix will determine and provide notice to Wilex of the outcome of the Comparability Study and its decision whether: |
(i) | to proceed to GMP Production stage, either using the Established Process, using the Established MCB or using the New Process, using the Established MCB, in which case Telix will make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within [**] of submission of Comparability Study to Wilex in order to proceed with GMP production, at its own cost, using the Established Process or the New Process (as applicable). |
(ii) | to proceed to GMP Production stage using the [**] to develop a new master cell bank (“New MCB”), in which case Telix will make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within [**] of submission of the Comparability Study to Wilex in order to proceed with GMP production, at its own cost, using the New MCB. |
(iii) | not to proceed to GMP Production stage on the basis that the Comparability Study indicates that either the New Process development was unsuccessful or the [**] development yields material that would be insufficiently comparable and not commercially viable for use as a Diagnostic Product, in which case, Telix will terminate the agreement with immediate effect by giving notice to Wilex. |
4.3 | Trademarks. Telix will determine which trademark or trademarks will be used in marketing the Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory, provided that such trademark or trademarks shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations and shall not, without the prior written consent of Wilex under a separate written trademark license, incorporate any trademark or other indication of origin of Wilex, other than the Licensed Trademarks licensed to Telix under this Agreement. |
4.4 | Regulatory Activities. |
(a) | Telix (or its designated Affiliates, contractors or sublicensees) will prepare, submit and hold all Applications for Regulatory Approval for the Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory. |
(b) | Telix (or its designated Affiliates, contractors or sublicensees) will be responsible for interactions with Regulatory Authorities in the Territory with respect to the Licensed Product in the Field and will bear related expenses. |
(c) | Telix will be responsible for obtaining Regulatory Approvals for development, use, and Commercialization of the Licensed Product from the Regulatory Authorities in the Territory and will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain such approvals. Telix will pay or cause the payment of all costs and expenses necessary to obtain such approvals, including all costs of human clinical trials and all costs of drafting and filing Applications for Regulatory Approval in the Territory. |
(d) | As between the Parties, the development and commercialization of the Licensed Product in the Field to be conducted under the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be under sole control of Telix. |
4.5 | Data Sharing. Telix shall provide Wilex with [**] progress reports setting forth a summary of the status of development of the Licensed Product and all data owned or controlled by Telix which data relates to the Licensed Product. All such data shall be considered the Confidential Information of Telix. Wilex agrees to share all data owned or controlled by Wilex and to which Wilex has a right to share with Telix without payment of any kind to a Third Party, which data relates to the Wilex Intellectual Property that is related to the Licensed Product. |
V. COMMERCIALIZATION
5.1 | Sales and Marketing. As between the Parties, Telix will be responsible for sales, marketing and promotional activities for the Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory (including determination of pricing, marketing, sale and distribution strategies) and will bear all related expenses. |
5.2 | Medical Inquiries. During the Term, Telix and its Affiliates and sublicensees will have responsibility for all correspondence with physicians in the Territory relating to the Licensed Product in the Field, and for providing mutually agreed information to physicians in response to medical inquiries, all in accordance with Telix’s or its Affiliate’s or sublicensee’s standard operating procedures and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Wilex will promptly refer to Telix all medical or patient questions emanating from the Territory relating to the Licensed Product in the Field. |
5.3 | Distribution and Customer Service. Telix and its Affiliates and sublicensees will have the sole responsibility for Licensed Product distribution, inventory, returns, accounts receivable and customer service in the Field. All customer complaints and inquiries regarding the Licensed Product in the Field will be referred by Wilex to Telix or its applicable Affiliate or sublicensee. |
5.4 | Licensed Product Recalls. Telix and its Affiliates and sublicensees will have the responsibility for, and will bear all costs related to, any total or partial recall or market withdrawal of the Licensed Product in the Field (whether voluntary or not). |
5.5 | Pharmacovigilance. Telix will be responsible for the ongoing pharmacovigilance activities within the Territory and will establish a global pharmacovigilance database for Licensed Product. |
VI. OWNERSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
6.1 | Ownership. |
(a) | Subject to Section 6.1(c) and Telix’s license rights under the License, Telix is and will be the exclusive, world-wide licensee pursuant to Wilex Program Improvements, Wilex Intellectual Property and Wilex Confidential Information solely related to Licensed Product; provided, however, that Telix, its Affiliates and sublicensees shall have a royalty-free, non-exclusive, world-wide right and license to use, assign or transfer the Wilex Program Improvements in connection with the development and commercialization of the Licensed Product within the Field. |
(b) | Subject to Section 6.1(c), Telix is and will be the sole owner of Product Program Improvements created or invented solely by employees or consultants of Telix, Telix’s other intellectual property and Telix Confidential Information. |
(c) | Subject to Telix’s license rights under the License, (a) the Parties shall jointly own Joint Program Improvements, and (b) each Party is hereby permitted to exercise any right with respect to any Joint Program Improvement, including any right to exploit, license, assign or transfer its rights in or to any Joint Program Improvement, without a duty to account or pay any amounts to the other Party with respect thereto. |
6.2 | Patent Applications on Wilex Know-How and Wilex Improvements. |
(a) | Subject to Section 6.4, Wilex shall have the sole right to file, prosecute and maintain all Licensed Patents and Licensed Trademarks. Wilex shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to prosecute and maintain such Licensed Patents and Licensed Trademarks in the Major Market Countries. In the event that Wilex decides to abandon or not maintain a patent application or patent that is part of the Licensed Patents or Registered Trademark which is relevant to a Licensed Product, Wilex shall notify Telix in writing of such decision at least [**] prior to Wilex allowing such application to go abandoned or prior to Wilex not taking a necessary step to maintain such patent or trademark and: |
(i) | Telix will have the option of taking over the prosecution or maintenance of such application or patent or trademark at its sole expense; and |
(ii) | if Telix elects to take over the prosecution or maintenance of such application or patent or trademark pursuant to this Section 6.2, Wilex will assign free of charge all its right, title and interest in such application or patent or trademark, including any registration of ownership or any license or other arrangement with any third party under which Wilex has control of such application or patent or trademark, to Telix. |
(b) | Wilex shall provide Telix with all material documentation and correspondence from, sent to or filed with patent or trademark offices regarding the Licensed Patents and Licensed Trademarks in the Territory and with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon all filings and registrations with such offices in advance. |
(c) | As between the Parties, Telix shall be responsible for all out of pocket costs and expenses in prosecuting and maintaining the Licensed Patents and Licensed Trademarks in the Territory, including the costs of oppositions, interferences and similar proceedings, and any appeals arising therefrom. |
6.3 | Telix shall have the right to file, prosecute and maintain all patents and patent applications relating to Product Program Improvements (“Telix Patents”). Telix shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to prosecute and maintain the Telix Patents in the Major Market Countries. As between the Parties, Telix shall be responsible for all out of pocket costs and expenses in prosecuting and maintaining any Telix Patents, including the costs of oppositions, interferences and similar proceedings, and any appeals arising therefrom. In the event that Telix decides to abandon or not maintain a patent application or patent that is part of the Telix Patents, Telix shall notify Wilex of such decision and Wilex shall have the right but not the obligation to assume the responsibility at its sole cost and expense for prosecution of such patent application or maintenance of such patent, and Telix shall, upon written notice from Wilex and at Wilex’s sole cost and expense, affect an assignment to Wilex of such patent application or patent as reasonably requested by Wilex. |
6.4 | Telix shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to file, prosecute and maintain all patents and patent applications covering Joint Program Improvements (the “Joint Patents”). The Parties shall confer regarding the strategy, process, scope, and status of the Joint Patents and proposed content of any filings with applicable patent authorities. Telix will copy any non-Wilex owner of the Joint Patents on all substantive patent correspondence in time for that party to comment. If Telix decides not to file or decides to abandon any given Joint Patent in a given jurisdiction, Wilex shall have the right, but not the obligation, to do so at its sole cost and expense. |
6.5 | Disclosure of Program Improvements. Each Party will promptly disclose all Program Improvements to the other Party in writing with all relevant data supporting such Program Improvement. |
6.6 | Cooperation. Each Party will cooperate, and will cause its employees, consultants and subcontractors to cooperate, with all reasonable requests of the other Party for assistance in preparation and prosecution and maintenance of any applications for patent and any patent issuing therefrom and any trademark and any registration issuing therefrom that is owned by the requesting Party hereunder. |
6.7 | To the extent that any right, title, or interest in or to any intellectual property conceived, created, developed, or otherwise made by or on behalf of either Party or its Affiliates during the Term vests in a Party or its Affiliates, by operation of Law or otherwise, in a manner contrary to the ownership as set forth in this Article VI, such Party shall, and hereby does, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, irrevocably assign to the other Party any and all of such Party’s and its Affiliates’ right, title, and interest in and to such intellectual property without the need for any further action by any Party. Upon a Party’s reasonable request and at its expense, the other Party promptly shall execute and deliver to the requesting Party any and all further documents and instruments or take other reasonable actions which may be necessary or appropriate to achieve and confirm the requesting Party’s ownership of the intellectual property that is the subject of this Article VI. |
6.8 | Telix shall have the sole right to seek patent term extensions or supplemental patent protection, including supplementary protection certificates, in any country in the Territory in relation to the Licensed Products in the Field. The Parties shall cooperate in connection with all such activities, and Telix will consider in good faith timely suggestions and comments of Wilex regarding any such activities. |
6.9 | No Challenge. Neither Party shall challenge the validity or enforceability of any of the patents that are licensed to it hereunder or assist or support in any way any Third Party to do the same (unless such restrictions is prohibited by mandatory laws). If a Party or any of its Affiliates challenges the validity or enforceability of any of the patents that are licensed to it hereunder or assists any Third Party to do the same (unless provided for by mandatory laws or in response to a suit brought by the other Party), such Party shall pay the other Party’s reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) for defending against such challenge, which payments shall be made on a monthly basis in arrears. |
VII. INFRINGEMENT BY OR CLAIMS AGAINST THIRD PARTIES
7.1 | Notices. Each Party will advise the other Party promptly upon its becoming aware of: |
(a) | any unlicensed activities which such Party believes may be an actual or impending infringement in the Territory of any Wilex Intellectual Property; |
(b) | any attack on or appeal of the grant of any Wilex Intellectual Property; or |
(c) | any application made for a compulsory license under any Wilex Intellectual Property. |
7.2 | Control of legal action. |
(a) | Telix shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to bring, at Telix’s expense, whatever legal or other action is required in response to activities requiring notice under Section 7.1 (“Protective Action”). In the event that, within [**] (or such shorter period as would be required to preserve an ability to bring a particular Protective Action) of Wilex or Telix being advised of an activity requiring notice under Section 7.1, Telix has not taken reasonable steps to commence and prosecute such a Protective Action, then Wilex shall have the right, but not the obligation, at Wilex’s expense, to commence and prosecute such Protective Action. Whichever Party commences and prosecutes a Protective Action is designated the “Controlling Party” and the other Party is designated the “Non-Controlling Party.” Telix may allow its Affiliates or sublicensees to participate in any Protective Action. |
(b) | If the Controlling Party chooses to commence and prosecute any Protective Action, the Controlling Party shall control all aspects of such Protective Action; provided that the Controlling Party shall, whenever practicable, reasonably consult with the Non-Controlling Party on material matters related to such Protective Action, and shall give reasonable consideration to any matters raised by the Non-Controlling Party or its counsel. The Non-Controlling Party shall reasonably cooperate in the defense or prosecution thereof, including [**]. Such cooperation shall include access during normal business hours afforded to the Controlling Party to, and reasonable retention by the Non-Controlling Party of, records and information that are reasonably relevant to such Protective Action, and [**], and the Controlling Party shall reimburse the Non-Controlling Party for all its reasonable fees and expenses in connection therewith. Each Party may be represented by counsel of its own selection at its own expense in such Protective Action. |
(c) | Any recovery obtained as a result of such Protective Action, whether by judgment, award, decree, or settlement, will, after reimbursement of the Parties for their reasonable costs and expenses (including attorney fees) associated with such Protective Action, be paid to or retained by the Controlling Party. On any recovery obtained by such action for lost sales, Wilex shall be paid the amount that would have been payable to them as royalties hereunder as if Telix had made such sales, in each case including amounts received as damages calculated on concepts other than lost sales, after deduction of litigation costs and reasonable expenses. To the extent such recovery is insufficient to reimburse the Parties’ associated reasonable costs and expenses fully, then the recovery will be allocated between the Parties pro rata, based on each Party’s reasonable costs and expenses associated with such Protective Action. |
VIII. INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
8.1 | Third Party Claims. Telix and Wilex will each promptly notify the other Party of any Claim by a Third Party against Telix or Wilex, or any Affiliate or sublicensee of Wilex or Telix, alleging infringement of such Third Party’s intellectual property rights as a result of the development, manufacture, marketing, sale, importation, or use of the Licensed Product anywhere in the Territory. At the alleged infringing Party’s request, the other Party cooperate with each other to resolve such claimed infringement, with each Party entitled to participate in the defense and to be represented by counsel of its choice, with each Party being responsible for the fees of its counsel; provided, however, that if it appears reasonably likely that the claimed infringement will give rise to a Claim for indemnification hereunder, then the Party against whom such Claim for indemnification would be made will have the first right to defend against such Claim in accordance with Article XIII below. |
8.2 | Payments to Third Parties. If a Third Party has or receives a patent in any country that covers the development, manufacture, sale, importation, or use of the Licensed Product anywhere in the Territory and Telix determines that Telix is required to obtain a license to such patent as to the Licensed Product in one or more countries for a royalty or other payment to such Third Party (including that any Licensed Product at issue cannot be reasonably manufactured differently so as to avoid the requirement), Telix may enter into such a license agreement and shall be responsible for all payments due to such Third Party pursuant to the terms of such license agreement, [**] of the amount of which shall be deducted from the royalties to be paid according to Section 3.6; provided, however, that in no event shall such deduction for the aggregate amount of all Third Party royalties in any Quarter be greater than [**] percent ([**]%) of the royalties that would otherwise have been owed to Wilex in the absence of such Third-Party royalties. |
IX. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
9.1 | Representations and Warranties of Both Parties. Wilex and Telix each hereby represents and warrants to the other, as of the Effective Date, as follows: |
(a) | It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has all requisite power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to conduct its business as now being conducted, to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. |
(b) | Neither it, nor any of its employees or consultants who shall be undertaking any activities related to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, have been debarred or is the subject of debarment or other disciplinary proceedings by the FDA or any Regulatory Authority in the Territory. |
(c) | No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any governmental agency is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to such Party in connection with its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. |
(d) | The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and stockholder or membership action and will not (i) violate any applicable laws or regulations or (ii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any material agreement, mortgage, lease, license, permit or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected. |
(e) | It is not under any contractual obligation to any Third Party that conflicts with the terms of this Agreement or that limits the rights of such Party to fulfill its obligations hereunder. |
9.2 | Representations and Warranties of Wilex. Wilex hereby represents and warrants to Telix, as of the Effective Date, as follows: |
(a) | Wilex has the right to grant to Telix the licences granted under this Agreement relating to the Wilex Intellectual Property and that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, it has a good and valid title or exclusive right to use all Wilex Intellectual Property. |
(b) | Wilex has disclosed to Telix on or before the date of this Agreement full and complete details of all licenses to which Wilex is a party that relate to the Wilex Intellectual Property the subject of the licenses under this Agreement. |
(c) | That to the best of its knowledge and belief: |
(i) | the Licensed Patents are valid; and |
(ii) | the practice of the inventions protected by the Licensed Patents and the use of any Wilex Intellectual Property will not infringe the rights of any third parties; |
(iii) | Wilex has complied with all applicable laws and standards in conducting any business activities to date (including in respect of the collection of data). |
(d) | Wilex has received no notice and has no reason to expect such notice of any Claim by any Third Party or any Wilex employee that: |
(i) | such Third Party or employee has any rights to Wilex Intellectual Property or the Licensed Product that prevent Wilex from granting to Telix the License; |
(ii) | manufacture, sale, importation or use of the Licensed Product within the Field as contemplated hereby infringes any Third Party rights; or |
(iii) | Licensed Patents (to the extent representing issued patents) are invalid or unenforceable. |
(e) | Except as provided or limited in Article II, Wilex has licensed to Telix in this Agreement all rights that Wilex has with respect to the Licensed Product for manufacturing, use and sale within the Field. |
(f) | There are no other agreements to which Wilex is a party or to which Wilex is subject which impair Wilex’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or Telix’s rights under the License. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby stated that Wilex is free to conclude license agreements with third parties on the use of Wilex Intellectual Property Rights outside the Field. |
(g) | There are no errors in the inventorship set forth in any of the patent applications comprising Licensed Patents. |
(h) | Wilex has fulfilled and will fulfil all its obligations to validly sublicense to Telix Wilex’s rights under the Wilex Intellectual Property in accordance with any third party agreements. |
(i) | Wilex has no reason to believe that it will not be possible to obtain Regulatory Approvals in respect of the Diagnostic Products and Therapeutic Products, except in respect to the Established Process as defined in Sections 1.21, 4.2 (a) above. |
9.3 | Mutual Limitations on Warranties. Other than the representations and warranties made by the parties pursuant to sections 9.1 and 9.2, the parties disclaim any and all other representations and warranties whether express or implied, including any representations or warranties of merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose or any representations or warranty arising from course of dealing or usage of trade. |
X. COVENANTS
10.1 | Covenants of the Parties. |
(a) | Throughout the Term, Wilex and Telix will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations, including the Act, concerning the development, manufacture, use and sale of the Licensed Product. |
(b) | Each of Wilex and Telix will promptly notify each other if it becomes aware of any Other Information from sources other than the other Party. If any such Other Information relates to a fatal, life threatening, or other serious adverse event (as defined in ICH-E2A, Section II.B.), the Party first becoming aware of such event will promptly advise the other Party by telephone, fax, email, or other instantaneous method of communication and shall within [**] thereafter provide written confirmation of such Other Information. Wilex will allow Telix to comply (and Telix will be responsible for complying) with the adverse reaction reporting requirements of the Act, and other comparable applicable Laws outside the United States with respect to the Licensed Product. |
(c) | The Parties will execute and deliver any further or additional instruments or documents and perform any acts which may be reasonably necessary in order to effectuate and carry out the purposes of this Agreement. |
(d) | Wilex undertakes to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to maintain in force and full effect all the Licensed Patents listed in Exhibit A during the Agreement, at Telix’ costs as agreed in Section 6.2(c). Wilex will provide Telix with [**] update of Licensed Patents listed in Exhibit A. |
(e) | Wilex undertakes to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to maintain in force and full effect all licenses with Third Parties that are necessary for Telix to exercise its rights under the License and will not terminate or vary any such Third Party license without the prior written approval of Telix. |
(f) | The parties acknowledge that Wilex is currently in the process of finalizing a license agreement with [**]. The parties agree that each such patent will constitute a Licensed Patent on and from execution of the [**]. Wilex must use all reasonable endeavours to finalise and execute the [**] on the terms which are (in all material respects) the same as to those disclosed to Telix prior to the date of this agreement. Any material change to the terms of the [**] (including any change to royalty obligations which affect the accuracy of Exhibit C) requires Telix’s prior written approval. |
(g) | The parties acknowledge that: |
(i) | Wilex has a license agreement with [**]; and |
(ii) | [**]. |
Accordingly, the parties agree to use all reasonable endeavours, if required by Telix, [**].
10.2 | Exclusivity and Non-Solicitation. |
(a) | Wilex (and its Affiliates) shall not grant any additional licenses under Wilex Intellectual Property in the Territory for development or Commercialization of Licensed Products for use within the Field other than in support of the activities contemplated by the Agreement and with the consent of Telix. |
(b) | During the term of the Agreement, neither Party shall solicit for employment any employees of the other party directly involved in the research and development activities with respect to the Licensed Product. This shall not apply to any general advertisements of any position(s) of employment made by a Party in the ordinary course of its business. |
XI. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
11.1 | Confidentiality |
(a) | During the Term and for a period of [**] thereafter, the recipient Party of a disclosing Party’s Confidential Information shall maintain such Confidential Information in confidence, and shall disclose such Confidential Information only to its employees, agents, consultants, Affiliates, sublicensees, financing sources, attorneys, accountants and advisors, and its bona fide potential acquirers, who have a reasonable need to know such Confidential Information and who are bound by obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-use no less restrictive than those set forth herein. The recipient Party of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information shall use such Confidential Information solely to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the right to use and disclose such Confidential Information in regulatory applications and filings), unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing. The recipient of the other Party’s Confidential Information shall take the same degree of care that it uses to protect its own confidential and proprietary information of a similar nature and importance (but in any event no less than reasonable care). |
(b) | The fact that a particular item of information is not or has ceased to be Confidential Information by virtue of one or more of the exclusions specified in the definition of Confidential Information set forth in Section 1.11 (the “Excluded Item”) shall not relieve the Party who obtained or received the Excluded Item from that Party’s obligation of confidentiality and non-use (a) as to any other item of Confidential Information of the other Party or (b) as to the relationship of the Excluded Item to any other item of Confidential Information of the other Party. |
(c) | The Parties agree that the obligations of this Section 11.1 are necessary and reasonable in order to protect the Parties’ respective businesses, and that monetary damages alone may be inadequate to compensate a Party for any breach by the other Party of its covenants and agreements set forth herein. The Parties agree that any breach or threatened breach of this Section 11.1 may cause irreparable injury to the injured Party for which Damages may not be an adequate remedy and that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, in law and equity or otherwise, such Party will be entitled to seek equitable relief against the breach or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section 11.1. |
(d) | Following termination of the License for any reason and at the request of the other, each Party will destroy all physical records or embodiments of Confidential Information of the other Party or return such information to the other Party, at the returning Party’s expense, and a senior officer of such Party shall certify to the other Party that all such items have been so returned or destroyed; provided, however, that each Party will be entitled to maintain one copy of the Confidential Information of the other Party solely for the purpose of monitoring its continuing obligations hereunder or exercising its continuing rights hereunder. |
11.2 | Disclosure to Investors; Public Announcements. Neither Wilex nor Telix shall make any public announcement concerning the terms of this Agreement not previously made public without the prior written approval of the other Party with regard to the form, content and precise timing of such announcement, except such as may be required to be made by either Party in order to comply with applicable law, regulations (including the regulations of stock exchanges), court orders, or tax or securities filings. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by such other Party. Prior to any such public announcement, the Party wishing to make the announcement will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, regulations (including the regulations of stock exchanges), court orders, or tax or securities filings, submit a draft of the proposed announcement to the other Party in sufficient time to enable the other Party to consider and comment thereon. |
11.3 | Required Disclosure. The receiving Party will be entitled to disclose the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information where such disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce its rights pursuant to this Agreement or where demand for such disclosure is made on the receiving Party pursuant to: (i) a valid order of a court or tribunal or other governmental body or (ii) any other applicable law or regulation; provided that if the receiving Party intends to make such disclosure or receives such demand, the receiving Party shall, to the extent possible, give the disclosing Party prompt notice of such fact to enable the disclosing Party to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy concerning any such disclosure. The receiving Party will fully co-operate with the disclosing Party at the disclosing Party’s expense in connection with the disclosing Party’s efforts to obtain any such order or other remedy. If any such order or other remedy does not fully preclude disclosure, the receiving Party will make such disclosure only to the extent that such disclosure is legally required. |
11.4 | Confidentiality Agreement. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Confidentiality Agreement will cease to have any force and effect on and from the Effective Date and that the Parties will take all necessary steps to formally terminate the Confidentiality Agreement with effect from the Effective Date. |
XII. TERM AND TERMINATION
12.1 | Term. |
(a) | This Agreement commences on the Effective Date and will remain in effect for so long as Telix or its Affiliates, sublicensees, successors, or assigns is selling the Licensed Product or is offering the Licensed Product for sale (the “Term”). |
(b) | On expiry of the Term, Wilex grants Telix a royalty-free, non-exclusive, world-wide right and license to use, assign or transfer all remaining Wilex Intellectual Property. |
12.2 | Anticipatory termination by Wilex |
(a) | Wilex may terminate this Agreement immediately, in the event: |
(i) | of a material breach by Telix or its Affiliates of this Agreement, provided that Telix has received written notice with return receipt requested, from Wilex of such breach, specifying in detail the particulars of the alleged breach, and such breach has not been cured within [**] after the date of the relevant notice, or in the event that such a breach (other than an alleged material breach which is subject to a bona fide dispute between the Parties, in which case this Section 12.2(a) shall apply if and when the final resolution of such dispute determines the existence of such material breach) is curable but may not be reasonably cured in [**], then such cure period will be extended for an additional [**] period during which Telix is making good faith efforts to cure such breach; or |
(ii) | Telix suffers a Bankruptcy Event; or |
(iii) | a receiver is appointed or there is an assignment for the benefit of Telix’s creditors; or |
(iv) | Telix discontinues its business other than in the context of a merger or similar combination transaction; or |
(v) | upon [**] written notice to Telix, if Telix or any of its Affiliates, successors or assigns challenges the validity or enforceability of any of the patents licensed hereunder or assists any Third Party to do the same; provided that Telix does not cease such conduct with such [**] period. |
(b) | If Wilex terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.2(a), or Telix terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.3(a), the License granted to Telix, and any other rights granted by Wilex hereunder, will automatically terminate, Telix shall promptly thereafter transfer or provide to Wilex all of the following with respect to the Licensed Product in the Field (collectively, the “Transfer Items”): |
(i) | complete documentation of all clinical data and all regulatory data, in each case regarding the Licensed Product and generated by or on behalf of Telix; |
(ii) | reasonably detailed disclosure of all Program Improvements and any other know-how or information other than the Program Improvements set forth in Section 12.2(b)(i) and that are controlled by Telix or its Affiliates; |
(iii) | Where any Third Party rights have been obtained by Telix or its Affiliates for purposes of the Program, Telix will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to promptly assign (or failing assignment, to sublicense) to Wilex such Third Party rights; |
(iv) | the ownership of all regulatory submissions and filings related to the Licensed Product; |
(v) | Telix will make personnel (as well as the personnel of its Affiliates) reasonably available to Wilex to effect an orderly transition to Wilex of the information and rights contemplated above in this Section 12.2(b) for a period of up to [**] following the effective date of termination; |
(vi) | Telix, not later than [**] following the date of such termination, shall pay to Wilex all amounts accrued and owing to Wilex pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, less any amount due by Wilex to Telix pursuant to Section 13.1 hereof. |
12.3 | Anticipatory termination by Telix |
Telix may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Wilex:
(a) | for any reason and at any time during the Agreement, upon one-hundred eighty (180) days’ written notice to Wilex; |
(b) | immediately, in the event of a material breach by Wilex or its Affiliates of this Agreement, provided that Wilex has received written notice from Telix of such breach, specifying in reasonable detail the particulars of the alleged breach, such breach is continuing for [**] after such notice and such breach has not been cured within such [**] period (except that, in the event such breach is curable but may not reasonably be cured in [**], then such cure period will be extended for an additional [**] period during which Wilex is making good faith attempts to cure such breach); and |
(c) | immediately in the event that: |
(i) | Wilex suffers a Bankruptcy Event that prevents it from fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement; or |
(ii) | a receiver is appointed or there is an assignment for the benefit of Wilex’s creditors and Wilex is hereby prevented from fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. |
12.4 | Right to sell Licensed Products. |
(a) | For the avoidance of doubt, upon Telix’s termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.2(a) or Section 12.3(a), Telix’s rights included in the relevant licenses granted by Wilex to Telix under this Agreement will immediately and automatically revert to Wilex; provided, however, that Telix will have [**] from Telix’s termination of the Agreement to complete the sale of any Licensed Product then in inventory, subject to payment of royalties according to Section 3.6. |
(b) | If Telix terminates the Agreement pursuant to Section 12.3(b) or (c), then: |
(i) | Wilex’s License grant to Telix will convert, if Telix requires it by writing, to an irrevocable License, and will survive termination subject to the fulfilment of Telix’ obligations set forth in this Agreement; |
(ii) | Telix’s exclusive rights and licenses to commercialize and market the Licensed Product in the Territory continue, without impairment; and |
(iii) | Telix has an option to purchase all Wilex Intellectual Property which relates to Licensed Products (including all patent applications, patents and trademarks), including any registration of ownership or any license or other arrangement with any third party under which Wilex has control of such Wilex Intellectual Property, for consideration of US$[**] (“Option”) which Telix may exercise by giving written notice to Wilex, following which Wilex must Wilex transfer all such Intellectual Property to Telix. |
12.5 | Rights and Duties Upon Termination or Expiration. Upon the termination or expiration of this Agreement, each Party will have the right to retain all payments from the other Party properly made pursuant to this Agreement, and each Party shall pay to the other all sums accrued hereunder which are then due. |
XIII. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
13.1 | In order to allocate between themselves the responsibility for claims arising out of this Agreement, and except as otherwise specifically provided for herein, from and after the Effective Date, the Parties shall indemnify each other as provided in this Article XIII. |
13.2 | Indemnification obligations of Telix. From and after the Effective Date, Telix shall defend, indemnify and hold Wilex, its Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees and shareholders (collectively, “Wilex Indemnified Parties”), harmless from and against any and all Damages which Wilex Indemnified Parties may incur or suffer, or with which any of them may be faced to the extent relating to a Third Party Claim arising out of: |
(a) | the breach by Telix of this Agreement, including any breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations under this Agreement; |
(b) | Telix’s violation of any applicable Laws; or |
(c) | Telix’s negligence or willful misconduct; |
provided, however, that, in each such case, Telix shall not be liable hereunder to the extent such Damages arise from the willful misconduct or negligence of, or a violation of any applicable laws by, or from the breach of the provisions of this Agreement by, Wilex, its Affiliates, agents, employees or contractors or to the extent such liability is allocated in Section 13.4.
13.3 | Indemnification obligations of Wilex. From and after the Effective Date, Wilex shall defend, indemnify and hold Telix, its Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders or members (collectively, “Telix Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all Damages which Telix Indemnities may incur, or suffer, or with which any of them may be faced to the extent relating to a Third Party Claim arising out of: |
(a) | the breach by Wilex of this Agreement, including any breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations under this Agreement; |
(b) | Wilex’s violation of any applicable Laws; or |
(c) | Wilex’s negligence or willful misconduct; |
provided, however, that, in each such case, Wilex shall not be liable hereunder to the extent such Damages arise from willful misconduct or negligence of, or a violation of any applicable laws or from the breach of the provisions of this Agreement by, Telix, its Affiliates, agents, employees or contractors or to the extent such liability is allocated in Section 13.4 below.
13.4 | Product Liability. Except with regard to Section 13.2 and Section 13.5 below, all other provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding, this Section 13.4 shall govern the allocation of liability with respect to any claims of personal injury related to the use of the Licensed Product. |
(a) | From and after the Effective Date, Wilex shall defend, indemnify and hold the Telix Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any and all Damages which the Telix Indemnified Parties may incur, or suffer, or with which any of them may be faced arising out of any claims of personal injury relating to or arising out of any use of Licensed Product that is attributable to any defect in the development of the Licensed Product that resulted from fraud or gross negligence or other material breach of law on the part of Wilex prior to the Effective Date or any other defect which Wilex is aware of as at the Effective Date but has not fairly disclosed to Telix. |
(b) | From and after the Effective Date, Telix shall defend, indemnify and hold Wilex Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any and all Damages which Wilex Indemnified Parties may incur, or suffer, or with which any of them may be faced with respect to any claims of personal injury arising out of the negligence or willful misconduct in the development, manufacturing, storing, handling, or promotion of the Licensed Product by Telix, its Affiliates or sublicensees, successors or assigns. |
13.5 | Conditions of Indemnification of Third-Party Claims. The obligations and liabilities of an indemnifying Party under Section 13.1 and hereof with respect to Damages resulting from Claims by Third Parties will be subject to the following terms and conditions: |
(a) | The indemnified Party shall give prompt written notice to the indemnifying Party of any Claim by a Third Party for which indemnification may be required under this Article XIII; provided, however, that failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying Party of its obligation to provide indemnification hereunder except, if and to the extent that such failure materially affects the ability of the indemnifying Party to defend the applicable suit, claim or demand. Promptly after the delivery of a notice seeking indemnification in respect of a Claim and subject to Section 13.5(c), the indemnifying Party may elect, by written notice to the indemnified Party, to undertake the defense thereof, at the sole cost and expense of the indemnifying Party. If the indemnifying Party chooses to defend any Claim, the indemnified Party shall cooperate with all reasonable requests of the indemnifying Party and shall make available to the indemnifying Party any books, records or other documents within its control that are necessary or appropriate for such defense. |
(b) | In the event that the indemnifying Party, within a reasonable time (not less than [**], or such shorter period of time as is required to protect the interests of the indemnified Party) after receipt of a notice seeking indemnification, does not so elect to defend such Claim, the indemnified Party will have the right (upon further written notice to the indemnifying Party) to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such Claim for the account of the indemnifying Party, subject to the right of the indemnifying Party to assume the defense of such Claim pursuant to the terms of Section 13.2 at any time prior to settlement, compromise or final determination thereof, provided, that the indemnifying Party reimburses in full all costs of the indemnified Party (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with such defense prior to such assumption. |
(c) | Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13.2 to the contrary, if the indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any Claim, any indemnified party will be entitled to participate in the defense, compromise or settlement of such Claim with counsel of its own choice at its own expense. |
13.6 | Insurance. In addition to its duty to indemnify, Telix will procure product liability insurance in commercially reasonable amounts in view of its activities. As reasonably requested in writing by Wilex not more than [**], Telix will supply Wilex with evidence of such coverage during the time any Licensed Product is being developed, commercialized or sold by Telix or any of its Affiliates, sublicensees, assignees, designees or agents. |
13.7 | Settlements. No Person who has undertaken to defend a Claim under Sections 13.5(a) or 13.5(b) will, without written consent of all indemnified Parties, settle or compromise any Claim or consent to entry of any judgment, provided, however, that such consent will not be required if such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes as an unconditional term thereof the release by the claimant or the plaintiff of all indemnified Parties from all liability arising from events which allegedly gave rise to such Claim and (ii) contains no restriction, limitation or prohibition of any kind on the manner in which any indemnified Party conducts its business. Any payment made by an indemnified party to settle a Claim against it without obtaining consent of the indemnifying Party will be at its own cost and expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying Party will be liable under this Article XIII for any settlement effected without its consent if the indemnifying Party has refused to acknowledge liability for indemnification hereunder and/or declines to defend the indemnified Party in any such Claim, action or proceeding and it is determined that the indemnifying Party was liable to the indemnified party for indemnification related to such settlement. |
13.8 | Disclaimer of Consequential Damages. In no event will either Wilex or Telix be liable to the other for any special, indirect, consequential, incidental, or punitive damages arising under or as a result of this agreement (or the termination hereof) including, but not limited to, the loss of prospective profits or anticipated sales, or on account of expenses, investments, or commitments in connection with the business or goodwill of Telix or Wilex or otherwise, except to the extent any such damages result from the other party’s bad-faith material breach of this agreement (which shall include any breach of confidentiality obligations hereunder) or are paid to a third party as part of a third party claim indemnified hereunder. |
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 | Governing Law. For all matters other than the scope and validity of patents, this Agreement is governed by and to be interpreted according to the laws of [**]. |
14.2 | Dispute Resolution and arbitration. |
(a) | If any dispute arises out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, including its construction, effect, the rights and obligations of the parties, the performance or breach of this Agreement, the entitlement of any party to damages or compensation (whether for breach of contract, tort or any other cause of action) or the amount of that entitlement (“Dispute”): |
(i) | the party claiming that a Dispute has arisen must deliver to the other parties a notice containing particulars of the Dispute (“Dispute Notice”); and |
(ii) | during the period of [**] after delivery of the Dispute Notice, or any longer period agreed in writing by the parties to the Dispute (Initial Period), each of the parties must use its reasonable endeavours and act in good faith to resolve the Dispute by discussion and negotiation (acting through their chief executive officers or persons of the equivalent position). |
(b) | A party may not commence court proceedings, or arbitration in accordance with Section 14.2(c), in respect of a Dispute unless it has complied with Section 14.2(a) and until the procedures in Section 14.2(a) have been followed in full, except where: |
(i) | the party seeks injunctive relief in relation to a Dispute from an appropriate court; or |
(ii) | following those procedures would mean that a limitation period for a cause of action relevant to the issues in dispute will expire. |
(c) | Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in Singapore in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC Rules”) for the time being in force, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Section. |
(d) | The parties agree that any arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in accordance with the Expedited Procedure set out in Rule 5.2 of the SIAC Rules. |
(e) | The number of arbitrators shall be 1 unless either party gives notice in writing, not later than [**] after receipt by the Respondent of the Notice of Arbitration, that it wishes the number of arbitrators shall be 3 and in which event section 14.2(f) shall apply. |
(f) | Upon a party specifying that the number of arbitrators shall be 3, the Buyer shall nominate one arbitrator and the Sellers shall jointly appoint one arbitrator, each within [**] of the notice in section 14.2(e) above, and the two arbitrators nominated by the parties (or by the Chairman pursuant to the SIAC Rules as the case may be) shall within [**] of the appointment of the second arbitrator agree upon a third arbitrator who shall act as the presiding arbitrator. If the third arbitrator has not been agreed within this time period, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the Chairman. |
(g) | The language of the arbitration shall be English. |
14.3 | Assignment and Binding Effect. |
14.4.1 | This Agreement may not be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, by either Party without the prior written consent of the other, except as otherwise permitted under this Section 14.3: |
(a) | Wilex may assign this Agreement to an Affiliate or to a Third Party without such prior written consent as part of a merger, consolidation, sale, or transfer of all or substantially all its assets, but only if the assignee has or simultaneously acquires all of the necessary rights and other assets to perform Wilex’s obligations under this Agreement. A change of control or ownership of Wilex by merger or otherwise will not constitute an impermissible assignment of this Agreement by Wilex; and |
(b) | Telix may assign this Agreement to any Affiliate or to a Third Party without such prior written consent as part of a merger, consolidation, sale, or transfer of all or substantially all its assets, but only if the assignee has or simultaneously acquires all of the necessary rights and other assets to perform Telix’s obligations under this Agreement. A change of control or ownership of Telix by merger or otherwise will not constitute an impermissible assignment of this Agreement by Telix. |
14.4.2 | No assignment under this Section 14.3 shall be effective unless the intended assignee executes and delivers to the Party which is not the assignor a writing whereby the assignee expressly undertakes to perform and comply with all of its assignor’s obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding such undertaking, such assignor shall continue to be primarily liable for such assignee’s performance hereof and compliance herewith. |
14.4.3 | Any assignment in violation of this Section 14.3 shall be void and of no effect. |
14.4.4 | This Agreement, and the rights and duties of the Parties herein contained, shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. |
14.4 | Independent Contractor Status. The relationship of the Parties hereto is that of independent contractors. Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to constitute, create, give effect or otherwise imply a joint venture, agency, partnership or other formal business organization or any employer/employee relationship of any kind between the Parties. |
14.5 | Notices. All notices, requests and other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder or with respect hereto will be in writing, and may be given by personal service, registered or certified mail, and in each case addressed to the other Party at the address for such Party as set forth below, and shall be effective upon receipt. |
If to Telix: Telix International Pty Ltd
Suite 226, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria
3051, Australia
If to Wilex: Wilex AG
c/o Heidelberg Pharma GmbH
Schriesheimerstr. 101, 68526 Ladenburg, Germany
The address of either Party set forth above may be changed from time to time by written notice in the manner prescribed herein from the Party requesting the change.
14.6 | Waivers. The waiver by either Party of a default or a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other Party will not operate or be construed to operate as a waiver of any subsequent default or breach. The continued performance by either Party with knowledge of the existence of a default or breach will not operate or be construed to operate as a waiver of any default or breach. Any waiver by a Party of a particular provision or right will be in writing, will be as to a particular matter and, if applicable, for a particular period of time and will be signed by such Party. |
14.7 | Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior agreements and negotiations. |
14.8 | Variation. This Agreement may be varied or modified only by written agreement executed by both Parties. |
14.9 | Severability. If any provision in this Agreement is deemed to be, or becomes, invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable under applicable laws, then: (i) it will be deleted and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be impaired or affected in any way, and (ii) the Parties will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to substitute for the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a valid, legal and enforceable provision which conforms as nearly as possible with the original intent of the Parties. |
14.10 | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in more than one counterpart, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall be deemed a single instrument. A facsimile transmission of the signed Agreement will be legal and binding on both Parties. |
14.11 | Force Majeure. Neither Party to this Agreement will be liable for failure or delay in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder (other than the failure to pay monies owed) if such failure or delay is due to acts of God, earthquakes, fires, strikes, acts of war (whether declared or not), civil unrest, flood, adverse weather conditions, intervention of any governmental authority or any other cause outside such Party’s reasonable control, but any such delay or failure will be remedied by such Party as soon as practicable after the removal of the cause of such failure or delay. Upon the occurrence of an event of force majeure, the Party failing or delaying performance will promptly notify the other Party in writing, setting forth the nature of the occurrence, its expected duration and how such Party’s performance is affected. If any event of force majeure lasts for more than [**], the Party failing or delaying performance will use its all reasonable efforts to mitigate any Damages suffered by the other Party as a result of the failure or delay. A force majeure event that lasts longer than [**] will give the Party not failing in or delaying performance the option, in its sole discretion, to terminate this Agreement with no liability whatsoever as a result of such termination, provided that a [**] prior written notice is given to the other Party, and with the effects of termination as if the Party failing or delaying performance had breached this Agreement. |
14.12 | Interest on Late Payments. If any Party fails to pay in full on or before the date due any milestone, royalty, annual maintenance fee or other amount that is required to be paid to the other Party under this Agreement, the paying Party will also pay to the other Party (or its designee), interest compounded monthly on any such amount beginning [**] after a written notice with return receipt requested, at an annual rate equal to [**] on or nearest to such due date plus [**] percent ([**]%) (or, if lower, the maximum rate permitted by applicable law) to be assessed from the date payment of the amount in question first become due. |
14.13 | Cumulative Remedies. Unless expressly set forth in this Agreement, all rights and remedies of the Parties, including all rights to payment, rights of termination, rights to injunctive relief, and other rights provided under this Agreement, shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies provided for in this Agreement, in law, and in equity. |
14.14 | Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by an instrument in writing signed by both Parties that specifically refers to this Agreement. |
14.15 | Headings and References. All section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. |
14.16 | No Strict Construction. This Agreement has been prepared jointly and will not be strictly construed against either Party. |
14.17 | Survival. Upon expiration of the Term, except as specifically provided herein to the contrary, all rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement will cease. Articles III. VI. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason. |
14.18 | Costs. Each party must pay its own costs incidental to the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.
Wilex AG | Telix International Pty Ltd |
By: /s/ Jan Schmidt-Brand | By: /s/ C.P. Behrenbruch |
Name: Jan Schmidt-Brand | Name: C.P. Behrenbruch |
Title: Chief Executive Officer | Title: CEO |
By: /s/ Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl | |
Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl | |
Title: Chief Scientific Officer |
EXHIBIT C
WILEX THIRD PARTY ROYALTY OBLIGATION
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Amendment No. 1
to the
LICENSE AGREEMENT
concluded as of January 16, 2017
This agreement is made as of 29 May 2017 between WILEX AG, HRB 136670, Munich, Germany (“Wilex”)
and
Telix International Pty Ltd, ACN 616 667 839, Melbourne Australia (“Telix”),
both hereinafter also referred to as “Party” or collectively as “Parties”
WHEREAS
A. | The Parties entered into a license agreement on 16 January 2017 (“License Agreement”) under which Telix has been granted the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Girentuximab radiolabeled with an Isotope, both in diagnostic Imaging and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical form; |
B. | The License Agreement in Its current version permits Telix to use the established Process (Section 3.3 (a) (1)), and the Parties wish to amend the License Agreement to allow Telix to use the Materials (as defined hereunder) and adjust the corresponding compensation clauses In Section 3.4(a) and Section 3.6(a) of the License Agreement to comprise also the use of the Established Process as well as the use of Materials; |
C. | The Parties have also agreed In the License Agreement that WILEX shall provide to Telix assistance for the establishment of production of Girentuximab, and wish to clarify the details and efforts of the respective actions of the Parties; |
D. | All expressions defined in the License Agreement have the same meaning in this agreement. |
NOW THEREFORE
The Parties agree to amend the License Agreement with effect as of the date of this agreement (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) as follows:
1. | Section 2.1 ls hereby amended to comprise the following subparagraph (f): |
(f) For the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under Section 2.1 (e) above, Wilex grants Telix the exclusive right and license to use the materials described in
Annex 1 to the Amendment No. 1 to the License Agreement and any additional materials provided to it under Section 2.4(g) (the “Materials” which Wilex will make available to Telix at the US storage facility of [**] for Material listed under Appendix 1 Part A, or by direct shipment of requested amounts [**] to an address named by Telix, for Material listed under Appendix 1 Part B.
2. | A new Section 2.4 is included as follows: |
a. | Telix will use the Material solely for the purpose of exercising its rights in respect of the use of the Licensed Patents and Wilex Know-How under the License Agreement. |
b. | Telix will use prudence and commercially reasonable care in the use, handling, storage, transportation, disposition, and containment of the Materials and will comply with all Laws, guidelines and regulations that are applicable to the Materials or the use thereof, including without limitation any biosafety procedures and all safety precautions accompanying the Materials. |
c. | Telix will protect the Materials by using the same degree of care as Telix uses to protect materials manufactured by or on behalf of Telix, but no less than a reasonable degree of care, and will transfer or make available Materials only to those of its employees, executive bodies, Affiliates, sublicenses, consultants, subcontractors, advisors and agents who need to have knowledge of and access to the Materials for the purpose set forth in this License Agreement. |
d. | Telix will initially contract storage of Materials listed in Part A of Appendix 1 to [**] at its US storage facility, but is free to transfer the Materials to an alternative storage facility at its sole discretion. |
e. | If Telix should experience an unforeseen loss of Materials, Wilex will provide, upon request from Telix, up to [**] additional vials of materials (which are the same as the Materials lost by Telix) [**]. |
f. | If Wilex should experience an unforeseen loss of materials retained by Wilex (which are the same as the Materials) Telix will return, upon request from Wilex, up to [**] vials of Materials to Wilex [**]. |
g. | Telix acknowledges that the Materials provided herein are experimental in nature and may have unpredictable and unknown biological and/or chemical properties, and shall be used with prudence and appropriate caution, as not all of their characteristics are known. Telix understands and agrees that the Materials are provided without any warranty of any kind, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for particular purpose or absence from the rightful claim of any third party, by way of infringement or the like, or any other warranty, expressed or implied, provided that the indemnification clauses set forth in Section XIII of the License Agreement shall apply without limitation. |
3. | Section 3.4 (a) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. The accentuation in the font is only intended to point out the changes in respect to the foregoing version: |
(a) | Approval of a New IND Application. Following submission of a new IND application either comprising of: |
[**], |
(“New IND Application”) Telix shall make a one-time payment to Wilex of US$[**] within [**] after receiving approval or of a corresponding confirmation by the FDA (or equivalent regulatory body) of the New IND Application. To avoid doubt such a payment will be required even if Telix is required by the FDA to [**].
4. | Section 3.6 (a) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. The accentuation in the font is only intended to point out the changes in respect to the foregoing version: |
(a) | Subject to Section 8.2, Telix shall pay royalty payments on a Licensed Product by Licensed Product and country.by-country basis to Wilex In respect of the sale of Diagnostic Products as follows: |
(i) | If the Diagnostic Product is based on the Materials, the Established Process or the New Process using the Established MCB, or if Diagnostic Product is based on the New MCB and the Buy-Out Payment according to Section 3.5 (b) above will not become due, Wilex is entitled to receive a royalty on Net Sales of Diagnostic Products in the Diagnostic Territory equal to: |
(A) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the first 10 (ten) years after the first product sale, and |
(B) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the years 11 (eleven) to 20 (twenty) after the first product sale. |
(ii) | If the Diagnostic Product is based on the New MCB, Wilex is entitled to receive a royalty on Net Sales of Diagnostic Product in the Diagnostic Territory equal to: |
(A) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the first 10 (ten) years after the first product sale, and |
(B) | [**]% of such Net Sales for the years 11 (eleven) to 20 (twenty) after the first product sale. |
5. | Exhibit A is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by Exhibit A in Annex 2 to this Amendment No. 1. The accentuation in the font is only intended to point out the changes in respect to the foregoing version. |
6. | Exhibit B is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by Exhibit B in Annex 3 to this Amendment No. 1. The accentuation in the font is only intended to point out the changes in respect to the foregoing version. |
All other provisions of the License Agreement shall remain unaffected and in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment No. 1 to the License Agreement to be executed as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in two original counterparts by their respective duly authorized representatives as set forth below.
WILEX AG
/s/ Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Name: Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Title: CEO
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Telix International Pty Ltd
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch Name: Chris Behrenbruch Title: CEO
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/s/ Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Title: CSO |
Amendment No. 2
to the
LICENSE AGREEMENT
concluded as of January 16, 2017 and amended as of May 29, 2017
This agreement is made as of March 1, 2019 between
Heidelberg Pharma AG (former Wilex AG), HRB 728 735, Ladenburg, Germany Germany (“Wilex”)
and
Telix International Pty Ltd, AON 616 657 839, Melbourne Australia (“Telix”),
both hereinafter also referred to as “Party” or collectively as “Parties”.
WHEREAS
A. | The Parties entered into a license agreement on 16 January 2017 (“License Agreement”) under which Telix has been granted the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Girentuximab radiolabeled with an isotope, both in diagnostic imaging and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical forms; |
B. | The Parties have amended Sections 2.1, 3.4 (a) and 3.6 (a) of the License Agreement and have inserted a new Section 2.4 per Amendment to the License Agreement No. 1 dated May 29, 2017; |
C. | The Parties are in agreement that Telix shall assume ownership and responsibility for Materials required for the production of Girentuximab and the development of Licensed Products, provided that Wilex has the right to request the transfer of limited amounts of Material at its own discretion; |
D. | All expressions defined in the License Agreement have the same meaning in this agreement. |
NOW THEREFORE
The Parties agree to amend the License Agreement with effect as of the date of this agreement (the “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date”) as follows:
1. | Section 2.1 (f) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. |
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Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement Wilex - Telix
For the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under Section 2.1 (e) above, Wilex grants Telix the exclusive right and license under IP owned or controlled by Wilex to use the materials provided by Wilex to Telix and described in Annex 1 Part A, B, C, D and E (the “Materials”). Wilex will make the Materials available to Telix at the US storage facility of [**]. Telix agrees and accepts that Wilex does not warrant that the use of Materials does not infringe intellectual property rights of third parties, in particular, but not limited to the commercial use of Materials listed in Annex 1 Parts D and E.
2. | Section 2.4 (d) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. |
Telix will initially contract storage of Materials listed in Annex 1 to [**], respectively, but is free to transfer the Materials to an alternative storage facility at its sole discretion.
3. | Section 2.4 (e) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. |
Upon request from Wilex, Telix will provide at least [**] of Material listed in Annex 1 to the Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement to Wilex or to a third party named by Wilex (the “Designee”) [**].
4. | Section 2.4 (f) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. |
If Telix should decide to dispose of Material set forth in Annex 1 to the Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement (the “Disposal Material”), Telix will provide Wilex with written notice on the planned disposal at least [**] before the planned disposal date, and upon request from Wilex will transfer Disposal Material to Wilex or to a Designee [**].
5. | Annex 1 to the Amendment No. 1 to the License Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by Annex 1 to this Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement. |
All other provisions of the License Agreement and of the Amendment No. 1 to the License Agreement shall remain unaffected and in full force and effect.
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Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement Wilex - Telix
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement to be executed as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in two original counterparts by their respective duly authorized representatives as set forth below.
Heidelberg Pharma AG
/s/ Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Name: Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Title: CEO
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Telix International Pty Ltd
/s/ Gabriel Liberatore Name: Gabriel Liberatore Title: COO
|
/s/ Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Title: CSO |
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Amendment No. 3
to the
LICENSE AGREEMENT
concluded as of January 16, 2017 and amended as of
May 29, 2017 and March 01, 2019
This agreement is made as of July 1, 2019 between
Heidelberg Pharma AG (former Wilex AG), HRB 728 735, Ladenburg, Germany
Germany (“Wilex”)
and
Telix International Pty Ltd, ACN 616 657 839, Melbourne Australia (“Telix”),
both hereinafter also referred to as “Party” or collectively as “Parties”.
WHEREAS
A. | The Parties entered into a license agreement on 16 January 2017 (“License Agreement”) under which Telix has been granted the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Girentuximab radiolabeled with an isotope, both in diagnostic imaging and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical forms; |
B. | The Parties have amended Sections 2.1, 3.4 (a) and 3.6 (a) of the License Agreement and have inserted a new Section 2.4 per Amendment to the License Agreement No. 1 dated May 29, 2017; |
C. | The Parties have amended Section 2.1 (f), 2.4 (d), (e) and (f) and Annex 1 per Amendment No. 2 dated March 01, 2019 to the License Agreement; |
D. | The Parties are in agreement that Telix shall assume ownership and responsibility for Materials required for the production of Girentuximab and the development of Licensed Products, provided that Wilex has the right to request the transfer of limited amounts of Material at its own discretion; |
E. | All expressions defined in the License Agreement have the same meaning in this agreement. |
NOW THEREFORE
The Parties agree to amend the License Agreement with effect as of the date of this agreement (the “Amendment No. 3 Effective Date”) as follows:
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1. | Section 2.1 (f) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. |
For the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under Section 2.1 (e) above, Wilex grants Telix the exclusive right and license under IP owned or controlled by Wilex to use the materials provided by Wilex to Telix and described in Annex 1 Part A, B, C, D and E (the “Materials”). Wilex will make the Materials available to Telix at the US and UK storage facility of [**]. Telix agrees and accepts that Wilex does not warrant that the use of Materials does not infringe intellectual property rights of third parties, in particular, but not limited to the commercial use of Materials listed in Annex 1 Parts D and E.
2. | Section 2.4 (e) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. |
Upon request from Wilex, Telix will provide at least [**] of Material listed in Annex 1 to the Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement to Wilex or to a third party named by Wilex (the “Designee”) [**].
3. | Section 2.4 (f) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following provision. |
If Telix should decide to dispose of Material set forth in Annex 1 to the Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement (the “Disposal Material”), Telix will provide Wilex with written notice on the planned disposal at least [**] before the planned disposal date, and upon request from Wilex will transfer Disposal Material to Wilex or to a Designee [**].
4. | Annex 1 to the Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by Annex 1 to this Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement. |
All other provisions of the License Agreement and of the Amendment No. 1 and No. 2 to the License Agreement shall remain unaffected and in full force and effect.
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Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement Wilex – Telix
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement to
be executed as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in two
original counterparts by their respective duly authorized representatives as set forth below.
Heidelberg Pharma AG
/s/ Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Name: Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Title: CEO
|
Telix International Pty Ltd
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch Name: Chris Behrenbruch Title: CEO
|
/s/ Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Title: CSO
|
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Amendment No. 4
to the
LICENSE AGREEMENT
concluded as of January 16, 2017 and amended as of May 29, 2017, March 1, 2019 and July 1, 2019
This agreement is made as of December 10, 2020 between
Heidelberg Pharma AG (former Wilex AG), HRS 728 735, Ladenburg, Germany Germany ("Wilex")
and
Telix International Pty Ltd, ACN 616 657 839, Melbourne Australia ("Telix"),
both hereinafter also referred to as "Party" or collectively as "Parties".
WHEREAS
A. | The Parties entered into a license agreement on 16 January 2017 ("License Agreement") under which Telix has been granted the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Girentuximab radiolabeled with an isotope, both in diagnostic imaging and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical forms; |
B. | Wilex is the owner of an IND for its Product [**], which is based on Girentuximab (the "[**] IND") and which currently is not used by Wilex; |
C. | Telix needs to reference the [**] IND [**]; |
D. | The Parties are in agreement that Telix shall assume ownership and responsibility for the [**] IND, provided that Wilex has the right to request access to the [**] IND if Wilex or its licensors need to cross- reference the [**] IND outside the Field; |
E. | All expressions defined in the License Agreement have the same meaning in this agreement. |
NOW THEREFORE
The Parties agree to amend the License Agreement with effect as of the date of this agreement (the "Amendment No. 4 Effective Date") as follows:
1. | Section 2.1 (g) is hereby introduced subsequently to Section 2.1 (f), with the following provisions: |
Wilex agrees to undertake all necessary steps to transfer to Telix ownership to the [**] IND [**], at the cost of Telix. As of the Effective Date, all responsibility of the maintenance of the [**] ID shall be borne by Telix. Wilex shall have the freely sub-licensable right to cross-reference the [**] IND for the use of Girentuximab outside the Field.
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All other provisions of the License Agreement and of the Amendments No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 to the License Agreement shall remain unaffected and in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment No. 4 to the License Agreement to be executed as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in two original counterparts by their respective duly authorized representatives as set forth below.
Heidelberg Pharma AG
/s/ Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Name: Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Title: CEO
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Telix International Pty Ltd
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch Name: Chris Behrenbruch Title: CEO
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/s/ Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Title: CSO |
Amendment No. 5
to the
LICENSE AGREEMENT
concluded as of January 16, 2017 and amended as of
May 29, 2017, March 1, 2019, July 1, 2019 and December 10,2020
This agreement is made as of 15. Feb. 2022, between
Heidelberg Pharma AG (former Wilex AG), HRB 728 735, Ladenburg, Germany Germany (“Wilex”)
and
Telix International Pty Ltd, ACN 616 657 839, Melbourne Australia (“Telix”),
both hereinafter also referred to as “Party” or collectively as “Parties”.
WHEREAS
A. | The Parties entered into a license agreement on 16 January 2017 (“License Agreement”) under which Telix has been granted the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Girentuximab radiolabeled with an isotope, both in diagnostic imaging and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical forms; |
B. | During its development activities for Girentuximab prior to the License Agreement, Wilex was sponsor of the clinical trial ARISER with the title “A randomized double blind phase III study to evaluate adjuvant cG250 treatment versus placebo in patients with clear cell RCC and high risk of recurrence” from 2004 to 2012 (EudraCT #2004-000353-38 - the “ARISER Study”); |
C. | In connection with the performance of the ARISER Study, [**]; |
D. | The Parties are in agreement that Telix shall have the right to use the results of the ARISER Study for the development of Girentuximab as set forth in the License Agreement, including the use of [**], provided that Telix assumes responsibility for the use of the [**]; |
E. | All expressions defined in the License Agreement have the same meaning in this agreement. |
NOW THEREFORE
The Parties agree to amend the License Agreement with effect as of the date of this agreement as set forth above (the “Amendment No. 5 Effective Date”) as follows:
1. | Section 1.66 and 1.67 are hereby introduced as a new defined terms: |
1.66 | “ARISER Study” means the clinical study sponsored by Wilex with the title “A randomized double blind phase III study to evaluate adjuvant cG250 treatment versus placebo in patients with clear cell RCC and high risk of recurrence” from 2004 to 2012 (EudraCT #2004-000353- 38). |
1.67 | “[**]” means [**]. |
2. | Section 2.1 (h) is hereby introduced subsequently to Section 2.1 (g), with the following provisions: |
Wilex agrees to undertake all necessary steps to transfer [**] and ARISER Study data to Telix or to a nominee designated by Telix, at the cost and responsibility of Telix. Telix will have the full and sole responsibility that any use of the [**] and ARISER Study data is in accordance with applicable laws and [**].
3. | Section 13.2A is hereby introduced subsequently to Section 13.2, with the following provisions: |
13.2A Further Indemnification obligations of Telix in respect of the use of [**]. From and after the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, Telix shall defend, indemnify and hold the Wilex Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any and all Damages which Wilex Indemnified Parties may incur or suffer, or with which any of them may be faced, to the extent relating to a Third Party Claim arising out of the use of [**] by Telix or Telix’s nominees, provided, however, that Telix shall not be liable hereunder to the extent such Damages arise from the willful misconduct or negligence of, or a violation of any applicable laws by, or from the breach of the provisions of this Agreement by, Wilex Indemnified Parties.
All other provisions of the License Agreement and of the Amendments No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 to the License Agreement shall remain unaffected and in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment No. 5 to the License Agreement to be executed as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date in two original counterparts by their respective duly authorized representatives as set forth below.
Heidelberg Pharma AG
/s/ Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand Name: Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand
/s/ Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl Name: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pahl
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Telix International Pty Ltd
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch Name: Chris Behrenbruch
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Exhibit 4.3
Deed of Indemnity, Access and Insurance
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
ACN 616 620 369
and
[insert name of Director]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents | 2 | ||
1 | Definitions and Interpretation | 3 | |
1.1 | Definitions | 3 | |
1.2 | Interpretation | 6 | |
2 | Indemnity | 7 | |
2.1 | General indemnity | 7 | |
2.2 | Continuing indemnity | 8 | |
2.3 | Additional indemnity | 8 | |
3 | Conduct and obligations | 8 | |
3.1 | Notification | 8 | |
3.2 | Advancement or payment of costs | 8 | |
3.3 | Proceedings | 9 | |
3.4 | Legal representation | 9 | |
3.5 | Director’s obligations | 10 | |
4 | Insurance | 10 | |
4.1 | Obligation to maintain D&O Policy | 10 | |
4.2 | Terms and conditions of Policy | 10 | |
4.3 | Obligations of Director | 11 | |
4.4 | Obligations of Company | 11 | |
5 | Access to Board Papers | 11 | |
5.1 | Company to maintain records | 11 | |
5.2 | Right of inspection | 11 | |
5.3 | Access request | 12 | |
5.4 | Ownership of Board Papers | 12 | |
5.5 | Privilege | 12 | |
5.6 | No limitation | 12 | |
6 | Confidentiality and privilege | 12 | |
7 | Taxation and costs | 13 | |
7.1 | Taxation and duty | 13 | |
7.2 | Costs | 13 | |
8 | General | 13 | |
8.1 | Governing law and jurisdiction | 13 | |
8.2 | Counterparts | 13 | |
8.3 | Unenforceable provision | 13 | |
8.4 | Survival | 14 | |
8.5 | Further action | 14 | |
8.6 | Exclusion of moratoria | 14 | |
8.7 | Variation and waiver | 14 | |
8.8 | Notices | 14 | |
8.9 | Entire Agreement | 14 | |
Execution Page | 15 |
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Deed of Indemnity, Access and Insurance
This deed is made on | 2017 between the following parties: |
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369 of Suite 226, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne VIC 3051 Australia (the Company); and |
[insert name] of [insert address] (the Director). |
Background | (A) | The Director will be appointed as a director of the Company as of the Appointment Date. | |
(B) | In accordance with the Constitution and the Corporations Act, and in consideration of the Director agreeing to act as a Director of the Company, the Company agrees to: | ||
(i) | indemnify the Director against Liabilities incurred while acting as a director of the Company; | ||
(ii) | maintain a D&O Policy in respect of the Director; and | ||
(iii) | provide the Director with access to Board Papers, | ||
on the terms contained in this deed. |
This deed witnesses that in consideration of, among other things, the mutual promises contained in this deed, the parties agree as follows:
1 | Definitions and Interpretation |
1.1 | Definitions |
In this deed:
Defined term | Meaning |
Appointment Date | the date the Director commenced acting as a director of the Company. |
Board | the board of directors of the Company or any committee of the board of the Company. |
Board Papers |
(a) all material provided to the Director, provided to or tabled at any meeting of the Board, or to any committee of the Board, whether in hard copy or electronic form, including without limitation board papers, committee papers, correspondence, submissions, minutes, legal advice, reports, and financial statements; and |
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Defined term | Meaning |
(b) all documents of the Company or to which the Company is a party referred to in any such material,
during the Relevant Period and, in relation to each Relevant Company:
(a) all material provided to the Director in his/her capacity as a director of the Relevant Company, provided to or tabled at any meeting of the board of the Relevant Company or to any committee of the board of the Relevant Company, whether in hard copy or electronic form, including without limitation board papers, committee papers, correspondence, submissions, minutes, legal advice, reports, and financial statements; and
(b) all documents of the Relevant Company or to which the Relevant Company is a party referred to in any such material. |
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Business Day | a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, bank holiday or public holiday in Melbourne, Victoria. |
Claim |
(a) any legal proceeding, administrative proceeding, arbitral proceeding, investigation or enquiry, mediation, or other form of alternative dispute resolution arising out of or in connection with any act or omission by the director; and
(b) any written or oral threat, complaint or demand or other circumstances that might reasonably lead to the Director considering that any proceedings set out in paragraph (a) will be commenced. |
Constitution | the Company’s constitution as amended, varied or replaced from time to time. |
Corporations Act | the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). |
D&O Policy | a policy of insurance insuring the Director (amongst others) against liability in their capacity as a director of the Company and its Related Bodies Corporate. |
Group Entities | the Company and any Subsidiary of the Company. |
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Defined term | Meaning |
Liability | a liability of any kind (whether actual or contingent and whether fixed or ascertained) including costs, damages, fees, expenses, and including whether the costs and expenses are incurred in connection with any investigation or inquiry by a government agency or liquidator. |
Permitted Purpose |
(a) defending an action or proceeding (or preparing to defend an action or proceeding which the Director has reason to believe will be brought against them) which relates to an act or omission of the Director in providing services in their capacity as a director of the Company or Related Body Corporate during the Relevant Period;
(b) appearing before an inquiry or hearing of a Regulatory Body (or preparing for an inquiry or hearing of a Regulatory Body) where the Director has reason to believe that the Director will be required to appear before that inquiry or hearing relating to an act or omission of the Director in providing services in their capacity as a director of the Company or Related Body Corporate during the Relevant Period;
(c) conducting or preparing to conduct an action or proceeding which the Director in good faith proposes to bring relating to an act or omission of the Director in providing services in their capacity as a director of the Company or Related Body Corporate during the Relevant Period;
(d) disclosing the Board Papers to third parties (including, without limitation, the Director’s legal and other professional advisors) where such disclosure is necessary in relation to a matter under any of sub-clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this clause; or
(e) any other purpose which the Company has provided written consent. |
Proceedings |
(a) any investigation, hearing, inquiry or review undertaken by a court, arbitrator, mediator or tribunal, governmental, administrative or Regulatory Body, or public authority; and
(b) any procedural step relating to a hearing, conference, dispute, inquiry or investigation,
under or in respect of which the Director is being examined or is involved because the Director is or was a director of the Company or a Relevant Company (as the case may be) in the Relevant Period. |
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Defined term | Meaning |
Protection Period |
the period commencing on the Appointment Date (or the date of appointment as a director of the Relevant Company) and ending on the later of:
(a) the date which is 7 years after the Director ceases to hold office as a director of the Company or the Relevant Company (as the case may be); and
(b) the date any Proceedings commenced during the period specified in paragraph (a) have been finally resolved. |
Regulatory Body | an entity constituted under the laws of Australia or any other jurisdiction which has the power to regulate the conduct and affairs of a Group Entity and the Director and shall include (without limitation) the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Tax Office. |
Related Body Corporate | has the meaning given to it in section 50 of the Corporations Act. |
Relevant Company | each Related Body Corporate of the Company of which the Director is a director from time to time. |
Relevant Period | the period commencing on the Appointment Date and ending on the date the Director ceases to act as a director of the Company or the Relevant Company (as the case may be). |
Subsidiary | has the meaning given in section 9 of the Corporations Act and refers to any corporation which before, at or after the date of this deed was, is or becomes a Subsidiary of the Company. |
1.2 | Interpretation |
In this deed, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) | terms used from the Corporations Act have the meaning given under section 9 of the Corporations Act; |
(b) | words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa; |
(c) | words importing a gender include any gender; |
(d) | a reference to a thing (including, but not limited to, a right) includes any part of that thing; |
(e) | a reference to a right includes a remedy, power, authority, discretion or benefit; |
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(f) | other parts of speech and grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined in this deed have a corresponding meaning; |
(g) | a reference to a clause or party is a reference to a clause of, and a party to, this deed; |
(h) | a reference to a document or deed includes all amendments or supplements to, or replacements or novations of, that document or deed; |
(i) | a reference to a Director includes the Director’s personal representatives; |
(j) | a reference to a statute, legislation, regulation, proclamation, ordinance or by-law includes all statutes, regulations, proclamations, ordinances or by-laws amending, consolidating or replacing it, and a reference to a statute includes all regulations, proclamations, ordinances and by-laws issued under that statute; |
(k) | a reference to a party to a document includes that party’s successors and permitted assignees; |
(l) | a rule of construction does not apply to the disadvantage of a party because that party was responsible for the preparation of this deed or any part of it; and |
(m) | if a day for payment upon which an obligation must be performed is not a Business Day the payment is due on the next Business Day. |
2 | Indemnity |
2.1 | General indemnity |
(a) | To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company indemnifies the Director on a full indemnity basis, with effect from the Appointment Date, against: |
(i) | all Liabilities incurred by the Director as an officer of the Company or of a Related Body Corporate; |
(ii) | all Liabilities incurred by the Director in relation to actual, threatened or potential Proceedings; and |
(iii) | subject to clause 2.1(b), all Liabilities incurred by the Director in the Director’s capacity as an officer of the Company or of a Related Body Corporate for Proceedings brought by the Director against third parties in order to protect the Director’s interests or reputation. This indemnity includes, without limitation, a liability for reasonable legal costs on a solicitor and own-client basis. |
(b) | The Company will only indemnify the Director under clause 2.1(a)(iii) if the Director first obtains the written consent of the Board which: |
(i) | must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and |
(ii) | may be provided subject to any conditions the Board considers appropriate (acting reasonably) including, without limitation, as to the treatment of all or any damages or other compensation received by the Director in respect of any Proceedings. |
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2.2 | Continuing indemnity |
(a) | The indemnity in clause 2.1 is an irrevocable, unconditional, continuing and principal obligation of the Company despite: |
(i) | the resignation or removal of the Director as a director of the Company; |
(ii) | the settlement of any dispute between the Director and the Company or a third party; |
(iii) | any amendment or variation to, or replacement of, the Constitution; |
(iv) | any intermediate payments, settlement of accounts or payments; |
(v) | laches, acquiescence or delay on the part of the Director; |
(vi) | the death, bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of any person or corporation; or |
(vii) | the occurrence of any other thing, including any other thing which might otherwise affect the indemnity whether at law or in equity, |
and remains in full force and effect until released by the Director.
(b) | The Company shall not be obliged to indemnify the Director under this deed where the Director fails to perform any of the obligations set out in clause 3.5 to the material prejudice of the Company. |
(c) | The indemnity in clause 2.1 enures to the benefit of the Director’s estate. |
2.3 | Additional indemnity |
The indemnity in clause 2.1 is in addition to any indemnity contained in the Constitution from time to time.
3 | Conduct and obligations |
3.1 | Notification |
The Director must give notice to the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after the Director becomes aware of any facts, matters, circumstances, or any threatened or pending Claim against the Director or decision to make a Claim against a third party, which could give rise to a Claim for indemnification under this deed.
3.2 | Advancement or payment of costs |
(a) | On the Director’s request, the Company will advance to or pay on behalf of the Director, reasonable costs incurred or expected to be incurred by the Director (whether legal or otherwise) in connection with Proceedings on terms determined by the Board. |
(b) | If the Director has a right of recovery from a third party in respect of some or all of the Liabilities, the Director must use best efforts to exercise the right of recovery within 10 days of payment being received and account to the Company for any such amount. |
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(c) | If the Company has advanced or otherwise paid an amount under clause 3.2(a) and it is subsequently found that the Director was not entitled to the advancement or payment of those costs, the Director must repay this amount to the Company within 30 days of a request from the Company being received by the Director. |
3.3 | Proceedings |
(a) | The Company may: |
(i) | assume the conduct, negotiation or defence of a Claim; |
(ii) | institute legal proceedings (including a counterclaim or cross claim) in relation to a Claim; and |
(iii) | retain lawyers to act on behalf of both the Company and the Director in relation to the Claim. |
(b) | The Company must: |
(i) | notify the Director as soon as reasonably practicable if it intends to take any action under clause 3.3(a); |
(ii) | consider the reputation of the Director in acting under clause 3.3(a); and |
(iii) | not unreasonably withhold or delay its decision under clause 3.3(b)(ii). |
(c) | If the Company does not elect to take control of the conduct of proceedings under clause (a)(i), the Director must ensure that the Company is kept fully informed of any actual or proposed developments (including, without limitation, any meetings) and is provided with copies of all material correspondence and documentation relating to such third party Claim or action, and such other information, assistance and access to records and personnel as the Company reasonably requires. |
3.4 | Legal representation |
(a) | The Director may obtain independent legal representation in respect of the conduct, negotiation or defence of any advice, Claim or Proceeding against the Director as a result of or arising from being a director of the Company or a Related Body Corporate. |
(b) | The Company will reimburse the Director within 10 days of receipt of a written request for reimbursement from the Director for expenses payable by the Company under this deed to the extent that those expenses are: |
(i) | incurred prior to the Company assuming conduct of the Claim; |
(ii) | incurred with the Company’s prior written authority (which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and |
(iii) | reasonable and incurred where it could be reasonably expected that a conflict between the interests of the Director and the Company would arise should the same lawyers act on behalf of both parties. |
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3.5 | Director’s obligations |
The Director must:
(a) | take any reasonable action to avoid, resist, dispute, bring an appeal in, compromise or defend any Claim; |
(b) | not make an admission of liability or payment in respect of or settle or compromise any Claim without the Company’s prior written consent (which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); |
(c) | render all reasonable assistance to the Company in the conduct of any Claim, including (but not limited to) providing documents, authorities and directions that the Company requires to prosecute or advance any cross claim or counterclaim; and |
(d) | on request by the Company, do anything reasonably necessary or desirable to enable the Company (so far as possible) to be subrogated to and enjoy the benefits of the Director’s rights in relation to any cross-claims or any Claims against any third party and render any assistance that is reasonably requested by the Company for the purpose. |
4 | Insurance |
4.1 | Obligation to maintain D&O Policy |
(a) | Subject to clause 4.2 and to the extent permitted by law, the Company must: |
(i) | at all times during the Protection Period maintain a D&O Policy consistent with clause 4.2; and |
(ii) | not undertake any actions which may reduce or invalidate the cover under the D&O Policy, other than making a claim. |
4.2 | Terms and conditions of Policy |
(a) | Subject to law, the terms of the D&O Policy must, to the extent that such a policy is available from a reputable insurance company at reasonable commercial rates: |
(i) | cover the Liabilities which may be incurred by the Director during the Protection Period arising from the Director acting as a director of the Company; |
(ii) | provide for the terms, conditions, exclusions and additional cover (including premiums, insuring clauses, exclusions and excess amounts) as are reasonably appropriate for a company of similar industry and annual revenue; and |
(iii) | be on terms which are not materially less favourable or at least as comprehensive as the insurance policies provided to the then current directors of the Company. |
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4.3 | Obligations of Director |
(a) | The Director undertakes to comply with the obligations and requirements provided for under the D&O Policy and to take reasonable steps to enable the Company to maintain the D&O Policy under this deed. |
(b) | The Director undertakes to disclose to the Company all known relevant matters which may lead to a claim being made against the Company or the Director, as soon as practicable after becoming aware of such matters. |
(c) | The Director acknowledges that negotiations undertaken by the Company on the terms of the D&O Policy may result in the insurer varying the terms of the D&O Policy. |
4.4 | Obligations of Company |
(a) | The Company must provide the Director with a copy of the D&O Policy and certificate of insurance upon request by the Director. |
(b) | The Company must: |
(i) | not do any act which may prejudice the cover provided for under the D&O Policy; and |
(ii) | notify the Director upon becoming aware that the D&O Policy has been cancelled, not renewed, or there is a material reduction in the terms of the D&O Policy. |
5 | Access to Board Papers |
5.1 | Company to maintain records |
(a) | The Company must maintain, and must use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each Relevant Company maintains, a complete set of Board Papers in an organised and secure manner for the duration of the Protection Period. |
(b) | Where Board Papers were bought into existence before the date of this deed, the Company complies with its obligations under clause 5.1(a) if it uses all reasonable endeavours to collate and keep, and if it uses all reasonable endeavours to procure each Relevant Company to collate and keep, those Board Papers in the manner required by clause 5.1(a). |
5.2 | Right of inspection |
Where a request is received during the Protection Period in accordance with clause 5.3, the Company must within 7 Business Days, permit the Director to inspect and copy Board Papers during Business Hours at no cost to the Director, where such request is in relation to:
(a) | Proceedings brought or which may be brought against the Director, or to which the Director is a party; or |
(b) | a Permitted Purpose. |
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5.3 | Access request |
Any request for access to Board Papers during the Protection Period must be made by the Director to the Company in writing, and include particulars of the Board Papers which are the subject of the request and the purpose for which access is required.
5.4 | Ownership of Board Papers |
The Director acknowledges that the Company or the Relevant Company (as the case may be) remains the owner of all Board Papers and may request the Director to return or destroy all copies of Board Papers within 7 Business Days after such time as the purpose for the access request made under clause 5.3 no longer exists.
5.5 | Privilege |
(a) | If the Company or Relevant Company (as the case may be) has any right (including a right it has jointly or in common with the Director or with the Directors and others) to privilege, such as legal professional privilege, in respect of any document which the Director inspects, copies or uses under this deed or under the Corporations Act or under the general law rights of a director: |
(i) | that document is to be taken to be confidential; |
(ii) | by permitting the inspection, copying or use to the Director or the Director’s permitted nominee, the Company does not waive any privilege; and |
(iii) | in so inspecting, copying or using the document by himself or herself or through the Director’s permitted nominee, the Director must use best efforts to ensure that so far as is practical the right to privilege is not lost or waived, whether by the Director or the Director’s nominee or otherwise. |
(b) | Nothing in this deed or done pursuant to this deed prevents the Company or Relevant Company (as the case may be) from relying on privilege in proceedings between the Director and the Company or Relevant Company (including in respect of a document which the Company or Relevant Company has disclosed to the Director outside those proceedings). |
5.6 | No limitation |
This clause 5 does not limit any right of access the Director otherwise has to Board Papers.
6 | Confidentiality and privilege |
(a) | Subject to any obligation under law, the Director must during the term of office and after ceasing to be a director, maintain the confidentiality of all information contained in the Board Papers unless: |
(i) | disclosure is required by law; |
(ii) | the Company or the Relevant Company (as the case may be) has given its prior written consent to disclosure; or |
(iii) | the information is required for the purpose of Proceedings or the threat of Proceedings in relation to which the Director was given access to the Board Papers, |
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and the Director uses the Director’s best endeavours to ensure all information disclosed is kept confidential.
(b) | Where the Director is entitled to disclose confidential information under clause 6(a) and the information is that to which legal professional privilege attaches: |
(i) | unless the Company or the Relevant Company (as the case may be) expressly states otherwise, it is the Company’s or the Relevant Company’s (as the case may be) intention that the giving of access to the Director in no way waives or diminishes the Company’s or the Relevant Company’s right to claim legal professional privilege; and |
(ii) | the Director must use its best endeavours to avoid doing anything which will cause privilege to be waived, extinguished or lost by the Company or the Relevant Company in relation to third parties. |
7 | Taxation and costs |
7.1 | Taxation and duty |
(a) | If a government authority imposes any tax on a sum paid to the Director under this deed, then the Company or the Relevant Company (as the case may be) must increase the amount paid to the Director so that the net amount to which the Director becomes entitled after deduction of all applicable taxes is equal to that which would have been payable under the deed had no such tax been imposed. |
(b) | The Company or the Relevant Company (as the case may be) must pay any stamp duty chargeable on this deed. |
7.2 | Costs |
Each party must bear its own costs of negotiating, preparing and executing this deed.
8 | General |
8.1 | Governing law and jurisdiction |
This deed is governed by the laws of Victoria and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria.
8.2 | Counterparts |
This deed may be executed in counterparts. All executed counterparts constitute one document.
8.3 | Unenforceable provision |
If a provision in this deed is wholly or partly invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the provision or part of it that is invalid or unenforceable must, to that extent and in that jurisdiction, be treated as deleted from this deed. Any provision removed under this clause 8.3 does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction.
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8.4 | Survival |
Each obligation of confidence and indemnity in this deed is a continuing obligation, separate and independent from the other obligations and survives termination of this deed for any reason.
8.5 | Further action |
Each party must, at its own expense, do all things reasonably necessary (including executing all documents) to give full effect to this deed and the transactions contemplated by it.
8.6 | Exclusion of moratoria |
Any statute, moratorium or other governmental order that prejudicially affects the rights, powers or discretions of the parties under this deed does not apply to this deed unless the application is mandatory.
8.7 | Variation and waiver |
(a) | This deed may only be varied in writing signed by each party. |
(b) | A party does not: |
(i) | waive a right, power, or remedy unless it does so in writing and any such waiver is only effective for the specific instance for which it is given; or |
(ii) | waive a right, power, or remedy if it fails to exercise or delays in exercising the right, power or remedy. |
(c) | A single or partial exercise of a right by a party does not prevent another further exercise of that right, power, or remedy. |
8.8 | Notices |
Any notices or other communications under this deed must be in writing addressed to the recipient as detailed on this deed and hand delivered or sent by prepaid post or facsimile to the number as specified to the sender by notice.
8.9 | Entire Agreement |
This deed embodies the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this deed and supersedes any prior negotiation, arrangement, understanding or agreement with respect to the subject matter of any term of this deed.
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Execution Page
EXECUTED AS A DEED
Executed by Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369 in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by being signed by the following officers: |
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Director
Christian Behrenbruch |
Genevieve Ryan |
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Name (please print) | Name (please print) |
Signed, sealed and delivered by [insert Director] in the presence of: |
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[Name] |
Witness | ||
Name (please print) |
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ABOUT THIS LEASE
This is a standard form document. It can be used in the leasing of retail, commercial or industrial premises in Victoria, whether or not retail lease laws apply. It may need to be altered or added to or both to properly record a lease, as negotiated. Alterations, additions or both should be recorded in the REIV Copyright Special Conditions Schedule (Code 144A) and not by making changes or additions to the Lease itself. Depending on circumstances, it may be prudent to obtain legal advice when drawing up this Lease. The REIV Copyright Commercial Lease Schedule (Code 144) (“Schedule’’) must be completed in conjunction with this Lease. |
Landlord advice
The landlord confirms this lease is in the copyright format published by The Real Estate Institute of Victoria Ltd as at the date/version printed on the front page, unless there are alterations or additions or both which appear in the Special Conditions Schedule. The tenant should check the Special Conditions Schedule, before signing this lease. |
Table of Contents
Tenant’s covenants:
Clause | Covenant | Page |
1. | Rent | 4 |
2. | Outgoings | 4 |
3. | Building operating expenses | 5 |
4. | Insurances | 6 |
5. | Maintenance and repairs | 6 |
6. | Alterations and additions | 8 |
7. | Notice of accidents to premises/building | 8 |
8. | Inspecting the premises | 9 |
9. | Tenant to clean, repair and make good damage | 9 |
10. | Returning the premises to the landlord | 9 |
11. | Signs | 10 |
12. | Use of the premises | 10 |
13. | Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHSA) | 11 |
14. | Assignment and sub-letting | 12 |
15. | Reletting, sale and other rights of entry 15.1 To allow - | 13 |
16. | Security deposit | 13 |
17. | Interest | 15 |
18. | Landlord’s costs and expenses / stamp duty | 15 |
Landlord’s covenants: | ||
19. | Quiet enjoyment | 15 |
20. | Access to the premises | 15 |
21. | Insurance | 16 |
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Mutual covenants: | ||
22. | Over-holding | 16 |
23. | Further term | 16 |
24. | Review of the rent to market | 17 |
25. | CPI adjustment of the rent | 18 |
26. | Fixed rent increases | 19 |
27. | Damage to and destruction of the premises | 19 |
28. | Cessation of building services | 19 |
29. | Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) | 20 |
30. | Indemnity by the tenant | 20 |
31. | Notices | 20 |
32. | Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 (ETVA) | 21 |
33. | Rules | 21 |
34. | Defaults by the tenant | 22 |
35. | Repudiation of this lease by the tenant | 23 |
36. | Disputes | 23 |
37. | Goods and Services Tax | 23 |
38. | Delivery of Guarantee and Indemnity | 24 |
39. | Definitions and interpretation | 24 |
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This lease is made between the landlord and the tenant named in the Schedule for the premises for the term beginning on the commencement date as specified in the Schedule.
This lease comprises -
● | the respective covenants of the landlord and the tenant; and |
● | the Schedule; and |
● | the Special Conditions, if any, in the Special Conditions Schedule. |
If the Act applies, this lease has effect subject to it.
The tenant covenants and agrees with the landlord as follows -
1. | Rent |
1.1 | To pay the rent in advance during the term and any over-holding by equal, consecutive calendar monthly instalments starting on the rental commencement date specified in the Schedule and then on the first day of each month, unless otherwise agreed. The first and the final payments of the rent will be apportioned, if necessary. |
1.2 | Each instalment of rent will be paid - |
(a) | without demand, deduction, or set-off (whether legal or equitable); and |
(b) | in the manner required by the landlord from time to time. |
2. | Outgoings |
2.1 | During the term and any over-holding to pay on or before the due date for payment, or to repay to the landlord within 14 days of demand, the following outgoings in connection with the premises - |
(a) | municipal, water, drainage, and sewerage rates, charges, levies and special rates or levies; |
(b) | land tax calculated on the basis the premise or the building of which the premises forms a part is the only land owned by the landlord (single holding); |
(c) | congestion and parking levies; |
(d) | gas, electricity, telephone, communications, sewage or garbage/waste disposal, and water consumption charges; |
(e) | owners corporation fees, special fees and charges; |
(f) | the expense of cleaning, inspecting, maintaining, repairing and/or servicing the premises and the landlord’s fixtures, fittings, plant or equipment in or serving the premises; |
(g) | fire service levies; |
(h) | insurance premiums and other charges for insurances effected by the landlord in relation to the premises including (but not limited to) fire insurance on all improvements on a replacement and reinstatement basis and such other risks as the landlord may require from time to time and whether or not the risk is one in respect of which insurance is commonly obtainable at the commencement of this lease. The insurances may include plant and equipment breakdown insurance, public liability insurance for the amount of cover specified in the Schedule ($20,000,000.00 if not amount specified), loss of rent and consequential loss insurance and any other insurance effected by the landlord in relation to any risk relating to the landlord’s ownership or interest in the premises. The landlord may insure for such amounts and with such extensions and exclusions as the landlord thinks fit, but if the Act applies the landlord is not entitled to recover any premiums or other charges which the landlord may be prohibited from claiming from the tenant under the Act; |
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(i) | the expense of the attendance of the fire brigade in response to a fire alarm generated from or in connection with the premises; |
(j) | the expense of inspecting, auditing, servicing, repairing, maintaining, monitoring, and testing all essential safety measures at or provided in relation to or in connection with the premises, provided the payment or repayment is not contrary to law; and |
(k) | any other outgoings of whatever nature which are now or may during the term or any period of overholding be charged to or payable by the landlord in respect of or in connection with the premises unless expressly excluded in the Schedule. |
2.2 | If an outgoing relates to a period outside the term or a period of over-holding it will be apportioned accordingly. |
2.3 | If an outgoing is not separately assessed or charged in relation to the premises, to pay or reimburse a portion calculated on the proportion which the lettable area of the premises bears to the lettable area of the whole of the land or the building to which the outgoing relates, unless some other manner of apportionment is set out in the Schedule. |
2.4 | If the Act applies, to pay that proportion of the outgoings - |
(a) | that benefit all premises in the building: the proportion that the lettable area of the premises bears to the lettable area of the building, as stated in the Schedule; |
(b) | that benefit the premises and only some of the other premises in the building: the proportion that the lettable area of the premises bears to the lettable area of all premises that together share the benefit of the outgoing; |
(c) | that benefit only the premises: 100%. |
3. | Building operating expenses |
3.1 | During the term and any over-holding to pay, or to repay the landlord within 14 days of demand, a proportionate share of all expenses paid or incurred by the landlord in operating, managing, equipping, lighting, repairing, and maintaining the building including (without limitation) lavatories, sanitary services, cleaning, fire protection, essential safety measures, insurance premiums in respect of liability and other risks which the landlord reasonably requires. |
3.2 | The tenant’s proportion of the expenses will be determined in the same manner as that referred to in clause 2.4 unless - |
(a) | some other way of apportioning the expenses is described in the Schedule; or |
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(b) | the Act applies to an expense, in which case the tenant’s proportion must exclude an expense that the landlord is not permitted to recover from the tenant; or |
(c) | legislation (by way of example, but not limited to, the Building Act 1993) applies to an expense, in which case the tenant’s proportion must exclude the proportion, if any, of the expense that the legislation prohibits the landlord recovering from the tenant. |
4. | Insurances |
4.1 | To effect and keep current during occupation of the tenant a public liability policy in the name of the tenant for an amount of not less than $20 million or such higher amount as the landlord may reasonably require from time to time. The policy must be placed with an insurer approved by the landlord, approval not to be unreasonably withheld. The tenant must produce evidence of the currency of the insurance, within seven days of a request to do so. |
4.2 | Not to do, allow, or acquiesce in anything being done at the premises or the building which may result in a policy of insurance relating to the premises becoming void or voidable or which may allow an insurer to decline a claim under a condition or exclusion contained in the policy or policies or otherwise or which may result in the premium being increased. If a premium is increased, the tenant must promptly pay or reimburse the increase (Note: this obligation applies even if the tenant pays rent on a gross lease basis). |
4.3 | To pay or reimburse the landlord for any excesses on insurance claims, or to pay the expense of works or repairs where the expense of the works or repairs would be less than the excess payable on an insurance claim, if an insurance claim had been made. |
4.4 | To effect and keep current during the tenant’s occupation of the premises an insurance policy covering the tenant’s and others goods at the premises for their current reinstatement or replacement cost against damage or destruction by fire, water, theft, malicious and accidental damage, storm, lightening and tempest, earthquake, explosion, impact by vehicles and aircraft and articles dropped from aircraft. |
5. | Maintenance and repairs |
5.1 | During the term and any period of over-holding to maintain and keep in the state of repair existing on the commencement date of the term - |
(a) | the exterior (including - but not limited to - fences, landscaped areas, vehicle parking areas, pathways, driveways and hard-stand areas) and the interior of the premises and the landlord’s fixtures and fittings at the premises. The landlord’s fixtures and fittings installed at the premises on the commencement date of the initial term are set out in the Schedule; and |
(b) | any roller shutter doors and electronically operated gates comprised in the landlord’s fixtures and fittings by engaging the services of an appropriate contractor approved by the landlord and to produce evidence of the engagement and maintenance to the landlord or the managing agent on request fair wear and tear and damage to the premises or the landlord’s fixture and fittings by fire or other cause not attributable to the default or negligence of the tenant or the negligence of the tenant’s licensees or invitees excepted. |
(c) | For the avoidance of doubt, “commencement date of the term” means the commencement date of the initial term, if the lease is renewed for a further term or terms. |
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5.2 | If during the term or a period of over-holding alterations or additions are made to the premises or to the landlord’s fixtures and fittings installed at the premises, to maintain them in the condition they were in when made, subject to the exceptions to clause 5.1. |
5.3 | To replace with a similar article of at least equal value any landlord’s fixture or fitting destroyed, lost, or so badly damaged that it cannot be satisfactorily restored to its former condition, subject to the exceptions to clause 5.1. |
5.4 | Damage to or deterioration in the condition of the premises or the landlord’s fixtures and fittings or both will not be attributable to fair wear and tear if it is wholly or partly brought about because the tenant has not or has inadequately carried out maintenance or repairs or has permitted, allowed or acquiesced in - |
(a) | structural loadings being exceeded; |
(b) | vehicles with inappropriate tyres or tracks or of excessive weight or size being used at or allowed on the premises; |
(c) | the fixtures and fittings of the landlord or the tenant being used in a manner inconsistent with their purpose; |
(d) | inadequate rubbish or waste removal, cleaning, gardening, lawn mowing or pest control. |
5.5 | During the term and any period of over-holding to - |
(a) | thoroughly cleanse the inside and outside of the external and internal windows of the premises at least once in every three months (calculated beginning on the commencement date of the term) and also when otherwise reasonably required from time to time by the landlord or managing agent; |
(b) | keep all drains waste pipes, gutters, spouting, rain-heads, and downpipes which exclusively serve the premises clean and free of debris; |
(c) | only remove the landlord’s fixtures and fittings from the premises if it is necessary to do so to have them repaired or replaced, and then only if the landlord or managing agent has first given written consent; |
(d) | only engage a person to maintain, alter, repair, install or make alterations or additions to the premises or to carry out repairs to or removal of the landlord’s fixtures and fittings if the landlord or the managing agent has first given written approval, which will not be unreasonably withheld; |
(e) | maintain in working order and promptly unblock or repair or both the sewers, drains, wash basins, sinks, showers, lavatories, sanitary apparatus, washing facilities and mechanical installations in or serving the premises. Workmanship and materials to be to the reasonable satisfaction of the landlord or the managing agent. The tenant acknowledges having inspected these items on or before the commencement date and on inspection they were found to be unblocked and undamaged; |
(f) | promptly replace broken or damaged glass, including float or plate glass, of the external and internal windows and other broken or damaged glass with glass conforming to the then applicable Australian Standard, whether or not the tenant is responsible for the breakage or damage and notwithstanding the exception to clause 5.1. Materials and workmanship to be to the reasonable satisfaction of the landlord or the managing agent; |
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(g) | promptly repair or replace window or door fittings (including - but not limited to - frames, handles, fastenings and locks), light fittings, light globes, fluorescent tubes and starters, keys, key cards, and remote controls that are broken, become defective, or are mislaid, notwithstanding the exception to clause 5.1. Replacement parts, materials and workmanship are to be to the reasonable satisfaction of the landlord or the managing agent; |
(h) | promptly remove graffiti from the premises, with the exception of that existing at the commencement of the initial term; |
(i) | keep the premises free of pests and vermin by engaging qualified contractors approved by the landlord or the managing agent, approval not to be unreasonably withheld; |
(j) | repaint or refinish all painted or finished surfaces in a workmanlike manner with as good quality materials as at the commencement date of this lease at least once every 5 years during the term and any further term viewed as one continuous period or such other period or interval agreed between the landlord and tenant. |
6. | Alterations and additions |
6.1 | Before - |
(a) | making structural alterations or additions to the premises; or |
(b) | removing or relocating existing partitions, fixtures or fittings from or within the premises; or |
(c) | installing partitions or other fixtures or fittings in the premises; or |
(d) | decorating or redecorating the premises; |
the tenant must obtain the written consent of the landlord or the managing agent.
6.2 | Subject to clause 6.3, when giving consent the landlord or the managing agent may impose reasonable conditions. Reasonable conditions include (but are not limited to) provision of full-size approved plans and other working drawings, detailed specifications, complete and legible copies of permits, approvals and/or certificates, engineer reports, insurance, details of materials, and contractors being approved as required by clause 5.5(d). |
6.3 | The landlord or the managing agent may refuse consent if the giving of it will result in the landlord having to undertake works to upgrade the premises or the building in which the premises are located to meet then current requirements of building laws. |
6.4 | Without limiting clause 6.2, in the event the landlord grants consent under this clause 6 and the tenant’s works involve any alteration and/or addition to any electrical infrastructure of or to the premises or building, the tenant must, at the completion of such works, provide the landlord or the managing agent with a certificate of electrical safety in accordance with the Electricity Safety Act 1998 and its regulations, in addition to copies of all permits, certificates, approvals and as-built plans in relation to the completed works. |
7. | Notice of accidents to premises/building |
7.1 | To promptly give written notice to the landlord or to the managing agent on becoming aware of an accident to or a defect in - |
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(a) | the premises; or |
(b) | the building, if affecting access to the premises; or if affecting - |
(i) | water; or |
(ii) | sewerage; or |
(iii) | gas; or |
(iv) | electrical; or |
(v) | essential safety fixtures and fittings connected to or serving the premises. |
8. | Inspecting the premises |
8.1 | The landlord, the managing agent or both may enter and inspect the premises on giving 24 hours prior written notice and at any time without notice, if there is an emergency. |
8.2 | On inspecting the premises the landlord, the managing agent or both will - |
(a) | cause as little inconvenience as possible in the circumstances to the tenant; and may |
(b) | bring with them any person, equipment and materials considered appropriate in the circumstances. |
9. | Tenant to clean, repair and make good damage |
9.1 | To keep the premises in a thoroughly clean and tidy condition. |
9.2 | To store rubbish, garbage, and trade waste on the premises in secure containers and have it regularly removed at appropriate intervals. |
9.3 | To repair and make good to the reasonable satisfaction of the landlord or the managing agent any unauthorised alterations or additions or damage to the premises for which the tenant is responsible under the terms of this lease, within 14 days (or a shorter period if reasonable in the circumstances) after having been given written notice stating the damage. |
9.4 | The landlord or the managing agent or others on their behalf may enter the premises bringing equipment and materials and repair and make good the unauthorised alterations or additions or damage, if the tenant does not do so within the time stated in the written notice. |
9.5 | To pay, or repay on demand, to the landlord or the managing agent all reasonable amounts spent in connection with repairing and making good the unauthorised alterations or additions or the damage for which the tenant is responsible including (but not limited to) labour, equipment, materials, approvals, permits, certificates, professional services, bank or financiers’ charges and interest. |
10. | Returning the premises to the landlord |
10.1 | When the term or any over-holding comes to an end (whether by the passing of time or otherwise), to return the premises to the landlord in the required condition and at the time of doing so will have - |
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(a) | removed the tenant’s fixtures and fittings and goods including signage and advertising; |
(b) | made good any damage to the premises and/or the building resulting from or arising in connection with the installation or removal of the tenant’s fixtures and fittings and goods; and |
(c) | reinstated the premises to the condition that existed when the first term of the lease commenced, if there has been a previous term or previous terms; |
(d) | cleaned and tidied the premises and the landlord’s fixtures and fittings; and |
(e) | repainted or refinished all painted or finished surfaces in a workmanlike manner to a condition consistent with the surfaces at the commencement date of this lease. |
10.2 | If the tenant does not comply with clause 10.1 (a) the landlord or the managing agent may dispose of the tenant’s fixtures and fittings and goods in the manner permitted by the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 for the disposal of uncollected goods. |
10.3 | For the avoidance of doubt, “in the required condition” means in a condition consistent with the tenant’s due performance of the obligations in clauses 5 and 9 and 11.3. |
11. | Signs |
11.1 | Before placing a sign on the premises to - |
(a) | obtain the written consent of the landlord or the managing agent, which may be subject to reasonable conditions; and |
(b) | obtain any permit(s) required and keep them current; and |
(c) | promptly provide a complete, legible copy of any permit(s) to the landlord or the managing agent. |
11.2 | A sign will comply with the law and be - |
(a) | displayed as required by the consent and permit(s); |
(b) | securely fastened; |
(c) | maintained in good condition; and |
(d) | removed when the lease ends. |
11.3 | On removing a sign, to make good damage to the premises or the building caused in connection with its installation, use or removal. |
12. | Use of the premises |
12.1 | If an approval or a consent or a permit or any or all of them is necessary to use the premises for the permitted use, to - |
(a) | obtain it; and |
(b) | comply with it; and |
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(c) | keep it current; and |
(d) | promptly give a complete, legible copy of it and any renewal of it to the landlord or the managing agent. |
12.2 | To use the premises for the permitted use specified in the Schedule and no other. |
12.3 | To carry on the permitted use at the premises during the usual business hours for the permitted use. |
12.4 | Not to discontinue the permitted use either temporarily or permanently, without the prior written consent of the landlord or the managing agent. |
12.5 | To comply with laws relating to the premises or the permitted use. But structural alterations or additions do not have to be made, unless necessary in connection with the permitted use. |
12.6 | In using the premises not to do, allow, or acquiesce in anything that may - |
(a) | be illegal; or |
(b) | create noise levels above those acceptable from time to time for the permitted use and in any event not use radio, television or other media at a volume audible outside the premises; or |
(c) | create a danger or health risk to those on the premises or to the public; or |
(d) | create a nuisance or disturb an owner or occupier of adjacent premises or nearby property; or |
(e) | result in structural loadings being exceeded; or |
(f) | adversely affect the landlord’s insurance resulting in - |
(i) | a policy becoming void or voidable; or |
(ii) | a premium or deductible being increased; or |
(iii) | a claim being rejected. |
12.7 | Not to permit, allow, or acquiesce in an animal, fish, bird, or reptile being on the premises. |
12.8 | Not to conduct, allow or acquiesce in an auction at or from the premises, without the prior written consent of the landlord or the managing agent. |
12.9 | Not to hold, allow or acquiesce in the holding of a public meeting at, in or from the premises, without the prior written consent of the landlord or the managing agent. |
13. | Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHSA) |
13.1 | The tenant acknowledges and agrees it has management and control of the premises for the purposes of the OHSA. |
13.2 | To observe and comply with the requirements imposed on the tenant by the OHSA. In particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the tenant will maintain free of obstruction all means of entry and exit at, and so far as is reasonably possible in the immediate vicinity of, the premises. |
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13.3 | To give written notice to the landlord or to the managing agent as soon as possible on becoming aware of an actual or a potential issue at, or in the vicinity of, the premises affecting occupational health and safety. |
13.4 | To hold the landlord and the managing agent indemnified against all costs, expenses, claims, demands, actions, judgements, or orders incurred by or made against the landlord or the managing agent in connection with or in relation to the tenant’s failure to observe and comply with the requirements imposed on it by the OHSA and regulations and by this clause. |
13.5 | Without limiting clause 13.4, if the tenant fails to observe and comply with any requirements imposed on the tenant by the OHSA and regulations, the landlord may, but is not under any obligation to, remedy any failures and recover all associated costs from the tenant. |
14. | Assignment and sub-letting |
14.1 | Section 144 of the Property Law Act 1958 does not apply to this lease. |
14.2 | Not to – |
(a) | assign; or |
(b) | sub-let; or |
(c) | licence; or |
(d) | part with occupation of |
the premises or the tenant’s legal or equitable interest in the premises unless the landlord or the managing agent has in each instance given prior written approval.
14.3 | Subject to clause 14.4, the landlord or the managing agent will not unreasonably refuse approval. |
14.4 | It is not unreasonable for the landlord or the managing agent to refuse approval if - |
(a) | the Act will then apply, if it did not apply when consent was sought; |
(b) | the permitted use is to change; |
(c) | the tenant has unpaid rent or outgoings; |
(d) | the tenant has not made good a notified default; |
(e) | no, or insufficient, details about the assignee, sub-tenant, licensee or person who will occupy the premise are provided; |
(f) | the landlord or the managing agent is of the reasonable opinion the assignee, sub-tenant, licensee or person who will occupy the premises lacks sufficient means, ability, or business experience to carry on the permitted use - or, if it is proposed the permitted use be changed, the permitted use as proposed - and comply with the lease, on the basis of information provided; |
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(g) | the documents for the assignment, sub-letting, licensing, or parting with occupation are not reasonably acceptable to the landlord, the landlord’s managing agent, or Australian legal practitioner or conveyancer; |
(h) | all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the landlord in relation to or in connection with giving approval have not been paid by the tenant; |
(i) | the tenant, the assignee, sub-tenant, licensee or person taking occupation of the premises has not signed the documents for the transaction, at the time the landlord is to sign the documents; |
(j) | the tenant or a guarantor of the tenant will be released from their obligations on the assignment, sub-lease, licence, or parting with occupation; |
(k) | if the assignee, sub-tenant, licensee or person taking occupation of the premises is required to provide a guarantee and indemnity in favour of the landlord, the guarantee and indemnity is not in a form approved by the landlord’s Australian legal practitioner. |
15. | Reletting, sale and other rights of entry |
15.1 | To allow - |
(a) | the affixing of “For Lease” and “For Sale” / “Auction” signs to the premises, in positions that do not unreasonably interfere with the tenant’s business; and also |
(b) | on receiving 24 hours prior written notice, prospective tenants or purchasers, on being accompanied by the landlord or the managing agent, and also valuers, who do not have to be accompanied, to enter and inspect the premises at reasonable times and when doing so to make photographic and video images of the premises; and also |
(c) | on receiving 24 hours prior written notice, except if there is an emergency in which case no prior notice is required, others having a contractual right, under a contract with the landlord or the managing agent, to come on to and remain on the premises from time to time with necessary personnel, plant, equipment and materials for the purposes of attending to the landlord’s obligations under this lease or obligations under laws applicable to the premises or the building, |
16. | Security deposit |
16.1 | Before taking possession of, or being provided with occupation of, the premises and thereafter from time to time during the term or any period of overholding to provide a security deposit in cash or a bank guarantee, as may be required by the landlord, in the amount specified in the Schedule. |
16.2 | A bank guarantee provided as the security deposit will be - |
(a) | in a form reasonably required by the landlord or the managing agent and which does not specify an expiry date; |
(b) | provided by a bank listed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority as - |
(i) | an Australian-owned bank; or |
(ii) | a foreign subsidiary bank; and |
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in either case
(iii) | must have an office at Melbourne at which payment will be made, on presentation of the bank guarantee; |
(c) | handed to the landlord or the managing agent as provided in clause 16.1 |
16.3 | The landlord or the managing agent will hold the security deposit and may use it if- |
(a) | a payment to be made by the tenant to the landlord is not made within 14 days of the due date for payment; |
(b) | a default is not made good as required by notice; |
(c) | the premises are not returned to the landlord in the required condition when this lease or any overholding ends. |
16.4 | The landlord or the managing agent is not required to advise the tenant before using the security deposit. |
16.5 | To maintain the security deposit at the required amount during the term and any over-holding. |
16.6 | If the security deposit is not sufficient to - |
(a) | meet a payment; or |
(b) | make good a default; or |
(c) | put the premises into the required condition |
to pay the additional amount required to do so on demand.
16.7 | Not to fail or refuse to make a payment because it may be met in part or entirely from the security deposit. |
16.8 | If the security deposit is provided in cash, not to permit, allow or acquiesce in a financing statement being registered over it, except by the landlord. |
16.9 | To provide information, sign documents and do anything else required to allow the landlord to - |
(a) | register a financing statement over the security deposit; or |
(b) | either comply with obligations or enforce rights or both under the PPSA |
and even though this lease has expired or come to an end.
16.10 | Notice of a verification statement under section 157(1) of the PPSA is not required. |
16.11 | If in the reasonable opinion of the landlord or the managing agent the premises are in a clean and tenantable condition at the date on which the tenant vacates and the tenant has otherwise complied with all of the tenant’s obligations, the security deposit will be repaid or the bank guarantee returned within 30 days after the date on which the lease ends. |
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17. | Interest |
17.1 | To pay interest on any monies payable to the landlord which are not paid on the due day for payment (monies overdue), if demanded. |
17.2 | The rate of interest will be that fixed from time to time under section 2 of the Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983. |
17.3 | Interest will be calculated and charged on the monies overdue from time to time beginning on the day after the day on which payment is due to and including the day on which the monies overdue are paid in full. |
18. | Landlord’s costs and expenses / stamp duty |
18.1 | To pay, or to repay, on demand: - |
(a) | The landlord’s reasonable managing agent’s, legal or conveyancer’s costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with - |
(i) | the negotiation, preparation, settling and signing of this lease; |
(ii) | a default by the tenant; |
(iii) | a request to give or obtain a consent or an approval, whether or not given or obtained; |
(iv) | a variation, surrender or assignment of this lease; |
(v) | a renewal of this lease; |
(b) | Stamp duty (if any) assessed in connection with this lease or a renewal of it. |
18.2 | If the Act applies, the landlord may only recover costs and out-of-pocket expenses as permitted by the Act. |
The landlord covenants and agrees with the tenant as follows -
19. | Quiet enjoyment |
19.1 | If the tenant - |
(a) | pays the rent, outgoings and other expenses payable by the tenant under the terms of this lease when due; and |
(b) | carries out and complies with the tenant’s other obligations the tenant may, subject to the rights of entry set out in this lease, occupy and use the premises for the permitted use during the term and any over-holding without interruption by the landlord or a person rightfully claiming through, under, or in trust for the landlord. |
20. | Access to the premises |
The tenant may use in common with others the usual means for entering and leaving the premises, during the term or any over-holding.
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21. | Insurance |
To provide the tenant with details of insurance covers taken out by the landlord in relation to the premises, on receiving written request.
The landlord and the tenant covenant and agree with each other as follows -
22. | Over-holding |
22.1 | If the tenant does not have an option to renew this lease for a further term or if having an option to renew does not exercise it in the required manner, then if at least 3 months before the term expires, unless otherwise agreed in writing - |
(a) | the tenant has not given the landlord written notice of intention to vacate the premises; or |
(b) | The landlord has not given the tenant a written notice requiring possession of the premises on the day after the day on which the term expires - |
(i) | the tenant will be an over-holding tenant; and |
(ii) | on the terms and conditions of this lease, so far as they are applicable to an over-holding monthly tenancy; and |
(iii) | the monthly rent will be the same as that payable when the term expired, unless otherwise agreed; and |
(iv) | the landlord may vary the monthly rent on giving one month’s prior written notice; and |
(v) | the landlord or the tenant may end the tenancy at any time by giving three months prior written notice; and |
(vi) | this lease otherwise continues with no break in the tenant’s entitlement to possession. |
23. | Further term |
23.1 | If the tenant may renew this lease for a further term as specified in the Schedule, the tenant may do so if - |
(a) | rent and other payments to be made by the tenant are not in arrears; and |
(b) | there is no un-remedied default of which written notice has been given by the landlord; and |
(c) | there have been no persistent defaults during the term of which written notices have been given by the landlord; and |
(d) | written notice of the renewal dated and signed by the ‘tenant is given to the landlord or the managing agent not more than 3 months before and no later than 5:00 pm on the last day to exercise the option set out in the Schedule. (*if there is more than one tenant, each must sign the notice) |
23.2 | The lease for the further term will be on the terms and conditions of this lease, except - |
(a) | this clause 23 will be omitted, if there is no further term; or |
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(b) | if there is a further term(s) remaining, the lease will be altered to omit the renewed further term; |
(c) | if the rent for the further term is to be agreed and there is no agreement within 30 days before the commencement date of the further term then - unless before the 30 days ends some other period of time has been agreed for concluding an agreement about the rent - the rent for the further term will be determined as set out in clause 24.2. |
23.3 |
(a) | This clause 23.3 applies where: |
(i) | before its renewal, the lease was a retail premises under the Act; and |
(ii) | the renewed lease for the further term is not a retail premises lease under the Act. |
(b) | If this clause 23.3 applies, then on and from the commencing date of the renewed lease for the further term, a provision of the lease that was: |
(i) | made void by the Act is revived in the renewed lease for the further term and can be enforced by the parties; |
(ii) | implied into the lease by the Act ceases to be implied into the renewed lease for the further term and cannot be enforced by the parties. |
24. | Review of the rent to market |
24.1 | The rent - |
(a) | then payable on the terms of this lease; or |
(b) | the rent as agreed or determined for the then current further term |
will be reviewed to the current market rent of the premises (the rent) on each market review date specified in the Schedule.
24.2 | If the Act does not apply and the rent for a further term has not been agreed as provided in clause 23.2 (c) or within 60 days after a market review date, the rent will then be determined, as follows - |
(a) | the landlord or the tenant or both may apply to the REIV for the appointment of a valuer to determine the rent; |
(b) | the landlord and the tenant will co-operate with one another and with the REIV and do all things required by the REIV so the appointment of a valuer can be made with a minimum of delay; |
(c) | the landlord and the tenant will each pay fifty percent (50%) of the fees and expenses of the REIV in making the appointment and of the valuer in determining the rent, unless other percentages are agreed in writing. If either of them neglects or refuses to pay their share, or a part of it, the other may do so on their behalf and recover the payment on the basis of an account stated; |
(d) | the valuer will determine the rent as an expert, on formally accepting the appointment; |
(e) | in determining the rent the valuer will not take into account improvements, fixtures and fittings - |
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(i) | paid for by the tenant; and |
(ii) | installed by or for the tenant in connection with the permitted use, with the landlord’s consent; and |
(iii) | that the tenant has the right to remove when this lease ends |
unless the landlord and the tenant agree otherwise in writing.
(f) | the landlord and the tenant will co-operate with one another and with the valuer in providing access to the premises and to documents and information in their possession or under their control which the valuer considers relevant to the review; |
(g) | subject to sub-clause (d), the valuer will provide the landlord and the tenant with a written determination within a reasonable time; |
(h) | the determination must have reasons and set out matters taken into account in the making of it; |
(i) | the determination will be final and binding on the landlord and the tenant; |
(j) | if the rent has not been agreed or determined by a review date, the tenant will continue to pay the rent then current; |
(k) | On the next day for payment of rent following the rent being agreed or the valuer’s determination being provided any adjustment required will be made. |
25. | CPI adjustment of the rent |
25.1 | On each date specified in the Schedule (adjustment date) the rent will be adjusted in line with movements in the CPI using the formula - |
R equals A multiplied by B divided by C
Where -
“R” is the adjusted rent payable from the adjustment date;
“A” is the rent payable immediately before the adjustment date;
“B” is the CPI for the quarter ended immediately before the adjustment date;
“C” is the CPI for the quarter ended immediately before the previous adjustment date or if there is no previous adjustment date, immediately before the commencement date.
25.2 | If the CPI for the quarter ended immediately before the adjustment date is not published until after the adjustment date, the adjustment will be made as soon as possible following publication, with the adjustment taking effect on and from the adjustment date. Pending the adjustment, the tenant must continue to pay the rent then current. On the next date for payment of rent following the adjustment, any under payment or over payment will be paid or credited respectively, as the circumstances require. |
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25.3 | If the base of the CPI is changed between the commencement date and the first adjustment date or between the adjustment dates any necessary alterations must be made to preserve the continuity of the calculations. |
25.4 | If the ABS ceases to publish the CPI the adjustment will be made using the index or other publication substituted for it, any changes being made to preserve the continuity of the calculations. If no index or publication is substituted, the landlord and tenant will agree on an alternative index or publication within 14 days of the adjustment date. If there is no agreement, either the landlord or the tenant or both will request the President of the REIV or his or her nominee (acting as an expert) to determine an appropriate index or publication which reflects changes in the cost of living at Melbourne. The determination will be final and binding. |
26. | Fixed rent increases |
26.1 | On each rent increase date specified in the Schedule the annual rent then payable will be increased by the stated percentage or amount. |
26.2 | On the next day for payment of rent following the rent being increased, the required adjustment will be made. |
27. | Damage to and destruction of the premises |
27.1 | If during the term or a period of over holding - |
(a) | the premises or a part of the premises are totally or partly damaged or destroyed by any cause so as to be unfit for use and occupation by the tenant; and |
(b) | the event causing the damage or destruction was not caused or contributed to by the default of the tenant; and |
(c) | any policy of insurance effected by the landlord has not been vitiated or payment or renewal refused as a result of an act, neglect, or default of the tenant – |
then the rent and outgoings - or a fair and reasonable proportion having regard to the nature and extent of the damage or destruction or to any interference with the permitted use of premises by the tenant - will be suspended or cease to be payable, so long as the premises are unfit for occupation and use.
27.2 | If there is a dispute about the proportion or the period of abatement the landlord and the tenant agree it will be referred to arbitration under the Commercial Arbitration Act 201T and abatement will be in full satisfaction of all claims for damages by the tenant against the landlord. |
27.3 | Notwithstanding clause 27.2, if the premises are totally or substantially destroyed and not re-instated within 3 months from the date on which the destruction occurred the landlord or the tenant may by written notice elect to end this lease and from the date of the giving of the notice all claims under this lease, except for those which have arisen before that date, will be at an end. |
28. | Cessation of building services |
Except in the case of voluntary withdrawal by the landlord or provided by the Act (if applicable), no damages, compensation or abatement of the rent will be claimed by the tenant or allowed by the landlord for the cessation of, damage to, or the failure or breakdown of any services provided in or to the building. “Services” include, but are not limited to, electricity, gas, water, sprinklers, alarms, pumps, air conditioning, heating, cooling or ventilation equipment, hot water service, cleaning, lifts or escalators.
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29. | Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) |
29.1 | The landlord and the tenant agree this lease is a security interest for the purposes of the PPSA. |
29.2 | The tenant will not register or allow or acquiesce in the registration of financing statement by any person, with the exception of the landlord, for goods provided by the landlord at or in connection with the premises. |
29.3 | The landlord may register a financing statement for a security interest arising because of this lease over goods provided by the landlord at or in connection with the premises, or the tenant’s fixtures, fittings and/or goods not removed from the premises when this lease ends that are personal property. |
29.4 | The tenant waives the right to receive a notice in relation to registration events to which section 157(1)(a) of the PPSA applies. |
29.5 | The landlord and the tenant agree they will not disclose information in the nature of that referred to in section 275(1) of the PPSA. |
29.6 | When this lease ends and the tenant has vacated the premises and returned them to the landlord in the condition required by this lease (or as may be otherwise agreed in writing), or on an assignment in accordance with the terms of this lease the landlord will register a financing change statement for a security interest of the landlord, with the exception of a security interest registered for goods provided by the landlord at or in connection with the premises. |
29.7 | The tenant will sign all documents and do all things necessary to allow the landlord to register a financing statement and enforce its rights and meet its obligations under the PPSA and this clause. If the tenant is an individual, the tenant will provide his or her date of birth and a certified copy of his or her current driver’s licence or birth certificate in confirmation. The landlord will not use the certified copy for any other purpose and will return it to the tenant on request. |
29.8 | The tenant will pay on demand the landlord’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in relation to or in connection with matters referred to in this clause. |
30. | Indemnity by the tenant |
The landlord will not be liable for any damage or injury to the premises or to the tenant or the tenant’s property or to the property of the tenant’s employees, contractors, agents, licensees or invitees as a result of any happening not attributable to the negligence of the landlord. To the extent permitted by law, the tenant indemnifies and agrees to keep the landlord indemnified in respect of and in connection with all claims, liabilities, actions, suits, demands, judgements or costs arising from or related to such damage or injury arising out of or in connection with the tenant’s use of the premises.
31. | Notices |
31.1 | A notice to be given by the landlord or the tenant is to be in writing and is to be dated and signed by the giver of it. |
31.2 | A notice is given to the party to whom it is addressed (recipient) by - |
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(a) | delivering it; or |
(b) | posting it by pre-paid post; or |
(c) | sending it by electronic communication (email) |
to the address or to the email address (as the case requires) of the recipient, set out in the Schedule or to the party’s last known address or email address provided in writing, or to the party’s registered office.
31.3 | A notice that is delivered is given on delivery. But if delivery takes place outside normal business hours the notice is deemed given at 9:00 am on the next business day at the place of delivery. |
31.4 | A notice that is posted is given - |
(a) | if posted by express post, on the next business day; or |
(b) | if posted by priority post, on the fourth business day; or |
(c) | if posted by regular post, on the sixth business day |
after the day on which the notice is posted.
31.5 | A notice sent by email is given when it first becomes capable of being retrieved as provided in section 13A (2) of the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000. If that occurs outside normal business hours the notice is deemed given at 9:00 am on the next business day. |
31.6 | For the purpose of giving a notice - |
(a) | “normal business hours” means between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm inclusive on a business day; and |
(b) | “business day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day declared as a public holiday at the street address of the recipient set out in the Schedule. |
32. | Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 (ETVA) |
32.1 | For the purposes of Part 2, Division 2, section 8 of the ETVA the landlord and the tenant acknowledge it is reasonable to expect that information or a notice or both to be given by either of them to the other by means of an electronic communication will be readily accessible so as to be useable for subsequent reference and consent to information or a notice or both being given to them by means of an electronic communication. |
32.2 | For the purpose of the giving of a notice which requires a signature and will be given in the body of or as an attachment to an email, the signature of the person to the notice will be a sufficient signature if typed in a legible font. |
33. | Rules |
33.1 | The landlord or the managing agent on behalf of the landlord may make rules or regulations or both for the management, use, or occupation of the building, including the rules of any owners corporation affecting the premises, but such rules or regulations must not be inconsistent with the rights of the tenant as set out in this lease or the Act, if the Act applies. |
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33.2 | The landlord or the managing agent on behalf of the landlord may revoke or alter rules or regulations or substitute other rules or regulations for those then current from time to time and the tenant will be bound by a change when it receives notice of it. |
33.3 | The tenant must at all times comply with the rules or regulations of the building and rules of an owners corporation (if-applicable), whether original, altered or substituted, starting on the date of being given notice of them. |
34. | Defaults by the tenant |
34.1 | The landlord may terminate this lease by re-entry or forfeiture if the tenant fails to remedy a breach of this lease within 14 days after being given a notice complying with section 146(1) of the Property Law Act 1958, but no notice is required before re-entry or forfeiture in the case of non-payment of rent. |
34.2 | The tenant is in breach of this lease if - |
(a) | the rent or outgoings or both are not paid on the due dates for payment although no legal or formal demand has been made; or |
(b) | the tenant otherwise fails to observe and perform the covenants on its part to be observed and performed; |
(c) | being a company - |
(i) | an order is made or a resolution passed for its winding-up, other than for the purposes of reconstruction or amalgamation; or |
(ii) | a provisional receiver, receiver, or receiver and manager is appointed; or |
(iii) | it is placed under official management; or |
(iv) | it goes into liquidation; or |
(v) | control of the company changes, without the prior written consent of the landlord, unless the tenant is a company listed on an Australian stock exchange in which case consent is not required; |
(d) | the tenant fails to satisfy a judgement entered against it within the time specified in the judgement to do so; |
(e) | the tenant being an individual commits an act of bankruptcy; |
(f) | a guarantor of the tenant who is an individual commits an act of bankruptcy or, if the guarantor is a company, any of the matters set out in clause 34.2 (c) occurs. |
(g) | the tenant ceases to use premises for the permitted use or permits or acquiesces in the premises ceasing to be used for the permitted use; |
(h) | the premises are unoccupied for a period exceeding 14 days during the term or a period of over holding. |
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34.3 | If the landlord terminates this lease, the landlord may sue the tenant for unpaid monies or damages or both, including for damages representing the benefit of this lease receivable if the term had continued and expired by the passing of time. |
35. | Repudiation of this lease by the tenant |
Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9,12,14 and 16 are essential provisions of this lease. If the tenant breaches an essential provision it is a repudiation which the landlord may accept, if the landlord does not accept a repudiation of an essential provision it does not prevent the landlord accepting a subsequent repudiation of the same or another essential provision.
36. | Disputes |
36.1 | A dispute must be resolved in accordance with Part 10 of the Act, if the Act applies. |
36.2 | A party to a retail tenancy dispute may be represented by a legal practitioner or practitioners of their choice, unless the dispute is one to which clause 36.3 applies. |
36.3 | A dispute between the tenant and another tenant or occupier of the Building about the use of the premises or the Building must be promptly referred by the tenant to the landlord or the landlord’s managing agent for determination. Unless the Act applies, the determination of the landlord or the landlord’s managing agent will be binding and the tenants or occupiers have no right to legal representation. |
36.4 | In determining a dispute under clause 36.3, the landlord or the managing agent is not required to strictly comply with the rules of natural justice and the laws or rules of evidence do not apply and they may inform themselves as they see fit with the intent the dispute will be determined in a reasonable manner as speedily, informally, and inexpensively as possible. |
37. | Goods and Services Tax |
37.1 | “GST” means GST within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 as amended (GST Act). |
37.2 | Expressions used in this clause 37 and the GST Act have the same meaning as in the GST Act. |
37.3 | Except where this Lease states otherwise, each amount payable by a party under this Lease in respect of a taxable supply by the other party is expressed as a GST exclusive amount and the recipient of the supply must, in addition to that amount and at the same time, pay to the supplier the GST payable in respect of the supply. |
37.4 | An amount payable by the tenant in respect of a creditable acquisition by the landlord from a third party must not exceed the sum of the value of the landlord’s acquisition and the additional amount payable by the tenant under clause 37.3 on account of the landlord’s GST liability. |
37.5 | A party is not obliged, under clause 37.3, to pay GST on a taxable supply to it under this Lease, until given a valid tax invoice for the supply. |
37.6 | If during the term or period of over holding the landlord registers, or is required to be registered, for GST under the GST Act, then on and from the date the landlord registers, or is required to be registered, for GST under the GST Act clauses 37.3, 37.4 and 37.5 will apply to each amount payable by a party under this lease in respect of a taxable supply by the other party or an amount payable by the tenant in respect of a creditable acquisition. |
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38. | Delivery of Guarantee and Indemnity |
If a guarantor is named in the Schedule, the tenant must on the same date as the execution of this lease procure execution by the guarantor of a guarantee and indemnity and deliver the executed guarantee and indemnity to the landlord. If the landlord elects, this lease will not take effect until the guarantee and indemnity has been properly executed by the guarantor and delivered to the landlord.
39. | Definitions and interpretation |
39.1 | In this Lease, unless otherwise required by the context or subject matter – |
“ABS” means the Australian Bureau of Statistics or its successors.
“acquiesce in” / “acquiesced in” means the tenant has failed to take reasonable measures which, if taken, would have prevented the act, matter or thing which led to a breach of the tenant’s obligations under this lease.
“Act” means the Retail Leases Act 2003.
“act of bankruptcy” has the meaning given in section 40 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966.
“bank guarantee” means a guarantee by an authorised deposit taking institution under the Banking Act 1959.
“building” means the building of which the premises forms a part.
“control” has the meaning given in section 50AA of the Corporations Act 2001.
“court” includes a tribunal.
“CPI” means the Consumer Price Index, Australia All Groups Index numbers for Melbourne as published by the ABS.
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000.
“essential safety measure” has the meaning given in the Act.
“guarantor” means the individual or corporation or one or more of them referred to in the Schedule;
“guarantee and indemnity” means the REIV’s standard guarantee and indemnity Code 142 or a guarantee and indemnity in a similar form.
“information” when used in relation to an electronic communication has the meaning given in section 3 of the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000.
“landlord” means the individual or corporation or incorporated association or one or more of them referred to in the Schedule and includes the assignees, executors, administrators, or successors of the landlord and the reversioner immediately expectant on the Term.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Securities Act 2009.
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“REIV” means The Real Estate Institute of Victoria Ltd ACN 004 201 897 or its successors.
“sign” includes advertisement.
“tenant” means the individual or corporation or incorporated association or one or more of them referred to in the Schedule and includes the executor, administrator, and permitted assignee of the tenant and where the context permits includes an employee, agent, contractor, licensee, or invitee of the tenant.
“then applicable Australian Standard” means that published by Standards Australia Limited ACN 087 326 690 or its successors.
“writing” includes all modes of representing or reproducing words, figures, or symbols in a visible form and expressions referring to writing are to be read accordingly.
39.2 | If the landlord or the tenant or both comprise two or more individuals or corporations or incorporated associations the covenants and obligations their part apply to them jointly and to each of them individually. |
39.3 | No waiver by the landlord or the tenant of a breach of the terms of this lease by the other will operate as a waiver of another breach of the same or of another term, condition, or covenant. |
39.4 | References to an Act includes a reference to orders, declarations, ordinances, regulations, rules, by-laws, or guidelines made under it and to all amendments, modifications, re-enactments, consolidations, or replacements. |
39.5 | The singular includes the plural and vice versa. |
39.6 | The masculine gender includes the female and neuter genders. |
39.7 | If it is necessary to determine priority between the provisions of this lease, the priority is - |
● | the content, if any, of the Special Conditions Schedule; then |
● | the content of the Schedule; then |
● | the respective covenants of the landlord and the tenant. |
39.8 | This lease is governed by the laws of Victoria and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria. |
39.9 | This Lease is to be interpreted so it does not infringe Acts of the Commonwealth or Victorian Parliaments or any subordinate legislation made under them. If a provision does infringe, it will be read down, but only to the extent necessary, so it does not infringe and will otherwise remain operative, so far as possible in the circumstances. If it cannot be read down, it will be disregarded. If a provision is disregarded or held invalid by a court, the remainder of this Lease will continue in force. |
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ABOUT THIS SCHEDULE
This is a standard form document which forms part of the REIV copyright Commercial Lease (Code 143). The printed, standard wording may need to be altered when completing the
Schedule to record a lease, as negotiated. Alterations to the printed, standard wording should be recorded in the Special Conditions Schedule not by making changes to the Schedule itself. Depending on circumstances, it may be prudent to
obtain professional help when completing this Schedule. Ensure the completed Schedule is attached to each part of the lease, at the lime the lease is signed. |
Landlord advice to the tenant
The landlord advises the tenant this Schedule is in the copyright format published by The Real Estate Institute of Victoria Ltd as at the date printed /version at the foot of the first page, unless there are alterations or additions or both which appear in the Special Conditions Schedule. The tenant is advised to check the Special Conditions Schedule, before signing this lease. |
Date of this Lease: 30 /11 / 20 22
Landlord: COLLAN INVESTMENT LIMITED
Contact Person: JONG KAN FOO | ||||
Address: | L 10 167 Queen St, Melbourne VIC | Postcode: 3000 | ||
ACN: | 093 297 833 | ABN: | 42 093 297 833 | |
Phone: | Mobile: | 0422130888 | ||
Fax: | Email: | fooyf@leunwah.com.sg | ||
Landlord: COLLAN INVESTMENT LIMITED |
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Contact Person: YUNG FUN FOO | ||||
Address: | L 10 167 Queen St, Melbourne VIC | Postcode: | ||
ACN: | 093 297 833 | ABN: | 42 093 297 833 | |
Phone: | Mobile: | +65 90687932 | ||
Fax: | Email: | fooyf@leunwah.com.sg | ||
Tenant: TELIX INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD |
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Contact Person: Darren Smith | ||||
Address: |
L 4 UNIT 401/55 Flemington Rd, North Melbourne VIC |
Postcode: 3051 | ||
ACN: | 616 657 839 | ABN: | 26 616 657 839 | |
Phone: | Mobile: | 0438057641 | ||
Fax: | Email: | darren.smith@telixpharma.com | ||
Managing Agent: TT Global Pty Ltd |
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Managing Agent: | ||||
Address: | Level 6,167 Queen Street | Postcode: 3000 | ||
ACN: | ABN: | 84088952809 | ||
Phone: | 96621818 | Mobile: | 0418333081 | |
Fax: | 96622828 | Email: | tonytai@ttglobal.com.au |
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Premises*:
Units 401,402,403 and 405-410 (inclusive), Level 4, 55 Flemington Rd, North Melbourne being the land contained in Certificates of Title Volume 10937 Folios 986, 987, 988 and 990-995 (inclusive) and shown as [cross-hatched and hatched] on the plan attached to this lease. 3051
(*attach plan to each part of this lease, if applicable)
Term: 6 years
Commencement date of the term: 01 /12 / 20 22
Landlord’s fixtures and fittings (Cl 5.1(a)): Light fittings, flooring, air-conditioning, smoke detectors and all other fit-outs, fixtures and fittings installed by the Landlord
(*if insufficient space, attach extra page(s))
Further term(s) (Cl 23): 3 years
Last date to exercise option to renew for the next further term (Cl 23.1 (d)): 31 / 08 / 20 28
Commencement date of the next further term (Cl 23): 01/12/2028
Commencing rent* (Cl 1): $436,506.00 Per Annum** / Per Calendar month**
*the rent is exclusive of GST unless “GST inclusive” or “GST is not payable on the rent” appears in the box:
GST exclusive |
Rent commencement date (Cl 1): 01 /12 / 20 22
Landlord’s loss of rent and outgoings insurance period (Cl 2.1 (h)): ___________ months.
Landlord’s public liability insurance cover (Cl 2.1 (h)): $ 20,000,000.00
Outgoings excluded (Cl 2.1): Separately metered utilities and services consumed or provided to the premises.
Outgoings, manner of apportionment (Cl 2.3): Not applicable
The proportion that the lettable area of the premises bears to the lettable area of the building (Cl 2.4(a)): Not applicable
Building operating expenses, apportionment (Cl 3.2(a)): Not applicable
Permitted use (Cl 12.2): Office, Medical Imaging and Associated Use, subject to relevant Authorities’ approval(s).
Security deposit(CI.16.1): of*$ er or or *equivalent to 4.0 months rent plus GST.
(*complete the one required and delete the other)
the security deposit will be provided in cash, unless “bank guarantee” appears in the box:
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Market rent review dates (Cl 24.1): 01/12/2028
CPI adjustment of rent dates (Cl 25.1): _____________________________________________
Fixed rent increases percentage or amount (Cl 26.1): 3.5%
Fixed rent increases dates (Cl 26.1): 01/12/2023, 01/12/2024, 01/12/2025, 01/12/2026, 01/12/2027, 01/12/2029 and 01/12 /2030
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Executed as a deed and if by a corporation, in the manner referred to in section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001.
Signed sealed and delivered by the landlord | COLLAN INVESTMENT LIMITED | ||
Director Name: | Jong Kan Foo | /s/ Jong Kan Foo | |
Director/Company Secretary Name: |
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in the presence of Witness Name: |
Signed sealed and delivered by the landlord | COLLAN INVESTMENT LIMITED | ||
Director Name: | Yung Fun Foo | /s/ Yung Fun Foo | |
Director/Company Secretary Name: |
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in the presence of Witness Name: |
Signed sealed and delivered by the tenant | TELIX INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD | ||
Director Name: | Darren Smith, Group CFO | /s/ Darren Smith | |
Director/Company Secretary Name: |
Melanie Farris, Company Secretary | /s/ Melanie Farris | |
in the presence of Witness Name: |
Lena Moran-Adams, Group General Counsel | /s/ Lena Moran-Adams |
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ABOUT THIS SCHEDULE
The REIV copyright Commercial Lease Special Conditions Schedule Code 144a is for use with the REIV copyright Commercial Lease Code 143 and REIV copyright Commercial Lease Schedule Code 144, if alterations or additions are to be made to the Code 143 or Code 144 documents. Ensure the completed Schedule is attached to each part of the lease, at the time the lease is signed. |
Use this Schedule to record -
● | changes to the wording of the numbered clauses of the REIV Copyright Commercial Lease Code 143; and |
● | matters agreed by the landlord and the tenant in addition to the terms and conditions of the REIV Copyright Commercial Lease Code 143; and |
● | changes to the printed, standard wording of the REIV Copyright Commercial Lease Schedule Code 144; and |
● | other matters which, because of lack of space, or for some other reason, cannot be properly recorded in the Schedule. |
[Number the special conditions consecutively, starting at 1]
● | attach additional pages, if required. |
1 Cleaning of Premises;
The tenant shall be responsible for cleaning costs and waste disposal in relation to the premises pursuant to its obligation under the lease.
2 Legal Fees:
Despite clause 18.1(a)(i) of the lease, the tenant and the landlord will be responsible for their own legal costs incurred in the preparation, negotiation and execution of this lease documentation.
3 Leasing Incentives:
a. Subject to the tenant engaging contractors for the fitout works, the landlord will provide the tenant an incentive for the amount of $331,198.92 plus GST, being an amount equal to 18 months of half rent plus GST from the Commencement date (Incentive).
b. The Incentive will be paid as follows:
i. an amount equal to $200,000 plus GST to be provided as a contribution to the tenant’s fitout works (Fitout Contribution) and paid within 14 days of receipt by the landlord of a valid tax invoice from the tenant; and
ii. the balance of the incentive (being the Incentive less the Fitout Contribution) will be provided as an even rental discount over the first 18 months of the term (Rent Reduction) to be applied by deducting $7,288.83 (plus GST) from each monthly rental payment for the 18 months period from 1 December 2022 to 31 May 2024.
c. In addition to the Fitout Contribution and Rent Reduction, within 14 days of the date the tenant executes this lease, the landlord must pay to the tenant, or as it otherwise directs, an amount equal to $15,000 plus GST as a contribution towards the consultancy fees for CBRE, being the tenant’s agent (CBRE Contribution).
d. In the event that the landlord does not pay the Fitout Contribution or CBRE Contribution within the time frame specified in this special condition, despite any other provision in this lease the tenant may set-off the outstanding amount against rent or any other amounts payable by the tenant to the landlord under the lease (in addition to the Rent Reduction).
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e. This special condition will not apply to any extension or further term of the lease
4 Permits:
The tenant is responsible for obtaining any relevant permit(s) in connection with the permitted use in and must ensure that use of the premises complies with all relevant statutory and health department regulations and requirements and OH&S requirements referable to the tenant’s particular use of the premises.
5 Landlord Works:
a. Subject to mutually satisfactory specifications and pricing, each party acting reasonably and promptly, the landlord will reimburse the tenant or pay the tenant’s costs as directed for the following works (Landlord Works) within 14 days of receipt of valid tax invoices from the tenant or its contractors (which may be issued as a lump sum or separately upon completion of the relevant part of the Landlord Works):
i. Painting of existing walls and doors (estimated cost $6,765 ex GST);
ii. Supply and install new general carpet tiles (estimated cost $45,448 ex GST);
iii. Replacement of internal sun-screen roller blinds for the external windows of the Premises (x48): (estimated cost $25,200 ex GST);
iv. Replacement of suspended ceiling tiles including removal of existing tiles but excluding removal or replacement of the ceiling tile grid (estimated cost $23,250.00 ex GST);
v. Replacement of LED light fittings to base building general tenancy areas including removal of existing lighting where not undertaken by the landlord; and
vi. Replacement of new air-conditioning registers / swirl diffusers to general tenancy areas (estimated cost $34,944.00 ex GST).
b. In respect of the estimated costs referred to in special condition 5a:
i. the landlord and tenant acknowledge and agree that these are estimated amounts only and may be varied; and
ii. in the event that the tenant estimates that the revised costs of the Landlord Works (Revised Costs) will exceed the estimated costs in special condition 5 a by more than 5%:
1. the landlord may obtain alternative quotes for the Landlord Works adopting the same specifications and terms as the tenant’s quotes (Landlord Quotes); and
2. if the amounts stated in the Landlord Quotes are 95% or less of the Revised Cost, the landlord and tenant must agree the contractor to be engaged and amount of the Landlord Works before the tenant commences those works.
c. In the event that the landlord does not reimburse the tenant for the Landlord Works within the time frame specified in this special condition, despite any other provision in this lease, the tenant may set-off the outstanding amount against rent or any other amounts payable by the tenant to the landlord under the lease.
d. The parties agree that:
i. the Landlord’s Works are the landlord’s property; and
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ii. the tenant has exclusive use of the Landlord’s Works and the landlord may not remove any part of the Landlord’s Works from the premises for the duration of the lease or while the tenant has exclusive use of the premises.
e. Special conditions 5a to c (inclusive) will not apply to any extension or further term of the lease.
6 Lessee Fitouts:
a. Except where otherwise stated in this Lease, the tenant shall be responsible for all the cost of all fitout works and alterations required by the tenant.
b. No works shall be carried out unless the landlord has signed and approved plans and specifications, including alterations to air conditioning, sprinklers etc such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
c. If required by the landlord, the tenant shall pay the reasonable costs of the landlord’s consultants in approving the plans and expenses, which in respect of the initial fitout works for the entire premises is capped at $5,000 (+GST).
d. The tenant is responsible for seeking and obtaining relevant statutory approvals in respect to fitout work.
7 Make Good:
a. At the expiration of the term or sooner determination of the lease, the tenant will be required to:
i. return the premises to base building “Warm Shell” standard and layout having regard to the condition as at the Commencement date, which for the avoidance of doubt is:
(a) returning with the premises with the following items which were installed as part of the Landlord Works or which were already existing in the premises as at the Commencement date:
● | Ceiling Tiles & Grid - Uniform design and standard commensurate with 55 Flemington Road Base Building Standards; |
● | Fire Protection - Independent and appropriate Fire Detection system to be reinstated for each Unit; |
● | Emergency & Exit Lights - Independent and appropriate Emergency & Exit Lighting system to be reinstated for each Unit; |
● | Electrical Switch Board - Independent and appropriate Switchboard for the independent control of lighting, power supply and HVAC for each Unit; |
● | HVAC - Independent and appropriate base building HVAC system and diffusers to be reinstated for each Unit; |
● | Lighting - LED panels equivalent standard of Light Panels installed by Landlord at as Lease Commencement Date to be cabled to individual Units; |
● | GPO’s - Independent and appropriate GPO’s connected to the independent Switchboard for each Unit; |
● | All excess data and electrical cabling to be removed; |
● | All existing plumbing pipes and appliances to be removed. Each Unit to have a single connection point for water supply and discharge; |
● | Walls - All new intertenancy walls to be reinstated with 10mm plaster, metal studs and insulation. Walls should be painted with minimum of 2 coats of Dulux Natural White. Aluminium skirting board to be installed where Cable & Data Trays are absent; |
● | Doors - To be same specification as per Base Building design, colour and signage; |
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● | Door Locks & Furnishings - To be same specification as per Base Building design, colour and type; |
● | Electrical & Data Cable Trays - To be installed on all 4 walls for each Unit; |
(b) removing fitout installed by or on behalf of the tenant during the term, but excluding any obligation to repair or make good any damage due to fair wear and tear;
ii. reinstate all inter-tenancy walls and entrance doors (if applicable) required to return the Premises 10 individual suites (being Suites 401 to 410 inclusive), and
iii. repaint all walls and doors and clean the carpet, but the tenant will not be required to repair or make good any damage arising from fair wear and tear.
b. The parties agree that despite the extent of any annexation, all title to the tenant’s fitout vests with the tenant, including but not limited to any HVAC or air-conditioning unit, and forms part of the tenant’s installations and may be removed by the tenant at the expiry of the lease; and
c. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that clause 10.1(c) and (e) of the lease do not apply.
8 Lease Commencement Date for Unit 404:
a. On and from the Unit 404 Commencement Date the landlord leases Unit 404 to the tenant on the same terms as conditions as this lease as varied in special condition 8b.
b. On and from the Unit 404 Commencement Date, the lease will be varied as follows:
i. the description of the “Premises” in the Schedule will be varied to read:
“Units 401-410, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne being the land contained in Certificates of Title Volume 10937 Folios
986-995 (inclusive) and as identified on the plan attached to this lease”;
ii. The description of the “Term” in the Schedule will be varied to read:
“In respect of Units 401, 402, 403 and 405-410, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne: Six (6) years In respect of Unit 404, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne: On and from the Unit 404 Commencement Date to 30 November 2028 (inclusive).” (Landlord’s comment 23.11.22: Lease is 6 years from 1 Dec 2022 to 30 Nov 2028.)
iii. The description of the “Commencement date of the term” will be varied to read:
“In respect of Units 401, 402,403 and 405-410, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne: 1 December 2022
In respect of Unit 404, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne: The Unit 404 Commencement Date.”
iv. The Commencing rent will be varied to read:
“$436,506 p.a. excl GST, comprising:
(i) $370,614 p.a. excl GST in respect of Units 401, 402, 403 and 405-410, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne; and
(ii) $65,892 p.a. excl GST in respect of Unit 404, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne”
v. The rent commencement date will be varied to read:
“In respect of Units 401,402,403 and 405-410, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne: 1 December 2022
In respect of Unit 404, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne: The Unit 404 Commencement Date ”
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c. If this special condition 8 and the grant of the lease of Unit 404 has the effect of surrendering the lease and granting a new lease of the premises (including the premises as defined prior to the Unit 404 Commencement Date), then the parties agree that:
i. the lease is surrendered effective on the Unit 404 Commencement Date;
ii. a new lease of the premises (including Unit 404) is granted to the tenant by the landlord on the same terms and conditions of this lease but subject to the variations in this special condition 8; and
iii. as between the landlord and the tenant, the tenant will take over Unit 404 at its current condition and the Landlord is not required to do any works prior to handover of the premises.
iv. the tenant is released from all of its obligations under the lease surrendered under this special condition 8ci on and from the date of surrender and, unless the tenant elects in its absolute discretion, it is not required to comply with any make good provisions of the surrendered lease.
v. the tenant shall pay to the landlord for Intensive Care Academic Fund Inc ABN 45 494 705 227 trading as Medical Billing Service’s legal cost for the preparation of Deed of Surrender for Unit 404 amounting to $600 plus GST.
d. The landlord must:
i. use best endeavours to ensure that it receives vacant possession of Unit 404 as soon as possible after the date of this lease;
ii. not grant any lease, extension or renewal of the lease or overholding rights to Intensive Care Academic Fund Inc ABN 45 494 705 227 trading as Medical Billing Service, being the tenant occupying Unit 404 as at the date of this lease, or any other individual or entity other than the tenant; and
iii. must enforce any rights it has at law or under the lease to Intensive Care Academic Fund Inc ABN 45 494 705 227 trading as Medical Billing Service to promptly procure vacant possession of Unit 404 after expiry or sooner termination of the lease.
9 Signage:
The landlord will use best endeavours to ensure that the rights of the tenant or a Related Body Corporate to external Building Signage will be maintained during the Term and any Further term, and must use all reasonable endeavours to procure that any necessary consent or approval of the owners corporation is granted for such signage rights.
10 Guarantee:
Except where the tenant is Telix International Pty Ltd ACN 616 657 839 or a Related Body Corporate is the tenant, the tenant must provide personal and/or director’s guarantee to the landlord for the performance of the tenant under the lease.
11 Owners Corporation Rules:
The tenant acknowledges that the premises form part of an Owners Corporation and is subject to the rules and regulations of the Owners Corporation in force. Refer Annexure 2 for a copy of the Owners Corporation Rules.
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The tenant covenants to comply with the rules and regulations of the Owners Corporation in force and to indemnify the landlord, and keep the landlord indemnified, for any claim which may be made against it by reason of any failure by the tenant to perform and/or observe the rules and regulations of the Owners Corporation except where caused or contributed to by the landlord.
12 Insurance:
Despite anything to the contrary in clause 4, the tenant is deemed to have complied with clause 4 if it effects the required insurances under its global insurance policy and provides the landlord with a certificate of currency to the landlord’s reasonable satisfaction.
13 Landlord’s obligations
Clause 19 is deleted and replaced with the following:
“19. Landlord’s obligations
19.1 The landlord must:
(a) give the tenant quiet possession of the premises without any interruption by the landlord or anyone connected with the landlord as long as the tenant does what it must under this lease;
(b) or must procure that the owners corporation of the building must take out at the start of the term and keep current policies of insurance for the usual risks against:
i. damage to and destruction of the building, for its replacement value;
ii. removal of debris;
iii. breakdown of landlord’s plant and equipment at the premises; and
(c) give to the tenant the written consent to this lease of each mortgagee or charge whose interest would otherwise have
priority over this lease;
(d) or must procure that the owners corporation of the building must:
i. keep the structure (including the external faces and roof) of in a structurally sound and weather proof condition;
ii. keep the landlord’s installations in good working order and condition, but is not responsible for repairs which are the responsibility of the tenant under this lease; and
iii. promptly effect any repairs which are not the responsibility of the tenant under this lease and replace any electrical or mechanical installation or equipment, including
air-conditioning plant and equipment, which fails to operate properly and
requires replacement; and
(e) in each instance where the consent or approval of the owners corporation is required to any act or matter which needs
consent or approval, the landlord must use its best endeavours to obtain that consent or approval and, where applicable,
provide all necessary assistance to assist the tenant in obtaining that consent or approval.”
14 Market rent review
Despite anything to the contrary in clause 24, the parties agree that regardless of whether or not the Act applies, the market rent agreed or determined must be agreed or determined in accordance with the criteria set out in section 37() of the Act.
15 Amendments to the General Conditions
The general conditions of the lease are amended as follows:
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a. Clauses 2.1(a), (b), (c), (e), (g) and (k) (Outgoings) and 3 (Building Operating Expenses) are deleted;
b. Clause 2.1(f) is deleted and replaced with the following:
“(f) the expense of cleaning the premises and the landlord’s fixtures, fittings, plant or equipment in or serving the premises;’’;
c. Clause 2.1(h) is deleted and replaced with the following:
“(h) insurance premiums and other charges for insurances effected by the landlord in relation to the premises for public liability for the amount of cover specified in the Schedule ($20,000,000.00 if no amount is specified) and replacement of plate glass in the premises;”;
d. Clause 2.1 G) is amended by deleting the word “, provided the payment or repayment is not contrary to law” and replacing them with “but excluding any costs of capital or structural nature and provided the payment or repayment is not contrary to law”;
e. Clause 5.1 (Maintenance and repairs) is deleted and replaced with the following:
“5.1 During the term and any period of overholding the tenant must maintain and keep the interior of the premises and landlord’s fixtures in at least the same state of repair existing on the commencement date of the term except for:
(a) any repairs, maintenance ore replacement required as a result of:
i. fair wear and tear;
ii. a Force Majeure Event; or
iii. the landlord’s act, omission, negligence or breach;
(b) repairs, maintenance or works of a structural or capital nature, (including, for example the replacement of any major components of that equipment); or
(c) the replacement of any equipment which fails to operate properly and requires replacement or which has reached the end of its economic usefulness.”
f. Clause 5.5 is amended as follows:
i. clause 5.5(a) is deleted;
ii. clause 5.5(f) is amended by inserting “within the premises” after “broken or damaged glass” on the second line;
iii. clause 5.5(g) is amended by inserting “where these do not form part of the common property for the land on which the premises is located” after “window or door fittings”; and
iv. clause 5.5(h) is deleted;
g. Clause 12.4 is amended by deleting the words “either temporarily or”;
h. Clause 12.5 is amended by replacing each instance of “permitted use” with “the tenant’s particular use of the premises”;
i. Clause 14 is amended by inserting the following new clause 14.5:
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“14.5 While Telix International Pty Ltd ACN 616 657 839 or a Related Body Corporate is the tenant the Landlord’s consent is not required under clause 14.2,14.3 or 14.4 to an assignment or sublease of all or part of the Premises to a Related Body Corporate or sharing of possession with a Related Body Corporate”;
j. Clause 23.2(c) is amended by replacing each instance of “30 days” with “4 months”;
k. Clause 30 is amended by:
i. replacing “negligence of the landlord” with “breach, wilful act, omission or negligence of the landlord or its employees, contractors, agents or invitees”; and
ii. replacing “tenant’s use of the premises” with “negligent use of the premises”.
l. Clause 34.2(a) is amended by replacing “although no” with “and a”;
m. Clause 34.2(c)(v) is amended by inserting “or a subsidiary of a company” after “the tenant is a company”; and
n. Clause 34.2(h) is deleted.
16 Sale of transfer of Premises
If the landlord sells or transfers the land, building or the premises so that another person becomes the landlord, the landlord must, at the tenant’s cost:
a. obtain a covenant by deed from the purchaser or transferee that it will comply with and be bound by this lease as if it originally named as the landlord in this Lease and to ensure that the tenant is able enforce the benefit of all obligations owed under this lease to the tenant; and
b. provide the executed deed to the Tenant as soon as possible after the purchaser or transferee takes a transfer of the interest.
17 Definitions
The following definitions are inserted in clause 39.1:
a. “Force Majeure Event means damage caused by explosion, earthquake, aircraft (or other aerial device), civil commotion, fire, flood, lightning, riot, storm, tempest, act of God or war.
b. “premises” means the premises described in the Schedule, the boundaries of which are:
i. the inside surface of the walls (under any paint or wall covering);
ii. the lower surface of the ceiling (above any false or suspended ceiling); and
iii. the upper surface of the floor (under any floor covering).
The premises includes the landlord’s fixtures and fittings.
c. “Related Body Corporate” means a related body corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001) or subsidiary (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001) of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369.
d. “Unit 404” means the premises at Unit 404, Flemington Road, North Melbourne being the land contained in Certificate of Title Volume 10937 Folio 989 and labelled “Suite 404” on the plan attached to this lease.
e. “Unit 404 Commencement Date” means the later of each of the following has occurred (or such other date agreed by the parties):
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i. the date the landlord hands over vacant possession of Unit 404 to the tenant;
ii. the earlier of the following:
(a) the date the lease to Intensive Care Academic Fund Inc ABN 45 494 705 227 trading as Medical Billing Service, being the tenant occupying Unit 404 as at the date of this lease expires; and
(b) the date of surrender of the lease to Intensive Care Academic Fund Inc ABN 45 494 705 227 trading as Medical Billing
Service, being the tenant occupying Unit 404 as at the date of this lease.
Signed by the landlord | COLLAN INVESTMENT LIMITED | ||
Director Name: | Jong Kan Foo | /s/ Jong Kan Foo | |
Director/Company Secretary Name: |
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in the presence of Witness Name: |
Signed by the landlord | COLLAN INVESTMENT LIMITED | ||
Director Name: | Yung Fun Foo | /s/ Yung Fun Foo | |
Director/Company Secretary Name: |
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in the presence of Witness Name: |
Signed by the landlord | TELIX INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD | ||
Director Name: | Darren Smith, Group CFO | /s/ Darren Smith | |
Director/Company Secretary Name: |
Melanie Farris, Company Secretary | /s/ Melanie Farris | |
in the presence of Witness Name: |
Lena Moran-Adams, Group General Counsel | /s/ Lena Moran-Adams |
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Exhibit 4.5
OFFICE LEASE
THIS OFFICE LEASE (this “Lease”) is executed this ____ day of April, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and between CREW HQ, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Landlord”), and TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US), INC., a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”).
ARTICLE 1 LEASE OF PREMISES
Section 1.01. Basic Lease Provisions and Definitions.
(a) Leased Premises (shown shaded on Exhibit A attached hereto): Suite ____ of the building commonly 11700 Exit Five Parkway, Fishers, Indiana (the “Building”).
(b) Rentable Area: approximately twelve thousand three hundred forty-eight (12,348) rentable square feet.
(c) Minimum Annual Rent:
Lease Months | Minimum Annual Rent | Monthly Rental Installments | Approximate Rate/RSF |
1-3 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
4-15 | $367,353.00 | $30,612.75 | $29.75 |
16-27 | $378,373.59 | $31,531.13 | $30.64 |
28-39 | $389,724.80 | $32,477.07 | $31.56 |
40-51 | $401,416.54 | $33,451.38 | $32.51 |
52-63 | $413,459.04 | $34,454.92 | $33.48 |
64-75 | $425,862.81 | $35,488.57 | $34.49 |
76-87 | $438,638.69 | $36,553.22 | $35.52 |
(d) Rent Commencement Date: The earlier of One Hundred Fifty (150) days after the Effective Date and the date when Tenant opens for business in the Leased Premises.
(e) Lease Term: Commencing on the Rent Commencement Date (as defined in Section 2.01) and expiring on the last day of the Eighty-Seventh (87th) full and complete calendar month thereafter.
(f) Security Deposit: Thirty Thousand Six Hundred Twelve and 75/100 Dollars ($30,612.75)
(g) Brokers: Crown Tenant Advisors - Indiana, representing Tenant, and ALO Property Group, representing Landlord.
(h) Permitted Use: General office purposes and lawful ancillary uses.
(i) Landlord’s addresses for notices are as follows:
Landlord:
Crew HQ, LLC
11700Exit Five Parkway
Fishers, IN 46037
Attn: Bill Dahm
With Copies to:
Barrett McNagny LLP
215 East Berry Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Attn: Joshua C. Neal, Esq
Tenant’s address for notices is as follows:
Telix Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc.
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Attn: Michael Didocha michael.didocha@telixpharma.com
(j) Guarantor: Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Leased Premises |
Exhibit B | Tenant Work Letter |
Exhibit C | Letter of Understanding |
Exhibit D | Rules and Regulations |
Exhibit E | Guaranty of Lease |
Section 1.02. Lease of Premises. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord the Leased Premises, under the terms and conditions herein, together with a non-exclusive right, in common with others, to use the following (collectively, the “Common Areas”): the areas of the Building and the underlying land and improvements thereto that are designed for use in common by all tenants of the Building and their respective employees, agents, customers, invitees and others, including without limitation the parking areas in accordance with the requirements of Section 15.11 of this Lease.
ARTICLE 2 TERM AND POSSESSION
Section 2.01. Term. The term of this Lease shall be for a period commencing on the Rent Commencement Date (as hereafter defined) and continuing for Eighty-Seven (87) months from (i) the Rent Commencement Date, if such date is the first day of a calendar month, or (ii) the first day of the calendar month immediately following the Rent Commencement Date, if such date is not the first day of a calendar month ("Term"). The Rent Commencement Date shall be the earlier of One Hundred Fifty (150) days after the Effective Date or the date when Tenant opens for business from the Leased Premises. When the Rent Commencement Date and expiration date of the Term of the Lease have been determined, such dates shall be evidenced by a document completed and signed by Landlord and Tenant in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Letter of Understanding”).
Section 2.02. Construction of Tenant Improvements. Tenant shall construct and install all leasehold improvements to the Leased Premises in accordance with the Tenant Work Letter attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit C (collectively, the “Tenant Improvements”).
Section 2.03. Surrender of the Leased Premises. Upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, immediately (a) surrender the Leased Premises to Landlord in broom-clean condition and in good order, condition and repair, (b) remove from the Leased Premises or where located (i) Tenant’s Property (as defined in Section 8.01 below), (ii) all data and communications equipment, wiring and cabling (including above ceiling, below raised floors and behind walls) installed by or at the request of Tenant including, without limitation, all wiring and cabling installed as part of the Tenant Improvements, and (iii) any alterations required to be removed pursuant to Section 7.03 below, and (c) repair all damage caused by any such removal and restore the Leased Premises to the condition existing upon the Effective Date, reasonable wear and tear, casualty, condemnation and damage, if any, caused by Landlord's breach of its obligations under this Lease excepted. All of Tenant’s Property that is not removed within ten (10) days following Landlord’s written demand therefor shall be conclusively deemed to have been abandoned and Landlord shall be entitled to dispose of such property at Tenant’s cost without incurring any liability to Tenant. This Section 2.03 shall survive the expiration or any earlier termination of this Lease.
Section 2.04. Holding Over. If Tenant retains possession of the Leased Premises after the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall be a tenant at sufferance at one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Monthly Rental Installments for the Leased Premises in effect upon the date of such expiration or earlier termination, and otherwise upon the terms, covenants and conditions herein specified, so far as applicable. Acceptance by Landlord of rent after such expiration or earlier termination shall not result in a renewal of this Lease, nor shall such acceptance create a month-to-month tenancy. In the event a month-to-month tenancy is created by operation of law, either party shall have the right to terminate such month-to-month tenancy upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the other, whether or not said notice is given on the rent paying date. In addition to any other liabilities to Landlord arising from Tenant’s holdover, if such holdover exceeds 30 days, Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from loss or liability resulting from such failure, including any claims made by any succeeding tenant founded on such failure. This Section 2.04 shall in no way constitute a consent by Landlord to any holding over by Tenant upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, nor limit Landlord’s remedies in such event.
ARTICLE 3 RENT
Section 3.01. Base Rent. Tenant shall pay to Landlord the Minimum Annual Rent in the Monthly Rental Installments, as set forth in Section 1.01(c) of this Lease, in advance, without demand, deduction or offset except as otherwise expressly provided in this Lease, commencing on the Rent Commencement Date and on or before the first day of each and every calendar month thereafter during the Lease Term. The Monthly Rental Installments for partial calendar months shall be prorated.
Section 3.02. Payment of Additional Rent. Any amount required to be paid by Tenant hereunder (in addition to Minimum Annual Rent) and any charges or expenses incurred by Landlord on behalf of Tenant under the terms of this Lease shall be considered “Additional Rent” payable in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as the Minimum Annual Rent reserved hereunder, except as set forth herein to the contrary. Any failure on the part of Tenant to pay such Additional Rent when and as the same shall become due shall entitle Landlord to the remedies available to it for non-payment of Minimum Annual Rent.
Section 3.03. Late Charges. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord shall incur certain additional unanticipated administrative and legal costs and expenses if Tenant fails to pay timely any payment required hereunder. Therefore, in addition to the other remedies available to Landlord hereunder, if any payment required to be paid by Tenant to Landlord hereunder shall become overdue, such unpaid amount shall bear interest from the due date thereof to the date of payment at the prime rate of interest, as reported in the Wall Street Journal (the “Prime Rate”) plus three percent (3%) per annum; provided, however, Landlord shall waive such default interest on the first (1st) occasion during any twelve (12) month period in which Tenant does not timely make such payment, provided that Tenant makes such payment within five (5) days after the date Tenant receives notice that such amount is past due.
Section 3.04. Guaranty. As security for Tenant’s full and faithful performance of its obligations under this Lease, the Guarantor shall execute and deliver the Guaranty to Landlord substantially in the form attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit E.
ARTICLE 4 SECURITY DEPOSIT
Upon execution and delivery of this Lease by Tenant, Tenant shall deposit the Security Deposit with Landlord as security for the performance by Tenant of all of Tenant’s obligations contained in this Lease. In the event of a default by Tenant not cured within the applicable notice and cure period, Landlord may apply all or any part of the Security Deposit to cure all or any part of such default; provided, however, that any such application by Landlord shall not be or be deemed to be an election of remedies by Landlord or considered or deemed to be liquidated damages. Tenant agrees promptly, upon demand, to deposit such additional sum with Landlord as may be required to maintain the full amount of the Security Deposit. All sums held by Landlord pursuant to this Article 4 shall be without interest and may be commingled by Landlord. At the end of the Lease Term, provided that there is then no uncured default or any repairs required to be made by Tenant pursuant to Section 2.03 above or Section 7.03 below, Landlord shall return the Security Deposit to Tenant.
ARTICLE 5 OCCUPANCY AND USE
Section 5.01. Use. Tenant shall use the Leased Premises for the Permitted Use and for no other purpose or use whatsoever without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Section 5.02. Covenants of Tenant Regarding Use.
(a) Tenant shall (i) use and maintain the Leased Premises and conduct its business thereon in a safe, careful, reputable and lawful manner, (ii) comply with all covenants that encumber the Building (provided Landlord has provided copies of such covenants to Tenant) and all laws, rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, directions and requirements of any governmental authority or agency (collectively, “Laws”), now in force or which may hereafter be in force, including, without limitation, those which shall impose upon Landlord or Tenant any duty with respect to or triggered by a change in the use or occupation of, or any improvement or alteration to, the Leased Premises, and (iii) comply with and obey all directions, rules and regulations of Landlord, including the Building Rules and Regulations attached hereto as Exhibit D and made a part hereof, as may be modified from time to time by Landlord; provided however, Tenant shall not be obligated to make structural modifications to the Leased Premises to comply with Laws unless the same is required as a result of (A) Tenant’s particular and specific use of the Leased Premises (as opposed to use for general office purposes) or (B) any improvement or alteration made by or on behalf of Tenant. Landlord shall apply and enforce such rules and regulations in a non-discriminatory manner among all tenants of the Building. In the event of any conflict between the rules and regulations and the other provisions of this Lease, this Lease shall control.
(b) Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the Leased Premises that will in any way cause a nuisance, obstruct or interfere with the rights of other tenants or occupants of the Building or injure or annoy them. Landlord shall not be responsible to Tenant for the non-performance by any other tenant or occupant of the Building of any of Landlord’s directions, rules or regulations but agrees that any enforcement thereof shall be done uniformly. Tenant shall not use the Leased Premises, nor allow the Leased Premises to be used, for any purpose or in any manner that would (i) invalidate any policy of insurance now or hereafter carried by Landlord on the Building, or (ii) increase the rate of premiums payable on any such insurance policy unless Tenant reimburses Landlord, on demand, for any increase in premium charged.
Section 5.03. Landlord’s Rights Regarding Use. Without limiting any of Landlord’s rights specified elsewhere in this Lease, (a) Landlord shall have the right, at any time, without notice to Tenant, to control, change or otherwise alter the Common Areas in such manner as it deems necessary or proper but without materially adversely affecting Tenant's permitted use of the Leased Premises, including access to the Leased Premises; and (b) Landlord, its agents, employees and contractors and any mortgagee of the Building shall have the right to enter any part of the Leased Premises (except that if required to comply with applicable laws or regulations Tenant shall have the right to designate certain portions of the Leased Premises as secured and not subject to such access unless Landlord’s agents, employees, or contractors are accompanied by an authorized representative of Tenant) at reasonable times upon reasonable notice (except in the event of an emergency where no notice shall be required) for the purposes of examining or inspecting the same (including, without limitation, testing to confirm Tenant’s compliance with this Lease), showing the same to prospective purchasers, mortgagees or tenants (but only in the final 12 month of the Term with respect to tenants), and making such repairs, alterations or improvements to the Leased Premises or the Building as Landlord may deem necessary or desirable. Landlord shall incur no liability to Tenant for such entry, nor shall such entry constitute an eviction of Tenant or a termination of this Lease, or entitle Tenant to any abatement of rent therefor; provided, however, Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any adverse impact on the conduct of Tenant’s business in the Leased Premises. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Landlord acknowledges and agrees to provide Tenant with prior written notice prior to making any change to the Common Areas resulting in a material reduction in the size of or Tenant’s access to the Common Areas.
ARTICLE 6 UTILITIES AND OTHER BUILDING SERVICES
Section 6.01. Services to be Provided. Provided Tenant is not in default, Landlord shall furnish to Tenant, except as noted below, the following utilities and other services to the extent reasonably necessary for Tenant’s use of the Leased Premises for the Permitted Use, or as may be required by law or directed by governmental authority:
(a) Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday of each week, except on legal holidays, as shall in Landlord’s judgment be required for the comfortable occupancy and use of the Leased Premises;
(b) Electrical current not to exceed four (4) watts per square foot;
(c) Water in the Common Areas for lavatory and drinking purposes;
(d) Cleaning and janitorial service in the Common Areas and Leased Premises (not including the removal of Hazardous Materials, which shall be the responsibility and expense of Tenant) in a manner equivalent to other Class A office space in Hamilton County, Indiana;
(e) Washing of windows at intervals reasonably established by Landlord;
(f) Replacement of all lamps, bulbs, starters and ballasts in Building standard lighting as required from time to time as a result of normal usage; and
(g) Passenger elevator service to the Leased Premises.
Section 6.02. Additional Services.
(a) If Tenant requests utilities or building services in addition to those identified above, then Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to attempt to furnish Tenant with such additional utilities or services. In the event Landlord is able to and does furnish such additional utilities or services, the costs thereof (which shall be deemed to mean the cost that Tenant would have incurred had Tenant contracted directly with the utility company or service provider) shall be borne by Tenant, who shall reimburse Landlord monthly for the same as Additional Rent. So long as Tenant provides Landlord with not less than 24 hours prior written notice, Tenant may arrange for afterhours HVAC service at an additional charge as reasonably determined by Landlord from time to time. The current charge for afterhours HVAC services is $65.00 per hour. In the event that Tenant requests utilities or building services in addition to those identified above, Landlord shall also have the right to submeter or separately meter the Leased Premises at Tenant’s sole cost, and Tenant shall pay such utilities based on the submeter or separate meter.
(b) If any lights, density of staff, machines or equipment used by Tenant in the Leased Premises generate substantially more heat in the Leased Premises than that which would normally be generated by other tenants in the Building or by tenants in comparable office buildings, then upon notice to Tenant and an opportunity to remedy such excess heat generation, Landlord shall have the right to install any machinery or equipment that Landlord considers reasonably necessary in order to restore the temperature balance between the Leased Premises and the rest of the Building, including, without limitation, equipment that modifies the Building’s air-conditioning system. All reasonable costs expended by Landlord to install any such machinery and equipment and any additional costs of operation and maintenance in connection therewith shall be borne by Tenant, who shall reimburse Landlord for the same as provided in this Section 6.02.
(c) Tenant shall have the non-exclusive right to use the conference rooms located on the first floor of the Building (“Conference Room”), or such other location in the Building as may be determined by Landlord from time to time, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be implemented by Landlord, and provided that Tenant leaves the conference rooms in a clean and sightly condition, free of debris, after each such use. Such use shall be on a “first come, first served” non-exclusive basis and must be scheduled with the property manager prior to Tenant’s use, provided that any such scheduling more than forty-five (45) days in advance shall be subject to the existing preferential rights granted to Crew Carwash, Inc. Tenant shall not place, use or install any furniture, property or equipment in the conference rooms which is not removed immediately after each use, without the prior written consent of Landlord.
Section 6.03. Interruption of Services. Tenant acknowledges and agrees that any one or more of the utilities or other services identified in Sections 6.01 or 6.02 or otherwise hereunder may be interrupted by reason of accident, emergency or other causes beyond Landlord’s control, or may be discontinued or diminished temporarily by Landlord or other persons until certain repairs, alterations or improvements can be made. Landlord shall not be liable in damages or otherwise for any failure or interruption of any utility or service and no such failure or interruption shall entitle Tenant to terminate this Lease or withhold sums due hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained preceding herein, however, Landlord agrees that if any service to the Leased Premises is interrupted, curtailed or ceases due to Landlord's negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Lease with the result that Tenant’s ability to conduct business in the Leased Premises is materially adversely affected for more than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours, then Base Rent and all Additional Rent shall abate for the period from the date on which such service ceased until the date on which the same is restored.
ARTICLE 7 REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE AND ALTERATIONS
Section 7.01. Repair and Maintenance of Building. Landlord shall make all necessary repairs and replacements to the HVAC system generally serving the Building, the plumbing systems generally serving the Building, and all structural components of the Building, including the roof, roof drainage systems, foundation, exterior walls, exterior doors, windows and parking areas, corridors and other Common Areas, and Landlord shall keep the Building and Common Areas in a clean and neat condition and keep all equipment used in common with other tenants in operating condition and a condition comparable to other first-class buildings in the metropolitan area in which the Building is located; provided, however, to the extent any such repairs, replacements or maintenance are required because of the negligence, misuse or default of Tenant, its employees, agents, contractors, customers or invitees, Landlord shall make such repairs at Tenant’s sole expense.
Section 7.02. Repair and Maintenance of Leased Premises. Tenant shall keep and maintain the Leased Premises in good condition and repair, and Tenant shall be solely responsible for any repair or replacement with respect to (i) Tenant’s Property (as defined in Section 8.01 below) located in the Leased Premises, the Building or the Common Areas, and (ii) insuring that the interior of the Leased Premises complies with the accessibility standards promulgated under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord represents and warrants to Tenant that the Common Areas of the Building and Leased Premises meet local and state rules and regulations regarding the ADA as of the Effective Date of this Lease. Any costs associated with ADA compliance for the Building and Common Areas will be Landlord's sole expense and not passed on to Tenant at any time during the Term, but only to the extent such costs are a direct result of Landlord’s breach of the foregoing representation and warranty. Any costs associated with ADA compliance for the Leased Premises resulting from an alteration of the Leased Premises made by Tenant or as a result of Tenant’s specific use of the Leased Premises shall be Tenant’s sole expense. Nothing in this Article 7 shall obligate Tenant to repair normal wear and tear to any paint, wall covering or carpet in the Leased Premises.
Section 7.03. Alterations. Except as permitted pursuant to the Tenant Work Letter, Tenant shall not make or permit any alterations, improvements or other changes in or to the Leased Premises unless and until Landlord has approved the plans for the same in writing. As a condition of such approval, Landlord may require Tenant to remove the alterations and restore the Leased Premises upon termination of this Lease; otherwise, all such alterations shall become a part of the realty and the property of Landlord, and shall not be removed by Tenant. Tenant shall ensure that all alterations shall be made in accordance with all Laws, in a good and workmanlike manner and of quality equal to or better than the original construction of the Building as approved by Landlord. Landlord reserves the right, along with any architects or other consultants to inspect any completed alterations, and, if such alterations are not in compliance with said laws and regulations. Tenant's obligations under this section shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
After the installation of the Tenant Improvements under the Work Letter, Tenant may make such interior non-structural alterations, improvements and additions to the Leased Premises including, without limitation, changing color schemes, installing new countertops, flooring, wall-covering and modifying the layout of the tenant fixtures, as Tenant deems necessary or desirable without obtaining Landlord’s consent; provided that (a) the cost of such alterations does not exceed Ten Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($10,000.00) in the aggregate per alteration or series of alterations, (b) such alterations do not adversely affect the Building systems and are completed in a good and workmanlike manner, (c) such alterations do not trigger any requirement under applicable Laws that would require Landlord to make any alteration or improvement to the Leased Premises or the Building, and (d) such alterations shall be completed by a contractor duly licensed in the county and state of the construction site. Whenever and so long as any construction work or alteration work by Tenant is in progress at or on the Leased Premises, Tenant shall procure builder’s risk insurance on a completed value form and all-risk basis with a replacement cost provision.
Section 7.04. Liens. Tenant shall not suffer or give cause for the filing of any lien against the Leased Premises. In the event any lien is filed against the Leased Premises or any part thereof for work claimed to have been done for, or material claimed to have been furnished to, Tenant, Tenant shall cause such lien to be discharged of record within thirty (30) days after filing or, alternatively, Tenant shall furnish to Landlord (or any other entity designated by Landlord) within such 30-day period a bond or other assurances acceptable to Landlord that such claimed indebtedness as finally determined will be paid by Tenant. Tenant shall indemnify Landlord and save Landlord harmless from all costs, losses, expenses and attorney's fees suffered or incurred by Landlord including in connection with the filing or enforcement of any such lien including any damages suffered by Landlord in connection with the mortgage. In addition to any other remedy herein granted, upon failure of Tenant to discharge such lien or to post a bond indemnifying Landlord against foreclosure of any such lien as above provided, Landlord, after notice to Tenant, may discharge such lien, and all expenditures and costs incurred thereby, with interest thereon, shall be payable as further rental hereunder at the next rental payment date.
ARTICLE 8 INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE
Section 8.01. Release. All of Tenant’s trade fixtures, merchandise, inventory, special fire protection equipment, telecommunication and computer equipment, supplemental air conditioning equipment, kitchen equipment and all other personal property in or about the Leased Premises, the Building or the Common Areas, which is deemed to include the trade fixtures, merchandise, inventory and personal property of others located in or about the Leased Premises or Common Areas at the invitation, direction or acquiescence (express or implied) of Tenant (all of which property shall be referred to herein, collectively, as “Tenant’s Property”), shall be and remain at Tenant’s sole risk. Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant or to any other person for, and Tenant hereby releases Landlord (and its affiliates, property managers and mortgagees) from (a) any and all liability for theft or damage to Tenant’s Property, and (b) any and all liability for any injury to Tenant or its employees, agents, contractors, guests and invitees in or about the Leased Premises, the Building or the Common Areas, except to the extent of personal injury caused directly by the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, its agents, employees or contractors. Nothing contained in this Section 8.01 shall limit (or be deemed to limit) the waivers contained in Section 8.07 below. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of Section 8.07 below and this Section 8.01, the provisions of Section 8.07 shall prevail. This Section 8.01 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
Section 8.02. Indemnification by Tenant. Tenant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord, its agents, employees and contractors of all tiers harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, demands, penalties, costs, liabilities, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses at the trial and appellate levels) to the extent (a) arising out of or relating to any act, omission, negligence, or willful misconduct of Tenant or Tenant’s agents, employees, contractors, customers or invitees in or about the Leased Premises, the Building, or the Common Areas, (b) arising out of or relating to any of Tenant’s Property, or (c) arising out of any other act or occurrence within the Leased Premises, in all such cases except to the extent of personal injury caused directly by the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, its agents, employees or contractors. Nothing contained in this Section 8.02 shall limit (or be deemed to limit) the waivers contained in Section 8.07 below. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of Section 8.07 below and this Section 8.02, the provisions of Section 8.06 shall prevail. This Section 8.02 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
Section 8.03. Indemnification by Landlord. Landlord shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Tenant, its agents, employees and contractors of all tiers harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, demands, penalties, costs, liabilities, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses at the trial and appellate levels) to the extent arising out of or relating to any act, omission, negligence, or willful misconduct of Landlord or Landlord’s agents, employees, contractors, customers or invitees in or about the Building or the Common Areas, in all such cases except to the extent of personal injury caused directly by the negligence or willful misconduct of Tenant, its agents, employees or contractors.
Section 8.04. COVID Waiver. Landlord and Tenant hereby waive any and all claims, losses (including, without limitation, loss of revenue), damages, causes of action, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees), rights or remedies, whether known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, whether arising from contract, tort, statute or regulation, and whether arising now or in the future, stemming or arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with, or resulting directly or indirectly from, COVID-19 Matters (defined below) (the “COVID-19 Matters Waiver”); it being the intention of the parties to make this waiver as broad and as general as the law permits. The COVID-19 Matters Waiver includes (as to COVID-19 Matters), without limitation, all rights and remedies (such as, without limitation, remedies for rent abatement or suspension, or termination of this Lease) related to claims for force majeure, casualty, condemnation, deprivation of services, constructive eviction, breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment, frustration of purpose, or impossibility of performance. For purposes hereof, “COVID-19 Matters” means all matters, effects, or circumstances caused in whole or in part by or directly or indirectly resulting or arising from or in connection with coronavirus or COVID-19 such as, without limitation, loss of revenues, customers, business, sales, or traffic due to governmental closure orders, or voluntary or governmentally required or recommended quarantines or sequestering, in each case if caused in whole or in part by or directly or indirectly resulting or arising from or in connection with coronavirus or COVID-19, in each case regardless of the year or time of occurrence.
Section 8.05. Tenant’s Insurance.
(a) During the Lease Term (and any period of early entry or occupancy or holding over by Tenant, if applicable), Tenant shall maintain the following types of insurance, in the amounts specified below:
(i) Liability Insurance. Commercial General Liability Insurance, ISO Form CG 00 01, or its equivalent, covering Tenant’s use of the Leased Premises against claims for bodily injury or death or property damage, which insurance shall be primary and non-contributory and shall provide coverage on an occurrence basis with a per occurrence limit of not less than $5,000,000 for each policy year, which limit may be satisfied by any combination of primary and excess or umbrella per occurrence policies.
(ii) Property Insurance. Special Form Insurance in the amount of the full replacement cost of Tenant’s Property (including, without limitation, alterations or additions performed by Tenant pursuant hereto, but excluding those improvements, if any, made pursuant to Section 2.02 above), which insurance shall waive coinsurance limitations.
(iii) Worker’s Compensation Insurance. Worker’s Compensation insurance in amounts required by applicable law; provided, if there is no statutory requirement for Tenant, Tenant shall still obtain Worker’s Compensation insurance coverage.
(iv) Business Interruption Insurance. Business Interruption Insurance with limits not less than an amount equal to two (2) years rent hereunder.
(v) Automobile Insurance. Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance insuring bodily injury and property damage arising from all owned, non-owned and hired vehicles, if any, with minimum limits of liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit, per accident.
(b) All insurance required to be carried by Tenant hereunder shall (i) be issued by one or more insurance companies reasonably acceptable to Landlord, licensed to do business in the State in which the Leased Premises is located and having an AM Best’s rating of A IX or better, and (ii) provide that said insurance shall not be materially changed, canceled or permitted to lapse on less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Landlord. In addition, Tenant shall name Landlord, Landlord’s managing agent, and any mortgagee requested by Landlord, as additional insureds under its commercial general liability, excess and umbrella policies (but only to the extent of the limits required hereunder). On or before the Effective Date (or the date of any earlier entry or occupancy by Tenant), and thereafter, within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of each such policy, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with certificates of insurance in the form of ACORD 25 (or other evidence of insurance reasonably acceptable to Landlord), evidencing all required coverages, and that with the exception of Worker’s Compensation insurance, such insurance is primary and non-contributory. Upon Tenant’s receipt of a request from Landlord, Tenant shall provide Landlord with copies of all insurance policies, including all endorsements, evidencing the coverages required hereunder. If Tenant fails to carry such insurance and furnish Landlord with such certificates of insurance or copies of insurance policies (if applicable), Landlord may obtain such insurance on Tenant’s behalf and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord upon demand for the cost thereof as Additional Rent. Landlord reserves the right from time to time to require Tenant to obtain higher minimum amounts or different types of insurance if it becomes customary for other landlords of similar buildings in the area to require similar sized tenants in similar industries to carry insurance of such higher minimum amounts or of such different types.
Section 8.06. Landlord’s Insurance. During the Lease Term, Landlord shall maintain the following types of insurance, in the amounts specified below:
(a) Liability Insurance. Commercial General Liability Insurance, ISO Form CG 00 01, or its equivalent, covering the Common Areas against claims for bodily injury or death and property damage, which insurance shall be primary and non-contributory and shall provide coverage on an occurrence basis with a per occurrence limit of not less than $5,000,000 for each policy year, which limit may be satisfied by any combination of primary and excess or umbrella per occurrence policies.
(b) Property Insurance. Special Form Insurance in the amount of the full replacement cost of the Building, including, without limitation, any improvements, if any, made pursuant to Section 2.02 above, but excluding Tenant’s Property and any other items required to be insured by Tenant pursuant to Section 8.04 above.
Section 8.07. Waiver of Subrogation. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Lease to the contrary, Landlord (and its affiliates, property managers and mortgagees) and Tenant (and its affiliates) hereby waive any rights each may have against the other on account of any loss of or damage to their respective property, the Leased Premises, its contents, or other portions of the Building or Common Areas arising from any risk which is required to be insured against by Sections 8.05(a)(ii), Section 8.05(a)(iii) and 8.06(b) above. The special form property insurance policies and Worker’s Compensation insurance policies maintained by Landlord and Tenant as provided in this Lease shall include an endorsement containing an express waiver of any rights of subrogation by the insurance company against Landlord and Tenant, as applicable.
ARTICLE 9 CASUALTY
In the event of total or partial destruction of the Building or the Leased Premises by fire or other casualty, Landlord agrees promptly to restore and repair same; provided, however, Landlord’s obligation hereunder with respect to the Leased Premises shall be limited to the reconstruction of structural components of the Building and common Building systems. Rent shall proportionately abate during the time that the Leased Premises or part thereof are unusable because of any such damage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Leased Premises are (a) so destroyed that they cannot be repaired or rebuilt within one hundred eighty (180) days from the casualty date; or (b) destroyed by a casualty that is not covered by the insurance required hereunder or, if covered, such insurance proceeds are not released by any mortgagee entitled thereto or are insufficient to rebuild the Building and the Leased Premises; then, in case of a clause (a) casualty, either Landlord or Tenant may, or, in the case of a clause (b) casualty, then Landlord may, upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other party, terminate this Lease with respect to matters thereafter accruing. Tenant waives any right under applicable laws inconsistent with the terms of this paragraph.
ARTICLE 10 EMINENT DOMAIN
If all or any substantial part of the Building or Common Areas shall be acquired by the exercise of eminent domain, Landlord may terminate this Lease by giving written notice to Tenant on or before the date possession thereof is so taken. If all or any part of the Leased Premises shall be acquired by the exercise of eminent domain so that the Leased Premises shall become impractical for Tenant to use for the Permitted Use, or in the event that a taking of all or a portion of the Building or Common Areas has a material adverse effect upon the means of access to the Leased Premises or the parking spaces available to Tenant, Tenant may terminate this Lease by giving written notice to Landlord as of the date possession thereof is so taken. All damages awarded shall belong to Landlord; provided, however, that Tenant may claim dislocation damages, including damages to Tenant's Property, if such amount is not subtracted from Landlord’s award.
ARTICLE 11 ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLEASE
Section 11.01. Assignment and Sublease.
(a) Other than a Permitted Transfer (as defined below), Tenant shall not assign this Lease or sublet the Leased Premises in whole or in part without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. In the event of any permitted assignment or subletting, Tenant shall remain primarily liable hereunder. The acceptance of rent from any other person shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any of the provisions of this Lease or to be a consent to the assignment of this Lease or the subletting of the Leased Premises. Any assignment or sublease consented to by Landlord shall not relieve Tenant (or its assignee) from obtaining Landlord’s consent to any subsequent assignment or sublease.
(b) By way of example and not limitation, Landlord shall be deemed to have reasonably withheld consent to a proposed assignment or sublease if in Landlord’s opinion (i) the Leased Premises are or may be in any way materially adversely affected; (ii) the business reputation or use of the proposed assignee or subtenant is unacceptable to Landlord in its reasonable discretion; (iii) the financial worth of the proposed assignee or subtenant is reasonably believed to be insufficient to meet the obligations hereunder; (iv) the prospective assignee or subtenant is a current tenant at the Building or is a bona-fide third-party prospective tenant and Landlord has available space for such prospective, or (v) the use of the transferee is illegal or may violate any use protections or restrictions granted for the benefit of other tenants in the Building.
(c) Tenant agrees to reimburse Landlord, upon demand, for the actual and reasonable out-of-pocket accounting fees, attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by Landlord, including, without limitation, all fees and expenses incurred by Landlord’s lender and chargeable to Landlord, in conjunction with the processing and documentation of any requested assignment, subletting or any other hypothecation of this Lease or Tenant’s interest in and to the Leased Premises as consideration for Landlord’s consent, not to exceed, however, Two Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($2,500.00).
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant may assign this Lease or sublease the Leased Premises or any portion thereof, without Landlord’s written consent but upon prior written notice to Landlord, in connection with a Permitted Transfer (as hereinafter defined), subject to all the terms and conditions of this Lease, provided that the tenant or subtenant under a Permitted Transfer assumes in written form and substance satisfactory to Landlord all of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease and the original entity executing this Lease as “Tenant” remains fully liable under this Lease. As used herein, “Permitted Transfer” means (i) an assignment to an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Tenant or any business entity which has purchased all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets or ownership interests, and (ii) a sublease of the Leased Premises to a subtenant and for a use approved by Landlord, so long as such subtenant is (1) occupying less than fifty permitted (50%) of the Leased Premises, or (2) occupying more than fifty percent (50%) for less than fifty percent (50%) of the time. As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management, policies, or activities of a person or entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Tenant shall remain liable for the performance of all of the obligations of Tenant hereunder, or if Tenant no longer exists because of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition, the surviving or acquiring entity shall expressly assume in writing the obligations of Tenant hereunder. Additionally, the tenant or subtenant, as applicable, under a Permitted Transfer shall comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Lease, including the Permitted Use. No later than ten (10) business days prior to the effective date of any Permitted Transfer, Tenant agrees to furnish Landlord with (A) copies of the instrument effecting any of the foregoing transfers, (B) documentation establishing Tenant’s satisfaction of the requirements set forth above applicable to any such transfer, and (C) evidence of insurance as required under this Lease with respect to the such proposed tenant or subtenant under the Permitted Transfer. The occurrence of a Permitted Transfer shall not waive Landlord’s rights as to any subsequent transfers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph is intended to or shall permit Tenant to transfer its interest under this Lease as part of a fraud or subterfuge to intentionally avoid its obligations under this Lease (for example, transferring its interest to a shell corporation that subsequently files for bankruptcy protection) and such transfer shall be void.
ARTICLE 12 TRANSFERS BY LANDLORD
Section 12.01. Sale of the Building. Landlord shall have the right to sell the Building at any time during the Lease Term, subject only to the rights of Tenant hereunder; and such sale shall operate to release Landlord from liability hereunder after the date of such conveyance.
Section 12.02. Estoppel Certificate. Within ten (10) days following receipt of a written request from Landlord, Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord, without cost to Landlord, an estoppel certificate in such form as Landlord may reasonably request certifying (a) that this Lease is in full force and effect and unmodified or stating the nature of any modification, (b) the date to which rent has been paid, (c) that there are not, to Tenant’s knowledge, any uncured defaults or specifying such defaults if any are claimed, and (d) any other matters or state of facts reasonably required respecting the Lease. Tenant shall be estopped from asserting any facts contrary to those set forth in any estoppel certificate signed by Tenant.
Section 12.03. Subordination. This Lease is and shall be expressly subject and subordinate at all times to the lien of any present or future mortgage or deed of trust encumbering fee title to the Leased Premises. If any such mortgage or deed of trust be foreclosed, upon request of the mortgagee or beneficiary (“Landlord’s Mortgagee”), as the case may be, Tenant will attorn to the purchaser at the foreclosure sale. The foregoing provisions are declared to be self-operative and no further instruments shall be required to effect such subordination and/or attornment. Within ten (10) days following receipt of a written request from Landlord, Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord, without cost, any instrument that Landlord deems reasonably necessary or desirable to confirm the subordination of this Lease.
ARTICLE 13 DEFAULT AND REMEDY
Section 13.01. Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall be a “Default”:
(a) Tenant fails to pay any Monthly Rental Installments or Additional Rent when due and fails to cure such default with ten (10) days after notice from Landlord of such delinquency.
(b) Tenant fails to perform or observe any other term, condition, covenant or obligation required under this Lease for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from Landlord; provided, however, that if the nature of Tenant’s default is such that more than thirty (30) days are reasonably required to cure, then such default shall be deemed to have been cured if Tenant commences such performance within said thirty (30) day period and thereafter diligently completes the required action within a reasonable time.
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(d) Tenant shall assign or sublet all or a portion of the Leased Premises in contravention of the provisions of Article 11 of this Lease.
(e) All or substantially all of Tenant’s assets in the Leased Premises or Tenant’s interest in this Lease are attached or levied under execution (and Tenant does not discharge the same within sixty (60) days thereafter); a petition in bankruptcy, insolvency or for reorganization or arrangement is filed by or against Tenant (and Tenant fails to secure a stay or discharge thereof within sixty (60) days thereafter); Tenant is insolvent and unable to pay its debts as they become due; Tenant makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; Tenant takes the benefit of any insolvency action or law; the appointment of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy for Tenant or its assets if such receivership has not been vacated or set aside within thirty (30) days thereafter; or, dissolution or other termination of Tenant’s corporate charter if Tenant is a corporation.
In addition to the defaults described above, the parties agree that if Tenant receives written notice of a violation of the performance of the same term or condition of this Lease, including the payment of any Monthly Rental Installment or Additional Rent, two (2) or more times during any twelve (12) month period, regardless of whether such violations are ultimately cured, then such conduct shall, at Landlord’s option, represent a separate Default.
Section 13.02. Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Default, Landlord shall have the following rights and remedies, in addition to those stated elsewhere in this Lease and those allowed by law or in equity, any one or more of which may be exercised without further notice to Tenant:
(a) Landlord may re-enter with due process of Law the Leased Premises and cure any Default of Tenant, and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord as Additional Rent for any costs and expenses that Landlord thereby incurs; and Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any loss or damage that Tenant may sustain by reason of Landlord’s action.
(b) Landlord may terminate this Lease by giving Tenant notice of termination, in which event this Lease shall expire and terminate on the date specified in such notice of termination and all rights of Tenant under this Lease and in and to the Leased Premises shall terminate. Tenant shall remain liable for all obligations under this Lease arising up to the date of such termination, and Tenant shall surrender the Leased Premises to Landlord on the date specified in such notice. Furthermore, Tenant shall be liable to Landlord for the unamortized balance of any leasehold improvement allowance and brokerage fees paid in connection with this Lease.
(c) Without terminating this Lease, Landlord may terminate Tenant’s right to possession of the Leased Premises by giving Tenant notice of termination, and thereafter, neither Tenant nor any person claiming under or through Tenant shall be entitled to possession of the Leased Premises. In such event, Tenant shall immediately surrender the Leased Premises to Landlord, and Landlord may re-enter the Leased Premises and dispossess Tenant and any other occupants of the Leased Premises by any lawful means and may remove their effects, without prejudice to any other remedy that Landlord may have. Upon termination of possession, Landlord may re-let all or any part thereof as the agent of Tenant for a term different from that which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the Lease Term and for rent and on terms and conditions different from those contained herein, whereupon Tenant shall be immediately obligated to pay to Landlord an amount equal to (i) the difference between the rent provided for herein and that provided for in any lease covering a subsequent re-letting of the Leased Premises, for the period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the Lease Term had this Lease not been terminated (said period being referred to herein as the “Remaining Term”), (ii) the costs of recovering possession of the Leased Premises and all other expenses, loss or damage incurred by Landlord by reason of Tenant’s Default (“Default Damages”), which shall include, without limitation, expenses of preparing the Leased Premises for re-letting, demolition, repairs, tenant finish improvements, brokers’ commissions and attorneys’ fees, and (iii) all unpaid Minimum Annual Rent and Additional Rent that accrued prior to the date of termination of possession, plus any interest and late fees due hereunder (the “Prior Obligations”). Neither the filing of any dispossessory proceeding nor an eviction of personalty in the Leased Premises shall be deemed to terminate the Lease.
(d) Landlord may terminate this Lease and recover from Tenant all damages Landlord may incur by reason of Tenant’s default, including, without limitation, an amount which, at the date of such termination is equal to the sum of the following: (i) the value of the excess, if any, discounted at the prime rate of interest (as reported in the Wall Street Journal), of (A) the Minimum Annual Rent, Additional Rent and all other sums that would have been payable hereunder by Tenant for the Remaining Term, less (B) the aggregate reasonable rental value of the Leased Premises for the Remaining Term, as determined by a real estate broker licensed in the State of Indiana who has at least ten (10) years of experience, (ii) all of Landlord’s Default Damages, and (iii) all Prior Obligations. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that the payment of the amount set forth in clause (i) above shall not be deemed a penalty, but shall merely constitute payment of liquidated damages, it being understood that actual damages to Landlord are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain. It is expressly agreed and understood that all of Tenant’s liabilities and obligations set forth in this subsection (d) shall survive termination.
(e) With or without terminating this Lease, declare immediately due and payable the sum of the following: (i) the present value (discounted at the prime rate of interest, as reported in the Wall Street Journal), of all Minimum Annual Rent and Additional Rent due and coming due under this Lease for the entire Remaining Term (as if by the terms of this Lease they were payable in advance), (ii) all Default Damages, and (iii) all Prior Obligations, whereupon Tenant shall be obligated to pay the same to Landlord; provided, however, that such payment shall not be deemed a penalty or liquidated damages, but shall merely constitute payment in advance of all Minimum Annual Rent and Additional Rent payable hereunder throughout the Remaining Term, and provided further, however, that upon Landlord receiving such payment, Tenant shall be entitled to receive from Landlord all rents received by Landlord from other assignees, tenant and subtenants on account of said Leased Premises during the Remaining Term (but only to the extent that the monies to which Tenant shall so become entitled do not exceed the entire amount actually paid by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to this subsection (e)), less all Default Damages of Landlord incurred but not yet reimbursed by Tenant.
(f) Landlord may sue for injunctive relief or to recover damages for any loss resulting from the Default.
(g) Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to mitigate its damages.
Section 13.03. Landlord’s Default and Tenant’s Remedies. Landlord shall be in default if it fails to perform any term, condition, covenant or obligation required under this Lease for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from Tenant to Landlord; provided, however, that if the term, condition, covenant or obligation to be performed by Landlord is such that it cannot reasonably be performed within thirty (30) days, such default shall be deemed to have been cured if Landlord commences such performance within said thirty-day period and thereafter diligently undertakes to complete the same. Upon the occurrence of any such default, Tenant may sue for injunctive relief or to recover damages for any loss directly resulting from the breach, but Tenant shall not be entitled to terminate this Lease or withhold, offset or abate any sums due hereunder. In no event, however, shall Landlord be liable to Tenant for any consequential or punitive damages.
Section 13.04. Limitation of Landlord’s Liability. If Landlord shall fail to perform any term, condition, covenant or obligation required to be performed by it under this Lease and if Tenant shall, as a consequence thereof, recover a money judgment against Landlord, Tenant agrees that it shall look solely to Landlord’s right, title and interest in and to the Building and the proceeds thereof for the collection of such judgment; and Tenant further agrees that no other assets of Landlord shall be subject to levy, execution or other process for the satisfaction of Tenant’s judgment.
Section 13.05. Nonwaiver of Defaults. Neither party’s failure or delay in exercising any of its rights or remedies or other provisions of this Lease shall constitute a waiver thereof or affect its right thereafter to exercise or enforce such right or remedy or other provision. No waiver of any default shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other default. Landlord’s receipt of less than the full rent due shall not be construed to be other than a payment on account of rent then due, nor shall any statement on Tenant’s check or any letter accompanying Tenant’s check be deemed an accord and satisfaction. No act or omission by Landlord or its employees or agents during the Lease Term shall be deemed an acceptance of a surrender of the Leased Premises, and no agreement to accept such a surrender shall be valid unless in writing and signed by Landlord.
Section 13.06. Attorneys’ Fees. If either party defaults in the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or obligations contained in this Lease and the non-defaulting party obtains a judgment against the defaulting party, then the defaulting party agrees to reimburse the non-defaulting party for reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection therewith. In addition, if a monetary Default shall occur and Landlord engages outside counsel to exercise its remedies hereunder, and then Tenant cures such monetary Default, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, on demand, all expenses incurred by Landlord as a result thereof, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and expenses actually incurred.
ARTICLE 14 TENANT’S RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Section 14.01. Environmental Definitions.
(a) “Environmental Laws” shall mean all present or future federal, state and municipal laws, ordinances, rules and regulations applicable to the environmental and ecological condition of the Leased Premises, and the rules and regulations of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency and any other federal, state or municipal agency or governmental board or entity having jurisdiction over the Leased Premises.
(b) “Hazardous Substances” shall mean those substances included within the definitions of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic substances,” “solid waste” or “infectious waste” under Environmental Laws and petroleum products.
Section 14.02. Restrictions on Tenant. Tenant shall not cause or permit the use, generation, release, manufacture, refining, production, processing, storage or disposal of any Hazardous Substances on, under or about the Leased Premises, or the transportation to or from the Leased Premises of any Hazardous Substances, except as necessary and appropriate for its Permitted Use in which case the use, storage or disposal of such Hazardous Substances shall be performed in compliance with the Environmental Laws and the highest standards prevailing in the industry.
Section 14.03. Notices, Affidavits, Etc. Tenant shall immediately (a) notify Landlord if Tenant becomes aware of (i) any violation by Tenant, its employees, agents, representatives, customers, invitees or contractors of any Environmental Laws on, under or about the Leased Premises, or (ii) the presence or suspected presence of any Hazardous Substances on, under or about the Leased Premises, and (b) deliver to Landlord any notice received by Tenant relating to (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above from any source.
Section 14.04. Tenant’s Indemnification. Tenant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Landlord and Landlord’s managing agent, employees, agents, contractors and affiliates from any and all claims, losses, liabilities, costs, expenses and damages, including attorneys’ fees, costs of testing and remediation costs, incurred by Landlord in connection with any breach by Tenant of its obligations under this Article 14. The covenants and obligations under this Article 14 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
Section 14.05. Existing Conditions. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article 14 to the contrary, Tenant shall not have any liability to Landlord under this Article 14 resulting from any conditions existing, or events occurring, or any Hazardous Substances existing or generated, at, in, on, under or in connection with the Leased Premises prior to the Effective Date of this Lease (or any earlier occupancy of the Leased Premises by Tenant) except to the extent Tenant exacerbates the same. Landlord represents and warrants to Tenant that to the best of Landlord’s knowledge that as of the date of delivery of the Leased Premises to Tenant there are no Hazardous Materials present on, under or about the Leased Premises, Building or Common Areas.
ARTICLE 15 MISCELLANEOUS
Section 15.01. Benefit of Landlord and Tenant. This Lease shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Landlord and Tenant and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 15.02. Governing Law. This Lease shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State where the Building is located.
Section 15.03. Force Majeure. Landlord and Tenant (except with respect to the payment of any monetary obligations, which shall never be excused or delayed) shall be excused for the period of any delay in the performance of any obligation hereunder when such delay is occasioned by causes beyond its control, including but not limited to work stoppages, boycotts, slowdowns or strikes; shortages of materials, equipment, labor or energy; unusual weather conditions; or acts, omissions or requirements of governmental or political bodies (collectively, “Force Majeure”).
Section 15.04. Examination of Lease. Submission of this instrument by Landlord to Tenant for examination or signature does not constitute an offer by Landlord to lease the Leased Premises. This Lease shall become effective, if at all, only upon the execution by and delivery to both Landlord and Tenant.
Section 15.05. Indemnification for Leasing Commissions. The parties hereby represent and warrant that the only real estate brokers involved in the negotiation and execution of this Lease are the Brokers and that no other party is entitled, as a result of the actions of the respective party, to a commission or other fee resulting from the execution of this Lease. Each party shall indemnify the other from any and all liability for the breach of this representation and warranty on its part and shall pay any compensation to any other broker or person who may be entitled thereto. Landlord shall pay any commissions due Brokers based on this Lease pursuant to separate agreements between Landlord and Brokers.
Section 15.06. Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Lease or by law shall be deemed to have been given if it is written and delivered in person or by overnight courier or mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the party who is to receive such notice at the address specified in Section 1.01(i). If sent by overnight courier, the notice shall be deemed to have been given one (1) day after sending. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date that is three (3) business days following mailing. Either party may change its address by giving written notice thereof to the other party.
Section 15.07. Partial Invalidity; Complete Agreement. If any provision of this Lease shall be held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. This Lease represents the entire agreement between Landlord and Tenant covering everything agreed upon or understood in this transaction. There are no oral promises, conditions, representations, understandings, interpretations or terms of any kind as conditions or inducements to the execution hereof or in effect between the parties. No change or addition shall be made to this Lease except by a written agreement executed by Landlord and Tenant.
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Section 15.09. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Tenant hereby represents and warrants that (i) Tenant is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) in accordance with the laws of the State under which it was organized; (ii) Tenant is authorized to do business in the State where the Building is located; and (iii) the individual(s) executing and delivering this Lease on behalf of Tenant has been properly authorized to do so, and such execution and delivery shall bind Tenant to its terms.
(b) Landlord hereby represents and warrants that (i) Landlord is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) in accordance with the laws of the State under which it was organized; (ii) Landlord is authorized to do business in the State where the Building is located; (iii) the individual(s) executing and delivering this Lease on behalf of Landlord has been properly authorized to do so, and such execution and delivery shall bind Landlord to its terms; (iv) to the best of Landlord’s actual knowledge, as of the Effective Date the Leased Premises, Common Areas, and Building comply with all accessibility standards promulgated under the ADA; and (v) as of the Effective Date, the HVAC and all mechanical and electric systems serving the Leased Premises are in good working order and repair.
Section 15.10. Signage. Landlord, at its cost and expense, shall provide Tenant with Building standard signage on the main Building directory and at the entrance to the Leased Premises. Any changes requested by Tenant to the initial directory or suite signage shall be made at Tenant’s sole cost and expense and shall be subject to Landlord’s approval. Landlord may install such other signs, advertisements, notices or tenant identification information on the Building directory, tenant access doors or other areas of the Building, as it shall deem necessary or proper. Tenant shall not place any exterior signs on the Leased Premises or interior signs visible from the exterior of the Leased Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease to the contrary, Landlord may immediately remove any sign(s) placed by Tenant in violation of this Section 15.10.
Section 15.11. Parking. The parking ratio for the Building is 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet, and Tenant shall be entitled to the non-exclusive use of up to forty-eight (48) unreserved parking spaces designated for the Building by Landlord (including access to two (2) electric vehicle charging stations). Tenant agrees not to overburden the parking facilities and agrees to cooperate with Landlord and other tenants in the use of the parking facilities. Landlord reserves the right in its absolute discretion to determine whether parking facilities are becoming crowded and, in such event, to allocate parking spaces between Tenant and other tenants, but in any event Tenant shall be entitled to at least a proportionate share of the Building parking spaces. There will be no assigned parking unless Landlord, in its sole discretion, deems such assigned parking advisable. No vehicle may be repaired or serviced in the parking area and any vehicle brought into the parking area by Tenant, or any of Tenant’s employees, contractors or invitees, and deemed abandoned by Landlord will be towed and all costs thereof shall be borne by the Tenant. All driveways, ingress and egress, and all parking spaces are for the joint use of all tenants. There shall be no parking permitted on any of the streets or roadways located around the Building. In addition, Tenant agrees that its employees will not park in the spaces designated visitor parking.
Section 15.12. Landlord Consent. In the event that Landlord’s consent is required under any provision of this Lease, unless otherwise expressly provided that Landlord’s consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, Landlord may grant or withhold its consent in its sole and absolute discretion.
Section 15.13. Time. Time is of the essence of each term and provision of this Lease.
Section 15.14. Patriot Act. Each of Landlord and Tenant, each as to itself, hereby represents its compliance and its agreement to continue to comply with all applicable anti-money laundering laws, including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act, and the laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, without limitation, Executive Order 13224 (“Executive Order”). Each of Landlord and Tenant further represents (such representation to be true throughout the Lease Term) (i) that it is not, and it is not owned or controlled directly or indirectly by any person or entity, on the SDN List published by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and (ii) that it is not a person otherwise identified by government or legal authority as a person with whom a U.S. Person is prohibited from transacting business. As of the date hereof, a list of such designations and the text of the Executive Order are published under the internet website address www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac.
Section 15.15. Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed one and the same instrument, and any of the parties may execute this Lease by signing any such counterpart.
Section 15.16. Option to Renew.
(a) Tenant shall have an option to renew this Lease for one additional period of five (5) years immediately following the expiration of the initial term, provided that Tenant is not in Default under this Lease. The extension shall be upon the same terms, conditions and covenants of this Lease, except that there shall be no further renewal options unless expressly granted in writing by Landlord, and the annual base rent for the renewal period shall be based upon the then-prevailing fair market rental value of the Leased Premises (“FMRV”). Tenant shall exercise this option by written notice to Landlord no later than six (6) months prior to the expiration of the initial term of this Lease.
(b) If Tenant exercises its renewal option as herein provided, Landlord shall make the initial determination of the FMRV. Landlord shall notify Tenant in writing (the "FMR Notice") of Landlord's determination of the FMRV within days thirty (30) days following receipt of Tenant's renewal notice. Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing within ten (10) days of its receipt of Landlord's FMR Notice whether or not it accepts Landlord's determination of FMRV. If Tenant accepts Landlord's determination, the FMRV shall be final and binding and Landlord shall prepare an amendment to the Lease that amends the base rent to reflect the new FMRV. Tenant's failure to respond to Landlord's FMR Notice within the ten (10) day period shall be deemed a rejection by Tenant of Landlord's determination of FMRV. If Tenant delivers written notice ("Tenant's Rejection Notice") to Landlord within the ten (10) day period rejecting Landlord's determination of FMRV or if Tenant is deemed to have rejected Landlord's determination of FMRV, the parties agree to negotiate their differences in good faith within thirty (30) days (the "FMR Negotiation Period") following Landlord's receipt of Tenant's Rejection Notice or following the effective date of such deemed rejection. If the parties fail to agree on FMRV within the FMR Negotiation Period, then the parties agree to obtain an appraisal to determine the FMRV in accordance with the terms and conditions contained below.
(c) If Landlord and Tenant fail to agree upon the terms of the renewal proposal within the time periods set forth in section 15.16(b), the FMRV appraisal process as described below shall be used to determine Minimum Annual Rent. Minimum Annual Rent for any such extended period shall be the annual FMRV of the Leased Premises as determined by two (2) appraisers, one selected by Tenant and one selected by Landlord as of the date which is not more than ten (10) days following the expiration of the FMR Negotiation Period. Each of the appraisers shall: (i) be MAI certified by the Appraisal Institute or comparable organization; (ii) be licensed in the State of Indiana; and (iii) have a minimum of ten (10) years' experience in the business of appraising or managing commercial real estate or acting as a commercial real estate broker or agent in Fishers, Indiana. If either party fails to appoint an appraiser within such timeframe, the appraiser appointed by such other party shall make the FMRV determination. The appraisers shall issue their reports within ten (10) days of appointment. If the higher of the two (2) appraisals is less than or equal to 110% of the lower, FMRV shall be the average of the two; if not, the two (2) appraisers shall then mutually select a third appraiser within ten (10) days. The third appraiser so selected shall determine which of the two appraisers’ determination is closer to FMRV within ten (10) days of appointment and the appraisal closer to the third appraiser’s determination of FMRV shall be deemed to be FMRV. Landlord shall pay the cost of the appraisal by the appraiser selected by Landlord. Tenant shall pay the cost of the appraisal by the appraiser selected by Tenant. Landlord and Tenant shall equally bear the cost of the third appraisal.
Section 15.17. Security Measures. Tenant hereby acknowledges that Landlord shall have no obligation whatsoever to provide guard service or other security measures for the benefit of the Leased Premises or the Building. Tenant assumes all responsibility for the protection of Tenant, its agents, and invitees and the property of Tenant and of Tenant’s agents and invitees from acts of third parties.
Section 15.18. Memorandum of Lease. The parties hereto shall not record this Lease but each party shall execute upon the request of the other a "Memorandum of Lease” suitable for recording.
Section 15.19. Accord and Satisfaction. No payment by Tenant or receipt by Landlord of a lesser amount than the Monthly Rental Installments or Minimum Annual Rent, as applicable, including Additional Rent and all other sums and charges due under this Lease, shall be deemed to be other than on account of the earliest stipulated rent remaining due and owing; nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or letter accompanying any check or payment as rent be deemed an accord and satisfaction; and Landlord may accept any such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord's right to recover the balance of such rent or to pursue any other remedy provided in this Lease.
Section 15.20. No Option. The submission of this Lease for examination by Tenant shall not constitute a reservation of or option for the Leased Premises. This Lease shall become effective as a Lease only upon execution and delivery thereof by Landlord and Tenant.
Section 15.21. Right of First Refusal.
(a) So long as the Lease is in full force and effect, and so long as Tenant is not in default in the performance of its obligations under the Lease beyond any applicable notice, grace, or cure period at the time of exercise of the right set forth herein, if Landlord receives from a third party an acceptable bona fide offer to lease all or a portion of the remaining space located on the north side of the second floor of the Building (the “Expansion Space”), Landlord shall notify Tenant of such availability in writing, in accordance with the notices provision of this Lease, and Tenant shall have a right of first refusal to lease the same (the “Right of First Refusal”). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the parties acknowledge and agree that the Right of First Refusal shall be subordinate to any existing expansion rights of Crew Carwash, Inc.’s to lease additional space in the Building.
(b) Tenant shall exercise the Right of First Refusal, if at all, by delivering written notice thereof to Landlord within fifteen (15) business days of Tenant's receipt of Landlord's notice. If such right is exercised by Tenant, such Expansion Space shall be leased on the same terms and conditions, including but not limited to rent and length of term, as reflected in such bona fide third party offer to lease the Expansion Space.
(c) In the event that Tenant exercises the right-of-first refusal granted herein, Landlord and Tenant shall enter into either an amendment to this Lease or a new lease agreement for the Expansion Space within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt by Landlord of Tenant's notice exercising said right-of-first refusal. In the event Tenant (i) declines to exercise its right as above-provided, (ii) Tenant fails to deliver notice thereof within the five (5) day calendar period, or (iii) Tenant fails to execute a lease agreement or an amendment to this Lease for the Expansion Space within said thirty (30) day period, then in any of such events, Landlord may lease the Expansion Space to such third party whereupon Tenant's right-of-first refusal as to the Expansion Space shall terminate and be of no further force or effect.
(SIGNATURES CONTAINED ON FOLLOWING PAGE)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Lease as of the day and year first above written.
LANDLORD: | ||
CREW HQ, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company | ||
By: | /s/ Sally Grant | |
Name: Sally Grant | ||
Title: Authorized Person |
TENANT: | |
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US), INC., a Delaware corporation |
By: | /s/ Christian Behrenbruch |
Name: | Christian Behrenbruch | |
Title: | Managing Director and CEO | |
21-Apr-22 |
EXHIBIT A
SITE PLAN OF LEASED PREMISES
EXHIBIT B
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
Crew HQ, LLC
11700 Exit Five Parkway
Fishers, IN 46037
Attn: Bill Dahm
RE: | Office Lease between Crew HQ, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Landlord”), and Telix Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”), for the Leased Premises identified as Suite ___, consisting of approximately 12,348 rentable square feet (the “Leased Premises”), within the building located at 11700 Exit Five Parkway, Fishers, IN 46037, dated March ___, 2022 (the “Lease”). |
Dear ______________________:
The undersigned, on behalf of Tenant, certifies to Landlord as follows:
1. | The Effective Date under the Lease is ________________ . |
2. | The Rent Commencement Date is ________________ . |
3. | The expiration date of the Lease is ________________ . |
4. | The Lease (including amendments or guaranty, if any) is the entire agreement between Landlord and Tenant as to the leasing of the Leased Premises and is in full force and effect. |
5. | The Tenant has completed the improvements designated as Tenant’s obligation under the Lease (excluding punchlist items as agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant), if any, and Tenant has accepted the Leased Premises as of the Effective Date. |
6. | To the undersigned’s knowledge, there are no uncured events of default by either Tenant or Landlord under the Lease. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Letter of Understanding to be executed this ____ day of _________________, 2022.
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US), INC., a | ||
Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
Printed Name: |
Title: |
EXHIBIT: NOT FOR EXECUTION
EXHIBIT C
TENANT WORK LETTER
THIS TENANT WORK LETTER ("Work Letter") is entered into by and between the CREW HQ,, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company ("Landlord"), and TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US), INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant").
R E C I T A L S :
A. Landlord and Tenant have entered into that certain Office Lease (the "Lease"), pursuant to which Landlord is leasing to Tenant certain premises (the "Leased Premises") more particularly described in the Lease. This Work Letter is attached to the Lease as Exhibit C. The Lease is hereby incorporated into this Work Letter by this reference. Capitalized terms not defined in this Work Letter shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Lease.
B. In consideration of the mutual covenants contained in the Lease and this Work Letter, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:
A G R E E M E N T :
1. Definitions. As used in this Work Letter, the term "Building" shall mean the Building (as defined in the Lease) that has been or will be constructed by Landlord. As used in this Work Letter, the term "Tenant Improvements" shall mean those improvements set forth on the "Final Plans" (defined in Section 4(b) of this Work Letter). As used in this Work Letter, "Improvements" shall mean the Building and the Tenant Improvements. The construction and installation of the Tenant Improvements is sometimes referred to herein as the "Work".
2. Completion of Tenant Improvements. Subject to the terms of the Lease and this Work Letter, Tenant shall use its commercially reasonable and diligent efforts to cause the "Contractor" (defined in Section 6 of this Work Letter) to complete the construction and installation of the Tenant Improvements in accordance with the terms of this Work Letter.
3. Architect Selection. Schott Design ("Architect") shall act as the architect with respect to the design and construction of the Tenant Improvements. Tenant shall enter into a contract with Architect for such services (the "Architect Contract"). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Architect Contract entered into with the Architect will obligate the Architect to issue to both Landlord and Tenant an architect's certificate ("Architect's Certificate") certifying that the Tenant Improvements have been completed substantially in accordance with the Final Plans (as hereinafter defined).
4. Improvement Plans
(a) Preliminary Plans. Attached hereto are the following preliminary plans respecting the Tenant Improvements (collectively, the "Preliminary Plans"), which have been reviewed and approved by Landlord and Tenant.
(b) Final Plans. Within thirty (30) days following the Effective Date of the Lease, the parties shall agree upon final plans and specifications for the Tenant Improvements ("Final Plans") which shall be consistent with the Preliminary Plans, except for the changes, if any, mutually agreed to be made thereto by the parties. Included in the Final Plans will be the civil, architectural and structural plans for the Tenant Improvements. When the Final Plans have been approved by Tenant and Landlord, Architect shall submit the Final Plans to the appropriate governmental agency for plan checking and the issuance of a building permit for the Tenant Improvements. Architect shall make any and all changes to the Final Plans required by any applicable governmental entity to obtain a building permit for the Tenant Improvements.
(c) Work Cost Estimate. Prior to the commencement of construction of any of the Tenant Improvements, Tenant shall submit to Landlord a written estimate of the cost to complete the Tenant Improvements, which written estimate will be based upon the Final Plans taking into account any modifications which may be required to reflect changes in the Final Plans required by the appropriate governmental authorities in connection with the issuance of a building permit (the "Work Cost Estimate"). Tenant may deliver one or more Work Cost Estimates respecting different segments of the Tenant Improvements. Notwithstanding the Work Cost Estimates, Tenant shall be solely responsible for payment of any costs to complete the Tenant Improvements in excess of the Allowance (as defined in Section 7 below).
(d) No Representations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Lease or herein, Landlord's participation in the preparation of the Preliminary Plans, the Final Plans, the cost estimates for the Tenant Improvements and the construction thereof shall not constitute any representation or warranty, express or implied, that the Tenant Improvements, if built substantially in accordance with the Preliminary Plans and/or the Final Plans, will be suitable for Tenant's intended purpose. Tenant acknowledges and agrees that the Tenant Improvements are intended for use by Tenant and the specifications and design requirements for such Tenant Improvements are not within the special knowledge or experience of Landlord.
5. Contractor. The parties acknowledge and agree that Meyer Najem Construction, LLC ("Contractor") shall act as the general contractor with respect to the construction of the Tenant Improvements. Subject to the Contractor’s right to approve all subcontractors and materialmen, Tenant may request Contractor to use certain subcontractors and materialmen for the Tenant Improvements.
6. Construction of the Improvements.
(a) Tenant shall enter into a construction contract with the Contractor on a form reasonably acceptable to Tenant ("Construction Contract") for the construction and installation of the Tenant Improvements in accordance with the Final Plans.
(b) Landlord shall deliver the Leased Premises, and Tenant shall accept the Leased Premises in an "As Is, Where Is" condition, without representation or warranty by Landlord of any kind, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in the Lease. All work necessary to complete the construction of the Leased Premises in order to permit Tenant to open its store for conduct of business shall be performed by Tenant in accordance with the Final Plans.
(c) Upon completion of the Tenant Improvements, Tenant shall provide Landlord with “as built” plans confirming that the Tenant Improvements were constructed in accordance with the Final Plans.
7. Payment for Cost of the Tenant Improvements
(a) Allowance. Landlord hereby grants to Tenant a tenant improvement allowance for the work described on the Final Plans in an amount equal to Seventy-Five and No/100 Dollars ($75.00) per rentable square foot to be applied to the cost of Tenant’s Work (the "Tenant Allowance"). The Tenant Allowance may be used only for the following costs approved by Landlord:
(i) Payment of the cost of preparing the Preliminary Plans and Final Plans relative to the Tenant Improvements, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing and structural drawings and of all other aspects necessary to complete the Final Plans.
(ii) The payment of plan check, permit and license fees relating to construction of the Tenant Improvements.
(iii) Construction of the Tenant Improvements as provided in the Final Plans, and any approved change orders, including without limitation, the following:
(aa) Installation within the Leased Premises of all partitioning, doors, floor coverings, ceilings, wall coverings and painting and similar items;
(bb) All electrical wiring, lighting fixtures, outlets and switches, and other electrical work necessary for the Leased Premises;
(cc) The furnishing, installation and screening of all HVAC units, duct work, terminal boxes, diffusers and accessories necessary for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems within the office portions of the Leased Premises;
(dd) All fire and life safety control systems such as fire walls, sprinklers, halon, fire alarms, including piping, wiring and accessories, necessary for the Leased Premises;
(ee) All plumbing, fixtures, pipes and accessories necessary for the Leased Premises;
(ff) Testing and inspection costs; and
(gg) Fees for the Contractor including, but not limited to, fees and costs attributable to general conditions associated with the construction of the Tenant Improvements.
(b) Costs in Excess of Allowance. The cost of each item referenced in Section 7(a) above shall be charged against the Tenant Allowance. If the cost of designing, permitting and constructing the Tenant Improvements exceeds the Tenant Allowance, such costs shall be paid for by Tenant.
(c) Unused Allowance Amounts. Any unused portion of the Allowance upon completion of the Tenant Improvements will not be refunded to Tenant or monies to which Tenant is entitled, except, however, Tenant may use any such unused portion of the Allowance to pay for the costs and expenses of purchasing and installing furniture, fixtures and equipment in the Leased Premises, such as information technology conduit, cabling and equipment.
(d) Disbursement of the Allowance. Provided Tenant is not then in default under any term or condition of the Lease or this Work Letter beyond any applicable notice and cure period and the Lease is in full force and effect, Landlord shall pay the Tenant Allowance within thirty (30) days after the later of Tenant having (i) commenced the conduct of business in the Leased Premises and (ii) supplied Landlord with (1) a written request for payment of the Tenant Allowance that includes a description of all such work completed, confirming that the Tenant’s Work complies with the plans and specifications approved by Landlord, and documenting the costs incurred in the performance of Tenant’s Work; and (2) a sworn statement and lien waiver from the Contractor documenting that all contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers utilized in connection with the Tenant’s Work have been paid in full.
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10. No Representations. Landlord does not warrant that the Leased Premises or any component thereof (including the Tenant Improvements) will be free of latent defects or that it will not require maintenance and/or repair within any particular period of time. Tenant acknowledges and agrees that it shall rely solely on the warranty or guaranty, if any, from the Contractor, the Architect and/or other material and/or service providers relative to the proper design and construction of the Tenant Improvements or any component thereof.
11. Miscellaneous Construction Covenants
(a) Coordination with Lease. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as (i) constituting Tenant as Landlord's agent for any purpose whatsoever, or (ii) a waiver by Landlord or Tenant of any of the terms or provisions of the Lease. Any default by either party with respect to any portion of this Work Letter, shall be deemed a breach of the Lease for which Landlord and Tenant shall have all the rights and remedies as in the case of a breach of the Lease by the other party.
(b) Cooperation. Landlord and Tenant agree to cooperate with one another and to cause their respective employees, agents and contractors to cooperate with one another to coordinate any work being performed by Landlord and/or Tenant under this Work Letter, and their respective employees, agents and contractors so as to avoid unnecessary interference and delays with the completion of the Work.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Work Letter is executed as of the date first written above.
LANDLORD: | ||
CREW HQ, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Sally Grant | |
Name: Sally Grant | ||
Title: Authorized Person |
TENANT: | ||
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US), INC., a Delaware corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Christian Behrenbruch |
Name: | Christian Behrenbruch | |
Title: | Managing Director and CEO | |
21-Apr-22 |
EXHIBIT D
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. The sidewalks, entrances, passages, courts, elevators, vestibules, stairways, corridors or halls shall not be obstructed or used for any purpose other than ingress and egress. Landlord shall control the Common Areas.
2. No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls of the Building. No curtains, blinds, shades or screens shall be attached to or hung in, or used in connection with, any window or door of the Leased Premises other than Landlord standard window coverings without Landlord’s prior written approval. All electric ceiling fixtures hung in offices or spaces along the perimeter of the Building must be either LED or fluorescent, of a quality, type, design and tube color approved by Landlord. Neither the interior nor the exterior of any windows shall be coated or otherwise sunscreened without written consent of Landlord.
3. No sign, advertisement, notice or handbill shall be exhibited, distributed, painted or affixed by any tenant on, about or from any part of the Leased Premises, the Building or in the Common Areas including the parking area without the prior written consent of Landlord. In the event of the violation of the foregoing by any tenant, Landlord may remove or stop same without any liability, and may charge the expense incurred in such removal or stopping to tenant. The lobby directory will be provided exclusively for the display of the name and location of tenants only, and Landlord reserves the right to exclude any other names therefrom. Nothing may be placed on the exterior of corridor walls or corridor doors other than Landlord’s standard lettering.
4. The sashes, sash doors, windows, and doors that reflect or admit light and air into halls, passageways or other public places in the Building shall not be covered or obstructed by tenant.
5. The sinks and toilets and other plumbing fixtures shall not be used for any purpose other than those for which they were constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, or other substances (including, without limitation, feminine products) shall be thrown therein. All damages resulting from any misuse of the fixtures shall be borne by the tenant who, or whose subtenants, assignees or any of their servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees shall have caused the same.
6. No tenant shall mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part of the Leased Premises or the Building (except for nails for the display of artwork). No boring, cutting or stringing of wires or laying of any floor coverings shall be permitted, except with the prior written consent of the Landlord and as the Landlord may direct. Landlord shall direct electricians as to where and how telephone or data cabling are to be introduced. No boring or cutting for wires or stringing of wires will be allowed without written consent of Landlord. The location of telephones, call boxes and other office equipment affixed to the Leased Premises shall be subject to the approval of Landlord.
7. No bicycles, vehicles, birds or animals of any kind (except service animals) shall be brought into or kept in or about the Leased Premises, and no cooking shall be done or permitted by any tenant on the Leased Premises, except microwave cooking, and the preparation of coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar items for tenants and their employees. No tenant shall cause or permit any unusual or objectionable odors to permeate from the Leased Premises.
8. The Leased Premises shall not be used for manufacturing or for the storage of merchandise except as such storage may be incidental to the permitted use of the Leased Premises. No tenant shall occupy or permit any portion of the Leased Premises to be occupied as an office for the manufacture or sale of liquor, narcotics, or tobacco in any form, or as a barber or manicure shop, or a dance, exercise or music studio, or any type of school or daycare or copy, photographic or print shop or an employment bureau without the express written consent of Landlord. The Leased Premises shall not be used for lodging or sleeping or for any immoral or illegal purpose.
9. No tenant shall make, or permit to be made any unseemly, excessive or disturbing noises or disturb or interfere with occupants of this or neighboring buildings or premises or those having business with them, whether by the use of any musical instrument, radio, phonograph, unusual noise, or in any other way. No tenant shall throw anything out of doors, windows or down the passageways.
10. No tenant, subtenant or assignee nor any of its servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees, shall at any time bring or keep upon the Leased Premises any flammable, combustible or explosive fluid, chemical or substance or firearm.
11. No additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed upon any of the doors or windows by any tenant, nor shall any changes be made to existing locks or the mechanism thereof. Each tenant must upon the termination of his tenancy, restore to the Landlord all keys of doors, offices, and toilet rooms, either furnished to, or otherwise procured by, such tenant and in the event of the loss of keys so furnished, such tenant shall pay to the Landlord the cost of replacing the same or of changing the lock or locks opened by such lost key if Landlord shall deem it necessary to make such changes.
12. No tenant shall overload the floors of the Leased Premises. All damage to the floor, structure or foundation of the Building due to improper positioning or storage items or materials shall be repaired by Landlord at the sole cost and expense of tenant, who shall reimburse Landlord immediately therefor upon demand. All removals or the carrying in or out of any safes, freight, furniture, or bulky matter of any description must take place during after hours or during the hours that Landlord shall reasonably determine from time to time. The moving of safes or other fixtures or bulky matter of any kind must be done upon previous notice to Landlord and under Landlord’s supervision, and the persons employed by any tenant for such work must be acceptable to Landlord. Landlord reserves the right to inspect all safes, freight or other bulky articles to be brought into the Building and to exclude from the Building all safes, freight or other bulky articles which violate any of these Rules and Regulations or the Lease of which these Rules and Regulations are a part. The Landlord reserves the right to prescribe the weight and position of all safes, which must be placed upon supports approved by Landlord to distribute the weight.
13. Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by any tenant that, in Landlord’s opinion tends to impair the reputation of the Building or its desirability as an office location, and upon written notice from Landlord any tenant shall refrain from or discontinue such advertising.
14. The business hours for the Building shall be 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, excluding legal holidays. Tenant, nonetheless, subject to Building security rules for afterhours access, shall have access to the Premises 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Each tenant shall be responsible for all persons entering the Building at tenant’s invitation, express or implied.
15. No tenant shall purchase janitorial or maintenance or other like services, from any person or persons not approved by Landlord. Any persons employed by any tenant to do janitorial work or other work in the Leased Premises shall, while in the Building and outside of the Leased Premises, be subject to and under the control and direction of Landlord (but not as an agent or servant of Landlord), and tenant shall be responsible for all acts of such persons.
16. Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the Building are prohibited, and each tenant shall report and otherwise cooperate to prevent the same.
17. All office equipment of any electrical or mechanical nature shall be placed by tenant in the Leased Premises in settings that will, to the maximum extent possible, absorb or prevent any vibration, noise and annoyance.
18. No air-conditioning unit or other similar apparatus shall be installed or used by any tenant without the written consent of Landlord.
19. There shall not be used in any space, or in the public halls of the Building, either by any tenant or others, any hand trucks except those equipped with rubber tires and rubber side guards.
20. The scheduling of tenant move-ins shall be before or after normal business hours and on weekends, subject to the reasonable discretion of Landlord.
21. The Building is a smoke-free Building. Smoking is strictly prohibited within the Building. Smoking shall only be allowed in areas designated as a smoking area by Landlord. Tenant and its employees, representatives, contractors or invitees shall not smoke within the Building or throw cigar or cigarette butts or other substances or litter of any kind in or about the Building, except in receptacles for that purpose. Landlord may, at its sole discretion, impose a charge against monthly rent of $50.00 per violation by tenant or any of its employees, representatives, contractors or invitees, of this smoking policy.
22. Tenants will insure that all Leased Premises doors are securely locked, and water faucets, electric lights and electric machinery are turned off before leaving the Building.
23. Parking spaces associated with the Building are intended for the exclusive use of passenger automobiles. Except for intermittent deliveries, no vehicles other than passenger automobiles may be parked in a parking space without the express written permission of Landlord. Tenant, its employees, customers, invitees and guests shall, when using the parking facilities in and around the Building, observe and obey all signs regarding fire lanes and no-parking and driving speed zones and designated handicapped and visitor spaces, and when parking always park between the designated lines. Landlord reserves the right to tow away, at the expense of the owner, any vehicle which is improperly parked or parked in a no-parking zone or in a designated handicapped area, and any vehicle which is left in any parking lot in violation of the foregoing regulation. All vehicles shall be parked at the sole risk of the owner, and Landlord assumes no responsibility for any damage to or loss of vehicles except to the extent arising out of the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, the managing agent or any of their respective partners, directors, officers, agents or employees.
24. Tenant shall be responsible for and cause the proper disposal of medical waste, including hypodermic needles, created by its employees.
It is Landlord’s desire to maintain in the Building and Common Areas the highest standard of dignity and good taste consistent with comfort and convenience for tenants. Any action or condition not meeting this high standard should be reported directly to Landlord. The Landlord reserves the right to make such other and further rules and regulations as in its judgment may from time to time be necessary for the safety, care and cleanliness of the Building and Common Areas, and for the preservation of good order therein.
EXHIBIT E
GUARANTY OF LEASE
THIS GUARANTY OF LEASE (“Guaranty”) is made and entered into this 22 day of April, 2022, by Telix Pharmacueticals Limited (“Guarantor”) to and for the benefit of CREW HQ, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Landlord”), under the following circumstances:
A. Landlord and Telix Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”), are about to execute that certain Office Lease (the “Lease”) with respect to the real estate and improvements located at 11700 Exit Five Parkway, Suite ___, Fishers, Indiana, pursuant to which Landlord will lease approximately Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Eight (12,348) rentable square feet to Tenant.
B. Guarantor has a financial interest in and is the Parent of Tenant.
C. Guarantor has full authority and power to execute this Guaranty and is not suffering under any legal disability.
D. Landlord would not execute the Lease if Guarantor did not execute and deliver to Landlord this Guaranty of Lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and foregoing recitals, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with Landlord, its successors and assigns, as follows:
1. The Guarantor, as primary obligor, hereby (1) unconditionally guarantees the prompt, punctual and full payment of the rentals of the Lease in accordance with the terms and tenor thereof as completely and effectually as if such guarantee had been made by Guarantor on the face of the Lease; (2) unconditionally guarantees the prompt, punctual and full performance by Tenant of any and all of the agreements, covenants, terms and conditions agreed to be performed by Tenant under the provisions of the Lease; and (3) covenants and agrees that in the event of default in payments or any default in the performance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions thereof, the Guarantor will promptly make or cause such payment to be made or will perform or cause to be performed all such terms, covenants and conditions, irrespective of any invalidity therein, the unenforceability thereof or the insufficiency, invalidity or unenforceability of any security therefor.
2. The Guarantor does hereby further agree that Guarantor’s liability hereunder as Guarantor shall not be prejudiced, impaired or affected by (1) any renewal or extension which may be made (with or without its knowledge or consent) of the time of payment of the rentals of the Lease or of the time for performance by any party obligated thereto of any of the terms and provisions of the Lease, or (2) by any forbearance or delay in enforcing the payment of the rentals of the Lease or enforcing the obligations of any party or person to the Lease in accordance with the terms thereof, or (3) any bankruptcy of Tenant, or (4) by any modification of the terms, tenor or provisions of the Lease.
3. This Guaranty is and shall be construed to be an irrevocable, absolute, unlimited and continuing guaranty of payment and performance, and the liability of Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected, impaired or discharged, in whole or in part, by reason of an extension or discharge that may be granted to the Tenant by any Court in proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code, or any amendments thereof, or under any State or other Federal Statutes. The Guarantor expressly waives the benefits of any such extension or discharge.
4. The Landlord shall have the right to proceed against Guarantor immediately upon any default by the Tenant in payment or performance of any obligation under the Lease and cure within the applicable notice and cure periods set forth in the Lease and shall not be required to take any action or proceedings of any kind against the Tenant or any other party liable for the Tenant’s debts or obligations. Should Landlord desire to proceed against Guarantor and Tenant in the same action, Guarantor agrees that Guarantor may be joined in any such action against Tenant and that recovery may be had against Guarantor to the extent of Guarantor’s liability in such action.
5. In case Guarantor fails or refuses to honor this Guaranty, the Landlord is hereby authorized to utilize such legal means as Landlord deems proper to enforce this Guaranty, through the efforts of its employees, agents, or attorneys, and Guarantor shall pay all reasonable costs of enforcement and collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.
6. The Landlord shall have the right to assign and transfer this Guaranty to any assignee of the Lease. The Landlord’s successors and assigns shall have the rights, elections, remedies, and privileges, discretions and powers granted hereunder to the Landlord and shall have the right to rely upon this Guaranty and to enter into and continue other and additional transactions with the Tenant in reliance hereon, in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if they were specifically named as the Landlord herein.
7. This Guaranty shall constitute a contract and be governed by the laws of the State of Indiana. The undersigned hereby voluntarily submits to the jurisdiction of any court in the State of Indiana having jurisdiction over the subject matter of this instrument, and hereby constitutes the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana as its agent for service of process in connection with any suit or proceeding arising hereunder. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding is conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
8. Failure of the Landlord or its assigns to insist in any one or more instances upon strict performance of any one or more of the provisions of this Guaranty or to take advantage of any of its rights hereunder shall not be construed as a waiver of any such provisions or the relinquishment of any such rights, but the same shall continue and remain in full force and effect.
9. The Landlord or its assigns shall have the right, without affecting Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, and without demand or notice, to collect first from the Tenant, and to exercise its rights of set-off against any asset of the Tenant, and to otherwise pursue and collect from the Tenant any other indebtedness of the Tenant to the Landlord or its assigns not covered by this Guaranty, and any sums received from the Tenant, whether by voluntary payment, or set-off or collection efforts, may be applied by the Landlord or its assigns as it sees fit, including the application of all such amounts to other debts not guaranteed by Guarantor. Subrogation rights or any other rights of any kind of Guarantor against the Tenant, if any, shall not become available until all indebtedness and obligations of the Tenant to the Landlord or its assigns are paid in full.
10. Guarantor represents and warrants that this Guaranty is binding upon Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
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Executed on April, 22 , 2022
GUARANTOR: Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
/s/ Christian Behrenbruch
Printed Name: | Christian Behrenbruch |
Title: | Managing Director and CEO | |
21-Apr-22 |
Exhibit 4.6
Your branch : BC Brussels South Boulevard Louis Schmidt 2 1040 ETTERBEEK Phone : +32 22.28.76.71 |
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL Rue de Hermée 255 4040 HERSTAL BELGIQUE |
21 February 2022
Reference: 117773634/G35992 / FK/4BA2M
Dear Madam, Dear Sir,
We are pleased to inform that we agree to grant you a credit facility number 117773634 in the following forms of utilisation and at the following terms and conditions. It is governed by the “General Lending Conditions”, registered in Brussels by the name of “Conditions Générales des Ouvertures de Crédit aux Entreprises”, at the first registry office, on 31 August 2016, volume 306, sheet 50, number 03, hereinafter referred to as the “General Lending Conditions”. You already have received a copy of the said General Lending Conditions together with a free translation.
Until further notice, the following forms of utilisation, terms and conditions will apply:
FORMS OF UTILISATION, TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
ROLL-OVER FACILITY (Contractnumber: 245-8937107-08)
● | Amount: 2,000,000.00 EUR (two million euro) |
● | Terms: |
This form of utilisation is intended for the interim financing of subsides. The terms and conditions applicable to this form of utilisation are laid down in the enclosed copy of the agreement.
● | Duration: |
Without prejudice to article 18 and 20 of the “Conditions Générales des Ouvertures de Crédit aux Entreprises” - “Algemene Voorwaarden voor Kredietopeningen aan Ondernemingen” (General Lending Conditions for Corporate Customers), this form of utilisation is granted to you for a fixed period.
In regard of the roll over facility, the redemption schedule is given in the attached agreement.
● | Charges: |
The reference rate applicable to each advance is that laid down in the agreement, increased by a margin of 1.5%.
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV – Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels
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INVESTMENT CREDIT (Contractnumber: 245-8937205-09)
● | Amount: 6,100,000.00 EUR (six million one hundred thousand euro) |
● | Terms: |
This credit is intended for the funding of the renovation and the redevelopment from a part of the building located in B-7180 SENEFFE, Rue Jules Bordet 55. The terms are laid down in the attached agreement.
● | Duration: |
Without prejudice to Articles 18 and 20 of the General Lending Conditions, this credit shall expire following the repayment period mentioned in the attached agreement.
● | Charges: |
– | interests: calculated at a fixed interest rate of 1.85% per year, monthly payable after expired term. |
Interest will be calculated on the basis of a fraction, whereby interest will be calculated on the basis of a numerator equating to the exact number of days and a denominator based on a 360-day year.
SECURITY INTERESTS TO ESTABLISH |
Withdrawals on the new or modified forms of your credit facility are only authorised after the establishment of the security interest(s) indicated below, which should be set up in accordance with our model, within a period of two months as of today.
General security interests:
This credit facility is guaranteed by the following security interests:
● | Mortgage to be granted in our favour for an amount of 110,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and charges, costs and expenses: |
– | rank 1, on the property belonging to TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL, located in B-7180 SENEFFE, Rue Jules Bordet 55 . |
● | Power of attorney for an amount of 8,800,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses to be granted in our favour: |
– | on the property belonging to TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL, located in B-7180 SENEFFE, Rue Jules Bordet 55. This property is encumbered at the most with a registration amounting to 110,000.00 EUR, in favour of BNP Paribas Fortis SA. |
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You have appointed Maître STAS Kim to draw up these deeds. If you change your notary or do take up our offer for any reason, all fees already incurred by the Notary in preparation of the file will nevertheless be for your account.
We take due note that you will confer a power of attorney for an amount of 3,950,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of IMBC on the aforesaid property.
It is from now on agreed between IMBC and our Bank, that in case of conversion of the aforesaid powers of attorney, the mortgages will occupy the following ranks:
– | in rank 3 for an amount of 8,800,00.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of BNP Paribas Fortis SA, after a registration in rank 1 for an amount of 110,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of BNP Paribas Fortis SA, after a registration in rank 2 for an amount of 50,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of IBMC; |
– | in rank 4 for an amount of 3,950,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of IMBC, after a registration in rank 1 for an amount of 110,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of BNP Paribas Fortis SA, after a registration in rank 2 for an amount of 50,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of IBMC, after a registration in rank 3 for an amount of 8,800,000.00 EUR in respect of principal and all costs, charges and expenses in favor of BNP Paribas Fortis SA |
To sort this out, an agreement will have to take place between IBMC and our Bank in order to confirm the order of the ranks under discussion above.
● | Corporate guarantee to be executed by TELIX INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD, which have a 100% majority holding in TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL, for an amount of maximum 8,910,000.00 EUR according to our attached model. |
FEE |
We will debit your account with an amount of 10,000.00 EUR.
For
each change, increase, reduction and/or cancellation of one of your forms of utilisation or one of your collaterals, arrangement
fees will be charged.
For each change, increase, reduction and/or cancellation of the credit facility arrangement fees can be charged.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS |
● | Preconditions |
The disposal of the above mentionned credits is subordinated to :
– | the confirmation that the investment is eligible for subsides for an amount of 2.000.000,00 EUR |
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The global budget of 16,600,000.00 EUR must be completed by:
– | the financing by IMBC for an amount of 4,000,000.00 EUR with the same duration as the bank |
– | the own contribution of TELIX up to 2,000,000.00 EUR (in addition to the 2,500,000.00 EUR already paid, which still have to be documented ) that shall be paid by you prior to each drawdown under the facility by IMBC and/or by the bank. |
Any utilisation of the credit facility is subject to the condition that we receive the information on all borrowers that is required to comply with our statutory due diligence obligations, such as customer identification, the assessment of the customer’s characteristics and the purpose and nature of the business relationship, including information on any proxies and beneficial owners, and that the examination of this information leads to a favourable result.
When a form of utilisation under this credit facility is (or was) made available at an interest rate, composed of a reference rate and a margin, and such reference rate is negative, then such reference rate will be deemed to be zero. This applies not only to the forms of utilisation made available or modified under the terms and conditions of this letter but also to any other form of utilisation previously made.
VALIDITY OF THE OFFER |
After research and analysis, the Bank has the opinion that undersigned borrower, at the time of the request of the credit facility (ies), as described in this (these) agreement(s), does not meet the description included in article 2, 4° of the “Law concerning various provisions for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises” (as published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 31 December 2013) of an enterprise and therefore does not fall within the scope of this law. The provisions of the above mentioned law will therefore not apply on the underlying credit facility agreement.
Please confirm your approval of the content of this letter, by returning the copy of it which will be submitted to you by your branch no later than 07.03.2022, duly signed on behalf of your company. The original counterparts of the (term loan, Roll Over) agreement(s), duly signed on behalf of your Company, should also be in our possession by the date mentioned above.
Failing to do so by the abovementioned date will give us the right to make the granting of the credit facility subject to a new approval.
Sincerely,
Drafted in Herstal on 03-03-2022
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV – Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels
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In case of a handwritten signature:
The Borrower(s): TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL
Company name | Signature | Surname and first name of the signatory | Status of the signatory |
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL |
/s/ Richard Valeix | Richard Valeix | Administrator |
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL |
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch | Chris Behrenbruch | Administrator |
The Bank
Signature | Identity of the signatory |
/s/ Marie-Gabrielle Chiliatte | Marie-Gabrielle Chiliatte Head of CS Business Loans |
/s/ Bart Van Laer | Bart Van Laer Head of CSS Credits |
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV – Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels
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BNP Paribas Fortis société anonyme/naamloze vennootschap,
whose registered office is at
Montagne du Parc 3
1000 Brussels
VAT No BE 0403.199.702
RPM/RPR Brussels
ROLL-OVER AGREEMENT
Agreement number 245-8937107-08
Between:
1) | on the one hand, |
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV,
hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”,
and
2) | on the other hand, |
– | TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL, |
■ | formed by notarial deed executed on 07.05.2018, published in the Appendix to the Moniteur belge/Belgisch Staatsblad (Belgian Official Gazette) of 14.05.2018, under number 00313994 |
■ | with its registered office at 4040 HERSTAL, Rue de Hermée 255 |
■ | registered for VAT under the number BE 0695.832.765 |
■ | entered in the Register of Companies under the number 0695.832.765 |
■ | duly represented by: |
● | Richard Valeix |
● | President EMEA, 20 Rue de Verdun 74940 Annecy le vieux, France |
hereinafter referred to as « the Borrower »,
This document must be signed by persons with authority to commit their company in acts of disposal.
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the following has been agreed:
In a letter of 21.02.2022, the Bank granted the Borrower a credit facility. The type of drawdown stipulated below falls under this credit facility and is subject to the drawdown procedure and terms and conditions given hereinafter.
FACILITY - TYPE AND PURPOSE
This is a roll-over credit facility of 2,000,000.00 EUR (two million euro) , (hereinafter referred to as “the Facility”).
The purpose of the Facility is the interim financing of subsides.
DEFINITIONS
Terms with capital letters are defined in the General Lending Conditions or here below :
– | Drawdown period: means a period commencing on the date of signature of this agreement |
– | Expiry date: 31.01.2024. |
– | Margin: means: 1.5% per annum. |
CONDITION PRECEDENT FOR DRAWDOWN OF THE FACILITY
No Advance will be granted
– | until such time as the guarantees and undertakings and/of the special provisions specified in the letter of 21.02.2022 have been duly issued; and |
– | until such time as the Bank is in receipt of all the documents required for the Bank to verify that the signatory(ies) of this agreement is/are duly authorised to sign on behalf of the Borrower. |
AVAILABILITY
A. Availability of Advances
The Facility shall be made available to the borrower in the form of one or more Advances in euro.
Each Advance must be for an amount of at least 125,000.00 EUR.
The notice of drawdown will be irrevocable and must reach the Bank before the end of the Drawdown period and 3 Business days prior to the Advance date at the latest.
B. Automatic termination of the Facility granted
At the end of the Drawdown period, the Facility and the credit facility will automatically be terminated on that date up to the Undrawn amount according to article 18 of the General Lending Conditions, it being understood that the Borrower is tacitly cancelling the undrawn portion of the Facility.
This document must be signed by persons with authority to commit their company in acts of disposal.
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Due to this tacit cancellation, the reinvestment penalty, calculated in accordance with the provisions of point b) of clause “REINVESTMENT PENALTY”, will be due.
C. Consolidation or splitting of Advances
When the Interest periods for several Advances terminate on the same date, the various Advances will be consolidated at the end of the Interest period in question and shall comprise a single Advance on the said date.
In the written notification of the choice of Interest period sent to the Bank by the Borrower, the Borrower may request the Bank to split an Advance for the subsequent Interest period into several Advances provided that each Advance is for a minimum of 125,000.00 EUR.
REPAYMENT
The Facility shall be repaid all at once on the Expiry Date and shall terminate automatically on that date.
VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION
During the Drawdown period, the Borrower may cancel the Undrawn amount of the Facility in full or in part, by giving the Bank written notice thereof at least 10 Business Days prior to the cancellation date.
Due to this tacit cancellation, the Borrower will pay the Bank the amount set out in point b) of clause “REINVESTMENT PENALTY”.
VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT
The Borrower may prepay all or part of any Advance by giving notice thereof to the Bank, by registered mail, on a date which is not less than 10 Business Days prior to the prepayment date.
The Borrower will pay the Bank on the date specified, the amount in principal concerned plus interest accrued as at the date of prepayment along with any other amounts due under this agreement, including the amount set out in point a) of clause “REINVESTMENT PENALTY”.
INTEREST PERIOD AND INTEREST
A. Choice of Interest period and interest
An Interest period will be 1, 2, 3 or 6 months, at the option of the Borrower, or any other period of more than 1 month but less than or equal to 12 months as agreed by the parties.
However, the last day of an Interest period may not be later that the date on which the Facility matures.
This document must be signed by persons with authority to commit their company in acts of disposal.
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The Borrower is to notify the Bank in writing of the Interest period chosen at least 3 Business days prior to the start of the Interest period in question - such notification is irrevocable.
The interest rate applied to an Interest period in respect of any Advance will be the rate per annum determined by the Bank and will comprise:
– | the interbank interest rate for the eurozone (Euribor) as published at 11am in Brussels on the Interest determination date on Reuters (on page “Euribor01” or any other page subsequently replacing this page) - or, if this is not available, - for a period equal to the Interest period of the Advance in question, |
– | plus the Margin. |
The Bank will notify the Borrower without delay each time the interest rate is so determined.
However, if the Euribor is not published by Reuters , the interest rate applied will be:
– | the mean of the rates quoted to the Bank by reference banks (Barclays Bank Plc, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank AG, ING Bank NV) as being the rates at which these banks are prepared to grant loans on the interbank market in the eurozone for an amount equal to the amount concerned on the Interest determination date, for a period equal to the Interest period in question, |
– | plus the Margin. |
The Bank will notify the Borrower without delay each time the interest rate is so determined.
Interest is payable at the end of each Interest period.
If the reference rate (euribor) or the mean of the rates quoted by the reference banks, as the case may be, is below zero, it will be deemed to be zero.
B. Default Interest period
If notification of the choice of Interest period is not given in accordance with the conditions laid down above, the Interest period for the Advance will be three months, without prejudice to the other provisions of this agreement.
COMMITMENT FEE
With effect from the date of signature of this agreement until the end of the Drawdown period, the Borrower will owe the Bank a commitment fee of 0.125% per quarter on the undrawn portion of the Facility.
This fee is payable quarterly in arrears. It will be due in EUR and for the first time three months after the date of signature of the agreement.
This document must be signed by persons with authority to commit their company in acts of disposal.
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REINVESTMENT PENALTY
The reinvestment penalty will be calculated as follows:
(a) | Reinvestment penalty due on the repaid amount of Advances: |
The reinvestment penalty will be equal to 3 months interest calculated on the repaid amount of the relevant Advances at their current interest rate.
and/or
(b) | Reinvestment penalty due on the on the Undrawn amount of the Facility which is cancelled/terminated: 125,00 EUR. |
CHARGES
Without prejudice to article 11 of the General Lending Conditions, the Bank shall debit the Borrower’s account with the handling charges relating to the credit, ie. the quarterly management charge, currently 30.00 EUR.
SECURITY
The Borrower’s commitments pursuant to this Facility will be by each security mentioned in the Bank’s letter of 21.02.2022.
OTHER CONDITIONS
In addition, the Facility is granted provided that the other conditions specified in the Bank’s letter of 21.02.2022 are fulfilled.
SUSPENSION AND DEFAULT
Without prejudice to article 20 § 2 of the General Lending Conditions, the Bank is entitled to terminate and/or suspend the Facility with immediate effect in any of the following cases:
– | if the undertakings given by a third party and set out in clause “SECURITY” OR “OTHER CONDITIONS” of this agreement is/are no longer fulfilled OR mentioned in the Bank’s letter of 21.02.2022; |
If the Bank terminates the Facility all its obligations will cease with immediate effect and the Advances granted will be repaid immediately, together with interest accrued up to the date of repayment and any other amounts due to the Bank under this agreement, including the reinvestment penalty - the procedure for calculating the reinvestment penalty is given in clause “REINVESTMENT PENALTY”.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
All devices, requests or other notifications in connection with this agreement will be considered validly made if sent to the following address:
– | for the Borrower: registered office: 4040 HERSTAL, Rue de Hermée 255. |
This document must be signed by persons with authority to commit their company in acts of disposal.
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– | for the Bank: registered office: B-1000 BRUSSELS, Montagne du Parc 3. |
All advices, requests or other notifications to be given in writing may also be given by fax; in that event, the contracting parties agree that fax notification shall have the same evidential value as original documents.
After research and analysis, the Bank has the opinion that undersigned Borrower, at the time of the request of the credit facility (ies), as described in this (these) agreement(s), does not meet the description included in article 2, 4° of the “Law concerning various provisions for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises” (as published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 31 December 2013) of an enterprise and therefore does not fall within the scope of this law. The provisions of the above mentioned law will therefore not apply.
0.15 EUR duty paid on declaration by BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV
Drafted in Herstal on 3 March 2022 in 3 copies. Each of the contracting parties acknowledges receipt of a copy.
In case of a handwritten signature:
The Borrower(s): TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL
Company name | Signature | Surname and first name of the signatory | Status of the signatory |
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL |
/s/ Richard Valeix | Richard Valeix | Administrator |
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL |
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch | Chris Behrenbruch | Administrator |
The Bank
Signature | Identity of the signatory |
/s/ Marie-Gabrielle Chiliatte | Marie-Gabrielle Chiliatte Head of CS Business Loans |
/s/ Bart Van Laer | Bart Van Laer Head of CSS Credits |
This document must be signed by persons with authority to commit their company in acts of disposal.
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BNP Paribas Fortis société anonyme/naamloze vennootschap,
whose registered office is at
Montagne du Parc 3
1000 Brussels
VAT No BE 0403.199.702
RPM/RPR Brussels
INVESTMENT CREDIT
Contract number 245-8937205-09
Between:
1) | on the one hand, |
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV,
hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”,
and
2) | on the other hand, |
– | TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL, |
■ | formed by notarial deed executed on 07.05.2018, published in the Appendix to the Moniteur belge/Belgisch Staatsblad (Belgian Official Gazette) of 14.05.2018, under number 00313994 |
■ | with its registered office at 4040 HERSTAL, Rue de Hermée 255 |
■ | registered for VAT under the number BE 0695.832.765 |
■ | entered in the Register of Companies under the number 0695.832.765 |
■ | duly represented by: |
● | Richard Valeix |
● | President EMEA, 20 Rue de Verdun 74940 Annecy le vieux, France |
hereinafter referred to as « the Borrower »,
the following has been agreed:
In a letter of 21.02.2022, the Bank granted the Borrower a credit facility. The type of drawdown stipulated below falls under this credit facility and is subject to the drawdown procedure and terms and conditions given hereinafter.
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FACILITY TYPE AND PURPOSE |
This is an investment credit of 6,100,000.00 EUR (six million one hundred thousand euro) for the funding of the renovation and the redevelopment from a part of the building located in B-7180 SENEFFE, Rue Jules Bordet 55.
UTILISATION |
● | Drawdown: The drawdown period ends on 29.02.2024, by which date the credit must be drawn down in full. |
● | Early cancellation: if the Facility has not been drawn down or has not been drawn down in full by the close of the drawdown period or if the Borrower cancels the undrawn amount of the Facility or if the any required security is not provided within the stipulated period, the Borrower shall pay the Bank a reinvestment penalty calculated as described in clause “REINVESTMENT PENALTY” and the file handling charges. |
If the credit facility is not drawn down in full, the Bank will then draw up a new capital and intrest repayment schedule.
● | Repayment period: the repayment period will commence at the end of the drawdown period. |
Repayment will be made in 96 monthly payments of 68,477.80 EUR in capital and interest in accordance with the enclosed repayment schedule. This schedule shall remain attached to this agreement and form an integral part thereof. The first monthly payment of 68,477.80 EUR is due on 31.03.2024.
● | Total or partial prepayment: The Borrower may make total or partial prepayment of this Credit at any time by giving an irrevocable notice thereof to the Bank, by registered mail, at least 10 Bank Business Days prior the prepayment date. |
All amounts must be paid to the bank on the payment date notified to the bank by the borrower. In the event of partial prepayment, a new repayment schedule shall be drawn up. The amount prepaid shall be automatically deducted from the amount available under the credit facility terminated.
In the event of total or partial prepayment or in the event of termination of this facility pursuant to article 20 § 2 of the General Lending Conditions, the Borrower will pay the Bank a penalty as stipulated in clause “REINVESTMENT PENALTY” and the file handling charges.
SECURITY |
The Commitments arising pursuant to this credit are secured by each security mentioned in the letter of 21.02.2022. No drawdowns against this credit may be made until such time as each security has been issued.
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SCALE OF CHARGES |
● | Interests: 1.85% per annum monthly payable in arrears; the first interest payment shall be due on 14.03.2022. Interest will be calculated on amounts drawn down under the credit and not repaid. |
● | Commitment fee: 0.125% three-monthly. The commitment fee will be charged on the undrawn amount of the facility as from the date of signature of this agreement. The commitment fee shall be payable on an interest payment date. |
● | Reinvestment penalty: The reinvestment/cancellation fee is equal to the difference between: |
– | the interest the Bank would have received from the Borrower if the latter had used and repaid the Credit according to the terms fixed in the contract and |
– | the interest the Bank will receive instead of this, by reinvesting the sums which have been repaid in advance or have not been drawn down on the financial markets, at the reference rates indicated below. |
A specific reference rate is fixed for each capital instalment date repaid in advance/not drawn down as follows:
– | instalment <= 1 year: the Euribor rate for the period corresponding to this payment date |
– | instalment > 1 year: the IRS rate for the period corresponding to this payment date |
The amount of the fee is then fixed based on the weighted average of the aforementioned reference rates, taken into account the contractually agreed repayment terms and periods.
The respective period extends until the date of the next contractual review of the interest rate, or failing this until the final maturity date of the Credit.
It will amount at least to 250.00 EUR.
CHARGES |
Without prejudice to article 11 of the General Lending Conditions, the Bank shall debit the Borrower’s account with the handling charges relating to the credit, ie. the quarterly management charge, currently 30.00 EUR.
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS |
After research and analysis, the Bank has the opinion that undersigned Borrower, at the time of the request of the credit facility (ies), as described in this (these) agreement(s), does not meet the description included in article 2, 4° of the “Law concerning various provisions for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises” (as published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 31 December 2013) of an enterprise and therefore does not fall within the scope of this law. The provisions of the above mentioned law will therefore not apply.
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Drafted in Herstal on 3 March 2022 in 3 copies. Each of the contracting parties acknowledges receipt of a copy.
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In case of a handwritten signature:
The Borrower(s): TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) SRL
Company name | Signature | Surname and first name of the signatory | Status of the signatory |
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL |
/s/ Richard Valeix | Richard Valeix | Administrator |
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL |
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch | Chris Behrenbruch | Administrator |
The Bank
Signature | Identity of the signatory |
/s/ Marie-Gabrielle Chiliatte | Marie-Gabrielle Chiliatte Head of CS Business Loans |
/s/ Bart Van Laer | Bart Van Laer Head of CSS Credits |
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[On Guarantor’s paperhead]
TELIX INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
SUITE 401, 55 FLEMINGTON ROAD
NORTH MELBOURNE, VIC 3051
AUSTRALIA
0692.570.595
FORTIS BANK SA | |
For the attention of Business Credits 3 Montagne du Parc 1000 Brussels |
Dear Sirs,
To enable you to grant credit facilities or effect any financial transactions whatsoever with our subsidiary TELIX INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD (the “Debtor”), in which we have a 100% majority holding, we have agreed to issue a guarantee at first demand in your favour.
We, TELIX INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD, located in AUSTRALIA, SUITE 401, 55 FLEMINGTON ROAD, NORTH MELBOURNE, VIC 3051, therefore undertake, irrevocably and unconditionally, to pay, on your first demand, an amount of 8,910,000.00 EUR maximum .
This guarantee shall have immediate effect. We reserve the right to terminate this guarantee at any time subject to a 45 days’ prior written notice to you by registered letter. The guarantee shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the obligations of the Debtor towards you, existing at the date of termination of this guarantee.
If any payment made to you is declared, for any reason whatsoever, to be null and void, or must be restored by you, our obligations arising from this guarantee in respect of this amount shall be reinstated as if no payment had been made.
To be valid, any demand under this guarantee shall be notified to us by registered letter. The registered letter containing the demand under this guarantee must state the reasons for the said demand, notwithstanding the fact that we cannot contest the merits of the demand
To be valid, any demand under this guarantee shall be notified to us by registered letter. The registered letter containing the demand under this guarantee must state that the Debtor is in default under its obligations in respect of the Credit Facility, notwithstanding the fact that we cannot contest the merits of the demand
To be valid, any demand under this guarantee shall be notified to us by registered letter. The registered letter containing the demand under this guarantee must state the reasons for the said demand, notwithstanding the fact that we cannot contest the merits of the demand (even if such demand results from or is in any way linked to unavailability of currency or any political, economic or monetary impediment or governmental intervention).
To be valid, any demand under this guarantee shall be notified to us by registered letter. The registered letter containing the demand under this guarantee must state that the Debtor is in default under its obligations in respect of the Credit Facility or that you did not receive on the due date any amount due under the Credit Facility, notwithstanding the fact that we cannot contest the merits of the demand (even if such demand results from or is in any way linked to unavailability of currency or any political, economic or monetary impediment or governmental intervention).
Classification : Internal
Any payment under this guarantee shall be made net of any tax or withholding duties whatsoever. Should any such amount be deducted, we will pay the necessary additional amounts to ensure that you receive a net amount equal to that which is due.
This guarantee shall be governed by the laws of Belgium and any dispute shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the courts of Brussels without prejudice to your right to submit any dispute to the courts where we are established.
Yours faithfully,
Doug Cubbin
Group CFO
/s/ Doug Cubbin
Classification : Internal
FREE TRANSLATION
GENERAL LENDING CONDITIONS FOR CORPORATE CUSTOMERS*
* | The provisions in italics only apply if the borrower and/or the third-person guarantor - if any - are natural persons. |
Part 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 - Scope of application
The following provisions concerning credit facilities govern the relationship between:
– | BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”; |
– | the beneficiary(ies) of the credit facility, hereinafter referred to as “the borrower”; in the event of more than one borrower, the Bank is entitled to use the word “borrower” to refer to each of them; |
– | any other persons who have, directly or indirectly, issued a surety of any kind in favour of the Bank or entered into an obligation with the Bank, hereinafter referred to as “the third- party guarantor”; in the event of more than one third-party guarantor, the Bank is entitled to use the word “third-party guarantor” to refer to each of them. |
Article 2 - Credit facilities
All credit facilities are governed by the following:
– | in first instance, by the letter and/or the special agreement granting the credit facility or a form of utilisation of this credit facility hereinafter also referrred to as “facility”, which set out the terms and conditions to each individual credit facility or form of utilisation thereof, hereinafter referred to as “the letter granting the credit facility”, the “credit facility letter”, the “credit facility agreement” or the “facility agreement”; |
– | and by all other documents and agreements relating to the credit facility, including the deeds in which the sureties or undertakings are issued; |
– | then by these General Conditions to the extent that they are referred to in the letter granting the credit facility or agreement and subject to any exceptions expressly stipulated in writing; |
– | and finally, by the General Bank Terms and Conditions of BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV for all cases not provided for in these General Conditions. |
Article 3 - Entry into force, amendments and term
§ 1. | Entry into force |
Without prejudice to the application of Article 4, § 1, the credit facility or any amendment thereto shall take effect on the date on which the letter granting the credit facility or the credit facility agreement or the document noting the amendment is signed by the Bank and the borrower.
§ 2. | Amendments |
Amendments relating to the credit facility or events, including those stipulated in Articles 13 and 14, entail no novation. To the extent necessary, the sureties shall remain in force.
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The Bank is not obliged to inform the third-party guarantor of such amendments or events.
§ 3. | Term |
Without prejudice to the application of Articles 18, 19 and 20, the credit facility is granted for an indefinite period.
Article 4 - Utilisation and forms of utilisation
§ 1. | Utilisation |
The credit facility may not be used for purposes, which give rise to the application of the laws on consumer credit or mortgage loans
The credit facility may only be used once all the formalities required for the execution and the perfection of the agreed sureties - in the required ranking - and all other terms and conditions have been duly fulfilled.
No borrowing in excess of the agreed limit or in excess of the limit for any particular form of utilisation is permitted. If, despite this, a utilisation in excess of the agreed limit does occur, the amount concerned must be settled immediately; the fact that excess borrowing has occurred does not give rise to any entitlement to maintaining or repeating such excess borrowing.
§ 2. | Forms of utilisation |
The credit facility may be used in various forms. The borrower and the Bank determine the forms of utilisation available in the original letter granting the credit facility or the credit facility agreement or by subsequent amendment thereto.
Article 5 - Account - unified nature of the account - set-off clause - financial transactions
§ 1. Utilisations in various forms of the credit facility are in principle booked to one or more accounts.
Save for an agreement to the contrary, all the accounts opened by the Bank for one and the same borrower - in euros or foreign currency - form an integral part of a single, indivisible account, regardless of where they are held. Consequently the Bank is entitled to amalgamate the accounts or effect partial or complete offsetting transactions between the accounts with a debit balance and accounts with a credit balance and vice versa - the final balance so obtained determines the borrower’s account situation.
All banking transactions between the Bank and the borrower shall occur as part of an overall business relationship between the two. All transactions between a borrower and the Bank are therefore linked inter se. Consequently, without prejudice to the provisions of the previous paragraph, the Bank is at all times entitled - even after bankruptcy or any other cause of concurrence - to offset the credit and debit balances of the various accounts against each other as and how it deems fit.
If either the transfer or offsetting between the various accounts requires the conversion of foreign currency, this shall be done at the rate applying at the time of conversion.
§ 2. The Bank is entitled to debit all amounts owed to it in principal, interest and incidental charges from the borrower’s account. This entails no novation.
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§ 3. | Interest |
– | If the borrower has an overdraft facility, interest on overdrawn amounts shall be charged at the agreed debit interest rate for overdraft in the currency concerned. In the event of borrowing in excess of the maximum amount available for utilisation under the credit facility or the maximum amount available for a particular form of utilisation or combination of forms of utilisation, or in the event of termination of the credit facility pursuant to Articles 19 and 20, the borrower shall, in addition to the debit interest rate for overdraft in the currency concerned, be liable for payment of a fee of 6% per annum calculated on the amount of the excess borrowing (if applicable) or on the amounts to be repaid in the event of termination of the credit facility. The rule for excess borrowing also applies for obligations under the credit facility unpaid but not booked to the account on the expiry date. The Bank may amend the percentage of the fee at any time. |
– | If the borrower does not have an overdraft facility, interest on debit balances in the cases stipulated in the previous paragraph is charged at the debit interest rate applied by the Bank for current accounts in the currency concerned. |
– | As long as certain accounts, in which the facility operates, are also part of a notional pooling agreement, the conditions with regard to the debit interest mentioned in the latter agreement shall prevail. |
§ 4. The borrower agrees to entrust a proportion of its financial transactions to the Bank in proportion to the credit facilities granted by the Bank to the borrower. Transfer instructions issued to the Bank by third parties for crediting to one or more accounts held by the borrower with other financial institutions will be charged to the account of the borrower with the Bank.
Article 6 - Interest, fees, commissions and charges
§ 1. Interest, fees, commissions and charges are calculated for each form of utilisation. The Bank may amend the interest, fees, commissions and charges at any time in accordance with the market conditions. Notification of such amendment may be made by means of a letter sent to the borrower by ordinary mail or by means of an advice included with the account statements provision by the Bank of the copy of the said letter or advice shall constitute adequate proof that it has been sent to the borrower; the borrower is assumed to have accepted such amendments if it does not terminate the credit facility or form of utilisation in question by means of a registered letter to this effect to the Bank within thirty (30) days of dispatch by the Bank of the letter or advice notifying the borrower of such amendments.
§ 2. Unless otherwise agreed, the interest, fees, commissions and charges are due every three months in arrears and are invoiced at the start of the following calendar quarter for the expired term.
The calculation takes place in the respective currency, based on a fraction whereby the actual number of days expired is indicated in the numerator and the number of days in a year, in the market of the respective currency, is indicated in the denominator (namely in accordance with market practice, 360 or 365 depending on the respective currency).
§ 3. If a form of utilisation was granted against an interest rate, made up of a reference interest rate (such as the EONIA, the EURIBOR or the IRS) and a margin, and the reference interest rate is negative, then the latter is deemed to be equal to zero.
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§ 4. Subject to application of article 5, §3, each payable amount, regardless of the nature thereof, which was not paid on the (normal or early) due date, is subject to interest on overdue payments, calculated day after day from the date the payment was due until the day it is definitively received by the Bank, against an interest rate that equals the Bank’s overdraft rate, increased by 6% per year.
§ 5. Non-availability of the Euribor/Libor or currency.
The Bank shall promptly notify the borrower if in relation to any advance to be granted under a facility, it determines:
a) that Euribor/Libor is not published and that, on or around 12:00 pm on the interest determination date, no or only one reference bank reports an interest rate to the Bank; or
b) before 5:00 pm on the interest determination date, that the cost of obtaining matching deposits in the relevant interbank market would be in excess of Euribor/Libor; or
c) before 5:00 pm on the interest determination date and insofar as the requested currency is not EUR, that the currency is not readily available to the Bank in the amount and for the period required.
In that case, the advance shall not be granted.
In case of an existing advance granted for a roll over facility and of which the interest period must be renewed,
1. if paragraph (a) or (b) applies, the interest rate of the advance for the interest period shall be equal to the sum of the margin and the interest rate which the Bank determines to express its cost of funding that advance from whatever source it may reasonably select.
2. if paragraph (c) applies, then the borrower shall repay this advance in the currency in which it was provided, and the Bank shall provide the advance in EUR.
In the hypotheses described above and if the Bank or the borrower so require, the Bank and the borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) in order to reach an agreement about a substitute basis for determining the interest rate and/or funding any advance in such currency.
§ 6. Provisions by the competent authorities
If a new statutory or regulatory provision, a directive from a competent authority or a fiscal, monetary or bank measure or a change in the interpretation or the application of this provision, directive or measure, specifically concerning the level of the equity of the Bank, its mandatory reserves or the method to use its equity for the coverage of the rights and obligations arising from the credit facility, would result in:
– | the increase of costs for the Bank for granting or maintaining the credit facility; |
– | the Bank being required to make a payment on, or calculated by reference to, the credit facility; |
– | the amount of any payment due to the Bank under the credit facility being reduced; |
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– | the Bank being required to increase the amount of its equity that it must allocate to cover the rights and obligations arising from the credit facility, |
then the Bank shall immediately inform the borrower thereof in writing with indication of the interest rate and/or other fees that will have to be applied to the credit facility, or of an amount to be paid to the Bank as compensation for the above-mentioned consequences.
The borrower will have a period of fifteen (15) days after receipt of the notification from the Bank, to inform the Bank in writing if it wishes to:
– | either maintain the credit facility and to bear the additional costs. The increased cost will apply at the latest 30 days after the date of the notification by the Bank. |
– | or terminate the credit facility, and within 30 days after the date of the notification of the Bank to proceed with the early repayment of any amount owed in the principal amount with the interest due on the day of such repayment, and together with any other amounts owed to the Bank pursuant to the credit facility, including the reinvestment penalty, to the extent that this is provided for in the respective form of utilisation. |
In the absence of a written confirmation from the borrower within the set periods, the first option above will apply.
Were the authorities to later reduce or abolish the respective measures, the Bank will also reduce, or cancel, as the case may be, the increased costs referred to above on a pro rata basis from the date on which the said reduced or repealed measures would enter into force.
Article 7 - Joint and several liability – “Ondeelbaarheid” - “Indivisibilite” (“Indivisibility”)
All the borrowers’ obligations - both active and passive - towards the Bank are given under joint and several, and “indivisible” liability, with the most extensive consequences of “ondeelbaarheid” or “indivisibilité”, even if the obligations are booked in an account in the name of one or only some of the borrowers. Consequently, each borrower is entitled to undertake all transactions with the Bank severally, with its signature binding all the other borrowers. The third party-guarantors, who provide personal sureties, are jointly and severally, and “indivisibly” liable towards the Bank in conjunction with the borrowers. Notwithstanding Articles 1210 and 1285 of the Belgian Civil Code, after one or more of the borrowers or third-party guarantors have been discharged from their obligations, all the others remain liable for the entire amount, without it being necessary for the Bank to reserve its rights against them. Such discharge entails no novation and the credit facility continues to be secured by the sureties already issued. The Bank is also entitled to have the sureties re-issued or confirmed by the persons who issued them.
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Article 8 - General pledge - general assignment of claims
§ 1. Subject to specific legal provisions and as security for the repayment of any sums which might be due to the Bank by the borrower, either alone or jointly with one or more third parties, as a result of any present and/or future claims, for any reason whatsoever, or as a result of any guarantees and/or securities issued or to be issued in favour of the Bank:
– | the borrower pledges in favour of the Bank all financial instruments and cash which are held in its name or for its account with the Bank; |
– | the borrower assigns to the Bank all its present and future claims against the Bank (other than those mentioned above) and against third parties, for any reason whatsoever, including amongst others trade receivables and other receivables against customers, claims for performance and services, claims relating to the proceeds of movable assets or real estate, claims against credit institutions or other financial institutions, claims in respect of damages, pensions, insurance benefits, social security allowances, or claims against the government under tax regulations. |
§ 2. The Bank is entitled to notify the assignment to the debtors of the assigned claims at any time, and to do everything to render the assignment opposable to third parties, and to charge the costs thereof to the borrower.
The borrower undertakes to provide the Bank with all DS information and documents relating to the assigned claims, whenever the Bank requests so. The borrower authorizes the Bank to gather such information or documents from the third parties debtors of assigned claims.
The Bank has the right to execute the pledge and the assigned claims according to the applicable law and to use the proceeds for the repayment of the sums due to the Bank as mentioned above.
Article 9 - Disclosure requirement - Supervision
§ 1. The borrower and third-party guarantor shall inform the Bank immediately of all relevant developments in their business affairs, any amendments to their powers of representation, change of domicile, registered office or centres of operation or the creation of additional centres of operation, and notify the Bank of any facts which must be disclosed pursuant to statutory provisions.
Inter alia, they are obliged to give notification of any circumstance or action as referred to in Article 20.
The borrower shall provide the Bank with a copy of all accounting statements it is legally obliged to draw up as soon as they are available.
§ 2. The Bank is entitled to send its representatives to undertake specific examinations in situ, or appoint third parties to undertake such examinations at the borrower’s or third-party guarantor’s premises or otherwise; the borrower shall be liable for the costs involved. The borrower and the third-party guarantor shall, inter alia, at the request of such persons or the Bank, immediately provide any information which such persons or the Bank deem necessary in order to form an accurate opinion of the situation of the borrower or the third-party guarantor at all times, more especially in respect of their stocks, trade and other receivables, order books and financial situation, and to ensure that the borrower or third-party guarantor is in compliance with all regulations, including town planning regulations and laws on the environment.
The Bank is entitled to have a soil examination carried out on the property of the borrower or the third-party guarantor; the borrower shall be liable for the costs involved.
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The Bank has the right, at any time and at the costs and expenses of the borrower, each time that it deems useful for the assessment of its risks and in each case at any time as may be required by any applicable regulation, to proceed, by its representatives or by third parties, to a valuation of assets encumbered with security or which are the subject of a mortgage mandate or a pledge mandate in its favour.
The Bank has the right to get information with any third party concerning these valuations which are done without any responsibility of the Bank.
§ 3. Registration at the Central Point of Contact (CPC) of the National Bank of Belgium (NBN).
The number of each form of utilisation under this credit facility (except for overdraft) along with the identity of each borrower will be registered at the central point of contact with the National Bank of Belgium, in accordance with Article 322 §3 of the 1992 Income Tax Code and the Royal Decree of 17 July 2013.
The National Bank of Belgium, Boulevard de Berlaimont/Berlaimontlaan 14, B-1000 Brussels is responsible for processing the data transmitted.
Aims of processing: the sole purpose of registration is to determine firstly, the taxable amount of income of the borrower, and secondly, their financial situation, to ensure recovery of taxes and part payments due in principal, along with additional monies, tax increases and administrative fines, interest and costs.
Every borrower has a right to view the data registered in their name by the CPC with the NBB, and this, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Royal Decree of 17 July 2013. To this end, the borrower submits a written request, dated and signed, to the National Bank of Belgium, Boulevard de Berlaimont/Berlaimontlaan 14, B-1000 Brussels. The request must be accompanied by a front-and-back photocopy of their identity card, as stipulated in the aforementioned Royal Decree. The borrower who is not a natural person encloses with its request a clearly legible front-and-back photocopy of the identity card, as indicated above, issued to its representative, along with evidence of a power of attorney.
Every borrower may request, free of charge, the correction or removal of the identity or credit data held in their name at the CPC.
To this end, the borrower sends its request to the issuing body which, where applicable, shall forward the correction to the NBB. The data transmitted to the CPC is kept for a period of eight years, from the end of the calendar year during which the last contract of this kind (form for use in the context of this credit facility) was communicated to the CPC, was closed or was terminated.
§ 4. Provisions arising from the application of the Act of 04/03/2012 concerning the Central Corporate Credit Register (hereinafter called “the Act”)
Each facility under the credit facility will be registered in the “Central Corporate Credit Register” (hereinafter “CKO”), in accordance with Article 3 of the Act.
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The aim of this registration is to centralise credit data. Centralisation of this data results in better evaluation of:
– | the risks for financial institutions of the granting of credit and; |
– | the risks subject to special attention from the supervisory authorities in the financial sector. |
Information relating to the borrower, the forms of utilisation and any resulting payment defaults are registered in the Central Corporate Credit Register pursuant to the Act and related implementing decrees.
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The borrower is entitled to inspect the data and have it corrected if necessary. For information on how to do this, the borrower can visit the website of the National Bank of Belgium: http://www.nbb.be
In connection with the disclosure requirements, such as those set out in the Royal Decree mentioned above, the CKO keeps the data for one year after its reference date. The National Bank of Belgium may keep the data for a longer period of time for academic or statistical purposes. It may also do so within the framework of its activities pursuant to the Act of 22 February 1998 establishing the Organic Statute of the National Bank of Belgium.
Article 10 - Insurance
All movable and immovable assets for the purpose of or serving for the borrower’s profession or business activity and all movable and immovable assets of the borrower of third-party guarantor encumbered with a mortgage or pledge in favour of the Bank or for which a promise or power of attorney to take a mortgage or pledge has been issued in its favour or an undertaking not to grant a mortgage in favour of a third party, grant a pledge or dispose of the said property has been issued, must be insured for an adequate amount with an insurance company approved by the Bank for its value as new covering the risk of theft, fire, water damage, storm damage, lightning, explosion, falling aircraft and spacecraft, glass breakage, tenant’s liability and recourse by neighbours. In the absence of such insurance, the Bank may itself take out an insurance policy and pay the premiums due by the borrower, without the Bank bearing any liability.
The borrower shall request the Bank’s approval for the loss settlement it wishes to agree with the insurer. This provision also applies to the third-party guarantor in respect of the assets to which the surety or undertaking issued by the said guarantor applies. The borrower and third party guarantor shall, as soon as such asset is subject to damage, immediately provide the Bank with all relevant details of such damage and the insurer.
Article 11 - Duties, costs, fees and expenses
All handling charges, other costs, taxes, stamp duty, registration fees, commission, costs of service and fees for renewal, discharge or removal and, in general, all costs deemed necessary by the Bank to execute and maintain the sureties, supervision and monitoring of the credit facility and, if applicable, the compulsory levy under attachment shall be payable by the borrower and may be debited to the borrower’s account by the Bank.
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Article 12 - Taxes - charging of payments - repayment - default
§ 1. All payments that are made with regard to the credit facility by the borrower or by a third party for the borrower’s account, shall take place for the borrower’s account where the Bank is domiciled, free of all current and future taxes, withholding or duties of any nature whatsoever, regardless of by which government body such were imposed (“Taxes”).
If Taxes are to be deducted from any amounts paid or to be paid by the borrower, the borrower will pay the additional amounts required to ensure that the net amount received by the Bank is equal to the full amount which it would have received if the payment concerned had not been subject to the payment of such Taxes. Within 30 days of any payment of Tax effected by the borrower, the borrower will furnish the Bank with proof that such taxes have been duly paid to the competent authority. Furthermore, the borrower will reimburse the Bank for any taxes paid by the Bank relating to the credit facility.
In the aforementioned cases and without prejudice to the obligations of the borrower under this article, the latter shall have the right, subject to a written cancellation of 15 days to the Bank, to cancel the credit facility or the form of utilisation thereof and to prepay any amount owed in the principal amount with the interest that is due on the day of such prepayment and together with all other amounts owed to the Bank under the credit facility, including the reinvestment penalty, to the extent that this is provided for in the respective form of utilisation, without this affecting its obligations arising from this article.
The provisions of this article do not apply to taxes on the Bank’s total net profit.
§ 2. If, pursuant to the credit facility or for any other reason whatsoever, the Bank has various claims against the borrower, then the Bank is entitled to book payments made by the borrower or by a third party for the borrower’s account against such claim as it deems fit. Amounts paid by the borrower or by third parties for the borrower’s account shall first be booked against the unsecured portion of the claim(s). The payments shall be used in the following order: in first instance the interest on overdue payments, then the interest, then all other amounts owed, with the exception of the principal, and finally the outstanding principal.
§ 3. All amounts due by the borrower under this agreement will automatically become payable on the due date to the account specified by the Bank, without this requiring any further notice.
If the due date of any amount owed by the borrower does not fall on a Business Day (defined further down), then the payment shall be postponed until the next Business Day, unless that Business Day falls in another calendar month. In that case, the payment shall be performed on the Business Day before the originally planned due date.
The borrower commits to set up a reserve that is sufficient for the payment thereof. The Bank shall debit the account of the borrower for all amounts owed.
Any notification of an early repayment or cancelation is irrevocable.
No amount prepaid or repaid at its maturity or cancelled may be redrawn or reinstated given the fact that the credit facility as well as the relevant form of utilisation is automatically terminated, pursuant to article 18, on the respective data, for a corresponding amount.
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Article 13 - Decease
In the event of decease of the borrower or of one of the borrowers, the credit facility is automatically suspended from the time that the Bank is informed in writing of such decease, without prejudice to the Bank’s right to invoke the fact if it becomes aware of this through other means. This suspension does not preclude interest and commissions continuing to be charged.
Suspension of the credit facility in the event of decease does not prevent the Bank from remaining entitled to terminate the credit facility on the basis of the provisions of Articles 19 and 20 of these General Conditions. For this purpose, the Bank has a period of three months commencing at the time stipulated in the previous paragraph.
If the Bank does not avail itself of this right to termination, the credit facility shall be maintained with the same provisions and at the same terms and conditions by some or all of the deceased’s legal assigns, together with the surviving borrowers, if any. The Bank is entitled to require the express, written consent of the legal assigns for whom the credit facility is maintained and of those for whom the credit facility is not maintained and may likewise request that an authorised representative be appointed to represent the legal assigns and any remaining borrowers in their dealings with the Bank.
Maintenance of the credit facility by the legal assigns, together with any discharge of their obligations granted by the Bank to some of the legal assigns, entails no novation and the credit facility continues to be secured by the sureties already issued. The Bank may also require the sureties to be re-issued or confirmed by the person(s) issuing them or the legal assigns. The sureties, including those issued by the deceased borrower, shall continue to secure all the obligations of the legal assigns on account of the credit facility; if the sureties were also issued to secure the borrower’s future obligations towards the Bank, other than those arising pursuant to the credit facility, they shall also secure such future obligations on the part of the legal assigns.
Article 14 - Demerger, merger and contribution of an entire business or line of business
A. In the event of the demerger of a company which is a borrower, the credit facility is automatically continued at the same provisions and at the same terms and conditions with (i) the company(ies) to which the credit facility or debts arising under the credit facility are assigned in accordance with the demerger proposal and (ii) with the remaining borrowers, if any. The company(ies) to which the credit facility is not assigned in accordance with the demerger proposal shall also remain jointly and severally and “ondeelbaar” (“indivisibly”) liable for the fulfilment of the obligations under the credit facility, including those arising from utilisations subsequent to the demerger, until such time as it is / they are duly discharged by the Bank. If the demerger proposal does not specify the company to which the credit facility is assigned, all the companies involved in the demerger shall be jointly and severally and “ondeelbaar” (“indivisibly”) liable for the fulfilment of the obligations under the credit facility, including those arising from utilisations subsequent to the demerger, and they may all continue to utilise the credit facility. The Bank may request that an authorised representative be appointed to represent the legal assigns and any remaining borrowers in their dealings with the Bank.
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B. In the event of the merger of a company which is a borrower, the credit facility is automatically continued at the same provisions and at the same terms and conditions with the company making the take-over or the new company arising from the merger, together with the remaining borrowers, if any.
C. In the event of the contribution of all the assets or liabilities of a company which is a borrower in accordance with the provisions of the Commercial Code, and in the event of operations equivalent in law, the credit facility is automatically continued at the same provisions and at the same terms and conditions with the company acquiring the assets and liabilities, together with the remaining borrowers, if any. The same applies in the event of the contribution of a line of business of a company, which is a borrower in which this credit facility is included, in accordance with the regulations provided for in company law. The contributing company also remains jointly and severally and “ondeelbaar” (“indivisibly”) liable for the fulfilment of the obligations under the credit facility, including those arising from utilisations subsequent to the transfer, until such time as it is duly discharged by the Bank.
D. The maintenance of the credit facility by the legal assigns in the cases referred to under A, B and C above - the Bank should be duly notified of the events referred to as soon as possible - together with discharge from their obligations granted by the Bank to some of the borrowers, entails no novation and the credit facility shall continue to be secured by the sureties already issued. The Bank may also require the sureties to be re-issued or confirmed by the person(s) issuing them or the legal assigns. The sureties shall continue to secure all the obligations of the legal assigns on account of the credit facility; if the sureties were also issued to secure the borrowers’ future obligations towards the Bank, other than those arising pursuant to the credit facility, they shall also secure such future obligations on the part of the legal assigns, except in the event of transfer of line of business as specified under C above.
E. The maintenance of the credit facility in the cases referred to under A, B and C above does not preclude the Bank from maintaining the rights to terminate or suspend the credit facility on the basis of the provisions of Articles 19 and 20 of these General Conditions. For this purpose, the Bank has a period of three months commencing at the time at which it is notified in writing by the borrowers or their legal assigns of the demerger, merger or contribution, without prejudice to the Bank’s right invoke the fact if it becomes aware of this through other means.
Article 15 - Notification to the borrowers and third party guarantor(s)
The Bank may at all times notify each of the borrowers or the third- party guarantor(s) or one of their legal assigns of the status of the borrowers’ obligations. The third-party guarantor cannot oblige the Bank to provide other information without the borrower’s consent.
Article 16 - Obligations and recourse of the third-party guarantor and borrowers
The third-party guarantor cannot invoke the term granted to the borrower in the letter granting the credit facility or the credit facility agreement if the borrower itself no longer has the benefit of the term. The third-party guarantor waives the benefit of Article 2037 of the Belgian Civil Code. The third-party guarantor issues the sureties and the undertakings independently of the other sureties.
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A third-party guarantor which has made partial payment of the debt cannot submit any personal or subrogatory claim whatsoever or take recourse in any form whatsoever against the borrower or another third-party guarantor until such time as the Bank has been repaid in full. The same principle applies in respect of the borrowers in the event of partial repayment by one of the borrowers.
Article 17 - Operations requiring the Bank’s consent
§ 1. Until such time as the borrower has discharged all its obligations towards the Bank, the borrower shall not, without the Bank’s prior consent in writing, let on lease assets who are for the purpose of, or used for, its profession or business activity, for more than nine years or with advance payment of more than one year’s rental or grant a personal right of occupation. The same applies to the assets encumbered with a mortgage or other pledge in favour of the Bank or for which a promise or power of attorney to take a mortgage or pledge in the Bank’s favour has been issued, or for which an undertaking not to grant a mortgage or pledge in favour of third parties or not to dispose of them has been issued. Nor may the borrower, without the Bank’s prior consent in writing, dispose of such assets, contribute such assets or alter their purpose or nature. Nor may such assets, without the Bank’s prior consent in writing, be charged with in rem rights or in rem sureties in favour of third parties, nor may a power of attorney be granted to this end.
§ 2. The above-mentioned operations may not, without the Bank’s prior written consent, be carried out by a third-party guarantor which issues an in rem surety, in connection with the assets to which the surety issued or undertaking given by the said guarantor relates. The third-party guarantor which issues a personal surety may not carry out the above-mentioned operations in connection with the real estate which it owns or to which it has in rem rights.
§ 3. The borrower shall not have its obligations towards third parties secured by personal sureties until such time as it has discharged all its obligations towards the Bank. Nor may the borrower itself stand personal surety for the obligations of third parties without the Bank’s prior consent in writing. Nor may a third-party guarantor which issues a personal surety issue a surety in favour of third parties without the Bank’s prior consent in writing.
§ 4. The borrower undertakes not to request the granting of, increase in, renewal of, extension of or renewed utilisation of a credit facility or a loan from another financial institution without the Bank’s prior consent in writing.
Article 18 - Automatic termination
Upon expiry of a term stipulated for (i) a form of utilisation or (ii) a drawdown of a form of utilisation or (iii) in the event of maturity of (part of) the principal in one form of utilisation, the credit facility is automatically terminated for an equivalent amount, without the Bank being required to give any notice to this effect.
If automatic termination gives rise to borrowing in excess of the maximum amount of the credit facility or of one form of utilisation, the amount concerned shall be settled immediately, in accordance with Article 4, § 1, paragraph 3.
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Article 19 - Suspension and termination with notice
§ 1. The Bank may, without being required to justify its decision , suspend utilisations under the credit facility or terminate the credit facility subject to thirty (30) days’ notice to this effect by registered letter commencing as from the date of dispatch. Suspension or termination with notice may involve the credit facility as a whole or one or more forms of utilisation or the maximum amounts available for utilisation, both for the drawn and undrawn portion of the credit facility or the form of utilisation. New utilisations in a particular form after notification of suspension or termination shall only be possible in the amount outstanding at the time of dispatch of the notification of suspension or termination and provided that the term of such new utilisations does not extend beyond the day prior to the date on which suspension or termination takes effect. An existing suspension can only be lifted subject to the Bank’s consent.
Upon termination with notice, all amounts drawn down by the borrower in the forms subject to termination are to be repaid immediately at the time termination takes effect, with the exception of forms or utilisation for which a term has been set for repayment of the amounts drawn down, in which case the term for repayment remains unchanged.
§ 2. Suspension or termination pursuant to the application of § 1 shall not preclude the credit facility subsequently being suspended or terminated in accordance with Article 20.
Article 20 - Immediate suspension or termination
§ 1. The Bank is entitled to suspend or terminate all or part of the undrawn portion of the credit facility or of the undrawn portion available under a particular form of utilisation with immediate effect and without prior notice, without being required to justify its decision.
§ 2. In addition to the events of default provided for by law, the Bank is also entitled to suspend or terminate the credit facility or a form of utilisation available under the credit facility - for both the drawn and undrawn portion thereof - in part or in full, with immediate effect and without notice:
a) in the event of failure to pay any money on the due date or failure to comply with any other condition or undertaking relating to the credit facility or form of utilisation, including in the cases stipulated in the provisions applicable to the credit facility in accordance with Article 2, or if it transpires that a form of utilisation does not comply with the purpose for which it was granted, or if the object financed with a form of utilisation is disposed of, or if the credit facility or a form of utilisation was granted on the basis of information provided by the borrower which transpires to be incomplete or inaccurate, or if it transpires that the borrower has provided inaccurate or incomplete information during the term of the credit facility;
b) in the event of protest or if, on the day following presentation, trade bills bearing the borrower’s signature remain unpaid;
c) in the event of the borrower ceasing to carry out its profession or business or if there is the threat of its business being ceased or materially changed; in the event of bankruptcy or manifest insolvency, suspension of payment, request for extension of payment, or request for judicial reorganisation (gerechtelijke reorganisatie/réorganisation judiciaire); in the event of punishable actions committed by the borrower, its managers, directors or members of its management bodies, or one of these persons;
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d) if any of the following circumstance arises in respect of the borrower:
– | decease, absence, event or measure which affects the trading or legal capacity; |
– | voluntary change to the marriage contract or a demand to this end which may prejudice the Bank’s interest; |
– | dissolution, liquidation, change in the legal form or company object, reduction in the company capital, appointment of a provisional manager or provisional administrator; |
– | merger, demerger or a similar action, contribution or transfer of all assets or of a company branch; |
– | disagreement among managers, directors, associates or business managers, or one of the corporate bodies becoming unmanageable due to detention of one of them; |
– | material amendment to the shareholder base which may affect the composition of the management bodies (and persons responsible for management and day-to-day management) or the Bank’s overall risk assessment; |
e) in the event of notification of an order to pay or seizure order on one of the borrower’s assets or in the event of failure by the borrower to pay claims secured by a lien or mortgage, and in the event of failure to comply with, the suspension of, or the demand for immediate repayment of any obligation whatsoever towards the Bank or another financial institution, or generally in the event of an occurrence which could give rise to or reveal financial difficulties or could affect the relationship of trust and confidence;
f) if, in respect of the movable and immovable assets for the purpose of or serving for the borrower’s profession or business activity or in respect of movable and immovable assets encumbered with a mortgage or other charge in favour of the Bank or for which a promise or power of attorney to take a mortgage or charge in the Bank’s favour has been issued, or for which an undertaking not to grant a mortgage or charge in favour of third parties or dispose of the property has been issued, any of the following occurs: order, seizure or other legal action by a third party which require the borrower to sell off such property, or de facto disturbance of possession or action under pretence of having rights on the property; dispossession, building offence, pollution or in the event of such property being or becoming “zonevreemd”, demolition order, registration of a lien as stipulated in Article 27, 5° of the Law of 16 December 1851.
g) in the event of assignment of, or a pledge or attachment on the rental income, salaries, wages, subsidies, Bank accounts or other claims of the borrower;
h) in the event of a reduction in value or loss of sureties issued in favour of the Bank;
i) if, in the Bank’s opinion, the analysis of the borrower’s accounts reveals that material losses have been suffered and that its financial equilibrium or solvency is threatened, of if the comparison of the balance sheets and/or accounting examinations carried out by the Bank or on behalf of the Bank reveals, in the Bank’s opinion, that the borrower’s cumulative loss is twenty-five percent of its own funds (capital and reserves, excluding revaluation surpluses) after the required depreciation and write-downs have been made;
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j) if the borrower fails to fulfil the obligations prescribed by law, including company law, accounting law, environmental law, town planning regulations or the law applicable to the running of its professional activity;
k) if a third-party guarantor which issues a personal surety is subject to one of the events stipulated under a, b, c, d, e , f, g, h, i or j above; if a third-party guarantor which issues an in rem surety is subject to one of the events stipulated under a, c, or d above; if a third-party guarantor which issues an in rem surety is subject to one of the events stipulated under f, g, or h, limited to the property to which the surety issued or undertaking given by the said guarantor relates.
§ 3. Upon suspension of the credit facility or one of the forms of utilisation under the credit facility pursuant to the application of § 1 or § 2, all rights to utilisation in the forms subject to suspension are suspended with immediate effect. Suspension pursuant to one of the grounds given in § 2 above does not preclude the credit facility subsequently being immediately terminated for the same reasons or for another reason.
§ 4. Upon termination of the credit facility or one of the forms of utilisation under the credit facility pursuant to the application of § 2, all amounts drawn down by the borrower in the forms subject to termination shall be immediately repayable, regardless of the agreed term for the repayment of the amounts drawn down.
Article 21 - Transfer - Sureties given by the Bank
The Bank may, at all times, transfer all its rights and obligations under the credit facility to one or more third parties, with the same terms and conditions and sureties being maintained, without being required to seek the borrower’s consent to this effect.
The borrower grants the Bank authority to perform any relevant formalities on its behalf.
The Bank also has the right to provide sureties on her claims and rights in favour of a third party, such as the central bank or a similar institution.
Article 22 - Notification and proof
Unless expressly stipulated to the contrary, all notifications and advices in implementation of the agreement and these General Conditions are duly served by ordinary mail or by any other means of communication suitable in the circumstances.
Provision by the Bank of a copy from its files or accounts shall constitute adequate proof of the existence of an event cited. Consequently, the existence and amount of the Bank’s claim may be evidenced by an account statement, without it being necessary to furnish a notarial or private deed. All advices and notifications are duly made to one of the borrowers at the address for service elected. However, the Bank reserves the right to serve advices and notifications to the borrower’s actual address or the address of which it was most recently informed.
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Article 23 - Governing law, competent courts and election of domicile
The credit facility is governed exclusively by Belgian law and any disputes shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Belgian courts. The Bank elects address for service at its registered office. The borrower and third-party guarantor elect address for service at their current address in the event of a natural person or at their registered office in the event of a legal person.
However, the Bank reserves the right to serve all writs and deeds to the actual residential address or to the most recent address of which it was notified by the borrower or the third-party guarantor.
Article 24 - Waiver - nullity
§ 1. The fact that the Bank delays in exercising any right in respect of the credit facility, only exercises such right partial , or fails to exercise such right, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
§ 2. If one of the clauses of this agreement should prove to be null and void or impossible to implement, this shall, in no way, affect or jeopardise the validity of the other clauses.
PART II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING SPECIFIC FORMS OF UTILISATION
Bank guarantees
Article 25 - Conditions
§ 1. For any request to issue a guarantee, the borrower must use the application form of the Bank.
Any issuance requires the agreement of the Bank on the text of the guarantee. The borrower must provide the Bank with the text of the guarantee to issue. If the text refers to both a surety and an autonomous bond, the Bank will consider the guarantee being an autonomous bond.
If the borrower does not provide the Bank with the text of the guarantee to issue, the Bank is entitled to issue the guarantee in a legal form and by using a wording in accordance with the requirements and wishes of the beneficiary. The Bank shall not be held liable for the consequences arising from the choice of this legal form and wording.
If the borrower would request the Bank to issue guarantees for its account but covering the obligations of either one of its subsidiaries, or another company or entity of its group, or another company or entity with which it contractually participates in a project, or people employed on contract with its company or with a company of its group, or someone or a company with whom/which its company or a company or entity of its group is in a contractual relationship in order to comply with legal or regulatory requirements, then the party whose obligations the borrower wishes to guarantee will have to be prior accepted by the Bank.
When the borrower requests the issuance of a rental guarantee and the lessee mentioned in the lease contract is a third party or the borrower and a third party, this/these third party(ies) will have to be prior accepted by the Bank.
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The borrower undertakes to provide the Bank with any document and/or information that the Bank will deem useful, in particular with respect to the underlying transaction and with a view to the acceptation of the party whose obligations the borrower wishes to guarantee. For instance, in case of rental guarantee, the borrower will provide a copy of the related lease contract.
If, in the opinion of the Bank, the nature, the subject, the context, the terms and conditions, the underlying transaction, etc., of a guarantee represent a too high risk or do not comply with the BNP Paribas group policies, amongst others with regard to international sanctions, financial or economic embargoes, environmental or ethical responsibility, etc., the Bank reserves the right to refuse the issuance.
§ 2. The borrower irrevocably undertakes to immediately repay to the Bank all amounts that the Bank has paid or that are claimed from the Bank relating to issuing, maintaining, managing and possibly executing the guarantee. This undertaking applies as well to charges and commissions relating thereto. The Bank is entitled to debit the account of the borrower with these amounts.
§ 3. The Bank is also entitled to set aside a cash cover for the booked amount of the guarantee(s) by debiting the borrower’s account (i) subject to one month prior notice, at any time and without having to justify its decision, or (ii) without prior notice, (a) in case of a claim under the guarantee, or (b) in case the Bank enforces any right set out in articles 19 or 20 of the present General Conditions, or (c) in case of occurrence -without immediately suspending or terminating the credit facility or the form of utilisation -- of any of the events referred to in article 20 of the present General Conditions.
The setting aside of such cash cover means a transfer in ownership as security for any sums which are or will be due to the Bank relating to the guarantee(s) issued by the Bank.
The security constituted by the cash cover shall not be released by the booking in current account of sums due (including interests and costs) relating to the guarantee(s) issued by the Bank, in which case this security shall also cover the debit balance of the current account up to the booked amount.
The Bank is at any moment entitled to use the cash cover for the repayment of any sums due to it and covered by the cash cover.
§ 4. If one or more foreign law(s) could have any impact on the guarantee, or on one or more undertakings in case of a chain of guarantee and counter-guarantee(s) (e.g. in case the beneficiary of the guarantee or the beneficiary and/or the issuing Bank of one of the undertakings in a chain of guarantee and counter-guarantee(s) are not located in Belgium, or if the guarantee or one or more undertakings in a chain of guarantee and counter-guarantee(s) is/are subject to foreign law), the borrower accepts any consequences relating to the application of any laws, regulations and practices in use under that or those law(s).
The borrower also accepts any consequences relating to the possibility that in a chain of guarantee and counter- guarantee(s) one undertaking is subject to another law than the other undertaking(s).
The borrower also accepts any consequences relating (i) to any clauses granting jurisdiction to foreign courts (ii) or to the intervention of foreign courts in breach of such jurisdiction clauses (iii) or to summary proceedings.
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To that end, the borrower undertakes to perform all useful and necessary checks by its own means and under its full and exclusive responsibility.
The borrower acknowledges the right of the Bank to consider itself released from the guarantee or counter-guarantee, only when the beneficiary or other intervening party as the case may be, has expressly notified the Bank thereof. This applies even if the guarantee or counter-guarantee includes expiry provisions, unless the Bank is convinced that those provisions do not contravene any mandatory regulations or established practices of the beneficiary’s country.
In general, the borrower assumes full and exclusive responsibility for all undertakings that will be entered into by the Bank to carry out its instructions and the borrower undertakes to compensate the Bank (or another entity of the banking group as the case may be) for all possible consequences, among others in case the Bank (or another entity of the banking group) would be obliged to pay in beneficiary’s country, but would at the same time be subject to a stop-payment order in Belgium.
§ 5. If, in the view of the Bank, a guarantee has an autonomous character and is consequently entirely independent from the underlying relationship which exists or may exist between the borrower and the beneficiary of the guarantee, the borrower accepts the obligation of the Bank - which will inform the borrower thereof- , to execute the guarantee without delay, as soon as a claim is made in compliance with the text of the guarantee. The borrower agrees to the necessity for the Bank to extend and/or amend the guarantee (but not to increase the amount thereof) if it clearly appears that a claim under the guarantee will be the result of a refusal to immediately effect such an extension or amendment. Consequently, the borrower undertakes to refrain from taking any measures with the aim or consequence to hinder or delay the execution and/or extension and/or amendment of the guarantee, even if the borrower considers unfounded the demand of the beneficiary or the intervening party to execute, extend or amend and notwithstanding any objections and arguments which the borrower might be entitled to oppose against the beneficiary.
Article 26 - Charges and costs
§ 1. The charges and costs relating to issuing, maintaining, managing, and possibly executing the guarantees will be calculated according to the rates which will be communicated to the borrower.
§ 2. Since the commissions will be due until the Bank will be validly released under the guarantees by the beneficiary, it is the responsibility of the borrower to ensure to have the guarantees released when they become redundant.
The commissions relating to a guarantee in another currency than in euro will be calculated by reference to the amount of the guarantee converted in euro, at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of calculation of the commission.
§ 3. Any opposition by way of judicial or other proceedings against the payment and / or repayment of the amount of a guarantee under which a claim has been made in accordance with the text of the guarantee or under which a claim might be made, and any judicial or other proceedings to obtain payment under a guarantee, shall be subject to repayment by the borrower of any costs of - or charged to - the Bank including investigation and managing costs, as well as lawyer’s - and other legal - costs, with a minimum of 1000,00 EUR.
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§ 4. Any other charges (fax, swift, mail, express courier, etc.) relating to the guarantees issued by the Bank or by one of its foreign branches and any costs charged to the Bank by a correspondent Bank or any other intervening party are for the account of the borrower. Those charges include the administrative charge (currently 2°/°°, with a minimum of 6,00 EUR) which may be charged to the Bank by the Deposito en Consignatiekas/Caisse de Dépôt et de Consignation.
Import documentary credit (import LCs)
Article 27 - Conditions
§ 1. For any request for issuance of a documentary credit the borrower must use the application form of the Bank.
Any issuance of a documentary credit requires the agreement of the Bank on the terms and conditions of the documentary credit. The borrower must provide the Bank with the text of the documentary credit to issue.
The borrower undertakes to provide the Bank with any documents and/or information that the Bank might consider useful, in particular with respect to the underlying transaction.
If, in the opinion of the Bank, the nature, the subject, the context, the terms and conditions, the underlying transaction, etc., of a documentary credit represent a too high risk or do not comply with the BNP Paribas group policies, amongst others with regard to international sanctions, financial or economic embargoes, discriminatory clauses, environmental or ethical responsibility, etc., the Bank reserves the right to refuse the issuance.
§ 2. The borrower irrevocably undertakes to immediately repay to the Bank all amounts that the Bank has paid or that are claimed from the Bank relating to issuing, maintaining, managing and possibly executing the documentary credit. This undertaking applies as well to charges and commissions relating thereto. The Bank is entitled to debit the account of the borrower with these amounts.
§ 3. The Bank is also entitled to set aside a cash cover for the booked amount of the documentary credit(s) by debiting the borrower’s account (i) subject to one month prior notice, at any time and without having to justify its decision, or (ii) without prior notice, (a) in case the Bank enforces any right set out in articles 19 or 20 of the present General Conditions, or (b) in case of occurrence -- without immediately suspending or terminating the credit facility or the form of utilisation -- of any of the events referred to in article 20 of the present General Conditions, or (c) in case legal, regulatory or judicial measures prohibit or postpone the execution by the Bank of its commitments relating to the documentary credits.
The setting aside of such cash cover means a transfer in ownership as security for any sums which are or will be due to the Bank relating to the documentary credit(s) issued by the Bank.
The security constituted by the cash cover shall not be released by the booking in current account of sums due (including interests and costs) relating to the documentary credit(s) issued by the Bank, in which case this security shall also cover the debit balance of the current account up to the booked amount.
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The Bank is at any moment entitled to use the cash cover for the repayment of any sums due to it and covered by the cash cover.
§ 4. All documentary credits will be subject to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits of the ICC (UCP), latest version.
In the event that one or more foreign law(s) could have any consequences on the documentary credit(s), the borrower accepts any consequences relating to the application of any laws, regulations and practices in use under that or those law(s).
§ 5. Documentary credits are irrevocable and autonomous. Documentary credits are entirely independent from the underlying relationship between the borrower and the beneficiary of the documentary credit. The borrower agrees to the necessity for the Bank to execute a documentary credit without delay, in compliance with its text and UCP. Consequently, the borrower undertakes to refrain from taking any measures with the aim or consequence to hinder or delay the execution of the documentary credit, even if the borrower considers the execution unfounded and notwithstanding any objections and arguments which the borrower might be entitled to oppose against the beneficiary.
§ 6. Without prejudice to art. 8 of the present General Conditions, the borrower pledges in favour of the Bank the goods subject to the documentary credit(s) that the borrower requests the Bank to issue, as well as the documents relating to this (those) documentary credit(s) including insurance policies and possible related claims, as security for the payment of any sums which are or will be due by the borrower to the Bank relating to this (those) documentary credit(s). Consequently, the documents representing the goods must either be made out to order of the Bank or endorsed to the Bank or in blank, or the goods must be dispatched in the name of the Bank.
Article 28 - Charges and costs
§ 1. The charges and costs relating to issuing, maintaining, managing, and possibly executing the documentary credits will be calculated according to the rates which will be communicated to the borrower.
The commissions relating to a documentary credit in another currency than in euro will be calculated by reference to the amount of the documentary credit converted in euro, at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of calculation of the commission.
§ 2. Any opposition by way of judicial or other proceedings against the payment and / or repayment of the amount of a documentary credit and any judicial or other proceedings to obtain payment under a documentary credit, shall be subject to repayment by the borrower of any costs of - or charged to - the Bank including investigation and managing costs, as well as lawyer’s - and other legal - costs, with a minimum of 1000,00 EUR.
§ 3. Any other charges (fax, swift, mail, express courier, etc.) relating to the documentary credits issued by the Bank and any costs charged to the Bank by a correspondent Bank or any other intervening party are for the account of the borrower.
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Investment credit facility
Article 29 - Drawdowns
Any drawdown shall take place on the basis of a copy of the accounting documents (or of the invoices) regarding the investment, and on the basis of the payment receipt if the invoices were already paid. The accounting documents may not be older than three months.
Unless the facility agreement determines otherwise, the drawdowns are limited to the amounts of each invoice, exclusive of VAT.
The borrower may provide a list to the Bank of the expected drawdowns and a payment instruction regarding these drawdowns. This list must be signed by the borrower. From the moment the Bank receives an accounting document that relates to a drawdown indicated on the list, the drawdown shall take place in accordance with the instructions provided in the list.
For drawdowns that are not indicated on the list, the accounting documents must be dated and signed by the borrower and be provided with a payment instruction, meaning that the borrower must precede its signature with the statement: “the amount of …. should be withdrawn under the investment credit facility and paid to account no. … of ...”.
In case the borrower has indicated its own current account for the payment and it has not yet paid all the invoices, then it authorizes the Bank to pay the supplier directly from the aforementioned current account.
Flexi-credit facility
Article 30 - Definitions
– | Business day: means |
* | if it concerns a payment or the determination of the first and/or last day of an Interest period, a day on which the TARGET2 system functions; |
* | in all other cases (including in respect of written notification(s) to be sent to the Bank): a day on which Banks are normally open for business in Brussels. |
– | Interest period: means every period for which an interest rate was determined as provided for in the facility agreement. |
– | TARGET2: means the payment system Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer that has been operational since 19 November 2007. |
Article 31 - Terms & Conditions - drawdowns
Any drawdown shall take place on the basis of a copy of the accounting documents (or of the invoices) regarding the investment, and on the basis of the payment receipt if the invoices were already paid. The accounting documents may not be older than three months.
Unless the facility agreement determines otherwise, the drawdowns are limited to the amounts of each invoice, exclusive of VAT.
Article 32 - Adjustment of the Interest period
Without prejudice to any other provision in the facility agreement, if the next Interest period ends on a day that is not a Business day then this Interest period shall be extended to the next Business day, unless that Business day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the Interest period shall not be extended but shortened, in order to end on the preceding Business day; the subsequent Interest period will terminate on a date determined without taking account of any such extension or reduction in the previous Interest period, if applicable.
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If necessary, the duration of the Interest Periods shall be adjusted by the Bank so that the end of such Interest Periods coincide with the end date of the drawdown period as well as with the Expiry Date of the facility.
Roll over credit facility
Article 33 - Definitions
– | Advance: any advance the Bank makes available to the borrower in connection with the facility, as well as any Advance that arises from the split and/or consolidation of one or more existing Advances, such as possibly determined in the facility agreement. |
– | Advance Date: the day on which an Advance is made available to the borrower. |
– | Business day: means |
* | in respect of a payment or the determination of the first and/or last day of an Interest period, a day on which the TARGET2 system functions; |
* | in all other cases (including in respect of written notification to be sent to the Bank), a day on which Banks are normally open for business in Brussels. |
– | End of an Interest period: the last day of an Interest period. |
– | Interest period: in connection with each Advance, any period for which an interest rate was determined as provided for in the facility agreement |
– | Interest Determination Date: means the day on which interest rates are usually determined on the respective interbank market for advances for which the interest period begins on the first day of the respective Interest period. |
– | TARGET2: means the payment system Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer that has been operational since 19 November 2007. |
– | Undrawn Amount of the facility: means the amount of the facility less all current Advances. |
Article 34 - Availability of the Advances
Any Advance must be requested in writing from the Bank.
This request must specify:
● | the date of the Advance, which must be a Business day |
● | the amount and currency of the Advance |
● | the first Interest period for the Advance |
● | the full reference of the account to which the amount of the Advance is to be credited. |
The Bank is not obliged to grant an Advance, if an event has taken place as described in article 20 §2 or as stated in the clause “IMMEDIATE SUPSENSION AND IMMEDIATE TERMINATION” of the facility agreement and/or the credit facility letter.
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Article 35 - Adjustment of the Interest Period
Without prejudice to any other provision in the facility agreement, if the next Interest period ends on a day that is not a Business day then this Interest period shall be extended to the next Business day, unless that Business day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the Interest period shall not be extended but shortened, in order to end on the preceding Business day; the subsequent Interest period will terminate on a date determined without taking account of any such extension or reduction in the previous Interest period, if applicable.
If necessary, the duration of the Interest periods shall be adjusted by the bank, so that the End of those Interest periods coincides with the dates of the possible repayment plan of the facility and, in any case, with the Expiry Date of the facility.
Revolving credit facility
Article 36 - Definitions
– | Advance: any advance that the Bank provides to the borrower in connection with the facility. |
– | Advance Date: the day on which an Advance is made available to the borrower. |
– | Business day: means |
* | In respect of a payment or the determination of the first and/or last day of an Advance, a day on which the TARGET2 system functions; |
* | In all other cases (including in respect of written notification to be sent to the Bank), a day on which Banks are normally open for business in Brussels. |
– | Interest Determination Date: means the day on which interest rates are usually determined on the interbank market concerned for advances which begin on the same day as the Advance Date. |
– | Maturity date of an Advance: means the last day of an Advance. |
– | TARGET2: means the payment system Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer which has been operational since 19 November 2007. |
– | Undrawn Amount of the facility: the amount of the facility as reduced or to be reduced pursuant to the provisions of the facility agreement, minus all current Advances. |
Article 37 - Terms and Conditions
§ 1 Availability of Advances The Advance Date and the Maturity Date of each Advance must be a Business Day.
Any request is irrevocable and must contain the following information:
● | the date of the Advance |
● | the amount and currency of the Advance |
● | the Maturity date of the Advance |
● | the full reference of the account to which the amount of the Advance is to be credited. |
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Each Advance must be repaid on its Maturity date.
§ 2. Terms and conditions with regard to Advances
● | neither the Advance nor the total of Advances may exceed the amount of the facility during the term thereof, as reduced or to be reduced in accordance with the provisions of the facility agreement. |
● | No Advance may have a due date later than the Expiry date of the facility. |
● | In deviation from article 12 §3, each Advance repaid on its Maturity Date can be borrowed again. |
● | the Bank is not obliged to grant an Advance if an event has occurred as described in article 20 §2, or such as possibly mentioned in the clause “IMMEDIATE SUSPECTION AND IMMEDIATE TERMINATION” of the facility agreement and/or credit facility letter. |
Overdraft facility- Agricultural season overdraft facility
Article 38 - Withdrawals in currencies other than the euro
Withdrawals in currency other than the euro are only possible if the respective currency for the requested amount is easily available for the Bank and can be freely converted in euros on the respective interbank market.
Straight loan facility
Article 39 - Terms and Conditions
The amount and term of each advance shall be determined two Bank business days before the drawdown, no later than at 10:00 am, by mutual agreement.
In deviation from article 12 §3, each advance repaid on its maturity date can be borrowed again during the term of the facility.
Drawdowns in currency other than the euro are only possible if the respective currency for the requested amount is easily available for the Bank and can be freely converted in euros on the respective interbank market.
From the maturity date of the advances or in case of immediate termination under article 20, to the extent that advances in currencies other than the euro are concerned, the Bank reserves the right to convert the owed balance into euros.
In case of an immediate termination of the advances under article 20:
● | if the owed balance is maintained in the respective currency, other than the euro, then this balance shall legally and without notice accrue interest, from the date it becomes payable, against an interest rate that equals the Bank’s Prime Rate to be increased by 6% per year. |
● | if this balance is converted into euros against the exchange rate that applies on the day of the conversion, then this balance shall legally and without notice, accrue interest against an interest rate that equals the Bank’s overdraft rate, increased by 6% per year, from the date it becomes payable. |
The above does not mean that the Bank grants a payment extension as a result of this.
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV - Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels | |
RPM/RPR Brussels - VAT BE0403.199.702 - Intermediary authorised under number 25.879A by the FSMA | 24/25 |
Article 40 - Interest - fees - commissions
The interest shall be charged on the maturity date of each advance.
The utilisation fees, if provided for in the credit facility letter, are owed for each advance and are payable on the maturity date of each advance.
For the entire term of the facility, a commitment fee is owed on the undrawn amount of the facility.
/s/ Richard Valeix Richard Valeix Administrator |
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch Chris Behrenbruch Administrator |
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV - Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels | |
RPM/RPR Brussels - VAT BE0403.199.702 - Intermediary authorised under number 25.879A by the FSMA | 25/25 |
Date: | 21 february 2022 |
Reference: | Investment credit 245-8937205-09 |
Redemption Schedule
Interest rate 1.85%
This table is provided for your information only and has no binding effect for BNP Paribas Fortis. The interest in this table has been calculated on the assumption that capital repayments will be made promptly on the scheduled due date.
Due Date |
Balance after due date |
Capital payable |
Interest payable |
Amount payable(in EUR) |
||||
2024-03-31 | 6.041.056,98 | 58.943,02 | 9.534,78 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-04-30 | 5.982.021,84 | 59.035,14 | 9.442,66 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-05-31 | 5.922.894,41 | 59.127,43 | 9.350,37 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-06-30 | 5.863.674,57 | 59.219,84 | 9.257,96 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-07-31 | 5.804.362,16 | 59.312,41 | 9.165,39 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-08-31 | 5.744.957,04 | 59.405,12 | 9.072,68 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-09-30 | 5.685.459,06 | 59.497,98 | 8.979,82 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-10-31 | 5.625.868,09 | 59.590,97 | 8.886,83 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-11-30 | 5.566.183,97 | 59.684,12 | 8.793,68 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2024-12-31 | 5.506.406,55 | 59.777,42 | 8.700,38 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-01-31 | 5.446.535,71 | 59.870,84 | 8.606,96 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-02-28 | 5.386.571,27 | 59.964,44 | 8.513,36 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-03-31 | 5.326.513,11 | 60.058,16 | 8.419,64 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-04-30 | 5.266.361,08 | 60.152,03 | 8.325,77 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-05-31 | 5.206.115,02 | 60.246,06 | 8.231,74 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-06-30 | 5.145.774,79 | 60.340,23 | 8.137,57 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-07-31 | 5.085.340,25 | 60.434,54 | 8.043,26 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-08-31 | 5.024.811,24 | 60.529,01 | 7.948,79 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-09-30 | 4.964.187,62 | 60.623,62 | 7.854,18 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-10-31 | 4.903.469,24 | 60.718,38 | 7.759,42 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-11-30 | 4.842.655,95 | 60.813,29 | 7.664,51 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2025-12-31 | 4.781.747,61 | 60.908,34 | 7.569,46 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-01-31 | 4.720.744,06 | 61.003,55 | 7.474,25 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-02-28 | 4.659.645,16 | 61.098,90 | 7.378,90 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-03-31 | 4.598.450,76 | 61.194,40 | 7.283,40 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-04-30 | 4.537.160,70 | 61.290,06 | 7.187,74 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-05-31 | 4.475.774,85 | 61.385,85 | 7.091,95 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-06-30 | 4.414.293,04 | 61.481,81 | 6.995,99 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-07-31 | 4.352.715,13 | 61.577,91 | 6.899,89 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-08-31 | 4.291.040,97 | 61.674,16 | 6.803,64 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-09-30 | 4.229.270,41 | 61.770,56 | 6.707,24 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-10-31 | 4.167.403,30 | 61.867,11 | 6.610,69 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-11-30 | 4.105.439,48 | 61.963,82 | 6.513,98 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2026-12-31 | 4.043.378,81 | 62.060,67 | 6.417,13 | 68.477,80 |
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV - Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels | |
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Due Date |
Balance after due date |
Capital payable |
Interest payable |
Amount payable(in EUR) |
||||
2027-01-31 | 3.981.221,14 | 62.157,67 | 6.320,13 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-02-28 | 3.918.966,30 | 62.254,84 | 6.222,96 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-03-31 | 3.856.614,16 | 62.352,14 | 6.125,66 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-04-30 | 3.794.164,56 | 62.449,60 | 6.028,20 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-05-31 | 3.731.617,34 | 62.547,22 | 5.930,58 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-06-30 | 3.668.972,36 | 62.644,98 | 5.832,82 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-07-31 | 3.606.229,45 | 62.742,91 | 5.734,89 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-08-31 | 3.543.388,48 | 62.840,97 | 5.636,83 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-09-30 | 3.480.449,28 | 62.939,20 | 5.538,60 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-10-31 | 3.417.411,70 | 63.037,58 | 5.440,22 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-11-30 | 3.354.275,59 | 63.136,11 | 5.341,69 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2027-12-31 | 3.291.040,79 | 63.234,80 | 5.243,00 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-01-31 | 3.227.707,15 | 63.333,64 | 5.144,16 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-02-29 | 3.164.274,52 | 63.432,63 | 5.045,17 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-03-31 | 3.100.742,73 | 63.531,79 | 4.946,01 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-04-30 | 3.037.111,64 | 63.631,09 | 4.846,71 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-05-31 | 2.973.381,09 | 63.730,55 | 4.747,25 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-06-30 | 2.909.550,92 | 63.830,17 | 4.647,63 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-07-31 | 2.845.620,98 | 63.929,94 | 4.547,86 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-08-31 | 2.781.591,12 | 64.029,86 | 4.447,94 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-09-30 | 2.717.461,17 | 64.129,95 | 4.347,85 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-10-31 | 2.653.230,98 | 64.230,19 | 4.247,61 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-11-30 | 2.588.900,39 | 64.330,59 | 4.147,21 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2028-12-31 | 2.524.469,25 | 64.431,14 | 4.046,66 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-01-31 | 2.459.937,40 | 64.531,85 | 3.945,95 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-02-28 | 2.395.304,68 | 64.632,72 | 3.845,08 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-03-31 | 2.330.570,94 | 64.733,74 | 3.744,06 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-04-30 | 2.265.736,01 | 64.834,93 | 3.642,87 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-05-31 | 2.200.799,74 | 64.936,27 | 3.541,53 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-06-30 | 2.135.761,96 | 65.037,78 | 3.440,02 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-07-31 | 2.070.622,53 | 65.139,43 | 3.338,37 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-08-31 | 2.005.381,28 | 65.241,25 | 3.236,55 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-09-30 | 1.940.038,06 | 65.343,22 | 3.134,58 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-10-31 | 1.874.592,69 | 65.445,37 | 3.032,43 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-11-30 | 1.809.045,03 | 65.547,66 | 2.930,14 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2029-12-31 | 1.743.394,92 | 65.650,11 | 2.827,69 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-01-31 | 1.677.642,19 | 65.752,73 | 2.725,07 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-02-28 | 1.611.786,68 | 65.855,51 | 2.622,29 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-03-31 | 1.545.828,23 | 65.958,45 | 2.519,35 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-04-30 | 1.479.766,69 | 66.061,54 | 2.416,26 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-05-31 | 1.413.601,88 | 66.164,81 | 2.312,99 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-06-30 | 1.347.333,66 | 66.268,22 | 2.209,58 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-07-31 | 1.280.961,85 | 66.371,81 | 2.105,99 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-08-31 | 1.214.486,30 | 66.475,55 | 2.002,25 | 68.477,80 |
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV - Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels | |
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Due Date |
Balance after due date |
Capital payable |
Interest payable |
Amount payable(in EUR) |
||||
2030-09-30 | 1.147.906,84 | 66.579,46 | 1.898,34 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-10-31 | 1.081.223,32 | 66.683,52 | 1.794,28 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-11-30 | 1.014.435,56 | 66.787,76 | 1.690,04 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2030-12-31 | 947.543,41 | 66.892,15 | 1.585,65 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-01-31 | 880.546,70 | 66.996,71 | 1.481,09 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-02-28 | 813.445,27 | 67.101,43 | 1.376,37 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-03-31 | 746.238,95 | 67.206,32 | 1.271,48 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-04-30 | 678.927,58 | 67.311,37 | 1.166,43 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-05-31 | 611.511,01 | 67.416,57 | 1.061,23 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-06-30 | 543.989,05 | 67.521,96 | 955,84 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-07-31 | 476.361,55 | 67.627,50 | 850,30 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-08-31 | 408.628,35 | 67.733,20 | 744,60 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-09-30 | 340.789,27 | 67.839,08 | 638,72 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-10-31 | 272.844,16 | 67.945,11 | 532,69 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-11-30 | 204.792,84 | 68.051,32 | 426,48 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2031-12-31 | 136.635,15 | 68.157,69 | 320,11 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2032-01-31 | 68.370,93 | 68.264,22 | 213,58 | 68.477,80 | ||||
2032-02-29 | 0,00 | 68.370,93 | 106,87 | 68.477,80 |
Cumulation of the calendar year
Year | Total redemption |
Capital | Interest | |||
2024 | 684.778,00 | 593.593,45 | 91.184,55 | |||
2025 | 821.733,60 | 724.658,94 | 97.074,66 | |||
2026 | 821.733,60 | 738.368,80 | 83.364,80 | |||
2027 | 821.733,60 | 752.338,02 | 69.395,58 | |||
2028 | 821.733,60 | 766.571,54 | 55.162,06 | |||
2029 | 821.733,60 | 781.074,33 | 40.659,27 | |||
2030 | 821.733,60 | 795.851,51 | 25.882,09 | |||
2031 | 821.733,60 | 810.908,26 | 10.825,34 | |||
2032 | 136.955,60 | 136.635,15 | 320,45 |
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch
Chris Behrenbruch
Administrator
Total
Instalments | : | 6573868.80 Euros |
Capital | : | 6100000.00 Euros |
Interest | : | 473868.80 Euros |
/s/ Richard Valeix
Richard Valeix
Administrator
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV - Montagne du Parc 3, B-1000 Brussels | |
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Exhibit 4.7
LOAN AGREEMENT OF €4,000,000 |
Between:
The public limited company “IMBC Spinnova”, whose registered office is located at 7000 Mons, rue des Quatre Fils Aymon, 14. Registered in the Hainaut Register of Legal Persons (Mons section) under company number 0870.661.013.
Company represented here by two Directors, in accordance with Article 22 of its Articles of Association:
- | Ms. Sylvie Creteur residing at Rivage de Buisseret, 10 to 7180 Seneffe (NN 69.04.04-094.02). |
- | Mr Jean-Sébastien Belle residing at Chaussée de Mons, 525 to 7810 Ath (NN 66.03.11 125-79). |
Hereinafter referred to as “the Creditor”,
party of the first part
And
The private limited liability company TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) S.P.R.L. having its registered office at Rue de Hermée, 255 to 4040 Herstal. Registered in the Liege Register of Legal Entities (Liege section). Company number 0695.832.765.
Company represented here by two Directors in accordance with its Articles of Association:
- | Mr Douglas Cubbin, Group Chief Financial Officer, 5/19-21 Caronia Ave, Cronulla NSW 2230, Australia. |
- | Mr Richard Valeix, President EMEA, 20 Rue De Verdun 74940 Annecy le Vieux, France. |
Hereinafter referred to as “the Company”,
party of the second part
Whereas:
1) | The IMBC Group is composed of Invest Mons-Borinage-Centre S.A., the parent company, and its subsidiaries; namely: IMBC Capital Risk S.A., IMBC Immo Lease S.A., IMBC Spinnova S.A. IMBC 2020 and any other subsidiary company to be created, and the Creditor therefore forming part of this Group. |
2) | The titles of the articles of this agreement have no legal significance and cannot be used to interpret it. |
Loan agreement of €4,000,000 between S.A. IMBC Spinnova and S.P.R.L. TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM)
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The following has been agreed :
ARTICLE 1 - Amount, purpose and form of the loan
The Creditor makes available to the Company, in the form of a loan, an amount of €4,000,000 intended to finance the Seneffe operating site.
ARTICLE 2 - Disbursement and withdrawals
a) | Disbursement |
Without prejudice to Article 6 (Guarantee(s) and condition(s) of this agreement, the loan is disbursed in successive tranches, in the form of withdrawals of an amount corresponding to the eligible expenses to be borne by the Company, as they become payable. The disbursement of each of the said tranches is subject to the prior sending by the Company of documents that the Creditor deems reasonably necessary justifying this disbursement of funds.
A provisional repayment depreciation table is attached to this agreement, which is an integral part of this agreement, taking into consideration a theoretical release date set for March 1, 2022.
b) | Withdrawals |
Without prejudice to Article 9 (delays in payment), the withdrawal(s) concerned will be then credited to the Company’s account BE57 0689 3733 1235 (Belfius).
Prior to this, the Creditor will have received a certificate from the bank concerning the existence and holder of the aforementioned account.
A maximum withdrawal period is set. It starts from the 1st withdrawal and ends at the end of the withdrawal period as set out in the provisional depreciation table.
This period may be reduced depending on the date of the last withdrawal. If, at the end of the withdrawal period, the entire loan has not been withdrawn, the Creditor is released from any obligation to pay up the balance of the loan; the loan amount is then automatically limited to the amount paid up on that date.
The final adapted depreciation table, which will be an integral part of the agreement, will be sent by the Creditor, at the end of the withdrawal period, to the Company.
The Creditor will also have the option of suspending the disbursement of the loan, or even terminating it with reasonable notice, in the following circumstances, by prior notice to the Company, by mail:
- | in the event of withdrawal or non-obtainment of any administrative decision, such as operating permit or authorization or environmental permit, etc., that would directly or indirectly affect the activities of the Company or the financing of the project. |
Loan agreement of €4,000,000 between S.A. IMBC Spinnova and S.P.R.L. TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM)
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- | in the event of insolvency, cessation of payment, bankruptcy of the Company, sequestration of its assets, request for the benefit of the law on business continuity or, in general, in the case of any procedure or settlement by which the assets of the Company would be placed under the direct or indirect control of its creditors, or the court or any commission constituted for this purpose, as well as in the case of a stay of payment or amicable settlement with its creditors. |
ARTICLE 3 - Repayment
The loan is repayable in 96 monthly instalments of €44,858.08 (principal + interest) (see attached table of provisional amortization of the loan) on account number BE64 7320 0865 2552 of the Creditor. The first repayment of the principal takes place at the end of the 24-month grace period which begins to run from the first withdrawal. It is payable on the last day of the month concerned.
ARTICLE 4 - Interest
From the date of disbursement, the loan shall produce a fixed interest of 1.85% per year, payable monthly in arrears (see provisional depreciation table) on account number BE64 7320 0865 2552 of the Creditor.
The first interest payment is calculated pro rata temporis and takes place at the end of the first month following the date of the first withdrawal. It is payable on the last day of the month concerned.
ARTICLE 5 - Commitments
“The Company confirms that it is fully aware of the following: The intervention of the Investment benefits from the guarantee of the InnovFin SME Guarantee program with the financial support of the European Union through the financial instruments of Horizon 2020 and the European Strategic Investment Fund (EFSI) implemented as part of the Investment Plan for Europe. EFSI’s objective is to help support the financing and implementation of productive investments in the European Union as well as to ensure improved access to financing.”
“The Company acknowledges and accepts that the European Investment Fund, the agents of the EIF, the Court of Auditors of the European Community, the Commission, agents or contractors of the Commission including the OLAF, the European Investment Bank and/or any other institution of the European Union or organization that has the right to verify the use of this agreement in the context of InnovFin (together, the “Authorised Entities” and separately, an “Authorized Entity”) shall have the right to carry out checks and audits and to request information and documentation with regard to this agreement and its performance, including and without restriction for the purposes of evaluating the InnovFin program. The Company must allow monitoring visits and inspections by any Authorized Entity of its business activities, its books and records. As these controls may include surprise visits and counter-party inspections, the counterparty must allow access to its premises to any Authorized Entity during normal working hours.
Loan agreement of €4,000,000 between S.A. IMBC Spinnova and S.P.R.L. TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM)
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“To meet the requirements of the InnovFin SME Guarantee program (with financial support from the European Union and the European Investment Fund), the Company undertakes:
○ | to comply at all times with the principles and legislation applicable to it in the prevention of money laundering, the fight against terrorism and tax fraud, and (ii) not to establish itself in “a noncooperative-cooperative” jurisdiction [1]; |
○ | to comply with the laws and regulations (whether national or EU laws and regulations) applicable to it; |
○ | not to commit any fraud or irregularity; |
○ | to meet the applicable eligibility criteria to allow the financial intervention of the Investor to benefit from the InnovFin SME Guarantee program, of which it confirms having read; or to be prepared, update, keep for the entire duration of this agreement (and for a period of seven years after its end) and make available to the Investment, on request during this period and within a short period of time from this request, any document or information concerning it or relating to the financial intervention of the Investigator, AND either (i) must be included in any reporting as part of the InnovFin SME Guarantee program guarantee, or (ii) making it necessary to verify that the aforementioned applicable eligibility criteria are met.” |
ARTICLE 6 - Guarantee(s) and condition(s)
This agreement is concluded under the following guarantee(s) and condition(s):
Guarantee(s)
- | Mortgage of €55,000 and mortgage mandate of €4.345.000 on the building in the same proportions as the bank (place rank 2 mortgage behind a first rank BNP of €110,000 and rank 4 mandate behind a rank 3 mandate of €8,800,000 from BNP in case of conversion). |
- | 50% EIF coverage on a tranche of this loan limited to €2,000,000. |
- | Letter of commitment (Comfort Letter) from the parent company TIPL. |
Prerequisite(s)
- | Own share of €2,495,000 for the dismantling of the site. |
- | Own funds Telix for an amount of 2.0000.000 eur |
Related condition(s)
- | Banking interventions for a total amount of €8,100,000 on the basis of the agreed terms and conditions. |
- | Release of the joint loan upon release of the bank loan. |
- | Closing of the financial structure. |
[1] The list of non-cooperative tax courts is included in the appendix to the Commission’s Communication to the European Parliament and to the Council on “A more accurate corporate tax system within the Union” of 17 June 2015 accessible via this link: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A52015DC0302
Loan agreement of €4,000,000 between S.A. IMBC Spinnova and S.P.R.L. TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM)
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The Creditor expressly reserves the right to assess at any time the impact of non-fulfillment of any of the conditions related to the continuation or non-continuation of contractual relations.
ARTICLE 7 - Payments and/or withdrawals: Method and allocation
The Company undertakes to set up and validate with its bank, a recurring bank address making it possible to make any debit necessary for the full repayment of this loan. The Company must ensure the adequate balance of its bank account from which the payments are debited.
Payments will be applied in the following order: first on the costs and incidentals, then on any late interest then on the interest and finally, on the principal.
ARTICLE 8 - Early repayment
Subject to the prior agreement of the Creditor, the Company shall have the option of repaying all or part of the principal in advance. However, this total or partial repayment may only take place from the time when a third of the total number of monthly payments referred to in Article 3 (Repayment) of this agreement has been repaid on the basis of the terms, conditions and repayment table applicable on the basis of this agreement at the time of the request for early repayment. This period cannot in any case be less than 3 years.
In the case of an early repayment, the interest is due, pro rata temporis, until the effective date of the early repayment. This prior agreement is conditional upon the free choice of the Creditor, by mutual agreement with the other entities of the IMBC Group, to ensure that fair treatment is respected between the various interventions of the IMBC Group for the benefit of the Company.
Thus, in the event of a request for early repayment made to any entity of the IMBC Group by the Company, the Creditor reserves the right to demand repayment in the same proportion1 of all other ongoing interventions within the Company.
ARTICLE 9 - Late payments
In the event of late payment of interest and/or a portion of principal, late payment interest is automatically applied, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 12 (Immediate Maturity).
Thus, any amount unpaid on its due date automatically and as of right incurs additional interest calculated at the applicable statutory2 rate in the event of late payments in commercial matters, from the due date until the day of actual payment.
In the event of a delay in the payment of the Company vis-à-vis the Creditor or vis-à-vis any other company of the IMBC Group, the Creditor reserves the right to allocate or distribute the sums received, if applicable, on the existing loans or credits at the time of the delays, so as to maintain a situation of the outstanding amounts between the various interventions of the IMBC Group, regardless of the type of intervention (loan, advances, equity participation, etc.).
1 For example, a request for repayment of 30% of the balance of this loan or any other interventions granted by the IMBC Group to the Company may be conditional on the repayment of 30% of the balance of all other interventions granted by the IMBC Group to the Company.
2 Covered in the law of 02/08/2002 concerning the fight against late payment in commercial transactions and regularly published by SPF Finance in the Moniteur Belge [Official Belgian Gazette].
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In particular, the Creditor reserves the right to deduct from the amounts to be disbursed as provided for in Article 2 (Disbursement and withdrawal), any delay in the interventions granted to the Company by the Creditor or by any other company in the IMBC Group.
ARTICLE 10 - Maintaining the operating and investment headquarters in the Region
Throughout the term of the loan, the Company undertakes to maintain at least one operating headquarters in the Mons, Borinage, Centre region.
In addition, the Company undertakes to maintain said investment among its assets throughout the term of the loan.
ARTICLE 11 - Indivisibility
Without prejudice to what is provided for in Article 12 (Immediate Maturity) below and especially in Article 12 paragraph 1, any obligation resulting from this loan is indivisible between the potential beneficiaries of the company (between the company and its potential beneficiaries) so that in the event of split, merger, transfer or equivalent operation, each of the entities resulting from the operation remains bound by this obligation. This indivisibility has the most extensive effects.
The Creditor may, in particular, pursue the recovery of all of what is due, at the expense of the beneficiaries of the Company.
ARTICLE 12 - Immediate Maturity
The Creditor may automatically demand the immediate repayment of the loan, in principal and interest, without any formality other than that provided for, if the borrower is in one of the following cases:
a. | in the event of insolvency, cessation of payments, bankruptcy of the Company, sequestration of its assets, request for the benefit of the law on business continuity or, in general, in the case of any procedure or settlement by which the assets of the Company would be placed under the direct or indirect control of its creditors, or the court or any commission constituted for this purpose, as well as in the case of suspension of payment or amicable settlement; with its creditors; |
b. | in the event of dissolution, liquidation, total cessation or substantial modification of the Company’s activity; |
c. | in the event of a shareholder change in the Company as well as in the event of absorption, merger or demerger of the Company and the successor entity or shareholders have not otherwise confirmed in writing their commitment to comply with the terms of this Agreement; |
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d. | in the event of a capital reduction or distribution of unavailable reserves of the Company, without the prior written consent of the Creditor; |
e. | in the event of early repayment of any other intervention granted to the Company by any other company in the IMBC Group; |
f. | in the event of a material non-compliance with any commitment resulting from the other financing obtained (credit, borrowing, etc.) from an organization other than the Creditor resulting in the payment of this debt before its maturity; |
g. | in the event of a material non-compliance with its obligations resulting from national or European regulations, in particular in the event that the Company would have benefited from or would benefit from aid not in accordance with said regulations; |
h. | in the event of resale of assets financed by means of this loan, without prior authorization from the Creditor; |
i. | in the event of non-payment on the dates established for the sums due to the Creditor after formal notice sent by the latter to the Company, providing for a minimum waiting period of fifteen days, without prejudice to what is provided for in Article 9 (Late payment) of this agreement; |
j. | in the event of material non-compliance by the Company with any provision, condition or commitment provided for by this agreement; |
k. | in the event of withdrawal or non-decision of any administrative decision, such as operating permit or authorization, or environmental permit, which would directly or indirectly affect the activity of the Company; |
l. | in the event of a deliberately inaccurate or fragmented declaration by the Company in relation to information that it is responsible for communicating to the Creditor under this agreement, or refusal to communicate such information; |
m. | as well as all cases of early payment provided for or to be provided for by law. |
The right referred to in the first paragraph of this article is established by the mere fact of the existence of any event or situation in question. In order to take advantage of it, the Creditor will suffice to notify the Company of its intention to this effect and to communicate to it the amount of the debt to be paid.
ARTICLE 13 - “Negative pledge”
The Company is prohibited from granting real or personal sureties to third parties or from entering into co-debit commitments with any other legal or natural person directly relating to the Company’s seneffe operating site, without having previously informed the Creditor. This clause does not concern any sureties and guarantees agreed and given to the other partners referred to in Article 6 (Guarantee(s) and condition(s)).
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ARTICLE 14 - Information and/or documents to be communicated
Throughout the term of this loan agreement, the Company undertakes to:
a. | On an annual basis, send the Creditor the balance sheets and income statements for the last financial year. On this subject, in particular, the Company will submit annually its balance sheet and profit and loss statements to the Creditor within six months of the end of the financial year. |
b. | The Company will send the Creditor, to the extent possible, the provisional figures that it will have in the meantime. |
c. | Inform the Creditor of any change of address of the registered office and/or operating headquarters. |
d. | Communicate to the Creditor any new publication in the Annexes to the Moniteur Belge. |
e. | Communicate to the Creditor any operating permit or authorization, environmental permit, etc., and any other administrative decision, or withdrawal of a permit or authorization, or administrative decision relating to the activities of the Company. |
f. | Immediately notify the Creditor of any change of shareholder. |
ARTICLE 15 - Monitoring
The Creditor shall have the right to request all the information it reasonably deems useful for assessing the asset and liability situation of the Company, as well as for monitoring the loan; it could, in particular, carry out, if necessary, audits of the business situation of the Company, which must make available to the Creditor or its delegates its accounting books and all other documents useful for this purpose.
At any time, if the Creditor deems that certification by an Auditor of the semi-annual accounts or balance sheet and annual income statements is reasonably necessary, it may require this from the Company, at the expense of the Company.
The Company may not in any case plead that the Creditor has or has not used its supervisory rights to evade its contractual obligations.
ARTICLE 16 - Obligation to communicate information and documents - Impact
The fact that the Company has not complied with its contractual obligations to communicate information and/or documents provided for in this agreement and, for the Creditor, that it has not claimed the performance of said obligations does not imply that the Company is exempt from compliance with these obligations.
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ARTICLE 17 - Address for service
For the execution of this agreement and for all its consequences, all communications, summonses and notifications shall be sent to the Company’s registered office.
All notifications, summonses and denunciations at the request of the Company must be made to the Creditor at its aforementioned registered office.
ARTICLE 18 - General information
The nullity or irregularity that would affect any of the clauses of this contract would not result in the nullity of this entire contract.
ARTICLE 19 - Assignment of jurisdiction
Any dispute regarding the interpretation, performance and dissolution of this agreement shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts and Tribunals of Mons.
The French version shall prevail among the Parties to the fullest extent permitted by Belgian law, provided, however, that whenever French and/or English translations of certain words or expressions are contained in the French version of this Agreement, such translations shall be conclusive in determining the Belgian legal concept(s) to which the Parties intended to refer.
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ARTICLE 20 - GDPR
The natural persons who are signatories and/or interveners to this agreement in their own name or as representative of a legal entity acknowledge:
- | Having been informed by the Creditor that personal data is processed by the IMBC Group in accordance with the Privacy Charter. |
- | Declare that they have read the Charter, prior to the signing of this agreement. |
Signed in Mons, on March 3, 2022 as many copies as there are parties, each party acknowledging having received its copy.
For the Creditor,
/s/ Jean-Sébastien Belle
Mr. Jean-Sébastien Belle
Director
/s/ Sylvie Creteur
Ms. Sylvie Creteur
Deputy Director
For the Company
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch
Chris Behrenbruch
Administrator
/s/ Richard Valeix
Mr Richard Valeix
Director
/s/ Douglas Cubbin
Mr Douglas Cubbin
Director
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LOAN DEPRECIATION TABLE
Amount : | €4,000,000.00 | |
Term (in months): | 96 | |
Rate : | 1.85% |
Date | Principal | Interest | Monthly payment | Outstanding |
03/31/2022 | €0.00 | To be determined | To be determined | €4,000,000.00 |
04/30/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
05/31/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
06/30/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
07/31/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
08/31/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
09/30/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
10/31/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
11/30/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
12/31/2022 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
01/31/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
02/28/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
03/31/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
04/30/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
05/31/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
06/30/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
07/31/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
08/31/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
09/30/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
10/31/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
11/30/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
12/31/2023 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
01/31/2024 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
02/29/2024 | €0.00 | €6,166.67 | €6,166.67 | €4,000,000.00 |
03/31/2024 | €38,691.41 | €6,166.67 | €44,858.08 | €3,961,308.59 |
04/30/2024 | €38,751.06 | €6,107.02 | €44,858.08 | €3,922,557.53 |
05/31/2024 | €38,810.80 | €6,047.28 | €44,858.08 | €3,883,746.73 |
06/30/2024 | €38,870.64 | €5,987.44 | €44,858.08 | €3,844,876.09 |
07/31/2024 | €38,930.56 | €5,927.52 | €44,858.08 | €3,805,945.53 |
08/31/2024 | €38,990.58 | €5,867.50 | €44,858.08 | €3,766,954.95 |
09/30/2024 | €39,050.69 | €5,807.39 | €44,858.08 | €3,727,904.26 |
10/31/2024 | €39,110.89 | €5,747.19 | €44,858.08 | €3,688,793.37 |
11/30/2024 | €39,171.19 | €5,686.89 | €44,858.08 | €3,649,622.18 |
12/31/2024 | €39,231.58 | €5,626.50 | €44,858.08 | €3,610,390.60 |
01/31/2025 | €39,292.06 | €5,566.02 | €44,858.08 | €3,571,098.54 |
02/28/2025 | €39,352.64 | €5,505.44 | €44,858.08 | €3,531,745.90 |
03/31/2025 | €39,413.31 | €5,444.77 | €44,858.08 | €3,492,332.59 |
04/30/2025 | €39,474.07 | €5,384.01 | €44,858.08 | €3,452,858.52 |
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05/31/2025 | €39,534.92 | €5,323.16 | €44,858.08 | €3,413,323.60 |
06/30/2025 | €39,595.87 | €5,262.21 | €44,858.08 | €3,373,727.73 |
07/31/2025 | €39,656.92 | €5,201.16 | €44,858.08 | €3,334,070.81 |
08/31/2025 | €39,718.05 | €5,140.03 | €44,858.08 | €3,294,352.76 |
09/30/2025 | €39,779.29 | €5,078.79 | €44,858.08 | €3,254,573.47 |
10/31/2025 | €39,840.61 | €5,017.47 | €44,858.08 | €3,214,732.86 |
11/30/2025 | €39,902.03 | €4,956.05 | €44,858.08 | €3,174,830.83 |
12/31/2025 | €39,963.55 | €4,894.53 | €44,858.08 | €3,134,867.28 |
01/31/2026 | €40,025.16 | €4,832.92 | €44,858.08 | €3,094,842.12 |
02/28/2026 | €40,086.87 | €4,771.21 | €44,858.08 | €3,054,755.25 |
03/31/2026 | €40,148.67 | €4,709.41 | €44,858.08 | €3,014,606.58 |
04/30/2026 | €40,210.56 | €4,647.52 | €44,858.08 | €2,974,396.02 |
05/31/2026 | €40,272.55 | €4,585.53 | €44,858.08 | €2,934,123.47 |
06/30/2026 | €40,334.64 | €4,523.44 | €44,858.08 | €2,893,788.83 |
07/31/2026 | €40,396.82 | €4,461.26 | €44,858.08 | €2,853,392.01 |
08/31/2026 | €40,459.10 | €4,398.98 | €44,858.08 | €2,812,932.91 |
09/30/2026 | €40,521.48 | €4,336.60 | €44,858.08 | €2,772,411.43 |
10/31/2026 | €40,583.95 | €4,274.13 | €44,858.08 | €2,731,827.48 |
11/30/2026 | €40,646.51 | €4,211.57 | €44,858.08 | €2,691,180.97 |
12/31/2026 | €40,709.18 | €4,148.90 | €44,858.08 | €2,650,471.79 |
01/31/2027 | €40,771.94 | €4,086.14 | €44,858.08 | €2,609,699.85 |
02/28/2027 | €40,834.79 | €4,023.29 | €44,858,08 | €2,568,865.06 |
03/31/2027 | €40,897.75 | €3,960.33 | €44,858.08 | €2,527,967.31 |
04/30/2027 | €40,960.80 | €3,897.28 | €44,858.08 | €2,487,006.51 |
05/31/2027 | €41,023.94 | €3,834.14 | €44,858.08 | €2,445,982.57 |
06/30/2027 | €41,087.19 | €3,770.89 | €44,858.08 | €2,404,895.38 |
07/31/2027 | €41,150.53 | €3,707.55 | €44,858.08 | €2,363,744.85 |
08/31/2027 | €41,213.97 | €3,644.11 | €44,858.08 | €2,322,530.88 |
09/30/2027 | €41,277.51 | €3,580.57 | €44,858.08 | €2,281,253.37 |
10/31/2027 | €41,341.15 | €3,516.93 | €44,858.08 | €2,239,912.22 |
11/30/2027 | €41,404.88 | €3,453.20 | €44,858.08 | €2,198,507.34 |
12/31/2027 | €41,468.71 | €3,389.37 | €44,858.08 | €2,157,038.63 |
01/31/2028 | €41,532.65 | €3,325.43 | €44,858.08 | €2,115,505.98 |
29/02/2028 | €41,596.67 | €3,261.41 | €44,858.08 | €2,073,909.31 |
03/31/2028 | €41,660.80 | €3,197.28 | €44,858.08 | €2,032,248.51 |
04/30/2028 | €41,725.03 | €3,133.05 | €44,858.08 | €1,990,523.48 |
05/31/2028 | €41,789.36 | €3,068.72 | €44,858.08 | €1,948,734.12 |
06/30/2028 | €41,853.78 | €3,004.30 | €44,858.08 | €1,906,880.34 |
07/31/2028 | €41,918.31 | €2,939.77 | €44,858.08 | €1,864,962.03 |
08/31/2028 | €41,982.93 | €2,875.15 | €44,858.08 | €1,822,979.10 |
09/30/2028 | €42,047.65 | €2,810.43 | €44,858.08 | €1,780,931.45 |
10/31/2028 | €42,112.48 | €2,745.60 | €44,858.08 | €1,738,818.97 |
11/30/2028 | €42,177.40 | €2,680.68 | €44,858.08 | €1,696,641.57 |
12/31/2028 | €42,242.42 | €2,615.66 | €44,858.08 | €1,654,399.15 |
01/31/2029 | €42,307.55 | €2,550.53 | €44,858.08 | €1,612,091.60 |
02/28/2029 | €42,372.77 | €2,485.31 | €44,858.08 | €1,569,718.83 |
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03/31/2029 | €42,438.10 | €2,419.98 | €44,858.08 | €1,527,280.73 |
04/30/2029 | €42,503.52 | €2,354.56 | €44,858.08 | €1,484,777.21 |
05/31/2029 | €42,569.05 | €2,289.03 | €44,858.08 | €1,442,208.16 |
06/30/2029 | €42,634.68 | €2,223.40 | €44,858.08 | €1,399,573.48 |
07/31/2029 | €42,700.40 | €2,157.68 | €44,858.08 | €1,356,873.08 |
08/31/2029 | €42,766.23 | €2,091.85 | €44,858.08 | €1,314,106.85 |
09/30/2029 | €42,832.17 | €2,025.91 | €44,858.08 | €1,271,274.68 |
10/31/2029 | €42,898.20 | €1,959.88 | €44,858.08 | €1,228,376.48 |
11/30/2029 | €42,964.33 | €1,893.75 | €44,858.08 | €1,185,412.15 |
12/31/2029 | €43,030.57 | €1,827.51 | €44,858.08 | €1,142,381.58 |
01/31/2030 | €43,096.91 | €1,761.17 | €44,858.08 | €1,099,284.67 |
02/28/2030 | €43,163.35 | €1,694.73 | €44,858.08 | €1,056,121.32 |
03/31/2030 | €43,229.89 | €1,628.19 | €44,858.08 | €1,012,891.43 |
04/30/2030 | €43,296.54 | €1,561.54 | €44,858.08 | €969,594.89 |
05/31/2030 | €43,363.29 | €1,494.79 | €44,858.08 | €926,231.60 |
06/30/2030 | €43,430.14 | €1,427.94 | €44,858.08 | €882,801.46 |
07/31/2030 | €43,497.09 | €1,360.99 | €44,858.08 | €839,304.37 |
08/31/2030 | €43,564.15 | €1,293.93 | €44,858.08 | €795,740.22 |
09/30/2030 | €43,631.31 | €1,226.77 | €44,858.08 | €752,108.91 |
10/31/2030 | €43,698.58 | €1,159.50 | €44,858.08 | €708,410.33 |
11/30/2030 | €43,765.95 | €1,092.13 | €44,858.08 | €664,644.38 |
12/31/2030 | €43,833.42 | €1,024.66 | €44,858.08 | €620,810.96 |
01/31/2031 | €43,901.00 | €957.08 | €44,858.08 | €576,909.96 |
02/28/2031 | €43,968.68 | €889.40 | €44,858.08 | €532,941.28 |
03/31/2031 | €44,036.46 | €821.62 | €44,858.08 | €488,904.82 |
04/30/2031 | €44,104.35 | €753,73 | €44,858.08 | €444,800.47 |
05/31/2031 | €44,172.35 | €685.73 | €44,858.08 | €400,628.12 |
06/30/2031 | €44,240.44 | €617.64 | €44,858.08 | €356,387.68 |
07/31/2031 | €44,308.65 | €549.43 | €44,858.08 | €312,079.03 |
08/31/2031 | €44,376.96 | €481.12 | €44,858.08 | €267,702.07 |
09/30/2031 | €44,445.37 | €412.71 | €44,858.08 | €223,256.70 |
10/31/2031 | €44,513.89 | €344.19 | €44,858.08 | €178,742.81 |
11/30/2031 | €44,582.52 | €275.56 | €44,858.08 | €134,160.29 |
12/31/2031 | €44,651.25 | €206.83 | €44,858.08 | €89,509.04 |
01/31/2032 | €44,720.09 | €137.99 | €44,858.08 | €44,788.95 |
02/29/2032 | €44,788.95 | €69.13 | €44,858.08 | €0.00 |
TOTAL | €4,000,000.00 | €448,209.09 | €4,448,209.09 |
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CONVENTION DE PRET DE 4.000.000 €
Entre :
La société anonyme « IMBC Spinnova », dont le siège social est établi à 7000 Mons, rue des Quatre Fils Aymon, 14. Inscrite au Registre des Personnes morales du Hainaut (section Mons) sous le numéro d’entreprise 0870.661.013.
Société ici représentée par deux Administrateurs, conformément à l’article 22 de ses statuts :
- | Madame Sylvie CRETEUR demeurant Rivage de Buisseret, 10 à 7180 Seneffe (NN 69.04.04-094.02). |
- | Monsieur Jean-Sébastien BELLE demeurant chaussée de Mons, 525 à 7810 Ath (NN 66.03.11-125.79). |
Ci-après dénommée « la Créancière »,
de première part
Et
La société privée à responsabilité limitée TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (BELGIUM) ayant son siège social Rue de Hermée, 255 à 4040 Herstal. Inscrite au Registre des Personnes morales de Liège (section Liège). Numéro d’entreprise 0695.832.765.
Société ici représentée par 2 Administrateurs conformément à ses statuts :
- | Monsieur Douglas CUBBIN, Group Chief Financial Officer, 5/19-21 Caronia Ave, Cronulla NSW 2230, Australia. |
- | Monsieur Richard VALEIX, President EMEA, 20 Rue de Verdun 74940 Annecy le vieux, France. |
Ci-après dénommée « la Société » ou « l’Entreprise »,
de deuxième part
Il a été préalablement déclaré ce qui suit :
1) | Le Groupe IMBC est composé de la S.A. Invest Mons-Borinage-Centre, la maison mère, et de ses filiales ; à savoir : la S.A. IMBC Capital Risque, la S.A. IMBC Immo Lease, la S.A. IMBC Spinnova, la S.A. IMBC 2020 et de toute autre société filiale à créer, la Créancière faisant donc partie de ce Groupe. |
2) | Les titres des articles de la présente convention n’ont pas de portée juridique et ne pourront pas servir à interpréter celle-ci. |
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Il a été convenu ce qui suit :
ARTICLE 1 - Montant, objet et forme du prêt
La Créancière met à la disposition de la Société, sous forme de prêt, un montant de 4.000.000 € destiné au financement du site d’exploitation de Seneffe.
ARTICLE 2 - Libération et prélèvement
a) Libération
Sans préjudice de l’article 6 (Garantie(s) et condition(s) de la présente convention, le prêt est libérable par tranches successives, sous la forme de prélèvements d’un montant correspondant aux dépenses éligibles à supporter par la Société, au fur et à mesure de leur exigibilité. La libération de chacune desdites tranches est soumise à l’envoi préalable par la Société de documents que la Créancière jugera raisonnablement nécessaire justifiant de cette libération.
Est annexé à la présente convention, un tableau d’amortissement provisoire de remboursement, lequel fait partie intégrante de la présente convention, prenant en considération une date théorique de libération fixée au 1er mars 2022.
b) Prélèvement
Sans préjudice de l’article 9 (Retards de paiement), le(s) prélèvements concerné(s) sera(ont) ensuite porté(s) au crédit sur le compte BE57 0689 3733 1235 (Belfius). de la Société.
Préalablement, la Créancière aura été mise en possession d’une attestation émanant de la banque concernant l’existence et le titulaire du compte précité.
Une période de prélèvement maximum est fixée. Elle débute à partir du 1er prélèvement et se clôture à l’expiration de la période de prélèvement telle que fixée dans le tableau d’amortissement provisoire.
Cette période peut être réduite en fonction de la date du dernier prélèvement. Si, au terme de la période de prélèvement, la totalité du prêt n’a pas été prélevée, la Créancière est déliée de toute obligation de libération du solde du prêt ; le montant du prêt étant alors de plein droit limité au montant libéré à cette date.
Le tableau d’amortissement adapté définitif, lequel fera partie intégrante de la convention, sera adressé par la Créancière, au terme de la période de prélèvement, à la Société.
La Créancière aura également la faculté de suspendre la libération du prêt, voire de mettre fin à celui-ci moyennant préavis raisonnable, dans les circonstances suivantes, en avisant préalablement la Société, par courrier :
- | en cas de retrait ou de non obtention de toute décision administrative, telle que permis ou autorisation d’exploitation ou permis d’environnement, etc., qui affecterait directement ou indirectement les activités de la Société ou le financement du projet. |
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- | en cas d’insolvabilité, cessation de paiement, faillite de la Société séquestre de ses biens, demande du bénéfice de la loi sur la continuité des entreprises ou, en général, dans le cas d’une quelconque procédure ou règlement par lequel l’actif de la Société serait placé sous contrôle direct ou indirect de ses créanciers, ou du tribunal ou de toute commission constituée à cette fin, ainsi que dans le cas de sursis de paiement ou de règlement amiable avec ses créanciers. |
ARTICLE 3 - Remboursement
Le prêt est remboursable en 96 mensualités de 44.858,08 € (capital + intérêts) (voir tableau d’amortissement provisoire du prêt joint) sur le compte numéro BE64 7320 0865 2552 de la Créancière.
Le premier remboursement du capital a lieu au terme au terme de la période de carence de 24 mois laquelle commence à courir à dater du premier prélèvement. Il est payable le dernier jour du mois concerné.
ARTICLE 4 - Intérêts
A compter de la date de libération, le prêt produit un intérêt fixe de 1,85 % l’an, payable mensuellement à terme échu (voir tableau d’amortissement provisoire) sur le compte numéro BE64 7320 0865 2552 de la Créancière.
Le premier paiement en intérêts est calculé prorata temporis et a lieu au terme du premier mois qui suit la date du premier prélèvement. Il est payable le dernier jour du mois concerné.
ARTICLE 5 - Engagements
« L’Entreprise confirme qu’elle a bien connaissance de ce qui suit : L’intervention de l’Invest bénéficie de la garantie du programme InnovFin SME Guarantee avec le soutien financier de l’Union européenne au travers des instruments financiers de Horizon 2020 et du Fonds Européen pour l’Investissement Stratégique (EFSI) mis en place dans le cadre du Plan d’Investissement pour l’Europe. L’objectif d’EFSI est d’aider au soutien du financement et de la mise en oeuvre d’investissements productifs dans l’Union européenne ainsi que d’assurer l’amélioration de l’accès au financement. »
« L’Entreprise reconnaît et accepte que le Fonds Européen d’Investissement, les agents de la FEI, la Cour des Comptes de la Communauté européenne, la Commission, les agents ou les contractants de la Commission comprenant l’OLAF, la Banque Européenne d’Investissement et/ou toute autre institution de l’Union Européenne ou organisme qui a le droit de vérifier l’utilisation du présent accord dans le cadre de InnovFin (ensemble, les «Entités Agréées» et séparément, une «Entité Agréée») auront le droit d’effectuer des contrôles et des audits et de demander des informations et de la documentation eu égard à cet accord et à son exécution, y compris et sans restriction aux fins de l’évaluation du programme InnovFin. L’entreprise doit permettre des visites de surveillance et des inspections par toute Entité Agréée de ses activités commerciales, ses livres et registres. Comme ces contrôles peuvent inclure des visites surprises et des inspections de la contrepartie, la contrepartie doit permettre l’accès à ses locaux à toute Entité Agréée pendant les heures normales de travail. »
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« Pour satisfaire aux exigences du programme InnovFin SME Guarantee (avec le soutien financier de l’Union européenne et du Fonds Européen d’Investissement), l’Entreprise s’engage :
○ | à se conformer à tout moment aux principes et à la législation qui lui sont applicables en matière de prévention du blanchiment de capitaux, de lutte contre le terrorisme et la fraude fiscale, et (ii) à ne pas s’établir dans une juridiction « non-coopérative »[4] ; |
○ | à respecter les lois et réglementations (qu’il s’agisse de lois et règlements nationaux ou de l’UE) qui lui sont applicables ; |
○ | à ne commettre aucune fraude ou irrégularité ; |
○ | à respecter les critères d’éligibilités applicables pour permettre à l’intervention financière de l’Invest de bénéficier du programme InnovFin SME Guarantee, dont elle confirme avoir pris connaissance ; |
○ | à préparer, mettre à jour, conserver pendant toute la durée de la présente convention (et durant une période de sept années à l’issue de son terme) et mettre à disposition de l’Invest, sur demande au cours de cette période et endéans un bref délai à compter de cette demande, tout document ou toute information le concernant ou portant sur l’intervention financière de l’Invest, ET soit (i) devant être inclus dans tout reporting dans le cadre de la garantie du programme InnovFin SME Guarantee, soit (ii) s’avérant nécessaires pour vérifier que les critères d’éligibilités applicables susvisés sont bien respectés. » |
ARTICLE 6 - Garantie(s) et condition(s)
La présente convention est conclue sous la/les garantie(s) et la/les condition(s) suivante(s) :
Garantie(s)- Hypothèque de 50.000 € (55.000 € en principal et accessoires) et mandat hypothécaire de 3.950.000 € (4.345.000 € en principal et accessoires) sur l’immeuble dans les mêmes proportions que la banque (hypothèque rang 2 derrière un premier rang BNP de 100.000 € (110.000 € en principal et accessoires) et mandat en rang 4 derrière un mandat en rang 3 de 8.000.000 € de BNP (8.800.000 € en principal et accessoires) en cas de conversion).
- | Couverture du FEI à hauteur de 50 % sur une tranche du présent prêt limitée à 2.000.000 €. |
- | Lettre d’engagement (Comfort Letter) de la maison mère TIPL. |
Condition(s) préalable(s)
- | Effort propre de 2.495.000 € pour le démantèlement du site. |
- | Effort propre complémentaire d’un montant minimum de 2.000.000 €. |
Condition(s) liée(s)
- | Interventions bancaires pour un montant total de 8.100.000 € sur base des conditions et modalités convenues. |
- | Libération du prêt conjointe à la libération du prêt bancaire. |
- | Bouclage du montage financier. |
4 La liste des juridictions fiscales non coopératives est reprise dans l’annexe à la Communication de la Commission au Parlement européen et au Conseil sur « Un système d’imposition des sociétés plus juste au sein de l’Union » du 17 juin 2015 accessible via ce lien : https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A52015DC0302
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La Créancière se réserve expressément le droit d’apprécier à n’importe quel moment l’incidence de la non- réalisation d’une des conditions liées sur la poursuite ou non des relations contractuelles.
ARTICLE 7 - Paiements et/ou prélèvements : Mode et affectation
La Société s’engage à mettre en place et à valider auprès de sa banque, une domiciliation bancaire récurrente permettant de réaliser tout prélèvement nécessaire au parfait remboursement du présent prêt. La Société doit veiller à l’approvisionnement de son compte bancaire sur lequel les domiciliations sont prélevées.
Les paiements s’imputeront dans l’ordre suivant : d’abord sur les frais et accessoires, puis sur les intérêts de retard éventuels ensuite sur les intérêts et enfin, sur le capital.
ARTICLE 8 - Remboursement anticipé
Sous réserve de l’accord préalable de la Créancière, la Société aura la faculté de rembourser anticipativement, tout ou partie du capital. Ce remboursement total ou partiel ne pourra toutefois intervenir qu’à partir du moment où un tiers du nombre total de mensualités repris à l’article 3 (Remboursement) de la présente convention a été remboursé sur base des termes, modalités et tableau de remboursement applicables sur base de la présente convention au moment de la demande de remboursement anticipé. Ce délai ne peut dans tous les cas être inférieur à 3 ans.
Dans le cas d’un remboursement anticipatif, l’intérêt est dû, prorata temporis, jusqu’à la date effective du remboursement anticipatif.
Cet accord préalable est conditionné au libre choix de la Créancière, d’un commun accord avec les autres entités du Groupe IMBC, de faire respecter un traitement équitable entre les différentes interventions du Groupe IMBC au profit de la Société.
Ainsi, en cas de demande de remboursement anticipé faite à une quelconque entité du Groupe IMBC par la Société, la Créancière se réserve le droit d’exiger un remboursement à la même proportion[5] de toutes les autres interventions en cours au sein de la Société.
ARTICLE 9 - Retards de paiement
En cas de retard de paiement des intérêts et/ou d’une tranche de capital, il est appliqué de plein droit un intérêt de retard, sans préjudice des dispositions de l’article 12 (Exigibilité immédiate).
Ainsi, toute somme impayée à son échéance porte automatiquement et de plein droit un intérêt supplémentaire calculé au taux legal[6] applicable en cas de retards de paiement en matière commerciale et ce, depuis la date d’échéance jusqu’au jour du paiement effectif.
En cas de retard de paiement de la Société vis-à-vis de la Créancière ou vis-à-vis de toute autre société du Groupe IMBC, la Créancière se réserve le droit d’affecter ou de répartir les sommes perçues, le cas échéant, sur les interventions existantes au moment des retards, de manière à garder une situation des encours équitable entre les différentes interventions du Groupe IMBC et ce, quel que soit le type d’intervention (prêt, avances, prise de participation etc.).
5 A titre d’exemple, une demande de remboursement de 30 % du solde du présent prêt ou de toute autres interventions octroyées par le Groupe IMBC à la Société peut être conditionnée au remboursement de 30 % du solde de toutes les autres interventions octroyées par le Groupe IMBC à la Société.
6 Prévu dans la loi du 02/08/2002 concernant la lutte contre le retard de paiement dans les transactions commerciales et publié régulièrement par le SPF Finance au Moniteur belge.
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La Créancière se réserve notamment le droit de déduire des montants à libérer tel que prévu à l’article 2 ,(Libération et prélèvement), tout retard sur les interventions octroyées à la Société par la Créancière ou par toute autre société du Groupe IMBC.
ARTICLE 10 - Maintien du siège d’exploitation et de l’investissement dans la Région
Pendant toute la durée du prêt, la Société s’engage à maintenir au moins un siège d’exploitation dans la région de Mons, Borinage, Centre.
En outre, la Société s’engage à maintenir ledit investissement parmi ses actifs durant toute la durée du prêt.
ARTICLE 11 - Indivisibilité
Sans préjudice à ce qui est prévu à l’article 12 (Exigibilité immédiate) ci-après et spécialement à l’article 12 alinéa 1er c., toute obligation résultant du présent prêt sont indivisibles entre les ayants droits éventuels de la société (entre la société et ses ayants droits éventuels) en sorte qu’en cas de scission, fusion, transfert ou opération équivalente, chacune des entités issues de l’opération reste tenue des obligations de la présente convention. Cette indivisibilité a les effets les plus étendus.
La Créancière peut, notamment, poursuivre le recouvrement de la totalité de ce qui est exigible, à charge des ayant droits de la Société.
ARTICLE 12 - Exigibilité immédiate
La Créancière pourra exiger de plein droit le remboursement immédiat du prêt, en capital et intérêts, sans formalité autre que celle prévue, si l’emprunteur se trouve dans l’un des cas suivants :
a. | en cas d’insolvabilité, cessation de paiement, faillite de la Société, séquestre de ses biens, demande du bénéfice de la loi sur la continuité des entreprises ou, en général, dans le cas d’une quelconque procédure ou règlement par lequel l’actif de la Société serait placé sous contrôle direct ou indirect de ses créanciers, ou du tribunal ou de toute commission constituée à cette fin, ainsi que dans le cas de sursis de paiement ou de règlement amiable avec ses créanciers ; |
b. | en cas de dissolution, de liquidation, de cessation totale ou de modification substantielle de l’activité de la Société ; |
c. | en cas de modification actionnariale de la Société ainsi qu’en cas d’absorption, de fusion ou de scission de la Société et que l’entité en résultant ou ses actionnaires n’ont pas confirmé par écrit leur engagement à respecter les termes du présent pacte ; |
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d. | en cas de réduction de capital ou de distribution de réserves indisponibles de la Société, sans l’accord écrit et préalable de la Créancière ; |
e. | en cas de remboursement anticipé de toute autre intervention octroyée à la société par toute autre sociétés du Groupe IMBC ; |
f. | en cas de non-respect significatif d’un quelconque engagement résultant d’un autre financement obtenu (crédit, emprunt...) auprès d’un autre organisme que la Créancière entraînant l’exigibilité de cette dette avant son échéance ; |
g. | en cas de non-respect significatif de ses obligations résultant de la réglementation nationale ou européenne, en particulier au cas où la Société aurait bénéficié ou bénéficierait d’une aide non conforme à ladite réglementation ; |
h. | en cas de revente des actifs financés au moyen du présent prêt, sans autorisation préalable de la Créancière ; |
i. | en cas de non-paiement aux dates fixées des sommes dues à la Créancière après mise en demeure adressée par cette dernière à la Société, prévoyant un délai minimum de carence de quinze jours, sans préjudice de ce qui est prévu à l’article 9 (Retards de paiement) de la présente convention ; |
j. | en cas de non-respect significatif par la Société de toute disposition, condition ou engagement prévu par la présente convention ; |
k. | en cas de retrait ou de non décision de toute décision administrative, telle que permis ou autorisation d’exploitation, ou permis d’environnement, qui affecterait directement ou indirectement l’activité de la Société ; |
l. | en cas de déclaration volontairement inexacte ou parcellaire de la part de la Société relativement à des informations qu’il lui incombe de communiquer à la Créancière en vertu de la présente convention, ou de refus de communiquer lesdites informations ; |
m. | ainsi que tous les cas d’exigibilité anticipée prévus ou à prévoir par la loi. |
Le droit visé à l’alinéa premier du présent article est établi par le simple fait de l’existence de tout évènement ou situation dont il y est question. Pour s’en prévaloir, il suffira à la Créancière de notifier sa volonté en ce sens à la Société et de lui communiquer le montant de la dette à acquitter.
ARTICLE 13 - « Clause négative - Négative pledge »
La Société s’interdit d’accorder à des tiers des suretés réelles ou personnelles ou de contracter des engagements en codébition avec toute autre personne morale ou physique directement liés au site d’exploitation de seneffe de la Société, sans avoir préalablement informé la Créancière. La présente clause ne concerne pas les éventuelles suretés et garanties convenues et données aux autres partenaires dont il est question à l’article 6 (Garantie(s) et condition(s)).
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ARTICLE 14 - Renseignements et/ou documents à communiquer
Pendant toute la durée de la présente convention de prêt, la Société s’engage à :
a. | Transmettre annuellement à la Créancière les bilans et comptes de résultats du dernier exercice. A ce sujet, notamment, la Société remettra annuellement son bilan et comptes de pertes et profits à la Créancière dans les six mois qui suivent la clôture de l’exercice social. La Société fera parvenir à la Créancière, dans la mesure de ses possibilités, les chiffres provisoires dont elle disposera dans l’intervalle. |
b. | Informer la Créancière de tout changement d’adresse du siège social et/ou du siège d’exploitation. |
c. | Communiquer à la Créancière toute nouvelle publication aux Annexes du Moniteur belge. |
d. | Communiquer à la Créancière tout permis ou autorisation d’exploitation, permis d’environnement, etc., et toute autre décision administrative, ou retrait de permis ou d’autorisation, ou décision administrative en rapport avec les activités de la Société. |
e. | Communiquer immédiatement à la Créancière tout changement d’actionnaire. |
ARTICLE 15 - Surveillance
La Créancière aura le droit de demander tous les renseignements qu’elle estimera raisonnablement utiles à l’appréciation de la situation active et passive de la Société, ainsi qu’à la surveillance du prêt ; elle pourrait notamment faire procéder, en cas de besoin, à des examens de la situation des affaires de la Société, qui doit mettre à la disposition de la Créancière ou de ses délégués ses livres de comptabilité et tous autres documents utiles à cette fin.
A tout moment, si la Créancière juge qu’une certification par un Réviseur des comptes semestriels ou du bilan et des comptes de résultats annuels lui paraisse raisonnablement nécessaire, elle pourra l’exiger de la Société, et ce, aux frais de la Société.
La Société ne pourra en aucun cas exciper du fait que la Créancière a ou n’a pas fait usage de ses droits de surveillance pour échapper à ses obligations contractuelles.
ARTICLE 16 - Obligation de communication d’informations et de documents - Incidence
Le fait, pour la Société de n’avoir pas respecté ses obligations contractuelles de communication d’informations et/ou de documents prévues dans la présente convention et, pour la Créancière de n’avoir pas réclamé l’exécution desdites obligations n’implique aucunement que la Société soit dispensée du respect de celles-ci.
ARTICLE 17 - Election de domicile
Pour l’exécution de la présente convention et pour toutes ses suites, toutes les communications, sommations, assignations, significations seront adressées au siège social de la Société.
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Toutes notifications, significations et dénonciations à la requête de la Société devront être faites à la Créancière en son siège social précité.
ARTICLE 18 - Généralité
La nullité ou l’irrégularité qui affecterait l’une des clauses du présent contrat n’entraînerait pas pour autant la nullité de l’ensemble de ce contrat.
ARTICLE 19 - Attribution de compétence
Tout litige au sujet de l’interprétation, de l’exécution et de la dissolution de la présente convention est de la compétence exclusive des Cours et Tribunaux de Mons.
Les parties s’accordent pour que la version française de cette convention prévale sur la version anglaise dans le cas où une difficulté d’interprétation serait à constater dans le cadre de la traduction anglaise.
ARTICLE 20 - RGPD
Les personnes physiques signataires et/ou intervenantes à la présente convention en leur nom propre ou en représentation d’une personne morale reconnaissent :
- | Avoir été informées par la Créancière que les données à caractère personnel sont traitées par le Groupe IMBC conformément à la Charte de la vie privée. |
- | Déclarent avoir pris connaissance de la Charte, préalablement à la signature de la présente convention. |
Fait à Mons, le 3 mars 2022 en autant d’exemplaires qu’il y a de parties, chacune des parties reconnaissant avoir reçu le sien.
Pour la Créancière,
/s/ Jean-Sébastien Belle
Mr. Jean-Sébastien Belle
Director
/s/ Sylvie Creteur
Ms. Sylvie Creteur
Deputy Director
Pour la Société,
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch
Chris Behrenbruch
Administrator
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/s/ Richard Valeix
Mr Richard Valeix
Director
/s/ Douglas Cubbin
Mr Douglas Cubbin
Director
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TABLEAU D’AMORTISSEMENT DU PRET
Montant : | 4.000.000,00 € | |
Durée (en mois) : | 96 | |
Taux : | 1,85% |
Date | Principal | Intérêts | Mensualité | Encours |
31/03/2022 | 0,00 € | A déterminer | A déterminer | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/04/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/05/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/06/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/07/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/08/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/09/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/10/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/11/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/12/2022 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/01/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
28/02/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/03/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/04/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/05/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/06/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/07/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/08/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/09/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/10/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
30/11/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/12/2023 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/01/2024 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
29/02/2024 | 0,00 € | 6.166,67 € | 6.166,67 € | 4.000.000,00 € |
31/03/2024 | 38.691,41 € | 6.166,67 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.961.308,59 € |
30/04/2024 | 38.751,06 € | 6.107,02 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.922.557,53 € |
31/05/2024 | 38.810,80 € | 6.047,28 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.883.746,73 € |
30/06/2024 | 38.870,64 € | 5.987,44 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.844.876,09 € |
31/07/2024 | 38.930,56 € | 5.927,52 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.805.945,53 € |
31/08/2024 | 38.990,58 € | 5.867,50 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.766.954,95 € |
30/09/2024 | 39.050,69 € | 5.807,39 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.727.904,26 € |
31/10/2024 | 39.110,89 € | 5.747,19 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.688.793,37 € |
30/11/2024 | 39.171,19 € | 5.686,89 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.649.622,18 € |
31/12/2024 | 39.231,58 € | 5.626,50 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.610.390,60 € |
31/01/2025 | 39.292,06 € | 5.566,02 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.571.098,54 € |
28/02/2025 | 39.352,64 € | 5.505,44 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.531.745,90 € |
31/03/2025 | 39.413,31 € | 5.444,77 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.492.332,59 € |
30/04/2025 | 39.474,07 € | 5.384,01 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.452.858,52 € |
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31/05/2025 | 39.534,92 € | 5.323,16 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.413.323,60 € |
30/06/2025 | 39.595,87 € | 5.262,21 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.373.727,73 € |
31/07/2025 | 39.656,92 € | 5.201,16 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.334.070,81 € |
31/08/2025 | 39.718,05 € | 5.140,03 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.294.352,76 € |
30/09/2025 | 39.779,29 € | 5.078,79 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.254.573,47 € |
31/10/2025 | 39.840,61 € | 5.017,47 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.214.732,86 € |
30/11/2025 | 39.902,03 € | 4.956,05 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.174.830,83 € |
31/12/2025 | 39.963,55 € | 4.894,53 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.134.867,28 € |
31/01/2026 | 40.025,16 € | 4.832,92 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.094.842,12 € |
28/02/2026 | 40.086,87 € | 4.771,21 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.054.755,25 € |
31/03/2026 | 40.148,67 € | 4.709,41 € | 44.858,08 € | 3.014.606,58 € |
30/04/2026 | 40.210,56 € | 4.647,52 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.974.396,02 € |
31/05/2026 | 40.272,55 € | 4.585,53 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.934.123,47 € |
30/06/2026 | 40.334,64 € | 4.523,44 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.893.788,83 € |
31/07/2026 | 40.396,82 € | 4.461,26 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.853.392,01 € |
31/08/2026 | 40.459,10 € | 4.398,98 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.812.932,91 € |
30/09/2026 | 40.521,48 € | 4.336,60 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.772.411,43 € |
31/10/2026 | 40.583,95 € | 4.274,13 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.731.827,48 € |
30/11/2026 | 40.646,51 € | 4.211,57 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.691.180,97 € |
31/12/2026 | 40.709,18 € | 4.148,90 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.650.471,79 € |
31/01/2027 | 40.771,94 € | 4.086,14 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.609.699,85 € |
28/02/2027 | 40.834,79 € | 4.023,29 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.568.865,06 € |
31/03/2027 | 40.897,75 € | 3.960,33 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.527.967,31 € |
30/04/2027 | 40.960,80 € | 3.897,28 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.487.006,51 € |
31/05/2027 | 41.023,94 € | 3.834,14 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.445.982,57 € |
30/06/2027 | 41.087,19 € | 3.770,89 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.404.895,38 € |
31/07/2027 | 41.150,53 € | 3.707,55 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.363.744,85 € |
31/08/2027 | 41.213,97 € | 3.644,11 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.322.530,88 € |
30/09/2027 | 41.277,51 € | 3.580,57 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.281.253,37 € |
31/10/2027 | 41.341,15 € | 3.516,93 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.239.912,22 € |
30/11/2027 | 41.404,88 € | 3.453,20 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.198.507,34 € |
31/12/2027 | 41.468,71 € | 3.389,37 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.157.038,63 € |
31/01/2028 | 41.532,65 € | 3.325,43 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.115.505,98 € |
29/02/2028 | 41.596,67 € | 3.261,41 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.073.909,31 € |
31/03/2028 | 41.660,80 € | 3.197,28 € | 44.858,08 € | 2.032.248,51 € |
30/04/2028 | 41.725,03 € | 3.133,05 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.990.523,48 € |
31/05/2028 | 41.789,36 € | 3.068,72 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.948.734,12 € |
30/06/2028 | 41.853,78 € | 3.004,30 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.906.880,34 € |
31/07/2028 | 41.918,31 € | 2.939,77 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.864.962,03 € |
31/08/2028 | 41.982,93 € | 2.875,15 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.822.979,10 € |
30/09/2028 | 42.047,65 € | 2.810,43 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.780.931,45 € |
31/10/2028 | 42.112,48 € | 2.745,60 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.738.818,97 € |
30/11/2028 | 42.177,40 € | 2.680,68 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.696.641,57 € |
31/12/2028 | 42.242,42 € | 2.615,66 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.654.399,15 € |
31/01/2029 | 42.307,55 € | 2.550,53 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.612.091,60 € |
28/02/2029 | 42.372,77 € | 2.485,31 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.569.718,83 € |
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31/03/2029 | 42.438,10 € | 2.419,98 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.527.280,73 € |
30/04/2029 | 42.503,52 € | 2.354,56 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.484.777,21 € |
31/05/2029 | 42.569,05 € | 2.289,03 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.442.208,16 € |
30/06/2029 | 42.634,68 € | 2.223,40 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.399.573,48 € |
31/07/2029 | 42.700,40 € | 2.157,68 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.356.873,08 € |
31/08/2029 | 42.766,23 € | 2.091,85 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.314.106,85 € |
30/09/2029 | 42.832,17 € | 2.025,91 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.271.274,68 € |
31/10/2029 | 42.898,20 € | 1.959,88 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.228.376,48 € |
30/11/2029 | 42.964,33 € | 1.893,75 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.185.412,15 € |
31/12/2029 | 43.030,57 € | 1.827,51 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.142.381,58 € |
31/01/2030 | 43.096,91 € | 1.761,17 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.099.284,67 € |
28/02/2030 | 43.163,35 € | 1.694,73 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.056.121,32 € |
31/03/2030 | 43.229,89 € | 1.628,19 € | 44.858,08 € | 1.012.891,43 € |
30/04/2030 | 43.296,54 € | 1.561,54 € | 44.858,08 € | 969.594,89 € |
31/05/2030 | 43.363,29 € | 1.494,79 € | 44.858,08 € | 926.231,60 € |
30/06/2030 | 43.430,14 € | 1.427,94 € | 44.858,08 € | 882.801,46 € |
31/07/2030 | 43.497,09 € | 1.360,99 € | 44.858,08 € | 839.304,37 € |
31/08/2030 | 43.564,15 € | 1.293,93 € | 44.858,08 € | 795.740,22 € |
30/09/2030 | 43.631,31 € | 1.226,77 € | 44.858,08 € | 752.108,91 € |
31/10/2030 | 43.698,58 € | 1.159,50 € | 44.858,08 € | 708.410,33 € |
30/11/2030 | 43.765,95 € | 1.092,13 € | 44.858,08 € | 664.644,38 € |
31/12/2030 | 43.833,42 € | 1.024,66 € | 44.858,08 € | 620.810,96 € |
31/01/2031 | 43.901,00 € | 957,08 € | 44.858,08 € | 576.909,96 € |
28/02/2031 | 43.968,68 € | 889,40 € | 44.858,08 € | 532.941,28 € |
31/03/2031 | 44.036,46 € | 821,62 € | 44.858,08 € | 488.904,82 € |
30/04/2031 | 44.104,35 € | 753,73 € | 44.858,08 € | 444.800,47 € |
31/05/2031 | 44.172,35 € | 685,73 € | 44.858,08 € | 400.628,12 € |
30/06/2031 | 44.240,44 € | 617,64 € | 44.858,08 € | 356.387,68 € |
31/07/2031 | 44.308,65 € | 549,43 € | 44.858,08 € | 312.079,03 € |
31/08/2031 | 44.376,96 € | 481,12 € | 44.858,08 € | 267.702,07 € |
30/09/2031 | 44.445,37 € | 412,71 € | 44.858,08 € | 223.256,70 € |
31/10/2031 | 44.513,89 € | 344,19 € | 44.858,08 € | 178.742,81 € |
30/11/2031 | 44.582,52 € | 275,56 € | 44.858,08 € | 134.160,29 € |
31/12/2031 | 44.651,25 € | 206,83 € | 44.858,08 € | 89.509,04 € |
31/01/2032 | 44.720,09 € | 137,99 € | 44.858,08 € | 44.788,95 € |
29/02/2032 | 44.788,95 € | 69,13 € | 44.858,08 € | 0,00 € |
TOTAL | 4.000.000,00 € | 448.209,09 € | 4.448.209,09 € |
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Equity Incentive Plan Rules
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
Adopted by the Board on 22 February 2024
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Introduction |
4 | ||
Part A: Making and accepting Offers |
4 | ||
1 | Offers of Incentive Securities |
4 | |
1.1 |
Board to make invitations | 4 | |
1.2 | Information to be provided to Participants | 4 | |
1.3 | Acceptance of Offer | 5 | |
1.4 | Offer terms and conditions take precedence | 5 | |
1.5 | No prohibited financial assistance |
5 | |
1.6 |
Quotation |
5 | |
Part B: Types of securities that may be offered |
6 | ||
2 | Rights | 6 | |
2.1 | Grant | 6 |
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2.2 | Vesting and exercise | 6 |
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2.3 |
Allocation |
7 |
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2.4 | Payment of cash equivalent | 7 |
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2.5 | Share Appreciation Rights |
7 |
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2.6 |
Lapse of Rights |
8 |
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3 | Options | 8 |
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3.1 | Grant | 8 | |
3.2 | Vesting and exercise |
9 |
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3.3 |
Allocation following exercise |
9 |
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3.4 |
Payment of cash equivalent |
10 |
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3.5 | Lapse of Options |
10 |
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4 |
Restricted Shares | 10 |
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4.1 | Allocation |
10 |
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4.2 | Cessation of restrictions |
11 |
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4.3 | Forfeiture of Restricted Shares | 11 |
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Part C: General terms and conditions |
12 |
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5 | Prohibited Dealings |
12 | |
6 | Preventing inappropriate benefits |
12 |
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7 | Forfeiture of Shares |
13 |
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8 | Cessation of employment or engagement |
13 |
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9 | Change of Control |
14 |
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9.1 |
Change of Control Events |
14 |
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9.2 | Notification of Vesting |
14 |
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9.3 | Treatment of Vested Incentive Securities |
14 |
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9.4 | Acquisition of shares in Acquiring Company |
15 |
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10 | Power to adjust Rights and/or Options and the Exercise Price |
15 |
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11 | Dividends and other rights |
16 |
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11.1 | Dividends and other rights associated with Shares |
16 |
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11.2 | Dividend equivalent payments and other rights associated with Rights and Options |
16 |
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12 | Withholding | 17 |
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13 |
Amendments |
17 |
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13.1 |
Power to make amendments |
17 |
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13.2 |
Restrictions on amendments |
18 |
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13.3 | Notice of amendment |
18 |
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14 |
Participants based overseas |
18 |
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14.1 | Overseas transfers |
18 |
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14.2 | Non-Australian residents |
19 |
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15 |
Miscellaneous |
19 |
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15.1 |
Shares issued under the EIP |
19 |
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15.2 | Rights and obligations of Participants | 19 |
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15.3 | Power of the Board to administer the EIP |
20 |
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15.4 |
Waiver of terms and conditions |
20 |
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15.5 | Application of constitution, Dodd-Frank Compensation Recovery Policy, Corporations Act and Listing Rules |
20 |
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15.6 | Dispute or disagreement |
20 |
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15.7 | Approved leave of absence | 20 |
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15.8 | Communication | 21 |
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15.9 |
Data protection |
21 |
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15.10 | Tax | 21 |
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15.11 |
Application of Act |
21 |
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15.12 |
Laws governing EIP | 21 |
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Part D: Definitions and interpretation |
22 |
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16 |
Definitions and interpretation |
22 |
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16.1 | Definitions | 22 |
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16.2 |
Interpretation |
24 |
• |
the process for making and accepting Offers under the EIP (Part A);
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• |
the type of securities that may be offered (being Rights, Options and Restricted Shares) (Part B); and
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• |
the general terms and conditions that apply to Shares and other securities under the EIP (Part C).
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1 |
Offers of Incentive Securities
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1.1 |
Board to make invitations
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(a) |
The Board may, from time to time, in its absolute discretion invite Eligible Employees to participate in a grant of Incentive Securities, which may comprise any one or more of:
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(i) |
Rights, including Share Appreciation Rights;
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(ii) |
Options; and
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(iii) |
Restricted Shares,
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(b) |
Offers will be made on the terms set out in the EIP and/or on any additional or alternative terms as the Board determines, as specified in the terms of an Offer.
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1.2 |
Information to be provided to Participants
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(a) |
the type and number of Incentive Securities being offered, or the method by which the number will be calculated;
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(b) |
the amount (if any) that will be payable for the grant of Incentive Securities;
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(c) |
any Vesting Conditions or other conditions that apply, including any Vesting Period;
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(d) |
the procedure for exercising an Option or Right (including any Exercise Price that will be payable or, in the case of Share Appreciation Rights, any Notional Exercise Price) following Vesting and the period(s) during which it may be
exercised;
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(e) |
where the Board has made a determination pursuant to rules 2.2(f) or 3.2(f), that the Vesting of Rights and/or exercise of Options (as applicable) will only be satisfied through an allocation of Shares;
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(f) |
the circumstances in which Rights and/or Options will lapse, Shares (including Restricted Shares) allocated under the EIP may be forfeited or a Participant’s entitlement to Incentive Securities may be reduced;
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(g) |
how Incentive Securities may be treated in the event that the Eligible Employee ceases their employment or engagement with a Group Company, and any discretions retained by the Board under rule 8 in this regard;
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(h) |
any restrictions (including the period of restriction) on Dealing in relation to a Restricted Share or Share allocated to the Eligible Employee under this EIP;
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(i) |
any circumstances in which a Participant’s entitlement to Incentive Securities may be reduced or extinguished pursuant to rule 6(b); and
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(j) |
any other information that is required by applicable law or applicable class order or instrument that is being relied on.
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1.3 |
Acceptance of Offer
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(a) |
Acceptance of an Offer must be made by the Eligible Employee in accordance with the instructions that accompany the Offer, or in any other way the Board determines.
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(b) |
The Board may, at its discretion, refuse to allow the participation of an Eligible Employee where that Eligible Employee ceases to be an Eligible Employee, or ceases to satisfy any other conditions imposed by the Board, before the grant is
made.
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(c) |
Nothing limits the Board’s ability to treat the conduct of an Eligible Employee in respect of an Offer (including the failure of an Eligible Employee to lodge an election not to participate within the time specified in the instructions
accompanying the Offer) as valid acceptance of that Offer under these Rules.
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(d) |
The Board may revoke an Offer given to an Eligible Employee prior to the date specified for the acceptance of an Offer or the grant being made, whichever is later, and such Offer will be deemed never to have been made.
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1.4 |
Offer terms and conditions take precedence
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1.5 |
No prohibited financial assistance
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1.6 |
Quotation
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2 |
Rights
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2.1 |
Grant
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(a) |
Where an Eligible Employee has accepted an Offer to participate in a grant of Rights in accordance with rule 1.3(a), the Board will, subject to its discretion under rule 1.3(b), grant Rights to the Eligible Employee.
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(b) |
For the purposes of these Rules, a Right includes a Share Appreciate Right granted under rule 2.5.
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(c) |
Unless the Board determines otherwise:
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(i) |
no payment is required for the grant of a Right;
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(ii) |
Rights may not be registered in any name other than that of the Eligible Employee;
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(iii) |
Rights may not be transferred, assigned, charged, mortgaged or otherwise dealt with by the Eligible Employee; and
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(iv) |
the Board may determine that Rights will be deemed to be immediately and automatically exercised on Vesting, if specified in the terms of the Offer.
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2.2 |
Vesting and exercise
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(a) |
Subject to any express rule to the contrary, a Right will only Vest and become exercisable where each Vesting Condition, and all other relevant conditions advised to the Participant by the Board pursuant to rule 1.2, have been satisfied or
otherwise waived by the Board.
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(b) |
If the Vesting of a Right would arise in a period where Dealings by a Participant would be prohibited, the Board may determine that Vesting will be delayed until such time as Dealings are permitted. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board may
determine that Vesting will be delayed only in relation to the affected Participant or in relation to some or all of Participants who hold Rights under the EIP (irrespective of whether they are subject to the Dealing restriction).
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(c) |
The exercise of any Right granted under the EIP will be effected in the form and manner determined by the Board.
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(d) |
Subject to rule 2.2(e), the Vesting and exercise of a Right will be satisfied by the Company allocating Shares to the Participant pursuant to rule 2.3.
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(e) |
The Board may determine that the Vesting and exercise of a Right will be satisfied by the Company making a cash payment in lieu of an allocation of Shares pursuant to rule 2.4. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board may determine that some or
all of a Participant’s Rights will be settled in this way.
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(f) |
The Board may determine, prior to making a grant of Rights, that the Vesting and exercise of those Rights will only be satisfied through an allocation of Shares to the Participant in accordance with rule 2.2(c), and not by making a cash
payment under rule 2.2(e).
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(g) |
Vesting occurs upon notification from the Company (or its delegate) to the Participant that a Right has Vested pursuant to this rule 2.2. The Participant has no entitlement to receive a Share under rule 2.2(d) or a cash payment under rule
2.2(e) until the Rights have Vested, and if applicable, been exercised.
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2.3 |
Allocation
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(a) |
Subject to rules 2.2(e) and 2.3(c), as soon as practicable following Vesting and exercise of a Right the Board must issue to, procure the transfer to, or procure the setting aside for, the Participant the number of Shares in respect of which
Rights have Vested. No further action is required on the part of the Participant.
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(b) |
In the case of Rights that are Share Appreciation Rights, the number or fractional number of Shares allocated for each Right will be determined by the Board in accordance with rule 2.5(g).
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(c) |
In the case of Rights held by or on behalf of a Participant who is a Director, Vested Rights must be satisfied by Shares that have been purchased on market, unless:
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(i) |
no shareholder approval is required under the Listing Rules in respect of the Director's participation in the EIP; or
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(ii) |
shareholders have approved the Director's participation in the EIP to the extent required under the Listing Rules.
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(d) |
The Board may determine that an allocation of Shares would be inappropriate in the circumstances, in which case the allocation may be delayed for such time as the Board considers appropriate in the circumstances.
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2.4 |
Payment of cash equivalent
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(a) |
Where the Board exercises its discretion under rule 2.2(e) to make a cash payment to a Participant in lieu of an allocation of Shares, the Company must pay to the Participant an amount in Australian dollars (or any other currency determined
by the Board in its absolute discretion) equivalent to the value of Rights that have Vested and that the Board determines will be settled by a cash payment under rule 2.2(e).
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(b) |
The amount of the cash payment referred to in rule 2.4(a) will be:
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(i) |
calculated by multiplying the number of Shares in respect of which Rights have Vested by the Current Market Price, in the case of Rights that are not Share Appreciation Rights;
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(ii) |
the SARs Value of each Share Appreciation Right that is being settled in cash; and
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(iii) |
in both cases, deemed to be inclusive of any mandatory superannuation contribution that applies to the cash payment.
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(c) |
Where the Board determines that the payment under rule 2.4(a) is to be made in a currency other than Australian dollars, unless the Board determines otherwise, the foreign exchange rate applied will be the average closing exchange rate of
the relevant currency for the 5 days prior to the date of Vesting.
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2.5 |
Share Appreciation Rights
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(a) |
The Rights granted under this rule 2.5 are referred to as Share Appreciation Rights.
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(b) |
The Board may determine that Share Appreciation Rights will be granted to an Eligible Employee, being Rights that only produce value when, at the time of Vesting and exercise, the Current Market Price exceeds a notional price determined by
the Board which is specified in the Offer of the Share Appreciation Rights (Notional Exercise Price).
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(c) |
The Notional Exercise Price of a Share Appreciation Right is not an amount payable in cash on exercise of the Share Appreciation Right but rather a notional amount used to determine the value of the Share Appreciation Right (if any) at the
time of exercise, by reference to the Current Market Price. Accordingly, Share Appreciation Rights are functionally equivalent to an Option that can be exercised on a cashless basis.
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(d) |
The value realised for each Share Appreciation Right granted under rule 2.5(a) (SARs Value) is calculated at the time of exercise of the Share Appreciation Right as:
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SARs Value for each Right exercised
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=
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Current Market Price at the time of exercise of the Share Appreciation Right
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less
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Notional Exercise Price
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(e) |
In the event that the SARs Value at the time of exercise is zero or negative, the Share Appreciation Right will have no value and the Participant will have no entitlement to cash or Shares on exercise of the Share Appreciation Right.
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(f) |
In the event that the SARs Value of a Share Appreciation Right at the time of its exercise is positive, each Share Appreciation Right will have value and the Participant will be entitled to realise that value by the payment of cash, the
issue of Shares or both (as determined by the Board in accordance with these Rules).
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(g) |
In the event that Share Appreciation Rights are to be satisfied by the allocation of Shares, the total number of Shares to be allocated at the time of exercise of the Share Appreciation Rights will be calculated by:
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(i) |
first, calculating the SARs Value of each Share Appreciation Right;
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(ii) |
second, multiplying the SARs Value for each relevant Share Appreciation Right by the total number of Share Appreciation Rights exercised (Total SARs Value); and
|
(iii) |
third, dividing the Total SARs Value by the Current Market Price (rounding up to the nearest whole number).
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2.6 |
Lapse of Rights
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(a) |
10 years after the date on which the Rights were allocated to the Participant, or any other date nominated as the expiry date in the Offer;
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(b) |
the Right lapsing in accordance with a provision of these Rules (including in accordance with a term of an Offer);
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(c) |
failure to meet a Vesting Condition or any other condition applicable to the Right within the Vesting Period; or
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(d) |
the receipt by the Company of a notice in writing from a Participant to the effect that the Participant has elected to surrender the Right.
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3 |
Options
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3.1 |
Grant
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(a) |
Where an Eligible Employee has accepted an Offer to participate in a grant of Options in accordance with rule 1.3(a), the Board will, subject to its discretion under rule 1.3(b), grant Options to the Eligible Employee.
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(b) |
Unless the Board determines otherwise:
|
(i) |
no payment is required for the grant of an Option;
|
(ii) |
Options may not be registered in any name other than that of the Eligible Employee; and
|
(iii) |
Options may not be transferred, assigned, charged, mortgaged or otherwise dealt with by the Eligible Employee.
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3.2 |
Vesting and exercise
|
(a) |
Subject to any express rule to the contrary, an Option granted under the EIP will only Vest and become exercisable where each Vesting Condition, and all other relevant conditions advised to the Participant by the Board pursuant to rule 1.2,
have been satisfied or otherwise waived by the Board.
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(b) |
If the Vesting of an Option would arise in a period where Dealings by a Participant would be prohibited, the Board may determine that Vesting will be delayed until such time as Dealings are permitted. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board
may determine that Vesting will be delayed only in relation to the affected Participant or in relation to some or all of Participants who hold Options under the EIP (irrespective of whether they are subject to the Dealing restriction).
|
(c) |
The exercise of any Option granted under the EIP will be effected in the form and manner determined by the Board, and, subject to rule 3.4(a), must be accompanied by payment of the relevant Exercise Price (if any).
|
(d) |
Subject to rule 3.2(e), the exercise of an Option will be satisfied by the Company allocating Shares to the Participant pursuant to rule 3.3.
|
(e) |
The Board may determine that the exercise of an Option will be satisfied by the Company making a cash payment in lieu of an allocation of Shares pursuant to rule 3.4. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board may determine that some or all of a
Participant’s Options will be settled in this way.
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(f) |
The Board may determine, prior to making a grant of Options, that the exercise of those Options will only be satisfied through an allocation of Shares to the Participant in accordance with rule 3.2(d) and not by making a cash payment under
rule 3.2(e).
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(g) |
Vesting occurs upon notification from the Company (or its delegate) to the Participant that an Option has Vested pursuant to this rule 3.2. The Participant has no entitlement to receive a Share under rule 3.2(d) or a cash payment under rule
3.2(e) until the Options have Vested and been exercised.
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3.3 |
Allocation following exercise
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(a) |
Subject to rules 3.2(c), 3.2(e) and 3.3(b), as soon as practicable following the exercise of an Option, the Board must issue to, procure the transfer to, or procure the setting aside for, the Participant the number of Shares in respect of
which Options have been exercised. No further action is required on the part of the Participant.
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(b) |
In the case of Options held by or on behalf of a Participant who is a Director, Vested Options must be satisfied by Shares that have been purchased on market, unless
|
(i) |
no shareholder approval is required under the Listing Rules in respect of the Director's participation in the EIP; or
|
(ii) |
shareholders have approved the Director's participation in the EIP to the extent required under the Listing Rules.
|
(c) |
The Board may determine that an allocation of Shares would be inappropriate in the circumstances, in which case the allocation may be delayed for such time as the Board considers appropriate in the circumstances.
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3.4 |
Payment of cash equivalent
|
(a) |
Where the Board exercises its discretion under rule 3.2(e) to make a cash payment to a Participant in lieu of an allocation of Shares, the Company must:
|
(i) |
notify the Participant that no Exercise Price is payable in respect of the Options exercised that the Board determines will be settled by a cash payment under rule 3.2(e) and/or refund any amount paid by the Participant in respect of those
Options; and
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(ii) |
as soon as reasonably practicable, pay to the Participant an amount in Australian dollars (or any other currency determined by the Board in its absolute discretion) equivalent to the value of Options that have been exercised by the
Participant and that the Board determines will be settled by a cash payment under rule 3.2(e).
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(b) |
The amount of the cash payment referred to in rule 3.4(a)(ii) will be calculated by multiplying the number of Shares in respect of which Options have been exercised and that the Board determines will be settled by a cash payment under rule
3.2(e) by the Current Market Price, less any Exercise Price that would otherwise have been payable in respect of those Options exercised.
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(c) |
Where the Board determines that the payment under rule 3.4(a)(ii) is to be made in a currency other than Australian dollars, unless the Board determines otherwise, the foreign exchange rate applied will be the average closing exchange rate
of the relevant currency for the 5 days prior to the date of exercise.
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3.5 |
Lapse of Options
|
(a) |
10 years after the date on which the Options were allocated to the Participant, or any other date nominated as the expiry date in the Offer;
|
(b) |
the Option lapsing in accordance with a provision of these Rules (including in accordance with a term of an Offer);
|
(c) |
failure to meet a Vesting Condition or any other condition applicable to the Option within the Vesting Period; or
|
(d) |
the receipt by the Company of a notice in writing from a Participant to the effect that the Participant has elected to surrender the Option.
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4 |
Restricted Shares
|
4.1 |
Allocation
|
(a) |
As soon as practicable after an Eligible Employee has accepted an Offer to participate in a grant of Restricted Shares in accordance with rule 1.3(a), the Board must, subject to its discretion under rule 1.3(b), allocate the Restricted
Shares by either:
|
(i) |
issuing Restricted Shares to;
|
(ii) |
procuring the transfer of Restricted Shares to; or
|
(iii) |
procuring the setting aside of Restricted Shares for,
|
(b) |
The Board may determine that an allocation of Shares would be inappropriate in the circumstances, in which case the allocation may be delayed for such time as the Board considers appropriate in the circumstances.
|
(c) |
Unless the Board determines otherwise:
|
(i) |
no payment is required for the grant of a Restricted Share; and
|
(ii) |
Restricted Shares may not be registered in any name other than that of the Eligible Employee or the Trustee.
|
4.2 |
Cessation of restrictions
|
(a) |
Subject to any express rule to the contrary, a Share only ceases to be a Restricted Share (i.e. Vests) where:
|
(i) |
the Vesting Period and each other relevant condition (including all Vesting Conditions) advised to the Participant by the Board pursuant to rule 1.2 have been satisfied or otherwise waived by the Board; and
|
(ii) |
the Company notifies the Participant that the restrictions in respect of the Restricted Share have ceased or no longer apply.
|
(b) |
Subject to the terms of an Offer and the Securities Dealing Policy, when a Share ceases to be a Restricted Share, all restrictions on disposing of, or otherwise Dealing with, that Share, as set out in these Rules, will cease.
|
(c) |
If the Vesting of a Restricted Share would arise in a period where Dealings by a Participant would be prohibited, the Board may determine that Vesting will be delayed until such time as Dealings are permitted. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Board may determine that Vesting will be delayed only in relation to the affected Participant or in relation to some or all of Participants who hold Restricted Shares under the EIP (irrespective of whether they are subject to the Dealing
restriction).
|
(d) |
Unless provided otherwise in the terms of an Offer, when a Share that is held by the Trustee on behalf of a Participant ceases to be a Restricted Share, the Trustee will continue to hold the Share on trust on behalf of the Participant until
such time as the Participant, or the Company on behalf of the Participant, directs the Trustee to:
|
(i) |
transfer the Share into the Participant’s name; or
|
(ii) |
sell the Share and pay the proceeds of sale (net of any applicable brokerage, commission, stamp duty or other transaction costs) to the Participant.
|
4.3 |
Forfeiture of Restricted Shares
|
(a) |
the Restricted Share being forfeited in accordance with a provision of these Rules (including in accordance a term of an Offer);
|
(b) |
the failure to meet a Vesting Condition or any other condition applicable to the Restricted Share within the Vesting Period; or
|
(c) |
the receipt by the Company of a notice in writing from a Participant to the effect that the Participant has elected to surrender the Restricted Share.
|
5 |
Prohibited Dealings
|
(a) |
Subject to the Securities Dealing Policy, any Dealing in respect of an Incentive Security is prohibited unless:
|
(i) |
the Board determines otherwise; or
|
(ii) |
the Dealing is required by law and the Participant has provided satisfactory evidence to the Company of that fact.
|
(b) |
Where, in the opinion of the Board, a Participant Deals with a Right or an Option in contravention of rule 5(a), the Right or Option will immediately lapse.
|
(c) |
Where, in the opinion of the Board, the Participant (or the Trustee at the Participant’s direction) Deals with a Restricted Share in contravention of rule 5(a), the Restricted Share is deemed to immediately be forfeited.
|
(d) |
The Board may, at its discretion, impose restrictions on Dealing in respect of any Shares allocated under the EIP (including upon Vesting of Rights under rule 2.3 and/or exercise of Options under rule 3.3) and may implement any procedure it
considers appropriate to enforce such restrictions.
|
6 |
Preventing inappropriate benefits
|
(a) |
Where, in the opinion of the Board:
|
(i) |
a Participant:
|
(A) |
has acted fraudulently or dishonestly;
|
(B) |
has engaged in gross misconduct;
|
(C) |
has engaged in an act which has brought the Company, the Group or any Group Company into disrepute;
|
(D) |
has breached his or her duties or obligations to the Group;
|
(E) |
is convicted of an offence or has a judgment entered against them in connection with the affairs of the Group; or
|
(ii) |
there is a Financial Misstatement Circumstance; or
|
(iii) |
a Participant’s Incentive Securities Vest or may Vest as a result of the fraud, dishonesty or breach of duties or obligations of any other person and, in the opinion of the Board, the Incentive Securities would not have otherwise Vested; or
|
(iv) |
the Company is required by or entitled under law or Company policy to reclaim remuneration from a Participant,
|
(v) |
any of the following held by or on behalf of the Participant:
|
(A) |
unvested Rights or Options;
|
(B) |
Vested but unexercised Rights or Options;
|
(C) |
Restricted Shares and/or Shares allocated under this EIP,
|
(vi) |
a Participant must pay or repay (as the case may be) to the Company as a debt:
|
(A) |
all or part of the net proceeds of sale where Shares allocated under the EIP have been sold;
|
(B) |
any cash payment received in lieu of an allocation of Shares pursuant to rules 2.4 or3.4; and/or
|
(C) |
any dividends received in respect of Shares allocated under the EIP.
|
(b) |
The Board may specify in an Offer additional circumstances in which a Participant’s entitlement to Incentive Securities may be reduced or extinguished.
|
7 |
Forfeiture of Shares
|
(a) |
Where Shares (including Restricted Shares) are forfeited in accordance with these Rules and the Shares are held by the Participant, the Participant is deemed to have agreed to dispose of his or her legal and/or beneficial interest (as
appropriate) in such Shares for a total of $1 for all of his or her Shares and the Shares will be transferred into the name of the Company’s nominee who will then hold full legal and beneficial title to those Shares.
|
(b) |
Where Shares (including Restricted Shares) are forfeited in accordance with these Rules and the Shares are held by the Trustee, the Participant’s rights in the Shares will be extinguished for $1 and the Shares will be held as general trust
property in accordance with the terms of the Trust Deed. The Board may, at any time in the future, direct the Trustee to hold the Shares for the benefit of a different or new Participant.
|
(c) |
Where a Participant forfeits Shares allocated to him or her on exercise of Rights or Options pursuant to these Rules, the Company may, but need not, repay to the Participant any Exercise Price paid by the Participant in respect of the
forfeited Shares.
|
8 |
Cessation of employment or engagement
|
(a) |
The Board, in its discretion, may determine that some or all of a Participant’s unvested Incentive Securities, as applicable:
|
(i) |
lapse;
|
(ii) |
are forfeited;
|
(iii) |
Vest (immediately or subject to conditions);
|
(iv) |
are only exercisable for a prescribed period and will otherwise lapse; and/or
|
(v) |
are no longer subject to some of the restrictions (including any Vesting Condition) that previously applied,
|
(b) |
The Board may specify in the Offer to the Participant (in accordance with rule 1.2) how the Participant’s Incentive Securities will be treated on cessation of their employment or engagement. The applicable treatment may vary depending on the
circumstances in which the Participant’s employment or engagement ceases. In specifying a cessation treatment to apply to an Offer, the Board may preserve some or all of its discretion under rule 8(a).
|
9 |
Change of Control
|
9.1 |
Change of Control Events
|
(a) |
Subject to rule 9.1(b), where there is:
|
(i) |
a Takeover Bid for Shares; or
|
(ii) |
another transaction, event or state of affairs,
|
(iii) |
a Change of Control Event does not include a listing of the Company or a Group Company or an internal reorganisation of the structure, business and/or assets of the Group; and
|
(iv) |
subject to rule 9.1(b), if the Board does not make a determination pursuant to this rule 9.1(a), then all of a Participant’s Incentive Securities will remain on foot subject to the original terms of grant.
|
(b) |
Without limiting rule 9.1(a), where there is an actual change in the Control of the Company (other than pursuant to a listing of the Company or a Group Company) then, unless the Board determines otherwise, all unvested Incentive Securities
will immediately Vest or cease to be subject to restrictions (as applicable) on a pro rata basis based on the portion of the Vesting Period that has elapsed.
|
(c) |
If only some of a Participant’s unvested Incentive Securities will Vest under rule 9.1(a) or 9.1(b), all Incentive Securities that remain unvested will lapse, unless the Board determines a different treatment.
|
(d) |
Notwithstanding the default treatment set out in these Rules, the Board may specify in the Offer to the Participant (in accordance with rule 1.2) a particular treatment that will apply to unvested Incentive Securities in the context of a
Change of Control Event. In determining a different change in Control treatment to apply to an Offer, the Board may preserve some or all of its discretions under this rule 9.
|
9.2 |
Notification of Vesting
|
9.3 |
Treatment of Vested Incentive Securities
|
(a) |
The Board has the discretion to determine the treatment of all Vested Incentive Securities (including those that Vest in accordance with rule 9.1) where a Change of Control Event occurs.
|
(b) |
Without limiting rule 9.3(a), where there is an actual change in the Control of the Company then, unless the Board determines otherwise:
|
(i) |
all Vested Options will be exercisable for a period specified by the Board from the actual change in the Control of the Company and will lapse if not exercised within the specified period; and
|
(ii) |
any restrictions on Dealing imposed by the Board on Vested Incentive Securities will cease to have effect.
|
9.4 |
Acquisition of shares in Acquiring Company
|
(a) |
a company (Acquiring Company) obtains Control of the Company as a result of a Change of Control Event; and
|
(b) |
the Company, the Acquiring Company and the Participant agree,
|
(c) |
Vesting of Rights; or
|
(d) |
exercise of Options,
|
10 |
Power to adjust Rights and/or Options and the Exercise Price
|
(a) |
Rights and Options carry no entitlement to participate in new issues of Shares by the Company prior to the Vesting and exercise (if applicable) of the Right or Option.
|
(b) |
Subject to rule 10(b), prior to the allocation of Shares to a Participant upon Vesting and exercise of Rights or exercise of Options, the Board may grant additional Rights or Options or make any adjustments it considers appropriate to the
terms of a Right and/or Option granted to that Participant in order to minimise or eliminate any material advantage or disadvantage to a Participant resulting from a corporate action by, or capital reconstruction in relation to, the Company,
including but not limited to any return of capital. Adjustments that may be made include adjustments to:
|
(i) |
the number of Rights or Options to which the Participant is entitled;
|
(ii) |
the number of Shares to which the Participant is entitled upon Vesting and exercise of Rights or exercise of Options;
|
(iii) |
any amount payable on Vesting and exercise of Rights or exercise of Options (including the Exercise Price);
|
(iv) |
in the case of the Share Appreciation Rights, the Notional Exercise Price; or
|
(v) |
where appropriate, a combination of paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and/or (iv) above.
|
(c) |
Without limiting rule 10(a), if:
|
(i) |
Shares are issued pro rata to the Company’s shareholders generally by way of a rights issue, Options and Rights may be adjusted in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 6.22.2 (or any replacement rule); or
|
(ii) |
Shares are issued pro rata to the Company’s shareholders generally by way of a bonus issue (other than an issue in lieu of dividends or by way of a dividend reinvestment) involving capitalisation of reserves of distributable profits, Options
and Rights will be adjusted in the manner required by the Listing Rules; or
|
(iii) |
any reorganisation (including consolidation, subdivision, reduction or return) of the issued capital of the Company is effected, Options and Rights will be adjusted in the manner required by the Listing Rules.
|
(d) |
Where additional Rights or Options are granted to the Participant under this rule 10, such Rights or Options will be subject to the same terms and conditions as the original Rights or Options granted to the Participant (including without
limitation, any Vesting Conditions), unless the Board determines otherwise.
|
(e) |
The Board must, as soon as reasonably practicable after making any additional grants or adjustments under this rule 10, give notice in writing to any affected Participant.
|
11 |
Dividends and other rights
|
11.1 |
Dividends and other rights associated with Shares
|
(a) |
Subject to the terms of any Trust Deed (if applicable) or Offer, the following rules apply in respect of Shares allocated to, or on behalf of, a Participant under this EIP (including Restricted Shares allocated under rule 4.1):
|
(i) |
the Participant is entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions or benefits payable to the Participant or to the Trustee in respect of the Shares;
|
(ii) |
the Participant is entitled to exercise, or to direct the Trustee in writing how to exercise, the voting rights attaching to the Shares, either generally or in a particular case;
|
(iii) |
any bonus shares that are issued in respect of the Shares will be issued to the Participant, or to the Trustee on the Participant’s behalf, and will be held by the Participant or Trustee as Shares subject to the same terms, conditions and
restrictions on Dealing (if any) as the Shares in respect of which they were issued; and
|
(iv) |
if rights arise on a rights issue in respect of the Shares, the Participant may Deal with or exercise those rights, or instruct the Trustee (if applicable) in relation to those rights in accordance with the Trust Deed. If the Shares are held
by the Trustee on the Participant’s behalf and the Participant does not instruct the Trustee how to Deal with the rights, the rights will be Dealt with in accordance with the Trust Deed.
|
11.2 |
Dividend equivalent payments and other rights associated with Rights and Options
|
(a) |
Unless or until Shares are allocated to a Participant following Vesting and exercise of their Rights or Options (as applicable), the Participant has no interest in those Shares in respect of which the Right or Option was granted.
|
(b) |
Notwithstanding rule 11.2(a), the Board may determine at the time an Offer is made that a dividend equivalent payment will be paid to a Participant who becomes entitled to an allocation of Shares (or equivalent cash amount) following the
Vesting or exercise of Rights or Options granted to that Participant (as applicable) under that Offer.
|
(c) |
Subject to the terms of any Offer, a dividend equivalent payment:
|
(i) |
will be approximately equal to the amount of dividends that would have been payable to the Participant had they been the owner of the Shares referred to in rule 11.2(b) during the Vesting Period;
|
(ii) |
will not be grossed up or otherwise adjusted to account for any tax consequences which would have applied if the Participant had actually been paid a dividend; and
|
(iii) |
may be satisfied through the allocation of Shares or payment of cash.
|
12 |
Withholding
|
(a) |
If a Group Company, the Trustee or a Plan administrator is obliged, or reasonably believes it may have an obligation, as a result of or in connection with any grant of Incentive Securities, allocation of Shares or payment of a cash amount
under this EIP, to account for:
|
(i) |
income tax or employment taxes under any wage, withholding or other arrangements; or
|
(ii) |
any other tax, social security contributions or levy or charge of a similar nature,
|
(b) |
Where rule 12(a) applies, the relevant Group Company, the Trustee or the Plan administrator is not obliged to grant any Incentive Securities, to allocate Shares or to make a cash payment in accordance with rules 2.2(e) or 3.2(e) unless the
Company is satisfied that arrangements for payment or reimbursement of the amounts referred to in rule 12(a) have been made. Those arrangements may include, without limitation:
|
(i) |
the provision by the Participant of sufficient funds to reimburse the Group Company, Trustee or Plan administrator for the amount (by salary deduction, reduction of any amount owed by the Group to the Participant or otherwise);
|
(ii) |
the sale on behalf of the Participant of Shares allocated pursuant to these Rules for payment or reimbursement of these amounts, as well as the costs of any such sale;
|
(iii) |
a reduction in any amount payable to the Participant in lieu of an allocation of Shares under these Rules;
|
(iv) |
the Participant forgoing their entitlement to an equivalent number of Shares that would otherwise be allocated to the Participant; or
|
(v) |
lapse or forfeiture of a sufficient number of Rights, Options and/or Shares to satisfy the debt the Participant owes to the Group Company, Trustee or Plan administrator. Unless the Group Company, Trustee or Plan administrator (as applicable)
and the Participant agree to use a different valuation, any Rights, Options and/or Shares lapsed or forfeited (as applicable) under this rule will be valued at the Current Market Price on the date of lapse or forfeiture.
|
(c) |
Any amounts which are paid or payable for the purposes of these Rules are inclusive of the Group’s compulsory superannuation contribution (if applicable).
|
13 |
Amendments
|
13.1 |
Power to make amendments
|
(a) |
Subject to rule 13.2, the Board may at any time by resolution:
|
(i) |
amend or add to (amend) all or any of the provisions of the EIP;
|
(ii) |
amend the terms or conditions of any Incentive Security granted under the EIP; or
|
(iii) |
suspend or terminate the operation of the EIP.
|
(b) |
Notwithstanding rule 13.2, the Board may waive, amend or replace any Vesting Condition attaching to an Incentive Security if the Board determines that the original Vesting Condition is no longer appropriate or applicable (including, without
limitation, where a Vesting Condition refers to a particular stock market index that is no longer published or there is a corporate action by the Company, including a discounted rights issue, which impacts on the Vesting Condition), provided
that the interests of the relevant Participant are not, in the opinion of the Board, materially prejudiced or advantaged relative to the position reasonably anticipated at the time of the grant.
|
13.2 |
Restrictions on amendments
|
(a) |
for the purpose of complying with or conforming to present or future laws governing or regulating the maintenance or operation of the ElP or similar plans, in any jurisdiction in which invitations under the EIP have been made;
|
(b) |
to correct any manifest error or mistake; or
|
(c) |
to take into consideration possible adverse tax implications in respect of the EIP arising from, amongst others, adverse rulings, changes to tax legislation and/or changes in the interpretation of tax legislation by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
|
13.3 |
Notice of amendment
|
14 |
Participants based overseas
|
14.1 |
Overseas transfers
|
(a) |
the Participant or any Group Company would suffer a tax disadvantage in relation to their Incentive Securities (this being demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board);
|
(b) |
the Company would be restricted in its ability to Vest Incentive Securities and/or allocate Shares to the Participant; or
|
(c) |
the Participant would become subject to restrictions on their ability to Deal with the Incentive Securities or any Shares allocated to the Participant in respect of those Incentive Securities because of the security laws or exchange control
laws of the country to which he or she is transferred,
|
(d) |
some or all of the Participant’s Restricted Shares or Rights will Vest;
|
(e) |
some or all of the Participant’s Options will Vest and become exercisable;
|
(f) |
some or all of the Participant’s Options or Rights will be settled in cash in lieu of Shares; or
|
(g) |
any other treatment that the Board determines will apply in relation to some or all of a Participant’s Incentive Securities,
|
14.2 |
Non-Australian residents
|
(a) |
The Board may adopt additional rules of the EIP that will apply to a grant made to an Eligible Employee who is a resident in a jurisdiction other than Australia, including by attaching a schedule to these Rules.
|
(b) |
The remaining provisions of these Rules will apply subject to whatever alterations or additions the Board may determine having regard to any securities, exchange control, taxation or other laws and/or regulations or any other matter that the
Board considers directly or indirectly relevant.
|
(c) |
To the extent of any inconsistency, any additional rules adopted by the Board under this rule will prevail over any other provision of these Rules.
|
15 |
Miscellaneous
|
15.1 |
Shares issued under the EIP
|
(a) |
Any Shares issued under the EIP will rank equally in all respects with other Shares for the time being on issue by the Company (for example, having rights with respect to voting, dividends and other distributions, and in the event of a
winding up of the Company), except in relation to any rights attaching to such Shares by reference to a record date prior to the date of their issue.
|
(b) |
If the Company is listed, the Company will apply for quotation of Shares issued under the EIP within the period required by the Listing Rules.
|
15.2 |
Rights and obligations of Participants
|
(a) |
Unless the subject of an express provision in an employment contract, the rights and obligations of any Participant under the terms of their office, employment or contract with the Group are not affected by their participation in the EIP.
|
(b) |
Participation in the EIP does not confer on any Participant any right to future employment and does not affect any rights which any member of the Group may have to terminate the employment of any Participant.
|
(c) |
These Rules will not form part of and are not incorporated into any contract of any Participant (whether or not they are an employee of the Group).
|
(d) |
The grant of Incentive Securities on a particular basis in any year does not create any right or expectation of the grant of Incentive Securities on the same basis, or at all, in any future year.
|
(e) |
No Participant has any right to compensation for any loss in relation to the EIP, including:
|
(i) |
any loss or reduction of any rights or expectations under the ElP in any circumstances or for any reason (including lawful or unlawful termination of employment or the employment relationship);
|
(ii) |
any exercise of a discretion or a decision taken in relation to a grant of Incentive Securities or in relation to the EIP, or any failure to exercise a discretion under these Rules;
|
(iii) |
the operation, suspension, termination or amendment of the EIP; or
|
(iv) |
lapse or forfeiture (as applicable) of any Incentive Securities.
|
(f) |
The Participant irrevocably appoints, for valuable consideration, each company secretary of the Company (or any other officer of the Company authorised by the Board for this purpose) as his or her attorney to do anything necessary to:
|
(i) |
allocate Shares to the Participant in accordance with these Rules;
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(ii) |
effect a forfeiture of Shares in accordance with these Rules (including rule 7 or the terms of an Offer); and
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(iii) |
execute transfers of Shares in accordance with these Rules.
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15.3 |
Power of the Board to administer the EIP
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(a) |
The EIP is administered by the Board, which has power to:
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(i) |
determine appropriate procedures for administration of the EIP consistent with these Rules including to implement an employee share trust for the purposes of delivering and holding Shares on behalf of Participants upon the grant of
Restricted Shares or the Vesting and exercise of Rights or exercise of Options; and
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(ii) |
delegate to any one or more persons for such period and on such conditions as it may determine the exercise of any of its powers or discretions arising under the EIP.
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(b) |
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the EIP, the Board has absolute and unfettered discretion to act or refrain from acting under or in connection with the EIP and in the exercise of any power or discretion under the EIP.
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15.4 |
Waiver of terms and conditions
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15.5 |
Application of constitution, Dodd-Frank Compensation Recovery Policy, Corporations Act and Listing Rules
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(a) |
contravene the constitution of the Company, the Corporations Act, any applicable Listing Rules or any other applicable laws, class order or instrument that is being relied on (including any applicable foreign law); or
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(b) |
require the Company or any Group Company to pay, provide, or procure the payment or provision of, any money or benefits to the Participant which would require shareholder approval under Part 2D.2, Division 2 of the Corporations Act.
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15.6 |
Dispute or disagreement
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15.7 |
Approved leave of absence
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15.8 |
Communication
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(a) |
Any notice or other communication provided under or in connection with the EIP may be given by personal delivery, by post or email or by posting or delivering it on the Company’s intranet to:
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(i) |
in the case of a company, to its registered office;
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(ii) |
in the case of an individual, to the individual's last notified address; or
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(iii) |
where a Participant is a Director or employee of the Group, either to the Participant’s last known address, email address or to the address of the place of business at which the Participant performs the whole or substantially the whole of
the duties of the Participant’s office or employment.
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(b) |
Where a notice or other communication is given by post, it is deemed to have been received 48 hours (or, where given by post to an address outside of Australia, five days) after it was put into the post properly addressed and stamped. Where
a notice or other communication is given by email or delivered over the Company’s intranet, it is deemed to have been received on completion of transmission.
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15.9 |
Data protection
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(a) |
administering and maintaining Participant records;
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(b) |
providing information to the Trustee, registrars, brokers, printers or third party administrators of the Plan;
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(c) |
providing information to any regulatory authority (including the Australian Tax Office) where required under law; and
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(d) |
providing information to future purchasers of a Group Company or the business in which the Participant works.
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15.10 |
Tax
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15.11 |
Application of Act
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15.12 |
Laws governing EIP
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16 |
Definitions and interpretation
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16.1 |
Definitions
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Defined term
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Meaning
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ASX
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ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691 or the Australian Securities Exchange, as the context requires.
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Board
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the board of directors of the Company, any committee of the board or a duly authorised person or body to which the board has delegated its powers under this EIP.
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Casual Employee
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an individual who is, or who might reasonably be expected to be, engaged to work the number of hours that are the pro rata equivalent of 40% or more of a comparable full-time position with a Group Company.
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Change of Control Event
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has the meaning given in rule 9.1(a).
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Company
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Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369.
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Contractor
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means:
(a) an individual with whom a Group Company has entered into a contract for the provision of services under which the individual performs work for a Group Company; or
(b) a company with whom a Group Company has entered into a contract for the provision of services under which an individual who is a director of the company or their spouse, performs
work for a Group Company,
where the individual who performs the work under the contract is, or might reasonably be expected to be, engaged to work the number of hours that are the pro rata equivalent of 40% or more of a comparable
full-time position with a Group Company.
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Control
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has the meaning given in section 50AA of the Corporations Act.
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Corporations Act
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the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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Current Market Price
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in relation to a Share:
(a) where the Company is listed, the arithmetic average of the volume weighted average market price (rounded to the nearest cent), as that term is defined in the Listing Rules,
during the previous twenty trading days (or such other period as determined by the Board and specified in the Offer); or
(b) any other calculation as determined by the Board (whether or not the Company is listed).
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Deal or Dealing
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in relation to an Incentive Security or Share (as the case may be), any dealing, including but not limited to:
(a) a sale, transfer, assignment, encumbrance, option, swap, or any other alienation of all or any part of the rights attaching to the Incentive Security or Share;
(b) any attempt to do any of the actions set out in paragraph (a) above; and
(c) any hedging (including any dealing with a derivative instrument intended to "lock in" a profit relating to an Incentive Security), and any other transactions in financial products
that operate to limit the economic risk associated with holding an Incentive Security.
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Director
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a director of the Company.
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EIP or Plan
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the Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited Equity Incentive Plan as set out in these Rules.
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Eligible Employee
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means:
(a) a full time or part time employee of a Group Company (including a Director employed in an executive capacity);
(b) a non-executive Director of a Group Company;
(c) a Casual Employee; or
(d) a Contractor.
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Defined term
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Meaning
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Exercise Price
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the amount payable to exercise an Option following Vesting as set out in an Offer (as adjusted or amended in accordance with these Rules).
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Financial Misstatement Circumstance
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a material misstatement or omission in the financial statements of a Group Company or any other circumstances or events which, in the opinion of the Board, may, or are likely to, affect the Group’s financial
soundness or require re-statement of the Group’s financial accounts, including, without limitation, as a result of misrepresentations, errors, omissions or negligence.
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Group
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the Company and each Related Body Corporate of the Company.
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Group Company
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a member of the Group.
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Incentive Security
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a Restricted Share, Right or Option (as the case may be).
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Listing Rules
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the official Listing Rules of the ASX and any other exchange on which the Company is listed as they apply to the Company from time to time.
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Notional Exercise Price
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has the meaning given in rule 2.5(b).
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Offer
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an invitation to an Eligible Employee made by the Board under rule 1.1 to apply for, participate in, or receive (as applicable), a grant of, Incentive Securities.
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Option
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an entitlement to receive a Share (or, in certain circumstances, to a cash payment in lieu of a Share) subject to satisfaction of applicable conditions (including any Vesting Condition) and compliance with the
applicable exercise procedure (including payment of any applicable Exercise Price).
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Participant
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an Eligible Employee who has been allocated an Incentive Security or Share under the terms of this EIP from time to time.
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Related Body Corporate
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has the meaning given in section 50 of the Corporations Act.
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Restricted Share
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a Share allocated in accordance with rule 4.1 that is subject to restrictions on Dealing, Vesting Conditions and/or other restrictions or conditions.
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Right
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an entitlement to a Share (or, in certain circumstances, to a cash payment in lieu of a Share) subject to satisfaction of applicable conditions (including any Vesting Condition), including a Share Appreciation
Right (in which case the entitlement may be to a part of a Share).
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Rules
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the terms and conditions of the EIP as set out in this document as amended from time to time.
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SARs Value
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has the meaning given in rule 2.5(d).
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Securities Dealing Policy
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the Company’s Policy for Dealing in Securities (as amended or replaced from time to time) or such other Group policy in relation to trading or Dealing in Shares as applicable from time to time.
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Share
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a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company (where a reference to a Share includes a reference to a Restricted Share).
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Share Appreciation Right
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a Right granted under rule 2.5.
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Takeover Bid
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has the meaning given in section 9 of the Corporations Act.
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Tax
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Includes any tax, levy, impost, GST, deduction, charge, rate, contribution, duty or withholding which is assessed (or deemed to be assessed), levied, imposed or made by any government or any governmental,
semi-governmental or judicial entity or authority together with any interest, penalty, fine, charge, fee or other amount assessed (or deemed to be assessed) levied, imposed or made on or in respect of any or all of the foregoing.
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Total SARs Value
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Has the meaning given in rule 2.5(g)(ii)
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Trust Deed
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in relation to an Offer, any trust deed nominated by the Company as the Trust Deed for the purposes of the Offer, as amended from time to time.
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Trustee
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the trustee under the Trust Deed.
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Vest or Vesting
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the process by which the holder of an Incentive Security becomes entitled to:
(a) in the case of a Right, exercise the Right and be allocated a Share in accordance with rules 2.2 and 2.3;
(b) in the case of an Option, exercise the Option and be allocated a Share in accordance with rule 3.2 and 3.3;
(c) in the case of a Restricted Share, have all restrictions on disposing of or otherwise Dealing with the Restricted Share cease in accordance with rule 4.2 (other than any
additional restrictions imposed by the Board under rule 5(d)),
following the satisfaction of all Vesting Conditions that apply to that Incentive Security.
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Vesting Condition
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performance, service or other conditions that must be satisfied or circumstances which must exist before an Incentive Security Vests under these Rules.
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Vesting Period
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the prescribed period for satisfaction of a Vesting Condition, advised to a participant by the Board under rule 1.2.
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16.2 |
Interpretation
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(a) |
headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of the EIP unless the context requires otherwise;
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(b) |
any reference in the EIP to any statute or statutory instrument includes a reference to that statute or statutory instrument as amended, consolidated, re-enacted or replaced from time to time;
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(c) |
a reference to any agreement or document includes a reference to that agreement or document as amended, novated, supplemented or amended from time to time;
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(d) |
any words denoting the singular include the plural and words denoting the plural include the singular;
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(e) |
where any word or phrase is given a definite meaning in this EIP, any part of speech or other grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning;
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(f) |
the word "includes" in any form is not a word of limitation; and
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(g) |
any determination, decision or exercise of power, by the Board will be at its absolute discretion.
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1. |
Definitions
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a) |
“Accounting Restatement” means a requirement that Telix prepare an accounting restatement due to the material non-compliance of Telix with any financial reporting requirement under the U.S. federal
securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements, or that would result in a material misstatement if the
error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period. Changes to Telix’s financial statements that do not represent error corrections are not an Accounting Restatement, including: (A) retrospective application of
a change in accounting principle; (B) retrospective revision to reportable segment information due to a change in the structure of Telix’s internal organisation; (C) retrospective reclassification due to a discontinued operation; (D)
retrospective application of a change in reporting entity, such as from a reorganisation of entities under common control; (E) retrospective revision for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends or other changes in capital structure;
and (F) retrospective adjustment to provisional amounts in connection with a prior business combination.
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b) |
“Committee” means the People, Culture, Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Telix’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).
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c) |
“Covered Person” means a person who served as an Executive Officer at any time during the performance period for the applicable Incentive-Based Compensation.
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d) |
“Erroneously Awarded Compensation” means the amount of Incentive-Based Compensation that was Received that exceeds the amount of Incentive-Based Compensation that otherwise would have been Received
had the amount of Incentive-Based Compensation been determined based on the restated amounts, computed without regard to any taxes paid by the Covered Person or by Telix on the Covered Person’s behalf. For Incentive-Based Compensation based on
stock price or total shareholder return, where the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the information in an Accounting Restatement, the amount of Erroneously Awarded
Compensation will be based on a reasonable estimate by the Committee of the effect of the Accounting Restatement on the stock price or total shareholder return upon which the Incentive-Based Compensation was Received. Telix will maintain
documentation of the determination of that reasonable estimate and provide such documentation to Nasdaq.
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e) |
“Executive Officer” means Telix’s president, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer (or if there is no such accounting officer, the
controller), any vice president of Telix in charge of a principal business unit, division, or function (such as sales, administration, or finance), any other officer who performs a significant policy-making function, or any other person
(including as applicable executives of any of Telix’s parents or subsidiaries) who performs similar policy-making functions for Telix. For the avoidance of doubt, the identification of an executive officer for purposes of this Recovery Policy
shall include each executive officer who is or was identified pursuant to Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K or Item 6.A of Form 20-F, as applicable, as well as the principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
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f) |
“Financial Reporting Measures” means (A) measures that are determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing Telix’s financial statements, and any measures that
are derived wholly or in part from such measures (whether or not such measures are presented within Telix’s financial statements or included in a filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), (B) stock price and (C) total
shareholder return.
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g) |
“Incentive-Based Compensation” means any compensation that is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure.
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h) |
Incentive-Based Compensation is deemed to be “Received” in Telix’s fiscal period during which the Financial Reporting Measure specified in the applicable Incentive-Based Compensation award is
attained, even if the payment or grant of the Incentive-Based Compensation occurs after the end of that period or is subject to additional time-based vesting requirements.
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i) |
“Recovery Period” means the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the earlier of: (A) the date the Board, a committee of the Board, or the officer or officers of Telix authorized to take
such action if Board action is not required, concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that Telix is required to prepare an Accounting Restatement; or (B) the date a court, regulator, or other legally authorized body directs Telix to
prepare an Accounting Restatement. In addition, if there is a change in Telix’s fiscal year end, the Recovery Period will also include any transition period to the extent required by Rule 5608.
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2. |
Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
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3. |
Interpretation and Administration
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a. |
Role of the Committee. This Policy will be interpreted by the Committee in a manner that is consistent with Rule 5608 and any other applicable law and will otherwise be interpreted in the business judgment of the Committee. All
decisions and interpretations of the Committee that are consistent with Rule 5608 will be final and binding.
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b. |
Compensation Not Subject to this Policy. This Policy does not apply to Incentive-Based Compensation that was Received before the Effective Date. With respect to any Covered Person, this Policy does not apply to Incentive-Based
Compensation that was Received by such Covered Person before beginning service as an Executive Officer.
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c. |
Determination of Means of Recovery. Subject to the requirement that recovery be made reasonably promptly, the Committee will determine the appropriate means of recovery, which may vary between Covered Persons or based on the nature of
the applicable Incentive-Based Compensation, and which may involve, without limitation, establishing a deferred repayment plan or setting off against current or future compensation otherwise payable to the Covered Person. Recovery of
Erroneously Awarded Compensation will be made without regard to income taxes paid by the Covered Person or by Telix on the Covered Person’s behalf in connection with such Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
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d. |
Determination That Recovery is Impracticable. Telix is not required to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation if a determination is made by the Committee that either (A) after Telix has made and documented a reasonable attempt to
recover such Erroneously Awarded Compensation, the direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing this Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, (B) recovery would violate a home country law adopted prior to November 28,
2022, which determination may only be made by the Committee after obtaining an opinion of Australian counsel to that effect (and providing such opinion to Nasdaq) or (C) recovery of such Erroneously Awarded Compensation would likely cause an
otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under which benefits are broadly available to employees of Telix, to fail to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(13) or 411(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder.
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e. |
No Indemnification or Telix-Paid Insurance. Telix will not indemnify any Covered Person against the loss of Erroneously Awarded Compensation and will not pay or reimburse any Covered Person for the purchase of a third-party insurance
policy to fund potential recovery obligations.
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f. |
Interaction with Other Clawback Provisions. Telix will be deemed to have recovered Erroneously Awarded Compensation in accordance with this Policy to the extent Telix actually receives such amounts pursuant to any other Telix policy,
program or agreement, pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or otherwise.
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g. |
No Limitation on Other Remedies. Nothing in this Policy will be deemed to limit Telix’s right to terminate employment of any Covered Person, to seek recovery of other compensation paid to a Covered Person, or to pursue other rights or
remedies available to Telix under applicable law.
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Exhibit 4.9
Service Agreement
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
ACN 616 620 369
and
Dr Christian Peter Behrenbruch
SERVICE AGREEMENT
1 | Key Terms |
Subject | Key Terms |
1. Parties |
ABN 616 620 369 of Suite 226, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, VIC 3051 (Company)
Dr Christian Peter Behrenbruch of 4/364B Lygon Street, Brunswick East, VIC 3057 (You) |
2. Purpose | The Company has agreed to employ You in the Position and You have agreed to accept that employment on the terms of this agreement. |
3. Position (see clause 2) |
Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director |
4. Start Date (see clause 2.2) |
16 January 2017 |
5. Location (see clause 2.4) |
Melbourne, Australia |
6. Manager (see clause 3.3) |
Reporting to the Board of Directors of the Company |
7. Total Fixed Remuneration (see clause 6.1) |
$241,000 per year which includes:
(a) base salary; and
(b) compulsory superannuation contributions paid by the Company for Your benefit,
but does not include any payroll tax or workers’ compensation insurance paid by the Company in respect of Your employment. |
8. Review Date (see clause 6.4) |
Remuneration package to be reviewed annually within 30 days of the anniversary of the Start Date. If the Company executes an initial public offering (IPO) within 12 months of the Start Date, then the total remuneration package will be reviewed and benchmarked on the basis of comparable market cap ASX-listed companies. |
9. First Review Date (see clause 6.4) |
Within 30 days of 1 January 2018 if the Company remains an unlisted company. |
10. Payment Frequency (see clause 6.5) |
Monthly |
11.
Employee Notice Period (see clause 9.1(a)) |
3 months’ notice |
Subject | Key Terms |
12. Employer Notice Period (see clause 9.1(b)) |
3 months’ notice |
13. Post Employment Restraints (see clause 14) |
(a) No competing with the Group
You must not (whether directly or indirectly) during the Restricted Period (explained below) and in the Restricted Area (also explained below) carry on, be employed by or engaged or otherwise interested in any Competitive Business (being any business that competes with the Group during the period of 6 months preceding the End Date, or during the Restricted Period) to provide products or services which are the same as or similar to those You provided to the Company at any time within the 6 months immediately preceding the date Your employment ends. (b) No inducing employees to leave the Group
You must not during the Restricted Period and in the Restricted Area induce or attempt to induce any director or employee of the Group with whom You had work related dealings during the 6 months preceding the date Your employment ends to terminate his or her engagement with the Group, whether or not that person would commit a breach of that person’s contract of engagement.
(c) No persuading the Group’s customer to cease or reduce business
You must not during the Restricted Period and in the Restricted Area solicit or persuade any customer of the Group with whom You had work related dealings during the 6 months preceding the date Your employment ends to cease doing business with the Group or reduce the amount of business which the person would normally do, or otherwise have done, with the Group. |
14. Restricted Period (see clause 14) |
(a) Australia, United Kingdom, European Union or United States; or if a Court finds that unenforceable;
(b) Victoria, Australia; or if a Court finds that unenforceable;
(c) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
15. Restricted Period (see clause 14) |
(d) the period 6 months starting on the End Date; or if a Court finds that unenforceable
(e) the period of 3 months starting on the End Date,
where the ‘End Date’ is the date Your employment ends. |
16. Governing law and jurisdiction
(see clause 16.1) |
Victoria, Australia |
2 | Employment and appointment as a director |
2.1 | Position |
(a) | The Company will employ You in the Position set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) at the start of this agreement. |
(b) | With Your consent, You may also be appointed to the board of directors of the Company or one of its related bodies corporate. Your appointment will be subject to the relevant company’s constitution. |
2.2 | Start date |
Your employment will start on the Start Date set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above.
2.3 | Warranty |
You warrant that You are not under any obligation or restriction which would interfere or conflict with Your employment in this role or Your obligations and duties under this agreement.
2.4 | Location and travel |
(a) | Your place of work is, initially, the Location set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above. The Company may require You to work in other locations at any time. |
(b) | The Company may require You to travel within the state, interstate or overseas to perform Your duties. |
3 | Duties and reporting structure |
3.1 | Duties of Your position |
(a) | You must perform the duties reasonably associated with the Position. |
(b) | In addition, You must also perform other duties which You are capable of performing, as required by the Company. |
3.2 | General duties |
You must:
(a) | devote all of Your time, attention and skill to the performance of Your duties both during normal business hours and at other times as reasonably necessary for a full- time appointment of this nature; |
(b) | perform Your duties faithfully and diligently; |
(c) | follow lawful and reasonable directions given to You by the Company; and |
(d) | promote the interests of the Company and any member of the Group. |
3.3 | Reporting structure |
You will report to the Manager set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above or as otherwise directed by the Company.
3.4 | Changes to Your position |
If Your position, duties or reporting structure change, this agreement will continue to apply to Your employment unless You and the Company:
(a) | enter a new written employment agreement; or |
(b) | vary this agreement in writing. |
4 | Hours of work |
You are employed for a minimum of 40 hours/week to perform the duties associated with the Position. Because of the senior nature of the Position, You acknowledge and agree that any hours that You are required to work are reasonable so far as they are necessary for the full and proper performance of Your duties under this agreement.
5 | Company policies |
The Company has various policies which apply to Your employment. You must familiarise Yourself with these policies. Where the policies place obligations on You, You must comply with them. The Company may review, vary, add to or withdraw the policies from time to time in its absolute discretion. To avoid doubt, the policies and any obligations on the Company set out in them do not form part of Your employment agreement and are not binding on the Company.
6 | Remuneration |
6.1 | Total fixed remuneration employment cost |
(a) | The Company will pay You on a Total Fixed Remuneration basis. |
(b) | Your initial Total Fixed Remuneration is set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above. |
(c) | The Company will make compulsory superannuation contributions up to the quarterly maximum contribution base on Your behalf in accordance with Superannuation Guarantee legislation. The contributions may be made to the Company’s default fund or to a complying superannuation fund of Your choice. You will be given information about this choice. |
(d) | You may elect to receive part of Your Total Fixed Remuneration in the form of benefits. The Company’s salary packaging guidelines set out details of the benefits currently available and the process for electing to receive them. The Company may withdraw salary packaging at any time in its absolute discretion. |
(e) | If You elect to receive part of Your Total Fixed Remuneration as benefits, the election must comply with the salary packaging guidelines. Your Total Fixed Remuneration includes all costs associated with the election, including the costs of any fringe benefits tax payable by the Company as a result of complying with the election. |
6.2 | Directors and officers insurance |
Subject to the applicable law, if You are appointed as a director of the Company or any member of the Group, the Company or the relevant Group company will maintain directors and officers liability insurance for Your benefit on terms acceptable to the Company or the relevant Group company.
6.3 | Annualised salary |
Your base salary includes compensation for all entitlements, benefits or payments that might otherwise be due under any industrial instrument that may apply to Your employment including overtime, penalty payments for out of hours work and working weekends and public holidays, and any other loadings, penalties, overtime or allowances. Accordingly, You will not be paid any special rates or allowances for working particular times or under particular conditions unless otherwise agreed in writing.
6.4 | Review of remuneration package |
The Company will review Your Total Fixed Remuneration each year on the Review Date set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above, with the first review on the First Review Date set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
6.5 | Payment |
The Company will pay any Total Fixed Remuneration that You elect to receive as salary (less any compulsory superannuation contributions and applicable tax), based on the Payment Frequency set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above, by electronic transfer to Your nominated bank account.
6.6 | Expenses |
The Company will reimburse You for any expenses that You reasonably incur during the performance of Your duties. The Company may require You to provide a tax invoice, or other evidence, to substantiate any expenses claim.
7 | Incentive arrangements |
(a) | You may be eligible to participate in incentive arrangements offered by the Company from time to time. |
(b) | Your participation is subject to the rules of the plan. The Company may amend these rules from time to time. They do not form part of Your employment agreement. |
(c) | Your participation in the plan, and all benefits under the plan, are at the absolute discretion of the Company. Any payment to You will be net of any applicable tax and superannuation contribution which the Company is required to make in respect of any incentive payment. |
(d) | Unless otherwise agreed in writing, You are only entitled to receive a benefit under the plan if You are employed by the Company on the date that the benefit is paid or provided. |
8 | Leave |
8.1 | Your entitlement |
(a) | You are entitled to annual leave, personal/carer’s leave, compassionate leave, and parental leave in accordance with legislation. |
(b) | Currently, Your entitlements under the National Employment Standards are 4 weeks’ annual leave each year, 10 days’ paid personal/carer’s leave each year (in certain circumstances You may also be able to access unpaid carer’s leave and compassionate leave), and up to 12 months’ unpaid parental leave where You have responsibility for the care of a child (in certain circumstances You may be able to extend this leave). |
8.2 | Long service leave |
You will be entitled to long service leave in accordance with applicable legislation.
8.3 | Public holidays |
You will be usually be entitled to paid leave on days declared as public holidays in the state or territory in which You work. From time to time You may be required, and You will not reasonably refuse, to work on a public holiday in order to perform Your duties. Your remuneration includes an amount to compensate for this.
9 | Ending Your employment |
9.1 | Ending Your employment with notice |
Subject to the notice provisions set out in clause 9.1(a):
(a) | You may end Your employment at any time by giving the Employee Notice Period set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’); or |
(b) | the Company may end Your employment at any time by giving the Employer Notice Period set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’). |
9.2 | Payment in lieu of notice period |
The Company may:
(a) | pay You in lieu of Your notice period; or |
(b) | require You to work for part of Your notice period and pay You in lieu of the balance of the period. |
9.3 | Calculation of payments if Your employment ends |
If Your employment ends, the Company will calculate any payments in lieu of notice or accrued leave in accordance with applicable law.
9.4 | Deduction of amounts owed |
(a) | To the extent permitted by law, any outstanding advances or other payments due to the Company by You will be deducted before payment of any amounts under this clause 9 are made to You. |
(b) | If the amounts owed by You to the Company at the date Your employment ends exceed amounts payable to You under this clause 9, You agree to repay such amounts to the Company within 14 days of the date Your employment ends. |
9.5 | Duties during notice period |
If You or the Company gives notice ending Your employment, the Company may direct You at any time during the notice period:
(a) | not to attend work; or |
(b) | not to perform all or part of Your duties. |
9.6 | Ending Your employment without notice |
The Company may end Your employment at any time without notice if You:
(a) | engage in serious or wilful misconduct; |
(b) | are seriously negligent in the performance of Your duties; |
(c) | commit a serious or persistent breach of this agreement; |
(d) | commit an act, whether at work or otherwise, which brings the Company into disrepute; or |
(e) | are charged with an offence punishable by imprisonment. |
9.7 | Return of property |
Before Your employment ends, or as soon as practicable after it ends, You must return all property belonging to the Company.
9.8 | Resignation as director |
(a) | If Your employment ends You must resign as a director of the Company and any Group company unless the Board determines otherwise. |
(b) | If You fail to resign as a director You irrevocably appoint the Company Secretary (or any other person nominated by the Company) as attorney to sign a resignation as director or other officer on Your behalf and have no entitlement to any compensation for loss of office. |
9.9 | Redundancy |
If Your employment ends for a reason including that Your position is redundant, any payment to You on ending of Your employment (other than a payment in lieu of Your minimum statutory entitlement to notice of termination) will be inclusive of any statutory entitlement that You may have to redundancy pay.
9.10 | Consideration for holding office |
You and the Company agree that the benefits to which You are entitled under this agreement in connection with the termination of Your employment are in part consideration for You agreeing to accept the office of the Position, and any other office or position that is a ‘managerial or executive office’ (as that expression is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) in any Group company.
10 | Disclosure of information |
10.1 | Definitions |
In this agreement:
(a) | ‘Confidential Information’ means any Information which is confidential and not in the public domain (unless in the public domain because of a breach of confidentiality). |
(b) | ‘Information’ means any information about the Group or its business (including, but not limited to, any idea, concept, process or know-how) which comes to Your notice in the course of Your employment or is generated by You in the course of performing Your duties. |
10.2 | Importance of Confidential Information |
(a) | During Your employment with the Company You will acquire experience, Confidential Information, trade secrets, know-how and particular skills in the affairs, practices, customer requirements and trade connections of the Group. |
(b) | Because of the importance to the Group of the knowledge and Confidential Information which You will acquire, the Company wishes to ensure that You do not take advantage of these matters for Your advantage or others to the detriment of the Group and its businesses and in violation of its rights. |
10.3 | Your obligations during employment |
During Your employment, You must not use or disclose Information unless the use or disclosure is:
(a) | required by law; |
(b) | made as part of the proper performance of Your duties; or |
(c) | agreed by the Company. |
10.4 | Your obligations after Your employment ends |
After Your employment ends, and without limiting Your general law obligations, You must not disclose Confidential Information unless the disclosure is:
(a) | required by law; or |
(b) | agreed in writing by the Company. |
10.5 | Preventing disclosure |
You must take all reasonable and necessary precautions to maintain the secrecy and prevent disclosure of Information.
10.6 | Implied term and survival of obligations |
(a) | To avoid doubt, this clause is not intended to limit any duty of fidelity owed by You and implied into Your employment agreement. |
(b) | Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends. |
11 | Intellectual property |
11.1 | Definition |
In this clause ‘Intellectual Property’ means all present and future rights to intellectual property including any inventions and improvements, trade marks (whether registered or common law trade marks), designs, copyright, any corresponding property rights under the laws of any jurisdiction and any rights in respect of an invention, discovery, trade secret, secret process, know–how, concept, idea, information, process, data or formula.
11.2 | Ownership |
(a) | The Company owns all Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment. |
(b) | You must do all things necessary to ensure that the Company owns Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment. |
11.3 | Disclosure |
You must inform the Company of all Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment.
11.4 | Survival of obligations |
Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends.
12 | Moral Rights |
(a) | In this clause ‘Moral Rights’ means the right of attribution of authorship, the right not to have authorship falsely attributed and the right of integrity of authorship, as defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). |
(b) | If You have Moral Rights in any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, You irrevocably consent to any act or omission by the Company which infringes those Moral Rights. You agree that Your consent extends to acts and omissions by the Company’s licensees and successors in title, and You agree that Your consent is a genuine consent given under Part 9 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and has not been induced by duress or any false or misleading statement. |
(c) | Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends. |
13 | Restrictions during Your employment |
13.1 | Other business interests |
Subject to clause 13.2, during Your employment You must not be engaged, concerned or interested in any other business without the Company’s prior written consent, with such consent not to be unreasonably withheld if such business is not in conflict with clause 3.2 or if disclosed to the Company prior to the commencement of Your employment.
13.2 | Shareholding |
Despite any other clause of this agreement, You may hold shares in companies listed on any recognised stock exchange without the Company’s prior written consent if You hold less than 5% of the issued shares of any class of any one company.
14 | Restrictions after Your employment ends |
14.1 | Restrictions |
The Post Employment Restraints set out in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) apply to You.
14.2 | Consent |
The Post Employment Restraints do not apply in circumstances where You have obtained the Company’s prior written consent.
14.3 | Restrictions reasonable and independent |
You agree that:
(a) | You will obtain Confidential Information during Your employment, the disclosure of which could materially harm the Group; |
(b) | the Post Employment Restraints are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Group’s Confidential Information and goodwill; |
(c) | You intend the restrictions to operate to the maximum extent; |
(d) | damages may be inadequate to protect the Group’s interests and the Group is entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief, or any other remedy, in any court; and |
(e) | the restrictions are separate, distinct and several, so that the unenforceability of any restriction does not affect the enforceability of the other restrictions. |
14.4 | Modification of restrictions |
If the Post Employment Restraints:
(a) | are void as unreasonable for the protection of the Group’s interests; and |
(b) | would be valid if part of the wording was deleted or the period or area was reduced, |
the restrictions will apply with the modifications necessary to make them effective.
14.5 | Obligations continue |
Your obligations under the Post Employment Restraints and this clause 14 survive the ending of Your employment.
15 | Compliance and approvals |
(a) | The exercise of, or compliance with, any discretion, right or obligation under this agreement is subject to any required board or shareholder approvals, any necessary regulatory consent and compliance with the Company’s constitution and all applicable laws. |
(b) | Notwithstanding any provision of this agreement, the Company is not required to pay or provide, or procure the payment or provision, of any payment or benefit to You which is not permitted by the provisions of Part 2D.2, Division 2 or Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in the absence of shareholder approval. Any such payments or benefits must be reduced to ensure compliance with this clause and there is no obligation on the Company to seek or obtain shareholder approval. In the event of overpayment, You must, on receiving written notice from the Company Secretary (or his or her nominee), immediately repay any monies or benefits specified in such notice. | |
(c) | This clause 15 has effect regardless of any other provision of this agreement. |
16 | General |
16.1 | Governing law and jurisdiction |
(a) | This agreement is governed by the law in force in Governing law and jurisdiction in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above. |
(b) | Each party irrevocably submits to the non–exclusive jurisdiction of courts of the jurisdiction specified in clause 1 (‘Key Details’) above. |
16.2 | Entire agreement and no reliance |
(a) | This agreement states all the express terms of the agreement between the parties in respect of its subject matter. It supersedes all prior discussions, negotiations, understandings and agreements in respect of its subject matter. |
(b) | You acknowledge that in accepting employment with the Company You have not relied on any representations regarding Your employment made by the Company (or its agents or employees) other than matters expressly set out in this agreement. |
16.3 | Legal advice |
You represent that You have taken, or had the opportunity of taking, legal advice in relation to the nature, effect and extent of this agreement.
16.4 | Counterparts |
This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all counterparts, taken together, constitute one instrument. A party may execute this agreement by executing any counterpart.
16.5 | Benefit of this agreement |
The Company executes this agreement for the Group. You acknowledge and agree that each Group Company may independently enforce the obligations given in their favour in this agreement against You in their own right.
16.6 | Interpretation |
In this agreement:
(a) | A reference to the ‘Group’ means the Company and each ‘related body corporate as that expression is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). |
(b) | Headings and bold type are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this agreement. |
(c) | The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. |
(d) | Words of any gender include all genders. |
(e) | Other parts of speech and grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined in this agreement have a corresponding meaning. |
(f) | An expression importing a person includes any company, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other body corporate and any government agency as well as an individual. |
(g) | A reference to a clause, party, schedule, attachment or exhibit is a reference to a clause of, and a party, schedule, attachment or exhibit to, this agreement. |
(h) | A reference to any legislation includes all delegated legislation made under it and amendments, consolidations, replacements or re–enactments of any of them. |
(i) | No provision of this agreement will be construed adversely to a party because that party was responsible for the preparation of this agreement or that provision. |
(j) | Specifying anything in this agreement after the words ‘include’ or ‘for example’ or similar expressions does not limit what else is included. |
(k) | This agreement includes any schedule. |
Signing Page
Executed as an agreement
COMPANY
EXECUTED on behalf of: TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED by:
/s/ Michael Cawley Signature of Director
Signature of Company Secretary/Director
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Michael Cawley Director (please print)
Company Secretary/Director (please print)
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YOU
EXECUTED by DR CHRISTIAN PETER BEHRENBRUCH in the presence of:
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/s/ Evgeniya Mikulchik Signature of witness
Evgeniya Mikulchik Name of witness (please print) |
/s/ Christian Behrenbruch Signature of Dr Christian Peter Behrenbruch
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Exhibit 4.10
Employment Agreement
Telix Pharmaceuticals limited
ACN 616 620 369
and
Darren Smith
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
1 | KEY DETAILS |
1.1 | Parties |
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ABN 616 620 369 of Suite 401, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, VIC 3051(Company)
Darren Smith of the address set out in the Offer of Employment (You).
Employment
1.2 | Position |
The Company will employ You in the Position set out in the Offer of Employment.
1.3 | Start date |
Your employment will start on the Start Date set out in the Offer of Employment.
You will be subject to the Probation Period set out in the Offer of Employment.
1.4 | Warranty |
You warrant that You are not under any obligation or restriction which would interfere or conflict with Your employment in this role or Your obligations and duties under this agreement. Your employment with the Company is at all times conditional upon:
(a) | You obtaining and retaining all necessary visas, work permits, licences, registrations, or memberships to enable You to lawfully reside and work in Australia and fulfil the duties of the Position; and |
(b) | You being competent to properly carry out the duties of the Position and that any representations as to the qualifications, skills, experience, industry knowledge, business influence, client contacts, and employment history made by You or a person on Your behalf are true and correct. |
1.5 | Location and travel |
(a) | Your place of work is, initially, the Location set out in the Offer of Employment. The Company may require You to work in other locations at any time. |
(b) | The Company may require You to travel within the state, interstate or overseas to perform Your duties without any additional remuneration. |
2 | DUTIES AND REPORTING STRUCTURE |
2.1 | Duties of Your position |
(a) | You must perform the duties reasonably associated with the Position. |
(b) | In addition, You must also perform other duties which You are capable of performing, as required and directed by the Company. |
(c) | Your role will include, but not be limited to, the Key Activities set out in the position description. |
2.2 | General duties |
You must:
(a) | devote Your time, attention and skill to the performance of Your duties as is reasonably necessary for an appointment of this nature; |
(b) | perform Your duties faithfully and diligently; |
(c) | follow lawful and reasonable directions given to You by the Company; and |
(d) | promote the interests of the Company and any member of the Group. |
2.3 | Reporting structure |
You will report to the Manager set out in the Offer of Employment or as otherwise directed by the Company.
2.4 | Changes to Your position |
If Your position, duties or reporting structure change, this agreement will continue to apply to Your employment unless You and the Company:
(a) | enter a new written employment agreement; or |
(b) | vary this agreement in writing. |
2.5 | Continuous development |
You agree to participate in:
(a) | Development and/or training programs from time to time determined by the CEO or the CEO’s delegate, at the expense of the Company; |
(b) | processes of internal and external review and benchmarking of performance as may be determined to be appropriate by the CEO or the CEO’s delegate; and |
(c) | training and readiness in working in a public listed company. |
3 | HOURS OF WORK |
Your hours of work are as set out in the Offer of Employment.
From time to time you may be required to work outside your normal hours of work in order to meet the organisation’s international business needs and your individual duties and objectives. This has been taken into account in calculating your remuneration and you will not receive additional remuneration for that work.
4 | COMPANY POLICIES |
4.1 | General |
The Company has various policies (including a Code of Conduct) which apply to Your employment. You must familiarise Yourself with these policies. Where the policies place obligations on You, they constitute a lawful and reasonable direction from the Company and You must comply with them. The Company may review, vary, add to, apply, not apply or withdraw the policies from time to time in its absolute discretion. To avoid doubt, the policies and any obligations on the Company set out in them do not form part of Your employment agreement and are not binding on the Company.
4.2 | Workplace Health and Safety |
You must attend to Your work safety and notify Your Manager if you become aware of any workplace risks. You must comply with all work health and safety policies of the Company.
4.3 | Anti-Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment |
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. You must comply at all times with the Company’s policies in respect of anti-discrimination, bullying and harassment.
5 | REMUNERATION |
5.1 | Total remuneration employment cost |
(a) | Your initial Total Remuneration is set out in the Offer of Employment.. |
(b) | The Company will make compulsory superannuation contributions up to the quarterly maximum contribution base on Your behalf in accordance with Superannuation Guarantee legislation. The contributions may be made to the Company’s default fund or to a complying superannuation fund of Your choice. You will be given information about this choice. If You do not nominate a complying superannuation fund for this purpose, the contribution may be paid into an existing stapled account identified by the Commissioner of Taxation. |
5.2 | Annualised salary |
Your base salary absorbs all entitlements, benefits and payments that You may now have or subsequently acquire. Your base salary includes compensation for all entitlements, benefits or payments that might otherwise be due under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) or any industrial instrument that may apply to Your employment including overtime and penalty payments for out of hours work and working weekends and public holidays, and any other loadings, penalties, overtime or allowances. Accordingly, You will not be paid any special rates or allowances for working particular times or under particular conditions unless otherwise agreed in writing. Further, any remuneration paid in excess of any particular entitlement may be offset against any other entitlement, including an entitlement in a different pay period.
5.3 | Guarantee of annual earnings |
The Company undertakes that the base salary and any other benefits paid to you is a guarantee of annual earnings for the purposes of the FW Act for a period of at least 12 months. You accept that undertaking and acknowledge that Your employment will not be subject to the application of any modern award for any period during which you earn in excess of the high income threshold as defined by the FW Act.
5.4 | Payment |
The Company will pay any Total Remuneration that You elect to receive as salary (less any compulsory superannuation contributions and applicable tax), based on the Payment Frequency set out in the Offer of Employment, by electronic transfer to Your nominated bank account.
5.5 | Expenses |
The Company will reimburse You for any expenses that You reasonably incur during the performance of Your duties. The Company may require You to provide a tax invoice, or other evidence, to substantiate any expenses claim.
6 | INCENTIVE ARRANGEMENTS |
Long Term Incentives
(a) | You may be eligible to participate in long-term incentive arrangements offered by the Company from time to time. |
(b) | Your participation is subject to the rules of the plan. The Company may amend or discontinue the plan and the rules of the plan from time to time. They do not form part of Your employment agreement. |
(c) | Any payment made to You under the plan will not give rise to an expectation or create any precedent for the awarding of any subsequent payment(s). |
(d) | Your participation in the plan, and all benefits under the plan, are at the absolute discretion of the Company. Any payment to You will be net of any applicable tax and superannuation contribution which the Company is required to make in respect of any incentive payment. |
(e) | Unless otherwise agreed in writing, You are only entitled to receive a benefit under the plan if You are employed by the Company and not subject to a notice of termination period on the date that the benefit is paid or provided. |
Short Term Incentives
(a) | You may be eligible to participate in any short-term incentive plans of the Board, which may be determined by the Board from time to time. |
(b) | You may be entitled to a bonus incentive of up to a portion of your Base Salary set out in the Offer of Employment, which, if payable, will be payable based on Your performance against agreed performance milestones and may be paid annually in cash or equity and at the Board’s discretion. |
(c) | Your eligibility and any payment is subject to the rules of any plan or policy in place from time to time. The Board may amend or discontinue the plan and the rules of the plan from time to time. They do not form part of Your employment agreement. |
(d) | Any payment made to You under the plan will not give rise to an expectation or create any precedent for the awarding of any subsequent payment(s). |
(e) | Your participation in the plan, and all benefits under the plan, are at the absolute discretion of the Board. Any payment to You will be net of any applicable tax and superannuation contribution which the Company is required to make in respect of any incentive payment. |
(f) | Unless otherwise agreed in writing, You are only entitled to receive a benefit under the plan if You are employed by the Company and not subject to a notice of termination period on the date that the benefit is paid or provided. |
7 | LEAVE |
7.1 | Your entitlement |
(a) | You are entitled to annual leave, personal/carer’s leave, compassionate leave, and parental leave in accordance with legislation. |
(b) | Currently, Your entitlements under the National Employment Standards are 4 weeks annual leave each year, 10 days paid personal/carer’s leave each year (in certain circumstances You may also be able to access unpaid carer’s leave), compassionate leave, and up to 12 months unpaid parental leave where You have responsibility for the care of a child (in certain circumstances You may be able to extend this leave). |
(c) | Entitlements for part-time employees are pro-rated accordingly. |
You must notify your Manager immediately before taking personal/carer’s leave so that the Company may accommodate your absence. If this is not possible, You must contact your Manager or the Company as soon as you are able to. The Company may require you to provide a medical certificate or attend a medical examination at any time.
7.2 | Long service leave |
You will be entitled to long service leave in accordance with applicable legislation.
7.3 | Public holidays |
You will usually be entitled to paid leave on days declared as public holidays in the state or territory in which You work. From time to time You may be required, and You will not reasonably refuse, to work on a public holiday in order to perform Your duties. Your remuneration includes an amount to compensate for this.
8 | ENDING YOUR EMPLOYMENT |
8.1 | Ending Your employment with notice |
After the Probation Period and subject to clause 8.6:
(a) | You may end Your employment at any time by giving the Employee Notice Period set out in the Offer of Employment; or |
(b) | the Company may end Your employment at any time by giving the Employer Notice Period set out in the Offer of Employment. |
8.2 | Payment in lieu of notice period |
In the event that either You or the Company provide notice in accordance with clause 8.1 above, the Company may elect to:
(a) | pay You in lieu of Your notice period; or |
(b) | require You to work for part of Your notice period and pay You in lieu of the balance of the period. |
8.3 | Calculation of payments if Your employment ends |
If Your employment ends, the Company will calculate any payments in lieu of notice or accrued leave in accordance with applicable law.
8.4 | Deduction of amounts owed |
(a) | To the extent permitted by law, any outstanding advances or other payments due to the Company by You will be deducted before payment of any amounts under this clause 8 are made to You. |
(b) | If the amounts owed by You to the Company at the date Your employment ends exceed amounts payable to You under this clause 8, You agree to repay such amounts to the Company within 14 days of the date Your employment ends. |
8.5 | Duties during notice period |
If You or the Company gives notice ending Your employment, the Company may direct You at any time during the notice period:
(a) | not to attend work; |
(b) | not to perform all or part of Your duties; |
(c) | to perform duties which are different to Your usual duties, provided that You have the necessary skills and competencies to perform these duties; |
(d) | to assist the Company with a proper hand over of the duties of the Position including business information, work, clients, and business; |
(e) | not to have any dealings with any customers, suppliers or clients of the Company or the Group; or |
(f) | to do any combination of the above. |
8.6 | Ending Your employment without notice |
The Company may end Your employment at any time without notice if You:
(a) | engage in serious or wilful misconduct; |
(b) | are seriously negligent in the performance of Your duties; |
(c) | commit a serious or persistent breach of Company policy (including but not limited to a serious or persistent beach of the Code of Conduct); |
(d) | commit a serious or persistent breach of this agreement; |
(e) | refuse to carry out lawful and reasonable instructions of the Company; |
(f) | commit an act, whether at work or otherwise, which brings the Company into disrepute; or |
(g) | are charged with an offence punishable by imprisonment. |
8.7 | Suspension |
If the Company suspects that You have been involved in any improper conduct or involved in any other conduct which in the opinion of the Company may impact upon Your ability to carry out Your duties and responsibilities under this agreement or may cause damage to the Company’s business or reputation, the Company may do any or all of the following:
(a) | suspend You from performing the duties and responsibilities of the Position for a period determined by the Company; |
(b) | direct You not to attend the workplace, communicate with fellow employees, customers, suppliers or clients of the Company or any other persons involved in the conduct which is being investigated, or otherwise interfere with the conduct of the investigation; and |
(c) | appoint any person to conduct the investigation; and direct You to provide any assistance and answer any questions required for the investigation. |
During the period of suspension You will continue to receive Your Total Remuneration under this agreement. Any suspension under this clause will not be treated as disciplinary action by the Company, but will be instituted solely for the purpose of conducting an investigation.
8.8 | Return of property |
Before Your employment ends, or as soon as practicable after it ends, You must return all property belonging to the Company.
8.9 | Redundancy |
If Your employment ends for a reason including that Your position is redundant, any payment to You on ending of Your employment (other than a payment in lieu of Your minimum statutory entitlement to notice of termination) will be inclusive of any statutory entitlement that You may have to redundancy pay.
8.10 | Consideration for holding office |
You and the Company agree that the benefits to which You are entitled under this agreement in connection with the termination of Your employment are in part consideration for You agreeing to accept the office of the Position, and any other office or position that is a ‘managerial or executive office’ (as that expression is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) in any Group company.
9 | DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION |
9.1 | Definitions |
In this agreement:
(a) | ‘Confidential Information’ means any Information which is confidential and not in the public domain (unless in the public domain because of a breach of confidentiality) including, but not limited to: |
(i) | the business or affairs, financial information, Intellectual Property, and sales and marketing information of the Company or Group, or their respective customers or suppliers; |
(ii) | information which is marked “confidential” or which is described or treated by the Company or Group as confidential; |
(iii) | information of a business sensitive nature; and |
(iv) | trade secrets, research and confidential information and know-how of the Company, the Group, or their respective customers or suppliers. |
(b) | ‘Information’ means any information about the Group or its business (including, but not limited to, any idea, concept, process or know-how) which comes to Your notice in the course of Your employment or is generated by You in the course of performing Your duties. |
9.2 | Importance of Confidential Information |
(a) | During Your employment with the Company You will acquire experience, Confidential Information, trade secrets, know-how and particular skills in the affairs, practices, customer requirements and trade connections of the Group. |
(b) | Because of the importance to the Group of the knowledge and Confidential Information which You will acquire, the Company wishes to ensure that You do not take advantage of these matters for Your advantage or others to the detriment of the Group and its businesses and in violation of its rights. |
9.3 | Your obligations during employment |
During Your employment, You must not use or disclose Information unless the use or disclosure is:
(a) | required by law; |
(b) | made as part of the proper performance of Your duties; or |
(c) | agreed in writing by the Company. |
9.4 | Your obligations after Your employment ends |
After Your employment ends, and without limiting Your general law obligations, You must not disclose Confidential Information unless the disclosure is:
(a) | required by law; or |
(b) | agreed in writing by the Company. |
9.5 | Preventing disclosure |
You must take all reasonable and necessary precautions to maintain the secrecy and prevent disclosure of Information. You must immediately notify the Company if You suspect or become aware that Confidential Information has been improperly copied, used or disclosed.
9.6 | Implied term and survival of obligations |
(a) | To avoid doubt, this clause is not intended to limit any duty of fidelity owed by You and implied into Your employment agreement. |
(b) | Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends. |
10 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
10.1 | Definition |
In this clause ‘Intellectual Property’ means all present and future rights to intellectual property including any inventions and improvements, trade marks (whether registered or common law trademarks), designs, copyright, patents, any corresponding property rights under the laws of any jurisdiction and any rights in respect of any work, including any invention, discovery, trade secret, secret process, know-how, concept, idea, information, process, data or formula.
10.2 | Ownership |
(a) | The Company owns all Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment. |
(b) | You must do all things necessary to ensure that the Company owns Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment. |
10.3 | Disclosure |
You must inform the Company of all Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment.
10.4 | Survival of obligations |
Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends.
11 | MORAL RIGHTS |
(a) | In this clause ‘Moral Rights’ means the right of attribution of authorship, the right not to have authorship falsely attributed and the right of integrity of authorship, as defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). |
(b) | If You have Moral Rights in any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, You irrevocably consent to any act or omission by the Company which infringes those Moral Rights. You agree that Your consent extends to acts and omissions by the Company’s licensees and successors in title, and You agree that Your consent is a genuine consent given under Part 9 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and has not been induced by duress or any false or misleading statement. |
(c) | Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends. |
12 | RESTRICTIONS DURING YOUR EMPLOYMENT |
12.1 | Other business interests |
Subject to clause 12.2, during Your employment You must not be engaged, concerned or interested in any other business without the Company’s prior written consent, with such consent not to be unreasonably withheld if such business is not in conflict with clause 2.2 or if disclosed to the Company prior to the commencement of Your employment.
12.2 | Shareholding |
Despite any other clause of this agreement, You may hold shares in companies listed on any recognised stock exchange without the Company’s prior written consent if You hold less than 5% of the issued shares of any class of any one company.
13 | RESTRICTIONS AFTER YOUR EMPLOYMENT ENDS |
13.1 | Restrictions |
The Post Employment Restraints set out in the Offer of Employment apply to You.
13.2 | Consent |
The Post Employment Restraints do not apply in circumstances where You have obtained the Company’s prior written consent.
13.3 | Restrictions reasonable and independent |
You agree that:
(a) | You will obtain Confidential Information during Your employment, the disclosure of which could materially harm the Group; |
(b) | You will develop influence over customers, directors, employees and/or contractors of the Group; |
(c) | the Post Employment Restraints are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Group’s Confidential Information, goodwill and relationships with its customers, directors, employees and contractors; |
(d) | You intend the restrictions to operate to the maximum extent; |
(e) | damages may be inadequate to protect the Group’s interests and the Group is entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief, or any other remedy, in any court; and |
(f) | the restrictions are separate, distinct and several, so that the unenforceability of any restriction does not affect the enforceability of the other restrictions. |
13.4 | Modification of restrictions |
If the Post Employment Restraints:
(a) | are void as unreasonable for the protection of the Group’s interests; and |
(b) | would be valid if part of the wording was deleted or the period or area was reduced, |
the restrictions will apply with the modifications necessary to make them effective.
13.5 | Obligations continue |
Your obligations under the Post Employment Restraints and this clause 13 survive the ending of Your employment.
14 | COMPLIANCE AND APPROVALS |
(a) | The exercise of, or compliance with, any discretion, right or obligation under this agreement is subject to any required board or shareholder approvals, any necessary regulatory consent and compliance with the Company’s constitution and all applicable laws. |
(b) | Notwithstanding any provision of this agreement, the Company is not required to pay or provide, or procure the payment or provision, of any payment or benefit to You which is not permitted by the provisions of Part 2D.2, Division 2 or Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in the absence of shareholder approval. Any such payments or benefits must be reduced to ensure compliance with this clause and there is no obligation on the Company to seek or obtain shareholder approval. In the event of overpayment, You must, on receiving written notice from the Company Secretary (or his or her nominee), immediately repay any monies or benefits specified in such notice. |
(c) | This clause 14 has effect regardless of any other provision of this agreement. |
15 | GENERAL |
15.1 | Governing law and jurisdiction |
(a) | This agreement is governed by the law in force in Governing law and jurisdiction in the Offer of Employment . |
(b) | Each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of courts of the jurisdiction specified in the Offer of Employment . |
15.2 | Entire agreement and no reliance |
(a) | This agreement states all the express terms of the agreement between the parties in respect of its subject matter. It supersedes all prior discussions, negotiations, understandings and agreements in respect of its subject matter. |
(b) | You acknowledge that in accepting employment with the Company You have not relied on any representations regarding Your employment made by the Company (or its agents or employees) other than matters expressly set out in this agreement. |
(c) | This agreement may only be amended by agreement in writing signed by both parties. |
15.3 | Legal advice |
You represent that You have taken, or had the opportunity of taking, legal advice in relation to the nature, effect and extent of this agreement.
15.4 | Counterparts |
This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all counterparts, taken together, constitute one instrument. A party may execute this agreement by executing any counterpart.
15.5 | Benefit of this agreement |
The Company executes this agreement for the Group. You acknowledge and agree that each Group Company may independently enforce the obligations given in their favour in this agreement against You in their own right.
15.6 | Interpretation |
In this agreement:
(a) | A reference to the ‘Group’ means the Company and each ‘related body corporate’ as that expression is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). |
(b) | Headings and bold type are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this agreement. |
(c) | The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. |
(d) | Words of any gender include all genders. |
(e) | Other parts of speech and grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined in this agreement have a corresponding meaning. |
(f) | An expression importing a person includes any company, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other body corporate and any government agency as well as an individual. |
(g) | A reference to a clause, party, schedule, attachment or exhibit is a reference to a clause of, and a party, schedule, attachment or exhibit to, this agreement. |
(h) | A reference to any legislation includes all delegated legislation made under it and amendments, consolidations, replacements or re-enactments of any of them. |
(i) | No provision of this agreement will be construed adversely to a party because that party was responsible for the preparation of this agreement or that provision. |
(j) | Specifying anything in this agreement after the words ‘include’ or ‘for example’ or similar expressions does not limit what else is included. |
(k) | This agreement includes any schedule. |
SIGNING PAGE
Executed as an agreement
COMPANY
EXECUTED on behalf of:
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED by:
/s/ Doug Cubbin |
Doug Cubbin |
Signature of authorised representative | Name of authorised representative |
/s/ David Cade |
David Cade |
Signature of Regional President | Name of Regional President |
/s/ Helen Hovenga |
Helen Hovenga |
Signature of witness | Name of witness |
YOU
EXECUTED by Darren Smith in the presence of:
/s/ Sarah Louise McRae |
/s/ Darren Smith |
Signature of witness | Signature of Darren Smith |
Sarah Louise McRae |
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Name of witness (please print) |
Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Suite 401, 55 Flemington Road North Melbourne Victoria, 3051 Australia |
Key Details
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1. |
Position Title
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Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer
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2. |
Employment Type
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Full time
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3. |
Contract Type
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Permanent
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4. |
Employment Dates
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Start Date: Jan 31, 2022
Probation Period End date: Jun 30, 2022 |
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5. |
Contracted Hours
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37.5 hours per week (1 FTE)
This is based on working five normal working days of 7.5 hours each day. |
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6. |
Location
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Primarily based in New South Whales with travel as required to the Company’s head office, currently located at Suite 401, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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7. |
Key Activities
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Refer to attached Position Description
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8. |
Manager
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Group Chief Financial Officer
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9. |
Total Remuneration
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(a)
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base salary of $250,000 AUD per annum; plus
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(b)
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compulsory superannuation contributions paid by the Company for Your benefit, but does not include any payroll tax or workers’ compensation insurance paid by the Company in respect of Your employment.
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Key Details
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10. |
Payment Frequency
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Monthly
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11. |
Short Term Incentive Rate
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You may be eligible to receive a short term incentive of up to 20% of your base salary, subject to the terms set out in the Employment Agreement. Whether the payment is made and the amount of any payment is in
the absolute discretion of the Board and the Company.
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12. |
Employee Notice Period
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3 months’ notice
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13. |
Employer Notice Period
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3 months’ notice
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14. |
Post Employment Restraints
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(a)
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No competing with the Group
Unless the Company provides prior written consent, You must not (whether directly or indirectly) during the Restricted Period (explained below) and in the Restricted Area (also explained below) carry on,
be employed by or engaged or otherwise interested in any Competitive Business (being any business that competes with the Group during the period of 3 months preceding the End Date, or during the Restricted Period) to provide products or
services which are the same as or similar to those You provided to the Company at any time within the 3 months immediately preceding the date on which Your employment ends.
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(b)
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No inducing employees or contractors to leave the Group
You must not during the Restricted Period and in the Restricted Area induce or attempt to induce any director, employee or contractor of the Group with whom You had work related dealings during the 3
months preceding the date on which Your employment ends to terminate his or her employment or engagement with the Group, whether or not that person would commit a breach of that person’s contract of employment or engagement.
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(c)
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No persuading the Group’s customer to cease or reduce business
You must not during the Restricted Period and in the Restricted Area solicit or persuade any customer of the Group with whom You had work related dealings during the 3 months preceding the date on which
Your employment ends to cease doing business with the Group or reduce the amount of business which the person would normally do, or otherwise have done, with the Group.
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15. |
Restricted Area
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(a)
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Australia; or if a Court finds that unenforceable
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(b)
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Victoria, Australia; or if a Court finds that unenforceable
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(c)
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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16. |
Restricted Period
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(a)
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the period of 3 months starting on the End Date; or if a Court finds that unenforceable
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(b)
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the period of 1 month starting on the End Date,
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where the ‘End Date’ is the date Your employment ends.
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Key Details
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17. |
Governing law and jurisdiction
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Victoria, Australia
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18. |
Review Date
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Your Total Remuneration package will be reviewed annually as part of the Company’s remuneration review process. In undertaking this review, the Company may have regard to any matter in its absolute discretion.
This review will not necessarily lead to an increase in Your Total Remuneration.
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19. |
Probation Period
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6 months’ probation, commencing on Start Date. During this time either party can terminate this contract with two weeks’ notice.
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/s/ Doug Cubbin
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Doug Cubbin
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Signature of authorised representative |
Name of authorised representative |
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/s/ David Cade
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David Cade
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Signature of Regional President |
Name of Regional President |
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/s/ Helena Hovenga
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Helena Hovenga
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Signature of witness |
Name of witness |
/s/ Sarah Louise Mcrae
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/s/ Darren Smith
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Signature of witness |
Signature of Darren Smith | |
SARAH LOUISE MCRAE
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Name of witness (please print) |
Exhibit 10.10.1
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Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd Suite 401, 55 Flemington Road North Melbourne Victoria, 3051 Australia |
July 25, 2022
Private and confidential
Darren Smith
Apt 217, 3 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont, 3009, NSW
Promotion to Group Chief Financial Officer
Dear Darren,
I am pleased to confirm your promotion with Telix Pharmaceuticals, as set out below.
Position Title | Group Chief Financial Officer |
Employment Type | Full time |
Contract Type | Permanent |
Effective Dates | Start Date: Aug 01, 2022 |
Contracted Hours | 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) This is based on working five normal working days of 7.5 hours each day. |
Manager | Managing Director and Group CEO |
Reports of Position | Direct: POS0216 - Chief Information Officer POS0065 - Chief Governance and Risk Officer POS0041 - Chief People Officer POS0056 - General Counsel POS0025 - Global Director of Finance POS0040 - CFO – APAC POS0037 - CFO – EMEA POS0117 - CFO Americas |
Total Fixed Remuneration |
(a) base salary of $400,000 AUD per annum; plus
(b) compulsory superannuation contributions paid by the Company for Your benefit, but does not include any payroll tax or workers’ compensation insurance paid by the Company in respect of Your employment.
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Short Term Incentive | At the discretion of Telix Pharmaceuticals and subject to all relevant terms from your original employment agreement and STVR letters issued to you, your Short-Term Variable Remuneration may be up to 27% of your base salary. |
Long Term Incentive | At the discretion of Telix Pharmaceuticals and subject to all relevant terms from your original employment agreement and LTVR letters issued to you, your Long-Term Variable Renumeration may be up to 35% of your base salary. |
Employee Notice Period | 4 months’ notice |
Employer Notice Period | 4 months’ notice |
Post-Employment Restricted Area |
(a) Australia; or if a Court finds that unenforceable (b) Victoria, Australia; or if a Court finds that unenforceable (c) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Post-Employment Restricted Period |
(a) the period of 6 months starting on the End Date; or if a Court finds that unenforceable (b) the period of 3 months starting on the End Date; or if a Court finds that unenforceable (c) the period of 1 month starting on the End Date, where the ‘End Date’ is the date Your employment ends. |
All other terms and conditions will be in accordance with your original employment letter and agreement, unless varied by any subsequent employment letters.
Page 2
We look forward to your continued contribution to our purpose of helping people with cancer and rare diseases live longer, better quality lives.
EXECUTED on behalf of:
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED by:
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch | Chris Behrenbruch | |
Signature of Managing Director and Group CEO | Managing Director and Group CEO |
I, Darren Smith, acknowledge that I have read and accept the terms and conditions of my employment as set out above.
YOU
/s/ Darren Smith | 28/7/2022 | |
Signature | Date |
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1.1 |
Parties
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1.2 |
Position
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1.3 |
Start date
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1.4 |
Warranty
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(a) |
You obtaining and retaining all necessary visas, work permits, licences, registrations, or memberships to enable You to lawfully reside and work in Australia and fulfil the duties of the Position; and
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(b) |
You being competent to properly carry out the duties of the Position and that any representations as to the qualifications, skills, experience, industry knowledge, business influence, client contacts, and employment history made by You
or a person on Your behalf are true and correct.
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1.5 |
Location and travel
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(a) |
Your place of work is, initially, the Location set out in the Offer of Employment. The Company may require You to work in other locations at any time.
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(b) |
The Company may require You to travel within the state, interstate or overseas to perform Your duties without any additional remuneration.
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2 |
DUTIES AND REPORTING STRUCTURE
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2.1 |
Duties of Your position
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(a) |
You must perform the duties reasonably associated with the Position.
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(b) |
In addition, You must also perform other duties which You are capable of performing, as required and directed by the Company.
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(c) |
Your role will include, but not be limited to, the Key Activities set out in the position description.
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2.3 |
General duties
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(a) |
devote Your time, attention and skill to the performance of Your duties as is reasonably necessary for an appointment of this nature;
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(b) |
perform Your duties faithfully and diligently;
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(c) |
follow lawful and reasonable directions given to You by the Company; and
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(d) |
promote the interests of the Company and any member of the Group.
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2.4 |
Reporting structure
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2.5 |
Changes to Your position
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(a) |
enter a new written employment agreement; or
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(b) |
vary this agreement in writing.
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2.6 |
Continuous development
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(a) |
Development and/or training programs from time to time determined by the CEO or the CEO’s delegate, at the expense of the Company;
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(b) |
processes of internal and external review and benchmarking of performance as may be determined to be appropriate by the CEO or the CEO’s delegate; and
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(c) |
training and readiness in working in a public listed company.
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3 |
HOURS OF WORK
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4 |
COMPANY POLICIES
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4.1 |
General
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4.2 |
Workplace Health and Safety
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4.3 |
Anti-Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment
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5 |
REMUNERATION
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5.1 |
Total remuneration employment cost
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(a) |
Your initial Total Remuneration is set out in the Offer of Employment.
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(b) |
The Company will make compulsory superannuation contributions up to the quarterly maximum contribution base on Your behalf in accordance with Superannuation Guarantee legislation. The contributions may be made to the Company’s default
fund or to a complying superannuation fund of Your choice. You will be given information about this choice. If You do not nominate a complying superannuation fund for this purpose, the contribution may be paid into an existing stapled
account identified by the Commissioner of Taxation.
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5.2 |
Annualised salary
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5.3 |
Guarantee of annual earnings
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5.4 |
Payment
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5.5 |
Expenses
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6 |
INCENTIVE ARRANGEMENTS
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6.1 |
Long Term Incentives
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(a) |
You may be eligible to participate in long-term incentive arrangements offered by the Company from time to time.
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(b) |
Your participation is subject to the rules of the plan. The Company may amend or discontinue the plan and the rules of the plan from time to time. They do not form part of Your employment agreement.
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(c) |
Any payment made to You under the plan will not give rise to an expectation or create any precedent for the awarding of any subsequent payment(s).
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(d) |
Your participation in the plan, and all benefits under the plan, are at the absolute discretion of the Company. Any payment to You will be net of any applicable tax and superannuation contribution which the Company is required to make
in respect of any incentive payment.
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(e) |
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, You are only entitled to receive a benefit under the plan if You are employed by the Company and not subject to a notice of termination period on the date that the benefit is paid or provided.
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6.2 |
Short Term Incentives
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(a) |
You may be eligible to participate in any short-term incentive plans of the Board, which may be determined by the Board from time to time.
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(b) |
You may be entitled to a bonus incentive of up to a portion of your Base Salary set out in the Offer of Employment, which, if payable, will be payable based on Your performance against agreed performance milestones and may be paid
annually in cash or equity and at the Board’s discretion.
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(c) |
Your eligibility and any payment is subject to the rules of any plan or policy in place from time to time. The Board may amend or discontinue the plan and the rules of the plan from time to time. They do not form part of Your
employment agreement.
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(d) |
Any payment made to You under the plan will not give rise to an expectation or create any precedent for the awarding of any subsequent payment(s).
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(e) |
Your participation in the plan, and all benefits under the plan, are at the absolute discretion of the Board. Any payment to You will be net of any applicable tax and superannuation contribution which the Company is required to make in
respect of any incentive payment.
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(f) |
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, You are only entitled to receive a benefit under the plan if You are employed by the Company and not subject to a notice of termination period on the date that the benefit is paid or provided.
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7 |
LEAVE
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7.1 |
Your entitlement
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(a) |
You are entitled to paid and unpaid leave including annual leave, personal/carer’s leave, compassionate leave, family and domestic violence leave, community service leave and parental leave in accordance with legislation.
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(b) |
Currently, Your entitlements under the National Employment Standards are 4 weeks annual leave each year, 10 days paid personal/carer’s leave each year (in certain circumstances You may also be able to access unpaid carer’s leave),
compassionate leave, and up to 12 months unpaid parental leave where You have responsibility for the care of a child (in certain circumstances You may be able to extend this leave).
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(c) |
Entitlements for part-time employees are pro-rated accordingly.
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7.2 |
Long service leave
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7.3 |
Public holidays
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8 |
ENDING YOUR EMPLOYMENT
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8.1 |
Ending Your employment with notice
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(a) |
You may end Your employment at any time by giving the Employee Notice Period set out in the Offer of Employment; or
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(b) |
the Company may end Your employment at any time by giving the Employer Notice Period set out in the Offer of Employment.
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8.2 |
Payment in lieu of notice period
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(a) |
pay You in lieu of Your notice period; or
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(b) |
require You to work for part of Your notice period and pay You in lieu of the balance of the period.
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8.3 |
Calculation of payments if Your employment ends
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8.4 |
Deduction of amounts owed
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(a) |
To the extent permitted by law, any outstanding advances or other payments due to the Company by You will be deducted before payment of any amounts under this clause 8 are made to You.
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(b) |
If the amounts owed by You to the Company at the date Your employment ends exceed amounts payable to You under this clause 8, You agree to repay such amounts to the Company within 14 days of the date Your employment ends.
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8.5 |
Duties during notice period
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(a) |
not to attend work;
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(b) |
not to perform all or part of Your duties;
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(c) |
to perform duties which are different to Your usual duties, provided that You have the necessary skills and competencies to perform these duties;
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(d) |
to assist the Company with a proper hand over of the duties of the Position including business information, work, clients, and business;
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(e) |
not to have any dealings with any customers, suppliers or clients of the Company or the Group; or
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(f) |
to do any combination of the above.
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8.6 |
Ending Your employment without notice
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(a) |
engage in serious or wilful misconduct;
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(b) |
are seriously negligent in the performance of Your duties;
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(c) |
commit a serious or persistent breach of Company policy (including but not limited to a serious or persistent beach of the Code of Conduct);
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(d) |
commit a serious or persistent breach of this agreement;
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(e) |
refuse to carry out lawful and reasonable instructions of the Company;
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(f) |
commit an act, whether at work or otherwise, which brings the Company into disrepute; or
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(g) |
are charged with an offence punishable by imprisonment.
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8.7 |
Suspension
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(a) |
suspend You from performing the duties and responsibilities of the Position for a period determined by the Company;
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(b) |
direct You not to attend the workplace, communicate with fellow employees, customers, suppliers or clients of the Company or any other persons involved in the conduct which is being investigated, or otherwise interfere with the conduct
of the investigation; and
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(c) |
appoint any person to conduct the investigation; and direct You to provide any assistance and answer any questions required for the investigation.
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8.8 |
Return of property
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8.9 |
Redundancy
|
8.10 |
Consideration for holding office
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9 |
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
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9.1 |
Definitions
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(a) |
‘Confidential Information’ means any Information which is confidential and not in the public domain (unless in the public domain because of a breach of confidentiality) including, but not limited to:
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(i) |
the business or affairs, financial information, Intellectual Property, and sales and marketing information of the Company or Group, or their respective customers or suppliers;
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(ii) |
information which is marked “confidential” or which is described or treated by the Company or Group as
confidential;
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(iii) |
information of a business sensitive nature; and
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(iv) |
trade secrets, research and confidential information and know-how of the Company, the Group, or their respective customers or suppliers.
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(b) |
‘Information’ means any information about the Group or its business (including, but not limited to, any idea, concept, process or know-how) which comes to Your notice in the course of Your employment or is generated by You in the course
of performing Your duties.
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9.2 |
Importance of Confidential Information
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(a) |
During Your employment with the Company You will acquire experience, Confidential Information, trade secrets, know-how and particular skills in the affairs, practices, customer requirements and trade connections of the Group.
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(b) |
Because of the importance to the Group of the knowledge and Confidential Information which You will acquire, the Company wishes to ensure that You do not take advantage of these matters for Your advantage or others to the detriment of
the Group and its businesses and in violation of its rights.
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9.3 |
Your obligations during employment
|
(a) |
required by law;
|
(b) |
made as part of the proper performance of Your duties; or
|
(c) |
agreed in writing by the Company.
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9.4 |
Your obligations after Your employment ends
|
(a) |
required by law; or
|
(b) |
agreed in writing by the Company.
|
9.5 |
Preventing disclosure
|
9.6 |
Implied term and survival of obligations
|
(a) |
To avoid doubt, this clause is not intended to limit any duty of fidelity owed by You and implied into Your employment agreement.
|
(b) |
Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends.
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10 |
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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10.1 |
Definition
|
10.2 |
Ownership
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(a) |
The Company owns all Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment.
|
(b) |
You must do all things necessary to ensure that the Company owns Intellectual Property that You create or contribute to during Your employment.
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10.3 |
Disclosure
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10.4 |
Survival of obligations
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11 |
MORAL RIGHTS
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(a) |
In this clause ‘Moral Rights’ means the right of attribution of authorship, the right not to have authorship falsely attributed and the right of integrity of authorship, as defined in the Copyright Act
1968 (Cth).
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(b) |
If You have Moral Rights in any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, You irrevocably consent to any act or omission by the Company which infringes those Moral Rights. You agree that Your consent extends to acts and omissions by
the Company’s licensees and successors in title, and You agree that Your consent is a genuine consent given under Part 9 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and has not been induced by duress or any
false or misleading statement.
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(c) |
Your obligations under this clause continue after Your employment ends.
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12 |
RESTRICTIONS DURING YOUR EMPLOYMENT
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12.1 |
Other business interests
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12.2 |
Shareholding
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13 |
RESTRICTIONS AFTER YOUR EMPLOYMENT ENDS
|
13.1 |
Restrictions
|
13.2 |
Consent
|
13.3 |
Restrictions reasonable and independent
|
(a) |
You will obtain Confidential Information during Your employment, the disclosure of which could materially harm the Group;
|
(b) |
You will develop influence over customers, directors, employees and/or contractors of the Group;
|
(c) |
the Post Employment Restraints are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Group’s Confidential Information, goodwill and relationships with its customers, directors, employees and contractors;
|
(d) |
You intend the restrictions to operate to the maximum extent;
|
(e) |
damages may be inadequate to protect the Group’s interests and the Group is entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief, or any other remedy, in any court; and
|
(f) |
the restrictions are separate, distinct and several, so that the unenforceability of any restriction does not affect the enforceability of the other restrictions.
|
13.4 |
Modification of restrictions
|
(a) |
are void as unreasonable for the protection of the Group’s interests; and
|
(b) |
would be valid if part of the wording was deleted or the period or area was reduced,
|
13.5 |
Obligations continue
|
14 |
COMPLIANCE AND APPROVALS
|
(a) |
The exercise of, or compliance with, any discretion, right or obligation under this agreement is subject to any required board or shareholder approvals, any necessary regulatory consent and compliance with the Company’s constitution and
all applicable laws.
|
(b) |
Notwithstanding any provision of this agreement, the Company is not required to pay or provide, or procure the payment or provision, of any payment or benefit to You which is not permitted by the provisions of Part 2D.2, Division 2 or
Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in the absence of shareholder approval. Any such payments or benefits must be reduced to ensure compliance with this clause and there is no obligation
on the Company to seek or obtain shareholder approval. In the event of overpayment, You must, on receiving written notice from the Company Secretary (or his or her nominee), immediately repay any monies or benefits specified in such
notice.
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(c) |
This clause 14 has effect regardless of any other provision of this agreement.
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15 |
GENERAL
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15.1 |
Governing law and jurisdiction
|
(a) |
This agreement is governed by the law in force in Governing law and jurisdiction in the Offer of Employment.
|
(b) |
Each party irrevocably submits to the non–exclusive jurisdiction of courts of the jurisdiction specified in the Offer of Employment .
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15.2 |
Entire agreement and no reliance
|
(a) |
This agreement states all the express terms of the agreement between the parties in respect of its subject matter. It supersedes all prior discussions, negotiations, understandings and agreements in respect of its subject matter.
|
(b) |
You acknowledge that in accepting employment with the Company You have not relied on any representations regarding Your employment made by the Company (or its agents or employees) other than matters expressly set out in this agreement.
|
(c) |
This agreement may only be amended by agreement in writing signed by both parties.
|
15.3 |
Legal advice
|
15.4 |
Counterparts
|
15.5 |
Benefit of this agreement
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15.6 |
Interpretation
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A reference to the ‘Group’ means the Company and each ‘related body corporate' as that expression is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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Headings and bold type are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this agreement.
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The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
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(d) |
Words of any gender include all genders.
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(e) |
Other parts of speech and grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined in this agreement have a corresponding meaning.
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An expression importing a person includes any company, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other body corporate and any government agency as well as an individual.
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(g) |
A reference to a clause, party, schedule, attachment or exhibit is a reference to a clause of, and a party, schedule, attachment or exhibit to, this agreement.
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A reference to any legislation includes all delegated legislation made under it and amendments, consolidations, replacements or re–enactments of any of them.
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No provision of this agreement will be construed adversely to a party because that party was responsible for the preparation of this agreement or that provision.
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Specifying anything in this agreement after the words ‘include’ or ‘for example’ or similar expressions does not limit what else is included.
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This agreement includes any schedule.
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/s/ Christian Behrenbruch |
Christian BEHRENBRUCH | 18-Dec-23 | ||
Signature of authorised representative
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Name of authorised representative | Date | ||
/s/ Meredith Crowe |
Meredith Crowe | 18-Dec-23 | ||
Signature of witness | Name of witness |
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/s/ David Cade |
19-Dec-23 | |
Signature of David Cade |
Date | |
/s/ Sharon Brewster |
20-Dec-23 | |
Signature of witness |
Name of witness (please print) | |
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Telix Pharmaceuticals (Corporate) Pty Ltd
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Registered in Australia under A.C.N. 666 576 343
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Registered Address: Level 4, 55 Flemington Road, | |
North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051, Australia | |
www.telixpharma.com
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Key Details
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1. Position Title
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Group Chief Medical Officer
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2. Employment Type
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Full-time
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3. Contract Type
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Permanent
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4. Employment Dates
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Start Date: Jan 01, 2024
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5. Contracted Hours
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37.5 (1.0 FTE)
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6. Location
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7.01, 10 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000
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7. Key Activities
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Refer to attached Position Description
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8. Manager
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Managing Director & Group CEO
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9. Total Remuneration
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(a) base salary of $490,000 AUD per annum; plus
(b) compulsory superannuation contributions paid by the Company for Your benefit,
but does not include any payroll tax or workers’ compensation insurance paid by the Company in respect of Your employment.
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10. Payment Frequency
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Monthly
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11. Short Term Variable Remuneration (STVR)
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You may be eligible to receive an STVR of up to 35% of your base salary, subject to the terms set out in the Employment Agreement. Whether the payment is made and the amount of any
payment is in the absolute discretion of the Board and the Company.
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12. Long Term Variable Remuneration (LTVR)
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At the discretion of Telix Pharmaceuticals and subject to all relevant terms from your original employment agreement and LTVR letters issued to you, your long-term incentive may be up to
60% of your base salary.
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13. Employee Notice Period
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4 months’ notice
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Registered in Australia under A.C.N. 666 576 343
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Registered Address: Level 4, 55 Flemington Road, | |
North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051, Australia | |
www.telixpharma.com
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Key Details
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14. Employer Notice Period
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4 months’ notice
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15. Post Employment Restraints
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(a) No competing with the Group
Unless the Company provides prior written consent, You must not (whether directly or indirectly) during the Restricted Period (explained below) and in the Restricted Area (also explained below) carry on, be
employed by or engaged or otherwise interested in any Competitive Business (being any business that competes with the Group during the period of 3 months preceding the End Date, or during the Restricted Period) to provide products or
services which are the same as or similar to those You provided to the Company at any time within the 3 months immediately preceding the date on which Your employment ends.
(b) No inducing employees or contractors to leave the Group
You must not during the Restricted Period and in the Restricted Area induce or attempt to induce any director, employee or contractor of the Group with whom You had work related dealings during the 3 months
preceding the date on which Your employment ends to terminate his or her employment or engagement with the Group, whether or not that person would commit a breach of that person’s contract of employment or engagement.
(c) No persuading the Group’s customer to cease or reduce business
You must not during the Restricted Period and in the Restricted Area solicit or persuade any customer of the Group with whom You had work related dealings during the 3 months preceding the date on which Your
employment ends to cease doing business with the Group or reduce the amount of business which the person would normally do, or otherwise have done, with the Group.
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16. Restricted Area
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(a) Australia; or if a Court finds that unenforceable
(b) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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17. Restricted Period
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The period of 6 months starting on the End Date; or if a Court finds that unenforceable.
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18. Governing law and jurisdiction
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Victoria, Australia
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19. Review Date
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Your Total Remuneration package will be reviewed annually as part of the Company's remuneration review process. In undertaking this review, the Company may have regard to any matter in its absolute
discretion. This review will not necessarily lead to an increase in Your Total Remuneration.
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Registered in Australia under A.C.N. 666 576 343
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www.telixpharma.com
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/s/ Christian Behrenbruch |
Christian BEHRENBRUCH | 18-Dec-23 | ||
Signature of authorised representative
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Name of authorised representative | Date | ||
/s/ Meredith Crowe |
Meredith Crowe | 18-Dec-23 | ||
Signature of witness | Name of witness |
Date | ||
/s/ David Cade |
19-Dec-23 | |
Signature of David Cade |
Date | |
/s/ Sharon Brewster |
20-Dec-23 | |
Signature of witness |
Name of witness (please print) | |
Exhibit 4.12
Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc. 11700 Exit 5 Pkwy Suite 200 Fishers, IN, 46037 USA |
3/5/2024
Darren Patti
1204 Cardinal Ln
Naperville, IL 60540
Dear Darren,
On behalf of Telix Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc. (“Telix”), I am pleased to offer you a change in employment with our team, effective March 11, 2024, on the terms and conditions set forth in this letter (the “Offer Letter”).This Offer Letter is contingent on your satisfaction of the terms set forth below, and you should not take any action in reliance on this offer until you have satisfied these terms.
The terms of employment set forth in this Offer Letter replace and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, promises or contracts between you and Telix regarding your employment, including without limitation any prior offer letters, employment agreements, emails, or letters to you from Telix representatives that predate this Offer Letter.
Position and Duties. Your job title and position will be Group Chief Operating Officer, a full time, exempt position reporting to: Managing Director & Group CEO. Your primary responsibilities can be found in the attached position description. Telix may modify your job title, work location, duties, and responsibilities from time to time as it deems necessary.
Base Salary. Your starting annual base salary will be $360,000.00 USD, payable in accordance with Telix’s normal payroll procedures. Your salary and performance will be reviewed periodically, and your salary may be increased or decreased in connection with any such review.
Long Term and Short Term Variable Remuneration. You will be eligible to participate in any Long Term and Short Term variable remuneration opportunities, subject to the terms of such plans. You will be eligible to receive an annual short-term variable remuneration (STVR) bonus payment of up to 35% of your base remuneration for performance against objectives. The STVR may be paid in cash or equity at the Board’s discretion. You will be eligible for long-term variable remuneration equal to 60% of your base remuneration, typically issued as Performance Share Appreciation Rights (PSARs). PSARs vest over a three-year period and are contingent on the achievement of key commercial and corporate objectives. LTVR rights are granted annually as a standard component of executive pay. Your participation in the plan, and all benefits under the plan, are at the absolute discretion of the Company and are subject to the rules of the plan.
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Paid Time Off. You will be eligible to receive 20 days of paid time off (“PTO”) each year and 5 paid sick days each year, in accordance with Telix’s PTO policy in effect for your work location. This will be pro-rated based on your date of hire for your first year. Your eligibility and entitlement to PTO benefits will be governed by the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, except that PTO benefits may be used for any purpose and in the manner authorized by all paid sick leave laws or ordinances that apply to your employment. The PTO policy is subject to change or discontinuation at any time.
Employee Benefit Plans. Telix currently maintains medical, dental and vision employee benefit plans and offers a 401(k) plan with an employer match. During your employment, you will be eligible to participate in the employee benefit and insurance plans maintained by Telix for similarly situated employees, subject to the terms and conditions of the plans, as in effect from time to time. You also will be eligible to receive certain perquisites offered by Telix to employees, including fitness, transportation, cell phone expenses, and home Internet. Please note that Telix’s employee perquisites and benefit plans are subject to change or discontinuation and that your participation in each plan is governed by the specific terms of the plan. Additional information about our benefit plans will be provided to you via separate cover.
At Will Employment. Your employment with Telix is and shall at all times be at-will, meaning that your employment is not guaranteed for any specified time period, that either Telix or you may terminate your employment at any time for any reason, with or without cause, and with or without advance notice, and that Telix may modify your job title, work location, duties and responsibilities from time to time as it deems necessary. The at-will nature of your employment cannot be changed except through a writing signed by both you and Telix’s Chief Executive Officer.
Withholding. Telix will withhold federal, state and local income, employment or other taxes as required by applicable law from all compensation or benefits paid to you in connection with your employment.
Compliance with Laws & Company Policies. As an employee of Telix, you will be expected to comply with all laws applicable to the performance of your duties and responsibilities to Telix. You will also be expected to comply with Telix’s personnel and other policies.
Confidential Information, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Restrictive Covenant Agreement. As a condition of your employment with Telix, you must read, agree to, and sign the Confidential Information, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) enclosed with this Offer Letter.
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Entire Agreement; No Other Promises. This Offer Letter, in conjunction with the Confidentiality Agreement, and the Joining incentive letter, contain the entire agreement between you and Telix concerning the terms and conditions of employment and replaces, supersedes, and cancels all prior agreements, commitments, and understandings, whether spoken or written, that Telix may have made in connection with your employment. No commitments affecting the terms of your employment or altering your employment status are binding on Telix unless contained in a writing signed by both you and Telix’s Chief Executive Officer. You also acknowledge that the agreement concerning the terms of your employment set forth in this Offer Letter is intended as written, and that no marginal notations or other revisions to this Offer Letter, or the Confidentiality Agreement, are binding on Telix unless Telix’s Chief Executive Officer expressly consents in writing to the revision. You acknowledge that in deciding to accept employment with Telix after the date of this Offer Letter, you have not relied on any promises, commitments, statements, or representations, whether spoken or in writing, made to you by any Telix representative, except for what is expressly stated in this letter and in the Confidentiality Agreement.
Other Terms. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Letter or your employment with Telix shall be construed, governed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Indiana or jurisdiction in which you primarily rendered services as an employee of Telix, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
We look forward to our employment relationship with you. Please sign and date this letter below to indicate your acknowledgement and understanding of the terms contained in this letter within 3 days of receipt. The offer of employment will expire if not accepted by that time. If you have any questions, please contact your Talent Acquisition Representative.
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Executed as an agreement
COMPANY EXECUTED by TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US) INC. by:
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/s/ Kris King Signature of People & Culture Representative
/s/ Chris Behrenbruch Signature of Hiring Manager
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Kris King
Director, P&C Americas
Chris Behrenbruch
Managing Director & Group CEO
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YOU EXECUTED by:
/s/ Darren Patti Darren Patti
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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT, AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AGREEMENT
As a condition of my employment with Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc. (the “Company” or “Employer”), and in consideration of my employment with the Company and my receipt of the compensation and benefits paid to me by the Company, I agree to the terms and conditions of this Confidential Information, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). In this course of my employment, I will be provided with and learn confidential information regarding the Company’s (as defined below in Section 1), and its customers, and/or will establish, maintain and improve knowledge of or relationships or goodwill with the Company’s customers, or will learn the Company’s Trade Secrets or Confidential Information (as such terms are defined below); I acknowledge the Company will not employ or may not continue to employ me in my current position if I do not accept the terms outlined herein:
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1. | Non-Disclosure and Non-Use of Confidential Information and Ownership of Intellectual Property. |
(a) I acknowledge that, during the course of my employment, I will have access to information about the Company and its respective parent companies and direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the “Company Group”) and that my employment with the Company shall bring me into close contact with confidential and proprietary information of the Company Group. In recognition of the foregoing, I agree, at all times during the term of my employment with the Company (the “Employment Period”) and for three years after my Termination Date to hold in confidence, and not to use, except for the benefit of the Company Group, or to disclose to any Person (as defined below) except as required in the performance of my authorized duties to the Company or with written authorization of the Company, any Confidential Information that I obtain or create in the course of my employment. I further agree not to make copies of such Confidential Information except as required in the performance of my authorized duties to the Company or as authorized by the Company. I understand that “Confidential Information” means all information heretofore or hereafter developed or used by the Company Group (whether or not reduced to written, electronic, magnetic or other tangible form) to which I had access during the course of my employment with the Company Group and which is proprietary to the Company Group and not disclosed to the public by the Company Group in the ordinary course of its business or which relates to any third party for which the Company Group is under an obligation to keep such information confidential, concerning the research, product development, products, operations, marketing and business plans, activities, consultants, licensors, licensees, customers, or business affairs of the Company Group, or the Company Group’s licensees, distributors, business partners or customers, including, without limitation: (A) all information concerning Trade Secrets of the Company Group, including data lists, directories, computer programs, system documentation, special hardware, product hardware, related software development, computer systems, source code, object code, manuals, formulae, processes, methods, machines, compositions, ideas, improvements or inventions; (B) all sales and financial information concerning the Company Group; (C) all customer information, customer lists, or customer preferences or requirements; (D) all Company Group strategy, research activities, data, technology, methodologies, techniques, distribution plans, contractual arrangements, profits, sales, price lists, pricing policies, operational methods, technical processes, other business affairs and methods, plans for future developments and other technical and business information relating to the business of the Company Group and their business partners or customers and all trademarks, domain names, copyrights and patents and applications thereof, all inventions, processes, studies, reports, research records, market surveys and know-how and technical papers; (E) all information in any way concerning the business or affairs of the Company Group’s affiliates, suppliers, business partners or customers which was furnished to me by the Company Group, suppliers, business partners or customers or otherwise discovered by me during my employment with the Company; and (F) any document marked “confidential” or any information which I have been advised is confidential or which might reasonably be expected to be regarded as confidential or any information which has been given to the Company Group in confidence by customers, suppliers or other persons. “Trade Secret” means a Trade Secret as that term is defined under Illinois law and under the Economic Espionage of 1996 and the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, and their amendments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include (i) any of the foregoing items that have become publicly and widely known through no unauthorized disclosure by me or others who were under confidentiality obligations as to the item or items involved or (ii) any information that I am required to disclose to, or by, any governmental or judicial authority; provided, however, that in such event I will give the Company prompt written notice thereof so that the Company Group may seek an appropriate protective order and/or waive in writing compliance with the confidentiality provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement.
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(b) Nothing in this Confidentiality Agreement shall prohibit or impede me (or my attorney) from responding to any inquiry about the Agreement or its underlying facts and circumstances by a U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”), or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal or state law or regulation. In addition, nothing in this Confidentiality Agreement prohibits me from reporting possible violations of federal, state or local law to any governmental agency or entity. I understand and acknowledge that I do not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and that I am not required to notify the Company that I have made such reports or disclosures. In addition, nothing in this Confidentiality Agreement is intended to interfere with any rights I may have under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Confidentiality Agreement to the contrary, I understand that I may, pursuant to the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”), without informing the Company prior to any such disclosure, disclose Confidential Information (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, without informing the Company prior to any such disclosure, if I file a lawsuit against the Company for retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of law, I may, pursuant to the DTSA, disclose Confidential Information to my attorney and use the Confidential Information in the court proceeding or arbitration, provided that I file any document containing the Confidential Information under seal and does not otherwise disclose the Confidential Information, except pursuant to court order. Without prior authorization of the Company, however, the Company does not authorize me to disclose to any third party (including any government official or any attorney I may retain) any communications that are covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege.
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2. | Assignment of Intellectual Property |
I agree to assign, and [as provided under applicable law], I hereby assign, to the Company irrevocably and unconditionally, all of my rights, title, and interest in and to (1) any and all technology, discoveries, inventions and improvements, whether patentable or not, creations, developments, reductions to practice, designs, processes, methods, techniques, practices, works of authorship and other works, whether copyrightable or not, documentation, know-how, show-how, software, source code, object code, other code, systems, data, database, devices, products, prototypes, specifications, applications, implementations, conceptions, ideas, and information in any form and format (individually and collectively, “Intellectual Property”) made, developed, acquired, obtained, conceived, or suggested, whether by me alone or with other(s), directly or indirectly, (i) relating to the Company’s business, whether existing, coming into existence, or contemplated, or the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development (whether during or after the end of my employment with or engagement by the Company), or (ii) in the course of, as a result of, during the hours or time of, or in connection with my employment or engagement by, or other performance for, the Company, or (iii) based on, including, resulting from, or with the use of any Intellectual Property, or any equipment, supplies, tools, materials, or other personal property, funds, other resources, facility, or location, belonging to, owned by, or provided, made available or accessible, or obtained or received from the Company (whether during or after the end of my employment with or engagement by the Company), or (iv) is any derivative work, improvement, modification, adaptation, translation, transliteration, or derivative of any Property owned or licensed by the Company (whether during or after the end of my employment with or engagement by the Company) (all collectively and each individually, “Resulting Property”) and (2) any and all patents, patent applications, patent rights, and utility models, all copyrights, all mask work rights, all trade secrets, all trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, and domain names, and all goodwill related thereto, all database rights, and all other intellectual property rights, whether recognized now or in the future, and any registration or application for any of the foregoing, and all rights and remedies related to any infringement or misappropriation of any of the foregoing, whether based on any past, present, or future event, all anywhere in the world, whether existing now or coming into existence in the future (“IP Rights”) in and to any Resulting Property (“Resulting IP Rights”). I will provide to the Company any Resulting Property promptly after making, developing, acquiring, or conception such Resulting Property, and at any time upon the Company’s request, during or after my employment with the Company. This includes, but is not limited to, providing all documentation, material, and files including or manifesting the Resulting Property. For the avoidance of doubt, and as required by applicable law , I am not required to assign or offer to assign to the Company any of my rights in an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on my own time, unless (aa) the invention relates (I) to the business of the Company, or (II) to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (bb) the invention results from any work I performed for the Company. To the extent that any Resulting Property includes, is based on, or derivative of any Property of mine not assigned to the Company, or that I have any IP Rights not assigned to the Company, I hereby grant to the Company a non-exclusive, perpetual, non-terminable, irrevocable, worldwide right and license, free of any royalty, fee, or other payment or payment obligation, to use, utilize, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works, improvements, and derivations from, display, perform, and exploit such Property as part of or related to such Resulting Property, and under all of my current and future IP Rights, to use, utilize, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works, improvements, and derivations from, display, perform, and exploit any Resulting Property, which right and license is directly and indirectly sublicensable and is assignable and transferable in connection with any license, assignment, or transfer of any Resulting Property or any Resulting IP Rights. Without the Company’s express prior written consent, I shall not include any Property of a third party, or base on or derive from any Property of a third party, any Resulting Property. Upon and as requested by the Company, I will execute or cause to be executed such documents and agreements and take such other action (including, without limitation, providing any information and documents, executing any documents and affidavits, providing any testimony, and/or rendering any other assistance) as may be desirable in the Company’s opinion to effect any assignment and grant under this Section 2, or to file any application for, prosecute, secure, perfect, and obtain registrations for any Resulting IP Rights, or to otherwise fully effect and implement the provisions in this Section 2. All of my assignments, grants, obligations, and performance under this Section 2 is in consideration of my compensation and benefits provided by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company has the sole right, as decided in its discretion, to exercise, enforce, and exploit any Resulting IP Rights and use, utilize, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works, improvements, and derivations from, display, perform, and exploit any Resulting Property, without any payment or obligation to pay any royalty, fee, or other amount or value related thereto. The Company solely owns and retains, and does not assign, transfer, convey, or grant, expressly or implicitly, any right, license, lien, or claim to me, in or to or under any right, title, or interest in or to any Resulting Property, any Resulting IP Rights, or any other Property or IP Rights owned, licensed, or belonging to the Company or any part of the Company Group.
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3. | Restrictive Covenants and Duty of Loyalty. |
(a) Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the Employment Period and the Restricted Period, I shall not, directly or indirectly for my own account or for the account of any other Person (other than for the benefit of the Company Group), from any location, directly or indirectly, for my own benefit or for the benefit of any other person, company, business entity or other organization, for pay or otherwise, solicit, serve, or participate in soliciting or serving, any customer or prospective customer:
(i) with whom I had contact or dealings on behalf of the Company Group during the two (2) years immediately preceding the Termination Date; or
(ii) for whom I was in a customer management capacity on behalf of the Company Group; or
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(iii) about which I learned Confidential Information, in each case for the purpose of competing with the Company or Company Group in the Restricted Area.
(b) Non-Solicitation of Employees. During the Employment Period and the Restricted Period, I shall not, directly or indirectly, for my own benefit or for the benefit of any other person, whether as an owner, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant, or in any other capacity, whether for pay or otherwise:
(i) induce, solicit, entice or procure, any current or former Company employee to leave the employment of the Company or the Company Group, where that person is an employee of the Company or the Company Group on the Termination Date; or
(ii) be personally involved to a material extent in: (i) accepting into employment or (ii) otherwise engaging or using the services of, any person who is an employee of the Company or an affiliate of the Company on the Termination Date.
(c) Non-Competition
(i) During the Employment Period, I shall not directly or indirectly, alone or in association with or on behalf of any other Person, carry on, be employed by, or engaged or otherwise interested in, for a Competitive Business.
(ii) During the Restricted Period, I shall not, within the Restricted Area, directly or indirectly, alone or in association with or on behalf of any other Person; (A) carry on; (B) be employed by; (C) be engaged or otherwise interested in; or (D) perform or provide services for a Competitive Business.
(d) Duty of Loyalty.
(i) During employment with the Company, I shall owe the Company an undivided duty of loyalty and shall take no action adverse to that duty of loyalty. My duty of loyalty to the Company includes a duty to promptly disclose to the Company any information that might cause the Company to take or refrain from taking any action or which otherwise might cause the Company to alter its behavior.
(ii) I acknowledge that, in the event of an end of my employment with the Company, for any reason and at any time, I will be able to earn a livelihood without violating the provisions of this Agreement. The Company and I acknowledge that my rights have been limited only to the extent reasonably necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate interests. However, if I believe in good faith that the restrictions in this Agreement will prevent me from obtaining a new job, I may notify the Company in writing, providing reasonable details about the proposed responsibilities of the new job (without disclosing another person’s confidential information). I will discuss with the Company whether appropriate accommodations can be made to protect the Company’s interests while allowing me to take the new job. The Company shall be under no obligation to modify the restrictions in this Agreement, but may do so in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, I shall provide at least four (4) weeks written notice to the Company at any time that I decide to (a) terminate employment with the Company or (b) enter into competition with the Company or (c) to enter into competition with Company Group where I had access to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets or customer relationships. The Company may decide at such time to limit, suspend, or terminate my employment or access to Confidential Information or customer relationships. If for any reason I cannot, despite using my best efforts, provide four (4) weeks’ notice prior to accepting any such position, I agree to provide four (4) weeks’ notice prior to commencing that new position. I acknowledge that a four (4) weeks’ notice period is appropriate and necessary to permit the Company to determine whether, in its view, my proposed new position could lead to a violation of this Agreement, and I agree to provide the Company with such information (except that I need not provide any information that would constitute confidential or trade secret information of any third party). During the notice period required under this Section 3(d)(ii), the Company may choose, in its sole discretion, to limit my duties in their position with the Company and to restrict my access to the Company’s premises, systems and employees.
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4. | Definitions. |
For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement:
(a) “Competitive Business” means (i) any business involved in the development, pre- clinical or clinical, and/or the commercialization of Radiopharmaceuticals for imaging or therapy for urologic and brain indications) to provide products or services which are the same as or similar to those I provided to the Company at any time within the 6 months immediately preceding my Termination Date; any business that develops, manufactures, produces, markets, sells or distributes any products or provides any services of the kind (x) developed, under development, manufactured, produced, marketed, sold, distributed or provided by the Company Group at the time of my Termination Date, or in which the Company Group was engaged during the two (2) years preceding my Termination Date, or (y) in which the Company Group has plans to engage at the time of my Termination Date or (iii) otherwise engaging in business activity that is competitive with products or services provided by the Company Group at any time during the twelve (12) months preceding my Termination Date.
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(b) “Person” shall mean any individual or natural person, partnership (including a limited liability partnership), corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or governmental authority, who is not a party to this Confidentiality Agreement.
(c) “Restricted Area” means the greater of :(i) the United States of America; Australia, United Kingdom and the European Union; (ii) states, provinces or territories within the United States of America or other countries in which I, or one or more other Company employees or Company Group business units managed or directed by me (a) provided products or services on behalf of the Company or Company Group; (b) sold or solicited the sale of products and services on behalf of the Company or Company Group; (c) provided products or services designed , developed, tested or produced by me (either individually or in collaboration with other Company Group employees), or by one or more other Company Group employees or business units managed by me in the twenty-four (24) month period immediately preceding my Termination Date; or (iii) the United States of America.
(d) “Restricted Period” means a period of six (6) months after my Termination Date. The Restricted Period will be extended beyond six (6) months up to a maximum of twelve months if I have breached a fiduciary duty to the Company or have unlawfully taken, physically or electronically, property belonging to the Company Group.
(e) “Termination Date” shall mean the date that my employment with the Company terminates.
5. | Reasonableness of Restrictions. |
I acknowledge and recognize the highly competitive nature of the Company Group’s business, that access to Confidential Information renders me special and unique within the Company Group’s industry, and that I will have the opportunity to develop substantial relationships with existing and prospective clients, accounts, customers, consultants, contractors, investors, and strategic partners of the Company Group during the course of and as a result of my employment with the Employer. In light of the foregoing, I recognize and acknowledge that the restrictions and limitations set forth in this Confidentiality Agreement are reasonable and valid in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects and are essential to protect the value of the business and assets of the Company Group, and that the Company would not employ me but for my agreements herein. I further acknowledge that the restrictions and limitations set forth in this Confidentiality Agreement will not materially interfere with my ability to earn a living following the termination of my employment with the Employer and that my ability to earn a livelihood without violating such restrictions is a material condition to my employment with the Employer.
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6. | Independence; Severability; Blue Pencil. |
Each of the rights enumerated in this Confidentiality Agreement shall be independent of the others and shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other rights and remedies available to the Company Group at law or in equity. If any of the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement or any part of any of them is hereafter construed or adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the remainder of this Confidentiality Agreement, which shall be given full effect without regard to the invalid portions. If any of the covenants contained herein are held to be invalid or unenforceable because of the duration of such provisions or the area or scope covered thereby, I agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration, scope, and/or area of such provision to the maximum and/or broadest duration, scope, and/or area permissible by law, and in its reduced form said provision shall then be enforceable.
7. | Injunctive Relief. |
I expressly acknowledge that any breach or threatened breach of any of the terms and/or conditions set forth in this Confidentiality Agreement may result in substantial, continuing, and irreparable injury to the members of the Company Group. Therefore, I hereby agree that, in addition to any other remedy that may be available to the Company, any member of the Company Group shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, specific performance, or other equitable relief (without the requirement to post bond) by a court of appropriate jurisdiction in the event of any breach or threatened breach of the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement without the necessity of proving irreparable harm or injury as a result of such breach or threatened breach. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, I acknowledge and agree that the Post-Termination Restricted Period shall be tolled during any period of violation of any of the covenants in Section 3 hereof and during any other period required for litigation during which the Company or any other member of the Company Group seeks to enforce such covenants against me if it is ultimately determined that I was in breach of such covenants.
8. | General Provisions. |
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Confidentiality Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its principles of conflict of laws. Any litigation regarding this Confidentiality Agreement must be brought in the state courts or, if federal jurisdiction is appropriate, the federal courts of Illinois (collectively, the “Illinois Courts”). The parties agree that jurisdiction and venue are proper in the Illinois Courts and waive any objection thereto.
(b) Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND MY OFFER LETTER.
(c) Entire Agreement. This Confidentiality Agreement and my Offer Letter set forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and me relating to the subject matter herein and therein and merges all prior discussions between us. No modification or amendment to this Confidentiality Agreement, nor any waiver of any rights under this Confidentiality Agreement, will be effective unless in writing signed by the party to be charged. Any subsequent change or changes in my duties, obligations, rights, or compensation will not affect the validity or scope of Confidentiality Agreement.
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(d) Successors and Assigns. This Confidentiality Agreement will be binding upon my heirs, executors, administrators, and other legal representatives and will be for the benefit of the Company, its successors, and its assigns. I expressly acknowledge and agree that this Confidentiality Agreement may be assigned by the Company without my consent to any other member of the Company Group as well as any purchaser of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Company or Company Group, whether by purchase, merger, or other similar corporate transaction.
(e) Survival. The provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the termination of my employment with the Employer and/or the assignment of this Confidentiality Agreement by the Company to any successor in interest or other assignee.
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[signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Confidentiality Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
Telix Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. | ||
Date: March 5, 2024 | ||
Name: | Kris King /s/ Kris King | |
Title: | /s/ Director P&C - Americas | |
[EMPLOYEE] | ||
/s/ Darren Patti |
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APPENDIX A
This Appendix A modifies the Confidential Information, Intellectual Property Assignment, and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) entered into between the Company and me, and is incorporated into and is part of that Confidentiality Agreement.
California:
If I primarily reside and work for the Company in California, then:
(a) The post-employment restrictive covenants in Sections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c)(ii) and Section 3(d)(ii) shall not apply to me. However, conduct involving misappropriation of Company trade secrets will remain prohibited and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit or eliminate any rights or remedies the Company would have against me under trade secret law, unfair competition law, or other laws applicable in California absent this Agreement.
(b) No provision in this Agreement requires me to assign any of my rights to an invention if that invention qualifies for exclusion under California Labor Code § 2870, which may be amended from time to time and which is incorporated by reference herein. The text of such code states:
(i) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either: (A) relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or (B) result from any work performed by the employee for the employer, (ii) to the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (i), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.
(c) All disputes arising from my employment or this Agreement shall be adjudicated in California.
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Colorado:
If my relationship with the Company is such that a court of competent jurisdiction would apply the law of Colorado to interpret this Agreement: If I do not qualify as executive or management personnel, an officer, or an employee who constitutes professional staff to executive and management personnel within the meaning of § 8-2-113(2)(d) of Colorado Revised Statutes § 8-2-113, et. seq. (the “Colorado Noncompete Act”), its successor statutes and interpretive case law, then: the post-employment restrictions in Sections 3(a), 3(b), and 3(c) will not apply to me. However, conduct involving misappropriation of Company trade secrets or Confidential Information will remain prohibited as provided in the Confidentiality Agreement and nothing in this Confidentiality Agreement shall be construed to limit or eliminate any rights or remedies the Company would have against me under trade secret law, unfair competition law, or other laws applicable in Colorado.
Florida:
If Florida law controls, then: I acknowledge and understand that my employment with the Company gives me access to and knowledge of Confidential Information and places me in a position of trust and confidence with the Company Group. I also acknowledge and understand that the Company Group’s ability to reserve its Confidential Information for the exclusive knowledge and use of the Company Group is of great competitive importance and commercial value to the Company Group, and that improper use or disclosure of this information by me is likely to result in unfair or unlawful competitive activity. I further acknowledge and understand that the restrictive covenants in this Agreement are necessary to protect these legitimate business interests of the Company Group.
Georgia:
If Georgia law controls then: The definition of the Restricted Area referred to in the Agreement shall be understood to be the territory where I (the employee) am working at the time of termination and I stipulate that the provisions of the Agreement provide me with adequate means to reasonably determine the maximum scope of the restraints placed upon me at the time of my employment termination. The definition of Confidential Information shall exclude data or information (A) which has been voluntarily disclosed to the public by the Company, except where such public disclosure has been made by me or another employee without authorization from the Company; (B) which has been independently developed and disclosed by others; or (C) which has otherwise entered the public domain through lawful means.
Illinois:
If Illinois law controls then: The restrictive covenant in Section 3(c) will not apply to me if I am paid $13.00 per hour or less.
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Massachusetts:
If Massachusetts law controls then: If I breach the non-compete covenant in Section 3(c) and also breach my fiduciary duty to the Company and/or I have unlawfully taken, physically or electronically, any Company Confidential Information, then the Restricted Period shall be extended to a period of two (2) years from the Termination Date. Further, the covenant in Section 3(c) will not apply to me if my employment is terminated without cause or if I am terminated as part of a reduction in force. For purposes of the foregoing test only, “cause” to terminate my employment will exist if the Company concludes I have (i) committed, admitted committing, or plead guilty to a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, fraud, theft, misappropriation, or dishonesty, (ii) violated a material term of this Agreement or Company policy, (iii) engaged in insubordination, or failed or refused to perform assigned duties of my position despite reasonable opportunity to perform, (iv) failed to exercise reasonable care and diligence in the exercise my duties for the Company, or (iv) engaged in conduct or omissions that I knew, or should have known (with the exercise of reasonable care), would cause, or be likely to cause, harm to the Company or its reputation in the business community. If I am being initially hired by the Company I confirm that I received a copy of this Agreement prior to receiving a formal offer of employment from the Company or at least ten (10) business days before commencement of my employment, whichever came first; and if I was already employed by the Company at the time of signing this Agreement, I confirm that I was provided a copy of this Agreement at least ten (10) business days before the effective date. I acknowledge and agree that I have received fair and reasonable consideration in exchange for my post-employment non-competition covenant. The covenant in Section 3(c) shall not apply to me post-employment if I am classified as non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 18 years or younger, or an undergraduate or graduate student in an internship or other short-term employment relationship while enrolled in college or graduate school.
Texas:
If Texas law controls then: The restrictive covenant in Section 3(c) shall not apply to any Competitive Business with whom I had no contact or dealings on behalf of the Company Group during the two (2) years immediately preceding the Termination Date.
Virginia:
If Virginia law controls then: The restrictive covenant in Section 3(c) will not apply to me if I am a low-wage employee, as that term is defined in 40.1-28.7:8 of the Virginia Code.
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Washington:
If Washington law controls then: The post-employment restrictive covenant in Section 3(c) will not be or become enforceable against me unless or until my earnings from the Company, when annualized, exceed one hundred thousand dollars per year ($100,000/yr) or the then inflation-adjusted equivalent in accordance with the requirements of Washington Noncompete Act (Chapter of Title 49 RCW enacting ESHB 1450 of the 66th Legislature, 2019 Regular Session) (the “Washington Act”). In the event my employment is terminated as a result of a layoff, the post-employment restrictive covenant in Section 3(c) will not be enforced by the Company unless the Company agrees at the time of my layoff to provide me with the payments required by the Washington Act to keep the obligation under Section 3(c)(ii) in effect. I further confirm that I was given ten (10) business days to consider this Agreement before accepting it, and if I am a newly hired employee, I was given advance notice of the terms of this Agreement prior to accepting the Company’s offer of employment.
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Exhibit 4.13
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369 55 Flemington Road North Melbourne Victoria, 3051 Australia |
[date]
Private and Confidential
[Director name and
postal address details]
Via email: [Director email]
Dear [Director name]
Confirmation of appointment as Non-Executive Director
The Board of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369 (Company) is pleased to confirm your appointment as a non-executive director of the Company on the terms set out below. You will also be a member of the [insert Committee(s)], which is a standing committee of the Board.
As we have discussed, this confirmation of appointment is subject to completion of satisfactory referral and probity checks, which we expect to be concluded by [date].
Appointment
1 | Your appointment as a director is and will be governed by the constitution of the Company, the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth), as well as the Listing Rules of ASX Limited (Listing Rules). A copy of the Company’s constitution is attached to this letter as Annexure A and can also be found on our website www.telixpharma.com. |
2 | We propose that your appointment commence on [date], subject to the checks referred to above. In accordance with the Company’s constitution, you will be required to stand for election by the shareholders of the Company at the [date] Annual General Meeting (scheduled for [date]). We will share a draft ASX announcement for your approval. |
3 | You will cease to hold office as a director at any time that you resign by written notice to the Company; and/ or in accordance with the law or the Company’s constitution. |
Remuneration and expenses
4 | Your annual remuneration in respect of your duties is as follows: |
(a) | Main Board Fee: A$xxx per annum (inclusive of statutory superannuation if applicable). |
(b) | Committee fee - Member of [Committee]: A$xxx. |
5 | Fees are paid monthly. |
6 | Main Board, Committee fees and other applicable fees may be amended or reviewed and determined by the Board from time to time. |
7 | In addition to your annual remuneration, the Company will reimburse you for all reasonable expenses incurred as a result of your position as a director on the Board (including travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by you in attending and returning from Board meetings or any committee of the Board or general meetings of the Company). |
8 | The Company will be required to withhold certain taxes from your remuneration. [As a xxx resident receiving remuneration from an Australian company, you will be required to complete an Australian tax return each year. You will receive separate advice on this matter and the Company will cover the costs of completing your annual Australian income tax return filing] [as applicable]. |
Meeting Schedule
9 | I have attached as Annexure B a schedule of board, committee and operational briefings for [year(s)]. |
Notification of interests
10 | You are expected to be sensitive to conflicts of interest or duty that may arise and be mindful of your fiduciary obligations. |
11 | You are required to: |
(a) | disclose to the Board any actual or potential conflict of interest or duty that might reasonably be thought to exist as soon as the situation arises; |
(b) | take necessary and reasonable action to resolve or avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or duty; and |
(c) | comply with the Corporations Act and the Company’s constitution in relation to disclosing material personal interests and restrictions on voting. |
12 | If a conflict exists, it is expected that you will leave the room when the Board is discussing any matter to which the conflict relates. |
13 | You are expected to inform the Board of any proposed appointment to the Board or executive of another company as soon as practicable. |
Notification of interests in securities
14 | In Australia we have strict legal rules prohibiting insider trading. The Company has a Securities Dealing Policy, attached as Annexure C, also available on our website www.telixpharma.com, which details when directors can trade in Telix shares. |
15 | The Company is required, under the Listing Rules of Australian Securities Exchange Limited (ASX), to disclose to ASX details of directors' interests in securities, and in contracts relevant to securities. The Company is also required to make such arrangements as are necessary with a director to ensure that the director discloses to the company all the information required by the Company to give ASX completed Appendices 3X (initial notice of interests), 3Y (change in director interests) and 3Z (Final Director’s Interest Notice) within the time period allowed by Listing Rule 3.19A. |
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16 | Acceptance of this appointment confirms your understanding and acceptance of your obligations to notify the Company in respect of your interests in securities and in contracts relevant to securities. |
17 | While at this time there is no minimum shareholding requirement for directors, I note that the independent directors have substantial holdings in Telix shares or options or share rights to acquire them. |
Qualifications
18 | To qualify for the office of director you must not be disqualified or suspended from managing a corporation and must otherwise be permitted by law to act as a director of a company. You are also required to have an Australian Director Identification Number (DIN). |
19 | In this regard, you have been provided with a Director Questionnaire and resources relating to the DIN. The Director Questionnaire will be completed, signed and returned prior to the commencement of your appointment. |
Indemnity, Insurance and Access to Company Documents
20 | The Company holds a comprehensive Directors and Officers Insurance Policy which is accessible at all times in the Board’s information portal, Diligent. A copy can be provided to you on request. |
21 | A Deed of Access, Insurance and Indemnity is in place for all directors of the Company. A personalised deed will be provided to you for execution prior to the commencement of your appointment. |
22 | Under Australian law, directors have a right of access to financial records and they may make copies of books (other than financial records) for the purpose of certain legal proceedings. This latter right continues for seven years after you cease to be a director of the Company. |
Powers and duties
23 | You are expected to attend and participate in Board meetings and meetings of committees on which you serve either in person or remotely by digital platforms. |
24 | You are expected to spend the time needed, and meet as often as necessary with the Board, to properly discharge your responsibilities. You are expected to review meeting materials before Board meetings and committee meetings. |
25 | You are encouraged to ask questions of, request information from, and raise any issue of concern with management. You are encouraged, where possible, to ask any questions and raise issues of concern before a meeting so that management is prepared to address them. |
26 | You must exercise independent judgment when making decisions. Publicly, you are expected to support the letter and spirit of Board decisions. |
27 | You must keep Board information, discussions, deliberations, and decisions that are not publicly known, confidential. |
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28 | You must comply with your legal duties when discharging your responsibilities as a director. Broadly, these duties are: |
(a) | to act in good faith and in the best interests of the Company; |
(b) | to act with care and diligence; |
(c) | to act for proper purposes; |
(d) | to avoid a conflict of interest or duty; and |
(e) | to refrain from making improper use of information gained through your position as a director or taking improper advantage of the position of director. |
Constitution Charters and Policies
29 | The Company has developed a range of charters and policies that govern the conduct of the directors and employees and set out the processes, values and standards of the Company in dealing with all stakeholders. You acknowledge that your conformity with these constitutions, charters and policies will be an element in any assessment of your performance as a director of the Company. I have asked our company secretary, Genevieve Ryan, to discuss with you how you can obtain access to these documents. Key documents are held on Diligent and available on our website www.telixpharma.com, and are accessible by all directors. |
30 | You are required to keep the Company informed of your interests in the Company’s securities, and comply with all laws and applicable policy and regulation, including the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules and the Company’s securities trading policy. |
Independent Advice
31 | You may seek independent professional advice, at the expense of the Company, on any matter connected with the discharge of your responsibilities provided that before the advice is obtained, you discuss the requirement for the advice with the Chairman of Directors. |
Confidentiality
32 | In addition to your obligations pursuant to the Constitution of the Company, the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules, both during and following the period of your appointment as a director of the Company, you will not disclose or use any confidential information of or relating to the Company except in the performance of your duties as a director of the Company. Confidential information includes board deliberations, company financial information, internal company reports, intellectual property and details of transactions or prospective transactions involving the Company, but does not include information available in the public domain. |
Performance review
33 | During your time as a director, your performance as a director (together with the performance of the Board as a whole and the performance of the Board’s committees) will be reviewed in accordance with processes agreed by the Board from time to time. |
34 | The Board may make recommendations in the relevant notice of meeting to shareholders regarding your re-election having regard to the outcome of those reviews. |
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Governing law
35 | This letter of appointment is governed by the laws of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia. Each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia. |
Other Matters
36 | If you have any questions relating to meetings, remuneration payments or company policies or charters please contact the Company Secretary, Genevieve Ryan at genevieve.ryan@telixpharma.com. |
37 | If there are any questions about the operation of the Board please do not hesitate to contact me. |
In conclusion [Director], I, along with my colleagues, are delighted that you will become a colleague and look forward to working with you.
Yours sincerely,
H Kevin McCann AO
Chairman of Directors
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Executed as an agreement
COMPANY
EXECUTED by TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED ACN 616 620 369 by:
H. Kevin McCann AO | ||
Signature of Director | Non-executive Chairman (please print) | |
Genevieve Ryan | ||
Signature of Company Secretary | Company Secretary (please print) |
YOU
EXECUTED by [Director] in the presence of:
Signature of Witness | Signature of [Director] | |
Name of witness (please print) |
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Exhibit 4.14
EXECUTION VERSION
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated as of
February 7, 2024
by and among
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited,
CYCLONE Merger Sub I, Inc.,
CYCLONE Merger Sub II, Inc.,
QSAM BIOSCIENCES, INC.
and
DAVID H. CLARKE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. | CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | 2 | |
1.1 | Definitions | 2 | |
1.2 | Construction | 17 | |
ARTICLE II. | THE MERGER; CLOSING | 18 | |
2.1 | First Merger and Second Merger | 18 | |
2.2 | Effects of the Merger | 18 | |
2.3 | Closing; First Effective Time and Second Effective Time | 19 | |
2.4 | Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws | 19 | |
2.5 | Directors and Officers | 20 | |
ARTICLE III. | EFFECTS OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK AND EQUITY AWARDS | 21 | |
3.1 | Conversion of Capital Stock | 21 | |
3.2 | Treatment of Company Options | 22 | |
3.3 | Certain Adjustments | 22 | |
3.4 | Closing Payment Certificate | 22 | |
3.5 | Closing Date Payments; Holdback | 23 | |
3.6 | Closing Date Allocation Schedule | 23 | |
3.7 | Exchange Procedures | 24 | |
3.8 | Post-Closing Adjustment | 25 | |
3.9 | Company Stockholder Representative | 27 | |
3.10 | Dissenting Shares | 31 | |
3.11 | Withholding | 32 | |
3.12 | Transfer Restrictions on Share Consideration | 32 | |
3.13 | No Fractional Shares | 33 | |
3.14 | Non-Accredited Investors | 33 | |
ARTICLE IV. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 33 | |
4.1 | Corporate Organization of the Company | 33 | |
4.2 | Subsidiaries | 33 | |
4.3 | Due Authorization | 34 | |
4.4 | No Conflict | 35 | |
4.5 | Governmental Consents | 35 | |
4.6 | Capitalization of the Company; Preliminary Allocation Schedule | 35 | |
4.7 | SEC Filings; Financial Statements | 37 | |
4.8 | Undisclosed Liabilities | 38 | |
4.9 | Litigation and Proceedings | 38 | |
4.10 | Compliance with Laws | 39 | |
4.11 | FDA Matters | 40 |
4.12 | Contracts; No Defaults | 43 | |
4.13 | Company Benefit Plans | 45 | |
4.14 | Employment and Labor Relations | 47 | |
4.15 | Taxes | 49 | |
4.16 | Brokers’ Fees | 52 | |
4.17 | Insurance | 52 | |
4.18 | Licenses, Permits and Authorizations | 52 | |
4.19 | Real Property | 52 | |
4.20 | Intellectual Property | 52 | |
4.21 | Environmental Matters | 55 | |
4.22 | Data Privacy | 55 | |
4.23 | Absence of Changes | 55 | |
4.24 | Affiliate Matters | 56 | |
4.25 | Accredited Investors | 56 | |
4.26 | No Additional Representations or Warranties | 56 | |
ARTICLE V. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND MERGER SUBS | 57 | |
5.1 | Corporate Organization | 57 | |
5.2 | Due Authorization | 57 | |
5.3 | No Conflict | 58 | |
5.4 | Governmental Consents | 58 | |
5.5 | Litigation and Proceedings | 58 | |
5.6 | Issuance of Buyer Ordinary Shares | 59 | |
5.7 | No Additional Representations or Warranties | 59 | |
ARTICLE VI. | COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 59 | |
6.1 | Conduct of Business | 59 | |
6.2 | Inspection | 62 | |
6.3 | Information Statement | 63 | |
6.4 | Director & Officer Tail Policy | 64 | |
6.5 | Exclusivity | 64 | |
6.6 | Reverse Split | 64 | |
ARTICLE VII. | COVENANTS OF BUYER | 65 | |
7.1 | Appendix 3B | 65 | |
7.2 | Director & Officer Indemnification and Insurance | 65 | |
ARTICLE VIII. | JOINT COVENANTS | 66 | |
8.1 | Support of Transaction | 66 | |
8.2 | Stockholder Approval | 66 | |
8.3 | Further Assurances | 66 | |
8.4 | Tax Matters | 66 | |
8.5 | Private Placement | 68 |
8.6 | CVR Agreement | 68 | |
ARTICLE IX. | CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS | 68 | |
9.1 | Conditions to the Obligations of Buyer and Merger Subs | 68 | |
9.2 | Conditions to the Obligations of the Company | 69 | |
9.3 | Waiver of Conditions; Frustration of Conditions | 70 | |
ARTICLE X. | TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS | 70 | |
10.1 | Termination | 70 | |
10.2 | Effect of Termination | 71 | |
ARTICLE XI. | INDEMNIFICATION | 72 | |
11.1 | Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 72 | |
11.2 | Indemnification | 72 | |
11.3 | Indemnification Claim Procedures | 74 | |
11.4 | Limitations on Indemnification Liability | 75 | |
11.5 | Offset | 76 | |
11.6 | Indemnification Sole and Exclusive Remedy | 76 | |
11.7 | Tax Treatment | 77 | |
ARTICLE XII. | MISCELLANEOUS | 77 | |
12.1 | Waiver | 77 | |
12.2 | Notices | 77 | |
12.3 | Assignment | 78 | |
12.4 | Rights of Third Parties | 79 | |
12.5 | Expenses | 79 | |
12.6 | Governing Law | 79 | |
12.7 | Captions; Counterparts | 79 | |
12.8 | Schedules and Annexes | 79 | |
12.9 | Entire Agreement | 80 | |
12.10 | Amendments | 80 | |
12.11 | Publicity | 80 | |
12.12 | Severability | 80 | |
12.13 | Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 81 | |
12.14 | Enforcement | 81 | |
12.15 | Tax Advice | 81 |
Annexes
Annex A – Form of Lock-up Agreement
Annex B – Form of CVR Agreement
Annex C – Preliminary Allocation Schedule
Annex D – Form of Written Consent
Annex E-1 – Form of First Certificate of Merger
Annex E-2 – Form of Second Certificate of Merger
Annex F – Form of Option Acknowledgement Agreement
Annex G – Form of Letter of Transmittal
Annex H – Form of Investor Questionnaire
Schedules
Schedule A – Lock-up Parties
Company Disclosure Schedule
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 7, 2024, is entered into by and among Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369, a public limited company registered under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Buyer”), Cyclone Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (“Merger Sub I”), Cyclone Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (“Merger Sub II”, and together with Merger Sub I, “Merger Subs”), QSAM Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and David H. Clarke, solely in his capacity as the Company Stockholder Representative hereunder.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Buyer, Merger Sub I and the Company have approved and declared advisable the First Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and have determined that the First Merger (as defined below) is in furtherance of and consistent with their respective business strategies and is fair to, and in the best interest of, their respective stockholders;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that an amendment to the Company Charter to effect the Reverse Split is advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and determined to recommend that the Company Stockholders vote to approve an amendment to the Company Charter to effect the Reverse Split, to become effective prior to the First Effective Time;
WHEREAS, Buyer, the Merger Subs and the Company intend to effect a reorganization in which, as steps in a single, integrated transaction, (a) Merger Sub I will merge with and into the Company, Merger Sub I will cease to exist, and the Company will survive as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (the “First Merger”), and (b) as part of the same overall transaction, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub II, the Company will cease to exist, and Merger Sub II will survive as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (the “Second Merger” and, collectively or ad seriatim with the First Merger, as appropriate, the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, the parties intend that the Merger qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and that this Agreement be a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code and within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) of the Treasury Regulations;
WHEREAS, immediately after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will obtain and deliver to Buyer a true, correct and complete copy of an irrevocable written consent of stockholders of the Company in sufficient number to evidence the approval of this Agreement, the First Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the DGCL;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition of the willingness of Buyer to enter into this Agreement, the Company Employees and Company Stockholders listed on Schedule A are entering into Lock-Up Agreements with Buyer, the form of which is attached as Annex A hereto (each, a “Lock-Up Agreement”);
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at or prior to the Closing, Buyer and a rights agent mutually agreeable to Buyer and the Company (the “Rights Agent”) will enter into a Contingent Value Rights Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex B, subject to any revisions to the CVR Agreement that are reasonably requested by such Rights Agent or are required by applicable Law (the “CVR Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, for certain limited purposes, and subject to the terms set forth herein, the Company Stockholder Representative shall serve as a representative of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement and intending to be legally bound hereby, Buyer, Merger Subs, the Company and, solely in his capacity as such, the Company Stockholder Representative, agree as follows:
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I.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Accredited Investor” means an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 6.5(a).
“Action” means any claim, action, demand, complaint, suit, audit, assessment, arbitration, inquiry, hearing, proceeding or investigation, in each case, by or before any Governmental Authority.
“Adjustment Amount” means the sum of (a) the Closing Indebtedness Amount, plus (b) the Closing Transaction Expenses.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, following the Closing, (i) the Company shall constitute an Affiliate of Buyer and (ii) neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company) shall constitute an Affiliate of any Company Stockholder.
“Aggregate Non-CVR Closing Consideration Amount” means an amount equal to (a) Aggregate Non-CVR Consideration Amount, minus (b) the Reverse Split Fractional Share Cashout Amount.
“Aggregate Non-CVR Consideration Amount” means an amount equal to (a) the Base Purchase Price, minus (b) the Adjustment Amount.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Anti-Bribery Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 4.10(b).
“ASX” means ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691 and the securities exchange operated by it (as the case applies).
“ASX Listing Rules” means the official listing rules of the ASX.
“Base Purchase Price” means $33,100,000.
“Basket Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(b).
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which the commercial banking institutions in New York, New York or Melbourne, Australia are authorized to close for business.
“Buyer” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Buyer Closing Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(c).
“Buyer Cure Period” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(c)(i).
“Buyer Financial Reports” means all ASX announcements, annual reports, financial reports and presentations and corporate governance documents disclosed or otherwise made available by Buyer at https://telixpharma.com/investor-centre/ as of on or after January 1, 2021.
“Buyer Indemnified Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 11.2(a).
“Buyer Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of Buyer.
“Buyer Share Price” means $7.5745, representing the volume weighted average price at which Buyer Ordinary Shares traded on the ASX (excluding special crossings and overnight sales) over the ten (10) trading-day period ending on the Business Day prior to the date hereof, as converted from AUD to USD at the exchange rate published in the Wall Street Journal as of the Business Day prior to the date hereof.
“Cancelled Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a).
“CERCLA” means the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
“Certificates” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7(b).
“Change in Control Payments” means any amounts payable by the Company, the Final Surviving Corporation or their Subsidiaries at or at any time after the Closing (or, to the extent such amounts are unpaid as of immediately prior to the Closing, at any time prior to the Closing) as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the First Merger (whether or not conditioned upon a related or concurrent or subsequent termination of employment or the occurrence of any other event), plus the employer’s share of Taxes payable with respect to all such amounts.
“Closing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“Closing Adjustment Schedule” means a schedule, prepared by the Company, setting forth, in reasonable detail, the Company’s good faith calculations of the Adjustment Amount, including calculations of the Closing Indebtedness Amount and the Closing Transaction Expenses, prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified by the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer.
“Closing Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1(c).
“Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“Closing Date Allocation Schedule” means a schedule, prepared by the Company in the format of the Preliminary Allocation Schedule and dated as of the date on which the Closing Payment Certificate is delivered to Buyer setting forth: (a) for each Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder who is a stockholder of record or a non-objecting beneficial owner of shares of Company Stock held in street name: (i) such Person’s name and address, or other identifying information reasonably requested by Buyer to the extent that the name and address are not available; (ii) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock held or beneficially owned, as applicable, as of the Measurement Date by such Person; (iii) the aggregate Pre-Reverse Split Pro Rata Share and Pro Rata Share attributable to such Person’s Company Capital Stock, assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in (a)(ii) above as of the Reverse Split and will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, all shares received by such Person in the Reverse Split as of the Closing; (iv) the amounts of Buyer Ordinary Shares, CVRs and cash payable to such Person pursuant to the Reverse Split, assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in clause (a)(ii) of this definition as of the Reverse Split; (v) the amounts of Buyer Ordinary Shares (rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3.12) and CVRs payable to such Person at Closing pursuant to Section 3.1(a), assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in (a)(ii) above as of the Reverse Split and will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, all shares received by such Person in the Reverse Split as of the Closing; (vi) the number of Holdback Shares to be withheld from such Person’s portion of the Share Consideration at Closing (in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares) pursuant to Section 3.5(b), assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in (a)(ii) above as of the Reverse Split and will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, all shares received by such Person in the Reverse Split as of the Closing and (vii) whether such Person has provided a valid and signed Investor Questionnaire and, if so, whether such signed Investor Questionnaire indicates that such Person is an Accredited Investor and (b) the information described in clause (a) of this definition for each Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder who is an objecting beneficial owner of shares of Company Stock held in street name, to the extent known or obtained by the Company. As used in this definition, the term “Measurement Date” means (1) with respect to information regarding Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders of record, the Business Day prior to the date on which the Closing Payment Certificate is delivered to Buyer and (2) with respect to Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders who are the beneficial owners of Shares held in street name, the date of a NOBO list and OBO share range report as provided from Broadridge which shall be no earlier than five (5) Business
Days prior to the date that the Closing Payment Certificate is delivered to Buyer pursuant to Section 3.4(a).
“Closing Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness and payables of the Company as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time, except for the Indebtedness and payables set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (which schedule may be updated from time to time after the date hereof at the mutual written agreement of Buyer and the Company), calculated in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with the principles applied in connection with the preparation of the most recent audited balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, in each case to the extent such Closing Indebtedness is unpaid as of the Closing.
“Closing Indebtedness Amount” means the amount of all Closing Indebtedness.
“Closing Payment Certificate” means a certificate, signed by an executive officer of the Company on behalf of the Company, which (a) sets forth (i) the amounts and payees of any Closing Indebtedness, (ii) the amounts of any Transaction Expenses and the payees to whom such amounts are owed, and whether such payments are payable in cash or in Buyer Ordinary Shares, (iii) the applicable wire (or issuance) instructions for the account or accounts of such payees and (iv) the aggregate estimated Reverse Split Fractional Share Cashout Amount in respect of all fractional shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the Reverse Split and (b) attaches the Closing Date Allocation Schedule as a schedule thereto.
“Closing Transaction Expenses” means the Excess Transaction Expenses and the Specified Transaction Expenses.
“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Company Balance Sheet” means the balance sheet of the Company as of September 30, 2023 contained in the Company SEC Reports.
“Company Benefit Plans” has the meaning specified in Section 4.13(a).
“Company Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Company, as amended.
“Company Capital Stock” means the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
“Company Charter” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended.
“Company Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“Company Cure Period” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(c)(i).
“Company Disclosure Schedule” means the Company Disclosure Schedule delivered by the Company to Buyer on the date hereof.
“Company Employee” means each current and former employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Company Equity Plans” means any stock incentive or equity-related agreement or plan of the Company.
“Company Intellectual Property” means the Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed Intellectual Property.
“Company’s Knowledge,” “Knowledge of the Company” and words of similar effect means the knowledge of each of the individuals identified in Section 1.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, in each case after due and reasonable inquiry.
“Company Licensed Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property that is, or is purported to be, licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been given a covenant not to assert, by any third party.
“Company Option” means each option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock granted pursuant to any Company Equity Plan.
“Company Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries, solely or jointly with any other Person.
“Company Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 4.18.
“Company Registered IP” has the meaning specified in Section 4.20(a).
“Company Regulated Product” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(a).
“Company Preferred Stock” means the Company Series A Preferred Stock and the Company Series B Preferred Stock.
“Company SEC Reports” has the meaning specified in Section 4.7(a),
“Company Series A Preferred Stock” means the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
“Company Series B Preferred Stock” means the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
“Company Stockholder” means each Person who holds one or more Shares immediately prior to the First Effective Time (after giving effect to the Reverse Split).
“Company Stockholder Representative” means a representative designated by the parties to act on behalf of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders, as the exclusive agent and attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of such Persons, for certain limited purposes, as specified herein. Company Stockholder Representative shall initially be David H. Clarke.
“Company Stockholder Representative Expense Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.9(c).
“Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund” has the meaning specified in Section 3.9(c).
“Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 12.9.
“Contract” means any contract, covenant, plan, undertaking, concession, agreement, agreement in principle, franchise, instrument, license, sublicense, lease, sublease, note, bond, indenture, deed of trust, mortgage, Lien, loan agreement, instrument of Indebtedness or other understanding, commitment or arrangement, whether written or oral.
“Corporations Act” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia,
“CVR” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a).
“CVR Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“DGCL” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Dispute Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(a).
“Dissenting Share” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a).
“D&O Tail Policy” has the meaning specified in Section 6.4.
“Environmental Law” means any Law relating to the environment, occupational health and safety, or exposure of persons or property to Materials of Environmental Concern, including any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to: (a) the presence of or the treatment, storage, disposal, generation, transportation, handling, distribution, manufacture, processing, use, import, export, labeling, recycling, registration, investigation or remediation of Materials of Environmental Concern or documentation related to the foregoing; (b) air, water and noise pollution; (c) groundwater and soil contamination; (d) the release, threatened release, or accidental release into the environment, the workplace or other areas of Materials of Environmental Concern, including emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of Materials of Environmental Concern; (e) transfer of interests in or control of real property which may be contaminated; (f) community or worker right-to-know disclosures with respect to Materials of Environmental Concern; (g) the protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, and endangered and threatened species; (h) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels and other closed receptacles; and (i) health and safety of employees and other persons. As used above, the term “release” shall have the meaning specified in CERCLA.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity which is, or at any applicable time was, a member of (a) a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code), (b) a group of trades or businesses under common control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code), or (c) an
affiliated service group (as defined under Section 414(m) of the Code or the regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code), any of which includes or included the Company, or otherwise would be treated as a single employer with the Company for purposes of Title IV of ERISA.
“Excess Transaction Expenses” means (without duplication) any and all Transaction Expenses, other than the fees, costs and expenses designated as “Assumed/Paid by Telix” on Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (which schedule may be updated from time to time after the date hereof at the mutual written agreement of Buyer and the Company) to the extent unpaid as of Closing.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7(a).
“Existing In-License Agreements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.20(b).
“Exploitation” means the act of making, having made, importing, using, selling, offering for sale, otherwise disposing of, researching, developing, registering, modifying, enhancing, improving, manufacturing, having manufactured, licensing, storing, formulating, optimizing, exporting, transporting, distributing, commercializing, promoting, marketing, having sold or otherwise having. disposed of.
“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration.
“FDCA” means the United States Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Final Surviving Corporation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d).
“Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.7(b).
“First Certificate of Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“First Effective Time” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“First Merger” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“First Merger Constituent Corporations” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“First Step Surviving Corporation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(b).
“Fully Diluted Shares” means a number of shares of Company Capital Stock equal to (a) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time (other than the Cancelled Shares), plus (b) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Company Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time in accordance with the Company Charter, in each case after giving effect to the Reverse Split. Fully Diluted Shares shall be deemed to be held by a Company Stockholder to the extent the corresponding shares of Company Capital
Stock are held by such Company Stockholder as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time, after giving effect to the Reverse Split.
“Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Company in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4(b), 4.6, 4.15, 4.16 and 4.25 and the representations and warranties of Buyer and Merger Subs in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3(b) and 5.6.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means any U.S. or foreign federal, state, local or municipal government or any agency, instrumentality, commission, office, legislative body, court, arbitrational tribunal, mediator, securities exchange, administrative agency, government authority or other governmental or quasi-governmental regulatory authority or body.
“Grant Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.6(d).
“HIPAA” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(h).
“Holdback Amount” means $500,000.
“Holdback Shares” means 66,011 Buyer Ordinary Shares, representing the Holdback Amount divided by the Buyer Share Price.
“Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means (a) any indebtedness or other obligation for borrowed money, including indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, mortgages, debentures or similar instruments; (b) any obligation incurred for all or any part of the purchase price of property or other assets (including earnout, milestone, royalty, seller note, installment payment, contingency payments and similar obligations) or for the cost of property or other assets constructed or of improvements thereto, other than accounts payable included in current liabilities and incurred in respect of property purchased in the ordinary course of business; (c) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person; (d) obligations (whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation) secured by Liens; (e) capitalized lease obligations and any off-balance sheet financing; (f) all guarantees and similar obligations of such Person; (g) the amount of any unpaid Taxes of such Person with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period and any Transfer Taxes allocated to the Company Stockholders pursuant to Section 8.4(e); (h) Liabilities for any commissions earned but not yet paid; (i) Liabilities for any earned but unpaid compensation (including salary, bonuses and paid time off); (j) Liabilities for any unpaid severance arising from any terminations prior to the Closing (whether or not accrued); (k) Liabilities with respect to any bonuses accrued with respect to the period commencing on the first day of the Company’s current fiscal year and ending on the Closing Date; (l) Liabilities for the employer portion of Taxes arising in connection any of clauses (h), (i), (j) or (k); (m) all accrued interest, fees and charges in respect of any indebtedness; (n) obligations arising out of hedging, interest rate and currency swap arrangements, collar agreements and any other arrangements designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency rates, in each case, to the extent payable if such agreements are terminated at the Closing; (o) obligations pursuant to conditional sale or other title retention agreements; (p) all bankers acceptances and overdrafts; (q) all Liabilities of the type described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (p) of this
definition of any other Person for which such first Person is responsible or liable, as obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including any guarantee of such obligations; and (r) all interest, prepayment premiums and penalties, and any other fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts payable as a result of the prepayment or discharge of any of the foregoing.
“Indemnified Persons” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Indemnitor” means the party required to provide indemnification pursuant to Section 11.2; provided, however, that solely for the purposes of Sections 11.3 and 11.4, the Company Stockholder Representative shall be considered the Indemnitor with respect to claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 11.2(a) (it being understood that such status as an Indemnitor is solely for the purpose of providing the Company Stockholder Representative with the right (i) to control the defense and settlement of any Action giving rise to a claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 11.2(a) and (ii) to engage in discussions, negotiations, and other dispute resolution with the applicable Buyer Indemnified Party regarding the claim for indemnification, and such status shall not obligate the Company Stockholder Representative, in such capacity, to provide any indemnification or otherwise impose any liability on the Company Stockholder Representative).
“Independent Auditor” has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(b).
“Information Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(b).
“Intellectual Property” means any of the following: (i) patents and patent applications (including provisional patent applications) and other governmental grants for the protection of inventions, including any substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, registrations, re-examinations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates and the like (collectively, “Patent Rights”); (ii) registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks and trade names, pending trademark and service mark registration applications, and intent-to-use registrations or similar reservations of marks, and all goodwill in the foregoing; (iii) registered and unregistered copyrights, moral rights of authors and applications for registration of copyright; (iv) internet domain names; and (v) trade secrets, inventions, invention disclosures, data, technology, processes and know-how.
“Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning specified in Section 8.4(f).
“Investor Questionnaire” has the meaning specified in Section 4.25.
“IRB” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(d).
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Key Employees” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Last Exercise Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2(a).
“Law” means any United States federal, state, municipal, or local or foreign law, common law, constitution, treaty, statute, standard, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, resolution, guidance or promulgation, or any decree, order, injunction, rule, judgment, consent of or by any
Governmental Authority, or any Permit or similar right granted under any of the foregoing, or any similar provision having the force or effect of law.
“Leased Real Property” means all real property leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Liability” means any debt, loss, damage, claim, Tax, fine, penalty, expense, liability or obligation (whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured, determined or determinable, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, and whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise), and including all costs and expenses relating thereto including all fees, disbursements and expenses of legal counsel, experts, engineers and consultants and costs of investigation.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, security interest or other lien of any kind.
“Lock-Up Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Losses” means any and all claims, debts, losses, obligations and other Liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed, or whether known or unknown, or due or to become due or otherwise), monetary damages (including (a) direct damages, (b) consequential or incidental damages in each case to the extent reasonably foreseeable and (c) subject to, and in accordance with, Section 11.4(e), special, exemplary or punitive damages), fines, fees, penalties, interest obligations, deficiencies, losses and expenses (including amounts paid in settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and other experts, and other expenses of litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution procedures).
“Material Adverse Effect” means, (i) with respect to the Company, any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that, individually or in the aggregate, (x) has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that, for purposes of this clause (x), in no event will any of the following (or the effect of any of the following), alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a “Material Adverse Effect” on or in respect of the Company, in each case to the extent first arising after the date hereof: (A) any change in Law, regulatory policies, accounting standards or principles (including GAAP) or any guidance relating thereto or interpretation thereof, (B) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business or financial market conditions generally (including any changes in credit, financial, commodities, securities or banking markets), (C) any change generally affecting any of the industries in which the Company operates or the economy as a whole, (D) any natural disaster, (E) any acts of terrorism, sabotage, war, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, weather conditions, change in geopolitical conditions or other force majeure events, or (F) any failure of the Company to meet any projections or forecasts, provided that this clause (F) shall not prevent a determination that any change or effect underlying such failure to meet projections or forecasts has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect (to the extent such change or effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Material Adverse Effect); except, in the case of clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above, to the extent that any such change, condition, event or effect has a
materially disproportionate and adverse effect on the business of the Company relative to other businesses in the industries in which the Company operates or (y) would or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair the Company from consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or from performing its material obligations under this Agreement; and (ii) with respect to Buyer or Merger Subs, any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that would or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair Buyer from consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or from performing its material obligations under this Agreement.
“Materials of Environmental Concern” means any: pollutants, contaminants or hazardous substances (as such terms are defined under CERCLA), pesticides (as such term is defined under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act), solid wastes and hazardous wastes (as such terms are defined under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act), chemicals, other hazardous, radioactive or toxic materials, oil, petroleum and petroleum products (and fractions thereof), or any other material (or article containing such material) listed or subject to regulation under any Law due to its potential, directly or indirectly, to harm the environment or the health of humans or other living beings.
“Merger” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Merger Consent” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.
“Merger Consideration” means the Share Consideration and the CVRs, including any amounts that become payable to the holders of CVRs pursuant to the CVR Agreement.
“Merger Sub I” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Merger Sub II” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Merger Subs” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Necessary Company IP” has the meaning specified in Section 4.20(d).
“Outside Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(b)(ii).
“Patent Rights” has the meaning specified in the definition of Intellectual Property.
“Pay-Off Letter” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(a).
“Permits” means all permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, orders, approvals, consents, franchises, variances and similar rights issued by or obtained from any Governmental Authority (including those issued or required under Environmental Laws and those relating to the occupancy or use of owned or leased real property).
“Permitted Liens” means (a) mechanic’s, material men’s and similar liens, the existence of which would not constitute an event of default under, or a breach of, a lease and the Liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of which are not overdue or otherwise in default, (b) liens arising under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security,
retirement and similar legislation, and (c) liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and not material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Person” means any natural person, firm, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, association, corporation, unincorporated organization, company, joint venture, trust, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Personal Information” has the meaning specified in Section 4.22.
“Post-Closing Adjustment Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(a).
“Pre-Closing Taxes” means (i) any Taxes for, or allocated in accordance with Section 8.4(b) to, any Pre-Closing Tax Period due and payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) any Taxes for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or under any comparable or similar provision of state, local or foreign Laws as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) any Taxes for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability as a transferee or successor, pursuant to any contractual obligation or otherwise, which Tax is attributable to the operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date or an event or transaction occurring before the Closing; and (iv) any Transfer Taxes.
“Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date and the portion of any Straddle Period ending on and including the Closing Date.
“Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder” means each holder of Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the Reverse Split.
“Pre-Reverse Split Fully Diluted Shares” means a number of shares of Company Capital Stock equal to (a) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the Reverse Split, plus (b) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Company Preferred Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the Reverse Split in accordance with the Company Charter. Fully Diluted Shares shall be deemed to be held by a Company Stockholder to the extent the corresponding shares of Company Capital Stock are held by such Company Stockholder as of immediately prior to the Reverse Split.
“Pre-Reverse Split Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock (or the shares of Company Capital Stock held by any Company Stockholder, as applicable), a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the number of shares of Company Common Stock represented thereby or subject thereto (as applicable) as of immediately prior to the Reverse Split (it being understood that the number of shares of Company Common Stock represented by a share of Company Preferred Stock shall be the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof pursuant to the Company Charter), and (b) the denominator of which is the number of Pre-Reverse Split Fully Diluted Shares.
“Preliminary Allocation Schedule” means the schedule attached hereto as Annex C and dated the date hereof, setting forth: (a) for each Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder who is a stockholder of record or a non-objecting beneficial owner of shares of Company Stock held in street name: (i) such Person’s name and address, or other identifying information reasonably requested by Buyer to the extent that the name and address are not available; (ii) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock held or beneficially owned, as applicable, as of the Measurement Date by such Person; (iii) the aggregate Pre-Reverse Split Pro Rata Share and Pro Rata Share attributable to such Person’s Company Capital Stock, assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in (a)(ii) above as of the Reverse Split and will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, all shares received by such Person in the Reverse Split as of the Closing; (iv) the amounts of Buyer Ordinary Shares, CVRs and cash payable to such Person pursuant to the Reverse Split, assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in clause (a)(ii) of this definition as of the Reverse Split; (v) the amounts of Buyer Ordinary Shares (rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3.12) and CVRs payable to such Person at Closing pursuant to Section 3.1(a), assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in (a)(ii) above as of the Reverse Split and will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, all shares received by such Person in the Reverse Split as of the Closing; (vi) the number of Holdback Shares to be withheld from such Person’s portion of the Share Consideration at Closing (in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares) pursuant to Section 3.5(b), assuming such Person will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in (a)(ii) above as of the Reverse Split and will hold or beneficially own, as applicable, all shares received by such Person in the Reverse Split as of the Closing and (vii) whether such Person has provided a valid and signed Investor Questionnaire and, if so, whether such signed Investor Questionnaire indicates that such Person is an Accredited Investor and (b) the information described in clause (a) of this definition for each Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder who is an objecting beneficial owner of shares of Company Stock held in street name, to the extent known or obtained by the Company. As used in this definition, the term “Measurement Date” means (1) with respect to information regarding Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders of record, January 26, 2024 and (2) with respect to Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders who are the beneficial owners of Shares held in street name, January 26, 2024.
“Preliminary Information Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(a).
“Preliminary Stockholder Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(a).
“Property Taxes” means all real property Taxes, personal property Taxes and similar ad valorem Taxes.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock (or the shares of Company Capital Stock held by any Company Stockholder, as applicable), a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the number of shares of Company Common Stock represented thereby or subject thereto (as applicable) as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time (it being understood that the number of shares of Company Common Stock represented by a share of Company Preferred Stock shall be the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon
conversion thereof pursuant to the Company Charter), and (b) the denominator of which is the number of Fully Diluted Shares.
“Remedies Exception” has the meaning specified in Section 4.3.
“Response Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(a).
“Reverse Split” means a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, in a ratio approved by the Company Stockholders and as recommended by the Company’s Board and within the range set forth on Section 1.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (and in any event, such finally determined ratio shall be subject to the consent of Buyer, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), that is effected by the Company prior to the First Effective Time pursuant to which, among other things, any remaining fractional shares of Company Common Stock held by a holder of Company Common Stock (determined after determining the whole number of shares of Company Common Stock held by such holder, if any) after giving effect to the Reverse Split will be automatically exchanged for (a) such holder’s Pre-Reverse Split Pro Rata Share of the Reverse Split Fractional Share Cashout Amount (to be paid to the holders of such fractional shares after the Closing) and (b) the right to receive, upon execution of the CVR Agreement at Closing, one (1) CVR for each share of Company Common Stock that was converted into a fractional share (and not aggregated into a whole number of shares held by the applicable holder) pursuant to the Reverse Split.
“Reverse Split Fractional Share Cashout Amount” means an amount of cash equal to the aggregate amount of the Pre-Reverse Split Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Non-CVR Consideration Amount in respect of all fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Split (after determining the amount of any whole numbers of Company Common Stock held by any Company Stockholder after aggregating all as-converted post-Reverse Split shares of Company Common Stock held by such Company Stockholder).
“Rights Agent” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Certificate of Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).
“Second Effective Time” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“Second Merger” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Second Merger Constituent Corporations” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Incident” has the meaning specified in Section 4.22.
“Share Consideration” means the aggregate Buyer Ordinary Shares issuable to the Company Stockholders pursuant to Section 3.1(a).
“Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a).
“Specified Transaction Expenses” means the amounts designated on Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule as “Purchase Price Adjustments” (which schedule may be updated from time to time after the date hereof at the mutual written agreement of Buyer and the Company).
“Stockholder Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(b).
“Straddle Period” means any Tax period that begins on or before, and ends after, the Closing Date.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, a corporation or other entity of which more than 50% of the voting power of the equity securities or equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“Survival Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.
“Tax Authority” means any Governmental Authority having or purporting to exercise jurisdiction with respect to any Tax.
“Tax Returns” means any and all reports, returns (including information returns), declarations, or statements relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment thereof, filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of Taxes or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any legal requirement relating to any Tax.
“Taxes” means all federal, state, local, foreign or other tax, charge, fee, duty, contribution, levy or other similar assessment or Liability in the nature of a tax, including all income, gross receipts, corporation, net worth, capital gains, insurance, business license, business organization, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, ad valorem, value added, inventory, franchise, escheat, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), national insurance, workers compensation, unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, lease, service, service use, transfer, registration, documentary, recapture, recording, alternative or add-on minimum, or estimated tax and other taxes of any kind whatsoever imposed by the United States of America or any state, local or foreign government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, and any interest, fine, penalty or addition thereto.
“Term Sheet” means the term sheet, dated November 14, 2023, between the Company and Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc.
“Third-Party Claim” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).
“Transaction Expenses” means (without duplication) any and all (a) legal, accounting, investment banking, consulting and other out-of-pocket fees, costs or expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (b) all Change in Control Payments, in each case to the extent unpaid as of the Closing.
“Transfer Taxes” means any transfer, sales, use, stamp, documentary, registration, conveyance, recording, value-added or other similar non-income Tax or governmental fee (including, without limitation, notary fees) arising in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Written Consent” means a written consent of the stockholders of the Company in the form attached hereto as Annex D.
1.2 Construction.
(a) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender; (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively; (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (iv) the terms “Article,” “Section,” “Schedule” or “Annex” refer to the specified Article or Section of, or Schedule or Annex to, this Agreement; (v) the word “including” shall mean “including, without limitation,” and (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive.
(b) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to Contracts and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto.
(c) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(d) The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen jointly by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.
(e) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified.
(f) The phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.”
(g) All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.
(h) All amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid in U.S. dollars, and all references to “$” or “dollars” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America and all references to “A$” and “AUD” shall mean Australian Dollars, being the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia.
(i) All references in this Agreement to a list or a copy will be deemed to mean a complete and accurate list and copy.
(j) All references to “ordinary course of business” will be deemed to mean “ordinary course of business consistent with past practice”.
(k) When reference is made in this Agreement to information that has been “made available” to Buyer, that shall consist of only the information that was contained in the Company’s electronic data room no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the second (2nd) Business Day prior to the date of this Agreement.
Article
II.
THE MERGER; CLOSING
2.1 First Merger and Second Merger.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, Buyer, Merger Sub I and the Company (Merger Sub I and the Company sometimes being referred to herein as the “First Merger Constituent Corporations”) shall cause the First Merger to be consummated. The First Merger shall be consummated at the First Effective Time in accordance with this Agreement and evidenced by a certificate of merger relating to the First Merger in substantially the form of Annex E-1 (the “First Certificate of Merger”).
(b) Upon consummation of the First Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub I shall cease and the Company, as the surviving corporation of the First Merger (hereinafter referred to for the periods at and after the First Effective Time as the “First Step Surviving Corporation”), shall continue its corporate existence under the DGCL as a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer.
(c) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, Buyer, Merger Sub II and the First Step Surviving Corporation (Merger Sub II and the First Step Surviving Corporation sometimes being referred to herein as the “Second Merger Constituent Corporations”) shall cause the Second Merger to be consummated. The Second Merger shall be consummated at the Second Effective Time in accordance with this Agreement and evidenced by a certificate of merger relating to the Second Merger in substantially the form of Annex E-2 (the “Second Certificate of Merger”).
(d) Upon consummation of the Second Merger, the separate corporate existence of the First Step Surviving Corporation shall cease and Merger Sub II, as the surviving corporation of the Second Merger (hereinafter referred to for the periods at and after the Second Effective Time as the “Final Surviving Corporation”), shall continue its corporate existence under the DGCL as a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer.
2.2 Effects of the Merger.
(a) At and after the First Effective Time, the effect of the First Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the foregoing, the First Step Surviving Corporation shall thereupon and thereafter possess all of the rights, property, privileges, powers and franchises, of a public as well as a private nature, of the
First Merger Constituent Corporations, and shall become subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the First Merger Constituent Corporations.
(b) At and after the Second Effective Time, the effect of the Second Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the foregoing, the Final Surviving Corporation shall thereupon and thereafter possess all of the rights, property, privileges, powers and franchises, of a public as well as a private nature, of the Second Merger Constituent Corporations, and shall become subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the Second Merger Constituent Corporations.
2.3 Closing; First Effective Time and Second Effective Time. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the First Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place by the electronic exchange of executed counterpart documents as soon as practicable on or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but in any event no later than the date which is two (2) Business Days after the date on which all conditions set forth in Article IX shall have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) or such other time and place as Buyer and the Company may mutually agree in writing. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date.” Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article IX, and provided that this Agreement has not theretofore been terminated pursuant to its terms, at the Closing, Buyer, Merger Sub I and the Company shall cause the First Certificate of Merger to be executed, acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as provided in Section 251 of the DGCL. The First Merger shall become effective at the time when the First Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time as may be agreed by Buyer and the Company in writing and specified in the First Certificate of Merger (the “First Effective Time”). Promptly following the First Effective Time, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter, Buyer, the First Step Surviving Corporation and Merger Sub II shall cause the Second Certificate of Merger to be filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Second Effective Time”).
2.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(a) At the First Effective Time, the Company Charter shall be amended as of the First Effective Time to read in its entirety as the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub I reads as in effect immediately prior to the First Effective Time, provided, that such certificate of incorporation shall reflect, as of the First Effective Time, “Telix QSAM, Inc.” as the name of the First Step Surviving Corporation, and, as so amended, shall become the certificate of incorporation of the First Step Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation.
(b) The parties hereto shall take all actions necessary so that the Company Bylaws shall, from and after the First Effective Time, be amended in their entirety in the form of the bylaws of Merger Sub I as in effect immediately prior to the First Effective Time (except that all references to the name of Merger Sub I shall be changed to refer to the name of the First Step Surviving Corporation as set forth in Section 2.4(a)), until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation of the First Step Surviving Corporation and such bylaws.
(c) At the Second Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the First Step Surviving Corporation shall be amended as of the Second Effective Time to read in its entirety as the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub II reads as in effect immediately prior to the Second Effective Time, provided, that such certificate of incorporation shall reflect, as of the Second Effective Time, “Telix QSAM, Inc.” as the name of the Final Surviving Corporation, and, as so amended, shall become the certificate of incorporation of the Final Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation.
(d) The parties hereto shall take all actions necessary so that the bylaws of the Final Surviving Corporation shall, from and after the Second Effective Time, be amended in their entirety in the form of the bylaws of Merger Sub II as in effect immediately prior to the Second Effective Time (except that all references to the name of Merger Sub II shall be changed to refer to the name of the Final Surviving Corporation as set forth in Section 2.4(c)), until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation of the Final Surviving Corporation and such bylaws.
2.5 Directors and Officers.
(a) The directors of Merger Sub I immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be the directors of the First Step Surviving Corporation immediately after the First Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the First Step Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the First Step Surviving Corporation.
(b) The officers of Merger Sub I immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be the officers of the Final Surviving Corporation immediately after the First Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Final Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly appointed or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Final Surviving Corporation.
(c) The directors of Merger Sub II immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be the directors of the Final Surviving Corporation immediately after the Second Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Final Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Final Surviving Corporation.
(d) The officers of Merger Sub II immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be the officers of the Final Surviving Corporation immediately after the Second Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Final Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly appointed or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Final Surviving Corporation.
Article
III.
EFFECTS OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK AND EQUITY AWARDS
3.1 Conversion of Capital Stock.
(a) At the First Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any further action on the part of any stockholder of the Company, Buyer or Merger Sub I, each share of Company Capital Stock held by Buyer, Merger Subs or the Company in treasury or otherwise, shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered or receivable in exchange therefor (such shares, “Cancelled Shares”). At the First Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of any Company Stockholder (other than compliance with Section 3.7(b) by the applicable holder), each share of Company Capital Stock (a “Share”) that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time (which, for clarity, shall exclude any non-whole number shares of Company Capital Stock, which shall have been automatically cancelled in exchange for the right to receive cash in the Reverse Split, and shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion of all shares of Company Preferred Stock into Company Common Stock), other than (A) Cancelled Shares and (B) shares of Company Capital Stock held by Persons who object to the First Merger and comply with the provisions of the DGCL concerning the rights of holders of Company Capital Stock to dissent from the First Merger and require appraisal of their shares of Company Capital Stock (each such share, a “Dissenting Share”), shall thereupon be cancelled and converted into and become the right to receive, in each case as set forth on the Closing Date Allocation Schedule: (i) subject to Sections 3.8(c)(ii) and 3.14, a number of Buyer Ordinary Shares equal to (x) such Share’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Non-CVR Closing Consideration Amount, divided by (y) the Buyer Share Price, plus (ii) a number of CVRs equal to the denominator in the Reverse Split, in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the CVR Agreement, without interest (each, a “CVR”), and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.
(b) At the First Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of Buyer or Merger Sub I, each share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Merger Sub I issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be cancelled and, in exchange for the cancellation of such shares of Merger Sub I common stock and the payment of the Merger Consideration by Buyer, the First Step Surviving Corporation shall issue an equivalent number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, all of which shares shall be held by Buyer, and which shall constitute the only outstanding shares of common stock of the First Step Surviving Corporation immediately following the First Effective Time.
(c) From and after the First Effective Time, (i) the Company Stockholders shall cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company and (ii) the consideration paid to each Company Stockholder pursuant to this Article III upon the completion by such Company Stockholder of the exchange procedures set forth in Section 3.7 shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares, subject to the continuing rights of the Company Stockholders under this Agreement. At the First Effective Time, the transfer books of the Company shall be closed and no transfer of Shares shall be made thereafter.
(d) At the Second Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of Buyer or Merger Sub II, each share of common stock, par value $0.0001
per share, of the First Step Surviving Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be cancelled and, in exchange for the cancellation of such shares of First Step Surviving Corporation common stock, the Final Surviving Corporation shall issue an equivalent number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, all of which shares shall be held by Buyer, and which shall constitute the only outstanding shares of common stock of the Final Surviving Corporation immediately following the Second Effective Time.
3.2 Treatment of Company Options.
(a) Effective as of the date of the filing of the definitive Information Statement, each then-outstanding and unexercised Company Option shall vest in full and become exercisable up to and through the close of regular trading on seventh Business Day after the date the definitive Information Statement is filed (such date, the “Last Exercise Date”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Company Option in effect on the date hereof, and such Company Option shall terminate for no consideration and be of no further force or effect as of immediately prior to Closing if not exercised by the holder on or prior to the close of regular trading on the Last Exercise Date.
(b) As soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall mail to each Person who is a holder of outstanding Company Options an Option Acknowledgement Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex F (each, an “Option Acknowledgement Agreement”) describing the treatment of the Company Options under the terms of this Agreement, which the option holder shall be required to execute and return to the Company. Prior to the First Effective Time, the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company and/or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, as applicable, shall adopt any resolutions and take any actions which are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Section 3.2 and to terminate each Company Equity Plan, in each case after consultation with, and subject to the reasonable approval of, Buyer.
3.3 Certain Adjustments. In the event of any share split, combination, reclassification, bonus issue of shares or similar capitalization change with respect to Buyer Ordinary Shares prior to Closing and/or before the Holdback Shares, if payable, are paid, or if a record date with respect to the foregoing is fixed, appropriate and proportionate adjustments shall be made to the unissued Share Consideration and the Closing Date Allocation Schedule.
3.4 Closing Payment Certificate.
(a) No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Buyer: (i) the Closing Payment Certificate (with the Closing Date Allocation Schedule and Closing Adjustment Schedule attached as annexes thereto); (ii) a pay-off letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer duly executed by each Person to whom any Closing Indebtedness (other than Taxes included in Closing Indebtedness) is (or at the Closing will be) owed by the Company, the Final Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Company, which shall include a complete release of the Company, the Final Surviving Corporation and each Subsidiary of the Company from all Liens and Liabilities with respect to such Closing Indebtedness, effective upon the discharge of such Closing Indebtedness at the Closing, and authorization of Buyer or the Company to prepare and file all related Lien release documentation (each, a “Pay-Off Letter”); and (iii) final invoices submitted by each Person to whom any
Transaction Expenses (other than any Taxes included in Transaction Expenses) are (or at the Closing will be) owed, which shall state that the amount invoiced thereby represents all Transaction Expenses payable to such Person with respect to the period through the Closing.
(b) Between the date of delivery of the Closing Payment Certificate and until the Closing, the Company shall make available its accountants and/or counsel, the work papers and back-up materials used or useful in preparing the Closing Payment Certificate to Buyer, as reasonably requested by Buyer, and shall cause the relevant personnel of the Company to cooperate with Buyer in connection with its review.
(c) The Company will review any comments to the Closing Payment Certificate, the Closing Date Allocation Schedule, the Closing Adjustment Schedule and the Adjustment Amount provided by Buyer and consider, in good faith, any changes proposed by Buyer, and shall accept any reasonable comments proposed by Buyer. If any information contained in the Closing Payment Certificate, including the Closing Date Allocation Schedule and/or the Closing Adjustment Schedule, is determined to be inaccurate or incomplete, the Company shall deliver an updated Closing Payment Certificate, Closing Date Allocation Schedule and Closing Adjustment Schedule no later than the next Business Day after the need for such update is determined or identified.
3.5 Closing Date Payments; Holdback; Specified Transaction Expenses.
(a) On the Closing Date, Buyer shall make (or cause to be made) the following payments, in each case in the respective amounts set forth in the Closing Payment Certificate:
(i) to each Person specified in the Closing Payment Certificate as a recipient of payments in respect of the Closing Indebtedness who has delivered a Pay-Off Letter, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount payable to such Person as specified in the Closing Payment Certificate; and
(ii) to each Person specified in the Closing Payment Certificate as a recipient of payments in respect of Excess Transaction Expenses, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount payable to such Person as specified in the Closing Payment Certificate.
(b) For clarity, at the Closing, Buyer shall hold back, and not deliver, the Holdback Shares from the Share Consideration due to the Company Stockholders as partial security in respect of the Company Stockholders’ obligations set forth in Section 3.8(c)(ii).
(c) Buyer shall make (or cause to be made), in each case in the respective amounts set forth in the Closing Payment Certificate (subject to Section 3.11), all payments of Buyer Ordinary Shares in respect of Specified Transaction Expenses on or promptly following the date on which Buyer issues and delivers the Share Consideration to the Exchange Agent.
3.6 Closing Date Allocation Schedule.
(a) Upon the Company’s transfer agent’s determination of the Reverse Split Fractional Share Cashout Amount, the Company Stockholder Representative shall make appropriate updates to the Closing Date Allocation Schedule and deliver such updated Closing
Date Allocation Schedule to Buyer. The Company Stockholder Representative will review any comments to the updated Closing Date Allocation Schedule provided by Buyer and consider, in good faith, any changes proposed by Buyer, and shall accept any reasonable comments proposed by Buyer.
(b) From time to time after the Second Effective Time (but without limiting Buyer’s rights under Article XI), the Company Stockholder Representative may, with the prior written agreement of Buyer, update, correct or otherwise amend or modify the Closing Date Allocation Schedule in any manner that is consistent with the express provisions of Article I and this Article III. Buyer shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the Closing Date Allocation Schedule as in effect from time to time, and, as between any or all Company Stockholders, on the one hand, and Buyer and the Final Surviving Corporation, on the other hand, any amounts delivered by Buyer to any Company Stockholder in accordance with the Closing Date Allocation Schedule in effect from time to time shall be deemed for all purposes to have been delivered to the applicable Company Stockholder in full satisfaction of the obligations of Buyer, the First Surviving Corporation and the Final Surviving Corporation under this Article III.
3.7 Exchange Procedures.
(a) As soon as practicable following the determination of the Reverse Split Fractional Share Cashout Amount and the delivery of the updated Closing Date Allocation Schedule pursuant to Section 3.6(a), in consideration of the First Merger being consummated, Buyer shall cause to be issued and delivered to Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) the Share Consideration (less, for avoidance of doubt, the aggregate number of Holdback Shares to be withheld from the Share Consideration at Closing, unless and until such Holdback Shares become payable to the Company Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement) for distribution to the Company Stockholders (in respect of their Shares) who have complied with Section 3.7(b).
(b) After the First Effective Time, each Company Stockholder, upon surrender of any outstanding certificate or certificates for shares of Company Capital Stock (collectively, the “Certificates”), or receipt by the Exchange Agent of an “agent’s message” with respect to shares of Company Capital Stock in book entry form, as applicable, delivery of a letter of transmittal in the form attached hereto as Annex G (“Letter of Transmittal”) (which shall include, among other things, an executed consent to the indemnification obligations contemplated by Article XI and the appointment of the Company Stockholder Representative) and, to the extent not delivered by such Company Stockholder to the Company prior to the Closing, delivery of an Investor Questionnaire, in each case to the Exchange Agent or Buyer, shall be entitled to receive from the Exchange Agent or Buyer in exchange therefor the consideration specified in Section 3.1(a), less the number of Holdback Shares to be withheld from such Company Stockholder’s consideration as set forth in the Closing Date Allocation Schedule (unless and until such Holdback Shares become payable to such Company Stockholder pursuant to Section 3.8(c)). Upon delivery of Buyer Ordinary Shares to the applicable Company Stockholders pursuant to this Section 3.7(b), the Exchange Agent shall request from Buyer’s share registry, and promptly provide to the applicable Stockholder upon receipt, a holding statement in respect of such Buyer Ordinary Shares.
(c) Any amount of the Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Company Stockholders until twelve (12) months after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Buyer or its nominee (subject to abandoned property, escheat or similar Law). If any Company Stockholder shall not have completed the exchange procedures contemplated by Section 3.7(b) prior to the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, any such Merger Consideration in respect thereof shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Buyer or its nominee, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, none of the Buyer, Merger Subs, the Company, the First Surviving Corporation, the Final Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Company Stockholder for any amount delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(d) In the event any Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact and a customary indemnification of the Company and Buyer in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent and Buyer by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Share Consideration deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article III.
(e) On or promptly after delivery of the Share Consideration to the Exchange Agent, Buyer shall do all such acts, matters and things that are necessary to procure the official quotation of such Buyer Ordinary Shares, including: (i) apply for official quotation of such Buyer Ordinary Shares on ASX by lodging an Appendix 2A; (ii) lodge with ASX a cleansing notice in accordance with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act in respect of such Buyer Ordinary Shares; and (iii) cause Buyer’s share registry to enter such Buyer Ordinary Shares in the share register of Buyer.
3.8 Post-Closing Adjustment.
(a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing Date, and in any event within sixty (60) calendar days thereof, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to the Company Stockholder Representative a schedule setting forth, in reasonable detail, Buyer’s good faith calculations of the Adjustment Amount, including calculations of the Closing Indebtedness Amount and the Closing Transaction Expenses, prepared in accordance with GAAP (the “Post-Closing Adjustment Schedule”). If the Company Stockholder Representative shall disagree with any calculations in the Post-Closing Adjustment Schedule, it shall notify Buyer of such disagreement in writing within five (5) Business Days of the date Buyer delivers the Post-Closing Adjustment Schedule (the last day of such period, the “Response Date”), setting forth in reasonable detail the particulars of such disagreement (such notice, a “Dispute Notice”). In the event that the Company Stockholder Representative does not provide a Dispute Notice on or prior to 5:00pm Eastern Time on the Response Date, the Post-Closing Adjustment Schedule as delivered by Buyer, including Buyer’s calculation of the Adjustment Amount and the components thereof, shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes hereunder. In the event any Dispute Notice is timely provided, Buyer and the Company shall promptly meet and attempt in good faith to resolve the disputed item(s) and negotiate an agreed-upon determination of the items relating to such dispute, and any such agreed-upon items shall be deemed to have been finally determined for all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) In the event that any disputed items set forth in a Dispute Notice remain unresolved after thirty (30) calendar days of the delivery of the Dispute Notice, such remaining disagreements shall be resolved by an independent accounting or financial consulting firm of recognized national standing to be mutually selected (neither party to unreasonably withhold, condition or delay their selection) by Buyer and the Company Stockholder Representative (such firm, the “Independent Auditor”). Each of Buyer and the Company Stockholder Representative shall promptly provide their respective assertions regarding the Adjustment Amount, the Closing Indebtedness Amount and/or the Closing Transaction Expenses, as applicable, in writing to the Independent Auditor and to each other as promptly as possible after the engagement of the Independent Auditor. The Independent Auditor shall be instructed to render its determination with respect to such disagreements as soon as reasonably possible (which the parties hereto agree should not be later than thirty (30) days following the day on which the disagreement is referred to the Independent Auditor). The Independent Auditor shall base its determination solely on (i) the written submissions of the parties and shall not conduct an independent investigation and (ii) the extent (if any) to which the any of the Adjustment Amount, the Closing Indebtedness Amount and/or the Closing Transaction Expenses requires adjustment (only with respect to the remaining disagreements submitted to the Independent Auditor) in order to be determined. In resolving any disputed item, the Independent Auditor may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by either party and shall act as an expert, not an arbitrator. Absent manifest error or fraud, the determination of such disputed items by Independent Auditor shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties, and the Adjustment Amount as calculated by the Independent Auditor shall conclusive, final and binding on the parties hereto for all purposes hereunder. All fees and expenses of the Independent Auditor relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Independent Auditor hereunder shall be borne pro rata as between Buyer, on the one hand, and the Company Stockholder Representative (subject to the Company Stockholder Representative’s right to be indemnified by the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders pursuant to Section 3.9(d), if such expenses exceed the Representative Expense Fund), on the other hand, in proportion to the allocation of the dollar value of the amounts in dispute as between Buyer and the Company Stockholder Representative (set forth in the written submissions to the Independent Auditor) made by the Independent Auditor such that the party prevailing on the greater dollar value of such disputes pays the lesser proportion of the fees and expenses. For example, if Buyer challenges the calculation of any items underlying the calculation of Closing Transaction Expenses in the net amount of $1,000,000, and the Independent Auditor determines that the Company has a valid claim that $400,000 of the $1,000,000 claimed by Buyer do not constitute Closing Transaction Expenses, the Company Stockholder Representative shall bear 60% of the fees and expenses of the Independent Auditor (subject to the Company Stockholder Representative’s right to be indemnified by the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders pursuant to Section 3.9(d), if such expenses exceed the Representative Expense Fund) and Buyer shall bear the remaining 40% of the fees and expenses of the Independent Auditor.
(c) The “True-up Amount” means an amount equal to (i) the Adjustment Amount as finally determined pursuant to this Section 3.8, minus (ii) the Adjustment Amount as reflected in the final Closing Adjustment Schedule. For the avoidance of doubt the True-up Amount may be a positive or negative number.
(i) If the True-up Amount is less than or equal to zero (0), then Buyer shall, subject to Section 3.14, issue and shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the Holdback Shares to the Company Stockholders, in accordance with the allocations set forth in the Closing Date Allocation Schedule, to the extent they have completed the exchange procedures set forth in Section 3.7(b).
(ii) If the True-up Amount is greater than zero (0) and less than or equal to the Holdback Amount, then Buyer (i) shall be entitled to retain, and the Company Stockholders shall forfeit any right to receive, a number of Holdback Shares equal to (A) the True-up Amount divided by (B) the Buyer Share Price and (ii) Buyer shall, subject to Section 3.14, issue and shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the remaining Holdback Shares to the Company Stockholders (if any), in accordance with the allocations set forth in the Closing Date Allocation Schedule, to the extent they have completed the exchange procedures set forth in Section 3.7(b).
(iii) If the True-up Amount is greater than the Holdback Amount, then Buyer (i) shall be entitled to retain, and the Company Stockholders shall forfeit any right to receive, all of the Holdback Shares and (ii) shall be entitled to indemnification (including rights to offset or set off against amounts that are or may become payable pursuant to the CVR Agreement) pursuant to Section 11.2(a)(iv) for the portion of the True-up Amount in excess of the Holdback Amount.
(d) All amounts paid or forfeited pursuant to this Section 3.8 shall be treated by the parties hereto for all Tax purposes as adjustments to the Merger Consideration to the greatest extent permitted by applicable Law, and shall be reported as such by the parties hereto on their Tax Returns.
3.9 Company Stockholder Representative.
(a) By their execution of the Letter of Transmittal, approval of the Merger and adoption of this Agreement and/or their acceptance of any consideration pursuant to this Agreement or the CVR Agreement, the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders hereby irrevocably (subject only to Section 3.9(e)) appoint the Company Stockholder Representative as the representative, attorney-in-fact and agent of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders for all purposes in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other agreements ancillary hereto and in any litigation or arbitration involving this Agreement. In connection therewith, the Company Stockholder Representative is authorized to do or refrain from doing all further acts and things, and to execute all such documents as the Company Stockholder Representative shall deem necessary or appropriate, and shall have the power and authority to:
(i) act for some or all of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders with regard to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any other agreements ancillary hereto;
(ii) act for the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders to transact matters of litigation;
(iii) execute and deliver all amendments, waivers, ancillary agreements,
certificates and documents that the Company Stockholder Representative deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including delivering any update to or correction, amendment or modification of the Closing Date Allocation Schedule permitted by this Agreement;
(iv) do or refrain from doing, on behalf of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders, any further act or deed that the Company Stockholder Representative deems necessary or appropriate in the Company Stockholder Representative’s discretion relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, in each case as fully and completely as the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders could do if personally present;
(v) give and receive all notices required to be given or received by the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders under this Agreement;
(vi) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises and/or comply with arbitration awards and court orders with respect to claims for indemnification made by Buyer under Article XI; and
(vii) receive service of process in connection with any claims under this Agreement or any ancillary agreement contemplated hereby.
(b) All decisions and actions of the Company Stockholder Representative on behalf of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders shall be deemed to be facts ascertainable outside of this Agreement and shall be binding upon all Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and Company Stockholders, and no Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder or Company Stockholder shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same.
(c) At the First Effective Time, Buyer shall pay an amount in cash equal to $25,000 (the “Company Stockholder Representative Expense Amount”) to the Company Stockholder Representative, which Company Stockholder Representative Expense Amount shall be held by the Company Stockholder Representative in a segregated account (the “Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund”). The Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund will be used solely for the purposes of paying directly, or reimbursing the Company Stockholder Representative for, any third party expenses pursuant to this Agreement and the agreements ancillary hereto. The Company Stockholders will not receive any interest or earnings on the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund and irrevocably transfer and assign to the Company Stockholder Representative any ownership right that they may otherwise have had in any such interest or earnings. The Company Stockholder Representative will not be liable for any loss of principal of the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund other than as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company Stockholder Representative will hold these funds separate from its corporate funds, will not use these funds for its operating expenses or any other corporate purposes and will not voluntarily make these funds available to its creditors in the event of bankruptcy. For tax purposes, the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund will be treated as having been received and voluntarily set aside by the Company Stockholders at the time of Closing. In no event shall Buyer or the Final Surviving Corporation (or any of their respective Affiliates) be obligated to reimburse the Company Stockholder
Representative for any expenses payable from the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund. Upon the determination of the Company Stockholder Representative that retaining any portion of the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund is no longer necessary, or as directed by the advisory committee to the Company Stockholder Representative as set forth in the engagement letter between the Company and the Company Stockholder Representative, the Company Stockholder Representative shall deliver any then remaining portion of the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund to Buyer, after which Buyer shall, subject to Section 3.14, promptly issue to each Company Stockholder a number of Buyer Ordinary Shares with a value, based on the Buyer Share Value, equal to such Company Stockholder’s Pro Rata Share of such remaining portion of the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund.
(d) The Company Stockholder Representative shall act for the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders on all of the matters set forth in this Agreement and any other agreements ancillary hereto in the manner the Company Stockholder Representative believes to be in the best interest of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders. The Company Stockholder Representative is authorized to act on behalf of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders notwithstanding any dispute or disagreement among the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders or the Company Stockholders. In taking any action as Company Stockholder Representative, the Company Stockholder Representative may rely conclusively, without any further inquiry or investigation, upon any certification or confirmation, oral or written, given by any Person whom the Company Stockholder Representative reasonably believes to be authorized thereunto. The Company Stockholder Representative may, in all questions arising hereunder, rely on the advice of counsel, and the Company Stockholder Representative shall not be liable to any Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder or Company Stockholder for anything done, omitted or suffered in good faith by the Company Stockholder Representative based on such advice. The Company Stockholder Representative undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Company Stockholder Representative. The Company Stockholder Representative shall not have any liability to any of the Company Stockholders for any act done or omitted hereunder as Company Stockholder Representative while acting in good faith and pursuant to the engagement letter between the Company and the Company Stockholder Representative. The Company Stockholder Representative shall be indemnified by the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and the Company Stockholders from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred in good faith on the part of the Company Stockholder Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Company Stockholder Representative’s duties hereunder, in each case as such loss, liability or expense is suffered or incurred. Any such claim for indemnification shall be satisfied first from any then available portion of the remaining Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund and, if such amount is insufficient to satisfy any such loss, liability or expense, from the first proceeds from any payments to be made by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement or the CVR Agreement otherwise available for distribution to the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders and/or the Company Stockholders or by a claim against the Company Stockholders (with each Company Stockholder liable for the Pro Rata Share of any such claim that is represented by such Company Stockholder’s Company Capital Stock). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing herein shall relieve the Company Stockholders from their obligation to promptly pay such losses, liabilities and expenses as they are suffered or incurred, nor does it prevent the
Company Stockholder Representative from seeking any remedies available to it at law or otherwise. In no event will the Company Stockholder Representative be required to advance its own funds on behalf of the Company Stockholders or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any restrictions or limitations on liability or indemnification obligations of, or provisions limiting the recourse against non-parties otherwise applicable to, the Company Stockholders set forth elsewhere in this Agreement are not intended to be applicable to the indemnities provided to the Company Stockholder Representative under this section. The foregoing indemnities will survive the Closing, the resignation or removal of the Company Stockholder Representative or the termination of this Agreement.
(e) In the event the Company Stockholder Representative becomes unable to perform the Company Stockholder Representative’s responsibilities hereunder or resigns from such position, the Company Stockholder Representative shall select another representative to fill the vacancy of the Company Stockholder Representative, and upon such substituted representative’s written agreement to assume the rights and responsibilities of the Company Stockholder Representative hereunder, such substituted representative shall be deemed to be the Company Stockholder Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. Except as contemplated by the previous sentence, the Company Stockholder Representative may be removed only upon delivery of written notice to Buyer signed by Company Stockholders who, as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time, held a majority (by voting power) of the then outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock; provided that no such removal shall be effective until such time as a successor Company Stockholder Representative shall have been validly appointed hereunder. The Company Stockholder Representative shall provide Buyer prompt written notice of any replacement of the Company Stockholder Representative, including the identity and address of the new Company Stockholder Representative. Upon any replacement of the Company Stockholder Representative, the Company Stockholder Representative being replaced shall transfer to the new Company Stockholder Representative the balance of any unexpended Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund.
(f) The Company Stockholder Representative agrees not to, directly or indirectly, disclose the existence or terms of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or any other information regarding this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other matters contemplated hereby, including information provided to the Company Stockholder Representative pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, except, in each case (i) to the extent such information is or becomes generally known to the public (other than as a result of a disclosure by the Company Stockholder Representative without a breach of its obligations under this Section 3.9(f)), (ii) as required by applicable Law, (iii) to employees, advisors, agents or consultants of the Company Stockholder Representative (if applicable) and to the Company Stockholders, in each case who have a need to know such information, and further provided that such persons are subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto, or (iv) is in connection with, and only to the extent required for, enforcement of rights or defense of claims (including, in each case, on behalf of the Company Stockholders) under this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(g) For all purposes of this Agreement:
(i) Buyer shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the instructions and
decisions of the Company Stockholder Representative as to the settlement of any disputes or claims under this Agreement, or any ancillary agreement contemplated hereby, or any other actions required or permitted to be taken by the Company Stockholder Representative hereunder, and no party hereunder or any Company Stockholder shall have any cause of action against Buyer for any action taken by Buyer in reliance upon the instructions or decisions of the Company Stockholder Representative;
(ii) the provisions of this Section 3.9 are independent and severable, are irrevocable (subject only to Section 3.9(e)) and coupled with an interest and shall be enforceable notwithstanding any rights or remedies that any Company Stockholder may have in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) except as specifically set forth herein, no Company Stockholder will have any right to bring any claim, cause of action, objection or complaint except through the Company Stockholder Representative, and the Company Stockholder Representative shall have the sole authority to act for, and enforce the rights of, all Company Stockholders in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(iv) the provisions of this Section 3.9 shall be binding upon the executors, heirs, legal representatives, personal representatives, successor trustees and successors of each Company Stockholder, and any references in this Agreement to a Company Stockholder shall mean and include the successors to the rights of each applicable Company Stockholder hereunder, whether pursuant to testamentary disposition, the Laws of descent and distribution or otherwise.
3.10 Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article III, the Dissenting Shares shall not be converted into a right to receive any portion of the Merger Consideration and the holders thereof shall be entitled to such rights as are granted by Section 262 of the DGCL. Each holder of Dissenting Shares who becomes entitled to payment for such shares pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL shall receive payment therefor from the Final Surviving Corporation in accordance with the DGCL; provided, however, that (i) if any such holder of Dissenting Shares shall have failed to establish such holder’s entitlement to appraisal rights as provided in Section 262 of the DGCL, or (ii) if any such holder of Dissenting Shares shall have effectively withdrawn such holder’s demand for appraisal of such shares or lost such holder’s right to appraisal and payment for such holder’s shares under Section 262 of the DGCL, such holder shall forfeit the right to appraisal of such shares and each such share shall not constitute a Dissenting Share and shall be treated as if it had been a Share, as applicable, immediately prior to the First Effective Time and converted, as of the First Effective Time, into a right to receive from the Final Surviving Corporation the portion of the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article III, without any interest thereon (and such holder shall be treated as a Company Stockholder). The Company will give Buyer reasonable notice of all written notices received by the Company pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL. Without the prior written consent of Buyer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company shall not voluntarily make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demand for payment. From and after the First Effective Time, no stockholder who has properly exercised and perfected appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL shall be entitled to vote his or her Shares for any purpose or receive payment of dividends or other
distributions with respect to his or her Shares (except dividends and distributions payable to stockholders of record at a date which is prior to the First Effective Time). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any payments required to be made to holders of Dissenting Shares pursuant to this Section 3.10 shall be made by the Final Surviving Corporation out of its own funds. No funds will be supplied for that purpose, directly or indirectly, by Buyer (or any of its Affiliates except for the Final Surviving Corporation), nor will Buyer (or any of its Affiliates except for the Final Surviving Corporation) directly or indirectly reimburse the Final Surviving Corporation for any payments to holders of Dissenting Shares.
3.11 Withholding. Buyer, the Company, the Final Surviving Corporation, the Company Stockholder Representative and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration (including any payments or other distributions pursuant to the CVR Agreement) otherwise payable or deliverable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the CVR Agreement such amounts that Buyer, the Company, the Final Surviving Corporation, the Company Stockholder Representative and the Exchange Agent are required to deduct and withhold with respect to any such deliveries and payments under the Code or any provision of state, local, provincial or foreign Law. To the extent that amounts are withheld, and duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority, by Buyer, the Company, the Final Surviving Corporation, the Company Stockholder Representative or the Exchange Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement and/or the CVR Agreement as having been paid to the person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
3.12 Transfer Restrictions on Share Consideration.
(a) The Company and the Company Stockholder Representative (on behalf of the Company Stockholders) acknowledge that the Buyer Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement to any Company Stockholder (i) will not have been registered under the Securities Act or qualified under any applicable state securities Laws, (ii) will be subject to such additional restrictions as are set forth in any Lock-up Agreement entered into by such Company Stockholder and (iii) will be subject to escrow and held on the issuer sponsored subregister and subject to a holding lock for any required holding period under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and, if applicable, for the relevant period set out in any Lock-up Agreement entered into by such Company Stockholder.
(b) Any certificates or book-entry records evidencing the Buyer Ordinary Shares shall bear the following or any similar legend:
“THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (II) SUCH SECURITIES ARE SOLD IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
(III) THE ISSUER HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.”
3.13 No Fractional Shares. No fractional Buyer Ordinary Shares will be issued to the Company Stockholders under this Agreement, and any fraction of a Buyer Ordinary Share shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.
3.14 Non-Accredited Investors. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with the approval of the Company Stockholder Representative (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Buyer may elect to pay to any Company Stockholder that Buyer determines is not, or may not be, an Accredited Investor, in lieu of the Share Consideration that such Company Stockholder would have otherwise been entitled to receive, cash in an amount, determined based on the Buyer Share Price, equal to the dollar value of such Share Consideration.
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IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except (i) as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed or furnished on or after January 1, 2021 and prior to the date of this Agreement (other than any forward looking disclosures set forth in any “Risk Factors” section of any Company SEC Report, any forward-looking disclosures in any “Forward Looking Information” section of any Company SEC Report and any other disclosures included in any Company SEC Report to the extent they are predictive or forward-looking in nature) (provided, however, that nothing set forth in such Company SEC Reports shall be deemed to modify or qualify any representation or warranty set forth in any Fundamental Representations of the Company) or (ii) as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company represents and warrants to Buyer and Merger Subs that the statements contained in this Article IV are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Closing with the same effect as though made at and as of such time (provided, however, that representations and warranties that are made as of a particular date or period will be true and correct only as of such date or period).
4.1 Corporate Organization of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The copies of the Company Charter and the Company Bylaws previously made available by the Company to Buyer or its representatives are true and complete. The Company is duly licensed or qualified to do business and (where applicable) is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing, as applicable, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in the loss of a material benefit of, or the incurrence of a material Liability by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.2 Subsidiaries.
(a) Section 4.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth: (i) the name of each Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) the number and type of outstanding equity securities of each Subsidiary and a list of the holders thereof; (iii) the jurisdiction of organization of each Company Subsidiary; (iv) the names of the officers and directors of each Subsidiary; and (v) the jurisdictions in which each Company Subsidiary is qualified or holds licenses to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity.
(b) Each Company Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in corporate and Tax good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is in corporate and Tax good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties requires such qualification. Each Company Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. The Company has made available to Buyer complete and accurate copies of the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of each Company Subsidiary. No Company Subsidiary is in default under or in violation of any provision of its charter, by-laws or other organizational documents. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. All shares of each Company Subsidiary that are held of record or owned beneficially by either the Company or any Company Subsidiary are held or owned free and clear of any restrictions on transfer (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and state securities Laws), claims, Liens, options, warrants, rights, contracts, calls, commitments, equities and demands. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements or commitments to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or which are binding on any of them providing for the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any capital stock of any Company Subsidiary. There are no forms of equity or equity-based compensation or similar rights with respect to any Company Subsidiary. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of any capital stock of any Company Subsidiary.
(c) The Company does not own or control directly or indirectly or have any direct or indirect equity participation or similar interest in, or any obligation to providing funding to, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other business association or entity that is not a Company Subsidiary.
4.3 Due Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and (subject to the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 4.5) to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, and no other corporate proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize this Agreement (other than the Merger Consent). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company, at a meeting duly called and held, by the unanimous vote of all directors (a) determined that the First Merger is advisable, fair and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (b) approved this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL, and (c) directed that this Agreement and the First Merger be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for their adoption and approval and resolved to recommend that the stockholders of the Company vote in
favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the First Merger. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer, Merger Subs and the Company Stockholder Representative) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (collectively, the “Remedies Exception”).
4.4 No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 4.5 or on Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company and its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, as of the Closing, (a) violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, any applicable Law to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, (b) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company Charter, Company Bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) violate any provision of or result in a breach of, or require a consent or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, any Contract listed on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or terminate or result in the termination of any such Contract, or result in the creation of any Lien under any such Contract upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or constitute an event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any such violation, breach, termination or creation of a Lien or create in any party the right to accelerate or modify such Contract, or (d) result in a violation or revocation of any required Permit from any Governmental Authority, except to the extent that the occurrence of any of the foregoing items set forth in clauses (a), (c) or (d) would not reasonably be expected to result the loss of a material right or benefit of, or the incurrence of a material Liability by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.5 Governmental Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Company’s execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, except (a) for any material consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations or filings set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, (b) compliance with any applicable securities Laws, (c) as otherwise disclosed on Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and (d) for the filing of the First Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL.
4.6 Capitalization of the Company; Preliminary Allocation Schedule.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of:
(i) 300,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, 4,387,282 of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, inclusive of 1,509 shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock (out of 2,500 authorized) which were issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement and were automatically converted into
658,968 shares of Company Common Stock concurrently with the execution of this Agreement; and
(ii) 1,500 shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock, 65 of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and which are convertible into 58,000 shares of Company Common Stock as of the date of this Agreement, inclusive of all accrued unpaid dividends. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock will have been converted into shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the Company Charter prior to the Reverse Split.
(b) All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been offered, issued and sold by the Company in material compliance with all applicable federal and state securities Laws.
(c) The Company has made available to Buyer a complete and accurate list (set forth in Section 4.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule) of all of the Company Equity Plans, indicating for each Company Equity Plan, as of the date hereof, (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued under such Company Equity Plan, (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to outstanding Company Options under such Company Equity Plan, (iii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock reserved for future issuance under such Company Equity Plan, and (iv) the exercise price of each of the outstanding Company Options under such Company Equity Plan. The Company has made available to Buyer complete and accurate copies of all (A) Company Equity Plans, (B) forms of stock option agreements evidencing Company Options, (C) the forms of agreements evidencing any other equity or equity-linked award or compensation arrangement and (D) any equity or equity-based award agreements that deviate in any material respect from the forms of agreement described in (B) and (C). All of the shares of capital stock of the Company subject to Company Options will be, upon issuance pursuant to the exercise of such instruments, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of all preemptive rights.
(d) With respect to each Company Option (whether outstanding or previously exercised), (i) each such Company Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Company Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Company Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the Company’s Board of Directors (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof), or a duly authorized delegate thereof, and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto no later than the Grant Date and (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with, in all material respects, the terms of the applicable Company Equity Plan, the Exchange Act, to the extent applicable, and all other applicable Laws. No Company Option granted by the Company has an exercise price that has been or may be less than the fair market value of the underlying stock as of the date such Company Option was granted or has any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the later of exercise or disposition of such Company Option.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.6(a) and Section 4.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) there are no equity interests of any class of the Company, or any security exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity interests, issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding, (ii) there are no options, warrants, equity securities, calls, rights, commitments or Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound obligating the Company to issue, exchange, transfer, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, exchanged, transferred, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any security or rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any such shares or other equity interests, or obligating the Company to grant, extend, otherwise modify or amend or enter into any such option, warrant, equity interest, call, right, commitment or Contract, (iii) the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to issue any subscription, warrant, option, convertible security or other such right, or to issue or distribute to holders of any equity interests of the Company any evidences of Indebtedness or assets of the Company, and (iv) the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any equity interests or to pay any dividend or to make any other distribution in respect thereof.
(f) There is no Contract, written or oral, between the Company and any holder of its securities, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, among any holders of its securities, relating to the sale or transfer (including Contracts relating to rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag along” rights), registration under the Securities Act or the securities Laws of any other jurisdiction, or voting, of the capital stock of the Company.
(g) The Preliminary Allocation Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete summary of the allocation (estimated as of the date hereof) of the amounts payable to the Company Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement.
4.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, all registration statements, forms, reports and other documents (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) required to be filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC since January 1, 2021. All such registration statements, forms, reports and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein and those registration statements, forms, reports and other documents that the Company may file or furnish after the date hereof until the Closing) are referred to herein as the “Company SEC Reports.” The Company SEC Reports (i) were or will be filed or furnished on a timely basis, (ii) at the time filed or furnished, complied, or will comply when filed or furnished, as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, as amended, as the case may be, and applicable to such Company SEC Reports and (iii) except to the extent that information contained in a Company SEC Report has been revised, amended, modified or superseded by a later filed or furnished Company SEC Report, did not or will not at the time they were or are filed or furnished contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such Company SEC Reports or necessary in order to make the statements in such Company SEC Reports, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes and schedules) contained or to be contained (including by incorporation by reference) in the Company SEC Reports (the “Financial Statements”) at the time filed (i) complied or will comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) were or will be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, as permitted by the SEC on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act), and (iii) fairly presented or will fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, all in accordance with GAAP, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments (none of which are reasonably expected to be material).
(c) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Each required form, report and document containing financial statements that has been filed with or submitted to the SEC was accompanied by any certifications required to be filed or submitted by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, at the time of filing or submission of each such certification, any such certification complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(d) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that all information concerning the Company that could have a material effect on the financial statements is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents.
4.8 Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) There is no Liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Liabilities (i) reflected or reserved for on the Company Balance Sheet, (ii) that have arisen since the date of the Company Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of the operation of business of the Company, (iii) disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule or (iv) contractual and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet and that are not in the aggregate material (in each case, none of which results from, arises out of, relates to, is in the nature of, or was caused by any breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement or violation of Law).
(b) Section 4.8(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list, including the applicable amounts, of each item constituting Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.
4.9 Litigation and Proceedings. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, lawsuits, actions, suits, claims or other proceedings at law or in equity or, to the Knowledge of the Company, investigations, in each case, before or by any Governmental Authority against or involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any current or former
officer, director, employee, consultant, agent or stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in its, his or her capacity as such or with respect to the Company or such Subsidiary that, in each case, if resolved adversely to the Company or such Subsidiary, would not reasonably be expected to result in the loss of a material benefit of, or the incurrence of a material Liability by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no judgments, orders, injunctions, decrees, stipulations or awards (whether rendered by a court, administrative agency or other Governmental Authority, by arbitration or otherwise) against or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no Action by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending, or which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, has commenced preparations to initiate, against any other Person.
4.10 Compliance with Laws.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance, and have, in the past three (3) years, conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects with all applicable Laws, including all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Human Rights Laws and Modern Slavery Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority (including the FDA) of a material violation of any applicable Law at any time during the past three (3) years.
(b) Without limiting Section 4.10(a), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any agent acting on their behalf, has during the past three (3) years committed a violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any other anti-bribery or anticorruption Law, including the UK Anti-Bribery Act 2010 and the Australian Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) and similar Australian state laws of any jurisdiction, to the extent applicable to the Company or such Subsidiary (collectively, “Anti-Bribery Laws”), or received any written or to the Company’s Knowledge, oral communication from any Governmental Authority that alleges that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be in violation of, or has or may have any Liability under, any Anti-Bribery Law. There is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened investigation, claim, or any other proceeding, in each case by or from a Governmental Authority, regarding any actual or possible violation of the Anti-Bribery Laws by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company’s Knowledge, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives to the extent acting on behalf of their behalf has, during the past three (3) years, directly or indirectly, offered, given, reimbursed, paid or promised to pay, or authorized the payment of, any material money or other thing of material value (including any fee, gift, sample, travel expense or entertainment) or any commission payment payable to (a) any Person who is an official, officer, agent, employee or representative of any Governmental Authority or of any existing or prospective customer (whether or not owned by a Governmental Authority), (b) any political party or official thereof, or (c) any candidate for political or political party office, in each case while knowing or having reason to believe that all or any portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given, reimbursed, paid or promised, directly or indirectly, in violation of the Anti-Bribery Laws of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. During the past three (3) years, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any disclosures to any Governmental Authority concerning potential violations of any Anti-Bribery Laws.
(c) Without limiting Section 4.10(a), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any agent acting on their behalf, has during the past three (3) years committed a violation of any Law applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to modern slavery and anti-human trafficking, including the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act 2015 and the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth).
4.11 FDA Matters.
(a) As to each of the product candidates of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including compounds currently under research and/or development by the Company and subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA or any equivalent Governmental Authority in any legal jurisdiction other than the U.S. (each such product, a “Company Regulated Product”), such Company Regulated Product is being researched, investigated, developed, manufactured, packaged, labeled, stored, distributed, imported and exported, and tested in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws. To the extent that any Company Regulated Product involves the use of a radioisotope, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with respect to the applicable Laws governing such isotopes.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries hold, directly or by virtue of its agreements with its vendors, all required Permits to research, investigate, develop, manufacture, package, label, store, distribute, and test each Company Regulated Product and any radioisotope thereof and no such Permit has been revoked, withdrawn, suspended, cancelled or terminated or modified in any adverse manner. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for believing that any such Permit will not be renewable upon expiration. The Company and its Subsidiaries are, to the extent applicable, in compliance in all material respects with such Permits and have not received any written notice or other written communication, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any other communication from any Governmental Authority regarding (i) any material violation of or failure to comply materially with any term or requirement of any Permit or (ii) any revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or material modification of any Permit. No Action is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, which seeks to revoke, limit, suspend, or materially modify any such Permit.
(c) There are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to an alleged material violation of the FDCA or any similar Law administered or promulgated by any FDA-equivalent Governmental Authority in any legal jurisdiction other than the U.S. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective officers or employees has been or is subject to any enforcement Actions by the FDA or other Governmental Authority and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such Actions have been threatened. There is not any Form FDA-483 observation, civil, criminal or administrative Action, demand letter, warning letter or untitled letter pending or in effect against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or employees, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liability for failure to comply with the FDCA or other similar Laws. There is no act, omission, event, or circumstance of which the Company has Knowledge that would reasonably be expected to give rise to or form the basis for any civil, criminal or administrative Action, demand letter, warning letter, untitled letter or request for information or any Liability for failure to comply with the FDCA or other similar Laws. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice that the FDA or any other Governmental Authority has commenced, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened in writing to initiate, any action to enjoin the manufacture and production of the Company Regulated Products or any component thereof at any of its or its suppliers’ facilities.
(d) All preclinical studies and clinical trials, and other studies and tests of any Company Regulated Product conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been, and if still pending are being, conducted in material compliance, to the extent applicable with the applicable protocol for such study or trial, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices and all applicable Laws, including the FDCA and its implementing regulations governing good laboratory practices and good clinical practices (e.g., 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, and 312 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations) and the respective counterparts thereof outside the United States. No clinical trial conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been terminated or placed on full or partial clinical hold by the FDA or by the applicable Institutional Review Board (“IRB”) for safety reasons or otherwise prior to scheduled completion, and neither the FDA, an IRB nor any other applicable Governmental Authority, clinical investigator that has participated or is participating in, or institutional review board that has or has had jurisdiction over, a clinical trial conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has initiated, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to initiate, any action to place a full or partial clinical hold order on, or otherwise terminate or suspend, any proposed or ongoing clinical investigation of the Company Regulated Products conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) All manufacturing operations conducted by or for the benefit of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been and are being conducted in material compliance with applicable Laws, including provisions of the FDA’s current good manufacturing practice regulations and comparable regulatory requirements of foreign Governmental Authorities. The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain a quality agreement with each of the third party vendors that manufacture, process, package, or supply ingredients and packaging materials for or distribute the Company Regulated Products. The Company and its Subsidiaries, and to the Company’s Knowledge their respective third party vendors, have filed all required notices, registration applications, order forms, reports, supplemental applications and annual or other reports or documents, including adverse experience reports, that are material to the continued development, handling, manufacture, sale, and distribution of the Company Regulated Products. No supplier or manufacturing site for any Company Regulated Product (whether owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries or that of a contract manufacturer) has been subject to a Governmental Authority (including FDA) shutdown or import or export prohibition, nor received and not closed out any FDA Form 483 or any other Governmental Authority notice of inspectional observations, “warning letters,” “untitled letters” or similar correspondence or notice from the FDA or other Governmental Authority.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or any Governmental Authority or otherwise failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any Governmental Authority. The Company and its Subsidiaries are not the subject of any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened investigation in respect of any Company Regulated Product pursuant to the FDA’s “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal
Gratuities” Final Policy or FDA’s Application Integrity Policy. All documents and information filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the FDA or any other Governmental Authority with respect to the Company Regulated Products, or the manufacturing, handling, storage or shipment of the Company Regulated Products were, at the time of filing, true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
(g) None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, or employees has been, is, or is in anticipation of being (based on a conviction by the courts or a finding of fault by a regulatory authority): (i) debarred pursuant to the Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992 (21 U.S.C. § 335a), as amended from time to time; (ii) disqualified from participating in clinical trials pursuant to 21 C.F.R. §312.70, as amended from time to time; (iii) disqualified as a testing facility under 21 C.F.R. Part 58, Subpart K, as amended from time to time; (iv) excluded, debarred or suspended from or otherwise ineligible to participate in a “Federal Health Care Program” as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(f), including under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7 or relevant regulations in 42 C.F.R. Part 1001; (v) assessed or threatened with assessment of civil money penalties pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 1003; or (vi) included on the HHS/OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities, the General Services Administration’s System for Award Management, or the FDA Debarment List or the FDA Disqualified/Restricted List. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees has engaged in any activities that are prohibited, or are cause for civil penalties, or grounds for mandatory or permissive exclusion, debarment, or suspension pursuant to any of these authorities. The Company and its Subsidiaries are not using, nor have they ever used, in any capacity any person that has ever been, or to the Knowledge of the Company, is the subject of an Action that could lead to the persons becoming debarred, excluded, disqualified, restricted or suspended pursuant to any of these authorities.
(h) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have materially complied with all applicable Laws relating to patient, medical or individual health information, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (“HIPAA”), and the standards for the privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, Subparts A and E, the standards for the protection of Electronic Protected Health Information set forth at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and 45 C.F.R. Part 164, Subpart A and Subpart C, the standards for transactions and code sets used in electronic transactions at 45 C.F.R. Part 160, Subpart A and Part 162, and the standards for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information at 45 C.F.R. Part 164, Subpart D, all as amended from time to time. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have entered into, where required, and are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of all Business Associate Agreements (as defined in HIPAA) to which Company or any Subsidiary is a party or otherwise bound. Company and its Subsidiaries where required, have (i) created and maintained written policies and procedures to protect the privacy of Protected Health Information (as defined in HIPAA) in its possession or control, (ii) provided training to all employees and agents, and (iii) implemented security procedures, including physical, technical and administrative safeguards, to protect all Protected Health Information stored or transmitted in electronic form. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from the Office for Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other Governmental Authority alleging a failure to comply with HIPAA or any other federal or state law or regulation applicable to the protection of individually identifiable health information or personally identifiable information. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no Breach
(as defined in HIPAA) of Unsecured Protected Health Information (as defined in HIPAA), unpermitted disclosure of Personal Health Information (as defined in HIPAA), or breach of personally identifiable information with respect to information maintained or transmitted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would require notice to a Governmental Authority.
All capitalized terms in Section 4.11(h) not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth under HIPAA.
4.12 Contracts; No Defaults.
(a) Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a listing of all of the following Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise has any remaining rights or obligations (other than Company Benefit Plans covering more than one individual):
(i) each Contract that the Company reasonably anticipates will involve annual payments or consideration furnished by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $50,000;
(ii) each Contract relating to Indebtedness, including the borrowing of money, or mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing a Lien on any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) each Contract for the acquisition of any Person or any business division thereof or the disposition of any material assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) each lease, rental or occupancy agreement, real property license, installment and conditional sale agreement or other Contract that, in each case, provides for the ownership of, leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or other interest in any real or personal property;
(v) each Contract providing for any royalty, milestone or similar payments by, or owed to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on or after the date hereof;
(vi) each joint venture Contract, partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement with a third party;
(vii) each Contract requiring capital expenditures after the date of this Agreement in an annual amount in excess of $20,000;
(viii) each Contract in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to noncompetition or non-solicitation (other than confidentiality agreements with customers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and set forth in the Company’s standard terms and conditions of sale or standard form of employment agreement, forms of which have previously been made available to Buyer) that restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any material respect;
(ix) each (A) employment Contract (excluding offer letters for at-will
employment that do not provide for severance or for advance notice of termination or for any change of control, transaction, retention or other special remuneration) ;
(x) each Contract, plan, policy or program providing for severance, termination compensation, retention or stay pay, change in control payments or transaction-based bonuses;
(xi) each settlement Contract settling claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants (including any Contract in connection with which any employment-related claim is settled);
(xii) each Contract which contains any provisions with ongoing obligations requiring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to indemnify any other party (excluding indemnities contained in Contracts for the purchase, sale or license of products or services entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(xiii) each Contract containing covenants materially limiting (A) the types of business in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after giving effect to the First Merger, Buyer or any of its Affiliates) may engage, (B) the geographic locations in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after giving effect to the First Merger, Buyer or its Affiliates) may so engage in any business or (C) the products that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after giving effect to the First Merger, Buyer or any of its Affiliates) may research, develop, manufacture or commercialize;
(xiv) each Contract entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any Affiliate of the Company or with any current or former officer, director or stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof;
(xv) each Contract relating to grants, funding or other forms of assistance received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from any Governmental Authority;
(xvi) each Contract relating the research, development, clinical trial, manufacturing, distribution, supply, marketing or co-promotion of any products, product candidates or devices in development by or which has been or which is being researched, developed, marketed, distributed, supported, sold or licensed out, in each case by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(xvii) each Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) licenses from, or has otherwise been assigned, transferred or granted any covenant not to assert by, a third party, any Intellectual Property used in connection with the Exploitation of any Company Regulated Product that is material to the Company’s business (other than (1) (x) click-wrap, shrink-wrap and off-the-shelf software licenses, and (y) any other software licenses that are available on standard terms to the public generally, in each case of (x) and (y) with license, maintenance, support and other fees less than $10,000 per year) and (2) standard employee and consultant assignment agreements in the form made available to Buyer, (B) has licensed, assigned, sold or transferred to a third party, or otherwise granted to a third party, any right or covenant not to assert under any Company Intellectual Property, or (C) has agreed to indemnify a third party
against any claim of infringement, violation or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property.
(b) True and complete copies of the Contracts listed (or required to be listed) on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule have been delivered to or made available to Buyer or its representatives. All of the Contracts set forth (or required to be set forth) on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule are (i) in full force and effect, subject to the Remedies Exception, and (ii) represent the valid and binding obligations of the Company or its Subsidiary or Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, represent the valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto. Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in breach of or default under any such Contract. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any claim or notice of breach of or default under any such Contract. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which, individually or together with other events, would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of or a default under any such Contract (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both).
4.13 Company Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 4.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) and each other compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement that is maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of its current or former employees or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability (collectively, without regard to materiality, the “Company Benefit Plans”). The Company has made available to Buyer true and complete copies of (i) each Company Benefit Plan and any summary plan descriptions thereof, (ii) Forms 5500 in each of the most recent three (3) plan years, including all schedules thereto, (iii) with respect to any Company Benefit Plan that purports to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code, the most recent determination, advisory, or opinion letter issued by the IRS, (iv) all material notices that were given by any Governmental Authority to the Company any Company Benefit Plan during the past five (5) years, and (v) any trust documents, funding vehicles and any material third-party Contracts with respect to such Company Benefit Plan. The Company does not utilize a “professional employer organization” (PEO), employee leasing company or other similar organization to provide benefits to its workforce.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries maintains or has ever maintained any compensatory arrangement that would, if maintained, be within the definition of “Company Benefit Plan” nor has it failed to maintain to a Company Benefit Plan when required to do so.
(c) Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination, advisory, or opinion letter from the IRS, or has pending or has time remaining in which to file an application for such a determination from the IRS. Any operational failures under such plan have been corrected in accordance with applicable guidance. There has been no prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, other than a transaction that is exempt under a statutory or administrative exemption) with respect to any Company Benefit Plan that could result in the loss of a material benefit of, or the incurrence of a material Liability by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(d) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained, contributed to, or had any Liability with respect to, any (i) “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) or any other plan that is or was subject to the funding requirements of Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA, (ii) “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) multiple employer plan (as described in Section 413(c) of Code or Section 210 of ERISA), (iv) “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), or (v) funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries maintained or participated in any Company Benefit Plan that has covered employees outside of the United States or that has been subject to the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States.
(e) Section 4.13(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule discloses each: (i) agreement with any stockholder, director, executive officer or other employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which are altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company of the nature of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee or (C) providing severance benefits or other benefits after the termination of employment of such stockholder, director, executive officer or employee; and (ii) agreement or plan binding the Company or its Subsidiaries, including any stock option plan, stock appreciation right plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan, severance benefit plan or Company Benefit Plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Except as required by Law, no Company Benefit Plan provides any post-employment medical or life insurance benefits.
(g) No act or omission has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Company Benefit Plan that would subject Buyer, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any plan participant to (i) any fine, penalty, Tax or Liability of any kind imposed under ERISA, the Code or any other applicable Law (other than Liabilities associated with the routine operation of the Company Benefit Plan) or (ii) any contractual indemnification or contribution obligation protecting any fiduciary, insurer or service provider with respect to any Company Benefit Plan, nor will the transactions contemplated by this Agreement give rise to any such Liability.
(h) There are no loans or extensions of credit from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Company Employee or any service provider to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than advances of business expenses in the ordinary course of business). There is no corporate-owned life insurance (COLI), split-dollar life insurance policy or any other life insurance policy on the life of any Company Employee or on any Company Stockholder.
(i) Each Company Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Code Section 409A(d)(1)) has been operated in all material respects in compliance with Code Section 409A. No service provider to the Company or its Subsidiaries has incurred liability for tax imposed under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) in connection with participation in any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise as a result of the service provider’s arrangements with the
Company. No stock option or equity unit granted by the Company has an exercise price that has been or may be less than the fair market value of the underlying stock or equity units (as the case may be) as of the date such option or unit was granted or has any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the later of exercise or disposition of such option.
4.14 Employment and Labor Relations.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has breached or violated in any material respect any (i) applicable Law regarding employment or employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, including any such Law or Contract respecting employment discrimination, employee classification (for overtime purposes or as employee versus independent contractor), overtime (including the proper determination of regular pay and the treatment of bonuses), meal and rest periods, equal pay or pay equity, workers’ compensation, family and medical or other employee leave, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, labor relations, disability rights or benefits, privacy, unlawful harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing, wrongful discharge or violation of the personal rights of Company Employees or prospective employees, equal opportunity/affirmative action, plant closure or mass layoff issues, unemployment insurance, and occupational safety and health requirements, (ii) order, ruling, decree, judgment or arbitration award of any arbitrator or any court or other Governmental Authority with respect to any Company Employee or any other current or former service provider, or (iii) employment agreement, other individual service providing agreement or other agreement entered into with any Company Employee or other current or former service provider. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other Contract or order with any Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. No claims, controversies, investigations, audits or other legal proceedings are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to such Laws or employment agreements, either by private persons or by Governmental Authorities.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever been a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever experienced any actual or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened strikes, grievances, claims of unfair labor practices, other collective bargaining disputes, organizational efforts, or filings of petition for certification nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to the Company’s Knowledge, the subject of threatened organizational efforts.
(c) Section 4.14(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all current Company Employees (by employee identification number), along with the employer, position, date of hire, annual rate of compensation (or, where applicable, the hourly or per diem rate of compensation, or, if by commissions, a description of or cross-reference to the applicable terms), estimated or target annual incentive compensation of each such person, employment status of each such person (including whether the person is on leave of absence and the dates of such leave), part-time or full-time status, weekly working hours where not full-time, status as exempt or non-exempt from overtime, assigned work location, and remote work location. Section 4.14(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all bonuses earned by any Company Employee through the Closing Date that are expected to be accrued but unpaid as of the Closing Date and the amounts of accrued vacation or paid time off, accrued sick time, and the amount of such liabilities
as of one (1) Business Day prior to the date of this Agreement. Each such Company Employee is retained at-will or is a party to an employment Contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has been made available to Buyer. Each Company Employee has entered into the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s standard form of confidentiality, non-competition (where permitted by applicable Law), non-solicitation and assignment of inventions agreement, a copy of which has previously been made available to Buyer. All of the agreements referenced in the preceding sentence will continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect immediately prior to the Closing. To the Knowledge of the Company, no key Company Employee or group of Company Employees has any plans to terminate employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) All Company Employees employed in the United States are citizens or permanent residents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries employs or engages or has ever employed or engaged any individual outside the United States.
(e) Section 4.14(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all individual consultants and individual independent contractors currently engaged by either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any engaged through an entity in which the consultant or contractor is a substantial owner), along with the position, date of retention, expected end date, category of services provided, whether engaged directly or through a third party, and rate of remuneration for each such Person. All Persons treated as independent contractors rather than as employees have been properly so treated, and any compensation paid to them has been reported on IRS Form 1099 or other applicable Tax form. Except as disclosed in Section 4.14(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each such consultant or independent contractor is a party to a written agreement or Contract directly with the Company or its applicable Subsidiary or is engaged through written agreements between the Company or such Subsidiary and staffing agencies that treat such consultant or independent contractor as employees of the agency. Each such consultant and independent contractor has entered into the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s standard form of confidentiality, non-solicitation and assignment of inventions agreement with the Company or such Subsidiary, a copy of which has previously been made available to Buyer, or is bound by similar confidentiality, non-solicitation and assignment of inventions covenants pursuant to the master agreements signed with such consultant or independent contractor or such consultant’s employer. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has or has had any temporary or leased employees.
(f) No charges or complaints are open and pending (or in the past three (3) years have been settled or otherwise closed) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or other Governmental Authority regulating the employment or compensation of individuals (or, with respect to discrimination, retaliation, or similar wrongdoing, pursuant to internal complaint procedures), and no Company Employee has made, in the past three (3) years, a written complaint of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or other similar wrongdoing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, in the past year, an oral complaint. In the past three (3) years, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any requests for, or conducted, an internal investigation of any officer or supervisor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such claims.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability with respect to (i) any misclassification of any person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, as an employee rather than as an independent contractor, or as a non-employee when in fact employed, (ii) any employee or contractor leased from or staffed by another employer, or (iii) any person currently or formerly classified as exempt from, or otherwise not paid where required, overtime and minimum or other wages
(h) To the Company’s Knowledge, no current Company Employee is in violation of any term of any patent disclosure agreement, non-competition agreement, or any restrictive covenant to a former employer relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries because of the nature of the business conducted or presently proposed to be conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries or to the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, will any current Company Employee be in violation under any such agreement or covenant upon employment by or performance of services for the group of companies including Buyer.
(i) Section 4.14(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (i) contains a complete and accurate list of all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ written employee handbooks, employment manuals, and employment policies, and (ii) sets forth the policy of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to accrued vacation, paid time off, accrued sick time and earned time off.
4.15 Taxes.
(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has properly filed all Tax Returns that it was required to file, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has paid all Taxes, whether or not shown on any Tax Return, that were due and payable. The unpaid Taxes of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) for taxable periods (or portions thereof) through the date of the Company Balance Sheet do not exceed the accruals and reserves for Taxes (excluding accruals and reserves for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the Company Balance Sheet and (ii) for taxable periods (or portions thereof) though the Closing Date, will not exceed the reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with GAAP. All unpaid Taxes of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for all taxable periods (or portions thereof) commencing after the date of the Company Balance Sheet arose in the ordinary course of business.
(b) All Taxes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or was required by Law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been properly paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority, and each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all information reporting and backup withholding requirements, including the maintenance of required records with respect thereto, in connection with amounts paid to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, or other third party.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has ever been a member of an affiliated group with which it has filed (or been required to file) consolidated, combined, unitary or similar Tax Returns, other than a group of which the common parent is the
Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any liability under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any comparable or similar provision of federal, state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, pursuant to any contractual obligation, or otherwise for any Taxes of any Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity, Tax sharing, Tax allocation or similar agreement.
(d) The Company has delivered or made available to Buyer (i) complete and correct copies of all Tax Returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to Taxes for all taxable periods for which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired, (ii) complete and correct copies of all private letter rulings, revenue agent reports, information document requests, notices of proposed deficiencies, deficiency notices, protests, petitions, closing agreements, settlement agreements, pending ruling requests and any similar documents submitted by, received by, or agreed to by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Taxes for all taxable periods for which the statute of limitations has not yet expired, and (iii) complete and correct copies of all material agreements, rulings, settlements or other Tax documents with or from any Governmental Authority relating to Tax incentives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) No examination or audit or other action of or relating to any Tax Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority is currently in progress or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened. No deficiencies for Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Authority in writing. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been informed in writing by any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary does not file a Tax Return that the jurisdiction believes that the Company or Subsidiary was required to file any Tax Return that was not filed or is subject to Tax in such jurisdiction. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to extend the period for assessment or collection of any Taxes, which waiver or extension is still in effect, (ii) requested any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return, which Tax Return has not yet been filed, or (iii) executed or filed any power of attorney with any Tax Authority, which is still in effect.
(f) Except as provided Section 4.15(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any payment, is obligated to make any payment, or is a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that could obligate it to make any payment that may be treated as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code (without regard to Sections 280G(b)(4) and 280G(b)(5) of the Code).
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of (i) any adjustments under Section 481 of the Code (or any similar adjustments under any provision of the Code or the corresponding foreign, state or local Tax Law), (ii) deferred intercompany gain or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law), (iii) a closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) an installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or
prior to the Closing Date, or (v) a prepaid amount or deferred revenue received on or prior to the Closing Date.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(l)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed to its shareholders or security holders stock or securities of a controlled corporation, nor has stock or securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been distributed, in a transaction to which Section 355 of the Code applies (i) in the two years prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) that includes the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(j) There are no liens or other encumbrances with respect to Taxes upon any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than with respect to Taxes not yet due and payable.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a party to any joint venture, partnership, or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for federal income Tax purposes, (ii) has made an entity classification (“check-the-box”) election under Section 7701 of the Code, (iii) is a stockholder of a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), (iv) is a stockholder in a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code, or (v) has made an election under Section 965(h) with respect to any deferred foreign income corporation in which it was a United States shareholder within the meaning of Section 951(b).
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to tax in any country other than its country of incorporation, organization or formation by virtue of having employees, a permanent establishment or other place of business in that country.
(m) All related party transactions involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been conducted at arm’s length in compliance with Section 482 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and any comparable provisions of any other Tax Law. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has maintained documentation (including any applicable transfer pricing studies) in connection with such related party transactions in accordance with Sections 482 and 6662 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and any comparable provisions of any other Tax Law.
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a “reportable transaction” as set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) or a “listed transaction” as set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 301.6111-2(b)(2) or any analogous provision of state or local Law. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has disclosed on its federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.
(o) The Company has no Knowledge of any facts, and has not taken or agreed to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(p) The Company is not an investment company as defined in Section 68(a)(2)(F)(iii) of the Code.
4.16 Brokers’ Fees. No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar commission, for which Buyer, the Company or any Company Subsidiary would be liable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by the Company or any of its Affiliates.
4.17 Insurance. Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all material policies of property, fire and casualty, product liability, workers’ compensation, and other forms of insurance held by, or for the benefit of, the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement. True and complete copies of such insurance policies have been made available to Buyer or its representatives. As of the date hereof, the Company has not received any written notice from any insurer under any such insurance policies, canceling or materially adversely amending any such policy or denying renewal of coverage thereunder, and all premiums on such insurance policies due and payable as of the date hereof have been paid.
4.18 Licenses, Permits and Authorizations. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries hold, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, is in compliance in all material respects with, all of the Permits issued by Governmental Authorities, including the FDA, that are required by applicable Laws to permit the Company and any of its Subsidiaries to own, operate, use, investigate, and maintain its assets in the manner in which they are now operated, used and maintained and to conduct the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Permits”). There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims, actions, suits or other proceedings or, to the Knowledge of the Company, investigations before or by any Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation or termination of any such material Company Permit.
4.19 Real Property. The Company maintains no Leased Real Property, except for any shared office space that is cancellable on a month-to-month basis or which may subject the Company or any Subsidiary to payments in the aggregate of no greater than $5,000. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns real property.
4.20 Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 4.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists (i) each Patent Right (A) that is in the Company Owned Intellectual Property or (B) that is in the Company Licensed Intellectual Property with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a right to participate in the prosecution or maintenance, and (ii) each trademark, service mark, domain name and copyright owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case for which applications have been filed or registrations or issued patents have been obtained, whether in the United States or in any country internationally (all of the items to be listed on Section 4.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the “Company Registered IP”), in each case enumerating specifically the applicable filing or registration number, title, jurisdiction in which filing was made
or from which registration issued, date of filing and issuance, names of all current applicant(s) and registered owners(s), as applicable. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have made all filings and payments required to be made to maintain each item of such Company Registered IP in full force and effect by the applicable deadline and otherwise in accordance with all applicable Laws. All assignments to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Company Registered IP that is Company Owned Intellectual Property have been properly executed and recorded.
(b) Section 4.20(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of the third party Contracts pursuant to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives a license or other rights under any Company Intellectual Property (the “Existing In-License Agreements”). The Existing In-License Agreements are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. Neither the Company nor its applicable Subsidiary, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of the other parties thereto, is in breach of any Existing In-License Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sent, provided, or received any notice of breach or intent to terminate any Existing In-License Agreement. The Company has made available to Buyer true, accurate and complete copies of the Existing In-License Agreements, including all amendments thereto.
(c) No inventorship challenge, opposition, nullity proceeding, inter partes review, post grant review proceeding or interference has been filed, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to any Patent Rights included in the Company Registered IP. The Knowledge of the Company, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied with its duty of candor and disclosure to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and any relevant foreign patent office with respect to all patent and trademark applications in the Company Registered IP filed by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries and have made no material misrepresentation in such applications. The Company has clear title to the Company Registered IP that is Company Owned Intellectual Property.
(d) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, owns (free and clear of all Liens), or has the right to use pursuant to license, sublicense, agreement or permission as set forth in a Contract set forth in Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) all Company Registered IP and (ii) all other Intellectual Property used in, or necessary for the development, manufacture and commercialization of each Company Regulated Product and otherwise for the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted or as conducted at any time within the last three (3) years or as currently contemplated to be conducted, including, in each of cases (i) and (ii), any tangible embodiments thereof (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Necessary Company IP”). The Company Intellectual Property includes all Necessary Company IP.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received from any Person in the past three (3) years any written notice, charge, complaint, claim or other written assertion of any direct or indirect infringement, violation or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property of any Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Exploitation of any of the Company Regulated Products, nor any other activity by the Company of any of its Subsidiaries, has infringed or violated, or constituted a misappropriation of, any Intellectual Property rights of any third party.
(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, no third party (including any current or former employee, consultant or contractor of the Company and its Subsidiaries) is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company Intellectual Property, except for any such infringement that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in material Liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Buyer.
(g) Neither the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions or agreements contemplated by this Agreement will result in (i) any loss, termination or impairment of, or any change in the Company’s rights in, any Company Intellectual Property, (ii) a breach of or default under any Contract governing any Company Intellectual Property, (iii) the grant or transfer to any third party of any new license or other right or interest under, the abandonment, assignment to any third party, the modification or loss of any right with respect to, or the creation of any Lien on, any Company Intellectual Property, or (iv) the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, Buyer or any of Buyer’s Affiliates (including the Final Surviving Corporation) being obligated to pay any penalty or new or increased royalty or fee to any Person under any Contract governing any Company Intellectual Property.
(h) The Company and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in confidence the trade secrets and other confidential information in the Company Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all applicable Contracts and Laws pertaining to information privacy, data protection or security, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the EU Data Protection Directive and any Laws in any country relating thereto, and the General Data Protection Regulation and any Laws in any country relating thereto. No complaint relating to an improper use or disclosure of, or a breach in the security of, any trade secrets, confidential information or protected information has been made or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company of any of its Subsidiaries. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no (i) unauthorized disclosure of any third party proprietary or confidential information in the possession, custody or control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) breach of the Company’s of any of its Subsidiaries’ security procedures wherein confidential information has been disclosed to a third party.
(i) Each individual who is or was an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has executed a valid, binding and enforceable written agreement expressly and presently assigning to the Company all right, title and interest in any inventions, works of authorship and data invented, conceived, reduced to practice, authored, created or otherwise developed, during the term of such individual’s employment work for the Company and its Subsidiaries, and all Intellectual Property rights therein, and has waived all moral rights therein to the extent legally permissible. With respect to any Necessary Company IP invented, conceived, reduced to practice, authored, created or otherwise developed by any third party, each such third party has executed a valid, binding and enforceable written agreement expressly and presently assigning or licensing to the Company all right, title and interest in and to such Necessary Company IP.
(j) The Company has no Company Intellectual Property that is subject to the Bayh-Dole Act or a comparable Law outside the United States or any other Law granting any Governmental Authority any license, retained right or march-in right with respect to such
Intellectual Property or any right as a result of funding by a Governmental Authority. Neither the Company, or any assignor or licensor to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has received any support, funding, resources or assistance from any Governmental Authority or quasi-governmental agency or funding source in connection with the Exploitation of any Company Regulated Product, any facilities or equipment used in connection therewith or any Company Intellectual Property. No university or Governmental Authority has sponsored any research or development conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or has any claim of right or ownership of or Lien on any Company Intellectual Property.
4.21 Environmental Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in the loss of a material benefit of, or the incurrence of a material Liability by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (a) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is (and has been for the last three (3) years) in compliance with all Environmental Laws, (b) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries holds, and is (and has been for the last three (3) years) in material compliance with, all Company Permits required under applicable Environmental Laws to permit the Company and its Subsidiaries to operate their respective assets in a manner in which they are now operated and maintained and to conduct the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, and (c) there are no written claims or notices of violation pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging violations of or Liability under any Environmental Law.
4.22 Data Privacy. In connection with its collection, storage, transfer (including any transfer across national borders), disclosure and/or use of any personally identifiable information from any individuals (collectively “Personal Information”), the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is and for the past three (3) years has been in compliance with all applicable Law related to the collection, storage, use, disclosure or processing of any Personal Information, including, to the extent applicable to the Company or such Subsidiary, HIPAA, the federal Privacy Act of 1974, the California Online Privacy Protection Act, the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) and the Australian Privacy Act 2018 (Cth), as well as any privacy and security policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the requirements of any Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are bound. The Company and its Subsidiaries implement, monitor and maintain reasonable physical, technical, organizational and administrative security measures and policies in place to protect the operation of all their information systems and the confidentiality of all Personal Information and confidential information collected by them from and against unauthorized access, use and/or disclosure. To the Company’s Knowledge, there has not been any material actual or reasonably suspected compromise or unlawful, accidental, or unauthorized loss of, use, acquisition, encryption, theft, disclosure of, access to, or other processing of Personal Information (“Security Incident”) or other material security breach impacting the security, confidentiality, operation or integrity of the information systems of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
4.23 Absence of Changes.
(a) From December 31, 2021 to the date of this Agreement, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) From the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements through the date of this Agreement, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have in all material respects, conducted its business and operated its properties in the ordinary course of business.
(c) From the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements through the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any of the actions set forth in Section 6.1.
4.24 Affiliate Matters. The Company is not party to any Contract with any (i) present or former officer or director of the Company or (ii) Affiliate of the Company. No Affiliate of the Company, directly or indirectly, (a) owns any property or right, tangible or intangible, which is used in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, has any claim or cause of action against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (c) other than employment-related arrangements and the payment of compensation and benefits in the ordinary course of business and travel advances and employee loans in the ordinary course of business, owes any money to, or is owed any money by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.25 Accredited Investors. Section 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of each holder of Company Capital Stock, and whether such person is an Accredited Investor. Prior to the date hereof, the Company has used reasonable best efforts to obtain completed and signed accredited investor questionnaires, in the form attached hereto as Annex H (each such completed and signed accredited investor questionnaire, an “Investor Questionnaire”), from each holder of Company Capital Stock as of the date hereof and has made available to Buyer each such completed and signed Investor Questionnaire. The statements regarding any such holder’s status(es) as set forth in Section 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as set forth in the Investor Questionnaires delivered by the holders of Company Capital Stock are, to the Knowledge of the Company, true, accurate and complete in all respects.
4.26 No Additional Representations or Warranties. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties set forth in Article V, (a) neither Buyer nor any its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or their respective business or operations, including with respect to any information provided or made available to the Company or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, or, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, had or has any duty or obligation to provide any information to the Company or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise, and (b) to the fullest extent permitted by Law, neither Buyer nor its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, will have or be subject to any Liability or other obligation of any kind or nature to the Company or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, resulting from the delivery, dissemination or any other distribution to the Company or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, or the use by the Company or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, of any such information provided or made available to any of them by Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, including any information, documents,
estimates, projections, forecasts or other forward-looking information, business plans or other material provided or made available to the Company or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, or representatives, or any other Person in anticipation or contemplation of the Merger, the issuance of the Merger Consideration or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and (subject to the express representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in Article V or in the case of fraud) neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, has relied on any such information (including the accuracy or completeness thereof).
Article
V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND MERGER SUBS
Except as disclosed in the Buyer Financial Reports, Buyer, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company that the statements contained in this Article V are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Closing with the same effect as though made at and as of such time (provided, however, that representations and warranties that are made as of a particular date or period will be true and correct only as of such date or period).
5.1 Corporate Organization. Buyer has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a public limited company under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Australia. Merger Sub I has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Merger Sub II has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Merger Sub I is a corporation newly formed for the sole purpose of effecting the First Merger, and has not engaged in any activity other than as contemplated in this Agreement. Merger Sub II is a corporation newly formed for the sole purpose of effecting the Second Merger, and has not engaged in any activity other than as contemplated in this Agreement. Each of Buyer and each of the Merger Subs has the requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. Each of Buyer and each of the Merger Subs are duly licensed or qualified and (where applicable) in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing, as applicable, except where failure to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries. Buyer owns, beneficially and of record, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Merger Subs, free and clear of all Liens.
5.2 Due Authorization. Each of Buyer, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and (subject to the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 5.4) to perform all obligations to be performed by it hereunder and under the CVR Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the CVR Agreement by Buyer, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II and the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by the boards of directors of each of Buyer, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II, and no other corporate proceeding on the part of Buyer, Merger Sub I or Merger Sub II is necessary to authorize this Agreement or the CVR Agreement (other than the adoption of this Agreement by Buyer in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II, which adoption will occur immediately following the execution of this Agreement
by Merger Subs). This Agreement has been, and upon execution the CVR Agreement will have been, duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Buyer and/or Merger Subs, as applicable, and (assuming this Agreement and the CVR Agreement constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the other parties thereto) each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Buyer and/or Merger Subs, as applicable, enforceable against Buyer and/or Merger Subs, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Remedies Exception.
5.3 No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 5.4 or on Schedule 5.4 the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Buyer and Merger Subs and the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, as of the Closing, (a) violate any provision of, or result in the breach of any applicable Law to which Buyer or either Merger Sub is subject or by which any property or asset of Buyer or either Merger Sub is bound, (b) conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, constitution, bylaws or other organizational documents of Buyer or any Subsidiary of Buyer (including either Merger Sub), (c) violate any provision of or result in a breach of, or require a consent or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) under, any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which Buyer or any Subsidiary of Buyer (including either Merger Sub) is a party or by which Buyer or any Subsidiary of Buyer (including either Merger Sub) may be bound, or terminate or result in the termination of any such agreement, indenture or instrument, or result in the creation of any Lien under any such agreement, indenture or instrument upon any of the properties or assets of Buyer or any Subsidiary of Buyer (including either Merger Sub), or constitute an event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any such violation, breach, termination or creation of a Lien or create in any party the right to accelerate or modify such Contract, or (d) result in a violation or revocation of any required Permit from any Governmental Authority, except to the extent that the occurrence of the foregoing items set forth in clauses (a), (c) or (d) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.4 Governmental Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of Buyer or Merger Subs with respect to Buyer’s or either Merger Subs’ execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation by Buyer or Merger Subs of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations or filings, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) compliance with any applicable securities Laws, (c) in the case of Merger Sub I, the filing of the First Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL and (d) in the case of Merger Sub II, the filing of the Second Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL.
5.5 Litigation and Proceedings. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer, threatened, lawsuits, actions, suits, claims or other proceedings at law or in equity or, to the knowledge of Buyer, investigations, in each case, before or by any Governmental Authority against Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries that, in each case, if resolved adversely to Buyer, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer or any of its material Subsidiaries.
5.6 Issuance of Buyer Ordinary Shares. The issuance and delivery of Buyer Ordinary Shares in accordance with this Agreement, if, when and as issued, has been or will be, as of the applicable time of issuance, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Buyer and, when issued as contemplated hereby, such Buyer Ordinary Shares shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Buyer has or will, as of the applicable time of issuance, the power to issue the Buyer Ordinary Shares in accordance with this Agreement in accordance with its constitution and the ASX Listing Rules without the approval of its shareholders (or any other Person) being required, has the existing capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 to issue such Buyer Ordinary Shares and is not issuing such Buyer Ordinary Shares for the purpose described in section 707(3)(b)(i) of the Corporations Act. The Buyer Ordinary Shares, when so issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, shall be free and clear of all Liens, other than those contemplated by this Agreement and any restrictions on transfer created by applicable securities Laws and will not have been issued in violation of applicable Laws or stock market rules or regulations, or any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or similar rights.
5.7 No Additional Representations or Warranties. Buyer and Merger Subs hereby acknowledge and agree that, except for the representations and warranties set forth in Article IV or in the case of fraud, (a) neither the Company nor any its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, has made or is making any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or their respective business or operations, including with respect to any information provided or made available to Buyer or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, or, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, had or has any duty or obligation to provide any information to Buyer or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise, and (b) to the fullest extent permitted by Law, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, will have or be subject to any Liability or other obligation of any kind or nature to Buyer or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, resulting from the delivery, dissemination or any other distribution to Buyer or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, or the use by Buyer or any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, of any such information provided or made available to any of them by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, including any information, documents, estimates, projections, forecasts or other forward-looking information, business plans or other material provided or made available to Buyer or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, or representatives, or any other Person in anticipation or contemplation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and (subject to the express representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article IV or in the case of fraud) neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates, stockholders or representatives, or any other Person, has relied on any such information (including the accuracy or completeness thereof).
Article
VI.
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
6.1 Conduct of Business.
(a) From the date of this Agreement through the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall, except (A) as would constitute a violation of applicable Law, (B) as set forth on Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (C) as contemplated by this Agreement or (D) as consented to by Buyer in writing, operate its business in the ordinary course of business and maintain in all material respects satisfactory relationships with its material business relationships. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except (1) as would constitute a violation of applicable Law, (2) as set forth on Section 6.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (3) as consented to by Buyer in writing (which consent, in the case of clause (v) below, shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld, delayed or denied), the Company shall not, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement:
(i) except as required to effect the Reverse Split, (A) change or amend the Company Charter, Company Bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as otherwise required by Law; or (B) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, deliver, dispose of, pledge or otherwise encumber any equity securities of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries except for shares of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of outstanding Company Options or upon the conversion of Company Preferred Stock into Company Common Stock;
(ii) except for the Reverse Split, split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock; declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock; or enter into any agreement with respect to voting of any shares of Company Capital Stock;
(iii) make or declare any dividend or distribution to the stockholders of the Company;
(iv) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution, recapitalization or other reorganization;
(v) hire any new officers or, except in the ordinary course of business, any new employees or consultants or terminate, other than for cause, any officer or employee;
(vi) create, incur or assume any Indebtedness; assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person; or make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;
(vii) subject any of its material property or assets to any Lien, other than any Permitted Lien;
(viii) incur any capital expenditure or commitment for capital expenditures;
(ix) (A) modify or terminate (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms) any Contract of a type required to be listed on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or providing for aggregate payments of more than $50,000, or any material insurance policy required to be listed on Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, outside
of the ordinary course of business; (B) enter into any Contract outside of the ordinary course of business or (C) take or omit to take any action that would constitute a material violation of or material default under, or waive any material rights under, any Contract of a type required to be listed on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule;
(x) change the nature or scope of its business being carried on as of the date of this Agreement or commence any new business not being ancillary or incidental to such business or take any action to alter its organizational or management structure;
(xi) materially change its accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may be required by a generally applicable change in GAAP;
(xii) institute or settle any Action;
(xiii) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of (A) any Company Intellectual Property, or (B) outside of the ordinary course of business, any assets or properties of Company with a value, individually or in the aggregate, of $50,000;
(xiv) (A) adopt, enter into, terminate or amend any employment, severance, retention or change in control plan or Contract, any Company Benefit Plan or any collective bargaining agreement, (B) increase the compensation or fringe benefits of, or pay any bonus to, any director, officer, employee or consultant, (C) pay any benefit to any employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except as required as of the date of this Agreement under any Company Benefit Plan, (D) grant any awards to any employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any bonus, incentive, performance or other compensation plan or arrangement or benefit plan, including the grant of equity or equity-based compensation, or the removal of existing restrictions in any benefit plans or agreements or awards made thereunder, or (E) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits to any employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any employee plan, agreement, Contract or arrangement or Company Benefit Plan, other than payment of premiums due or contributions owed in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) acquire by merger or consolidation, or merge or consolidate, with any corporation, partnership, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof, or acquire any business, assets or property, or make any investment in, any Person;
(xvi) make any material loans or material advances of money to any Person (other than the Company), except for advances to employees or officers of the Company for expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) (A) make or change any material Tax election, change an annual accounting period, file any material amended Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement, settle or compromise any claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes or consent to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment, or take any other similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax or (B) except as required or permitted by GAAP, make any material change to any accounting principles, methods or practices;
(xviii) other than in the ordinary course of business, abandon, or fail to prosecute or maintain, any Company Owned Intellectual Property, or any Company Licensed Intellectual Property that the Company has the right to prosecute or maintain; or
(xix) enter into any agreement, or otherwise become obligated, to do any action prohibited under this Section 6.1(a).
(b) Prior to the Closing, each of the Company and Buyer shall exercise, consistent with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, control and supervision over their respective businesses.
(c) From the date of this Agreement through the Closing, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer, discharge or cause to be discharged or forgiven, any of the Company’s Indebtedness, except for the payment of interest and principal as such amounts become due under the terms of such Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business (and without regard to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), and shall not amend or terminate or cause to be amended or terminated any Contracts in respect to such Indebtedness, or seek any forgiveness of any such Indebtedness.
(d) The Company shall give prompt notice to Buyer upon becoming aware of the occurrence, or failure to occur, of any event, which occurrence or failure to occur would be reasonably likely to cause (a) (i) any representation or warranty of such party contained in this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality to be untrue or inaccurate in any respect or (ii) any other representation or warranty of such party contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, in each case, at any time from and after the date of this Agreement until the First Effective Time, or (b) any material failure of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or of any officer, director, employee or agent thereof, to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement.
6.2 Inspection. Subject to applicable Law, confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company by third parties that may be in the Company’s possession from time to time, and except for any information that is subject to attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure, prior to the Closing, the Company shall afford to Buyer and its accountants, counsel and other representatives, upon reasonable notice, reasonable access, during normal business hours, in such manner as to not interfere with the normal operation of the Company to its properties, books, Contracts, commitments, Tax Returns, records and appropriate officers and employees of the Company, and shall furnish such representatives with such financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of the Company, in each case, as such representatives may reasonably request; provided, that, in each case, Buyer and the Company shall reasonably cooperate in seeking to find a way to allow disclosure of such documents (or portions thereof) or information without resulting in violating applicable Law or confidentiality obligations, or waiving such privileges, or, to the extent legally permissible, reasonably necessary and practicable, make appropriate substitute arrangements under circumstances in which the foregoing restrictions apply. All information obtained by Buyer, Merger Subs and their respective representatives shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.
6.3 Information Statement.
(a) Promptly following the public filing of Buyer’s audited consolidated balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) and stockholder’s equity (deficit) as of the end of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Company shall (i) deliver to each Company Stockholder that did not execute and deliver a Written Consent the notices and information required by the DGCL (including a copy of Section 262 of the DGCL), together with any other information, documents and notices required by the DGCL or any other applicable Laws or by the Company Charter, Company Bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company, and (ii) file, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, including Regulation 14C and Schedule 14C thereunder, a preliminary information statement (the “Preliminary Information Statement,” and together with all notices and information described in the immediately preceding clause (i), the “Preliminary Stockholder Materials”).
(b) Promptly following, but in no event later than three (3) Business Days following the expiration of the 10 calendar day period as provided in Rule 14c-5 under the Exchange Act, the Company shall file, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, including Regulation 14C and Schedule 14C thereunder, a definitive information statement (the “Information Statement,” and together with the Preliminary Stockholder Materials, the “Stockholder Materials”).
(c) The Company shall afford Buyer the opportunity to review and comment upon the Stockholder Materials and shall not file or deliver any Stockholder Materials until Buyer has provided its prior written consent as to the form and substance thereof. Buyer and its representatives shall provide any comments on such Stockholder Materials as promptly as reasonably practicable. The Company covenants and agrees to ensure that the Stockholder Materials comply in all material respects with the DGCL, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and other applicable Laws and do 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) Each of Buyer and the Company shall furnish all information concerning it as may reasonably be requested by the other party in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Preliminary Information Statement and the Information Statement. Each of Buyer and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) any response to comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Preliminary Information Statement, the Information Statement and any amendment filed in response thereto. If either Buyer or the Company becomes aware that any information contained in the Preliminary Information Statement or the Information Statement shall have become false or misleading in any material respect or that the Preliminary Information Statement or the Information Statement is required to be amended in order to comply with applicable Law, then (i) such party shall promptly inform the other and (ii) Buyer and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) an amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Information Statement or the Information Statement, as applicable. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Preliminary Information
Statement and the Information Statement, as so amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and to be delivered to the Company Stockholders, pursuant to applicable Law. The Company shall provide Buyer with copies of any written comments, and shall inform Buyer of any oral comments, that the Company receives from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Preliminary Information Statement promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall give Buyer a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any proposed written or oral responses to such comments prior to the Company responding to the SEC or its staff.
6.4 Director & Officer Tail Policy. The Company shall obtain prior to the Closing a prepaid, non-cancelable six-year “tail” policy containing terms not less favorable than the terms of the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the First Effective Time (the cost of which, to the extent not paid by the Company prior to the Closing, shall be an Excess Transaction Expense) (the “D&O Tail Policy”).
6.5 Exclusivity.
(a) The Company agrees that between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not, and shall ensure that none of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, representatives, equityholders or Affiliates shall, (i) solicit, initiate, encourage or accept any proposal or offer that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal or (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, furnish to any other Person any information with respect to, or otherwise facilitate, any proposal that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition Proposal” means any offer or proposal by a third party other than Buyer or any of its Affiliates for any of the following: (A) any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of the capital stock or other equity or ownership interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or all or any material portion of the assets of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) any merger, joint venture, consolidation or other business combination relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) any recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, share exchange or reorganization involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company shall immediately notify any Person with which discussions or negotiations of the nature described in Section 6.5(a) were pending that the Company is terminating such discussions or negotiations. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives any inquiry, proposal or offer of the nature described in Section 6.5(a), the Company shall, within one (1) Business Day after such receipt, notify Buyer of such inquiry, proposal or offer, including the identity of the other party and the material terms of such inquiry, proposal or offer.
6.6 Reverse Split. At or prior to the First Effective Time, the Company shall file an amendment to the Company Charter, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer, to effect the Reverse Split.
6.7 Security Holder Litigation. The Company shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) day) notify Buyer in writing after becoming aware of any Action commenced against the Company and/or its officers or directors relating to the Merger, the Reverse Split or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall keep Buyer reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof. The Company shall give Buyer the right to (a) review and comment
on all filings or responses to be made by the Company in connection with such Action, (b) participate in the defense (including discussions or negotiations regarding settlement or mooting of any such Action) of any such Action, and (c) consult on the settlement with respect to such Action with counsel of Buyer’s choice, and the Company shall accept any reasonable comments of Buyer. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Company shall not settle or enter into any negotiations or settlement of any such Action or without the prior written consent of Buyer, including that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not enter into any settlement which does not include full release of Buyer and its Affiliates or which imposes an injunction or other equitable relief upon Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including, after the First Effective Time, the First Surviving Corporation or Final Surviving Corporation).
Article
VII.
COVENANTS OF BUYER
7.1 Appendix 3B. Following execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto, Buyer will lodge an Appendix 3B with ASX to announce the proposed issue of Buyer Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
7.2 Director & Officer Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) Buyer shall cause the Company for a period of not less than six (6) years from the First Effective Time (i) to maintain provisions in its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents concerning the indemnification and exoneration (including provisions relating to expense advancement) of the Company’s former and current officers, directors and employees that are no less favorable to those Persons than the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) not to amend, repeal or otherwise modify such provisions in any respect that would adversely affect the rights of those Persons thereunder, in each case, except as required by Law.
(b) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any Person entitled to indemnification under this Section 7.1 (an “Indemnified Person”) may at any time be entitled. No right or remedy herein conferred by this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at Law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent assertion of any other right or remedy.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 7.1 shall survive the consummation of the First Merger for a period of six (6) years after the First Effective Time and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on all successors and assigns of Buyer and the Final Surviving Corporation. In the event that Buyer or the Final Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors
and assigns of Buyer or the Final Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 7.1.
Article
VIII.
JOINT COVENANTS
8.1 Support of Transaction. Without limiting any covenant contained in Article VI or Article VII, Buyer and the Company shall each, and Buyer shall cause its Subsidiaries to use commercially reasonable efforts to: (a) assemble, prepare and file any information (and, as needed, to supplement such information) as may be reasonably necessary to obtain as promptly as practicable all governmental and regulatory consents required to be obtained in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) obtain all material consents and approvals of third parties that any of Buyer, the Company or their respective Affiliates are required to obtain in order to consummate the First Merger, and (c) take such other action as may reasonably be necessary or as another party may reasonably request to satisfy the conditions of Article IX or otherwise to comply with this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable (but in any event prior to the Outside Date).
8.2 Stockholder Approval. Within one (1) Business Day after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall, in accordance with the DGCL, the Company Charter and the Company Bylaws, obtain and deliver to Buyer a true, correct and complete copy of an irrevocable written consent of holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock to adopt this Agreement and approve the First Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) the amendment of the Company Charter to effect Reverse Split (the “Merger Consent”). Immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Buyer, as sole stockholder of Merger Subs, shall adopt this Agreement and approve each Merger and the related transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the DGCL and each Merger Sub’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
8.3 Further Assurances. Each party hereto agrees that, from time to time after the Closing Date, it will execute and deliver, or cause its Affiliates to execute and deliver, such further instruments, and take (or cause its Affiliates to take) such other action, as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and intents of this Agreement.
8.4 Tax Matters.
(a) Buyer shall prepare and file or shall cause to be prepared and filed any Tax Returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period or any Straddle Period required to be filed after the Closing Date, and if Taxes are due with respect to such a Tax Return for which an indemnification claim may be made under this Agreement, Buyer shall provide the Company Stockholder Representative with a draft of such Tax Return (and such additional information regarding such Tax Return as may reasonably be requested by the Company Stockholder Representative) for review and comment at least 45 days prior to the filing of such Tax Return in the case of income Tax Returns, and in such period of time prior to filing as Buyer shall reasonably determine to be practicable in the case of other Tax Returns. Buyer shall consider in good faith any comments reasonably requested by the Company Stockholder Representative in writing and received by Buyer prior to the filing of such Tax Return.
(b) Buyer and the Company Stockholders agree that if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is permitted but not required under applicable foreign, state or local Tax Laws to treat the Closing Date as the last day of a taxable period, Buyer and the Company Stockholders shall treat such day as the last day of a taxable period. In the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of any Tax that is allocable to the taxable period that is deemed to end on the Closing Date will be: (i) in the case of Property Taxes, deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days of such Straddle Period in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire Straddle Period, and (ii) in the case of all other Taxes, determined as though the taxable year of the Company terminated on the Closing Date.
(c) Buyer and the Company Stockholders and their respective Affiliates shall cooperate in the preparation of all Tax Returns and the conduct of all Tax audits or other administrative or judicial proceedings relating to the determination of any Tax for any Tax periods for which one party could reasonably require the assistance of the other party in obtaining any necessary information.
(d) Without the Company Stockholder Representative’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Buyer and its respective Affiliates will not, and will not cause the Company to, take any of the following actions with respect to Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or its Subsidiaries, if such action could reasonably be expected to give rise to an indemnification claim under this Agreement: (i) amend or otherwise modify any Tax Return relating to a Pre-Closing Tax Period or (ii) (A) initiate discussions or examinations or contact with a Governmental Authority or (B) make any voluntary disclosures with respect to or relating to Taxes.
(e) Buyer, on one hand, and Company Stockholders, on the other, shall each be responsible for the payment of 50% of any Transfer Taxes. Buyer and Company Stockholder Representative will cooperate in the filing of all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes.
(f) The Merger is intended to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and to not be subject to Section 367(a)(1) of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”). The parties adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code and within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) of the Treasury Regulations. None of the parties shall (and each of the parties shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to) knowingly take (or fail to take) any action that could reasonably be expected to cause the Merger to fail to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. The parties shall treat the Merger for all Tax purposes in a manner consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment and shall not file any U.S. federal, state or local Tax Return in a manner that is inconsistent with the Intended Tax Treatment unless otherwise required by a determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code. If the Company requests a Tax opinion from its tax advisors regarding the Intended Tax Treatment, then Buyer will cooperate to provide customary Tax representation letters reasonably requested by such tax advisors, it being understood and agreed that this section does not require that a Tax opinion reach any particular legal conclusion regarding the Tax treatment of the Merger and such an opinion is not a condition to Closing.
8.5 Private Placement. Each of the Company and Buyer shall take all reasonably necessary action on its part such that the issuance of Buyer Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
8.6 CVR Agreement. Each of the Company and Buyer shall take all reasonably necessary action on its part to ensure that a duly qualified Rights Agent executes and delivers the CVR Agreement at or prior to the Closing.
Article
IX.
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS
9.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Buyer and Merger Subs. The obligations of Buyer and Merger Subs to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the First Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing by Buyer and Merger Subs:
(a) (i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement (other than the Fundamental Representations of the Company) shall be true and correct (without giving regard to any qualifications or limitations as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”, and words of similar import set forth therein, other than with respect to Section 4.23(a)) in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same effect as though made at and as of such time, except where the failure to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) the Fundamental Representations of the Company will be true and correct in all respects (other than Fundamental Representations of the Company set forth in Section 4.6 or Section 4.24, which will be true and correct in all but de minimis respects) as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same effect as though made at and as of such time; provided, however, that representations and warranties that are made as of a particular date or period will be true and correct (in the manner set forth above) only as of such date or period.
(b) Each of the covenants of the Company to be performed at or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.
(c) The Company shall have delivered to Buyer a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b) and Section 9.1(d) have been fulfilled (the “Closing Certificate”).
(d) Since the date of this Agreement, there shall have not have occurred a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(e) No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and which prohibits, restrains, enjoins or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger, and there shall not be any threatened, instituted or pending action by a Governmental Authority seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the consummation of the Merger or other transactions under this Agreement.
(f) The Merger Consent shall have been validly obtained.
(g) The Reverse Split shall have been effected.
(h) The Company shall have used reasonable best efforts to obtain completed and signed Investor Questionnaires from each Company Stockholder and shall have delivered all such Investor Questionnaires to Buyer; Buyer shall have no reason to believe that the statements set forth in the Investor Questionnaires are not true; and Buyer shall be reasonably satisfied that the issuance of the Buyer Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(i) There shall be no more than 27 Company Stockholders that are not Accredited Investors.
(j) The aggregate number of Dissenting Shares, together with the shares of Company Capital Stock eligible to become Dissenting Shares, shall not exceed two percent (2%) of the number of outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock as of the First Effective Time (calculated after giving effect to the conversion into shares of Company Common Stock of all outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock).
(k) Buyer shall have received copies of Written Consents evidencing the receipt of the Merger Consent.
(l) Buyer shall have received the items contemplated to be delivered by the Company in accordance with Section 3.4.
(m) The aggregate amount of the Closing Indebtedness Amount, together with all Excess Transaction Expenses, to be paid by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.5 shall not exceed $500,000.
(n) The Company shall have delivered to Buyer a signed certification that the shares of Company Capital Stock are not United States real property interests as defined in Section 897(c) of the Code, together with a notice to the IRS (which shall be filed by Buyer with the IRS following the Closing), in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code.
(o) Buyer shall have received duly executed counterparts to the CVR Agreement from the other parties thereto.
(p) Buyer shall have received duly executed copies of each Option Acknowledgment Agreement executed by all holders of outstanding Company Options.
(q) Buyer shall have received such other certificates and instruments (including certificates of good standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization) as it shall reasonably request in connection with the Closing.
9.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the First Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the
following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing by the Company:
(a) (i) The representations and warranties of Buyer and Merger Subs in this Agreement (other than the Fundamental Representations of Buyer) shall be true and correct (without giving regard to any qualifications or limitations as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”, and words of similar import set forth therein) in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same effect as though made at and as of such time, except where the failure to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer and (ii) the Fundamental Representations of Buyer will be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing with the same effect as though made at and as of such time; provided, however, that representations and warranties that are made as of a particular date or period will be true and correct (in the manner set forth above) only as of such date or period.
(b) Each of the covenants of Buyer and Merger Subs to be performed at or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.
(c) Buyer shall have delivered to the Company a certificate signed by an officer of Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Section 9.2(a) and Section 9.2(b) have been fulfilled (the “Buyer Closing Certificate”).
(d) Buyer shall have delivered a duly executed counterpart to the CVR Agreement to the other parties thereto.
(e) No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and which prohibits, restrains, enjoins or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger, and there shall not be any threatened, instituted or pending action by a Governmental Authority seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the consummation of the Merger or other transactions under this Agreement.
9.3 Waiver of Conditions; Frustration of Conditions. All conditions to the Closing shall be deemed to have been satisfied or waived following the First Effective Time. None of the Company, Buyer or Merger Subs may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article IX to be satisfied if such failure was caused by the failure of the Company, on the one hand, or Buyer or Merger Subs, on the other hand, respectively, to (a) use reasonable best efforts to consummate the First Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and (b) otherwise comply with its obligations under this Agreement.
Article
X.
TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS
10.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:
(a) by duly authorized mutual written consent of Buyer and the Company;
(b) by written notice to the Company from Buyer if:
(i) there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, such that the conditions specified in Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing, except that, if such breach is curable by the Company through the exercise of commercially reasonable efforts, then, for a period of up to thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of notice from Buyer of such breach, but only as long as the Company continues to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (the “Company Cure Period”), such termination shall not be effective and the Outside Date shall be automatically extended until the end of the Company Cure Period, and such termination shall become effective only if such breach is not cured within the Company Cure Period; or
(ii) the Closing has not occurred on or before August 7, 2024 (subject to extension as set forth in this Article X, the “Outside Date”), unless Buyer’s or Merger Subs’ breach is the primary reason for the Closing not occurring on or before such date; or
(iii) the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby is permanently enjoined, prohibited or otherwise restrained by the terms of a final, non-appealable order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(iv) if the Merger Consent shall not have been obtained prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the first (1st) Business Day immediately following the date of this Agreement.
(c) by written notice to Buyer from the Company if:
(i) there is any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Buyer or Merger Subs set forth in this Agreement, such that the conditions specified in Section 9.2(a) or Section 9.2(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing, except that, if any such breach is curable by Buyer through the exercise of commercially reasonable efforts, then, for a period of up to thirty (30) days after receipt by Buyer of notice from the Company of such breach, but only as long as Buyer continues to exercise such commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (the “Buyer Cure Period”), such termination shall not be effective and the Outside Date shall automatically be extended until the end of the Buyer Cure Period, and such termination shall become effective only if such breach is not cured within the Buyer Cure Period;
(ii) the Closing has not occurred on or before the Outside Date, unless the Company’s breach is the primary reason for the Closing not occurring on or before such date; or
(iii) the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby is permanently enjoined, prohibited or otherwise restrained by the terms of a final, non-appealable order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
10.2 Effect of Termination. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 10.2, in the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of any party hereto or its
respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or stockholders, other than liability of the Company, Buyer or Merger Subs, as the case may be, for any intentional and willful breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination; provided, however, that any such termination shall not relieve any party from liability for damages for any willful breach on the part of Buyer or the Company, as the case may be, including such party’s obligation to close if it was otherwise obligated to do so under the terms of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 10.2, Article XI and Article XII, and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement. In the event of any termination of this Agreement, the $2,000,000 Pre-Closing Collaboration and Option Fee (as defined in the Term Sheet) paid by Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc. to the Company shall be automatically deemed an equity investment in the Company made by Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc., and the Company shall promptly (and any event within five Business Days) issue to Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc. 298,507 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable shares of Company Common Stock, free of preemptive rights, in respect thereof.
Article
XI.
INDEMNIFICATION
11.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each representation warranty, covenant and obligation contained herein and any certificate related to any such representation, warranty, covenant or obligation will survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect for twelve (12) months after the Closing Date (the “Survival Expiration Date”); provided, however, that (a) any covenant contained in this Agreement that, by its terms, provides for performance following the Closing shall survive for the period provided in such covenant, if any, or until such covenant is performed and (b) each Fundamental Representation and the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 4.20 shall survive for the later of a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date or the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. If any Buyer Indemnified Party delivers to the Company Stockholder Representative, before expiration of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, a written notice asserting a claim for indemnification in accordance with this Article XI based upon a breach of such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, then the applicable representation, warranty, covenant or agreement shall survive until, but only for purposes of, the resolution of the matter covered by such notice.
11.2 Indemnification.
(a) Subject to Section 11.4, from and after the Closing, the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders, severally (and not jointly), shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company, the Final Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries) and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) and will compensate and reimburse the Buyer Indemnified Parties for, any and all Losses incurred or suffered by any Buyer Indemnified Party (regardless of whether such Losses relate to any Third-Party Claim) resulting from, relating to or constituting:
(i) any breach of any representation or warranty the Company has made in Article IV of this Agreement or in the Closing Certificate;
(ii) any breach by the Company of any covenant or agreement of the Company in this Agreement that, by its terms, provides for performance by the Company prior to the Closing;
(iii) any Closing Indebtedness and any Closing Transaction Expenses, in each case to the extent not included in the calculation of the Adjustment Amount;
(iv) any portion of the True-up Amount in excess of the Holdback Amount;
(v) any inaccuracy in the Closing Date Allocation Schedule;
(vi) any Pre-Closing Taxes;
(vii) any claim by a stockholder or former stockholder of the Company of any of its Subsidiaries (including any stockholder whose ceases to own shares of the Company as a result of the Reverse Split) or holder of Company Options or any Person who purports to be a current or former stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, holder of Company Options and/or other current of former equityholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, seeking to assert, or based upon: (A) the ownership or rights to ownership of any shares of stock or other equity of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (B) any rights of a stockholder or holder of other equity of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the right to receive the consideration pursuant to Article III), including any option, preemptive rights or rights to notice or to vote; (C) any rights of such Person under the Company Charter, Company Bylaws or other organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) any claim that his, her or its shares were wrongfully repurchased by the Company or any its Subsidiaries or otherwise related to the Reverse Split; (E) any claim for appraisal or dissenters rights, including any payment in respect of Dissenting Shares in excess of the amount of payments otherwise payable to the stockholder seeking such rights under this Agreement, or (F) any breach of fiduciary duty by any officer or director of the Company at or prior to the Closing;
(viii) any fraud on the part of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(ix) any claim for indemnification, exculpation and/or the advancement or reimbursement of expenses by any Person who was an officer or director of the Company at any time prior to the Closing (solely to the extent the Losses arising therefrom exceed amounts actually recovered (net of the costs and expenses of collection) under the D&O Tail Policy.
(b) The amount of indemnification to which a Buyer Indemnified Party shall be entitled under this Article XI shall be determined: (i) by the written agreement between the Buyer Indemnified Party and the Indemnitor; (ii) by a final judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) by any other means to which the Buyer Indemnified Party and the Indemnitor shall agree. The judgment or decree of a court shall be deemed final when the time for appeal, if any, shall have expired and no appeal shall have been taken or when all appeals taken shall have been finally determined.
11.3 Indemnification Claim Procedures.
(a) If any Action is commenced or threatened by a third party that may give rise to a claim for indemnification (a “Third-Party Claim”) by any Buyer Indemnified Party, then such Buyer Indemnified Party shall promptly (i) notify the Indemnitor and (ii) deliver to the Indemnitor a written notice (A) describing in reasonable detail the nature of the Action, (B) including a copy of all papers served with respect to such Action, (C) including the Buyer Indemnified Party’s good faith estimate of the amount of Losses that may arise from such Action, and (D) describing in reasonable detail the basis for the Buyer Indemnified Party’s request for indemnification under this Agreement. Failure to notify the Indemnitor in accordance with this Section 11.3(a) will not relieve the Indemnitor of any liability that it may have to the Buyer Indemnified Party, except to the extent the defense of such Action is prejudiced by the Buyer Indemnified Party’s failure to give such notice.
(b) An Indemnitor may elect at any time to assume and thereafter conduct the defense of any Action subject to any such Third-Party Claim with counsel of the Indemnitor’s choice and each Buyer Indemnified Party shall cooperate in all respects with the conduct of such defense by the Indemnitor (including the making of any related claims, counterclaim or cross complaint against any Person in connection with the Action) and the settlement of such Action by the Indemnitor; provided, that (i) the Company Stockholder Representative may only assume control of such defense if (A) the maximum amount of Losses related to such Third-Party Claim, taken together with the estimated costs of defense thereof and the claimed amount of indemnification with respect to any unresolved claims for indemnification then pending, is less than or equal to $3,310,000, and (B) it acknowledges in writing to Buyer on behalf of all of the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders that any damages, fines, costs or other liabilities that may be assessed against the Buyer Indemnified Party in connection with such Third-Party Claim constitute Losses for which the Buyer Indemnified Party shall be indemnified pursuant to this Article XI, and (ii) the Company Stockholder Representative may not assume control of (but may participate in, at its sole cost and expense) the defense of any Third-Party Claim involving Taxes, any Governmental Authority or criminal liability or in which equitable relief is sought against the Buyer Indemnified Party or its Affiliates; provided, further that the Indemnitor will not approve of the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise with respect to such Action without the Buyer Indemnified Party’s prior written approval (which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless the terms of such settlement provide for a complete release of the claims that are the subject of such Action in favor of the Buyer Indemnified Party. If the Buyer Indemnified Party gives an Indemnitor notice of a Third-Party Claim and either (A) the Indemnitor does not, within sixty (60) days after such notice is given, (1) give notice to the Buyer Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense of the Action or Actions subject to such Third-Party Claim and (2) thereafter promptly assume such defense or (B) the Indemnitor does not otherwise have the right to assume defense of such Third-Party Claim under the terms of this Article XI, then the Buyer Indemnified Party may conduct the defense of such Action; provided, however, that the Buyer Indemnified Party will not agree to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise with respect to such Action or Actions without the prior written consent of the Indemnitor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
(c) In circumstances where the Indemnitor assumes the defense of a Third-Party Claim in accordance with Section 11.3(b), the Buyer Indemnified Party shall be entitled to
participate in the defense of such Third-Party Claim and to employ separate counsel of its choice for such purpose, in which case the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by such Buyer Indemnified Party.
(d) If any Buyer Indemnified Party becomes aware of any circumstances that may give rise to claim for indemnification for any matter not involving a Third-Party Claim, then such Buyer Indemnified Party shall promptly (i) notify the Indemnitor and (ii) deliver to the Indemnitor a written notice (A) describing in reasonable detail the nature of the circumstances giving rise to such claim, (B) including the Buyer Indemnified Party’s good faith estimate of the amount of Losses that may arise from such circumstances, and (C) describing in reasonable detail the basis for the Buyer Indemnified Party’s request for indemnification under this Agreement. Failure to notify the Indemnitor in accordance with this Section 11.3(d) will not relieve the Indemnitor of any liability that it may have to the Buyer Indemnified Party, except to the extent the defense of such claim is prejudiced by the Buyer Indemnified Party’s failure to give such notice. If the Indemnitor disputes its indemnity obligations for any Losses with respect to any such claim, the parties shall proceed in good faith to negotiate a resolution of such dispute and, if not resolved through negotiations, such dispute shall be resolved by litigation in an appropriate court of jurisdiction determined pursuant to Section 12.13.
(e) At the reasonable request of the Indemnitor, each Buyer Indemnified Party shall grant the Indemnitor and its representatives all reasonable access to the books, records, employees and properties of such Buyer Indemnified Party to the extent reasonably related to the matters to which the applicable claim for indemnification relates. All such access shall be granted during normal business hours and shall be granted under the conditions which shall not unreasonably interfere with the business and operations of such Buyer Indemnified Party.
11.4 Limitations on Indemnification Liability. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any claims a Buyer Indemnified Party makes under this Article XI will be limited as follows:
(a) Indemnification Cap. With respect to claims for indemnification under Section 11.2(a), except in cases of fraud, such claims shall be satisfied solely pursuant to Section 11.5.
(b) Claims Basket. The Buyer Indemnified Parties shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 11.2(a)(i) (except for claims based on fraud, intentional or knowing misrepresentation or willful breach, and except for claims for breaches of Fundamental Representations) unless and until the aggregate amount of all Losses incurred by the Buyer Indemnified Parties for which the Buyer Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article XI exceeds a dollar amount equal to the product of (i) three quarters of one percent (0.75%) multiplied by (ii) the Base Purchase Price (the “Basket Amount”), and the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall only be entitled to indemnification for such Losses to the extent such Losses exceed the Basket Amount.
(c) Losses Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Third-Party Recoveries. All Losses for which any Buyer Indemnified Party would otherwise be entitled to indemnification under this Article XI shall be reduced by the amount of insurance proceeds any Buyer Indemnified Party actually received in respect of any Losses incurred by such Buyer Indemnified Party (net of
all costs of collection and increases in insurance premiums). In the event that any insurance or other recovery is made by any Buyer Indemnified Party with respect to any Loss for which such Buyer Indemnified Party has been indemnified hereunder, then a refund equal to the aggregate amount of the insurance or other recovery shall be made promptly by such Buyer Indemnified Party to the Rights Agent for distribution to the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders to the extent necessary to prevent duplication of recovery by the Buyer Indemnified Parties.
(d) Assignment of Claims. If any Buyer Indemnified Party receives any indemnification payment pursuant to this Article XI, at the election of the Indemnitor, such Buyer Indemnified Party shall assign to the Indemnitor all of its claims for recovery against third Persons as to such Losses, whether by insurance coverage, contribution claims, subrogation or otherwise.
(e) Certain Other Damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to indemnification pursuant to Section 11.2 (other than claims based on fraud, intentional or knowing misrepresentation or willful breach), no Losses shall be recoverable under this Article XI that constitute punitive, exemplary or special damages, unless such Losses are required to be paid to a third party pursuant to a Third-Party Claim for which the Buyer Indemnified Parties were entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article XI and such claim for indemnification was actually made.
(f) No Duplicate Claims. In the event a Buyer Indemnified Party recovers Losses in respect of a claim for indemnification, no other Buyer Indemnified Party may recover the same Losses in respect of a claim for indemnification under this Agreement.
(g) Materiality Qualifications. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for purposes of determining (i) whether there has been a breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Article IV or the Closing Certificate and (ii) the amount of Losses for which any Buyer Indemnified Party may be entitled to indemnification under this Article XI, each such representation or warranty shall be deemed to have been made without any qualifications or limitations as to materiality (including any qualifications or limitations made by reference to a Material Adverse Effect).
11.5 Offset. Any amounts owed or claimed in good faith to be owed by any Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder to any Buyer Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article XI shall be automatically offset or set off against any amount that is or may become payable to the Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders pursuant to the CVR Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any claims pursuant to this Article XI (including claims pursuant to which Buyer claims the right of offset or set off pursuant to this Section 11.5), shall be finally resolved in accordance with the terms of this Article XI.
11.6 Indemnification Sole and Exclusive Remedy. Except with respect to claims based on fraud or claims for specific performance of covenants, following the Closing, indemnification pursuant to this Article XI shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the parties and any parties claiming by or through any party (including the Buyer Indemnified Parties) related to or arising from any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in, or otherwise pursuant to, this Agreement and none of Buyer, Merger Subs, the Company, the Company Stockholder Representative or any Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder or Company Stockholder shall have any other rights or remedies in connection with any breach of this
Agreement or any other liability arising out of the negotiation, entry into or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability, other Laws or otherwise; provided that no provision of this sentence shall operate as a release of any Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder or Company Stockholder from any claim against or liability of such Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder or Company Stockholder under any Contract delivered by such Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholder or Company Stockholder to Buyer or any Merger Sub in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
11.7 Tax Treatment. All amounts paid with respect to claims for indemnification under Article XI of this Agreement shall be treated by the parties hereto for all Tax purposes as adjustments to the Merger Consideration to the greatest extent permitted by applicable Law, and shall be reported as such by the parties hereto on their Tax Returns, as applicable.
Article
XII.
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Waiver. Any party to this Agreement may, at any time prior to the Closing, by action taken by its Board of Directors, or officers thereunto duly authorized, waive any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement or (without limiting Section 12.10) agree to an amendment or modification to this Agreement by an agreement in writing executed in the same manner (but not necessarily by the same Persons) as this Agreement. No waiver by any of the parties hereto of any default, misrepresentation or breach of representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence. No waiver by any of the parties of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the party sought to be charged with such waiver.
12.2 Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (iv) when delivered by email, with affirmative confirmation of delivery (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the email was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such email was not received by such intended recipient), addressed as follows:
(a) If to Buyer, Merger Subs or the Final Surviving Corporation, to:
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
55 Flemington Road
North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051, Australia
Attention: Lena Moran-Adams
Email: [●]
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: | Christopher D. Barnstable-Brown |
Jason L. Kropp
Craig Hilts
Email: | Chris.Barnstable-Brown@wilmerhale.com |
Jason.Kropp@wilmerhale.com
Craig.Hilts@wilmerhale.com
(b) If to the Company, prior to the Closing, to:
QSAM Biosciences, Inc.
Attn: Christopher Nelson, General Counsel
9442 Capital of Texas Hwy N, Plaza 1, Suite 500
Austin, TX 78759
Email: [●]
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Dickinson Wright PLLC
350
East Las Olas Blvd
Suite 1750
Ft. Lauderdale FL 33301
Attention: Joel Mayersohn
Email: jmayersohn@dickinson-wright.com
(c) If to the Company Stockholder Representative, to:
David H. Clarke
[●]
Email: [●]
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Christopher Nelson
420 Royal Palm Way, Suite 100
Palm Beach, FL 33480
Email: [●]
or to such other address or addresses as the parties may from time to time designate in writing.
12.3 Assignment. No party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that Buyer or the Merger Subs may transfer or assign their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or from time to
time in part, to one (1) or more of their Affiliates or any acquiror of all or substantially all of Buyer’s business or assets; provided that, in the case of an assignment by Buyer to any of its Affiliates, such assignment shall not relieve Buyer of any of its obligations hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
12.4 Rights of Third Parties. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any Person, other than the parties hereto, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event the Closing occurs, the Indemnified Persons (and their successors, heirs and representatives) are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 7.1.
12.5 Expenses. Except as otherwise specified herein, each party hereto, other than the Company Stockholder Representative (whose expenses shall be paid out of the Company Stockholder Representative Expense Fund pursuant to Section 3.9(c)), shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby whether or not such transactions shall be consummated, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisers and accountants; provided, however, that the amounts set forth on Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which are expressly contemplated by this Agreement and Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule to be paid or assumed by Buyer will be borne by Buyer.
12.6 Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction; provided, that the Laws of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia shall govern the issuance of Buyer Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
12.7 Captions; Counterparts. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts and any other document required to be executed and delivered hereunder may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including .pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 (e.g., www.docusign.com)) or other transmission method and any counterpart or such document so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
12.8 Schedules and Annexes. The Schedules and Annexes referenced herein, including the Company Disclosure Schedule are a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. All references herein to the Schedules and Annexes, including the Company Disclosure Schedule, shall be deemed references to such parts of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. The Company Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections and paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and paragraphs contained in Article IV. Any disclosure made by a party in the Company Disclosure Schedules with reference to any section or
schedule of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a disclosure with respect to all other sections or schedules to which the relevance of such disclosure is reasonably apparent based on a reading of the disclosure.
12.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Company Disclosure Schedules and Annexes to this Agreement) and that certain Confidential Disclosure Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2023, between Telix International Pty Ltd. and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersede any other agreements, whether written or oral, that may have been made or entered into by or among any of the parties hereto or any of their respective Subsidiaries relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Term Sheet. No representations, warranties, covenants, understandings or agreements, oral or otherwise, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement exist between the parties, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement.
12.10 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, only by a duly authorized agreement in writing executed in the same manner as this Agreement and which makes reference to this Agreement. The approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company shall not restrict the ability of the Board of Directors of the Company to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1 or to cause the Company to enter into an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12.10 to the extent permitted under Section 251(d) of the DGCL.
12.11 Publicity. The Company and Buyer agree that, from the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company shall not make any public release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued or made by or on behalf of any party without the prior consent of the other parties, except that the Company may make any disclosures or announcements necessary to comply with applicable Law or securities exchange regulations, including, if applicable, filing a copy of this Agreement with the SEC or similar Governmental Authority. The Company and Buyer and Merger Subs agree to keep the terms of this Agreement confidential, except to the extent and to the Persons to whom disclosure is required by applicable Law or securities exchange regulation or for purposes of compliance with financial reporting obligations; provided, that the parties may disclose such terms to their respective employees, accountants, advisors and other representatives as necessary in connection with the ordinary conduct of their respective businesses (so long as such Persons agree to, or are bound by contract or professional or fiduciary obligations to, keep the terms of this Agreement confidential and so long as the parties shall be responsible to the other parties hereto for breach of this Section 12.11 or such confidentiality obligations by the recipients of its disclosure).
12.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The parties further agree that if any provision contained herein is, to any extent, held invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the Laws governing this Agreement, they shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any provision contained herein that is held invalid or unenforceable with a valid and enforceable provision giving effect to the intent of the parties.
12.13 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in the Delaware Chancery Court (or, if the Delaware Chancery Court shall be unavailable, any other court of the State of Delaware or, in the case of claims to which the federal courts have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, any federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and, in each case, appellate courts therefrom, and each of the parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such Action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of such Action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by Law or to commence Actions or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any Action brought pursuant to this Section 12.13(a).
(b) Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any Action arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each party hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such party would not, in the event of any Action, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waiver and certifications in this Section 12.13(b).
12.14 Enforcement. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur, and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at law, in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which any party is entitled at law or in equity. Each party agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. The parties further agree not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to Law or inequitable for any reason, nor to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy. To the extent any party hereto brings an Action to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement (other than an Action to enforce specifically any provision that by its terms requires performance after the Closing or expressly survives termination of this Agreement), the Outside Date shall automatically be extended to (a) the twentieth (20th) Business Day following the resolution of such Action or (b) such other time period established by the court presiding over such Action.
12.15 Tax Advice. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that it has not received and is not relying upon Tax advice from any other party hereto, and that it has and will continue to consult its own advisors with respect to Taxes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have hereunto caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Christian Behrenbruch |
Name: | Dr. Christian Behrenbruch |
Title: | Managing Director & Group Chief Executive |
CYCLONE MERGER SUB I, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Darren Smith |
Name: | Darren Smith |
Title: | Treasurer |
CYCLONE MERGER SUB II, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Darren Smith |
Name: | Darren Smith |
Title: | Treasurer |
QSAM BIOSCIENCES INC. | ||
By: | / s/ C. Richard Piazza |
Name: | C. Richard Piazza |
Title: | Executive Chairman |
DAVID H. CLARKE, as the Company Stockholder Representative | ||
By: | /s/ David H. Clarke |
Name: | David H. Clarke |
ANNEX
A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
ANNEX
B
Form of CVR Agreement
ANNEX A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[●], 2024
Telix
Pharmaceuticals Limited
55 Flemington Road
North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051, Australia
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned signatory of this lock-up agreement (this “Lock-Up Agreement”) understands that Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369, a public limited company registered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Buyer”), has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of [●], 2024 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”) with Cyclone Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer, Cyclone Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer, QSAM Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and David H. Clarke solely in his capacity as the Company Equityholder Representative. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.
As a condition and inducement to Buyer to enter into the Merger Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that, subject to the exceptions set forth herein, without the prior written consent of Buyer, the undersigned will not, during the period commencing upon the Closing and ending on the date that is 12 months after the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”):
(1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any legal, beneficial or economic interest in any Buyer Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Buyer Ordinary Shares (including without limitation, Buyer Ordinary Shares or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and securities of Buyer which may be issued upon exercise of an option to purchase Buyer Ordinary Shares or a warrant to purchase Buyer Ordinary Shares) that are currently or hereafter owned by the undersigned, except as set forth below (collectively, the “Undersigned’s Shares”);
(2) enter into any swap, short sale, hedge or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Undersigned’s Shares regardless of whether any such transaction described in clause (1) above or this clause (2) is to be settled by delivery of Buyer Ordinary Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise;
(3) make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Buyer Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Buyer Ordinary Shares (other than such rights set forth in the Merger Agreement); or
(4) offer or agree to do, or publicly disclose the intention to do, any of the foregoing.
The restrictions and obligations contemplated by this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to:
(a) transfers of the Undersigned’s Shares:
(1) (A) to any person related to the undersigned (or to an ultimate beneficial owner of the undersigned) by blood or adoption who is an immediate family member of the undersigned, or by marriage or domestic partnership (a “Family Member”), or to a trust formed for the benefit of the undersigned or any of the undersigned’s Family Members, (B) to the undersigned’s estate, following the death of the undersigned, by will, intestacy or other operation of Law, (C) as a bona fide gift or a charitable contribution, (D) by operation of Law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement or (E) to any partnership, corporation or limited liability company which is controlled by the undersigned and/or by any such Family Member(s);
(2) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that is a direct or indirect affiliate (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the undersigned, including investment funds or other entities that controls or manages, is under common control or management with, or is controlled or managed by, the undersigned, (B) as a distribution or dividend to equity holders, current or former general or limited partners, members or managers (or to the estates of any of the foregoing), as applicable, of the undersigned (including upon the liquidation and dissolution of the undersigned pursuant to a plan of liquidation approved by the undersigned’s equity holders), (C) as a bona fide gift or a charitable contribution or otherwise to a trust or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of an immediate family member of a beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of the Undersigned’s Shares or (D) transfers or dispositions not involving a change in beneficial ownership; or
(3) if the undersigned is a trust, to any grantors or beneficiaries of the trust;
provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to this clause (a), such transfer is not for value (other than transfers pursuant to 1(A), 1(E) or 2(A)) and each donee, heir, beneficiary or other transferee or distributee shall sign and deliver to Buyer a lock-up agreement in the form of this Lock-Up Agreement with respect to the Buyer Ordinary Shares or such other securities that have been so transferred or distributed;
(b) the exercise of an option to purchase Buyer Ordinary Shares (including a net or cashless exercise of an option to purchase Buyer Ordinary Shares), and any related transfer of Buyer Ordinary Shares to Buyer for the purpose of paying the exercise price of such options or for paying taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of such options or for paying taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of such options; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the underlying Buyer Ordinary Shares shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement;
(c) transfers to Buyer in connection with the net settlement of any other equity award that represents the right to receive in the future Buyer Ordinary Shares, settled in Buyer Ordinary Shares, to pay any tax withholding obligations; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the underlying Buyer Ordinary Shares shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement;
(d) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Buyer Ordinary Shares; provided that such plan does not provide for any transfers of Buyer Ordinary Shares during the Restricted Period;
(e) transfers by the undersigned of Buyer Ordinary Shares purchased by the undersigned on the open market or in a public offering by Buyer (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement);
(f) pursuant to a bona-fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Buyer’s capital stock involving a change of control of Buyer, provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Undersigned’s Shares shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement; or
(g) pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency; and provided, further, that, with respect to each of (a), (b), (c), and (d) above, no filing by any party (including any donor, donee, transferor, transferee, distributor or distributee) under Section 16 of the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be made voluntarily reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Buyer Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Buyer Ordinary Shares in connection with such transfer or disposition during the Restricted Period (other than any exit filings) and if any filings under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, or other public filing, report or announcement reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Buyer Ordinary Shares in connection with such transfer or distribution, shall be legally required during the Restricted Period, such filing, report or announcement shall clearly indicate in the footnotes therein, in reasonable detail, a description of the circumstances of the transfer and that the shares remain subject to the lock-up agreement.
For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “change of control” shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons, of Buyer’s voting securities if, after such transfer, Buyer’s stockholders as of immediately prior to such transfer do not hold a majority of the outstanding voting securities of Buyer (or the surviving entity).
Any attempted transfer in violation of this Lock-Up Agreement will be of no effect and null and void, regardless of whether the purported transferee has any actual or constructive knowledge of the transfer restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement, and will not be recorded on the share register of Buyer.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the undersigned agrees that Buyer and any duly appointed share registry or transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein are
hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.
Buyer may cause (A) the Buyer Ordinary Shares to be subject to escrow and a holding lock (as defined in section 2 of the operating rules of ASX Settlement Pty Ltd) and held on the issuer sponsored subregister (being the part of Buyer-administered register for its shares which records uncertificated share holdings) during the Restricted Period; and (B) the legend set forth below, or a legend substantially equivalent thereto, to be placed upon any holding statement (s) or other documents, ledgers or instruments evidencing the undersigned’s ownership of Buyer Ordinary Shares:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS HOLDING STATEMENT ARE SUBJECT TO AND MAY ONLY BE TRANSFERRED IN COMPLIANCE WITH A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY. BY ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN SUCH SHARES THE PERSON ACCEPTING SUCH INTEREST SHALL BE DEEMED TO AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT.
Buyer agrees to do all things necessary to ensure that the holding lock is temporarily released to permit the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares to the extent permitted by this Lock-Up Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that if the Merger Agreement is terminated for any reason, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement. The undersigned understands that Buyer is proceeding with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement in reliance upon this Lock-Up Agreement.
Any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon Buyer will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity, and the exercise by Buyer of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The undersigned agrees that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur to Buyer in the event that any of the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms (including failing to take such actions as are required of it hereunder to consummate this Agreement) or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that Buyer shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Lock-Up Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States, Australia or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which Buyer is entitled at Law or in equity, and the undersigned waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of Buyer with respect thereto. The undersigned further agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific
performance or other equitable relief on the basis that Buyer has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.
Upon the release of any of the Undersigned’s Shares from this Lock-Up Agreement, Buyer will reasonably and promptly cooperate with the undersigned to facilitate the withdrawal of any stop transfer instructions or holding lock by virtue of this Lock-Up Agreement. Following the expiration of any required holding period under Rule 144 of the Securities Act applicable to the Undersigned’s Shares, at the undersigned’s request, Buyer and the undersigned may discuss the removal of the restrictions hereunder from a portion of the Undersigned’s Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer shall have no obligation to agree to or cause any modifications or amendments to this Lock-Up Agreement.
For so long as Buyer is listed on the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange: (A) notwithstanding anything contained in this Lock-Up Agreement, Buyer shall not be required to take any actions to the extent prohibited by the Listing Rules of the Australian Securities Exchange (the “Listing Rules”) and Buyer shall be permitted to take any action required pursuant to the Listing Rules, in each case without the consent of the undersigned; and (B) if any provision of this Lock-Up Agreement is or becomes inconsistent with the Listing Rules, this Lock-Up Agreement is deemed not to contain that provision to the extent of the inconsistency.
This Lock-Up Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the state of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of Laws principles thereof.
This Lock-Up Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Lock-Up Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by Buyer and the undersigned by facsimile or electronic transmission in PDF format shall be sufficient to bind such parties to the terms and conditions of this Lock-Up Agreement.
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Very truly yours, | ||
By: | ||
Stockholder Name: |
[Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement]
Accepted and Agreed:
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement]
Form of CVR Agreement
CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of [●], 2024, (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited ACN 616 620 369, a public limited company registered under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Parent”), QSAM Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), David H. Clarke (“Holder Representative”), and [●], a [●], as Rights Agent.
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, Parent, Cyclone Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub I”), Cyclone Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub II”, and together with Merger Sub I, “Merger Subs”), the Company, and Holder Representative, solely in his capacity as the Company Stockholder Representative, have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of [●] (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which (a) Merger Sub I will merge with and into the Company, Merger Sub I will cease to exist, and the Company will survive as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “First Merger”), and as part of the same overall transaction, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub II, the Company will cease to exist, and Merger Sub II will survive as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Second Merger” and, collectively or ad seriatim with the First Merger, as appropriate, the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, at or prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), Parent has agreed to provide Holders (as defined below) the right to receive one or more contingent cash or stock payments upon the achievement of certain milestones as hereinafter described in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, prior to the time at which the First Merger become effective pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement (the “First Effective Time”) the Company shall effect the Reverse Split (in accordance with the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which Pre-Reverse Split Company Stockholders holding fractional shares of Company Common Stock (after giving effect to the Reverse Split) shall receive, among other things, one (1) CVR for each share of Company Common Stock that was converted into a fractional share (and not aggregated into a whole number of shares held by the applicable holder) pursuant to such Reverse Split (each such CVR, a “Reverse Split CVR”); and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the consummation of the transactions referred to above, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the proportionate benefit of all Holders (as defined below), as follows:
Article
1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. | Definitions. |
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
“Acquired Products” means any Company Regulated Product (as defined in the Merger Agreement), including the CycloSam® product candidate developed by the Company prior to the Closing.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, following the Closing, (a) the Company shall constitute an Affiliate of Parent and (b) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company) shall constitute an Affiliate of any Holder.
“ASX” means ASX Limited and, where applicable, the securities exchange operated by it.
“ASX Listing Rules” means the official listing rules of the ASX.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which the commercial banking institutions in New York, New York or Melbourne, Australia are authorized to close for business.
“Cash-Out CVR Holder” means any Holder that, pursuant to Section 3.14 of the Merger Agreement, received cash in lieu of the Share Consideration that such Holder would have otherwise been entitled to receive (in such Holder’s capacity as a Company Stockholder) pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
“Closing” means the closing of the First Merger.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing actually occurs.
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to Parent’s obligations to develop or commercialize the Acquired Products, the level of efforts consistent with the efforts normally used by similarly situated biotechnology or biopharmaceutical company relating to the development and commercialization of a product with similar market potential as the Acquired Product at a similar stage of development or commercialization and taking into all relevant factors, including: (a) efficacy and safety clinical data; (b) patent and regulatory exclusivity; (c) target product profile; (d) market competition (including generic or biosimilar competition); (e) anticipated or approved labelling; (f) present and future market potential; (g) the likelihood of and scope obtained for regulatory approval; (h) the likelihood of and scope obtained for pricing and reimbursement; (i) the profitability and commercial potential of the product; and (j) all
necessary medical, sales, marketing and other costs required for successful commercialization. For the avoidance of doubt, Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be determined on a market-by-market and product-by-product basis, and it is anticipated that the level of effort will be different for different markets, and will change over time, reflecting changes in the status of the product and the market(s) involved.
“Company Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“CVRs” means the rights of Holders to receive contingent payments pursuant to this Agreement.
“EMA” means the European Union Medicines Agency.
“FDA” means the United States Food & Drug Administration.
“First Commercial Sale” means, with respect to an Acquired Product, the first sale for monetary value for use or consumption by the end user (which for avoidance of doubt does not include any licensee or distributor) of such Acquired Product in a Major Market Country after receipt of all required Regulatory Approvals in the applicable country. First Commercial Sale of an Acquired Product expressly excludes any distribution or other sale at or below cost solely for ‘treatment IND’ sales, named patient use, compassionate use, or test marketing programs or non-registrational studies.
“Governmental Authority” means any U.S. or foreign federal, state, local or municipal government or any agency, instrumentality, commission, office, legislative body, court, arbitrational tribunal, mediator, securities exchange, administrative agency, government authority or other governmental or quasi-governmental regulatory authority or body.
“Holder” means, at the relevant time, a Person in whose name a CVR is registered in the CVR Register.
“Indication” means, with respect to an Acquired Product, a therapeutic use for a specified disease or medical condition, including but not limited to, for the treatment of symptoms of disease such as pain or for conditioning prior to a medical procedure such as bone marrow transplantation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute a new or additional Indication: (a) moving from one line of therapy to another within an Indication (e.g. the use of the Acquired Product for the same disease or medical condition in a second line therapy after approval for a first line of therapy); (b) use of the Acquired Product for the same disease or medical condition for different populations or population sub-types in the same line of therapy; (c) the use of the Acquired Product for the same disease or medical condition in different combinations or co-administration of therapies; and (d) treatment of the same disease or medical condition with the Acquired Product in an expanded, modified or additional patient population in the same line of therapy.
“Law” means any United States federal, state, municipal, or local or foreign law, common law, constitution, treaty, statute, standard, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, resolution, guidance or promulgation, or any decree, order, injunction, rule, judgment, consent of or by any
Governmental Authority, or any Permit or similar right granted under any of the foregoing, or any similar provision having the force or effect of law.
“Major Market Country” means any of the following: the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Brazil or China.
“Milestone 1” means the first achievement of Successful Completion with respect to any Acquired Product for one or more Indication(s).
“Milestone 1 Amount” means USD$10.0 million.
“Milestone 2” means the First Commercial Sale of an approved Acquired Product in any Major Market Country for any Indication.
“Milestone 2 Amount” means USD$20.0 million.
“Milestone 3” means the First Commercial Sale of an Acquired Product in any Major Market Country after receipt of Regulatory Approval for an Indication other than the Indication which resulted in the achievement of Milestone 2.
“Milestone 3 Amount” means USD$10.0 million.
“Milestones” means, collectively, Milestone 1, Milestone 2, Milestone 3 and the Net Sales Milestone.
“Milestone Payment(s)” means, as applicable, any of the Milestone 1 Amount, Milestone 2 Amount, Milestone 3 Amount or Net Sales Milestone Amount, in each case payable (a) subject to Section 2.04(e), if due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, by a number of Parent Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the applicable milestone amount, divided by (ii) the Milestone Share Price or (b) if due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement on or after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, in cash in the applicable amount.
“Milestone Period” means the date beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the ten (10) year anniversary of such date.
“Milestone Share Price” means the volume weighted average price at which Parent Ordinary Shares traded on the ASX (excluding special crossings and overnight sales) over the twenty (20) trading-day period ending on the Business Day immediately prior to the date on which Parent delivers a Milestone Notice, as converted from AUD to USD at the exchange rate published in the Wall Street Journal as of the day that is one (1) Business Day prior to the applicable date of determination.
“Net Sales” means the total amount received in USD or USD equivalent for all sales, transfers or other supply of Acquired Products by or on behalf of Parent, its sublicensees or its Affiliates in an arms’ length bona fide commercial transaction, excluding: (a) taxes and duties; (b) customs tariffs, duties and charges; (c) product returns; (d) currency fluctuations and currency hedging; (e) regulatory and market access license approval and maintenance costs;
(f) third party license fees (including royalty, milestone and patent costs payments or reimbursement); (g) other usual arms’ length trade discounts, rebates and costs of supplying and commercializing the Acquired Products such as freight, transportation, warehousing, packaging and shipping, dose preparation or compounding fees, product bad debt, product related-insurance charges. For avoidance of doubt: (i) Net Sales shall be deemed to not include transfers free of charge as part of the development of product, samples, product for clinical trials, compassionate use or demo/evaluation purposes, or intercompany transfers between Parent and its Affiliates, provided that Net Sales shall apply to Affiliates’ sales, transfers or other supply of Acquired Products to third parties; and (ii) the amount of Net Sales must be determined from Parent and its Affiliates books and records, as further described herein.
“Net Sales Milestone” means cumulative worldwide Net Sales of any or all Acquired Product(s) of USD$500.0 million.
“Net Sales Milestone Amount” means USD$50.0 million.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate (i) signed by an authorized officer of Parent, in his or her capacity as such, and (ii) delivered to the Rights Agent.
“Parent Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of Parent.
“Permitted Deductions” means (i) amounts Parent is permitted to offset or set off pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Merger Agreement and (ii) amounts for which the Holder Representative (in his capacity as the Company Stockholder Representative under the Merger Agreement) is indemnified pursuant to Section 3.9(d) of the Merger Agreement.
“Permitted Transfer” means (subject at all times to Section 2.02) a transfer of one or more CVRs (a) upon death by will or intestacy; (b) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust in which the CVRs are to be passed to beneficiaries upon the death of the trustee; (c) made pursuant to a court order; (d) made by operation of law (including a consolidation or merger) or without consideration in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity; (e) in the case of CVRs payable to a nominee, from a nominee to a beneficial owner (and, if applicable, through an intermediary) or from such nominee to another nominee for the same beneficial owner, in each case as allowable by the Depository Trust Company; or (f) as provided in Section 2.07.
“Person” means any natural person, firm, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, association, corporation, unincorporated organization, company, joint venture, trust, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Pivotal Clinical Trial” means a clinical trial of an Acquired Product that either: (a) would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c) or corresponding foreign regulations; or (b) is intended (as of the time the Clinical Trial is initiated) to obtain sufficient data to support the filing of a Regulatory Approval application for such Acquired Product. Pivotal Clinical Trial may include (i) a Clinical Trial that is designed to satisfy the requirements of both 21 C.F.R. 312.21(b) and 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c) or corresponding foreign regulations, or (ii) a Clinical Trial that is designed to satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(b) that is subsequently optimized
or expanded to satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c) or to provide sufficient data to support the filing of a Regulatory Approval application for such Acquired Product, as supported by a Regulatory Authority’s formal meeting minutes, IRB approval or comparable documents.
“Regulatory Approval” means all approvals of each applicable Regulatory Authority necessary for the commercial marketing and sale of a product in a country (including any required pricing or reimbursement approvals).
“Regulatory Authority” means any federal, national, multinational, state, provincial, or local regulatory agency, department, bureau, or other Governmental Authority with authority over the testing, manufacture, use, storage, import, promotion, marketing, or sale (including pricing and reimbursement approval) of any pharmaceutical or biologic product in any country or territory.
“Rights Agent” means the Rights Agent named in the first paragraph of this Agreement, until a successor Rights Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Rights Agent” shall mean such successor Rights Agent.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, a corporation or other entity of which more than 50% of the voting power of the equity securities or equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“Successful Completion” means, with respect to an Acquired Product, that statistically significant results have been generated from a Pivotal Clinical Trial for such Acquired Product, which results meet or exceed the primary endpoint(s) and secondary endpoint(s) set forth in the protocol, as evidenced by the clinical trial report prepared by the principal investigator for the Pivotal Clinical Trial. Should the specific conditions of Successful Completion not be met, however, and the FDA or the EMA, or the other similar foreign Regulatory Authority nonetheless grants Regulatory Approval of an Acquired Product for the indication agreed in the ESC approved development plan as may be amended or modified, then Successful Completion shall be deemed to have achieved upon receipt of such Regulatory Approval.
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CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS
Section 2.01. | Holders of CVRs; Appointment of Rights Agent. |
(a) As contemplated by the Merger Agreement:
(i) upon the effectiveness of the Reverse Split (and prior to the Effective Time), each Holder holding fractional shares of Company Common Stock (after giving effect to the Reverse Split) shall receive, among other things, one (1) CVR for each share of Company Common Stock that was converted into such fractional share (and not aggregated into a whole number of shares held by the applicable holder) pursuant to such Reverse Split; and
(ii) pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each Holder shall be entitled to a number of CVRs equal to the denominator in the Reverse Split for each share of Company Common Stock, if any, that is issued and outstanding and held by such Holder (after giving effect to the Reverse Split) as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time.
(b) The initial Holders shall be determined pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and this Agreement, and a list of the initial Holders shall be furnished to the Rights Agent by or on behalf of Parent in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) Parent hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as rights agent for Parent in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment.
Section 2.02. | Nontransferable. |
CVRs may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or transferred or disposed of in any other manner, in whole or in part, other than pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, and, in the case of a Permitted Transfer, only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in compliance with (and to the extent permitted by) applicable United States federal and state securities laws, ASX Listing Rules and the terms and conditions hereto. Any attempted sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or disposition of CVRs, in whole or in part, in violation of this Section 2.02 or Section 2.03 shall be void ab initio and of no effect.
Section 2.03. | No Certificate; Registration; Registration of Transfer; Change of Address. |
(a) CVRs shall not be evidenced by a certificate or other instrument; provided however, the Holders shall receive evidence of issuance of the CVRs in the form of an account statement of other written documentation from the Rights Agent.
(b) The Rights Agent shall keep a register (the “CVR Register”) for the purposes of (i) identifying the Holders of CVRs and (ii) registering CVRs and Permitted Transfers thereof. The CVR Register will be created, and CVRs will be distributed, pursuant to written instructions to the Rights Agent from Parent. In furtherance of Section 2.04(e), the CVR Register shall specify each CVR that is a Cash-Out CVR. For the avoidance of doubt, any CVRs payable to a Company Stockholder as Merger Consideration will not be deemed outstanding or included in the CVR Register unless and until such Company Stockholder completes the exchange procedures set forth in Section 3.7(b) of the Merger Agreement.
(c) Without limiting the restriction on transferability set forth in Section 2.02, every request made to transfer a CVR must be in writing and accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and other requested documentation in form reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent, duly executed by the registered Holder or Holders thereof, or by the duly appointed legal representative, personal representative or survivor of such Holder or Holders, setting forth in reasonable detail the circumstances relating to the transfer demonstrating that such proposed transfer is a Permitted Transfer. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Rights Agent shall, subject to its reasonable determination that the transfer instrument is in proper form and the transfer is a Permitted Transfer and otherwise complies with the other terms and conditions of
this Agreement, register the transfer of the applicable CVRs in the CVR Register and notify Parent of the same. Subject to Section 2.07, all duly and validly transferred CVRs registered in the CVR Register shall be the valid obligations of Parent, evidencing the same right, and entitling the transferee to the same benefits and rights under this Agreement, as those held by the transferor. No transfer of a CVR shall be valid unless and until registered in the CVR Register in accordance with this Agreement.
(d) A Holder may make a written request to the Rights Agent to change such Holder’s address of record in the CVR Register. Such written request must be duly executed by such Holder. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Rights Agent shall promptly record the change of address in the CVR Register.
Section 2.04. | Payment Procedures. |
(a) If any Milestone is achieved during the Milestone Period, then, in each case, on a date that is no later than thirty (30) days following the achievement of such Milestone, Parent will deliver to the Rights Agent (i) a notice (a “Milestone Notice”) indicating (A) the achievement of such Milestone, and (B) a calculation of the amount of cash and/or number of Parent Ordinary Shares, as applicable, payable as the applicable Milestone Payment, including, if applicable, the amount of any Permitted Deductions from such Milestone Payment and the portion of any Milestone Payment that will be paid in cash in lieu of Parent Ordinary Shares pursuant to Section 2.04(e), and (ii) for payment to the Holders, cash and/or shares equal to the applicable Milestone Payment (in each case less any applicable withholding Tax, if any).
(b) The Rights Agent shall promptly, and in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a Milestone Notice, send each Holder at its address set forth in the CVR Register a copy of such Milestone Notice. At the time the Rights Agent sends a copy of such Milestone Notice to the Holders, the Rights Agent shall also pay to each Holder, subject to any applicable withholding Tax and Section 2.04(e), the applicable Milestone Payment (the portion of such Milestone Payment which each Holder is entitled to receive shall be equal to (i) (A) the applicable Milestone Payment divided by (B) the aggregate number of CVRs registered in the CVR Register at such time, multiplied by (ii) the number of CVRs held by such Holder as reflected on the CVR Register). For the avoidance of doubt, none of Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates will have any further liability in respect of the relevant Milestone Payments upon delivery of such Milestone Payment in accordance with this Section 2.04 to the Rights Agent. For clarity, no Milestone Payment shall be payable more than once.
(c) Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, or cause to be deducted and withheld, from each Milestone Payment otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement, such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to any such deliveries and payments under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any provision of state, local, provincial or foreign Law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
(d) Any portion of a Milestone Payment that remains undistributed to the Holders six (6) months after applicable date of payment of such Milestone Payment to the Rights Agent
(including by means of invalid addresses on the CVR Register) will be delivered by the Rights Agent to Parent or a person nominated in writing by Parent (with written notice thereof from Parent to the Rights Agent), and subject to this Section 2.04(d), such property shall be deemed forfeited by the applicable Holders and become the property of Parent. The Rights Agent shall promptly notify the Holder Representative in the event that any undistributed amount is delivered to Parent or its nominee. To the extent all such undistributed payment(s) exceed $50,000 in the aggregate (whether payable in cash or stock), upon written notice by the Holder Representative, Parent and Rights Agent shall cause such amounts to be reallocated and distributed to the other CVR Holders in accordance with their respective pro rata shares of the aggregate number of CVRs registered in the CVR Register, excluding the CVRs to which such undistributed payments were otherwise payable.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the amount of any Milestone Payments which would, but for this Section 2.04(e), be payable in Parent Ordinary Shares in accordance with definition of “Milestone Payment,” such portion of such Milestone Payment payable in respect of (i) Reverse Split CVRs, (ii) CVRs held by Cash-Out CVR Holders or (iii) CVRs that have been transferred pursuant to a Permitted Transfer (other than a Permitted Transfer of the nature described in clause (e) of the definition of “Permitted Transfer”) (any such CVRs as described in clauses (i) through (iii), “Cash-Out CVRs”) shall, in each case, be paid in cash in lieu of any Parent Ordinary Shares.
Section 2.05. No Fractional Shares. Parent shall not be required to issue fractional Parent Ordinary Shares upon payment of CVRs, and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued. If more than one CVR shall be payable at the same time with respect to the same Holder, the number of full Parent Ordinary Shares which shall be issuable upon the payment thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Parent Ordinary Shares issuable upon the payment of such CVRs. If any fraction of a share of Parent Ordinary Shares would, except for the provisions of this Section 2.05, be issuable on the payment of any CVRs, Parent shall pay in cash the dollar amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent, with numbers of cents ending with .5 or more being rounded up to the nearest whole cent), without interest, determined by multiplying such fraction by the Milestone Share Price.
Section 2.06. | No Voting, Dividends or Interest; No Equity or Ownership Interest. |
(a) CVRs shall not have any voting or dividend rights (whether fixed or at the discretion of the directors of Parent), and interest shall not accrue on any amounts payable in respect of CVRs.
(b) CVRs shall not represent any equity or ownership interest in Parent, any constituent company to the Merger or any of their respective Affiliates.
(c) CVRs shall not confer any right (i) to a return of capital, whether in a winding up, upon a reduction of capital or otherwise; (ii) to participate in the surplus profit or assets of Parent upon a winding up; or (iii) to participate in new issues of securities such as bonus issues or entitlement issues.
(d) The rights of a Holder in respect of the CVRs are solely limited to those expressly included in this Agreement.
Section 2.07. | Ability to Abandon CVR. |
A Holder may at any time, at such Holder’s option, abandon all of such Holder’s remaining rights in a CVR by transferring such CVR to Parent without consideration therefor. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or any of its Affiliates from offering to acquire or acquiring any CVRs from the Holders for consideration, in private transactions or otherwise, in its sole discretion. Any CVRs acquired by Parent or any of its Affiliates shall be automatically deemed extinguished and no longer outstanding for purposes of Article 5 and Section 6.04 hereunder, but shall still be deemed as outstanding for purposes of calculating the aggregate number of CVRs registered in the CVR Register under Section 2.04.
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THE RIGHTS AGENT
Section 3.01. | Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Rights Agent. |
The Rights Agent shall not have any liability for any actions taken or not taken in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent such liability arises as a result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of the Rights Agent.
Section 3.02. | Certain Rights of Rights Agent. |
(a) The Rights Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Rights Agent.
(b) The Rights Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(c) Whenever the Rights Agent shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Rights Agent may, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.
(d) The Rights Agent may engage and consult with counsel of its reasonable selection and the written advice or opinion of such outside counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(e) Any permissive rights of the Rights Agent hereunder shall not be construed as a duty.
(f) The Rights Agent shall not be required to give any note or surety in respect of the execution of such powers or otherwise in respect of such powers.
(g) Parent agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold the Rights Agent harmless from and against, any loss, liability, damage or expense (“Loss”) suffered or incurred by the Rights Agent and arising out of or in connection with the Rights Agent’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending the Rights Agent against any claims, charges, demands, actions or suits arising out of or in connection with such performance, except to the extent such Loss shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the Rights Agent’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Parent’s obligations under this Section 3.02(g) to indemnify the Rights Agent shall survive the resignation or removal of any Rights Agent and the termination of this Agreement.
(h) In addition to the indemnification provided under Section 3.02(g), but without duplication, Parent agrees (i) to pay the fees of the Rights Agent in connection with the Rights Agent’s performance of its obligations hereunder, as agreed upon in writing by the Rights Agent and Parent on or prior to the date of this Agreement, and (ii) to reimburse the Rights Agent promptly upon demand for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including all Taxes (other than income, receipt, franchise or similar Taxes) and governmental charges, incurred by the Rights Agent in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 3.03. | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. |
(a) The Rights Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to Parent specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect, which notice shall be sent at least 60 days prior to the date so specified, but in no event shall such resignation become effective until a successor Rights Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment in accordance with Section 3.04.
(b) Parent shall have the right to remove the Rights Agent at any time by specifying a date when such removal shall take effect, but no such removal shall have become effective until a successor Rights Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment in accordance with Section 3.04. Notice of such removal shall be given by Parent to the Rights Agent, which notice shall be sent at least 60 days prior to the date so specified.
(c) If the Rights Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, Parent shall promptly appoint a qualified successor Rights Agent. The successor Rights Agent so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with this Section 3.03(c) and Section 3.04, become the Rights Agent for all purposes hereunder.
(d) Parent shall give notice of each resignation or removal of the Rights Agent and each appointment of a successor Rights Agent through the facilities of DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures and/or by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail to the Holders. Each notice shall include the name and address of the successor Rights Agent. If Parent fails to send such notice within ten (10) Business Days after acceptance of appointment by a successor Rights Agent, the successor Rights Agent shall cause the notice to be transmitted
at the expense of Parent. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 3.03, however, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.03, unless consented to in writing by the Holder Representative, Parent shall not appoint as a successor Rights Agent any Person that is not a transfer agent of national reputation or the corporate trust department of a commercial bank.
Section 3.04. | Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. |
Every successor Rights Agent appointed hereunder shall, at or prior to such appointment, execute, acknowledge and deliver to Parent and to the retiring Rights Agent an instrument accepting such appointment and a counterpart of this Agreement, and thereupon such successor Rights Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Rights Agent; provided that upon the request of Parent or the successor Rights Agent, such resigning or removed Rights Agent shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Rights Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of such resigning or removed Rights Agent.
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COVENANTS; OTHER AGREEMENTS
Section 4.01. | List of Holders. |
Parent shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Rights Agent the names and addresses of the Holders within forty-five (45) Business Days following the Closing Date.
Section 4.02. | Commercially Reasonable Efforts. |
Commencing upon the Closing Date and continuing until the earlier of expiration of the Milestone Period or the achievement of all Milestones, Parent shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to (a) develop at least one Acquired Product in at least one Major Market Country, including using Commercially Reasonable Efforts to finalize the clinical trial report within three (3) months from database lock for the related Pivotal Clinical Trial (for clarity, completion of database lock within such time period is not guaranteed, and is subject to a number of factors including without limitation receipt of Protocol compliant and GCP compliant data from trial investigators, institutions, ethics bodies, regulators and third parties); and (b) commercialize at least one Acquired Product in the Major Market Countries after receipt of Regulatory Approval in any such country.
Section 4.03. | Audit Rights. |
(a) Until the earlier of achievement of the Net Sales Milestone or the expiration of the Milestone Period, upon reasonable advance written notice from the Holder Representative, Parent shall permit an independent certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing mutually agreed by the Holder Representative and Parent (the “Independent
Accountant”) to have access at reasonable times during normal business hours to the books and records of Parent and its Affiliates as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate and verify Parent’s calculation of the Net Sales Milestone hereunder; provided that (i) such Holder Representative (and the Independent Accountant) enter into customary confidentiality agreements reasonably satisfactory to Parent with respect to the confidential information of Parent or its Affiliates to be furnished pursuant to this Section 4.03 and (ii) such access does not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of Parent or any of its Affiliates. The Independent Accountant will keep all books and records of Parent and its Affiliates strictly confidential, and will provide only a report of the results of its findings to Holder Representative. The reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket fees charged by such accounting firm (to the extent consistent with a previously agreed budget at the time of engagement by such Independent Accountant) shall be borne by the Holder Representative. The Independent Accountant shall provide Parent with a copy of all disclosures made to the Holder Representative. The decision of such accounting firm shall be final, conclusive and binding on Parent, Holder Representative and the Holders, shall be nonappealable and shall not be subject to further review, absent manifest error. The audit rights set forth in this Section 4.03(a) may not be exercised by the Holder Representative more than once; provided however, that if the Independent Accountant determines in its audit that the actual amount of Net Sales as of the date the Independent Accountant began its audit pursuant to this Section 4.03(a) is more than 10% greater than the amount Parent calculated Net Sales to be as of such date, the Holder Representative may exercise these audit rights a second time no sooner than 12 months after the completion of the first audit.
(b) If, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.03(a), the Independent Accountant concludes that the Net Sales Milestone should have been paid but was not paid when due, Parent shall promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days of the date the Independent Accountant delivers to Parent the Independent Accountant’s written report, pay each Holder the applicable portion of the Net Sales Milestone Amount (to the extent not paid on a subsequent date), plus interest at the thirty (30) day U.S. dollar “prime rate” effective for the date such payment was due, as reported by Bloomberg, from when such Milestone should have been paid, as applicable, to the date of actual payment, as applicable; provided that, for clarity, such adjusted Net Sales Milestone Amount shall otherwise be paid pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.04.
Section 4.04. | Executive Steering Committee. |
(a) Effective as of the Closing Date, an Executive Steering Committee (the “ESC”), shall be deemed established, which ESC shall continue until the date that is six (6) months after the Closing Date, at which time the ESC shall be automatically deemed dissolved. The ESC shall be composed of four members, with two members to be appointed by Parent and two members to be appointed by the Company, in each case no later than the Closing Date. Parent shall designate one of the ESC members as the “ESC Chair.” Each ESC member shall have executed a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to Parent. The ESC will meet once every other month. The ESC Chair will send a draft agenda for each meeting to the other members, and each of the members may, with the reasonable approval of the ESC Chair, invite individuals who are not ESC members to participate in ESC meetings (provided that such individuals have executed a confidentiality agreement with the party that invited it). The ESC Chair shall record minutes of each meeting and promptly distribute them to the ESC members.
(b) The ESC’s primary responsibility will be to review and approve a development and commercialization plan with respect to the Acquired Products (the “Acquired Product Plan”). Parent will prepare and deliver to the ESC a draft of the Acquired Product Plan, and, at its regularly scheduled meetings and any special meetings agreed to, any attended by, all four members of the ESC, the ESC will review, discuss and provide comments to Parent with respect to such Acquired Product Plan, and the ESC will be responsible for approving the final Acquired Product Plan.
(c) The unanimous approval of the ESC will be required with respect to all matters within the scope of the ESC’s authority. If the ESC cannot reach unanimous agreement, then (i) such matter shall be referred to the Holder Representative and the Chief Executive Officer of Parent, and such persons shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any such dispute in a mutually satisfactory manner for thirty (30) days after the referral of the applicable matter to them (or such longer period of time to which the Chief Executive Officer of Parent and Holder Representative may mutually agree) and (ii) if Parent and the Holder Representative fail to reach unanimous agreement within the thirty (30) day period described in the prior clause (i), then Parent shall have the final decision-making authority with respect to any such matters.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the ESC will have no authority to (i) amend, modify or waive compliance with this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or any terms hereof or thereof, or (ii) resolve any dispute concerning the validity, interpretation, construction of, or breach of this Agreement, and, for clarity, the ESC will not have any decision-making authority with respect to any matters except as expressly set forth in this Section 4.04.
(e) Nothing herein shall be deemed to affect the ownership of any intellectual property rights, including Parent’s sole ownership of all intellectual property and other rights with respect to the Acquired Products acquired by virtue of the Merger as well as any intellectual property developed with respect thereto during the course of this Agreement.
Article
5
AMENDMENTS
Section 5.01. | Amendments Without Consent of Holders. |
(a) Without the consent of any Holders or Holder Representative, Parent and the Rights Agent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the appointment of another Person as a successor Rights Agent and the assumption by any successor Rights Agent of the covenants and obligations of the Rights Agent herein in accordance with the provisions hereof;
(ii) to add to the covenants of Parent such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as Parent shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders;
(iii) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in the Merger Agreement, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement;
(iv) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that CVRs are not subject to registration under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any applicable state or foreign securities laws;
(v) any other amendment hereto which would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or Holder Representative or that does not adversely affect the legal rights or intended economic benefits under this Agreement of the Holders or Holder Representative.
(b) Promptly after the execution by Parent and the Rights Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01, Parent shall mail or otherwise transmit (or cause the Rights Agent to mail or otherwise transmit) a notice thereof through the facilities of DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures and/or by first class mail to the Holders at their addresses as set forth on the CVR Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such amendment.
Section 5.02. | Amendments with Consent of Holders or Holder Representative. |
(a) In addition to any amendments to this Agreement that may be made by Parent without the consent of any Holder or the Rights Agent pursuant to Section 5.01, with the consent of the Holder Representative (which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion) acting on behalf of the Holders, Parent and the Rights Agent may enter into one or more amendments hereto for the purpose of adding, eliminating or changing any provisions of this Agreement, even if such addition, elimination or change is adverse to the interests of the Holders.
(b) Promptly after the execution by Parent and the Rights Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02 (but prior to the effectiveness of such amendment), Parent shall mail or transmit (or cause the Rights Agent to mail or transmit) a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holder Representative and to the Holders at their addresses as set forth on the CVR Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such amendment. Any amendment to this Agreement made pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall become effective automatically upon the mailing or transmittal of such notice.
Section 5.03. | Execution of Amendments. |
Subject to the consent rights of the Holder Representative provided in Section 5.02, this Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, by a duly authorized agreement in writing executed by Parent and the Rights Agent. In executing any amendment permitted by this Article 5, the Rights Agent shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an opinion of counsel selected by Parent stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
Section 5.04. | Effect of Amendments. |
Upon the execution of any amendment under this Article 5, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith, such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes and the Holder Representative and every Holder shall be bound thereby.
Article
6
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.01. | Notices to Rights Agent, Parent and Holder Representative. |
All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (d) when delivered by email, with affirmative confirmation of delivery (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the email was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such email was not received by such intended recipient), addressed as follows:
If to Parent or the Company:
Telix
Pharmaceuticals Limited
55 Flemington Road
North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051, Australia
Attention: | Lena Moran-Adams | |
Email: | [●] |
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: | Christopher D. Barnstable-Brown | |
Jason L. Kropp | ||
Email: | Chris.Barnstable-Brown@wilmerhale.com | |
Jason.Kropp@wilmerhale.com |
If to the Rights Agent:
[●]
Address [●]
Attention: [●]
Email: [●]
If to the Holder Representative:
David H. Clarke
[●]
Email: [●]
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Christopher Nelson
420 Royal Palm Way, Suite 100
Palm Beach, FL 33480
Email: [●]
or to such other address as the Person to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.
Section 6.02. | Notice to Holders. |
All notices, requests and communications required to be given to the Holders shall be given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his, her or its address set forth in the CVR Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to the Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.
Section 6.03. | Entire Agreement. |
This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Section 6.04. | Successors and Assigns. |
Except as expressly set forth in this Section 6.04, no party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that Parent or the Company may transfer or assign their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or from time to time in part, to (a) any acquiror of all or substantially all of Parent’s or the Company’s business or assets that assumes Parent’s obligations, duties and covenants under this Agreement to the extent not already effected by operation of law or (b) one (1) or more of their Affiliates (and any such Affiliate assignee may thereafter assign, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any other party, any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to one or more additional Affiliate assignees; provided that, in the case of an assignment by Parent to any of its Affiliates, such assignment shall not relieve Parent of any of its obligations hereunder. The Rights Agent may not assign this Agreement without Parent’s consent. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement or any of such rights in violation of this Section 6.04 shall be void ab initio and of no effect. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 6.05. | Benefits of Agreement. |
Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall give to any Person (other than the parties hereto, the Holders and their permitted successors and assigns hereunder) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, the Holders and their permitted successors and assigns. The Holders shall have no rights hereunder except as are expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, no Holder shall have any right to enforce or otherwise assert a claim with respect to this Agreement; all such rights and claims shall only be brought by the Holder Representative on behalf of all such Holders.
Section 6.06. | Governing Law. |
This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction.
Section 6.07. | Jurisdiction. |
Each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, solely if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District Court sitting in the State of Delaware, with respect to any dispute arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (c) agrees that it will not bring any action arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, in any court other than any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Action arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the chancery courts of the State of Delaware or in any Federal court located in the State of Delaware, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Legal Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses set forth in Section 6.01 shall be effective service of process for any proceeding arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 6.08. | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. |
EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATION OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 6.09. | Severability. |
If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that this Agreement be effected as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 6.10. | Counterparts; Effectiveness. |
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement or any counterpart may be executed and delivered by facsimile, electronic mail (including .pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 (e.g., www.docusign.com)) or other transmission method, each of which shall be deemed an original. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication).
Section 6.11. | Termination. |
This Agreement shall be terminated and of no force or effect, and the parties hereto shall have no liability hereunder (other than to the extent of any obligations which expressly survive or provide for performance following termination), upon the earlier to occur of (a) the payment of all Milestone Payments and (b) the expiration of the Milestone Period. The termination of this Agreement will not affect or limit the right of Holders to receive the Milestone Payments under this Agreement to the extent earned prior to the termination of this Agreement, and the provisions applicable thereto will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Section 6.12. | Holder Representative. |
The Holders hereby irrevocably appoint the Holder Representative as the representative, attorney-in-fact and agent of the Holders for all purposes in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other matters ancillary hereto and in any litigation or arbitration involving this Agreement, the CVR or the matters contemplated hereby. In connection therewith, the Holder Representative is authorized to do or refrain from doing all further acts and things, and to execute all such documents as the Holder Representative shall deem necessary or appropriate, and shall have the power and authority to take such actions and have such rights, roles and responsibilities, and the rights of Holders to act other than through the Holder Representative shall be so limited, in each case by application of the provisions of Section 3.9 of the Merger Agreement with respect to the Company Stockholder Representative to the Holder Representative under this Agreement, the CVR and the matters contemplated hereby, mutatis mutandis.
Section 6.13. | Legal Holidays. |
In the event that the day on which any Milestone Payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any payment required to be made in respect of the CVRs on or prior to such date need not be made on or prior to such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the last day on which such Milestone Payment is due.
Section 6.14. | Construction. |
(a) The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and article, section and paragraph references are to the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words describing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa, words denoting either gender shall include both genders and words denoting natural persons shall include all Persons and vice versa. The phrases “the date of this Agreement,” “the date hereof,” “of even date herewith” and terms of similar import, shall be deemed to refer to the date set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. Any reference in this Agreement to a date or time shall be deemed to be such date or time in New York City, unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and the Company and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Person by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
(b) The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
QSAM Biosciences, Inc. | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
David H. Clarke | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
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By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Contingent Value Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 4.15
Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both (i) not
material and (ii) is the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential.
Double asterisks denote omissions.
EXECUTION COPY
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AMONG
HOLDERS OF ALL ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES OF ARTMS INC. LISTED IN SCHEDULE 2.1
WHICH SCHEDULE IS BEING DELIVERED BY SUCH HOLDERS CONCURRENTLY WITH THE
EXECUTION OF THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND
15818001 CANADA INC.
AND
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
AND
ARTMS INC.
AND
SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES LLC, IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE VENDORS’ DELEGATE
DATED AS OF MARCH 4, 2024
NOTE TO READER: This document is not intended to create nor will it be deemed to create a
legally binding or enforceable offer or agreement of any type or nature, unless and until
agreed to and executed by all parties.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION | 2 | ||
1.1 | Definitions | 2 | |
1.2 | Articles, Sections and Headings | 2 | |
1.3 | Certain Phrases | 2 | |
1.4 | Accounting Principles | 3 | |
1.5 | Currency | 3 | |
1.6 | Calculation of Time | 3 | |
1.7 | Appointment of Vendors’ Delegate | 4 | |
1.8 | Schedules | 7 | |
1.9 | Delivery and Making Available | 7 | |
1.10 | Third Party Beneficiaries | 7 | |
1.11 | No Strict Construction | 7 | |
1.12 | Statutes | 7 | |
ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE AND SALE | 8 | ||
2.1 | Purchase and Sale of Purchased Shares | 8 | |
2.2 | Purchase Price | 8 | |
2.3 | Estimated Purchase Price | 9 | |
2.4 | Creditor’s Pay-Out Letters | 9 | |
2.5 | Payments | 9 | |
2.6 | Closing Date Balance Sheet | 13 | |
2.7 | Payment of the Post-Closing Adjustment | 17 | |
2.8 | Contingent Consideration | 17 | |
2.9 | Allocation of Purchase Price | 22 | |
2.10 | Withholding | 22 | |
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 22 | ||
3.1 | Representations and Warranties of the Vendors | 22 | |
3.2 | Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser | 23 | |
3.3 | Disclosure | 23 | |
3.4 | Survival of Representations and Warranties | 23 | |
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS | 25 | ||
4.1 | Product Development and Commercialization | 25 | |
4.2 | Tax Filings | 26 | |
4.3 | Tax Elections | 28 | |
4.4 | Guarantee and Confirmation | 29 | |
4.5 | Manufacture of ARTMS Products | 30 | |
4.6 | Operating Structure | 31 | |
4.7 | Location of the Business | 31 | |
4.8 | R&W Policy | 31 | |
4.9 | Director and Officer Indemnification | 32 | |
4.10 | Confidentiality | 33 | |
4.11 | Transaction Personal Information | 34 |
4.12 | Investment Canada Act Notice | 35 | |
4.13 | Closing Period Reorganization | 35 | |
ARTICLE 5 CLOSING ARRANGEMENTS | 35 | ||
5.1 | Closing | 35 | |
5.2 | Conduct of Business Prior to Closing | 35 | |
5.3 | Actions to Satisfy Closing Conditions | 38 | |
5.4 | Transfer of the Purchased Shares | 38 | |
5.5 | Consents, U.S. Benefit Plans, etc. | 38 | |
5.6 | Filings and Governmental Authorizations | 39 | |
5.7 | Notice of Certain Events | 39 | |
5.8 | No Negotiation | 40 | |
5.9 | Closing Conditions | 41 | |
5.10 | Termination | 46 | |
5.11 | Effect of Termination | 46 | |
5.12 | Waiver of Conditions of Closing | 46 | |
5.13 | Injunctive Relief | 47 | |
ARTICLE 6 INDEMNIFICATION | 47 | ||
6.1 | Indemnification by the Vendors | 47 | |
6.2 | Indemnification by the Purchaser | 48 | |
6.3 | Limitations on Indemnification | 48 | |
6.4 | Calculation of Loss | 52 | |
6.5 | Rights Limited | 52 | |
6.6 | Direct Claims | 52 | |
6.7 | Notice of Third Party Claims | 53 | |
6.8 | Defence of Third Party Claims | 53 | |
6.9 | Defence of Third Party Claims for Taxes | 55 | |
6.10 | Assistance for Third Party Claims | 56 | |
6.11 | Right of Set-Off | 56 | |
6.12 | Failure to Give Timely Notice | 56 | |
6.13 | Purchase Price Adjustment | 56 | |
6.14 | Duty to Mitigate | 56 | |
6.15 | Agency for Representatives | 57 | |
6.16 | Exclusive Remedies | 57 | |
ARTICLE 7 GENERAL | 57 | ||
7.1 | Further Assurances | 57 | |
7.2 | Non-Reliance | 57 | |
7.3 | No Waiver | 57 | |
7.4 | Cost and Expenses | 58 | |
7.5 | Public Announcements | 58 | |
7.6 | Successors, Assigns and Assignments | 58 | |
7.7 | Entire Agreement | 59 | |
7.8 | Amendments and Waivers | 59 | |
7.9 | Third Party Beneficiaries | 59 |
7.10 | Notices | 59 | |
7.11 | Governing Law and Forum | 60 | |
7.12 | Time of the Essence | 61 | |
7.13 | Severability | 61 | |
7.14 | Retention of Counsel and Privilege | 61 | |
7.15 | Specific Performance and other Discretionary Rights | 63 | |
7.16 | Counterparts | 63 | |
SCHEDULE 1.1 DEFINITIONS |
SCHEDULE 2.5.3(D) FORM OF INSIDER SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 2.5.3(E) FORM OF INVESTOR SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 2.8.1(B) ROYALTIES
SCHEDULE 3.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE VENDORS
SCHEDULE 3.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
SCHEDULE 5.9.1(G)(VI) ESCROW AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 5.9.1(G)(VII) FORM OF PAYING AGENT AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 5.9.1(G)(VIII) FORM OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 5.9.1(G)(IX) FORM OF DIRECTOR AND OFFICER RESIGNATION AND RELEASE
SCHEDULE 5.9.1(G)(X) FORM OF VENDOR RELEASE
SCHEDULE 7.5 FORM OF ANNOUNCEMENT
THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made as of March 4th, 2024.
AMONG: |
HOLDERS OF ALL ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES OF ARTMS INC. LISTED IN SCHEDULE 2.1 WHICH SCHEDULE IS BEING DELIVERED BY SUCH HOLDERS CONCURRENTLY WITH THE EXECUTION OF THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(collectively referred to as the “Vendors” and individually as a “Vendor”);
|
AND: |
15818001 CANADA INC., a corporation duly constituted under the laws of Canada
(the “Purchaser”);
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AND: |
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, ACN 616 620 369, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Australia
(the “Parent”);
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AND: |
ARTMS INC., a corporation duly constituted under the laws of Canada;
(the “Corporation”),
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AND: |
SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES LLC, a Colorado limited liability company solely in its capacity as the representative, agent, and attorney-in-fact of the Vendors
(the “Vendors’ Delegate”), |
WHEREAS the Vendors are the owners, beneficially and of record, of all the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation owns, beneficially and of record, all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of ARTMS US, Inc.;
AND WHEREAS the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Vendors, and the Vendors desire to sell to the Purchaser, all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
AND WHEREAS the Parent, indirectly, is the owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Purchaser and will benefit from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged by each Party and the Parent), the Parties and the Parent agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1 | Definitions |
The capitalized words and expressions used in this Agreement or in its Schedules shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Schedule 1.1, unless otherwise expressly stated herein.
1.2 | Articles, Sections and Headings |
The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and Schedules and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “hereof”, “hereunder”, “hereto”, “herein” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Schedule or other portion hereof. References herein to Articles, Sections or Schedules are to Articles, Sections, and Schedules of this Agreement or of the Schedules hereto unless otherwise expressly stated herein.
1.3 | Certain Phrases |
In this Agreement:
(a) | words importing the singular number (including defined terms) also include the plural and vice versa and words importing any gender include all genders and, in each case, the rest of any sentence including such words is to be construed as if the necessary grammatical changes had been made; |
(b) | the terms “including”, “include” and “includes” mean “including (or include or includes), without limiting the generality of the foregoing”; |
(c) | the term “will” has the same meaning as the word “shall”; |
(d) | the term “extent” in the phrase “to the extent of” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and shall not simply mean “if”; and |
(e) | the word “or” shall be disjunctive and not exclusive. |
1.4 | Accounting Principles |
Wherever in this Agreement reference is made to a calculation to be made or an action to be taken in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including but not limited to the calculations with respect to Net Sales in Section 2.8.3, such reference will be deemed to be made to IFRS, as applicable as at the date on which such calculation or action is made or taken or required to be made or taken in accordance with IFRS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that where reference is made to a calculation with respect to the Corporation pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.6 and 2.7, such reference will be deemed to be made in accordance with the accounting principles attached hereto as Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and where reference is made to a calculation in Section 3.1 (to the extent relating to the Corporation), such reference will be deemed to be made to US GAAP.
1.5 | Currency |
Except as expressly provided herein, all references to currency contained herein (including “$” and “dollar”) are to lawful money of the United States of America.
1.6 | Calculation of Time |
1.6.1 | Calculation of Time. Unless otherwise specified, time periods within or following which any payment is to be made, act or event is to be done, notice given or steps taken, shall be calculated by excluding the day on which the period commences and including the day on which the period ends. Where the last day of any such time period is not a Business Day, such time period shall be extended to the next Business Day following the day on which it would otherwise end. |
1.6.2 | Business Days. Whenever any action to be taken or payment to be made pursuant to this Agreement would otherwise be required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day, such action shall be taken, or such payment shall be made, on the first Business Day following such day. |
1.6.3 | Time of Day. All references to times of the day are to the times of the day in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
1.7 | Appointment of Vendors’ Delegate |
1.7.1 | Appointment. By executing this Agreement, pursuant to the terms hereof and of the SRS Engagement Letter, each of the Vendors hereby appoints and designates Shareholder Representative Services LLC as the Vendors’ Delegate as of the Closing for all purposes in connection with this Agreement and the agreements ancillary hereto, including with full power and authority and power of substitution, to, in its sole and absolute discretion: (i) amend or waive any provision of this Agreement, (ii) do all things and take all other action under or related to this Agreement or any Closing Document which the Vendors’ Delegate may consider necessary or useful to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) take all such action as may be necessary, appropriate, permitted or advisable to be taken by or on behalf of the Vendors under the terms of this Agreement in order to consent to, pay, contest, arbitrate, litigate or settle any Claim or alleged Claim related to this Agreement or any Closing Document, and resolve any dispute with the Purchaser over any aspect of this Agreement or any Closing Document; (iv) execute and take any action under the Escrow Agreement and the Paying Agent Agreement; (v) receive and deliver notices for and on behalf of the Vendors or any one of them; and (vi) on behalf of each and every one of the Vendors, enter into any agreement to effect any of the foregoing items (i) to (v), inclusively. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Vendors shall constitute approval of the appointment of the Vendors’ Delegate as of the Closing, and all actions or inactions of the Vendors’ Delegate in connection with this Agreement or any Closing Document and any action or inaction taken by the Vendors’ Delegate pursuant to this Section 1.7 within the mandate described herein shall have the effect of binding each of the Vendors, as if each such Vendor had personally entered into such agreements, taken such actions or refrained from taking such actions as are described hereinabove. All authority conferred by, and the appointments and designations set forth in, this Section 1.7 shall be irrevocable and shall not be subject to termination by any Vendor or by operation of Law, whether by merger, death or incapacity or liquidation or dissolution of any Vendor or the occurrence of any other event or events. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all actions taken or decisions made by the Vendors’ Delegate on behalf of the Vendors shall be taken or made in a manner that is rateable and equitable among all the Vendors. No bond shall be required of the Vendors’ Delegate, and the Vendors’ Delegate shall receive no compensation for its services other than pursuant to the terms of that certain engagement letter to be entered into by and among Shareholder Representative Services LLC and certain of the Vendors. |
1.7.2 | Notices. Following the Closing, notices or communications to or from the Vendors’ Delegate shall constitute notice to or from each of the Vendors in connection with this Agreement and any ancillary instruments, agreements, or documents to which the Vendors’ Delegate is a party. |
1.7.3 | Decisions. A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Vendors’ Delegate shall constitute a decision of all Vendors and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each Vendor. The Purchaser shall be entitled to conclusively rely, without any independent verification or inquiry, on any action taken by the Vendors’ Delegate, and each of the Vendors hereby confirms that it, he or she shall have no claim or cause of action against the Purchaser by reason of any breach by the Vendors’ Delegate of its obligations hereunder or with respect to any action of the Purchaser which results from its reliance on the actions or statements of the Vendors’ Delegate. |
1.7.4 | Consideration. EACH VENDOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT, BY APPOINTING THE VENDORS’ DELEGATE AND GRANTING SUCH REPRESENTATIVE AND AGENT THE APPLICABLE AUTHORITY CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SECTION 1.7, EACH SUCH VENDOR IS WAIVING THE RIGHT TO INDEPENDENTLY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION SUCH VENDOR WILL RECEIVE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. |
1.7.5 | Responsibility and Indemnity. The Vendors’ Delegate is serving in this capacity solely for the purposes of administrative convenience. The Vendors’ Delegate shall incur no responsibility or liability whatsoever in connection with its services pursuant to this Agreement and any related agreements except to the extent resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Vendors’ Delegate shall not be liable for any action or omission pursuant to the advice of counsel. The Vendors shall, severally and not jointly, in accordance with each Vendor’s Designated Percentage, up to a maximum of each Vendor’s Designated Percentage of the Purchase Price actually received, indemnify the Vendors’ Delegate against any reasonable, documented, and out-of-pocket losses, liabilities and expenses (“Representative Losses”) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and any related agreements, in each case as such Representative Loss is suffered or incurred; provided, that in the event that any such Representative Loss is finally adjudicated to have been caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Vendors’ Delegate, the Vendors’ Delegate will reimburse the Vendors the amount of such indemnified Representative Loss to the extent attributable to such gross negligence or willful misconduct. Representative Losses may be recovered by the Vendors’ Delegate from (i) the funds in the Expense Fund and (ii) any other funds that become payable to the Vendors under this Agreement at such time as such amounts would otherwise be distributable to the Vendors; provided, that while the Vendors’ Delegate may be paid from the aforementioned sources of funds, this does not relieve the Vendors from their obligation to promptly pay such Representative Losses as they are suffered or incurred. In no event will the Vendors’ Delegate be required to advance its own funds on behalf of the Vendors or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any restrictions or limitations on liability or indemnification obligations of, or provisions limiting the recourse against non-parties otherwise applicable to, the Vendors set forth elsewhere in this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 6.3 and Section 6.4) are not intended to be applicable to the indemnities provided to the Vendors’ Delegate hereunder. The foregoing indemnities will survive the Closing, the resignation or removal of the Vendors’ Delegate or the termination of this Agreement. |
1.7.6 | Upon the Closing, the Vendors hereby direct the Purchaser to wire $[**] (the “Expense Fund”) to the Vendors’ Delegate, from the Initial Cash Consideration payable under Section 2.5.1(a) to the Paying Agent, which will be used for any expenses incurred by the Vendors’ Delegate. The Vendors will not receive any interest or earnings on the Expense Fund and irrevocably transfer and assign to the Vendors’ Delegate any ownership right that they may otherwise have had in any such interest or earnings. The Vendors’ Delegate will hold these funds separate from its corporate funds and will not voluntarily make these funds available to its creditors in the event of bankruptcy or other acts of insolvency. As soon as practicable following the completion of the Vendors’ Delegate’s responsibilities, the Vendors’ Delegate will deliver any remaining balance of the Expense Fund to the Paying Agent for further distribution to the Vendors. For tax purposes, the Expense Fund will be treated as having been received and voluntarily set aside by the Vendors at the time of Closing. |
1.7.7 | Acknowledgements. The Purchaser agrees that it will not look to the assets of the Vendors’ Delegate for satisfaction of any obligations of the Vendors hereunder. Each of the Vendors agrees and confirms that the Vendors’ Delegate is not a fiduciary of any Vendor and has no fiduciary obligation to any Vendor. |
1.7.8 | Resignation. The Vendors’ Delegate, or any subsequent Person serving in such capacity, may resign from such role upon at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Purchaser and the Requisite Vendors. The Vendors will appoint a replacement within ten (10) Business Days after the Requisite Vendors’ receipt of such resignation, failing which appointment, the Purchaser may treat any one of the Vendors as the Vendors’ Delegate, and any reference to the Vendors’ Delegate herein will be to such Vendor until a replacement is appointed. |
1.8 | Schedules |
The following Schedules attached hereto are incorporated by reference and deemed to be part hereof:
Schedules
1.1 | Definitions |
2.5.3(D) | Form of Insider Share Escrow Agreement |
2.5.3(E) | Form of Investor Share Escrow Agreement |
2.8.1(A) | Earn-Out Payments |
2.8.1(B) | Royalties |
3.1 | Representations and Warranties of the Vendors |
3.2 | Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser |
5.9.1(G)(VI) | Escrow Agreement |
5.9.1(G)(VII) | Paying Agent Agreement |
5.9.1(G)(VIII) | Form of Restrictive Covenant Agreement |
5.9.1(G)(IX) | Form of Director and Officer Resignation and Release |
5.9.1(G)(X) | Form of Vendor Release |
7.5 | Form of Announcement |
1.9 | Delivery and Making Available |
Any reference to a document or matter being “delivered” or “made available” to the Purchaser and similar expressions shall mean the posting of such document or matter on the virtual data room established by the Vendors to which the Purchaser has had access, provided that access to such documents or matters via the virtual data room shall have been granted to the Purchaser at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
1.10 | Third Party Beneficiaries |
Subject to provisions relating to a Party’s Representative (including as set out in Article 6), nothing in this Agreement or in any Closing Document is intended or shall be implied to, or shall confer upon any Person (other than the Parties and the Group) any legal or equitable rights or remedies of any kind or cause of action in, or on behalf of, any Person other than a Party, and no Person, other than a Party, may rely on the provisions of this Agreement in any proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the consent of the Corporation, or a Party’s Representative is not required for any amendment or waiver or other modification to this Agreement or any Closing Document, including any rights of indemnification to which such Person may be entitled.
1.11 | No Strict Construction |
The language used in this Agreement is the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of contra proferentem or strict construction shall be applied against any Party, nor should the presumption or burden of proof arise in favour of any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement or any of the Closing Documents.
1.12 | Statutes |
Unless specified otherwise, reference in this Agreement to a statute or statutory provision refers to that statute or statutory provision as it may be amended, or to any restated or successor statute or statutory provision of comparable effect. A reference to a statute includes any statutory instruments, rules and regulations made under such statute.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 | Purchase and Sale of Purchased Shares |
Upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Vendor hereby sells to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby purchases from each Vendor, the shares of the Corporation set forth in Schedule 2.1, which schedule is being delivered by the Vendors concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Purchased Shares”), owned by each such Vendor. For greater certainty, “Purchased Shares” shall mean all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation as of the Closing Date and for purposes of Closing.
2.2 | Purchase Price |
Subject to the adjustments provided in Section 2.7 [Post-Closing Adjustment], the aggregate purchase price payable by the Purchaser (or the Parent, on behalf of the Purchaser) to the Vendors for the Purchased Shares is equal to:
(a) | Fifty-Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($57,500,000); |
(b) | less the amount of the Indebtedness; |
(c) | less the Transaction Expenses; |
(d) | plus the Closing Date Cash; |
(e) | plus the amount (if any) by which the Closing Working Capital is greater than the Target Working Capital; |
(f) | less the amount (if any) by which the Target Working Capital is greater than the Closing Working Capital; and |
(g) | plus the amount (if any) of the Contingent Consideration. |
(as so adjusted, the “Purchase Price”), it being understood that the adjustments referred to in paragraphs (b) to (f) of this Section 2.2 shall be calculated at the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date. Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, contains a sample calculation of the Purchase Price based upon the Year End Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
2.3 | Estimated Purchase Price |
The Parties acknowledge that it is not possible to determine the definitive Purchase Price until the Closing Date Balance Sheet is available. Accordingly, not less than five (5) Business Days prior to Closing, the Corporation shall deliver to the Purchaser a statement substantially in the form set out at Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Vendors concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Estimated Purchase Price Statement”), that comprises:
(a) | an estimated consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as at the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet”); |
(b) | based on and derived from the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet, an estimate of Closing Date Cash (the “Estimated Closing Date Cash”); |
(c) | an estimate of the Indebtedness of the Group as at the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Estimated Closing Indebtedness”); |
(d) | an estimate of the Transaction Expenses of the Group as at the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses”); |
(e) | an estimate of the Working Capital of the Group as at the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Estimated Closing Working Capital”); and |
(f) | an estimate of the Purchase Price (excluding the Contingent Consideration) based on paragraphs (a) to (d) above (the “Estimated Purchase Price”). |
2.4 | Creditor’s Pay-Out Letters |
At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Corporation shall deliver to the Purchaser the pay-out letters (the “Pay-Out Letters”) addressed to the Corporation from the Paid- Out Creditors, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser.
2.5 | Payments |
2.5.1 | Estimated Purchase Price. The Estimated Purchase Price shall be paid or caused to be paid, as the case may be, by the Purchaser (or the Parent, on behalf of the Purchaser), and satisfied on the Closing Date as follows: |
(a) | Initial Cash Consideration. Subject to Section 1.7.6, the Purchaser shall pay to the Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Paying Agent to the Purchaser, an amount equal to the Estimated Purchase Price minus the Consideration Share Amount, minus the Adjustment Holdback and the Indemnity Holdback (the “Initial Cash Consideration”), such amount to be paid by the Paying Agent amongst the Vendors in accordance with their respective Designated Percentages; |
(b) | Adjustment Holdback. The Purchaser shall pay to the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Escrow Agent to the Purchaser, an amount equal to $[**] (the “Adjustment Holdback”). The Adjustment Holdback shall be held, invested and disbursed as specified in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement; |
(c) | Indemnity Holdback. The Purchaser shall pay to the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Escrow Agent to the Purchaser, an amount equal to $[**] ($[**] of which constitutes one half of the retention under the R&W Policy) (the “Indemnity Holdback”). The Indemnity Holdback shall be held, invested and disbursed as specified in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement; provided that any funds remaining with respect to the Indemnity Holdback on the day that is [**] after the Closing Date, which are not subject to a Claim made pursuant to this Agreement prior to such date, shall be disbursed by the Paying Agent to the Vendors within two (2) Business Days of such date; and |
(d) | Consideration Shares. Subject to Section 2.5.3, the Parent shall issue, as fully paid, in the name of each Vendor, the number of Consideration Shares equal to each Vendor’s Designated Percentage (as set forth next to such Vendor’s name in Schedule 2.1, which Schedule is being delivered by the Vendors concurrently with the execution of this Agreement) of the Consideration Share Amount divided by US$7.4895, representing the value of each Consideration Share calculated at the volume weighted average price at which the Telix Shares are traded on the ASX (excluding special crossings and overnight sales) for the ten (10) trading day period immediately ending on Friday March 1, 2024, as converted from AUD to USD at the exchange rate published online by the Reserve Bank of Australia as of the Business Day prior to the date hereof. |
2.5.2 | Indebtedness and Transaction Expenses. At Closing, the Purchaser shall also make the following payments: |
(a) | The Purchaser will advance, or cause to be advanced, to each member of the Group, an amount equal to the Estimated Closing Indebtedness payable by such member of the Group to each Paid-Out Creditor thereof (which amount shall be the amount set forth in the applicable Pay-Out Letter) and such advanced amount will be paid to each Paid-Out Creditor in immediately available funds, as directed by each Paid-Out Creditor in the applicable Pay-Out Letter; and |
(b) | The Purchaser will advance, or cause to be advanced, to each member of the Group, an amount equal to the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses payable by such member of the Group. The Corporation shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the relevant Persons the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses. |
2.5.3 | Consideration Shares. |
(a) | Following execution of this Agreement, if required by the ASX Listing Rules, the Parent shall lodge an Appendix 3B with the ASX to announce the proposed issue of the Consideration Shares. |
(b) | On or immediately following the Closing Date, the Parent shall do all such acts, matters and things that are necessary to procure the official quotation of the Consideration Shares on the ASX, including: (i) applying for official quotation of the Consideration Shares on the ASX by lodging an Appendix 2A, (ii) lodging with the ASX a cleansing notice in accordance with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act in respect of the Consideration Shares, (iii) causing its share registry to enter the Consideration Shares in the share register of the Parent; and (iv) requesting its share registry to issue to each Vendor a holding statement in respect of the relevant Consideration Shares. |
(c) | If the number of Consideration Shares to be issued to a Vendor is not a whole number, then: (i) any fractional entitlement to Consideration Shares which is 0.5 or greater will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of Consideration Shares and (ii) any fractional entitlement to Consideration Shares which is less than 0.5 will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Consideration Shares. Any difference in the Purchase Price resulting from such rounding will be reflected in accordance with the post-Closing adjustments pursuant to Section 2.7. |
(d) | That portion of the Purchase Price payable in Consideration Shares which are issued to Insiders will be escrowed (i.e., prohibited from trading), held on the Issuer Sponsored Subregister and subject to a Holding Lock for a period of twelve (12) months after Closing (“Insider Share Escrow”) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and an escrow restriction deed entered into between each Insider and the Parent (the “Insider Share Escrow Agreements”), substantially in the form attached as Schedule 2.5.3(D), hereto. |
(e) | That portion of the Purchase Price payable in Consideration Shares which are issued to Investors will be escrowed (i.e., prohibited from trading), held on the Issuer Sponsored Subregister and subject to a Holding Lock for a period of three (3) months from Closing (“Investor Share Escrow”) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and an escrow restriction deed entered into between each Investor and the Parent (the “Investor Share Escrow Agreements”), substantially in the form attached as Schedule 2.5.3(E), hereto. |
(f) | During the period of the Insider Share Escrow or Investor Share Escrow, as applicable, and subject to the terms of the Insider Share Escrow Agreements or Investor Share Escrow Agreements, as applicable, the applicable Vendor shall not do any of the following: |
(i) | dispose of, or agree or offer to dispose of, any of the Consideration Shares; |
(ii) | create or agree or offer to create, any Encumbrance over the Consideration Shares; or |
(iii) | do, or omit to do, any act if the act or omission would have the effect of transferring effective ownership or control of the Consideration Shares. |
(g) | The obligations set out in Sections 2.5.3(d), 2.5.3(e) and 2.5.3(f) do not apply if the disposal arises as a result of or pursuant to: |
(i) | the acceptance of a bona fide takeover bid made under chapter 6 of the Corporations Act in respect of the Consideration Shares; |
(ii) | the transfer or cancellation of the Consideration Shares held in escrow pursuant to the Insider Share Escrow and Investor Share Escrow as part of a scheme of arrangement under Part 5.1 of the Corporations Act; |
(iii) | participation in an equal access share buy-back, equal capital return or equal capital reduction, in each case, made in accordance with the Corporations Act; or |
(iv) | if the disposal is required by applicable Law. all of which shall be as set forth in the Insider Share Escrow Agreements or Investor Share Escrow Agreements, as applicable. |
(h) | The Parent shall, not less than five (5) Business Days (as defined in the ASX Listing Rules) before the end of the period of the Insider Share Escrow or Investor Share Escrow, as applicable, notify the ASX of the release from escrow of the applicable Consideration Shares in accordance with the ASX Listing Rule 3.10A. |
(i) | Each Vendor shall execute all agreements as may be reasonably requested by the ASX or the Purchaser solely to give effect to this Section 2.5.3. |
(j) | Execution of this Agreement by each of the Vendors constitutes: |
(i) | an application by such Vendor to subscribe for the Consideration Shares, and confirmation that it will not be necessary for the Vendor to provide a separate application form to the Parent for the Consideration Shares; and |
(ii) | such Vendor’s agreement to become a member of the Parent for the purposes of section 231(b) of the Corporations Act and to be bound by the constitution of the Parent upon the issue of the Consideration Shares. |
(k) | Upon the expiry of the respective Insider Share Escrow and Investor Share Escrow, the Parent shall direct its share registry to release the Holding Lock on the Consideration Shares and the Parent agrees to take any and all such other steps or actions as may be required to ensure such Consideration Shares are released from the Holding Lock so they may be freely tradeable by the respective Vendor or its appointed broker. |
(l) | For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent the disposal of the Consideration Shares by the applicable Vendor following the release of such Vendor’s Consideration Shares from escrow upon expiry of the Insider Share Escrow or Investor Share Escrow, as applicable. |
2.5.4 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Parties will act in good faith to structure any arrangements for the Employee Vendors who have exercised Options to address their ability to fund their share of the Adjustment Holdback and the Indemnity Holdback; provided such structure does not change the overall financial condition of the Corporation, require the Corporation or the Purchaser to incur any additional liabilities or require any adjustment to the Purchase Price payable hereunder. |
2.6 | Closing Date Balance Sheet |
2.6.1 | Closing Calculation. No later than [**] after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to the Vendors’ Delegate (a) the Closing Date Balance Sheet prepared in accordance with the accounting principles provided for in Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, (b) the calculation of, Closing Date Cash, Closing Indebtedness, Closing Transaction Expenses and the Closing Working Capital based on such Closing Date Balance Sheet; and (c) the calculation of the Purchase Price (excluding the Contingent Consideration) (collectively, the “Closing Calculation”). Schedule 2.6.1, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, contains a sample calculation of the Closing Calculation. The Vendors’ Delegate shall be permitted reasonable access to the relevant books and records of the Purchaser and any personnel or representative responsible for preparing the Closing Calculation in respect of the Closing Date Balance Sheet during normal business hours. |
2.6.2 | Objection. The Vendors’ Delegate may object to the Closing Calculation by written notice from the Vendors’ Delegate to the Purchaser within [**] following receipt thereof, which notice shall specify in reasonable detail those items or amounts as to which the Vendors’ Delegate objects and the adjustments to the Closing Calculation suggested by the Vendors’ Delegate (the “Objection Notice”), and the Parties shall be deemed to have agreed upon all other items and amounts contained in such Closing Calculation which are not impacted by items or amounts objected to in the Objection Notice. If no Objection Notice is made within the period and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence, or if the Vendors’ Delegate confirms in writing that it accepts the Closing Calculation prior to the end of such [**] period, then the Closing Calculation shall be conclusive, final and binding on all the Parties without possibility of amendment or appeal, absent manifest error, and shall constitute the final Closing Calculation. |
2.6.3 | Resolution. If an Objection Notice is delivered in the manner and within the [**] period specified in the preceding paragraph, the Parties shall in good faith attempt to resolve any matters in dispute with respect to the Closing Calculation as promptly as practicable. If the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate are unable to resolve all such items in dispute within [**] after the receipt of the Objection Notice giving rise to such dispute, then those items or calculations in dispute shall be submitted for resolution within [**] following such [**] period to a jointly appointed independent and impartial nationally recognized firm of chartered accountants (which shall be independent of, the Group, the Purchaser and the Parent), acting out of its main office in Vancouver, British Columbia, as the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate may agree in writing or, failing agreement, within a further period of [**], such firm will be Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) LLP, or if such firm is unable to act, whichever of Ernst & Young Global Limited and PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited is independent of the Group, the Purchaser and the Parent as of the date of the Objection Notice (each the “Independent Firm”). The Independent Firm, acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator, will limit its review only to the specific items or calculations in dispute as set forth in the Objection Notice (except to the extent that the accounting principles provided for in Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, requires adjustments to other items as a result thereof). |
2.6.4 | Scope. The scope of the disputes to be resolved by the Independent Firm shall be limited to whether the calculation in the Closing Calculation was done in accordance with the terms hereof, the accounting methods, standards, policies, practices, classifications, estimation methodologies, assumptions or procedures used to prepare the Closing Calculation and required by the terms of this Agreement, and whether there were mathematical errors in the calculation of the Closing Calculation. The Independent Firm shall not make any other determination. |
2.6.5 | Determination. The Independent Firm shall make its determination based solely on written submissions, presentations and supporting material provided by the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate and not pursuant to independent review. In resolving any such disagreements, the Independent Firm may not assign a value to such item greater than the greatest value for such item claimed in the Closing Calculation or the Objection Notice or less than the lowest value for such item in the Closing Calculation or Objection Notice. For these purposes, the Independent Firm is deemed to be acting as experts and not arbitrators. However, if the resolution of any disputed item gives rise to a corresponding entry, such corresponding entry shall be included in the Independent Firm’s determination procedures (e.g., a misclassification of outstanding checks between accounts payable and cash will require adjustment to both accounts, even if the disputed item related only to accounts payable and not cash). |
2.6.6 | Delivery. The Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Firm to submit its determination or opinion in a written statement delivered to the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate as promptly as practicable, but in any event, no later than [**] of the appointment of such Independent Firm, and such determination or opinion, together with those items accepted by the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate in respect of the Closing Calculation or otherwise resolved between the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate, shall be conclusive, final and binding on all the Parties without possibility of amendment or appeal and shall constitute the final Closing Calculation. Each Party shall provide a written submission to the Independent Firm as soon within [**] of appointing the Independent Firm, with such written submission provided simultaneously to the other Party. The Parties shall have the opportunity to provide a written response to the other Party’s submission, such written response to be provided simultaneously to the Independent Firm and the other Party. All communications with the Independent Firm shall be in writing. There shall be no oral submissions. The Independent Firm shall have the opportunity to ask questions of each Party, the questions and responses shall be in writing and shared with the other Party. |
2.6.7 | Cooperation. The Parties shall cooperate fully with the Independent Firm’s review. While the Independent Firm is making its determination hereunder, the Parties shall not communicate with the Independent Firm on the subject matter of its review in connection herewith, except by joint conference call, joint meeting or letter with copy simultaneously delivered to the Purchaser or the Vendors’ Delegate, as applicable. |
2.6.8 | Fees and Expenses. The Parties will bear their respective fees and expenses (including those of their respective advisors) in preparing, auditing or reviewing, as the case may be, the Closing Calculation. The fees and expenses of the Independent Firm will be allocated between the Vendors and the Purchaser, as determined (and as set forth in the final determination) by the Independent Firm, based upon the relative success (in terms of percentages) of each of the Purchaser’s claim, on the one hand, and the Vendors’ claim, on the other hand. For example, if the final determination reflects a sixty-forty (60-40) compromise of the Parties’ claims, the Independent Firm would allocate expenses forty percent (40%) to the Party (i.e. either the Purchaser, on the one hand, or the Vendors, on the other hand) whose claims were determined to be sixty percent (60%) successful, and sixty percent (60%) to the Party (i.e. either the Purchaser, on the one hand, or the Vendors, on the other hand) whose claims were determined to be forty percent (40%) successful. The Vendors shall be liable for fees and expenses owed by the Vendors to the Independent Firm in accordance with their Designated Percentage. The accounting and audit procedures provided for by this Section 2.6.8 shall be the exclusive and conclusive methodology for determination of the matters covered thereby and shall be binding upon the Parties and shall not be contested by any of them other than as provided for in this Section 2.6.8. |
2.7 | Payment of the Post-Closing Adjustment |
2.7.1 | Over Payment. If the Purchase Price, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.6, is less than the Estimated Purchase Price (such difference, represented by a positive number, being the “Over Payment”), then, within [**] following such final determination, the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate, shall give joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent: |
(a) | to release from the Adjustment Holdback an amount equal to the Over Payment up to the total amount in the Adjustment Holdback by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by the Purchaser; and |
(b) | to release the remaining Adjustment Holdback, if any, to the Paying Agent for distribution to the Vendors in accordance with the Paying Agent Agreement and their Designated Percentage. |
2.7.2 | Excess. If the Over Payment exceeds the Adjustment Holdback, then the Vendors shall, in accordance with their Designated Percentage, within [**] following the final determination, make payment by wire transfer to the Purchaser in immediately available funds of such excess. |
2.7.3 | Under Payment. If the Purchase Price, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.6, is greater than the Estimated Purchase Price (such difference, represented by a positive number, being the “Under Payment”), then, within [**] following such final determination: |
(a) | the Purchaser shall make payment by wire transfer to the account specified by the Paying Agent in immediately available funds of an amount equal to the Under Payment, which amount shall be distributed by the Paying Agent to the Vendors in accordance with their Designated Percentage; and |
(b) | the Purchaser and the Vendors’ Delegate shall give written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release the Adjustment Holdback to the Paying Agent for distribution to the Vendors in accordance with the Paying Agent Agreement and their Designated Percentage. |
2.7.4 | Any Over Payment payable pursuant to Section 2.7.2 or Under Payment payable pursuant to Section 2.7.3 shall be paid in US dollars and shall adjust the Purchase Price accordingly. |
2.8 | Contingent Consideration |
2.8.1 | Contingent Consideration. |
(a) | The Vendors shall be entitled to be paid by the Purchaser the earn-out payments (the “Earn-Out Payments”), as additional consideration for the sale and transfer of the Purchased Shares, based on the achievement of the Earn-Out Milestones in accordance with the terms set out in Schedule 2.8.1(A). The Parties acknowledge that the Earn-Out Payments are intended to be adjustments to the Purchase Price of the Purchased Shares to reflect the underlying goodwill of the Business, the value of which cannot be accurately determined by the Parties on or before Closing Date. |
(b) | In addition, the Vendors shall be entitled to be paid by the Purchaser royalties and sharing payments (the “Royalties”), as additional consideration for the sale and transfer of the Purchased Shares, in accordance with the terms set out in Schedule 2.8.1(B), and as further delineated therein. |
(c) | The determination of whether any Earn-Out Payments or Royalties are payable shall be based on the terms of this Section 2.8, the applicable Schedule (2.8.1(a) or 2.8.1(b)) and the applicable terms of this Agreement. |
(d) | All Earn-Out Payments and Royalties due and owing to the Vendors shall only be payable in cash, such payment to be in US dollars. |
(e) | Any agreed Contingent Consideration shall be payable to the Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Paying Agent, to the Purchaser, for distribution by the Paying Agent amongst the Vendors in accordance with their respective Designated Percentages. |
(f) | The Vendors’ Delegate shall invoice the Purchaser for any Earn-Out Payments and Royalties payable once the amount of any such Earn-Out Payments and/or Royalties have been finally determined in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8. If any portion of any Earn-Out Payments and/or Royalties remains to be determined by the Parties or is subject to dispute in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8, the Parties acknowledge that the Vendors’ Delegate shall be entitled to issue an invoice for any portion of such Earn-Out Payments and/or Royalties that do not remain to be so determined. For the avoidance of doubt, the Vendors’ Delegate shall only invoice the Purchaser for the portion of any Earn-Out Payments or Royalties in dispute after such dispute is settled and the applicable portion of such Earn-Out Payment or Royalty is finally determined and failure to issue the invoice due to any dispute shall not prejudice the Vendors or the Vendors’ Delegate in any manner. Subject to and in accordance with this Agreement, any Earn-Out Payments and the Royalties payable by the Purchaser shall be paid within [**] of the date of the invoice delivered by the Vendors’ Delegate (each payment date, the “Earn-Out Payment Pay Date” or “Royalty Pay Date”, as applicable). |
(g) | The Contingent Consideration shall be payable by the Purchaser or its Affiliates regardless of whether the Purchaser or its Affiliates undertakes any corporate or other bona fide reorganization, and references to the Corporation in this Section 2.8 shall be deemed to include any Person which owns or controls the ARTMS Technology. |
2.8.2 | Determination of Earn-Out Payments. |
(a) | In respect of the Earn-Out Milestones set out in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 2.8.1(A), the Purchaser shall advise the Vendors’ Delegate in writing of the satisfaction of each such Earn-Out Milestone within [**] of each such Earn-Out Milestone being satisfied. If the Purchaser or the Vendors’ Delegate dispute whether either such Earn-Out Milestone has been satisfied, such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution process set out in Section 7.11.3 of this Agreement. |
(b) | In respect of the Earn-Out Milestones set out in Sections 4 to 6 of Schedule 2.8.1(A), the Purchaser shall, no later than [**] after the approval of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Purchaser and the Group for each applicable fiscal year, and, in any event, by no later than [**] in each calendar year during the Earn-Out Period, deliver to the Vendors’ Delegate a written report which shall include a calculation of any Earn-Out Payments payable for such fiscal year (the date upon which such written report is delivered, the “Earn-Out Payment Report Delivery Date”). If the Vendors’ Delegate does not deliver a written notice of objection in connection with such calculation to the Purchaser within [**] after delivery of such calculation by the Purchaser to the Vendors’ Delegate, the Vendors’ Delegate shall be deemed to have accepted such calculation, such calculation shall be final and binding on the Parties hereto immediately following the expiration date for the giving of such notice of objection. Any disagreement among the Vendors’ Delegate and the Purchaser regarding the calculations under this Section 2.8.2 shall be finally determined in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.6.3 to 2.6.8, mutatis mutandis. The Purchaser shall satisfy the amount of the Contingent Consideration payable in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8. To the extent a portion of the Contingent Consideration is in dispute, the Purchaser shall satisfy the amount of the Contingent Consideration not in dispute, with the balance (if any) satisfied by the Purchaser after a final determination or resolution is made. |
2.8.3 | Determination of Royalties. The Purchaser shall, no later than [**] after the approval of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Purchaser and the Group for each applicable fiscal year, and, in any event, by no later than [**] in each calendar year during the Earn-Out Period, deliver to the Vendors’ Delegate a written Net Sales report which shall include a calculation of any Royalties payable for such fiscal year (the date upon which such written report is delivered, the “Royalty Report Delivery Date”). If the Vendors’ Delegate does not deliver a written notice of objection in connection with such calculation to the Purchaser within [**] after delivery of such calculation by the Purchaser to the Vendors’ Delegate, the Vendors’ Delegate shall be deemed to have accepted such calculation, such calculation shall be final and binding on the Parties hereto immediately following the expiration date for the giving of such notice of objection and Purchaser shall satisfy the amount of Contingent Consideration payable in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8. Any disagreement among the Vendors’ Delegate and the Purchaser regarding the calculations under this Section 2.8.3 shall be finally determined in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.6.3 to 2.6.8, mutatis mutandis, except that the Vendors’ Delegate may, (a) after the Royalty Report Delivery Date and before a written objection of notice is delivered by the Vendors’ Delegate, or, (b) upon delivery of a written notice of objection, before such matter is referred for resolution pursuant to Section 2.6.3, elect to require the Purchaser to cause the Records to be provided to the Vendors’ Delegate and/or to undertake an audit of the Records pursuant to Section 2.8.4 in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8. To the extent a portion of the Contingent Consideration is in dispute, the Purchaser shall satisfy the amount of the Contingent Consideration not in dispute, with the balance (if any) satisfied by the Purchaser after a final determination or resolution is made. |
2.8.4 | Records and Reporting. |
(a) | The Purchaser shall deliver, on an annual basis, on the Earn-Out Payment Report Delivery Date, a report no later than [**] after December 31 in any calendar year to the Vendors’ Delegate on progress made towards achieving the Earn-Out Milestones, in a form agreed to between the Parties prior to Closing, acting reasonably. |
(b) | The Purchaser shall cause the Corporation to keep true and accurate financial records and accounts containing all information used by the Purchaser to determine the Contingent Consideration and any information reasonably required to determine and verify whether Earn-Out Payments and/or Royalties are payable by the Purchaser and with respect to the information set out in Section 2.8.4(c) (the “Records”). The Records shall be maintained in accordance with IFRS. |
(c) | The Purchaser shall cause the Corporation to maintain the Records for the longer of: (a) [**] from the end of the Earn-Out Period; and (b) the number of years required pursuant to applicable Law. |
(d) | Not limiting the generality of Section 2.8.4(a), the Records will include details of: (i) the development, manufacture, commercialization and sale of ARTMS Products; and (ii) the price at which ARTMS Products are sold and permitted allowances when calculating Net Sales. |
(e) | The Vendors’ Delegate may audit the Records at the Corporation’s premises (or at the premises of the Purchaser or its Affiliates if the Records are stored other than at the Corporation’s premises) throughout the Earn-Out Period, and for any period thereafter until the final Royalty is paid in full, up to [**], or more frequently if the Vendors’ Delegate has a reasonable basis to believe that a material error has occurred. The audit may be implemented either via internal financial experts selected by the Vendors’ Delegate or via an independent certified public accountant selected by the Vendors’ Delegate and which is reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser. The Vendors’ Delegate will provide advance written notice of at least [**] for any audit, and such audit will be conducted within ordinary business hours in a way to minimize business disruption. If required by the Purchaser, any independent certified public accountant third party auditor will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser in advance of the audit protecting the confidential information of the Corporation, but such confidentiality shall not prevent such auditor from sharing its findings with the Vendors’ Delegate or the use of those findings in any dispute conducted pursuant to Section 7.11.3. The Purchaser will cause the Corporation to provide all reasonable assistance, within a reasonable time frame, to support the inspection or audit, including allowing the auditor to access Records (including facilitating electronic access where requested by the Vendors’ Delegate) and take copies of Records on a confidential basis. Subject to the foregoing, any non-public information provided or made available to such auditor by the Corporation as part of any such audit shall constitute confidential information of the Purchaser. |
(f) | The Parties will each bear their own costs of the annual audit unless such audit identifies a material error in excess of the materiality threshold of [**] dollars ($[**]). The Purchaser will have an opportunity to review and respond to determine if the error can be validated, and if agreed upon or determined to have occurred pursuant to Section 7.11.3, then the Purchaser will cause the Corporation to remedy the error and the Purchaser will, or will cause the Corporation to, bear and reimburse the reasonable third-party substantiated audit costs. If the Parties are unable to agree to the error, then the matter will be subject to the dispute resolution process set out in Section 7.11.3. |
2.9 | Allocation of Purchase Price |
The Purchaser and the Vendors shall report an allocation of the Purchase Price among the Purchased Shares in a manner entirely consistent with Schedule 2.1 of the Vendors, which Schedule is being delivered by the Vendors concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and shall not take any position inconsistent therewith in the filing of any Tax Returns, except as required by applicable Laws.
2.10 | Withholding |
The Purchaser shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement, such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the provisions of any applicable Tax Laws; provided that if the Purchaser determines that an amount is required to be deducted or withheld, the Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to: (a) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the payment of such amount, provide the respective payee(s) with written notice of its intent to deduct and withhold, including in reasonable detail the basis for such deduction or withholding, and (b) cooperate in good faith with the respective payee(s) to reduce or eliminate the deduction or withholding of such amount, including by providing the applicable Person a reasonable opportunity to deliver forms or other documentation that would exempt such amounts from withholding to the extent required by applicable Laws to eliminate or reduce applicable withholding with respect to any payments hereunder to such Persons. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid or remitted over to the appropriate Governmental Authority and treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person(s) in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made, provided that such deducted or withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority. For greater certainty, and without derogating from any rights of the Purchaser under this Section 2.10, as of the date hereof, other than with respect to the portion (if any) of the Royalties that are payments described in subparagraph 212(1)(d)(v) of the Tax Act and that are payable to persons who are, or are deemed to be, non-residents of Canada for the purposes of the Tax Act, the Purchaser and the Vendors acknowledge that neither the Purchaser nor the Vendors are aware of any requirement under applicable Laws for any amount to be deducted or withheld from any other amount payable to any of the Vendors pursuant to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 | Representations and Warranties of the Vendors |
Each Vendor severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Purchaser as set forth in Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 of Schedule 3.1 hereof, only in respect of such Vendor and the Purchased Shares that such Vendor holds, and acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement and purchasing the Purchased Shares.
The Vendors severally, and not jointly (except to the extent Losses are to be recovered pursuant to the Indemnity Holdback, in which case, jointly and severally), represent and warrant to the Purchaser, as set forth in Sections 3.1.3 to 3.1.48 of Schedule 3.1 hereof, and acknowledge that the Purchaser is relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement and purchasing the Purchased Shares.
3.2 | Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser |
The Purchaser represents and warrants to and in favour of the Vendors as set forth in Schedule 3.2 hereof, and acknowledges that the Vendors are relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement.
3.3 | Disclosure |
(a) | For purposes of the representations and warranties of the Vendors contained herein, disclosure in one Section of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter of any facts or circumstances shall be deemed to be an adequate response and disclosure of such facts or circumstances with respect to any other representations or warranties by the Vendors calling for disclosure of such information, provided that the relevance to such other representations or warranties is readily apparent on the face of such disclosure without the need to undertake any independent investigation. The inclusion of any information in any Section of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter or other document delivered by the Corporation or the Vendors pursuant to this Agreement or in the virtual data room shall not be deemed to be an admission or evidence of the materiality of such item, nor shall it establish a standard of materiality for any purpose whatsoever. No disclosure in any Section of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter relating to a possible breach or violation of any matter shall be construed as an admission or indication that any breach or violation exists or has actually occurred. Disclosure of any matter or item in any Section of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter shall not constitute an acknowledgement that any such matter is material or required to be disclosed. |
(b) | The Vendors’ Disclosure Letter shall not vary, change or alter the language of the representations or warranties in this Agreement and, to the extent that language in any Section thereof either does not conform to the language of such representations and warranties, or purports to vary the same, such language shall be disregarded and of no force and effect. |
3.4 | Survival of Representations and Warranties |
3.4.1 | Vendors. All representations and warranties made by the Vendors in this Agreement shall survive Closing as follows: |
(a) | the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1.1(a), (b), (c) and (d)(i)(A) [Capacity Vendors] and 3.1.2 [Title to Purchased Shares] (collectively, the “Vendors’ Fundamental Representations”), Sections 3.1.3 [Organization], 3.1.4 [Capitalization], 3.1.5 [Subsidiaries and Investments], 3.1.9(a), (b), (c) and (d)(i)(A) [Capacity Group], 3.1.30 [Title to Assets] and 3.1.48 [No Broker] of Schedule 3.1 (the “Group Fundamental Representations”, and together with the Vendors’ Fundamental Representations, the “Fundamental Representations”) shall survive Closing and continue for a period of [**] from the Closing Date; |
(b) | the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1.35 [Tax Matters] of Schedule 3.1 with respect to Tax matters shall survive Closing and continue for a period ending [**] following the expiration of all limitation periods pursuant to applicable Laws, including all periods allowed for objecting to and appealing from the determination of any proceedings relating to any assessment or reassessment of any member of the Group in respect of any taxation period to which such representations and warranties or indemnities extend, taking into account any waiver or similar document extending such period; and |
(c) | all of the other representations and warranties of the Vendors in this Agreement and in any Closing Document shall survive Closing and continue for a period of [**] from the Closing Date. |
After such periods, the Vendors shall have no further liability hereunder with respect to such representations and warranties, except with respect to Claims made within such periods or pursuant to Section 3.4.4 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
3.4.2 | Purchaser. All representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in this Agreement shall survive Closing as follows: |
(a) | the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 of Schedule 3.2 (the “Purchaser Fundamental Representations”) shall survive Closing and continue for a period of [**] from the Closing Date; and |
(b) | all of the other representations and warranties of the Purchaser in this Agreement and in any Closing Document shall survive Closing and continue for a period of [**] from the Closing Date. |
After such periods, the Purchaser shall have no further liability hereunder with respect to such representations and warranties except with respect to Claims made within such periods or pursuant to Section 3.4.4 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
3.4.3 | Covenants. The covenants, obligations and agreements of each Party and the Parent contained in this Agreement (and any provisions required to give effect to such covenants, obligations and agreements) shall survive Closing and continue without time limit until performed, including the obligations of the Purchaser and the Parent to pay the Contingent Consideration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
3.4.4 | Fraud, etc. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, in the case of any breach by a Party of any representation or warranty involving Fraud, there shall be no time limitation on the right of the other Parties to bring any Claim in respect of such breach and to be indemnified in respect thereof. |
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
4.1 | Product Development and Commercialization |
4.1.1 | After Closing, the Purchaser will be responsible for all product development, including regulatory activities, clinical trials, manufacturing and commercialisation of the ARTMS Products. |
4.1.2 | After Closing, the Purchaser will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to further develop and commercialize the ARTMS Products in Major Markets and will not, and will not permit the Corporation or their respective Affiliates, except as required by applicable Laws, to sell the ARTMS Products as a “loss leader” for other products or services offered by the Purchaser or its Affiliates. |
4.1.3 | After Closing, the Purchaser agrees to take, or cause the Corporation to take, all such steps as, using Commercially Reasonable Efforts, are required in order to enable the Earn-Out Milestones to be achieved within the Earn-Out Period (or sooner if an earlier time is set out below), including: |
(a) | to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to complete all internal testing to confirm satisfaction of purity qualifications (“Validation”) of the ARTMS system with the Purchaser or its Affiliate’s [**]; |
(b) | to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to complete Validation of the ARTMS system with [**]; |
(c) | subject to the rights of the Purchaser and its Affiliates pursuant to the third last sentence of Section 4.1.3(d), during the Earn-Out Period, to honour pre-existing third-party Contracts relating to all sales of ARTMS Products (provided that such third party Contracts are listed in Schedule 4.1.3(c) of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter and have been disclosed in full, without redaction and identified prior to Closing) and not to take any action to materially alter, amend, modify, supplement or terminate such pre-existing third-party Contracts that would prevent the pre-existing Contract from being honoured in all material respects, unless required to do so by applicable Laws and except for termination in accordance with the terms of such third-party contracts based on a material breach of such Contracts by a third-party counterparty; and |
(d) | during the Earn-Out Period, not to take, or to refrain from taking, any action, directly or indirectly, the intent or effect of which is to frustrate the ability of the Corporation or the Vendors, in any manner whatsoever, to maximize Net Sales, achieve the Earn-Out Milestone, the Earn-Out Payments or Royalties, in any respect whatsoever, including, but not limited to, obstructing development or restricting sales of ARTMS Products that are intended to Compete (as defined below) with products of the Parent and its Affiliates to existing customers of the Corporation at Closing or to other third parties interested in purchasing ARTMS Products following Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions shall not prevent the Purchaser or its Affiliates from taking any action which the Purchaser or its Affiliates determine, in their discretion, to take in respect of: [**]. For purposes of this Section, “Compete” means the following specific isotopes and specific product targets: [**]. Any third party commercial terms and business case which are negotiated following Closing will require the Purchaser’s prior consent before implementation, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. |
4.2 | Tax Filings |
4.2.1 | The Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared, consistent with past practice, except as required under applicable Law, and file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns in respect of any Tax period that ends on or before the Closing Date for any member of the Group that are required to be filed after the Closing Date (each, a “Pre-Closing Tax Return”). The Purchaser shall provide the Vendors’ Delegate with a draft of such Pre-Closing Tax Returns and any working papers relating to the preparation of such draft Pre-Closing Tax Returns not less than [**] (or, in the case of Tax Returns in respect of valued-added or sales Taxes, not less than [**]) prior to filing the Tax Returns with the appropriate Governmental Authorities. The Vendors’ Delegate shall, within [**] after the receipt of such draft Pre-Closing Tax Returns, provide the Purchaser with its comments (if any) in writing. The Purchaser, acting reasonably and in good faith, shall consider and incorporate all reasonable comments of the Vendors’ Delegate prior to finalizing and filing, or causing to be filed, such Pre-Closing Tax Returns. No election under subsection 256(9) or paragraph 111(4)(e) of the Tax Act may be made on any Pre-Closing Tax Return without the prior written consent of the Vendors’ Delegate, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided that it shall not be unreasonable for Vendors’ Delegate to withhold consent if it expects that making any such election could either result in a reduction to the Purchase Price or an increase in the liability of any Vendor to pay an amount under the Tax Indemnity. |
4.2.2 | The Vendors and the Vendor’s Delegate agree that in computing taxable income for any member of the Group for a Tax period ending on or before Closing Date no deduction shall be taken for any Transaction Expenses unless (i) such amounts are described in paragraphs (c) or (d) of the definition of Transaction Expenses; or (ii) the Purchaser’s tax advisors have been provided analysis supporting the deductibility of such amounts on a “more likely than not” basis, and such analysis is provided to the Purchaser at least [**] before the filing due date for the applicable Tax Return. |
4.2.3 | The Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared in accordance with past practice, except as otherwise required under applicable Law, all Tax Returns for any member of the Group with respect to any Straddle Period. The Purchaser shall submit a draft of all such Tax Returns to the Vendors’ Delegate for its review and comments at least [**] before the date on which such Tax Returns are required by applicable Law to be filed with the relevant Tax Authority. The Vendors’ Delegate shall have the right to review the draft of such Tax Returns provided to it by the Purchaser and make any comments that it deems appropriate in respect of the portion up to Closing of the Straddle Period. The Purchaser, acting reasonably and in good faith, shall consider and incorporate all reasonable comments of the Vendors’ Delegate prior to finalizing and filing, or causing to be filed, such Pre-Closing Tax Returns. |
4.2.4 | For purposes of allocating Taxes pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in the case of any Straddle Period, (i) property Taxes allocable to the portion of any Straddle Period up to and including the Closing Date shall be equal to the amount of such property Taxes for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days during the Straddle Period that are up to and including the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire Straddle Period, and (ii) Taxes (other than property Taxes) allocable to the portion of any Straddle Period up to and including the Closing Date shall be computed as if such taxable period ended on the Closing Date. |
4.2.5 | The Purchaser covenants that it will not (i) request, or cause or allow any member of the Group to request, any audits by any Governmental Authority of any Pre-Closing Tax Return or any Tax Return with respect to a Straddle Period of any member of the Group or (ii) cause or allow any member of the Group to amend, re-file or originate the re-calculation of any item on any such Tax Return, including by way of a voluntary disclosure procedure, or file any waivers for any taxation years or fiscal period covered thereby, unless: (i) such re-calculation or re-filing is required by Law (ii) such recalculation or re-filing does not result in a reduction to the Purchase Price and does not increase the liability of any of the Vendors under any representation, warranty, covenant or indemnity under this Agreement, or (iii) the Vendors’ Delegate consents in writing. |
4.2.6 | In the event that any member of the Group receives a refund or credit of Taxes in respect of a Tax period that ends on or before the Closing Date or the portion of a Straddle Period allocable to the Vendors pursuant to Section 4.2.2, to the extent such refund of Taxes was not taken into account in the Closing Date Balance Sheet and taken into account in the adjustments to the Purchase Price, the Purchaser shall pay (or cause to be paid) an amount equal to such refund or credit (net of any applicable Taxes and any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses), as an increase in the Purchase Price, to the Paying Agent (on behalf of the Vendors) promptly after receipt of the refund or credit by such member of the Group. To the extent any Tax refund or credit that is received or realized by a member of the Group is reduced or reclaimed by a Governmental Authority after an amount in respect thereof has been paid to the Vendors, the Vendors shall promptly pay to the Purchaser, as a reduction to the Purchase Price, the amount of such reduction or reclaimed amount, including any interest, penalties or other charges imposed by such Governmental Authority in respect of such amount. |
4.3 | Tax Elections |
4.3.1 | Excessive Capital Dividend Election. Each Vendor hereby concurs, and undertakes to cause, at the request of the Purchaser, any dividend recipient to concur, for the purposes of subsection 184(4) of the Tax Act, to the making of an election under Part III of the Tax Act, in the event that the “capital dividend account” (as defined in subsection 89(1) of the Tax Act) balance of any member of the Group at any time in any taxation year ending prior to Closing is subsequently determined to be less than the amount of any “capital dividend” (as defined in subsection 89(1) of the Tax Act) paid, or deemed to have been paid, by the acquired entity immediately after such time, such that a member of the Group will not have any liability under Part III of the Tax Act in respect of the payment, or deemed payment, of any such dividend. Each Vendor covenants and agrees to do all things necessary and execute any and all forms or other instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser in order to give effect to this Section 4.3.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the filing of the election by a member of the Group and the concurrence of the Vendors does not relieve the Vendors from its indemnification obligations to the Purchaser to the extent that any member of the Group or the Purchaser is liable to pay any Tax or otherwise suffers any Loss or damage as a result of such capital dividend election. |
4.3.2 | Excessive Eligible Dividend Election. Each Vendor hereby concurs, and undertakes to cause, at the request of the Purchaser, any dividend recipient controlled by such Vendor to concur, for the purposes of subsection 185.1(3) of the Tax Act, to the making of an election by any member of the Group under Part III.1 of the Tax Act, in the event that a member of the Group is assessed as having made an “excessive eligible dividend designation” (as defined in subsection 89(1) of the Tax Act) in respect of any dividend paid, or deemed to have been paid, by a member of the Group on or before Closing, such that it will not have any liability under Part III.1 of the Tax Act in respect of the payment, or deemed payment, of any such dividend. Each Vendor covenants and agrees to do all things necessary and execute any and all forms or other instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser in order to give effect to this Section 4.3.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the filing of the election by a member of the Group and the concurrence of the Vendors does not relieve the Vendors from its indemnification obligations to the Purchaser to the extent that any member of the Group or the Purchaser is liable to pay any Tax or otherwise suffers any loss or damage as a result of such excessive dividend election. |
4.4 | Guarantee and Confirmation |
4.4.1 | The Parent hereby guarantees the obligations of the Purchaser (i) under Sections 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4 and Article 6 of this Agreement and (ii) to pay any Earn-Out Payment and/or Royalty payable by the Purchaser under this Agreement; and in each of (i) and (ii), agrees to duly perform or cause to be duly performed all obligations in accordance with the provisions thereof, whether or not the Purchaser fails to duly perform any such obligations or make any such payments. |
4.4.2 | The Parent agrees that: (i) its obligations pursuant to this guarantee are absolute, unconditional, irrevocable and continuing and shall not in any way or to any extent be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected except by due and full payment or performance thereof by the Purchaser and/or the Parent; and (ii) the Parent shall be liable pursuant to this guarantee for any payments owing and any such obligations as primary obligor and not merely as a surety. |
4.4.3 | The Vendors shall not be bound to exhaust recourse against the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement before becoming entitled to payment from or performance by the Parent hereunder. If the Purchaser fails to pay any amounts owing in respect of the Royalties or the Earn-Out Payments, the Parent shall, within [**] after the Vendors’ Delegate makes a demand therefor to the Parent, duly and fully pay such Earn-Out Payment or Royalty, as applicable, finally determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to be payable by the Purchaser. |
4.4.4 | The obligations of the Parent under this guarantee will not be limited or reduced by any changes in the Purchaser’s or Parent’s name or any merger, consolidation, reorganization or amalgamation of the Purchaser or Parent with any one or more other Persons. Without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise affecting, in whole or in part, the liability of the Parent hereunder, (i) the Requisite Vendors, prior to the Closing and on behalf of the Vendors, or (ii) the Vendors’ Delegate, after the Closing and on behalf of the Vendors, may grant extensions of time or other indulgences, take and give up security, abstain from taking or perfecting security, accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Purchaser as the Vendors’ Delegate may see fit. |
4.4.5 | The obligations of the Parent under this guarantee will not be limited or reduced as a result of the termination, invalidity or unenforceability of any right of the Vendors against the Purchaser due to any incapacity or lack or limitation of status or of the power of the Purchaser or as a result of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Purchaser. |
4.4.6 | For the avoidance of doubt, nothing will require the Purchaser or the Parent to pay out the same Earn-Out Payments or Royalties twice. |
4.4.7 | The Parent confirms that the Purchaser has the right to cause the Parent to take those actions contemplated to be taken by the Parent in this Agreement. |
4.5 | Manufacture of ARTMS Products |
After Closing, during the Earn-Out Period, the Parties agree that the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Affiliate (including the Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation designated by the Purchaser) will have responsibility for manufacturing the ARTMS Products (either directly or under contract with third parties). Manufacturing of the ARTMS Products may occur outside of the United States and the European Union; however, such manufacturing shall be undertaken at a scale and in compliance with regulatory requirements that will enable commercialization of the ARTMS Products in the Major Markets.
4.6 | Operating Structure |
After Closing, during the Earn-Out Period:
4.6.1 | the Purchaser will operate the Corporation as a stand-alone, largely self-governed entity (but within the governance, compliance and reporting framework of the Parent and its Affiliates and with support from the Purchaser’s enabling services functions (provided that such support does not interfere with the efficient operation of the Corporation’s activities in substantially the same manner as they were conducted prior to Closing), as required, but in all cases, subject to Sections 4.1.2 and 4.1.3(d) of this Agreement); |
4.6.2 | the Corporation will retain its ability to offer its products and services in a vendor agnostic manner; and |
4.6.3 | the Corporation shall retain its branding identity as at the Closing Date, with the addition of “A Telix Company” platform branding. |
4.7 | Location of the Business |
During the Earn-Out Period, the existing place of business and employment of the Key Vendors located at “8575 Commerce Court, Burnaby, BC V5A 4N5” will remain in effect, subject to any existing accommodations made by the Corporation prior to Closing under individual employment contracts, and the Purchaser shall not cause the Group to cease operations from such location, so long as the lease therefor remains in full force and effect.
4.8 | R&W Policy |
4.8.1 | At the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser has provided to the Corporation a true and complete copy of the buyer-side representation and warranty insurance binder that has been incepted as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement providing for the issuance of a buyer-side representation and warranty insurance policy at or prior to Closing in the name of and for the benefit of the Purchaser, on the terms set out in Schedule 4.8.1, delivered by the Purchaser concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “R&W Policy”). The Purchaser is current in all premiums or other payments due under the R&W Policy and has otherwise complied in all material respects with all of its obligations under the R&W Policy. The terms of the R&W Policy do not permit subrogation against the Vendors, the Group or Representatives of the foregoing for any claims made by the Purchaser under the R&W Policy, except in the case of Fraud. Following Closing, the Purchaser shall not amend or waive, or permit the amendment or waiver of, the subrogation provisions contained in the R&W Policy benefitting the Vendors or otherwise amend, modify, restate, supplement or terminate the R&W Policy in a manner adverse to the Vendors without the prior written consent of the Vendors’ Delegate. |
4.8.2 | The Parties agree that the payment of the premium for the R&W Policy, any retention amount and all of the remaining costs associated with obtaining the R&W Policy, including the broker fee, the underwriting fee, the due diligence fee, carrier commissions and legal fees for counsel engaged by the underwriter (the “R&W Costs”) shall be divided equally between the Purchaser on the one hand, and the Vendors, collectively, on the other hand. To facilitate payment, the Purchaser shall be reimbursed for fifty percent (50%) of the R&W Costs at Closing as a Transaction Expense. If the Closing does not occur and this Agreement is terminated as a result of a default by the Vendors under this Agreement, the Vendors collectively shall reimburse the Purchaser for [**] percent ([**]%) of the R&W Costs within [**] of the termination of this Agreement and this obligation shall survive the termination of this Agreement. If (a) the Closing does not occur and this Agreement is terminated as a result of a default by the Purchaser under this Agreement, or (b) the Closing does not occur by May 31, 2024 and this Agreement is terminated as a result thereof, the Vendors shall not reimburse the Purchaser for any of the R&W Costs. |
4.8.3 | Following Closing, the Purchaser shall provide to the Vendors’ Delegate, concurrently with delivery to the requisite parties under the R&W Policy, copies of any written notices which relate to any claim or potential claim made under the R&W Policy. |
4.9 | Director and Officer Indemnification |
4.9.1 | The Vendors will cause one or more members of the Group to obtain, with effect as of the Closing Date, and at the sole expense of the Vendors, a “tail” insurance policy (the “D&O Tail Policy”) for the D&O Indemnitees (as defined below) with respect Claims arising out of or relating to events that occurred on or prior to the Closing Date. The D&O Tail Policy will be for a claim period of [**] following the Closing Date and provide for coverage and amounts as are acceptable to the Requisite Vendors. All costs and expenses of the D&O Tail Policy shall constitute a Transaction Expense if not paid prior to the Closing Date. |
4.9.2 | For a period of [**] following the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall cause the Group to indemnify and hold harmless all past and present officers and directors of each member of the Group (each, a “D&O Indemnitee”) to the same extent such D&O Indemnitees are currently indemnified and held harmless by such member of the Group pursuant to their respective articles of incorporation, other constating documents or other contractual arrangements indemnifying directors and officers in effect as at the date of this Agreement and disclosed to the Purchaser, for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing Date, except as otherwise required by applicable Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, in no event shall any member of the Group be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless or incur any other costs or expenses on behalf of any D&O Indemnitee with respect to any matter that is not otherwise covered by the D&O Tail Policy. |
4.9.3 | For a period of [**] following the Closing Date, the Purchaser will not, and will not permit any member of the Group to, amend, repeal or modify any provision in the constating documents or other contractual arrangements of such member of the Group relating to the exculpation or indemnification of any D&O Indemnitee (unless required by Law or, in the case of contractual arrangements, unless consented to by the counterparty(ies) thereto). This Section 4.9.3 is intended for the benefit of, and is enforceable by, each D&O Indemnitee and his or her heirs, executors and representatives. |
4.10 | Confidentiality |
4.10.1 | Subject to Section 7.5 of this Agreement, the Parties (other than the Vendors’ Delegate) agree to keep the terms of this Agreement and each of the other Closing Documents confidential on the same terms as are set out in the confidentiality disclosure agreement dated [**] (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) as if such agreements had been included and referenced in the Confidentiality Agreement. The Vendors’ Delegate agrees to keep the terms of this Agreement and each of the other Closing Documents confidential. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following Closing, the Vendors’ Delegate shall be permitted to disclose information as required by law or to advisors and Representatives of the Vendors’ Delegate and to the Vendors, in each case who have a need to know such information, provided that such Persons are subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto. |
4.10.2 | From and after the Closing, each Vendor shall hold in confidence, other than to the extent compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process, or by other requirements of Law, all documents and information to the extent relating to the Group or the properties, rights, assets or business of the Group, including the Closing Documents (the “Business Information”), except to the extent that such Business Information (i) must be disclosed in connection with the obligations or enforcement of rights of such Vendor pursuant to this Agreement or any other Closing Document, (ii) can be shown to have been in the public domain through no fault of such Vendor or (iii) was later lawfully acquired by such Vendor from sources other than those related to its prior ownership of the Group. |
4.11 | Transaction Personal Information |
(a) | Each of the Purchaser, the Parent, the Corporation and the Vendors shall comply with all applicable Privacy Laws in the course of collecting, disclosing and using Transaction Personal Information. Prior to Closing, the Purchaser shall not disclose Transaction Personal Information to any Person other than its Representatives (including its counsel), who are evaluating and advising on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. |
(b) | Prior to the Closing, the Purchaser shall not use any Transaction Personal Information for any purposes other than those related to the performance of this Agreement and the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby and pursuant to applicable Law. Each of the Parties acknowledges and confirms that the disclosure of Transaction Personal Information is necessary for the purposes of determining if the Parties shall proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that the disclosure of Transaction Personal Information relates solely to the carrying on of the Business or the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby. |
(c) | Immediately following the Closing, the Purchaser shall cause the Group to, as required by and in accordance with applicable Privacy Laws, notify the individuals whose Personal Information has been or will be disclosed or otherwise transferred to the Purchaser in the course of the transactions contemplated hereunder that such transaction has taken place and that their Personal Information was disclosed or otherwise transferred to the Purchaser. |
(d) | The Purchaser shall protect and safeguard Transaction Personal Information against unauthorized use or disclosure and shall cause its Representatives to observe the terms of this Section 4.11 and protect and safeguard Transaction Personal Information in their possession. |
(e) | Following the Closing, the Purchaser shall use and disclose the Transaction Personal Information only for those purposes for which the Transaction Personal Information was initially collected or in respect of the individual to which such disclosed Personal Information relates, unless (i) the Purchaser has first notified such individual of such additional purpose, and where required by Law, obtained the consent of such individual to such additional purpose, or (ii) such use or disclosure is permitted or authorized by Law, without notice to, or consent from, such individual, and the Purchaser shall to give effect to any withdrawal of consent under applicable Privacy Laws. |
(f) | If this Agreement is terminated prior to Closing, the Purchaser shall promptly deliver to the Corporation, or permanently delete, all Transaction Personal Information in its possession or in the possession of any of its Representatives, including all copies, reproductions, summaries and extracts thereof. |
4.12 | Investment Canada Act Notice |
The Vendors shall cooperate with and provide timely assistance to the Purchaser in providing any information required by the Purchaser to complete and file the requisite notice under the Investment Canada Act (Canada).
4.13 | Closing Period Reorganization |
During the Closing Period, the Vendors agree to consider in good faith any request from the Purchaser to implement a pre-closing transaction (the “Pre-Closing Reorganization”) involving the Corporation which may include [**], provided that: (i) a detailed description of each step and the expected tax consequences of the Pre-Closing Reorganization are provided to the Vendors not less than ten (10) days prior to Closing; (ii) all documentation to implement the Pre-Closing Reorganization is delivered in draft to the Vendors for their review and reasonable comments not less than five (5) days prior to Closing; (iii) all expenses (including reasonable professional and advisors’ fees) incurred by the Vendors or the Corporation in connection with the Pre-Closing Reorganization are borne by the Purchaser; and (iv) the Pre-Closing Reorganization shall not result in a reduction in the Purchase Price or an increase in the liability of any Vendor under any representation, warranty, covenant or indemnity under this Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
CLOSING ARRANGEMENTS
5.1 | Closing |
The transactions contemplated herein shall be completed as of the Effective Time by way of electronic closing or any location agreed upon in writing by the Purchaser and the Requisite Vendors provided, however, that the Parties agree that Closing shall take effect from the Effective Time.
5.2 | Conduct of Business Prior to Closing |
5.2.1 | Except as contemplated by this Agreement, during the Closing Period, the Vendors shall cause the Group to conduct the Business in the Ordinary Course. |
5.2.2 | Without limiting the generality of Section 5.2.1, but subject to the exceptions provided for therein, during the Closing Period, the Vendors shall and shall cause each member of the Group: |
(a) | to preserve intact the current organization of the Group, keep available the services of the Employees and maintain good relations with, and the goodwill of, suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors and all other Persons having business relationships with either member of the Group; |
(b) | to retain possession and control of its assets and the other property and assets used by it in the Business, maintain insurance coverage commensurate with existing coverage and preserve the confidentiality of any confidential or proprietary information of the Business or the Group; |
(c) | to take all actions within their control to ensure that each member of the Group performs, in all material respects, their obligations falling due during the Closing Period under all Contracts, material to the Business, to which such member is a party or by which it is bound; |
(d) | not to amalgamate, merge or consolidate with, or acquire any shares or all or substantially all the assets of any Person or otherwise acquire any business; and not to amend or approve any amendment to its Constating Records or capital structure, issue or sell, authorize for issuance or sale, or grant options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase, any of its shares, or otherwise effect any corporate reorganization; |
(e) | not to reorganize or make any change in respect of any of its shares, declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its shares, or redeem or otherwise acquire any of its shares; |
(f) | not to amend any Tax Returns, make any election relating to Taxes, change any election or filing positions relating to Taxes already made, adopt or change any accounting methods relating to Taxes, enter into any agreement with any Tax authority, settle or compromise any proceeding relating to Taxes, or consent to the waiver of any statute of limitations relating to any Claim or audit of Taxes; |
(g) | other than in the Ordinary Course, not to (A) increase the compensation of any director, officer, Employee, Consultant, contractor or agent of either member of the Group; (B) improve any Employee Plan in any manner; (C) pay to or for the benefit of, or agree to pay to or for the benefit of, any of its directors, officers, Employees, Consultants, contractors or agents any pension or retirement allowance or other benefit not required by the existing Employee Plans or Contracts; (D) commit to anything that would constitute a new or renewed Employee Plan or (E) hire any new employee; |
(h) | not to (A) create, incur or assume any new Indebtedness; or (B) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person in excess of [**] dollars ($[**]) per month and, in connection therewith, the Corporation shall provide notice to the Purchaser of any such new Indebtedness, loans, advances, capital contributions or investments; |
(i) | not to pay, discharge or satisfy any Claims, liabilities or obligations other than in the Ordinary Course, or delay or postpone payment of Accounts Payable or other liabilities other than in the Ordinary Course; |
(j) | not to (A) make any capital expenditure other than pursuant to existing non-cancellable binding commitments previously disclosed in writing to and approved by the Purchaser, or (B) enter into any contract or commitment for any single capital expenditure in excess of [**] dollars ($[**]); |
(k) | except in the Ordinary Course, not to sell, transfer, mortgage or otherwise dispose of, or encumber, or agree to sell, transfer, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber, any properties or assets, real, personal or mixed; |
(l) | not to make any change, except in the Ordinary Course, in the manner of conducting intercompany business with any Vendor or any of its Affiliates, unless such change is for the purposes of providing funding to a member of the Group; |
(m) | not to change any accounting practices or principles from those applied in the preparation of the Financial Statements; |
(n) | notify the Purchaser of any new customer Contract being negotiated and not enter into any new customer Contract or amend the terms of any existing customer Contract without the consent of the Purchaser if such Contract concerns: [**]. |
(o) | to notify the Purchaser if any customer intends to terminate, in whole or in part, materially amend or not renew any Contract with any member of the Group or that any customer intends to materially reduce its volume of business with such member; |
(p) | not to do anything that would cause any of the representations and warranties of any Vendor under this Agreement to be false or misleading; |
(q) | to take any and all such further actions reasonably requested by the Purchaser so that the Business of each member of the Group shall not be impaired in any material respect at the Closing Date; or |
(r) | on a [**] basis, to report to the Purchaser concerning material matters relating to the Business and the Group. |
The Requisite Vendors shall request the Purchaser’s consent to proceed with any decision, act or event which contravenes the foregoing, such consent not to unreasonably be withheld. Following receipt of the Purchaser’s consent, such decision, act or event shall be deemed permissible and shall not be considered a breach of this Agreement in any respect whatsoever.
5.3 | Actions to Satisfy Closing Conditions |
5.3.1 | Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of the Parties, other than the Vendors’ Delegate, (severally and not jointly and severally) shall take all such actions as are within its control and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause other actions to be taken which are not within its control, so as to ensure compliance with all of the conditions set forth in Section 5.9, including ensuring that during the Closing Period and at Closing, there is no breach of any of its representations and warranties. |
5.4 | Transfer of the Purchased Shares |
5.4.1 | Each of the Vendors shall take all necessary steps and corporate proceedings to permit good title to the Purchased Shares to be duly and validly transferred and assigned to the Purchaser at Closing, free and clear of all Encumbrances. |
5.5 | Consents, U.S. Benefit Plans, etc. |
5.5.1 | The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, prior to Closing, all Third Party Consents necessary or advisable in connection with the transfer of the Purchased Shares and the completion of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such Third Party Consents shall be on such terms as are acceptable to the Purchaser, acting reasonably. |
5.5.2 | During the Closing Period, the Corporation and the Purchaser shall work together in good faith with a view to cancel all benefit plans made available to U.S. Employees. |
5.5.3 | During the Closing Period, the Corporation shall keep the Purchaser apprised of steps taken pursuant to [**]. |
5.6 | Filings and Governmental Authorizations |
5.6.1 | Each of the Vendors and the Purchaser (as applicable) shall: |
(a) | as soon as practicable, make, or cause to be made, all such filings and submissions under all Laws applicable to it (including the Investment Canada Act (Canada), the Competition Act and any other applicable antitrust Laws), as may be required for it to complete the transfer of the Purchased Shares and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and |
(b) | otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all Third Party Consents necessary or advisable in order to complete the transfer of the Purchased Shares and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. |
5.6.2 | Subject to compliance at all times with applicable Law and the other provisions of the Agreement (including Section 5.2), the Vendors and the Purchaser shall coordinate and cooperate with each other in exchanging information and supplying such assistance as is reasonably requested in connection with the foregoing including providing each Party with all notices and information supplied to or filed with or received from any Governmental Authority (except for notices and information which the Vendors or the Purchaser, in each case acting reasonably, considers highly confidential and sensitive and which may be filed on a confidential basis). |
5.7 | Notice of Certain Events. |
5.7.1 | During the Closing Period, the Corporation shall promptly notify the Purchaser of: |
(a) | any facts, conditions, matters or occurrences that would or would reasonably be likely to cause a breach or inaccuracy of any representations and warranties or the nonfulfillment of any covenant of the Vendors under this Agreement; |
(b) | any Material Adverse Change in the Business of any member of the Group; |
(c) | the occurrence of any event that may make the satisfaction of any of the conditions contained in Section 5.9.1 impossible or unlikely; |
(d) | without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any communication received from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person (or another Person) is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that such consent will or may be withheld or be unobtainable on a timely basis or without unreasonable effort or expense; and/or |
(e) | any communication received from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; |
5.7.2 | Following any notice provided by a Vendor pursuant to Section 5.7.1, the Vendors may amend or supplement the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter with respect to any such facts, conditions, matters or occurrences arising, or of which it becomes aware, after the date of this Agreement (each, a “Vendors’ Disclosure Letter Update”). |
5.7.3 | If the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter Update discloses any facts, conditions, matters or occurrences that would cause any of the conditions in Section 5.9.1(a) to be unsatisfied without such Vendors’ Disclosure Letter Update, the Purchaser may terminate this Agreement by notice in writing to the Vendors within ten (10) Business Days after receiving the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter Update. |
5.7.4 | If the Purchaser does not terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.7.3, then the Purchaser is deemed to have waived the non-fulfillment of any corresponding closing conditions in favour of the Purchaser. However the Purchaser reserves all of its other rights and remedies at any time and from time to time under this Agreement in connection with any inaccuracy or breach of a representation and warranty of the Vendors (including those set out in the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter) as if such Vendors’ Disclosure Letter Update had not been delivered. |
5.8 | No Negotiation |
5.8.1 | From the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.10, none of the Vendors shall (and shall cause each member of the Group not to), directly or indirectly, take or permit any other Person on its behalf to take any action to encourage, solicit or initiate any inquiries or proposals from, or provide any information to, any third party (other than the Purchaser and its Representatives) relating to any sale or business combination transaction involving the Group, including any sale of shares or other equity interests, the amalgamation or consolidation of any member of the Group or the sale of all or substantially all of the Group’s assets or properties (other than assets or properties sold in the Ordinary Course). The Vendors, including their Affiliates, shall (and shall cause the member of the Group to) immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions, conversations, negotiations and or communications with any Person (other than the Purchaser and its Affiliates) with respect to any of the foregoing. |
5.9 | Closing Conditions |
5.9.1 | Closing Conditions of the Vendors. The obligation of the Purchaser to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the following conditions to be fulfilled or performed at or prior to Closing, which conditions are for the exclusive benefit of the Purchaser and may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Purchaser in its sole discretion: |
(a) | the Fundamental Representations shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as if such Fundamental Representations had been made on the Closing Date. All other representations and warranties of the Vendors that are qualified as to materiality shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and warranties had been made on the Closing Date. The remaining representations and warranties of the Vendors shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and warranties had been made on the Closing Date; |
(b) | the Vendors shall have performed each of their obligations under this Agreement to the extent required to be performed on or before the Closing Date; |
(c) | no action or proceeding shall be pending or Threatened which could reasonably be expected to enjoin, impair or prohibit the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation, any action or proceeding or objection relating to [**]; |
(d) | no Material Adverse Change will have occurred during the Closing Period; |
(e) | the Corporation shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a copy of an intellectual property assignment agreement, in a form previously agreed to between the Parties, executed by those parties set out in Schedule 3.1.45 as not having assigned, in writing, all of their rights in Intellectual Property developed in the course of their work for the Group; |
(f) | evidence that the Key Third Party Consents have been obtained; and |
(g) | the Requisite Vendors have delivered or have caused to be delivered to the Purchaser the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably, unless attached as an Schedule to this Agreement: |
(i) | a certificate signed by the Corporation addressed to the Purchaser dated the Closing Date confirming that the conditions described in Sections 5.9.1(a) and 5.9.1(b) have been performed, satisfied or complied with as of the Closing Date; |
(ii) | the certificate or certificates representing the Purchased Shares, together with a share transfer form, duly executed by each Vendor; |
(iii) | the minute books of each of the Corporation and each Subsidiary; |
(iv) | a certificate of status, compliance, good standing or like certificate with respect to each member of the Group issued by appropriate Governmental Authorities of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation dated no more than three (3) Business Days prior to Closing; |
(v) | a factual certificate of an officer of the Corporation dated as of the Closing Date, certifying: |
(I) | the articles, charter and by-laws of the Group members; and |
(II) | the resolutions of the shareholders and the board of directors of the Corporation approving the entering into and completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably; |
(vi) | the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Vendors’ Delegate, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5.9.1(G)(VI); |
(vii) | the Paying Agent Agreement, duly executed by the Vendors’ Delegate, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5.9.1(G)(VII); |
(viii) | a restrictive covenant agreement, duly executed by each of the Key Vendors and the Corporation, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5.9.1(g)(viii) (the “RCAs”); |
(ix) | the written resignation of each director and officer of the Corporation and each Subsidiary designated by the Purchaser and a release of all Claims against the Corporation and each Subsidiary duly executed by each such director and officer, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 5.9.1(g)(ix); |
(x) | a release of Claims against the Corporation and the Subsidiaries duly executed by each Vendor, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 5.9.1(G)(X); |
(xi) | a copy of each Insider Share Escrow Agreement executed by the applicable Insider, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2.5.3(D), together with any agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Parent or the ASX to give effect to Section 2.5.3, executed by the applicable Insider; |
(xii) | a copy of each Investor Share Escrow Agreement executed by the Investor, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2.5.3(e) , together with any agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Parent or the ASX to give effect to Section 2.5.3, executed by the applicable Investor; |
(xiii) | evidence, satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably, that the Stock Option Plans have been terminated, and that all Options and Warrants disclosed in 3.1.4(b) of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter have been exercised or cancelled in connection with Closing; |
(xiv) | evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably, that the Shareholders Agreement and any other shareholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreement governing the affairs of the Corporation have been terminated, duly executed by the requisite parties; |
(xv) | a disclosure schedule outlining the taxable benefit in respect of Options exercised, cancelled or paid out in respect of which, at Closing, a T4 slip and summary reporting remains outstanding; |
(xvi) | evidence satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably, that consent was obtained by [**] from of each other party to the [**] prior to the Group [**]; |
(xvii) | evidence satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably, that consent was obtained by the Group from [**] prior to the Group [**]; and. |
(xviii) | a copy of the virtual data room established by the Vendors in relation to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. |
5.9.2 | Closing Conditions of the Purchaser. The obligation of the Vendors to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the following conditions to be fulfilled or performed at or prior to Closing, which conditions are for the exclusive benefit of the Vendors and may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Requisite Vendors in their sole discretion: |
(a) | the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement that are qualified as to materiality shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and warranties had been made on the Closing Date. The remaining representations and warranties of the Purchaser shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and warranties had been made on the Closing Date; |
(b) | the Purchaser and the Parent shall have performed each of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent required to be performed on or before the Closing Date; |
(c) | evidence that all Warrants disclosed in 3.1.4(b) of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter have been exercised or cancelled in connection with Closing; |
(d) | the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Corporation, for and on behalf of the Vendors, at or prior to Closing, the following: |
(i) | a certificate signed by an officer of the Purchaser addressed to the Vendors dated the Closing Date confirming that the conditions described in Sections 5.9.1(a) and 5.9.1(b) have been performed, satisfied or complied with as of the Closing Date; |
(ii) | the consideration payable to the Vendors as contemplated by Sections 2.5.1(a) and 2.5.1(d); |
(iii) | a certificate of status, compliance, good standing or like certificate with respect to the Purchaser and a certificate of registration of a company in respect of the Parent issued by appropriate Governmental Authorities of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation dated no more than three (3) Business Days prior to Closing; |
(iv) | a factual certificate of the secretary or other officer of the Purchaser dated as of the Closing Date, certifying: |
(I) | the articles and by-laws of the Purchaser; and |
(II) | the resolutions of the shareholders and the board of directors of the Purchaser approving the entering into and completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Requisite Vendors, acting reasonably; |
(v) | the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Escrow Agent; |
(vi) | the Paying Agent Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Paying Agent; |
(vii) | a copy of each Insider Share Escrow Agreement executed by the Parent; |
(viii) | a copy of each Investor Share Escrow Agreement executed by the Parent; |
(ix) | the RCAs, duly executed by the Purchaser; |
(x) | a copy of each option loan agreement duly exercised by the lender; |
(xi) | a copy of each warrant loan agreement duly exercised by the lender; and (xii) an executed copy of the bound R&W Policy, in form and substance satisfactory to the Requisite Vendors, acting reasonably. |
5.10 | Termination |
5.10.1 | This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing Date: |
(a) | by the Purchaser upon written notice to the Requisite Vendors if, on the Closing Date, any of the conditions specified in Section 5.9.1 have not been satisfied in full or waived by the Purchaser; |
(b) | by the Purchaser in accordance with Section 5.7.3; |
(c) | by the Vendors, upon written notice from the Requisite Vendors, to the Purchaser if, on the Closing Date, any of the conditions specified in Section 5.9.1(g)(xiii) have not been satisfied in full or waived by the Vendors; |
(d) | by either the Purchaser or the Requisite Vendors if Closing has not occurred (other than through the failure of the Party seeking to terminate the Agreement to comply with its obligations under this Agreement), on or before May 31, 2024; or |
(e) | by written agreement of the Purchaser and the Requisite Vendors. |
5.11 | Effect of Termination |
5.11.1 | If this Agreement is terminated, all obligations of the Parties pursuant to this Agreement will terminate without further liability of any Party to the other Party except for: |
(a) | Section 1.7.5 relating to the Vendors’ Delegate’s exculpation and indemnification; |
(b) | Section 4.8.2 relating to R&W Costs; |
(c) | Section 7.4 relating to expenses; |
(d) | Section 7.5 relating to public announcements; |
(e) | Section 7.14 relating to, inter alia, privilege; and |
(f) | this Section 5.11. |
5.12 | Waiver of Conditions of Closing |
If any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.9.1 have not been satisfied, the Purchaser may elect in writing to waive any such condition and proceed with the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby and, if any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.9.2 have not been satisfied, the Requisite Vendors may elect in writing to waive any such condition and proceed with the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby. Any such waiver and election by the Purchaser or the Requisite Vendors, as the case may be, will only serve as a waiver of that specific Closing condition.
5.13 | Injunctive Relief |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, a Party may seek injunctive relief (whether as a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or otherwise) or specific performance pending a decision of the arbitrator or court and Section 7.11 will not apply to any such action or proceeding.
ARTICLE 6
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 | Indemnification by the Vendors |
6.1.1 | Individual Liability. Subject to Sections 3.4.1 [Survival of Representations and Warranties of the Vendors], 3.4.3 [Survival of Covenants], 3.4.4 [Fraud, etc.] and the other provisions of this Article 6, each of the Vendors shall severally and not jointly indemnify, defend and save harmless the Purchaser and each of the Purchaser’s Representatives from and against any and all Loss suffered or incurred by them or any member of the Group, as a result of: |
(a) | any inaccuracy, misrepresentation or breach of any of the representations and warranties provided for in Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 of Schedule 3.1; or |
(b) | any breach or failure by any of the Vendors to observe or perform any covenant or obligation of such Vendor contained in this Agreement. |
6.1.2 | Several Liability. Subject to Sections 3.4.1 [Survival of Representations and Warranties of the Vendors], 3.4.3 [Survival of Covenants], 3.4.4 [Fraud, etc.] and the other provisions of this Article 6, each of the Vendors shall severally and not jointly (except to the extent Losses are recovered pursuant to the Indemnity Holdback, in which case, jointly and severally) indemnify, defend and save harmless the Purchaser and each of the Purchaser’s Representatives from and against any and all Loss suffered or incurred by them or any member of the Group, as a result of: |
(a) | any inaccuracy, misrepresentation or breach of any of the Group Fundamental Representations; |
(b) | any inaccuracy, misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made or given by the Vendors in Sections 3.1.3 to 3.1.48 of Schedule 3.1 in this Agreement, other than the Group Fundamental Representations; |
(c) | any breach or failure by the Group to observe or perform any covenant or obligation of the Group contained in this Agreement and to be performed by the Group prior to Closing; |
(d) | any Transaction Expenses not included in the Closing Calculations as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.6; |
(e) | any Taxes of any member of the Group relating to periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date, except to the extent provided for in the Closing Date Balance Sheet and taken into account in the adjustments to the Purchase Price (the “Tax Indemnity”); |
(f) | the matters set out in Schedule 6.1.2(f), which has been delivered by the Purchaser concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Specific Tax Indemnity”); or |
(g) | any Exclusions. |
6.2 | Indemnification by the Purchaser |
6.2.1 | Liability. Subject to Sections 3.4.2 [Survival of Representations and Warranties of Purchaser], 3.4.3 [Survival of Covenants], 3.4.4 [Fraud, etc.] and the other provisions of this Article 6, the Purchaser shall indemnify, defend and save harmless the Vendors and each of the Vendors’ Representatives from and against any and all Loss suffered or incurred by them, as result of: |
(a) | any inaccuracy, misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made or given by the Purchaser in Section 3.2 of this Agreement; or |
(b) | any breach or failure by the Purchaser to observe or perform any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement. |
6.3 | Limitations on Indemnification |
6.3.1 | Limitations on Indemnification of the Purchaser |
(a) | The covenants of each Vendor contained in this Agreement, the Vendors’ Fundamental Representations and the corresponding indemnification obligations in Section 6.1.1 are assumed and given separately by such Vendor with respect to itself only, in each case up to each such Vendor’s Designated Percentage of such Losses and subject to the other limitations set forth in this Article 6. |
(b) | The Vendors shall not have any liability to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Representatives for any Losses under Section 6.1.1(a), Section 6.1.2(a) or Section 6.1.2(b), and the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Representative will not be entitled to recovery for same unless and until the aggregate amount of all Claims for all such Losses exceeds [**] dollars ($[**]) (the “Deductible”), in which event the Vendors, as applicable, shall, subject to this Section 6.3.1, be liable for the amount of all such Claims in excess of the Deductible. The limitations on indemnification set forth in this Section 6.3.1(b) shall not apply to Claims based on Fraud or in respect of the Specific Tax Indemnity. |
(c) | Other than in respect of Claims for Losses for breaches of Fundamental Representations and for Claims based on Fraud, the maximum aggregate liability of the Vendors collectively under Section 6.1.2(b) or Section 6.1.2(g) shall not exceed the Indemnity Holdback. In respect of Claims for Losses for breaches of Fundamental Representations and for Claims based on Fraud, the maximum aggregate liability of the Vendors shall in no event exceed each Vendor’s Designated Percentage of the Purchase Price actually received. In respect of Claims based on the Specific Tax Indemnity, the maximum aggregate liability of the Vendors shall in no event exceed the Tax Liability Limit and upon such time as Claims based on the Specific Tax Indemnity reach the Tax Liability Limit, the Vendors shall in no event be liable for any further Losses relating to the Specific Tax Indemnity. For certainty, the foregoing shall not limit the Purchaser’s rights under the R&W Policy. |
(d) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: |
(i) | no Person will be entitled to make any Claim pursuant to this Article 6 following the expiry of: |
(I) | with respect to Claims made pursuant to Section 6.1.1(a), 6.1.2(a), 6.1.2(b) or 6.1.2(g), the time period set forth in Section 3.4.1, |
(II) | with respect to Claims made pursuant to Section 6.1.1(b), 6.1.2(c) or 6.2.1(b), the time period set forth in Section 3.4.3, |
(III) | with respect to Claims made pursuant to Section 6.1.2(e) or Section 6.1.2(f); the time period set forth in Section 3.4.1(b), |
(IV) | with respect to Claims made pursuant to Section 6.1.2(d), [**] from the Closing Date, and |
(V) | with respect to Claims made pursuant to Section 6.2.1(a), the time period set forth in Section 3.4.2, |
provided that, the foregoing limitations will not apply to prohibit or limit Claims for any Losses suffered or incurred as a result of, in respect of or arising out of any Fraud, or in respect of Claims for Losses made prior to such time period which are finally determined or settled after such dates; and (ii) no Vendor shall be liable for any amounts in excess of its Designated Percentage of the Purchase Price.
(e) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and subject to this Section 6.3.1(e), where the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Representatives are entitled to recovery for Losses pursuant to Sections 6.1.1 or 6.1.2, those Losses will be solely satisfied from the following sources, in the following order: |
(i) | in respect of Losses pursuant to Section 6.1.2(b), the Tax Indemnity, the Specific Tax Indemnity or pursuant to any Claims made in respect of the Exclusions: |
(I) | first, from the Indemnity Holdback, up to an amount of $[**] (solely to the extent that the R&W Policy provides coverage in respect of such Claim); |
(II) | second, from the coverage provided under the R&W Policy, up to the R&W Policy’s coverage limit (solely to the extent that the R&W Policy provides coverage in respect of such Claim); and |
(III) | third, from the Indemnity Holdback until the Indemnity Holdback has been reduced to nil or all funds therein have been released in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, provided that, in all instances, and without exception, the Vendors shall not be liable for any amount exceeding each Vendor’s respective Designated Percentage of the Purchase Price, and the recovery for any and all Losses of the Purchaser and/or the Purchaser’s Representative’s, in the aggregate, shall in no event exceed (a) the Indemnity Holdback in the case of Claims made pursuant to Section 6.1.2(b), the Tax Indemnity or pursuant to any Claims made in respect of the Exclusions, or (b) the Tax Liability Limit in the case of Claims made pursuant to the Specific Tax Indemnity. |
(ii) | in respect of Claims made pursuant to Sections 6.1.1(a), 6.1.1(b), 6.1.2(a), 6.1.2(c), 6.1.2(d), or any Claims based on Fraud by any of the Vendors: |
(I) | first, from the Indemnity Holdback, up to an amount up to $[**] (solely to the extent that the R&W Policy provides coverage in respect of such Claim); |
(II) | second, from the coverage provided under the R&W Policy, up to the R&W Policy’s coverage limit (solely to the extent that the R&W Policy provides coverage in respect of such Claim); |
(III) | third, from the Indemnity Holdback until the Indemnity Holdback has been reduced to nil, or all funds therein have been released in accordance with the Escrow Agreement; and |
(IV) | fourth, as a reduction to the Earn-Out Payments and Royalties payable by the Purchaser to the Vendors pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the Vendors’ Delegate shall have the ability to object to the amount of any such reduction in accordance with procedures set forth in Sections 2.8.3 and 2.8.4 of this Agreement, |
provided that, in all instances, and without exception, the Vendors shall not be liable for any amount exceeding each Vendor’s respective Designated Percentage of the Purchase Price and the recovery for any and all Losses of the Purchaser and/or the Purchaser’s Representative’s, in the aggregate, shall in no event exceed the Purchase Price under any circumstance specified in Section 6.3.1(e)(ii).
6.3.2 | Limitations on Indemnification of the Vendors. Except in connection with the Purchaser Fundamental Representations and in the absence of Fraud by the Purchaser (for which, in each case, there shall be no limitations or thresholds), no Claims for indemnification may be made by the Vendors against the Purchaser in respect of any Loss resulting from any matter referred to in Section 6.2.1(a) unless and until the aggregate Losses suffered or incurred by the Vendors and/or any of their Representatives, taken as a whole, collectively exceed the Deductible, in which event the amount of all such Losses, including such Deductible amount, may be recovered by the Vendors. |
6.3.3 | Reduction of Losses. The amount of any Losses incurred by an Indemnified Party shall be reduced by: (i) the net after-tax amount such Indemnified Party actually recovers from any insurer for such Losses (less the out-of-pocket costs of recovering such amounts and net of any increases to premiums resulting from the receipt of such payments), including any amount recovered under the R&W Policy; and (ii) any net Tax benefit actually received by an Indemnified Party as a result of the matters giving rise to the indemnity Claim, provided that such Tax benefit is received in the year that the relevant Losses are incurred or a prior year. |
6.3.4 | Other Limitations. Neither the Vendors nor the Purchaser or the Parent will be liable under this Agreement for any Losses which: |
(a) | have been recovered by the Indemnified Party under any other provision of this Agreement; |
(b) | would not have arisen but for a change in a Law made on or after Closing (whether or not expressed to have retrospective effect); or |
(c) | would not have arisen but for a change after Closing in any accounting reference date or any change in accounting policy or practice. |
6.4 | Calculation of Loss |
For purposes of this Agreement, any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty and the calculation of the resulting Loss shall be determined without regard to any materiality, Material Adverse Change or other similar qualification contained in or otherwise applicable to such representation or warranty.
6.5 | Rights Limited |
No Party shall be liable for any Losses resulting from or relating to any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty in this Agreement if the Person seeking indemnification for such Losses had actual knowledge of such inaccuracy or breach before Closing.
6.6 | Direct Claims |
Any Direct Claim shall be asserted by giving the Indemnifier reasonably prompt written notice thereof. Such notice to the Indemnifier shall describe the Direct Claim in reasonable detail and shall indicate, if reasonably practicable, the estimated amount of the Loss that has been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifier shall then have a period of thirty (30) days within which to respond in writing to such Direct Claim (the “Response Period”). If the Indemnifier does not so respond within the Response Period, the Indemnifier shall be deemed to have rejected such Claim and, in such event, the Indemnified Party shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to the Indemnified Party (including those provided for in the Escrow Agreement, if applicable). If the Indemnifier agrees, prior to the expiration of the Response Period, as to the validity of the Direct Claim, the Indemnifier shall promptly pay or the Parties shall direct the Escrow Agent to pay to the Indemnified Party the amount of such Direct Claim forthwith upon such amount being quantified. If the Parties fail to agree as to the validity of the Direct Claim or its amount, any Party may exercise all remedies as may be available to such Party.
6.7 | Notice of Third Party Claims |
If an Indemnified Party receives notice of the commencement or assertion of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifier reasonably prompt notice thereof. Such notice to the Indemnifier shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail and shall indicate, if reasonably practicable, the estimated amount of the Loss that has been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party.
6.8 | Defence of Third Party Claims |
6.8.1 | Defence by Indemnifier. Subject to Section 6.8.2, the Indemnifier may participate in or, other than for a Third Party Claim for Tax, assume the defence of any Third Party Claim by giving notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party not later than thirty (30) days after receiving notice of that Third Party Claim (the “Notice Period”), provided the Indemnifier concurrently (a) furnishes evidence to the Indemnified Party, and to its satisfaction, of its financial ability to indemnify the Indemnified Party and (b) irrevocably acknowledges in writing complete responsibility for, and agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Party in respect of such Third Party Claim. The Indemnifier’s right to do so shall be subject to the rights of any insurer or other party who has potential liability in respect of that Third Party Claim. The Indemnifier agrees to pay all of its own expenses of participating in or assuming such defence. The Indemnified Party shall cooperate in good faith in the defence of each Third Party Claim, at the expense of the Indemnifier even if the defence has been assumed by the Indemnifier, and may participate in such defence assisted by counsel of its own choice at the cost and expense of the Indemnifier, provided that the Indemnifier and its legal counsel shall lead the defence. The Indemnifier shall not enter into any compromise or settlement of any Third Party Claim without obtaining the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party. |
6.8.2 | Defence by Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified Party has not received the notice, satisfactory evidence of financial ability and the acknowledgement, within the Notice Period that the Indemnifier has elected to assume the defence of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party may, at its option, elect to settle or compromise the Third Party Claim or assume such defence, assisted by counsel of its own choosing and the Indemnifier shall be liable for all reasonable costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection therewith and any Loss suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim. In addition, if at any time, the Indemnifier fails to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party may, within thirty (30) days after giving notice that the Indemnified Party bona fide believes on reasonable grounds that the Indemnifier has failed to take such steps, at its option, elect to assume the defence of and to compromise or settle the Third Party Claim assisted by counsel of its own choosing and the Indemnifier shall be liable for all reasonable costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection therewith. Furthermore, the Indemnifier may not assume and conduct the defence of any Third Party Claim if such Third Party Claim seeks any non-monetary relief; provided, further, that the Indemnified Party may elect to assume the defence or otherwise deal with any (or part of any) such Third Party Claim at the Indemnifier’s expense if (a) the Indemnified Party’s counsel advises that a conflict of interest exists or may arise in the event the Indemnifier elects to control or defend any Third Party Claim, (b) the Claim relates to or arises in connection with any criminal proceeding, (c) the Claim involves a dispute with a material supplier or customer of any member of the Group, (d) the Indemnified Party’s counsel advises that the Claim would reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of the maximum amount for which the Indemnifier is liable with regard to such Claim, or (e) the R&W Insurance Provider has assumed the investigation and defence of such Third Party Claim in accordance with the terms of the R&W Policy. |
6.8.3 | Seizure. The Purchaser and the Vendors shall cooperate in a good faith manner in respect of any purported, alleged or valid Third Party Claim that could result in a seizure of the Purchased Shares or any other assets of the Purchaser or any member of the Group after the Closing Date and shall keep each other informed of the status and progress thereof. If for any reason the Purchased Shares or any other assets of the Purchaser or the Group are the subject of a seizure after the Closing Date due to an alleged, purported or valid Third Party Claim, the Purchaser shall immediately inform the Vendors in writing of such seizure and require that the Vendors lift and cancel the seizure as soon as practicable, and in no case no later than three (3) Business Days, from the receipt of such notice. The Purchaser and the Vendors shall cooperate in good faith in the defence against the seizure. Should the Vendors be unable to lift and cancel the seizure within the aforesaid time period (either by paying the Claim, posting an adequate bond or obtaining a judgment), the Purchaser shall be entitled to take such steps as it determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary to lift and cancel the seizure without prejudice to its right to make a Direct Claim against the Vendors for any Loss suffered or incurred by it in respect of the seizure and the lifting and cancellation of the seizure. The Purchaser shall advise the Vendors in writing of the steps it was required to take to lift and cancel the seizure. The Purchaser shall be entitled to assert a Claim against the Vendors by way of Direct Claim in order to recover any and all Losses incurred in respect of the seizure and the lifting and cancellation of the seizure, the whole in accordance with Section 6.4 hereof. |
6.9 | Defence of Third Party Claims for Taxes |
Notwithstanding Section 6.8, before an Indemnifier can either (a) require that any member of the Group defend a Claim from any Tax Authority relating to Taxes (a “Tax Claim”), or (b) participate in or assume the defence of any such Tax Claim, the Indemnifier shall provide such member of the Group with all funds that such member of the Group is required to deposit or pay under any Law in order to defend against such Tax Claim or is required to pay notwithstanding the ongoing defence of the Tax Claim. The funds provided by the Indemnifier, which may represent, among other amounts and without limitation, all or part of the Tax Claim, shall be provided to such member of the Group on an interest-free basis. If such member of the Group does not receive sufficient funds within a thirty (30) day period following the sending of a notice of a Tax Claim to entitle it to fulfil all legal prerequisites necessary to contest a Tax Claim, the member of the Group shall be entitled to settle the Tax Claim and the Indemnifier shall be required to indemnify the member of the Group pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. To the extent that the required funds have been provided by the Indemnifier and the contestation of the Tax Claim has resulted in a final determination by the competent Governmental Authority rejecting the Tax Claim in its entirety, the member of the Group shall release and pay the funds received from the Indemnifier back to the Indemnifier within five (5) Business Days following the receipt of the funds from the third party or the application of the funds to other Tax obligations of any member of the Group. To the extent that the Tax Claim has been either wholly or partially upheld by the final determination of the competent Governmental Authority, the member of the Group shall release and pay back to the Indemnifier the amount, if any, by which the funds provided by the Indemnifier and that are described in this Section 6.9 exceed the amount that must be paid by any member of the Group, pursuant to the final determination of the Tax Claim within five (5) Business Days following the receipt of the funds from the third party or the application of the funds to other Tax obligations of any member of the Group. If the amount of funds that is reimbursed pursuant to the final determination of the Tax Claim to the member of the Group includes an amount of interest, the member of the Group shall pay to the Indemnifier within five (5) Business Days following the receipt of the funds from the third party or the application of the funds to other Tax obligations of any member of the Group an amount equal to the interest received on the funds that were paid or deposited, less an amount equal to the amount, as determined by the member of the Group, that any member of the Group shall pay to any Governmental Authority as Taxes on the interest.
6.10 | Assistance for Third Party Claims |
The Indemnifier and the Indemnified Party shall use all reasonable efforts to make available to the Party which is undertaking and controlling the defence of any Third Party Claim (the “Defending Party”):
6.10.1 | those employees whose assistance, testimony or presence is necessary to assist the Defending Party in evaluating and in defending any Third Party Claim; and |
6.10.2 | all documents, records and other materials in the possession of such Party reasonably required by the Defending Party for its use in defending any Third Party Claim. |
Each of them shall otherwise cooperate with the Defending Party. The Indemnifier shall be responsible for all expenses associated with making such documents, records and materials available and for all reasonable expenses of any employees made available by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifier hereunder.
6.11 | Right of Set-Off |
Subject to Section 6.3.1(e), the Parties expressly agree that the Purchaser may set off all amounts to which it may be entitled under Section 6.1 against the Indemnity Holdback, provided that any set-off against indemnifiable obligations may only be done after final resolution of such indemnity Claim.
6.12 | Failure to Give Timely Notice |
A failure to give timely notice as provided in this Article 6 shall not affect the rights or obligations of any Party, except and only to the extent that, as a result of such failure, any Party which was entitled to receive such notice was deprived of its right to recover any payment under its applicable insurance coverage or otherwise sustained a Loss as a result of such failure.
6.13 | Purchase Price Adjustment |
Any indemnification payment made under this Article 6 shall be treated by the Purchaser and the Vendors as an adjustment to the Purchase Price.
6.14 | Duty to Mitigate |
Nothing in this Agreement in any way restricts or limits the general obligation at Law of an Indemnified Party to mitigate any Loss which it may suffer or incur by reason of the breach by an Indemnifier of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of the Indemnifier under this Agreement. If any Claim can be reduced by any recovery, settlement or otherwise under or pursuant to any insurance coverage (including the R&W Policy), the Indemnified Party shall enforce such recovery, settlement or payment. An Indemnified Party’s right to recover Loss will be reduced by any amount recovered or recoverable by the Indemnified Party under insurance policies, including pursuant to the R&W policy (less the out-of-pocket costs of recovering such amounts and net of any increases to premiums resulting from the receipt of such payments).
6.15 | Agency for Representatives |
Each Party agrees that it accepts each right to indemnification in favour of any of its Representatives as agent and trustee of each such Representative. Each Party agrees that the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Vendors’ Delegate for and on behalf of any Vendor, on the other hand, may enforce an indemnity in favour of any of that Party’s Representatives on behalf of that Representative.
6.16 | Exclusive Remedies |
The Parties (other than the Vendors’ Delegate) acknowledge and agree that their sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all Claims for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation set forth in this Agreement shall be under the indemnification provisions set forth in this Article 6 other than, in each case, Claims based on Fraud or as set out in Sections 2.6.3, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 7.11 or 7.15. The Parties acknowledge that the failure to comply with a covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement may give rise to irreparable injury to a Party inadequately compensable in damages. Accordingly, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.16 shall limit any Party from seeking specific performance, injunctive or equitable relief in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for any breach or Threatened breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL
7.1 | Further Assurances |
Each of the Parties hereto shall, from time to time, execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments and do all acts and things, as another Party may, either before or after the Closing Date, reasonably require to effectively carry out or better evidence or perfect the full intent and meaning of this Agreement.
7.2 | Non-Reliance |
Each Party acknowledges that it has not been induced to enter into this Agreement in reliance on, and has not relied upon, any representation, warranty, opinion or assertion of fact made by any other Party, or any other Person, on such Party’s behalf, except as specifically provided in this Agreement and the Closing Documents.
7.3 | No Waiver |
Failure of a Party to insist upon the strict performance of any term or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right, remedy or recourse hereunder shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of any such term and condition.
7.4 | Cost and Expenses |
Except as otherwise provided herein, each of the Parties shall be responsible for and pay their respective legal, financial advisory and accounting costs and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing Documents and any other costs and expenses whatsoever and howsoever incurred in connection herewith and/or therewith. For greater certainty, the Vendors shall be responsible for all Transaction Expenses.
7.5 | Public Announcements |
No Party shall issue any press release or otherwise make public statements or filings with respect to this Agreement or the Closing Documents, or the transactions contemplated herein or therein, without the consent of the other Parties (or, in the case of the Purchaser, of the Requisite Vendors, if before the Closing, or the Vendors’ Delegate, if after the Closing) which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each Party shall have the right to override such obligation in order to make any disclosure or filing required under applicable Laws or the listing rules of any recognised stock exchange on which its shares (or the shares of its holding company) are listed or intended to be listed, in which case the Party making any such disclosure shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give prior written notice to the other Parties and reasonable opportunity for the other Parties (for the Vendors, the Requisite Vendors prior to Closing, or after Closing, the Vendors’ Delegate) to review or comment on the disclosure or filing (other than with respect to confidential information contained in such disclosure or filing), and if such prior notice is not possible, to give such notice immediately following the making of any such disclosure or filing and (ii) following the public announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Vendors’ Delegate and Solomon Partners Securities, LLC shall be permitted to announce that it has been engaged to serve as the Vendors’ Delegate and financial advisor to the Corporation, respectively, in connection herewith as long as such announcement does not disclose any of the non- publicly announced terms hereof. Schedule 7.5 sets out the agreed upon announcement regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which the Parties have agreed will be issued by the Purchaser or its Affiliates forthwith after the date of this Agreement. Any use of the Purchaser’s or the Parent’s name or logo shall require the prior written approval of the Purchaser.
7.6 | Successors, Assigns and Assignments |
This Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective heirs, executors, legal personal representatives, successors (including any successor by reason of the amalgamation or statutory arrangement of any Party) and permitted assigns of the Parties. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties, except that the Purchaser may, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, assign all or part of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (a) by way of security to any bank or financial institution lending money or making other banking facilities available to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Purchaser; (b) to the subsequent purchaser of (i) the shares of the Corporation or members of the Group or (ii) all or substantially all of its/their assets or of the Business; provided in each case of (i) or (ii), the Purchaser or the Parent, as the case may be, provides prior notice of such assignment, and provided further that the Purchaser and the Parent shall be liable for their respective obligations under this Agreement, in the case of the assignee, to the extent so assigned, and shall deliver an agreement in writing to Requisite Vendors (if before the Closing) or the Vendors’ Delegate (if after the Closing) covenanting to continue to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.
7.7 | Entire Agreement |
This Agreement, the SRS Engagement Letter, the Closing Documents and any schedules delivered concurrently with the execution of this Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matters hereof and thereof and, other than the Confidentiality Agreement, cancels and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements, negotiations and discussions between the Parties with respect thereto. There are no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings or collateral agreements, express, implied or statutory, between the Parties other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
7.8 | Amendments and Waivers |
No amendment to this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed by all Parties. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement or any waiver or consent to depart from the requirements of this Agreement shall be effective or binding unless made in writing and signed by the Party purporting to give the same and, unless otherwise provided, will be limited to the specific breach waived.
7.9 | Third Party Beneficiaries |
Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article 6 of this Agreement, the Parties do not intend that this Agreement benefit or create any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action in, or on behalf of, any Person other than a Party and no Person, other than a Party, may rely on the provisions of this Agreement in any proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the consent of a Vendor’s Representative (other than the Vendors) or a Purchaser’s Representative (other than the Purchaser) is not required for any amendment or waiver of, or other modification to, this Agreement or any Closing Document including any rights of indemnification to which such Person may be entitled.
7.10 | Notices |
7.10.1 | Any demand, notice or other communication to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing and will be given by personal delivery, by registered mail, by courier services or by e-mail addressed to each Party as set forth in Schedule 7.10, delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, or to other coordinates that have been designated by notice by any recipient Party to the others, to such other address, individual or electronic communication number. |
7.10.2 | Any demand, notice or other communication given by personal delivery or courier services shall be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day of actual delivery thereof and, if given by registered mail, on the tenth (10th) Business Day following the deposit thereof in the mail and, if given by e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient on a Business Day and on the next Business Day if not given during such hours. If the Party giving any demand, notice or other communication knows or ought reasonably to know of any difficulties with the postal system that might affect the delivery of mail, any such demand, notice or other communication may not be mailed but shall be given by personal delivery or by electronic communication. |
7.11 | Governing Law and Forum |
7.11.1 | With the exception of matters set out in Section 7.11.2, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the Province of British Columbia and the Laws of Canada applicable therein (excluding any conflict of laws rule or principle, foreign or domestic, which might refer such interpretation to the Laws of another jurisdiction). |
7.11.2 | Notwithstanding Section 7.11.1, the following matters will be governed by the Laws of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia: |
(a) | the issue of the Consideration Shares; and |
(b) | any other matters to which such Laws apply on a mandatory basis. |
7.11.3 | With respect to any dispute, controversy, Claim, question or difference between the Parties arising out of or relating to, or in connection with, this Agreement or any Closing Document (a “Dispute”), the Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any Dispute promptly by negotiation. However, at any time a Party may give the other Party written notice (the “Initial Notice”) of any Dispute not so resolved. Within [**] after delivery of an Initial Notice, the recipient Party shall deliver to the other a written response. Both the Initial Notice and the response shall include a statement of that Party’s position, a summary of arguments supporting that position, and the name and contact particulars of the Person who will represent that Party and of any other Person who will accompany the representative. Within [**] after delivery of the Initial Notice, the Representatives of the Parties shall meet at mutually acceptable times and places, as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to attempt to resolve the Dispute. |
7.11.4 | All negotiations pursuant to Section 7.11.3 are confidential and are to be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations for purposes of applicable rules of evidence. |
7.11.5 | Any Dispute which is not resolved pursuant to Section 7.11.3 shall be referred to a single arbitrator agreed to by the Parties, provided that if they do not agree upon the appointment of the arbitrator within a period of [**] from the date it is determined by either Party or by agreement between them that the matter will be referred to arbitration, then upon the application of either the Parties, the arbitrator shall be appointed by a Judge of the Supreme Court in accordance with the procedure set out in the Arbitration Act (British Columbia), as amended from time to time, or such similar statute then in force in British Columbia. The determination made by the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Each Party will bear its own expense of preparing and presenting its case to the arbitrator, irrespective of whether any such expense was incurred or contracted for prior to the appointment of the arbitrator, including the expenses of appraisals, witnesses and legal representation; provided, that the foregoing will not prejudice the Vendors’ Delegate’s right to indemnification pursuant to Section 1.7.5. The provisions of this Section shall be deemed to be a submission to arbitration within the provisions of the Arbitration Act (British Columbia) and any statutory modification, replacement or re-enactment thereof, provided that any limitation on the remuneration of the arbitrators imposed by such legislation shall not be applicable. |
7.12 | Time of the Essence |
Time is of the essence in this Agreement.
7.13 | Severability |
If any provision of this Agreement is determined by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such determination shall not impair or affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and each provision is hereby declared to be separate, severable and distinct.
7.14 | Retention of Counsel and Privilege |
7.14.1 | Each Party acknowledges that the Corporation has retained Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (“NRFC”) to act as its counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser and Parent agree that, in the event that a dispute arises after Closing between the Purchaser or the Parent and the Vendors or the Vendors’ Delegate in connection with, or relating to, this Agreement, NRFC may represent the Vendors or the Vendors’ Delegate in such dispute even though the interest of the Vendors or the Vendors’ Delegate may be directly adverse to the Purchaser or the Group and even though NRFC may have represented the Group in a matter substantially related to such dispute. |
7.14.2 | Each of the Vendors acknowledges that it has had a reasonable opportunity to review this Agreement and to obtain independent legal advice with respect to this Agreement, and either (i) it has had such independent legal advice prior to executing this Agreement; or (ii) it has willingly chosen not to obtain such advice and to execute this Agreement without having obtained such advice. |
7.14.3 | As to all communications among NRFC and the Group or the Vendors that relate in an way to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the attorney or solicitor-client privilege, the expectation of client confidentiality and all information and documents covered by such privilege or protection, belong to the Vendors and may be controlled by the Vendors’ Delegate, on behalf of the Vendors, after the Closing or the Requisite Vendors, on behalf of the Vendors, prior to the Closing, and shall not pass to or be claimed by the Group or the Purchaser or the Parent. The foregoing does not include any communications between the Group and NRFC which relate to general business matters of the Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a dispute arises between the Purchaser or the Parent or the Corporation and a third party other than a party to a Closing Document after Closing, any member of the Group may assert the attorney or solicitor-client privilege to prevent disclosure of confidential communications by NRFC to such third party; provided, however that no member of the Group may waive such privilege without the prior written consent of the Vendors’ Delegate, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates are legally required by any Governmental Authority to access or obtain a copy of all or a portion of any such privileged communications, then to the extent: |
(a) | permitted by applicable Laws; and |
(b) | advisable in the opinion of the Purchaser’s counsel, the Purchaser shall forthwith (and, in any event within five (5) Business Days) notify the Requisite Vendors (if prior to Closing) or the Vendors’ Delegate (if after Closing) in writing so that the Requisite Vendors or the Vendors’ Delegate, as appropriate, may seek a protective order. |
This Section 7.14 shall survive Closing.
7.15 | Specific Performance and other Discretionary Rights |
Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that a breach by a Party of any obligation in this Agreement shall cause the other Party to sustain injury for which it would not have an adequate remedy at Law for money damages. Therefore, each of the Parties agrees that in the event of any such breach, the aggrieved Party shall be entitled to specific performance of such obligation and provisional interlocutory and permanent injunctive relief and other equitable remedies to which it may be entitled, and the Parties further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
7.16 | Counterparts |
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall conclusively be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. A facsimile or electronic transmission of the Agreement (including via DocuSign) bearing a signature on behalf of a Party shall be legal and binding on such Party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement on the date first written above.
TRIUMF INNOVATIONS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Douglas Gentilcore | |
DOUGLAS GENTILCORE, in his capacity as power of attorney pursuant to Sections 3 and 5.2 of the Shareholders Agreement and the Shareholder Resolution and without personal liability |
PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY | ||
By: | /s/ Douglas Gentilcore | |
DOUGLAS GENTILCORE, in his capacity as power of attorney pursuant to Sections 3 and 5.2 of the Shareholders Agreement and the Shareholder Resolution and without personal liability |
CENTRE FOR PROBE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION | ||
By: | /s/ Owen Roberts | |
Name: Owen G. Roberts | ||
Title: CEO |
LAWSON RESEARCH INSTITUTE | ||
By: | /s/ Douglas Gentilcore | |
DOUGLAS GENTILCORE, in his capacity as power of attorney pursuant to Sections 3 and 5.2 of the Shareholders Agreement and the Shareholder Resolution and without personal liability |
TRIUMF INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Douglas Gentilcore | |
DOUGLAS GENTILCORE, in his capacity as power of attorney pursuant to Sections 3 and 5.2 of the Shareholders Agreement and the Shareholder Resolution and without personal liability |
ALLIANCE MEDICAL LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Howard Marsh | |
Name: Howard Marsh | ||
Title: Director |
GLOBAL HEALTH SCIENCE FUND I, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Karimah Es Sabar | |
Name: Karimah Es Sabar | ||
Title: Director |
GLOBAL HEALTH SCIENCE FUND II, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Karimah Es Sabar | |
Name: Karimah Es Sabar | ||
Title: Director |
DEERFIELD HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS FUND, L.P. | ||
By: Deerfield Mgmt HIF, L.P., its General Partner | ||
By: J.E. Flynn Caital HIF, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ David J. Clark | |
Name: David J. Clark | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
DEERFIELD HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS FUND II, L.P. | ||
By: Deerfield Mgmt HIF II, L.P., its General Partner | ||
By: J.E. Flynn Caital HIF II, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ David J. Clark | |
Name: David J. Clark | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND IV, L.P. | ||
By: Deerfield Mgmt IV, L.P., its General Partner | ||
By: J.E. Flynn Capital IV, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ David J. Clark | |
Name: David J. Clark | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
/s/ Ken Buckley | ||
KEN BUCKLEY | ||
/s/ Roisin Coffey | ||
ROISIN COFFEY | ||
/s/ Amir Kassaian | ||
AMIR KASSAIAN | ||
/s/ Charles S. Conroy | ||
CHARLES S. CONROY | ||
/s/ Mark A. Przekop | ||
MARK A. PRZEKOP |
15818001 CANADA INC.
/s/ Lena Moran-Adams
Lena Moran-Adams
Authorized Signatory
Signature by TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS
LIMITED ACN 616 620 369 by its authorized
signatory:
/s/ Dr. Christian Behrenbruch
Dr. Christian Behrenbruch
Authorized Signatory
ARTMS INC.
Per: | /s/ Doug Gentilcore | |
Name: Doug Gentilcore | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE
SERVICES LLC, solely in its capacity as the
Vendors’ Delegate
Per: | /s/ Corey Quinlan | |
Name: Corey Quinlan | ||
Title: Director, Deal Intake |
[Signature page to Share Purchase Agreement]
SCHEDULE 1.1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 | Definitions |
1.1.1 | “Accounts Payable” means all accounts payable of the Group; |
1.1.2 | “Accounts Receivable” means all accounts receivable of the Group; |
1.1.3 | “Adjustment Holdback” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.1(b); |
1.1.4 | “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and for greater certainty includes a Subsidiary of such Person; provided, however, that with respect to any Person that is a natural person, any family member of such Person, any trust for the benefit of such Person or any such family member, and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing shall be deemed an “Affiliate” of such Person for purposes of this Agreement. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, including the ability to elect the members of the board of directors or other Governing Body of such Person, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto; |
1.1.5 | “Agreement” means this agreement, its recital, together with its Schedules and all amendments made hereto by written agreement between the Parties; |
1.1.6 | “Anti-Spam Laws” means An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act (Canada) and any other applicable analogous Laws; |
1.1.7 | “ARTMS Product Net Sales” means, with respect to an ARTMS Product, [**]: |
[**].
1.1.8 | “ARTMS Products” means the QUANTM Target family of products (QUANTM-68, QUANTM-99, QUANTM-89, QUANTM-64) and the products and technologies more broadly related to ARTMS’ QUANTM Irradiation System (QISTM) platform. ARTMS Products shall also include any products which incorporate or rely on any ARTMS Technology, excluding products owned by the Purchaser or its Affiliates (and which do not incorporate ARTMS Technology) and Combination Products; |
1.1.9 | “ARTMS Technology” means any Intellectual Property (including any Improvements thereon) owned or controlled by the Group on the Closing Date; |
1.1.10 | “ASIC” means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; |
1.1.11 | “Assignment Employee” means an employee employed by a temporary help agency, a personnel placement agency or similar organization who has been assigned to perform work on a temporary basis for a member of the Group; |
1.1.12 | “ASX” means ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691 and the securities exchange operated by it (as the case applies); |
1.1.13 | “ASX Listing Rules” means the official listing rules of ASX; |
1.1.14 | “ASX Settlement” means ASX Settlement Pty Ltd ACN 008 504 532; |
1.1.15 | “ASX Settlement Rules” means the ASX Settlement Operating Rules of ASX Settlement; |
1.1.16 | “BLA” means a biologics license application of the FDA; |
1.1.17 | “Books and Records” means any books, records and accounts of the Group (originals, to the extent they exist, or, if originals do not exist, copies thereof) related to the Business, the Purchased Shares and the Employees of any member of the Group including, without limitation, databases, documents, correspondence with Governmental Authorities, equipment maintenance record and warranty information, manuals information related to the know-how or Intellectual Property, forms, advertising material, manuals, brochures, books and records relating to the purchase of materials and supplies, the services performed or provided, dealings with customers, invoices, customer lists, prospective customer lists, mailing lists, suppliers lists, telephone numbers, financial records, personnel records (to the extent permitted by Law) and Taxes and any technical files and regulatory dossiers, customer details, business manuals; |
1.1.18 | “Business” means the development and commercialization of advanced cyclotron targetry systems for the production of radioisotopes and any associated business activities; |
1.1.19 | “Business Day” means a day on which banks are open for business in Melbourne, Australia and Vancouver, British Columbia, excluding a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, as applicable; |
1.1.20 | “Business Information” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.10.2; |
1.1.21 | “Cash” means unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Group, on a consolidated basis, including term deposits, guaranteed investment certificates, and similar readily liquid instruments but net of outstanding cheques and not including cash which is restricted or not freely available; |
1.1.22 | “Cash Collateral Agreement” means [**] |
1.1.23 | “CEWS/COVID-19 Relief” means the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, as set out in section 125.7 of the Tax Act and any other COVID-19 related direct or indirect support, payment, loan, benefit, subsidy or other incentive offered by a Governmental Authority; |
1.1.24 | “Claims” include claims, notices, demands, requests, complaints, proceedings, actions, applications, arbitrations, suits, causes of action, appeals, audits, hearings, investigations, inquiries, assessments or reassessments (including claims, assessments and reassessments for Tax), charges, judgments, grievances or hearings and all costs incurred in investigating, pursuing, defending, settling or compromising any of the foregoing or any proceeding relating to any of the foregoing (including the costs of enforcement of this Agreement); |
1.1.25 | “Closing” means the completion on the Closing Date of the sale to, and purchase by, the Purchaser of the Purchased Shares; |
1.1.26 | “Closing Calculation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6.1; |
1.1.27 | “Closing Date” means the earlier of (a) two (2) Business Days after all Third Party Consents have been obtained and (b) May 31, 2024; provided, in each case, that all conditions to closing set out in Section 5.9 of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied or waived until the Closing Date, but subject to satisfaction or waiver of those conditions on the Closing Date) by the applicable Party; and provided further that the Closing Date may be such earlier or later date as the Parties may agree in writing; |
1.1.28 | “Closing Date Cash” means the Cash of the Group at the end of the day immediately preceding Closing based on the Closing Date Balance Sheet; |
1.1.29 | “Closing Date Balance Sheet” means the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation for the period ending as at the end of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date; |
1.1.30 | “Closing Document” means any agreement, assignment, instrument, undertaking, resolution, share certificate, certificate or any other document delivered concurrently herewith in relation to Closing, including the Escrow Agreement and the Paying Agent Agreement; |
1.1.31 | “Closing Indebtedness” means the Indebtedness of the Group at the end of the day immediately preceding Closing based on the Closing Date Balance Sheet but disregarding any unamortized transaction cost or other similar account which reduces the value of the long term debt on the Closing Date Balance Sheet; |
1.1.32 | “Closing Period” means the period between the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing Date; |
1.1.33 | “Closing Transaction Expenses” means the Transaction Expenses of the Group which are triggered by and/or incurred up until Closing based on the Closing Date Balance Sheet; |
1.1.34 | “Closing Working Capital” means the Working Capital of the Group at the end of the day immediately preceding Closing based on the Closing Date Balance Sheet; |
1.1.35 | “Collective Agreement” means any collective agreement, letter of understanding, letter of intent, or other Contract with any labour union, trade union or employee organization or association which may qualify as a trade union, which would cover any Employee; |
1.1.36 | “Combination Product” means an ARTMS Product sold together with other Purchaser products, whether as dose or kit or an integrated product offering; |
1.1.37 | “Combination Product Net Sales” means with respect to a Combination Product, [**]: |
[**];
provided that, [**];
1.1.38 | “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, [**]; |
1.1.39 | “Competition Act” means the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34; |
1.1.40 | “Computer Systems” means all hardware, Software, networks and communications systems used by any member of the Group to operate the Business and to receive, store, process or transmit data related to the Business; |
1.1.41 | “Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.10.1; |
1.1.42 | “Consideration Share Amount” means forty-two million five hundred dollars ($42,500,000.00); |
1.1.43 | “Consideration Shares” means Telix Shares to be issued to the Vendors in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.5.1(d); |
1.1.44 | “Constating Records” means, in respect of any entity, the corporate and constating records of such entity, including (a) all articles, constituting and organizational documents and by-laws (including any partnership agreement, deed of trust or other similar document); (b) all shareholders agreements affecting such entity; (c) all minutes of meetings and resolutions of shareholders and directors (and any committees) and (d) the share certificate books, securities register, register of transfers and register of directors; |
1.1.45 | “Consultant” means an individual who provides his or her personal services, either directly or through a legal Person he or she controls, to a member of the Group on an independent contractor basis; |
1.1.46 | “Contingent Consideration” means the aggregate of any Earn-Out Payments and Royalties payable to the Vendors in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8; |
1.1.47 | “Contract” means any and all written or oral contracts, agreements, commitments and undertakings made by or to which any member of the Group is a party or by which any member of the Group is bound or under which any member of the Group has, or will have, any rights or obligations; in each case, as of the date of this Agreement, but excludes the Real Property Leases; |
1.1.48 | “Convertible Securities” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1.4(c) of Schedule 3.1; |
1.1.49 | “Corporation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble; |
1.1.50 | “Corporations Act” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); |
1.1.51 | “COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), coronavirus disease or COVID-19, and any evolutions or mutations thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks; |
1.1.52 | “Current Assets” means, without duplication, the aggregate sum of the values of the Accounts Receivable, the Group’s sales Taxes receivable, inventories and prepaid expenses, but excluding, for greater certainty, any Cash, future income Tax assets (both current and non-current portions) and income Taxes receivable, as determined in accordance with in Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement; |
1.1.53 | “Current Liabilities” means, without duplication, the aggregate sum of the Accounts Payable, the Group’s sales Tax payable prior to Closing and accrued liabilities but excluding any amount, without duplication, that is included within Indebtedness or Transaction Expenses, and excluding any liabilities payable or accrued relating to Claims, income Taxes payable and future income Tax liability (both current and non-current portions), as determined in accordance with Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement; |
1.1.54 | “D&O Indemnitee” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.9.2; |
1.1.55 | “D&O Tail Policy” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.9.1; |
1.1.56 | “Deductible” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.3.1(b); |
1.1.57 | “Defending Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.10; |
1.1.58 | “Designated Percentage” for each Vendor means the percentage specified opposite the name of such Vendor in Schedule 2.1, which Schedule is being delivered by the Corporation concurrently with the execution of this Agreement; |
1.1.59 | “Direct Claim” means any Claim by an Indemnified Party against an Indemnifier which does not result from a Third Party Claim; |
1.1.60 | “Dispute” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.11.3; |
1.1.61 | “DMF” means the drug master file submitted to the FDA or other similar regulatory authority; |
1.1.62 | “Earn-Out Milestones” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule 2.8.1(A); |
1.1.63 | “Earn-Out Payment Pay Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8.1(f); |
1.1.64 | “Earn-Out Payment Period” means the period of three (3) years commencing on the date of this Agreement; |
1.1.65 | “Earn-Out Payment Report Delivery Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8.2(b); |
1.1.66 | “Earn-Out Payments” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8.1(a); |
1.1.67 | “Earn-Out Period” means the later of the Earn-Out Payment Period or the Royalty Period, as applicable; |
1.1.68 | “Effective Time” means 00:01 am on the Closing Date; |
1.1.69 | “Employee Plans” means each and every employee compensation or benefit plan, program, arrangement, policy, practice or guideline including those related to retirement, pension, supplemental pension, savings, retirement savings, bonus, profit sharing, deferred compensation, severance, retention or termination pay (including any redundancy policy), change of control, life insurance, medical, hospital, dental care, vision care, drug, sick leave, short term or long term disability, salary continuation, unemployment benefits, supplemental income, vacation, incentive, compensation, stock purchase, stock option, phantom stock, share appreciation rights, fringe benefit or other employee benefit plan, program, arrangement, policy or practice whether written or oral, formal or informal, funded or unfunded, registered or unregistered, bargained or not bargained, insured or self-insured that is administered, maintained, sponsored or otherwise funded or contributed to, or required to be funded or contributed to, by or on behalf of any member of the Group, or under which any member of the Group pays premiums or benefits or has any liability whatsoever whether absolute or contingent, relating to or available to any Employees or former Employees of any member of the Group or for the benefit of any Consultant or other independent contractor who currently provides or formerly provided services to any them or the beneficiary of any such director, advisor, Consultant or other independent contractor who currently provides or formerly provided services to them or the beneficiary of any such director, advisor, Consultant or other independent contractor; |
1.1.70 | “Employees” means all of the employees of the Group, and, for greater certainty, includes (a) employees employed on an hourly or salaried basis, (b) unionized employees, (c) full-time or part-time employees, (d) each of the Key Vendors (other than [**]) and (e) employees receiving short-term or long-term disability benefits or payments or workmen’s compensation and employees on an ongoing leave of absence, including but not limited to sick leave or maternity leave; |
1.1.71 | “Employment Related Assessments” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1.40 of Schedule 3.1; |
1.1.72 | “Encumbrance” means any pledges, liens (statutory or otherwise), charges, security interests, privileges, mortgages, hypothecs, trust deeds, trust or deemed trust (whether contractual, statutory or otherwise arising), or other similar interests or instruments charging, or creating a security interest in, hypothec on, or against title, easements, servitudes or rights-of-way (registered or unregistered) which affect the right, title or interest in or to the assets of a Person; |
1.1.73 | “Environment” means the environment or the natural environment as defined pursuant to the Environmental Laws with respect to the environment, and includes air (and all layers of the atmosphere), surface water, underground water, land surface, soil, underground spaces, cavities, land submerged under water, subsurface strata, stream sediments, ambient air (including indoor air), plant and animal life, organic and inorganic matter and other living organisms; for greater certainty, the interacting natural systems that include components referred to above or any combination or part thereof are included in the definition of “Environment”; and “Environmental” shall have the correlative meaning; |
1.1.74 | “Environmental Authorizations” means Permits, registrations, agreements (including any sewer surcharge or discharge agreement) or directions, issued, granted, conferred or required by a Governmental Authority with respect to any Environmental Law; |
1.1.75 | “Environmental Laws” means all applicable Laws relating in any way to (a) the protection of human health and/or safety and/or the workplace and/or the Environment, including those relating to pollution, waste, emissions, discharges, or Releases of Hazardous Materials or any other solid, liquid, gas, odour, heat, sound, vibration, or radiation, (b) the protection and conservation of natural resources, including climate, air, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, land surface, subsurface strata, wildlife, aquatic, terrestrial, avian or microbial species and vegetation, and (c) the manufacture, generation, handling, transport, transfer, labelling, packaging, sale, distribution, import, export, use, processing, treatment, recycling, storage, destruction, or disposal of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials; |
1.1.76 | “Escrow Agent” means Acquiom Clearinghouse LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as escrow agent; |
1.1.77 | “Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement among the Purchaser, the Vendors’ Delegate and the Escrow Agent to be executed at Closing; |
1.1.78 | “Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(a); |
1.1.79 | “Estimated Closing Date Cash” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(b); |
1.1.80 | “Estimated Closing Indebtedness” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(c); |
1.1.81 | “Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(d); |
1.1.82 | “Estimated Closing Working Capital” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(e); |
1.1.83 | “Estimated Purchase Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(f); |
1.1.84 | “Estimated Purchase Price Statement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3; |
1.1.85 | “Exclusions” means any Claims made pursuant to Sections 3.1.34(b) and 3.1.34(e) of Schedule 3.1 to the extent such Claims relate to: [**]; |
1.1.86 | “Expense Fund” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.7.6; |
1.1.87 | “FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or successor or replacement agency of the United States government; |
1.1.88 | “Financial Statements” means the Year End Financial Statements and the Interim Financial Statements, copies of which are attached hereto as Schedule 3.1.22; |
1.1.89 | “Fraud” means, with respect to any Party, an actual and intentional misrepresentation of fact with respect to the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any certificate delivered hereunder where (a) such Party had actual knowledge (as opposed to imputed or constructive knowledge) of the misrepresentations of fact when made, (b) such misrepresentation was relied on by the other Party or Parties, as applicable, and (c) such other Party or Parties, as applicable, incurred or suffered any Losses as a result of, in respect of, in connection with, pursuant to or arising out of such misrepresentation and reliance; |
1.1.90 | “Fundamental Representations” means, as applicable, the Group Fundamental Representations or the Vendors’ Fundamental Representations; |
1.1.91 | “Governmental Authority” means any (a) multinational, federal, provincial, state, tribal, territorial, regional, municipal, local, governmental or public department, ministry, central bank, court, tribunal, arbitral body, commission, agency board or bureau, domestic or foreign, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada, (b) any subdivision, agent, commission, board or authority of any of the foregoing, (c) any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, administrative, expropriation or Tax Authority under or for the account of any of the foregoing, including any private body having received a mandate to perform public services, and (d) any judiciary or quasi-judiciary tribunal, court or body; |
1.1.92 | “Governing Body” means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors of such Person, and any Person or group of Persons exercising a similar authority; |
1.1.93 | “Group” means, collectively, the Corporation and all Subsidiaries thereof, and “member of the Group” means any one of them; |
1.1.94 | “Group Fundamental Representations” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4.1(a); |
1.1.95 | “Guaranteed Indebtedness” means, with respect to any member of the Group, any obligation guaranteeing or providing indemnification or insurance with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend, or other obligation (a “primary obligation”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, including, without limitation, any obligation or arrangement of such Person: |
(a) | to purchase or repurchase any such primary obligation; |
(b) | to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet condition of the primary obligor; |
(c) | to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation; or |
(d) | to indemnify the owner of such primary obligation against Loss in respect thereof; |
1.1.96 | “Hazardous Material” means any material or substance, including an odour, a sound or a vibration, that is listed, defined, designated, regulated or classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, explosive, gaseous, flammable, toxic, corrosive, oxidizing or leachable or a pollutant, a substance or a contaminant defined or regulated under applicable Environmental Laws, including any mixture thereof; |
1.1.97 | “Holding Lock” has the meaning given in section 2 of the ASX Settlement Rules; |
1.1.98 | “IFRS” means the international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board; |
1.1.99 | “Improvements” includes any invention, discovery, change, modification, perfection, addition, update and upgrade and all other Intellectual Property (whether patentable or not); |
1.1.100 | “Indebtedness” means, in relation to the Group, such amounts as determined in accordance with Schedule 2.3, which has been delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, including the following: |
(a) | all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of whatsoever nature and kind of any member of the Group for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including reimbursement and all other obligations with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit, note purchase obligations and bankers’ acceptances, whether or not matured) and including any short term portion of long term indebtedness and any shareholders’ loans or advances but disregarding any unamortized financing or transaction cost or other similar account which reduces the value of the long-term debt on the balance sheet; |
(b) | all obligations of any member of the Group evidenced by letters of credit, notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments or covenants to create the same; |
(c) | all indebtedness of any member of the Group created or arising under any conditional sale, other title retention agreements with respect to acquired property (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); |
(d) | pension-plan related liabilities; |
(e) | (i) all bonus amounts payable to directors, managers, officers, Employees, agents and Consultants of any member of the Group as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) all termination and severance obligations, retention bonuses, “stay” bonuses and sale bonuses owed by any member of the Group to directors, managers, officers, Employees, agents and Consultants of any member of the Group triggered in whole or in part prior to or as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby; and (iii) the employer-portion of any contributions (including CPP/EI) and payroll, social security, unemployment or similar Taxes related to any payments described in each of clauses (i) and (ii); provided that any performance bonus amounts in relation to the 2024 performance bonus shall not constitute Indebtedness; |
(f) | overbilling; |
(g) | income Taxes payable and for the avoidance of doubt, calculated net of any income tax instalment payment made prior to Closing (provided that such amount will not be less than $0); |
(h) | obligations under any interest rate, currency or other hedging agreement or mark-to-market value of any derivative instruments; |
(i) | all Guaranteed Indebtedness of the Group; |
(j) | all indebtedness of the Group of the type referred to in the items of this definition secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Encumbrance upon or in property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Corporation, even if such member has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness; provided that any amounts payable pursuant to the Cash Collateral Agreement (solely to the extent it secures any outstanding credit cards of the Corporation) shall not constitute Indebtedness. |
(k) | all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of whatsoever nature and kind of any member of the Group resulting from any subsidy agreement, contribution agreement or similar agreement between any member of the Group and any Governmental Authority; |
(l) | all accrued interest relating to any indebtedness of the type referred to in any of the items of this definition; |
(m) | all (i) Purchase-Money Indebtedness of any member of the Group; and (ii) obligations of the Group under commodity purchase or option agreements or other commodity price hedging arrangements (in each case whether contingent or matured); |
(n) | all prepayment penalties or break-up fees of any nature relating to any indebtedness of the type referred to in any of the items of this definition which is being repaid on or immediately after Closing; |
(o) | any unreconciled intercompany liabilities between the members of the Group; and |
(p) | all accrued bonuses relating to 2023 and prior years and any vacation accruals relating to years prior to 2024; |
(q) | amounts payable to the Vendors or their Affiliates, other than pursuant to this Agreement; |
(r) | technology fee payable; |
(s) | lease liabilities; and |
(t) | any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension, refunding, or refinancing or and Indebtedness of the types referred to above. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include any amount included in the calculation of the Closing Working Capital;
1.1.101 | “Indemnified Party” means any Person entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, provided that if the Vendors, collectively, comprise the Indemnified Party, then in each such case all references to such Indemnified Party (except for provisions relating to an obligation to make or a right to receive any payments) in Sections 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 and 6.10 shall be deemed to refer to the Vendors’ Delegate acting on behalf of such Indemnified Party; |
1.1.102 | “Indemnifier” means any Party obligated to provide indemnification under this Agreement provided that if the Vendors, collectively, comprise the Indemnifier, then in each such case all references to such Indemnifier (except for provisions relating to an obligation to make or a right to receive any payments) in Sections 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 and 6.10 shall be deemed to refer to the Vendors’ Delegate acting on behalf of such Indemnifier; |
1.1.103 | “Indemnity Holdback” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.1(c); |
1.1.104 | “Independent Firm” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6.3; |
1.1.105 | “Initial Cash Consideration” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.3; |
1.1.106 | “Initial Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.11.3; |
1.1.107 | “Insiders” means those Vendors who are management, employees or key consultants (if applicable) of the Corporation and are designated as “Insiders” in Schedule 2.1 of this Agreement (which Schedule is being delivered concurrently with the execution of this Agreement), under the heading “Insider/Investor”; |
1.1.108 | “Insider Share Escrow” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.3; |
1.1.109 | “Insider Share Escrow Agreements” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.3; |
1.1.110 | “Intellectual Property” means any and all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world, whether arising by operation of law, Contract or otherwise: (a) registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, copyrights, logos, slogans, trade or business names, (and all registrations of any of the foregoing, and all applications for registration thereof, and all goodwill associated therewith); (b) patents and patent applications, including, without limitation, claims to priority, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, provisionals, reexaminations, reissue applications and renewals; (c) registered and unregistered copyrights, including Software, databases and related documentation; (d) domain names, internet protocol addresses the corresponding Internet sites (including all content thereon) and social media identifiers and accounts (whether or not used or currently in service and all content posted thereon); I industrial designs and utility models; (f) trade secrets, and proprietary information not otherwise listed in (a) through (e) above, including, without limitation, all inventions (whether or not patentable), invention disclosures, moral and economic rights of authors and inventors (however denominated), confidential information, technical data, customer lists, know-how, show-how, mask works, circuit topography, formulae, recipes, chemical compositions, methods (whether or not patentable), designs, typefaces, processes, procedures, technology, business methods, source codes, object codes, computer software programs (in either source code or object code form), manufacturing and production processes and techniques, drawings, schematics, databases, data collections and other proprietary information or material of any type, and all derivatives, improvements and refinements thereof, howsoever recorded or unrecorded; |
1.1.111 | “Intellectual Property Licenses” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule 3.1.45(b); |
1.1.112 | “Intellectual Property Registrations” means all federal, state, provincial, regional, international and foreign: (a) patents, including applications therefore (including provisional applications), (b) registered trademarks (including wordmarks, design marks, logos and slogans), registered trade names, service marks and applications to register trademarks (including wordmarks, design marks, logos, and slogans) and service marks, including intent-to-use applications, (c) copyrights registrations and applications to register copyrights; that are owned by any member of the Group, (d) utility models, including applications therefor (e) domain names and (f) industrial designs and applications thereto; |
1.1.113 | “Interim Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated financial statements of each member of the Group for the period ended December 31, 2023, consisting of an unaudited consolidated balance sheet and the accompanying consolidated statement of operations of the Group; |
1.1.114 | “Inventories” or “Inventory” means all product held for sale by the Corporation and any materials (including components, sub-assemblies, finished goods, work in progress, raw materials, ingredients, packaging materials, production and shipping supplies, spare parts, maintenance items and advertising materials), in each case, on hand, in transit, ordered but not delivered, warehoused or wherever situated whether or not on consignment; |
1.1.115 | “Investor Share Escrow” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.3; |
1.1.116 | “Investor Share Escrow Agreements” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.3; |
1.1.117 | “Investors” means those Vendors who are not Insiders as designated in Schedule 2.1, delivered by the Corporation concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, under the heading “Insider/Investor”; |
1.1.118 | “Issuer Sponsored Subregister” means that part of the share register of the Parent that is administered by the Parent (and not by ASX Settlement) and that records uncertificated holdings of securities; |
1.1.119 | “Key Third Party Consents” means those consents set out in Schedule 1.1.119 of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter; |
1.1.120 | “Key Vendors” means the following Vendors: [**]; |
1.1.121 | “knowledge of the Vendors” means the actual knowledge of [**], after due and diligent inquiry with respect to the relevant matter, or the knowledge that any of them would have had if they had conducted such due and diligent inquiry with respect to the relevant matter; |
1.1.122 | “Laws” means all laws (including common law, civil law and equity), statutes, codes, ordinances, decrees, rules, regulations, by-laws, statutory rules, principles of law, published or unpublished policies and guidelines, judicial or arbitral or administrative or ministerial or departmental or regulatory judgments, Orders, decisions, rulings or awards and terms and conditions of any grant of approval, permission, authority or Permit of any Governmental Authority, self-regulatory authority or statutory body, and the term “applicable” with respect to such Laws and in the context that refers to one or more Persons, means that such Laws apply to such Person or Persons or its or their business, undertaking, property or securities and emanate from a Person having or claiming to exercise legal jurisdiction over the Person or Persons or its or their business, undertaking, property or securities; |
1.1.123 | “Leased Real Property” means the lands and buildings which are subject to the Real Property Leases, together with all licences, rights and appurtenances relating to the foregoing; |
1.1.124 | “Look Back Period” means the period from December 31, 2022 to the Closing Date; |
1.1.125 | “Loss” means any and all direct loss, liability, debt, damage, cost, expense, charge, fine or assessment, including the costs and expenses incurred in investigating, pursuing or settling a Claim and all interest and fines incurred in connection therewith; |
1.1.126 | “Major Markets” means [**]; |
1.1.127 | “Material Adverse Change” means any change, effect, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with all other changes, effects, events or occurrences: |
(a) | has a material and adverse effect upon any of the Business, operations, affairs, assets, liabilities, capitalization, results of operations, cash flows, condition, prospects, Permits, rights or privileges of any member of the Group taken as a whole, or (b) would reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the ability of any of the Vendors or any member of the Group to perform its obligations under this Agreement except, in each case, to the extent such material adverse change, effect, event or occurrence that results from: |
(b) | the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the execution of this Agreement or the performance of obligations hereunder, including the impact of any of the foregoing on relationships with customers, suppliers or Employees; |
(c) | conditions affecting the global economy or the financial, credit, commodities or capital markets as a whole; |
(d) | changes relating to conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Group conducts the Business; |
(e) | any change in, adoption of, or change in the interpretation of any applicable Law or generally accepted accounting principles; |
(f) | any national or international political or social conditions, including the engagement, escalation or continuation of Canada or the United States in hostilities, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon Canada or the United States, or their respective diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation or personnel of Canada or the United States; |
(g) | pandemics, epidemics or other similar disease outbreaks; |
(h) | earthquakes, hurricanes, floods or other natural disasters; |
(i) | the failure by the Group to meet any revenue or earnings projections, forecasts or predictions; |
(j) | any action taken by, or with the consent of, the Purchaser relating to the Group; or |
(k) | any action by the Vendors or the Group required to be taken, or permitted to be taken, by this Agreement, provided, in the case of any of the foregoing clauses (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g), such event, charge or action does not have a disproportionate effect on the Group relative to other Persons operating in the same industry; |
1.1.128 | “Material Contract” means any: |
(a) | Contract involving aggregate payments in any year to or by any member of Group of an amount or value in excess of [**] dollars ($[**]) (other than those disclosed at (b) below); |
(b) | existing order Contract; |
(c) | Contract between any member of the Group and any Related Party; |
(d) | Contract not entered into in the Ordinary Course and that involves expenditures or receipts of any member of the Group in excess of [**] dollars ($[**]); |
(e) | lease, rental or occupancy Contract (including each Real Property Lease), license (other than commercially available off-the-shelf software), instalment and conditional sale agreement, and other Contract affecting the ownership of, leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or other interest in, any real or personal property; |
(f) | Contract with respect to Intellectual Property (other than commercially available off-the-shelf software); |
(g) | Contract containing covenants that in any way restrict or purport to restrict the business activity of any member of the Group to engage in any business or to compete with any Person (including geographic restrictions and the granting of exclusive distribution rights in any market, field or territory); |
(h) | Contract that contains a “most favoured nations clause” or similar provision; |
(i) | Contract entered into during the Look Back Period with a customer or a supplier listed in Schedule 3.1.21; |
(j) | power of attorney of any member of the Group that is currently effective and outstanding; |
(k) | warranty, guarantee, bond, indemnification, assumption or other similar commitment with respect to the obligations, liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or Indebtedness of any Person other than in the Ordinary Course; |
(l) | Contract which concerns any joint venture, partnership or other Contract (however named) involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs, or liabilities by any member of the Group; |
(m) | Contract relating to or creating any trust indenture, mortgage, security interest, hypothec, promissory note, bond, loan agreement or other contract for the borrowing of money or otherwise evidencing any Indebtedness of any member of the Group; |
(n) | Contract relating to any individual capital expenditure to be incurred after the date of this Agreement in excess of [**] dollars ($[**]); |
(o) | Contract granting to any Person a first-refusal, first-offer or similar preferential right to purchase or acquire any right, asset or property of any member of the Group; |
(p) | Contract involving the acquisition or disposition of any business enterprise or line of business by any member of the Group, whether via merger, share or asset purchase or otherwise; |
(q) | Contract entered into by any member of the Group involving any Governmental Authority; |
(r) | Contract relating to clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Group, including clinical trials evaluating radioisotopes generated by the Group or its technology; |
(s) | Collaboration, R&D, commercialization, or license Contract (including any sponsored research agreements) entered into by or on behalf of the Group; |
(t) | Contract that contains provision(s) where a direct or indirect change in the ownership of any member of the Group might give grounds to termination; |
(u) | Contract that contains any termination fee or liquidated damages provisions or other penalties; |
(v) | Contract with any health fund or hospital group; |
(w) | Contract concerning: (i) an FDA approved [**] product at the date of this Agreement or (ii) any product that will directly compete with the Purchaser or its Affiliates’ [**] products; |
(x) | any Contract otherwise material to the Business; or |
(y) | any amendment, supplement, and modification in respect of any of the foregoing, in each case, in effect as of Closing, and excluding any Contracts disclosed in Schedule 3.1.37; |
1.1.129 | Multi-Party Agreement” means the Multi-Party Inter-Institutional Intellectual Property Agreement among [**]; |
1.1.130 | “Net Sales” means the ARTMS Product Net Sales and/or the Combination Product Net Sales, as applicable; |
1.1.131 | “Notice Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.8 hereof; |
1.1.132 | “Objection Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6.2; |
1.1.133 | “Options” means any and all options issued under any of the Stock Option Plans; |
1.1.134 | “Option Holders” means the holders of Options listed on Schedule 2.1, which Schedule is being delivered by the Corporation concurrently with the execution of this Agreement; |
1.1.135 | “Order” means any final and enforceable order or any judgment, injunction, decree, ruling, stipulation, award or writ of any court, tribunal, arbitrator or other Governmental Authority; |
1.1.136 | “Ordinary Course” means, when used in relation to the conduct of the Business, any action which is materially consistent in nature, scope and magnitude with the past practices of each member of the Group and is taken in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person; |
1.1.137 | “Over Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.7.1; |
1.1.138 | “Owned Intellectual Property” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule 3.1.45(a); |
1.1.139 | “Owned Real Property” means the lands and buildings situate thereon, and all easements, licenses, rights and appurtenances relating to the foregoing, of which any member of the Group is the registered or beneficial owner; |
1.1.140 | “Paid-Out Creditor(s)” means [**] and any other holder(s) of Indebtedness where such Indebtedness is incurred during the Closing Period (and for greater certainty shall include the following parties holding Encumbrances listed and described in Schedule 1.1.147 of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter): |
1.1.141 | “Parent” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereof; |
1.1.142 | “Parties” means the Vendors, the Vendors’ Delegate and the Purchaser, and “Party” means any one of them; |
1.1.143 | “Pay-Out Letter(s)” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4; |
1.1.144 | “Paying Agent” means Acquiom Financial LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, in its capacity as payments administrator pursuant to the Paying Agent Agreement; |
1.1.145 | “Paying Agent Agreement” means the payments administration agreement among certain of the Vendors, the Vendors’ Delegate and the Paying Agent to be executed at Closing;. |
1.1.146 | “Permits” means all permits, certificates, certificates of authorization, certificates of compliance, authorizations, consents, licenses, concessions, franchises, approvals of and registrations with any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Laws used or held in connection with the Business; |
1.1.147 | “Permitted Encumbrances” means the Encumbrances listed and described in Schedule 1.1.147 of the Vendors’ Disclosure Letter and, with respect to the Real Property, any Encumbrances disclosed by registered title; |
1.1.148 | “Person” includes any individual, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate, firm, partnership, joint venture, venture capital fund, joint stock company, association, body corporate, corporation, unincorporated association or organization, Governmental Authority, syndicate or other entity, whether or not having legal status; |
1.1.149 | “Personal Information” means information about an identifiable individual and includes any information that constitutes personal information within the meaning of one or more Laws relating to privacy; |
1.1.150 | “Pre-Closing Reorganization” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.13; |
1.1.151 | “Pre-Closing Tax Return” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.2.1; |
1.1.152 | “Privacy Laws” means the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia) and any similar Laws relating to the processing of Personal Information. |
1.1.153 | “Public Disclosure Record” means collectively, all of the documents which have been filed by or on behalf of the Parent with the relevant securities regulators pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, or pursuant to the ASX Listing Rules. |
1.1.154 | “Purchase Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2 hereof; |
1.1.155 | “Purchased Shares” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1; |
1.1.156 | “Purchaser” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereof; |
1.1.157 | “Purchaser Fundamental Representations” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4.2(a); |
1.1.158 | “Purchase-Money Indebtedness” means, with respect to any member of the Group, all obligations (a) consisting of the deferred purchase price of any property, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement and other purchase money obligations, in each case, where the maturity of such obligation does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the property, or (b) incurred to finance the acquisition of such property, including additions and improvements; |
1.1.159 | “R&W Costs” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.8.2; |
1.1.160 | “R&W Insurance Provider” means Euclid Transactional, LLC; |
1.1.161 | “R&W Policy” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.8; |
1.1.162 | “RCAs” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.9.1(g)(viii); |
1.1.163 | “Real Properties” means the Owned Real Properties and the Leased Real Properties; |
1.1.164 | “Real Property Leases” means the leases, subleases and other agreements or arrangements in the nature of a lease or right of occupancy of real property to which any member of the Group is a party, whether as lessor or lessee; |
1.1.165 | “Records” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8.4(b); |
1.1.166 | “Registered Intellectual Property” means registered Intellectual Property owned by the Corporation, including any and all patents, patent applications, registered trademarks and trademark applications, registered copyrights and copyright applications, industrial design applications and registrations, domain names, social media accounts, and handles; |
1.1.167 | “Regulatory Assets” means all regulatory approvals, pending applications, dossiers, contracts, documents (including standard operating procedures), records, information and data that relate to or support the ARTMS system, together with Intellectual Property that subsist in the foregoing; |
1.1.168 | “Related Party” means (a) any Vendor, (b) any Affiliate of any Vendor, (c) any partner, shareholder, director, officer, trust, trustee or similar fiduciary of any Vendor or any member of the Group or any of their respective Affiliates or (d) without limiting the foregoing, any family member (including siblings, parents, siblings-in-law, parents-in-law, son/daughter-in-law, spouse, niece, nephew, cousin, descendant or other family relation) of any Vendor; |
1.1.169 | “Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration in the Environment, including the movement through or in the air (indoor or outdoor), soil surface water, ground water, or other Environmental media; |
1.1.170 | “Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, the Affiliates, officers, directors, Employees and agents of such Person; |
1.1.171 | “Requisite Vendors” means [**]; |
1.1.172 | “Response Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.6; |
1.1.173 | “Royalties” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8.1(b); |
1.1.174 | “Royalty Pay Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8.1(f); |
1.1.175 | “Royalty Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule 2.8.1(B); |
1.1.176 | “Royalty Report Delivery Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8.3; |
1.1.177 | “Sellers” means the Purchaser, its Affiliates (including the Group after the Closing Date), together with any of their respective sublicensees, distributors and resellers thereof; |
1.1.178 | “Shareholders Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Voting Agreement dated May 8, 2020, as amended, restated or superseded, from time to time; |
1.1.179 | “Shareholders Resolution” means the shareholders resolution of the Corporation dated on or about the date hereof, authorizing, among other things, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; |
1.1.180 | “Software” means all computer software programs and databases (and all derivative works, foreign language versions, enhancements, versions, releases, fixes, upgrades, and updates thereto), developed or used by any member of the Group to operate the Business, excluding commercially available off-the-shelf software and including software compilations, development tools, compilers, comments, user interfaces, menus, buttons and icons, application programming interfaces, files, data scripts, architecture, algorithms, higher level or “proprietary” languages and all related programming and user documentation, whether in source code, object code or human readable form, and manuals, design notes, programmers’ notes and other items and documentation related to or associated with any of the foregoing and all media and other tangible property necessary for the delivery or transfer thereof; |
1.1.181 | “Specific Tax Indemnity” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.1.2(f) |
1.1.182 | “SRS Engagement Letter” means that certain engagement letter to be entered into by and among Shareholder Representative Services LLC and certain of the Vendors on or about the date hereof. |
1.1.183 | “Stock Option Plans” means the amended and restated stock option plan of the Corporation dated May 8, 2020; |
1.1.184 | “Straddle Period” means any period that begins prior to the Closing Date and ends after the Closing Date; |
1.1.185 | “Subsidiary” means with respect to a specified Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, or other legal entity of which the specified Person (either alone and/or through and/or together with any other Subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock or other equity or partnership interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body, of such legal entity or of which the specified Person controls the management; |
1.1.186 | “Target Working Capital” means $[**]; |
1.1.187 | “Tax” and “Taxes” means any taxes, duties, fees, premiums, assessments, imposts, levies and other charges of any kind whatsoever and wheresoever imposed by any Tax Authority, including all interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or other additional amounts imposed by any Tax Authority in respect thereof, and including those levied on, or measured by, or referred to as, income, gross receipts, profits, capital, transfer, land transfer, sales, goods and services, harmonized sales, use, local, value-added, excise, stamp, withholding, business, franchising, property, development, occupancy, employer health, payroll, employment, health, social services, education and social security taxes, all surtaxes, all customs duties and import and export taxes, countervail and anti-dumping, all license agreements, franchise and registration fees and all employment insurance, health insurance, Governmental Authority pension plan premiums or contributions; |
1.1.188 | “Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada); |
1.1.189 | “Tax Authority” means any national, state, local, provincial, territorial or other Governmental Authority responsible for the administration, implementation, assessment, determination, enforcement, compliance, collection or other imposition of any Taxes; |
1.1.190 | “Tax Claim” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.9; |
1.1.191 | “Tax Indemnity” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.1.2(e); |
1.1.192 | “Tax Liability Limit” means $[**]. |
1.1.193 | “Tax Returns” means any and all returns, reports, declarations, statements, information, estimates, rebates or credits, elections, designations, schedules, filings, notices, forms or other documents (including any related or supporting information) relating to Taxes filed or required to be filed by any Tax Authority or pursuant to any Law relating to Taxes or in fact filed with any Tax Authority, including all information returns, Claims for refund, amended returns, declarations of estimated Taxes, and requests for extensions of time to file any of the preceding items and all amendments, attachments or supplement thereto, whether in tangible or electronic form; |
1.1.194 | “Telix Shares” means fully paid ordinary shares in the share capital of the Parent; |
1.1.195 | “Third Party Claim” means any Claim asserted against an Indemnified Party or any member of the Group, that is paid or payable to, or claimed by, any Person who is not a Party or an Affiliate of a Party; |
1.1.196 | “Third Party Consents” means all consents, approvals, notices, Orders, rulings, authorizations, acknowledgements, registrations, declarations, filings, submissions of information, waivers, sanctions, licenses, exemptions or Permits (including the Environmental Authorizations) necessary or otherwise required from any Governmental Authority or Person or pursuant to any Law in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Closing Document; |
1.1.197 | “Threatened” a Claim or other matter will be deemed to have been “Threatened” if any demand or statement has been made orally or in writing or any notice has been given in writing that would lead to a prudent Person to conclude that such a Claim or matter is likely to be asserted, commenced, taken or otherwise pursued in the future; |
1.1.198 | “Transaction Expenses” means, to the extent not already considered as Current Liabilities in the calculation of the Estimated Purchase Price or of the Purchase Price and to the extent not already paid by the Group or by the Vendors, (a) the legal, financial advisory and accounting costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of any member of the Group in connection with the consummation of the transactions provided herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing Documents, (b) fifty percent (50%) of the premium and related underwriting fees respect of the R&W Policy, (c) transaction-related payments or bonuses (including incentive compensation, Option awards, change of control, retention or similar payments) or termination pay or severance which become due or are otherwise required to be paid upon, in connection with, or as a result of, in whole or in part, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (d) the employer portion of payroll or employment Taxes, if any, due in connection with the amounts payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the amounts described in the immediately preceding clause (c), or the forgiveness of any loans or other obligations owed by any Vendor or Employees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (e) any fees and expenses incurred by the Group (or by Vendors, to the extent payable by the Group) in connection with obtaining waivers, consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority or third parties on behalf of the Group in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and (f) fifty percent (50%) of any fees and expenses associated with the Escrow Agreement; |
1.1.199 | “Transaction Personal Information” means Personal Information in the possession, custody or control of the Vendors or the Corporation, including Personal Information about the Employees, contractors, suppliers, customers, directors, officers or shareholders that is or will be (a) disclosed to the Purchaser prior to the Closing Date by the Vendors or the Corporation, or (b) collected by the Purchaser prior to the Closing Date from the Vendors or the Corporation, in either case in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; |
1.1.200 | “Under Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto to in Section 2.7.3; |
1.1.201 | “US” means the United States of America and its territories; |
1.1.202 | “US GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, including standards and interpretation issued or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board; |
1.1.203 | “Validation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1.3(a); |
1.1.204 | “Vendors” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereof; |
1.1.205 | “Vendors’ Delegate” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereof; |
1.1.206 | “Vendors’ Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter delivered by the Vendors in accordance with this Agreement; |
1.1.207 | “Vendors’ Disclosure Letter Update” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.7.2; |
1.1.208 | “Vendors’ Fundamental Representations” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.4.1(a); |
1.1.209 | “Warrants” means any and all warrants to purchase shares in the capital of the Corporation; |
1.1.210 | “Warrant Holders” means the holders of Warrants listed on Schedule 2.1, which Schedule is being delivered by the Corporation concurrently with the execution of this Agreement; |
1.1.211 | “Working Capital” means an amount calculated in accordance with the accounting principles provided for in Schedule 2.3, which shall be delivered by the Parties concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (which may be positive or negative) equal to: (i) the aggregate Current Assets of the Group, minus (ii) the aggregate Current Liabilities of the Group, provided, however, that any item that is included in the calculation of Indebtedness or Transaction Expenses and any adjustment for Cash in the Closing Calculations, for the purposes of this Agreement, shall be excluded from the determination of Working Capital. For purposes of this calculation the Parties confirm that: (a) such calculation will include any deferred revenue liabilities related to advance billings, (b) all Employee and Consultant outstanding payments, leave, Taxes, pensions, bonus, share rights and other benefits or government payments accrued prior to Closing will be paid in the normal course by the Corporation prior to Closing, unless adjusted for as a Current Liability by agreement of the Parties (other than the Vendors’ Delegate) at Closing as part of the Working Capital calculation and (c) the Stock Option Plans and all vested or unvested grants of options for to the Corporation’s Employees and Consultants in existence prior to Closing, will be terminated and paid out by the Corporation as a condition of Closing, unless adjusted for as a Current Liability by agreement of the Parties (other than the Vendors’ Delegate) at Closing as part of the Working Capital calculation; and |
1.1.212 | “Year End Financial Statements” means the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, in each case consisting of a balance sheet and the accompanying statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the years then ended and notes to the financial statements together with the independent auditors’ report of the independent practitioner thereon. |
SCHEDULE 2.8.1(A)
EARN-OUT PAYMENTS
During the Earn-Out Payment Period, the Vendors will be eligible for an Earn-Out Payment on first time achievement basis, calculated on the basis of the following Earn-Out Milestones achieved during the Earn-Out Payment Period:
1. | [**] US dollars (US$[**]) upon [**]; |
2. | [**] US dollars (US$[**]) upon [**]; |
3. | [**] US dollars (US$[**]) upon [**]; |
4. | [**] US dollars (US$[**]) upon achieving [**] US dollars (US$[**]) cumulative Net Sales from consumable Net Sales for the production of [**] (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will include QUANTM Target Net Sales from each of Validation and commercial sales); |
5. | [**] US dollars (US$[**]) upon achieving [**] US dollars (US$[**]) cumulative annual Net Sales from sales of ARTMS Products and consumables for the production of [**] (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will include QUANTM Target Net Sales from each of Validation and commercial sales); and |
6. | [**] US dollars (US$[**]) upon achieving [**] US dollars (US$[**]) cumulative total Net Sales from ARTMS Products, inclusive of QIS installations, processing systems, QUANTM targets and consumable Net Sales, |
(each of the foregoing is referred to, together or separately, as the “Earn-Out Milestones”).
SCHEDULE 2.8.1(B)
ROYALTIES
During the periods set out below (the “Royalty Period”), the Vendors will receive (and the Purchaser or its Affiliates shall pay or cause to be paid the Vendors) the following Royalties for sales as follows:
A. ARTMS Product and related services sales
Percentage | Sold by | Territory | Term |
[**]% of Net Sales of ARTMS Products and related services | Telix and any other Sellers | Worldwide | From the Closing Date to the date which is three (3) years from the Closing Date |
B. Illuccix-related commercial product sales, prepared using ARTMS Products
Percentage | Sold by | Territory | Illuccix Term |
[**]% of Net Sales of Illuccix commercial product doses sold in the US which are prepared using any ARTMS Products | Telix and any other Sellers | US | For a period of two (2) years from the date of the amendment to the Telix US Illuccix product NDA expressly including the particular ARTMS Product(s) |
[**]% of Net Sales for any Telix Illuccix commercial product sold ex-US which are prepared using any ARTMS Products | Telix and any other Sellers | Ex-US | For a period of two (2) years from the approval or the amendment of the Telix Illuccix product approval in the relevant country to expressly include the particular ARTMS Product(s) |
C. 89Zr-girentuximab (TLX250-Cdx) related US commercial product sales prepared using ARTMS Products
The Purchaser or its Affiliates will pay or cause to be paid a Royalty on US sales made by a Seller to any third party customers (including radiopharmacy networks) of 89Zr-girentuximab product (TLX250-Cdx) prepared using any ARTMS Products, for a period of three (3) years, commencing on the date of the first sale following regulatory approval of the particular ARTMS Product(s) being expressly included in Telix’s US BLA for TLXx250-Cdx (the “TLX 250-Cdx Term”):
Year 1 during the TLX 250-Cdx Term | [**]% of Net Sales |
Year 2 during the TLX 250-Cdx Term | [**]% of Net Sales |
Year 3 during the TLX 250-Cdx Term | [**]% of Net Sales |
(each of the foregoing is referred to, together or separately, as the “Royalties”).
For the purposes of this Schedule, “Year” means the calendar year beginning January 1, after regulatory period.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser or its Affiliates agrees to ensure fair-market value and reasonable relative contribution is apportioned to the ARTMS Products to the extent that ARTMS Products are included in Telix Combination Product deals or sales in accordance with the following:
In apportioning relative contribution to the ARTMS Products included in Telix Combination Product deals or sales, the dollar amount attributed thereto will be the greater of: (i) the fair market value and (ii) the Minimum Value.
“Minimum Value” shall mean [**] dollars ($[**]) per dose for [**]-based products and [**] dollars ($[**]) per dose for [**] and [**]-based products.
For the avoidance of doubt, in no event, will the dollar amount attributed to the ARTMS Products be less than the Minimum Value.
In no event shall Royalties be payable after that date which is ten (10) years from the Closing Date.
If requested by the Vendors before Closing, the Parties will agree to amend this Schedule to provide that the maximum period during which any Royalties will payable under this Schedule shall be five (5) years.
Contents
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Interpretation
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Amount of the Notes and Covenant to Pay
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Form of the Notes; Issue of the Notes
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Stamp Duties and Taxes
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Further Issues
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Application of Moneys received by the Trustee
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Covenant to Comply with Provisions
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Covenants relating to Conversion
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Issuer’s Covenants
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Remuneration and Indemnification of the Trustee
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Provisions Supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000
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Trustee liable for negligence
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Proof of Default
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Trustee not precluded from entering into Contracts
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Modification and Waiver
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Substitution
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Appointment, Retirement and Removal of the Trustee
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Communications
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Currency Indemnity
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Prescription
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Governing Law and Jurisdiction
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Counterparts
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Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
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Schedule 1 Form of Definitive Certificate
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Schedule 2 Form of Global Certificate
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45
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Schedule 3 Provisions for meetings of Noteholders
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Schedule 4 Terms and Conditions of the Notes
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Schedule 5 Form of Compliance Certificate
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Schedule 6 Form of Principal Subsidiary Certificate to Trustee
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(1) |
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED (ACN 616 620 369) (the “Issuer”); and
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(2) |
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED whose principal office as at the Closing Date (as defined in this Trust Deed) is situated at Level 26, HSBC Main Building, 1 Queen’s Road
Central, Hong Kong (the “Trustee”, which expression shall, where the context so admits, include all persons for the time being the trustee or trustees of this Trust Deed).
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(A) |
The Issuer has authorised the issue of A$650,000,000 2.375 per cent. Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2029 convertible into Ordinary Shares (as defined in the Conditions), to be constituted by this Trust Deed.
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(B) |
The Notes will be convertible into Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Conditions.
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(C) |
The Trustee has agreed to act as trustee of this Trust Deed on the following terms and conditions.
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(D) |
The parties hereto intend this document to take effect as a deed.
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Interpretation
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1.1 |
Definitions
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(i) |
any statute or regulation;
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(ii) |
any rule or practice of any Authority by which any party is bound or with which any party is accustomed to comply;
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(iii) |
any agreement between any Authorities; and
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(iv) |
any customary agreement between any Authority and any party;
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(i) |
Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulation, instruction or other official guidance, as amended from time to time;
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(ii) |
any treaty, law, regulation, instruction or other official guidance enacted or amended in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction, which (in either
case) facilitates the implementation of paragraph (i) above of this definition;
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(iii) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (i) or (ii) above of this definition with the US Internal Revenue Service, the Government of the United States or any governmental or taxation authority in any other
jurisdiction; or
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(iv) |
any treaty, law, regulation, instruction or other official guidance analogous to paragraphs (i) or (ii) of this definition enacted or amended in any other jurisdiction from time to time, and any agreement pursuant to the implementation
of any such treaty, law, regulation, instruction or other official guidance with any governmental or taxation authority in any jurisdiction;
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(i) |
commencing on 1 January and ending on the succeeding 31 December (“annual Fiscal Period”); or
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(ii) |
commencing on 1 January and ending on the succeeding 30 June (“semi-annual Fiscal Period”),
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(i) |
those which have been redeemed in accordance with the Conditions;
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(ii) |
those in respect of which the date for redemption in accordance with the Conditions has occurred and the redemption moneys (including all interest accrued on such Notes to the date for such redemption and any interest payable under
Condition 5 after such date) have been duly paid to the relevant Noteholder or on its behalf or to the Trustee or to the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent as provided in Clause 2 and remain available for payment against presentation
and surrender of Notes;
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(iii) |
those which have become void or those in respect of which claims have become prescribed under Condition 12;
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(iv) |
those mutilated or defaced Notes which have been surrendered in exchange for replacement Notes pursuant to Condition 13;
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(v) |
(for the purpose only of determining how many Notes are outstanding and without prejudice to their status for any other purpose) those Notes alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed and in respect of which replacement Notes have
been issued pursuant to Condition 13;
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those which have been purchased and cancelled as provided in Condition 7;
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(vii) |
Notes represented by the Global Certificate to the extent that it shall have been exchanged for definitive registered Notes pursuant to its provisions; and
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those in respect of which the Conversion Right has been duly exercised and discharged (and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Note in respect of which the Conversion Date has occurred shall be deemed to remain outstanding for the purposes
of Conditions 10, 14(a) and 15 and the meeting procedures until the Conversion Right has been satisfied and discharged even if the name of the holder is removed from the Register during the exchange process),
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ascertaining the right to attend and vote at any meeting of the Noteholders or to participate in any Written Resolution or Electronic Consent;
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(b) |
the determination of how many Notes are outstanding for the purposes of this Deed, the Conditions 10, 14(a) and 15 and Schedule 3; and
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the exercise of any discretion, power or authority whether contained in this Trust Deed or any other document or provided by law, which the Trustee is required, expressly or impliedly, to exercise in or by reference to the interests of
the Noteholders,
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1.2 |
Construction of Certain References
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1.2.1 |
fees, costs, charges, remuneration or expenses shall include any amount in respect of withholding, value added tax, turnover tax or similar tax charged in respect thereof;
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1.2.2 |
“Australian dollars” and “A$” are references to the lawful currency for the time being of the Commonwealth of Australia;
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1.2.3 |
“U.S. dollars” and “U.S.$” are references to the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America;
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1.2.4 |
any action, remedy or method of judicial proceedings for the enforcement of rights of creditors shall include, in respect of any jurisdiction other than England and Wales, references to such action, remedy or method of judicial
proceedings for the enforcement of rights of creditors available or appropriate in such jurisdiction as shall most nearly approximate thereto;
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the meaning of terms is not limited by specific examples introduced by “including” or “for example”, or similar expressions;
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1.2.6 |
words denoting the singular number only shall include the plural number also and vice versa;
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1.2.7 |
words denoting one gender only shall include the other gender;
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1.2.8 |
words denoting persons only shall include firms and corporations and vice versa;
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any provision of any statute shall be deemed also to refer to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof or any statutory instrument, order or regulation made thereunder or under such modification or re-enactment;
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1.2.10 |
references in this Trust Deed to Clauses and Schedules shall be construed as references to the Clauses of and Schedules to this Trust Deed unless otherwise stated; and
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an Event of Default shall be “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived in writing by the Trustee.
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1.3 |
Headings
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1.4 |
Schedules
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1.5 |
Enforceability
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1.6 |
Definitions in Conditions
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1.7 |
Alternative Clearing System
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1.8 |
Amended Documents
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2 |
Amount of the Notes and Covenant to Pay
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2.1 |
Amount of the Notes
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2.2 |
Covenant to Pay
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(i) |
every payment of any sum due in respect of the Notes made to or to the account of the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent as provided in the Agency Agreement shall, to such extent, satisfy such obligation except to the extent that
there is a failure in its subsequent payment to the relevant Noteholders; and
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in the event that (following, if so required, due presentation of a Note) upon redemption, payment of the principal amount is improperly withheld or refused such Note will continue to bear interest in accordance with Condition 5.
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2.3 |
Discharge
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2.4 |
Payment after Default
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2.4.1 |
by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Agents, require the Agents, until notified by the Trustee to the contrary, so far as permitted by any applicable law:
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to act thereafter as agents of the Trustee under the provisions of this Trust Deed and the Notes on the terms of the Agency Agreement (with consequential amendments as necessary and except that the Trustee’s liability for the
indemnification, remuneration and all other out-of-pocket expenses of the Agents will be limited to the amounts for the time being held by the Trustee in respect of the Notes on the terms of this Trust Deed and available for such purpose)
and thereafter to hold all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Notes to the order of the Trustee; and/or
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to deliver all Certificates, all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Notes to the Trustee or as the Trustee directs in such notice or subsequently, provided that such notice shall be deemed not to apply to any
documents or records which the relevant Agent is obliged not to release by any law or regulation to which it is subject; and
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2.4.2 |
by notice in writing to the Issuer require it to make all subsequent payments in respect of the Notes to or to the order of the Trustee and not to the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent. With effect from the issue of any such notice
to the Issuer and until such time as the notice is withdrawn, proviso (i) to Clause 2.2 shall not apply.
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Form of the Notes; Issue of the Notes
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3.1 |
The Global Certificate
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3.2 |
Definitive Certificates
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3.3 |
Form
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3.4 |
Signature
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3.5 |
Entitlement to treat holder as owner
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4 |
Stamp Duties and Taxes
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4.1 |
Stamp Duty
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(i) |
determining whether a Noteholder or the Issuer is liable to pay any taxes or duties or the amounts payable (if any) under or in connection with Condition 6(h); or
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(ii) |
determining the sufficiency or insufficiency of any amounts so paid and for any loss arising from a failure by it to do so.
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4.2 |
Change of Taxing Jurisdiction
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Further Issues
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5.1 |
Liberty to Create
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5.2 |
Means of Constitution
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5.3 |
Notice of Further Issues
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Application of Moneys received by the Trustee
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6.1 |
Declaration of Trust
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6.1.1 |
first, in payment or satisfaction of all fees, all costs, charges and expenses properly incurred and all indemnities and liabilities incurred by or payable to the Trustee (including remuneration payable to the Trustee) and any
Appointee in carrying out its functions and/or exercising its rights, powers and discretions under this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and/or the Notes (which for the avoidance of doubt includes the fees, costs, expenses, indemnities,
charges and liabilities of any Appointee and the Agents for as long as they are acting as agents of, or obliged to act on the instructions of, the Trustee);
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6.1.2 |
secondly, in payment of any amounts of interest owing in respect of the Notes pari passu and rateably;
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6.1.3
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thirdly, in payment of any amounts of principal owing in respect of the Notes pari passu and rateably;
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6.1.4 |
fourthly, in payment of any other amounts owing in respect of the Notes pari passu and rateably;
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6.1.5 |
fifthly, in payment or satisfaction of any and all amounts due and payable to each Agent but unpaid; and
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6.1.6 |
sixthly, in payment of the balance (if any) to the Issuer.
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6.2 |
Accumulation
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7 |
Covenant to Comply with Provisions
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8 |
Covenants relating to Conversion
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8.1 |
Conversion Right
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8.2 |
Undertaking in respect of Conversion Rights
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8.3 |
Adjustment to the Conversion Price
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8.3.1 |
as soon as practicable deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by any Director who is also an authorised officer (which the Trustee shall be entitled to accept without further enquiry as sufficient evidence of the correctness of
the matters therein referred to and shall not be liable to Noteholders or any other person for doing so) setting forth brief particulars of the event giving rise to the adjustment, the adjusted Conversion Price, the date on which the
adjustment takes effect and such other particulars and information as the Trustee may require; and
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8.3.2 |
promptly thereafter give notice to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 17 of the adjustment to the Conversion Price and the date on which the adjustment of the Conversion Price is likely to become effective.
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8.4 |
No Duty
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Issuer’s Covenants
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9.1 |
Books of Account
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9.2 |
Notice of Events of Default etc.
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9.3 |
Information
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9.4 |
Further Acts
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9.5 |
Financial Statements etc.
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in the case of each semi-annual Fiscal Period falling within each of the annual Fiscal Periods, the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for the period prepared in accordance with the Australian Equivalents to
International Financial Reporting Standards (the “AIFRS”); and
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(ii) |
in the case of each annual Fiscal Period, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer as at the end of, and for, such Fiscal Period, prepared in accordance with the AIFRS;
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9.6 |
Director’s Certificate
|
9.7 |
Notices to Noteholders
|
9.8 |
Notice of Late Payment
|
9.9 |
Listing
|
9.10 |
Change in Agents
|
9.11 |
Notes held by the Issuer etc.
|
9.12 |
Filing, Registration and Reporting
|
9.12.1 |
duly and punctually comply with or procure that there is complied with all filing, registration, reporting and similar requirements required in accordance with applicable laws and regulations from time to time relating in any manner
whatsoever to this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and/or the Notes; and
|
9.12.2 |
comply with each of the requirements of the ASIC Relief Instrument including those with ongoing operation after the Closing Date for so long as they are relevant;
|
9.13 |
Consents, Approvals and Authorisations
|
9.13.1 |
the execution, delivery and performance by it of its obligations under the Notes, this Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Notes, this Trust Deed or, as the case may be, the Agency Agreement;
and
|
9.13.2 |
the legality, validity and enforceability of the Notes, this Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement.
|
9.14 |
Information material to holders of the Notes
|
9.15 |
Legal opinions
|
9.16 |
Principal Subsidiaries
|
9.17 |
Obligations of Agents
|
10 |
Remuneration and Indemnification of the Trustee
|
10.1 |
Normal Remuneration
|
10.2 |
Extra Remuneration
|
10.3 |
Expenses
|
10.4 |
Payment of Expenses
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10.4.1 |
in the case of payments made by the Trustee prior to such demand will (if not paid on demand) carry interest from the date on which the demand is made at the rate of two per cent. per annum over the Trustee’s cost of funds (expressed
as a percentage rate per annum) on the date on which the Trustee made such payments, as notified by the Trustee; and
|
10.4.2 |
in all other cases, will carry interest at such rate from thirty days after the date on which the demand is made or (where the demand specifies that payment is to be made on an earlier date) from such earlier date.
|
10.5 |
Indemnity
|
(i) |
its appointment or involvement hereunder or the exercise of any of their rights, discretions and/or powers or performance of any of their duties hereunder or under the Agency Agreement and/or the Notes or the taking of any acts in
accordance with the terms of or as contemplated in this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and/or the Notes or its usual practice; or
|
(ii) |
any instruction, certificate, communication, document or other direction upon which the Trustee may rely under this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and/or the Notes as well as the costs and expenses incurred by an indemnified party of
defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability with respect of the foregoing,
|
10.6 |
Taxes
|
10.7 |
Interest
|
10.8 |
Provisions Continuing
|
11 |
Provisions Supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000
|
11.1 |
Advice
|
11.2 |
Trustee to Assume Performance
|
11.3 |
No Obligations to Monitor
|
11.4 |
Resolutions of Noteholders
|
(i) |
to have been passed at a meeting of Noteholders in respect of which minutes have been made and signed; or
|
(ii) |
to be a Written Resolution made or Electronic Consent obtained in accordance with Schedule 3,
|
11.5 |
Illegality/Expenditure of Trustee Funds
|
(i) |
may be illegal or contrary to any Applicable Law (including, without limitation, Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), directive or fiscal requirement of any governmental agency or state or
jurisdiction or any court order or arbitral award;
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(ii) |
it would not have power to do the relevant thing in that state or jurisdiction by virtue of any applicable law in that state or jurisdiction or if it is determined by any court or other competent Authority in that state or jurisdiction
that it does not have such power;
|
(iii) |
may cause the Trustee to be considered a sponsor of a covered fund under Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any regulations promulgated thereunder; or
|
(iv) |
may cause it to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights, powers, authority or discretion hereunder or pursuant to the
Conditions, this Trust Deed and/or the Agency Agreement if it believes that repayment of such funds or satisfactory indemnity against, and/or security and/or pre-funding for, such risk or the liability is not assured to it.
|
(a) |
refrain from doing anything which would or might in its opinion be contrary to the rules, operating procedures or market practice of any relevant stock exchange or other market or clearing system on which the Notes are listed or
through which the Notes are held and/or cleared, or which would or might otherwise render it liable to any person in any state or jurisdiction; and
|
(b) |
do anything which is, in its opinion, necessary to comply with any of the aforementioned Applicable Laws, directives, fiscal requirements, court orders, arbitral awards, rules, operating procedures or market practice.
|
11.6 |
Certificate Signed by Authorised Officers
|
11.7 |
Deposit of Documents
|
11.8 |
Discretion
|
11.9 |
Agents
|
11.10 |
Delegation
|
11.11 |
Nominees and Custodians
|
11.12 |
Forged Entry on the Register
|
11.13 |
Confidentiality
|
11.14 |
Determinations Conclusive
|
11.15 |
Currency Conversion
|
11.16 |
Events of Default etc.
|
11.17 |
Payment for and Delivery of Notes
|
11.18 |
Acceleration
|
11.19 |
Notes Held by the Issuer etc.
|
11.20 |
Responsibility for Agents etc.
|
11.21 |
Interests of Holders through the Clearing Systems
|
11.22 |
No responsibility for Recitals etc.
|
11.23 |
No responsibility for the Issuer’s condition
|
11.24 |
Enforcement
|
11.25 |
Consent
|
11.26 |
Professional Charges
|
11.27 |
Special Damages and Consequential Loss
|
11.28 |
Interests of Noteholders
|
11.29 |
Force Majeure
|
11.30 |
Insurance
|
11.31 |
Determination of a Court of Competent Jurisdiction
|
11.32 |
Information Sharing
|
(i) |
by the Trustee, where necessary to perform the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and/or the Notes; or
|
(ii) |
where the disclosing party is under a legal or regulatory obligation to disclose, where the Applicable Law permits it to do so or where the disclosing party has been requested to do so by any legal, regulatory, governmental or fiscal
body in any jurisdiction.
|
11.33 |
Error of Judgment
|
11.34 |
Right to Deduct or Withhold
|
11.35 |
Undertaking Regarding Information Reporting and Collection Obligations
|
(i) |
any such form, documentation or other information (or the information required to be provided on such form or documentation) is not reasonably available to the Issuer and cannot be obtained by the Issuer using reasonable efforts; or
|
(ii) |
doing so would or might in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer constitute a breach of any:
|
(a) |
Applicable Law;
|
(b) |
fiduciary duty; or
|
(c) |
duty of confidentiality.
|
11.36 |
Notice of Possible Withholding
|
11.37 |
Tax Indemnity
|
11.38 |
Legal Opinions
|
(i) |
failing to request, require or receive any legal opinion relating to the Notes, this Trust Deed and/or the Agency Agreement; or
|
(ii) |
checking or commenting upon the content of any such legal opinion; or
|
(iii) |
the content of any such legal opinion,
|
11.39 |
Consolidation, amalgamation etc.
|
11.40 |
Waiver of Conflicts
|
11.41 |
Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism
|
11.42 |
Not Responsible for Listing
|
11.43 |
No Implied Duties
|
11.44 |
Rights, Powers, Discretions and Functions Additional
|
11.45 |
Determinations relating to Indemnification
|
(i) |
evaluate its risk in any given circumstance by considering the worst-case scenario; and
|
(ii) |
require that any indemnity or security given to it by the Noteholders or any of them be given on a joint and several basis and be supported by evidence satisfactory to it as to the financial standing and creditworthiness of each
counterparty and/or as to the value of the security and an opinion as to the capacity, power and authority of each counterparty and/or the validity and effectiveness of the security.
|
11.46 |
Regulatory position
|
(i) |
to delegate any of the functions which fall to be performed by an authorised person under the SFO to any other agent or person which also has the necessary authorisations and licences; and
|
(ii) |
to apply for authorisation under the SFO and perform any or all such functions itself if, in its absolute discretion, it considers it necessary, desirable or appropriate to do so.
|
11.47 |
Further Rights
|
(i) |
enter into business transactions with the Issuer and/or any entity related to the Issuer and to act as trustee, agent, depositary and/or custodian for the holders of any other securities issued or guaranteed by, or relating to, the
Issuer and any entity relating to the Issuer;
|
(ii) |
exercise and enforce its rights, comply with its obligations and perform its duties under or in relation to any such transactions or, as the case may be, any such trusteeship without regard to the interests of, or consequences for, the
Noteholders; and
|
(iii) |
to retain and not be liable to account for any profit made or any other amount or benefit received thereby or in connection therewith.
|
11.48 |
Notice in Writing
|
11.49 |
HK Stay Rules
|
12 |
Trustee liable for negligence
|
13 |
Proof of Default
|
14 |
Trustee not precluded from entering into Contracts
|
15 |
Modification and Waiver
|
(i) |
any modification to this Trust Deed, any trust deed supplemental to this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, any agreement supplemental to the Agency Agreement, the Notes or the Conditions which, in the Trustee’s opinion, is of a formal,
minor or technical nature or to correct a manifest error or is made to comply with mandatory provisions of law; and
|
(ii) |
any other modification (except as mentioned in this Trust Deed) to, or the waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed breach of, or any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default under, this Trust Deed, any trust deed
supplemental to this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, any agreement supplemental to the Agency Agreement, the Notes or the Conditions which is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, materially prejudicial to the interests of the
Noteholders.
|
16 |
Substitution
|
16.1 |
Conditions for substitution
|
16.1.1 |
the Trustee is satisfied in its discretion that the interests of the Noteholders will not be materially prejudiced by the substitution;
|
16.1.2 |
the Notes are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Issuer;
|
16.1.3 |
a deed is executed or undertaking given by the Substituted Obligor to the Trustee, in form and manner satisfactory to the Trustee in its discretion, agreeing to be bound by this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and the Notes (with
consequential amendments as the Trustee may deem appropriate, including that the Notes shall be convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares of the Issuer and not the Substituted Obligor) as if the Substituted Obligor had been
named in this Trust Deed and the Notes as the principal debtor in place of the Issuer;
|
16.1.4 |
if the Substituted Obligor is subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of a territory or any authority of or in that territory with power to tax (the “Substituted Territory”) other than the
territory to the taxing jurisdiction of which (or to any such authority of or in which) the Issuer is subject generally (the “Issuer’s Territory”), the Substituted Obligor will (unless the Trustee
in its absolute discretion otherwise agrees) give to the Trustee an undertaking satisfactory to the Trustee in its discretion in terms corresponding to Condition 9 with the substitution for the references in that Condition to the Issuer’s
Territory of references to the Substituted Territory whereupon this Trust Deed and the Notes will be read accordingly (and in which case references in Condition 7(b) to Australia shall also be construed as including references to the
Substituted Territory);
|
16.1.5 |
if any director, the company secretary or the chief financial officer (or any person acting in any of those capacities) of the Substituted Obligor certifies that the Substituted Obligor will be solvent immediately after such
substitution, the Trustee need not have regard to the Substituted Obligor’s financial condition, profits or prospects or compare them with those of the Issuer;
|
16.1.6 |
the SGX-ST (or, if applicable such other stock exchange or competent listing authority on which the Notes may be listed and/or admitted to trading pursuant to Clause 9.9) shall have confirmed to the Issuer that, after giving effect to
such substitution, the Notes shall continue to be listed and traded on the SGX-ST (or, if applicable such other stock exchange or competent listing authority on which the Notes may be listed and/or admitted to trading pursuant to Clause
9.9); and
|
16.1.7 |
the Issuer and the Substituted Obligor comply with such other requirements as the Trustee may in its discretion direct in the interests of the Noteholders.
|
16.2 |
Release of Issuer and Substitute Obligor
|
16.3 |
Completion of Substitution
|
16.4 |
Further Assurances of Issuer
|
17 |
Appointment, Retirement and Removal of the Trustee
|
17.1 |
Appointment
|
17.2 |
Retirement and Removal
|
17.3 |
Co-Trustees
|
17.3.1 |
if the Trustee considers such appointment to be in the interests of the Noteholders;
|
17.3.2 |
for the purpose of conforming with any legal requirement, restriction or condition in any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed; or
|
17.3.3 |
for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any jurisdiction or the enforcement in any jurisdiction against the Issuer of either a judgment already obtained or any of the provisions of this Trust Deed.
|
17.4 |
Competence of a Majority of Trustees
|
17.5 |
Successor
|
18 |
Communications
|
(i) |
in the case of the Issuer, to it at:
|
Attention:
|
Group Chief Financial Officer
|
copy to: Group General Counsel
|
|
Email:
|
notices@telixpharma.com
|
(ii) |
and in the case of the Trustee, to it at:
|
Fax no.:
|
+852 3478 9198
|
Email:
|
hkcmcorporatetrust@hsbc.com.hk
|
Attention:
|
Issuer Services – Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
|
19 |
Currency Indemnity
|
19.1 |
Currency of Account and Payment
|
19.2 |
Extent of discharge
|
19.3 |
Indemnity
|
19.4 |
Indemnity separate
|
20 |
Prescription
|
21 |
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
|
21.1 |
Governing Law
|
21.2 |
Jurisdiction
|
21.3 |
Service of Process
|
22 |
Counterparts
|
23 |
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
|
COMMON CODE:
|
286296149
|
ISIN:
|
XS2862961492
|
By
|
||
Authorised Signatory
|
||
Dated:
|
||
For the purposes of authentication only.
|
Dated:
|
Certifying Signature
|
Name:
|
(i) |
The signature on this transfer must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of this Note.
|
(ii) |
A representative of the registered Noteholder should state the capacity in which he signs, e.g., executor.
|
(iii) |
The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered Noteholder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the
Transfer Agent or the Registrar may require.
|
(iv) |
This form of transfer should be dated as of the date it is deposited for transfer in accordance under the Conditions.
|
COMMON CODE:
|
286296149
|
ISIN:
|
XS2862961492
|
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
|
||
(as Registrar) (without warranty, recourse or liability)
|
||
|
||
By
|
|
|
|
Authorised Signatory
|
|
|
Dated:
|
|
|
For the purposes of authentication only.
|
|
Date of Conversion /
Transfer /
Redemption /
Purchase and
cancellation / Issue
(stating which)
|
Amount of
change in
principal amount
of Notes
represented by
this Global
Certificate
|
Principal amount
of Notes
represented by this
Global Certificate
following such
change
|
Notation made
by or on behalf
of the Principal
Paying and
Conversion
Agent
|
Dated:
|
Certifying Signature
|
Name:
|
(i) |
The signature on this transfer must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of this Note.
|
(ii) |
A representative of the registered Noteholder should state the capacity in which he signs, e.g., executor.
|
(iii) |
The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered Noteholder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as
the Transfer Agent or the Registrar may require.
|
(iv) |
This form of transfer should be dated as of the date it is deposited for transfer in accordance under the Conditions.
|
1 |
(i) A holder of a Note may by an instrument in writing (a “form of proxy”) in the form available from the specified office of any Agent in English signed by the holder or, in the case of a
corporation, executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an attorney or a duly authorised officer of the corporation and delivered to any Paying Agent or Transfer Agent or an information agent or tabulation agent
appointed by the Issuer not later than 48 hours before the time fixed for any meeting, appoint any person (a “proxy”) to act on his or its behalf in connection with any meeting or proposed
meeting of Noteholders.
|
2 |
The Issuer or the Trustee may at any time convene a meeting. If the Trustee receives a written request by Noteholders holding at least ten per cent. in aggregate principal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding and is
indemnified and/or secured and/or pre-funded to its satisfaction against all costs and expenses, the Trustee shall convene a meeting. Every meeting shall be held at a time and place approved by the Trustee. A meeting that has been
validly convened in accordance with this paragraph 2, may be cancelled by the person who convened such meeting by giving at least seven days’ notice (exclusive of the day on which the notice is given or deemed to be given and of the
day of the meeting) to the Noteholders (with a copy to the Trustee where such meeting was convened by the Issuer or to the Issuer where such meeting was convened by the Trustee). Any meeting cancelled in accordance with this paragraph
2 shall be deemed not to have been convened.
|
3 |
At least 21 days’ notice (exclusive of the day on which the notice is given and of the day on which the meeting is held) specifying the day, time and place of meeting shall be given to the Noteholders. A copy of the notice shall in
all cases be given by the party convening the meeting to each of the other parties. Such notice shall also specify, unless in any particular case the Trustee otherwise agrees, the nature of the resolutions to be proposed.
|
4 |
A person (who may, but need not, be a Noteholder) nominated in writing by the Trustee may take the chair at every such meeting but if no such nomination is made or if at any meeting the person nominated shall not be present within 15
minutes after the time fixed for the meeting the Noteholders present shall choose one of their number to be chairman, failing which the Issuer may appoint a chairman. The chairman of an adjourned meeting need not be the same person as
was the chairman of the original meeting.
|
5 |
At any such meeting any one or more persons present in person holding Notes or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than ten per cent. in aggregate principal amount of the Notes for
the time being outstanding shall (except for the purpose of passing an Extraordinary Resolution) form a quorum for the transaction of business and no business (other than the choosing of a chairman) shall be transacted at any meeting
unless the requisite quorum be present at the commencement of business. The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution shall (subject as provided below) be one or more persons present in person holding Notes or
being proxies or representatives and holding or representing more than 50 per cent. in aggregate principal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding provided that at any meeting the business of which includes any of the matters
specified in the proviso to paragraph 17 the quorum shall be one or more persons present in person holding Notes or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than 75 per cent. in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding.
|
6 |
If within 15 minutes from the time fixed for any such meeting a quorum is not present the meeting shall, if convened upon the requisition of Noteholders, be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned (unless the Issuer and
the Trustee agree that it be dissolved) for such period, not being less than 14 days nor more than 42 days, and to such place, as may be decided by the chairman. At such adjourned meeting two or more persons present in person holding
Notes or being proxies or representatives (whatever the principal amount of the Notes so held or represented) shall form a quorum and may pass any resolution and decide upon all matters which could properly have been dealt with at the
meeting from which the adjournment took place had a quorum been present at such meeting provided that at any adjourned meeting at which is to be proposed an Extraordinary Resolution for the purpose of effecting any of the modifications
specified in the proviso to paragraph 17 the quorum shall be two or more persons so present holding Notes or being proxies or representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than 50 per cent. in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding.
|
7 |
The chairman may with the consent of (and shall if directed by) any meeting adjourn such meeting from time to time and from place to place but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business which might
lawfully have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
|
8 |
At least ten days’ notice of any meeting adjourned through want of a quorum shall be given in the same manner as for an original meeting and such notice shall state the quorum required at such adjourned meeting. It shall not,
however, otherwise be necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting.
|
9 |
Every question submitted to a meeting shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands and in case of equality of votes the chairman shall both on a show of hands and on a poll have a casting vote in addition to the vote or
votes (if any) which he may have as a Noteholder or as a proxy or representative.
|
10 |
At any meeting, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by the chairman, the Issuer, the Trustee or by one or more persons holding one or more Notes or being proxies or
representatives and holding or representing in the aggregate not less than two per cent. in principal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried by a
particular majority or lost or not carried by any particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.
|
11 |
If at any meeting a poll is so demanded, it shall be taken in such manner and (subject as provided below) either at once or after such an adjournment as the chairman directs and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the
resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded as at the date of the taking of the poll. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuation of the meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on
which the poll has been demanded.
|
12 |
Any poll demanded at any meeting on the election of a chairman or on any question of adjournment shall be taken at the meeting without adjournment.
|
13 |
The Issuer and the Trustee (through their respective representatives) and their respective financial and legal advisers may attend and speak at any meeting of Noteholders. No one else may attend at any meeting of Noteholders or join
with others in requesting the convening of such a meeting unless he is the holder of a Note or is a proxy or a representative.
|
14 |
At any meeting on a show of hands every holder who is present in person or any person who is present and is a proxy or a representative shall have one vote and on a poll every person who is so present shall have one vote in respect
of each A$100,000 in principal amount of Notes held or in respect of which he is a proxy or a representative. Without prejudice to the obligations of proxies, any person entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast
all the votes to which he is entitled in the same way.
|
15 |
At a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll in accordance with paragraph 26, and any such poll will be deemed to have been validly demanded at the time fixed for
holding the meeting to which it relates.
|
16 |
A proxy need not be a Noteholder.
|
17 |
A meeting of Noteholders shall, subject to the Conditions, in addition to the powers given above, but without prejudice to any powers conferred on other persons by this Trust Deed, have power exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution:
|
17.1 |
to sanction any proposal by the Issuer or the Trustee for any modification, abrogation, variation or compromise of, or arrangement in respect of, the rights of the Noteholders against the Issuer or against any of its property whether
such rights shall arise under this Trust Deed or otherwise;
|
17.2 |
to sanction any scheme or proposal for the conversion, exchange, substitution or sale of the Notes for, or the conversion or exchange of the Notes into, or the cancellation of the Notes in consideration of, shares, stock, bonds,
debentures, debenture stock and/or other obligations and/or securities of the Issuer or any other entity (including, without limitation, any trust) formed or to be formed, or partly for or into or in consideration of such shares, stock,
bonds, debentures, debenture stock and/or other obligations and/or securities as aforesaid and partly for or into or in consideration of cash;
|
17.3 |
to assent to any modification of this Trust Deed or the Conditions that relates to the rights appertaining to the Notes which shall be proposed by the Issuer or the Trustee;
|
17.4 |
to authorise anyone to concur in and do all such things as may be necessary to carry out and to give any authority, direction or sanction which under this Trust Deed or the Notes is required to be given by Extraordinary Resolution;
|
17.5 |
to appoint any persons (whether Noteholders or not) as a committee or committees to represent the interests of the Noteholders and to confer upon such committee or committees any powers or discretions which the Noteholders could
themselves exercise by Extraordinary Resolution;
|
17.6 |
to approve a person proposed to be appointed as a new Trustee and to remove any Trustee;
|
17.7 |
to approve the substitution of any entity for the Issuer (or any previous substitute) as principal debtor under this Trust Deed; and
|
17.8 |
to discharge or exonerate the Trustee from any liability in respect of any act or omission for which it may become responsible under this Trust Deed or the Notes,
|
(i) |
modifying the maturity of the Notes (other than deferring the earliest date on which the Notes may be redeemed pursuant to Condition 7(b)(i)); or
|
(ii) |
reducing or cancelling the principal amount, any premium or any interest payable on, the Notes or to reduce the amount payable on redemption of the Notes or modify or cancel the Conversion Rights; or
|
(iii) |
to increase the Conversion Price other than in accordance with the Conditions;
|
(iv) |
changing the currency of any payment in respect of the Notes; or
|
(v) |
changing the governing law of the Notes, the Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement (other than in the case of a substitution of the Issuer (or any previous substitute or substitutes) under Condition 14(c)); or
|
(vi) |
modifying the provisions contained in this Schedule concerning the quorum required at any meeting of Noteholders or the majority required to pass an Extraordinary Resolution; or
|
(vii) |
amending this proviso.
|
18 |
An Extraordinary Resolution passed at a meeting of Noteholders duly convened and held in accordance with this Trust Deed shall be binding upon all the Noteholders, whether or not present at such meeting and whether or not they vote
in favour, and each of the Noteholders shall be bound to give effect to it accordingly. The passing of any such resolution shall be conclusive evidence that the circumstances of such resolution justify the passing of it.
|
19 |
The expression “Extraordinary Resolution” means a resolution passed at a meeting of Noteholders duly convened and held in accordance with these provisions by a majority consisting of not less
than 75 per cent. of the votes cast.
|
20 |
Subject to the following sentence, a written resolution signed by the holders of not less than 75 per cent. of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding (“Written Resolution”) may
be contained in one document or in several documents in like form, each signed by or on behalf of one or more of the Noteholders.
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21 |
For so long as the Notes are in the form of a Global Certificate registered in the name of any nominee for one or more of Euroclear, Clearstream or another clearing system, then, in respect of any resolution proposed by the Issuer or
the Trustee:
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21.1 |
where the terms of the proposed resolution have been notified to the Noteholders through the relevant clearing system(s), the Issuer and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon approval of such resolution proposed by the Issuer or
the Trustee (as the case may be) given by way of electronic consents communicated through the electronic communications systems of the relevant clearing system(s) in accordance with their operating rules and procedures by or on behalf
of the holders of not less than 75 per cent. of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding (“Electronic Consent”). None of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be liable or responsible to
anyone for such reliance; and
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21.2 |
where Electronic Consent is not being sought, for the purpose of determining whether a Written Resolution has been validly passed, each of the Issuer and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on consent or instructions given in
writing directly to the Issuer and/or the Trustee (as the case may be) by (a) accountholders in the clearing system(s) with entitlements to such Global Certificate and/or (b) where the accountholders hold any such entitlement on behalf
of another person, on written consent from or written instruction by the person identified by that accountholder as the person for whom such entitlement is held. For the purpose of establishing the entitlement to give any such consent
or instruction, the Issuer and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on any certificate or other document issued by, in the case of (a) above, Euroclear, Clearstream or any other relevant clearing system (the “relevant clearing system”) and, in the case of (b) above, the relevant clearing system and the accountholder identified by the relevant clearing system for the purpose of (b) above. Any resolution passed in such manner
shall be binding on all Noteholders, even if the relevant consent or instruction proves to be defective. Any such certificate or other document shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Any
such certificate or other document may comprise any form of statement or print out of electronic records provided by the relevant clearing system (including Euroclear’s EUCLID or Clearstream’s CreationOnline system) in accordance with
its usual procedures and in which the accountholder of a particular principal or nominal amount of the Notes is clearly identified together with the amount of such holding. None of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be liable to any person
by reason of having accepted as valid or not having rejected any certificate or other document to such effect purporting to be issued by any such person and subsequently found to be forged or not authentic; and
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21.3 |
A Written Resolution and/or Electronic Consent shall take effect as an Extraordinary Resolution. A Written Resolution and/or Electronic Consent will be binding on all Noteholders, whether or not they participated in such Written
Resolution and/or Electronic Consent.
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22 |
Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every such meeting shall be made and entered in the books to be from time to time provided for that purpose by the Issuer or the Trustee and any such minutes, if purporting to be signed
by the chairman of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings transacted or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting of Noteholders, shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained in them and until the
contrary is proved every such meeting in respect of the proceedings of which minutes have been so made and signed shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held and all resolutions passed or proceedings transacted at it to have
been duly passed and transacted.
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23 |
Subject to all other provisions contained in this Trust Deed, the Trustee may without the consent of the Noteholders prescribe such further regulations regarding the holding of meetings of Noteholders and attendance and voting at
them as the Trustee may in its sole discretion determine including particularly (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) such regulations and requirements as the Trustee thinks proper or appropriate so as to satisfy
itself that persons who purport to requisition a meeting in accordance with paragraph 2 or who purport to make any requisition to the Trustee in accordance with this Trust Deed are in fact Noteholders and that those who purport to
attend or vote at a meeting or to sign a written resolution or to provide an Electronic Consent are entitled to do so.
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24 |
The Issuer (with the Trustee’s prior approval) or the Trustee in its sole discretion may decide to hold a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting and, in such case, shall provide details of the means for Noteholders or their proxies or
representatives to attend, participate in and/or speak at the meeting, including the electronic platform to be used.
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25 |
The Issuer or the chairperson (in each case, with the Trustee’s prior approval) or the Trustee in its sole discretion may make any arrangement and impose any requirement or restriction as is necessary to ensure the identification of
those entitled to take part in the virtual meeting or hybrid meeting and the suitability of the electronic platform. All documentation that is required to be passed between persons at or for the purposes of the virtual meeting or
persons attending the hybrid meeting via the electronic platform (in each case, in whatever capacity) shall be communicated by email (or such other medium of electronic communication as the Trustee may approve).
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26 |
All resolutions put to a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting shall be voted on by a poll in accordance with paragraphs 11 to 14 above (inclusive).
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27 |
Persons seeking to attend, participate in, speak at or join a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting via the electronic platform, shall be responsible for ensuring that they have access to the facilities (including, without limitation,
IT systems, equipment and connectivity) which are necessary to enable them to do so.
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28 |
In determining whether persons are attending, participating in or joining a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting via the electronic platform, it is immaterial whether any two or more members attending it are in the same physical
location as each other or how they are able to communicate with each other.
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29 |
Two or more persons who are not in the same physical location as each other attend a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting if their circumstances are such that if they have (or were to have) rights to speak or vote at that meeting,
they are (or would be) able to exercise them.
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30 |
The chairperson of the meeting reserves the right to take such steps as the chairperson shall determine in its absolute discretion to avoid or minimise disruption at the meeting, which steps may include (without limitation), in the
case of a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting, muting the electronic connection to the meeting of the person causing such disruption for such period of time as the chairperson may determine.
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31 |
The Issuer (with the Trustee’s prior approval) or the Trustee in its sole discretion may make whatever arrangements they consider appropriate to enable those attending a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting to exercise their rights to
speak or vote at it.
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32 |
A person is able to exercise the right to speak at a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting when that person is in a position to communicate to all those attending the meeting, during the meeting, as contemplated by the relevant
provisions of this Schedule.
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33 |
A person is able to exercise the right to vote at a virtual meeting or a hybrid meeting when:
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33.1 |
that person is able to vote, during the meeting, on resolutions put to the vote at the meeting; and
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33.2 |
that person’s vote can be taken into account in determining whether or not such resolutions are passed at the same time as the votes of all the other persons attending the meeting who are entitled to vote at such meeting.
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34 |
The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable to the Issuer, the Noteholders or any other person for the security of the electronic platform used for any virtual meeting or hybrid meeting or for accessibility or connectivity or the
lack of accessibility or connectivity to any virtual meeting or hybrid meeting.
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1. |
Form, Denomination, Title and Status
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(a) |
Form and Denomination
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(b) |
Title
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(c) |
Status
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2. |
Negative Pledge
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(i) |
all amounts payable by the Issuer under the Notes and the Trust Deed are secured equally and rateably with the Relevant Indebtedness or guarantee or indemnity, as the case may be; or
|
(ii) |
such other Security Interest or guarantee or indemnity or other arrangement (whether or not including the giving of a Security Interest) is provided in respect of all amounts payable by the Issuer under the Notes and the Trust Deed
either:
|
(A) |
as the Trustee shall in its sole and absolute discretion deem not materially less beneficial to the interests of the Noteholders; or
|
(B) |
as shall be approved by an Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed) of the Noteholders.
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3. |
Definitions
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(i) |
any Dividend which is to be paid or made in cash (in whatever currency), but other than falling within paragraph (ii) of the definition of “Spin-Off”; and
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(ii) |
any Dividend determined to be a Cash Dividend pursuant to proviso (i) to the definition of “Dividend” and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Dividend falling within provisos (iii) or (iv) of the definition of “Dividend” shall be treated
as being a Non-Cash Dividend;
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(i) |
an offer is made to all (or as nearly as may be practicable to all) Shareholders (or all (or as nearly as may be practicable to all) Shareholders other than the offeror and/or any associate (as defined in sections 11 and 12 of the
Corporations Act) of the offeror) to acquire the whole or any part of the issued ordinary share capital of the Issuer (an “Offer”) and such Offer having become or been declared unconditional in all respects, and the offeror having a
relevant interest (as defined in the Corporations Act) in more than 50 per cent, of the Ordinary Shares on issue; or
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(ii) |
any person proposes a scheme of arrangement (including an informal scheme or similar arrangement involving the Issuer) with regard to such Ordinary Shares (other than an Exempt Newco Scheme) (a “Scheme”),
and such Scheme:
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(A) |
is approved by the Shareholders and all other classes of members or creditors whose approval is required for the scheme of arrangement to take effect; and
|
(B) |
when implemented will result in a person having a relevant interest (as defined in the Corporations Act) in more than 50 per cent, of the Ordinary Shares that will be in issue after such Scheme is implemented; or (
|
iii) |
an event occurs which has equivalent effect as the events set out in (i) or (ii) above, including if the Issuer announces a proposal whereby it or one or more of its Subsidiaries is to amalgamate or consolidate with or merge into or
sell or transfer all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other person or groups of persons (unless the amalgamation, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer will
not result in the other person or persons acquiring Control over the Issuer);
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(i) |
has the power to appoint and/or remove the majority of the members of the governing body of that person who is or are in a position to cast, or control the casting of, more than half of the maximum number of votes that might be cast
at a meeting of the governing body of that person;
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(ii) |
otherwise controls that person within the meaning of section 50AA of the Corporations Act;
|
(i) |
for the purposes of determining the Current Market Price pursuant to Condition 6(b)(iv) or Condition 6(b)(vi) in circumstances where the relevant event relates to an issue of Ordinary Shares, if at any time during the said 10 Dealing
Day period (which may be on each of such 10 Dealing Days) the Volume Weighted Average Price shall have been based on a price ex-Dividend (or ex-any other entitlement) and/or during some part of that period (which may be on each of such
10 Dealing Days) the Volume Weighted Average Price shall have been based on a price cum-Dividend (or cum-any other entitlement), in any such case which has been declared or announced, then:
|
(A) |
if the Ordinary Shares to be so issued do not rank for the Dividend (or entitlement) in question, the Volume Weighted Average Price on the dates on which the Ordinary Shares shall have been based on a price cum-Dividend (or cum- such
other entitlement) shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of any such Dividend or entitlement per Ordinary Share as at the first date on which the
Ordinary Shares are traded ex-such Dividend or entitlement on the Relevant Stock Exchange (or, where on each of the said 10 Dealing Days the Volume Weighted Average Price shall have been based on a price cum-Dividend (or cum- such other
entitlement), as at the date of first public announcement of such Dividend (or entitlement)), in any such case, determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made for or on account of tax, and
disregarding any associated tax credit; or
|
(B) |
if the Ordinary Shares to be so issued do rank for the Dividend (or entitlement) in question, the Volume Weighted Average Price on the dates on which the Ordinary Shares shall have been based on a price ex-Dividend (or ex- such other
entitlement) shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof increased by an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of any such Dividend or entitlement per Ordinary Share as at the date of first public
announcement of such Dividend (or entitlement), in any such case, determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made for or on account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax credit;
|
(ii) |
for the purposes of any calculation or determination required to be made pursuant to paragraphs (i)(a) or (i)(b) of the definition of “Dividend”, if on any of the said 10 Dealing Days the Volume Weighted Average Price shall have been
based on a price cum- the relevant Dividend or capitalisation giving rise to the requirement to make such calculation or determination, the Volume Weighted Average Price on any such Dealing Day shall for the purposes of this definition
be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the relevant Cash Dividend as at the first date on which the Ordinary Shares are traded ex-such Cash Dividend on the Relevant Stock Exchange,
determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made for or on account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax credit; and
|
(iii) |
for any other purpose if any day during the said 10 Dealing Day period was the Effective Date in relation to any Dividend (or any other entitlement) the Volume Weighted Average Prices that shall have been based on a price cum-such
Dividend (or cum-such entitlement) shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of any such Dividend or entitlement per Ordinary Share as at the first
date on which the Ordinary Shares are traded ex-such Dividend or entitlement on the Relevant Stock Exchange;
|
(i) |
cease to be quoted, listed or admitted to trading on the ASX or the Alternative Stock Exchange (as the case may be) (but for the avoidance of doubt this paragraph will not apply so long as Ordinary Shares continue to be quoted,
listed or admitted to trading on either the ASX or an Alternative Stock Exchange); or
|
(ii) |
are suspended from trading on the ASX or the Alternative Stock Exchange (as the case may be) for a period of more than 30 consecutive Dealing Days,
|
(a) |
a Dividend in cash is announced which is to be, or may at the election of a Shareholder or Shareholders be, satisfied by the issue or delivery of Ordinary Shares or other property or assets or re-invested in Ordinary Shares pursuant
to a DRP, or where an issue of Ordinary Shares or other Securities to Shareholders by way of a capitalisation of profits or reserves (including any share premium account or capital redemption reserve) is announced which is to be, or may
at the election of a Shareholder or Shareholders be, satisfied by the payment of cash, then the Dividend, issue or capitalisation in question shall be treated as a Cash Dividend of an amount equal to:
|
(A) |
(in the case of an issue of Ordinary Shares pursuant to a DRP where the discount per Ordinary Share (as determined and announced by the Issuer) at which Ordinary Shares may be issued pursuant to such DRP in respect of such Dividend
(determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made for or on account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax credit) is equal to or less than 5 per cent, of such reference price as is
determined and announced by the Issuer to be applicable for the purpose of determining such discount) the Fair Market Value of such cash amount as at the Ex-Date of the relevant Dividend;
|
(B) |
(in the case of an issue of Ordinary Shares pursuant to a DRP where the discount as referred to in (A) above exceeds 5 per cent,) the sum of (i) the Fair Market Value of such cash amount as at the Ex-Date of the relevant Dividend or
capitalisation and (ii) the difference (if positive) (determined per each Ordinary Share entitled to participate in such DRP, taking into account the number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued pursuant to such DRP in respect of each
such Ordinary Share so entitled to participate in such DRP) between the Current Market Price of an Ordinary Share as at the Ex-Date of the relevant Dividend (or, if later, the Dividend Determination Date) and the price per Ordinary
Share at which any such Ordinary Share may be issued pursuant to such DRP (determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made for or on account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax
credit); or
|
(C) |
(in any other case) the greater of:
|
(x) |
the Fair Market Value of such cash amount; and
|
(y) |
the Current Market Price of such Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, the Fair Market Value of such other property or assets, in any such case as at the Ex-Date in respect of the relevant Dividend or capitalisation (or, if later,
the Dividend Determination Date);
|
(b) |
there shall be any issue of Ordinary Shares to Shareholders by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves (including any share premium account or capital redemption reserve) where (other than in circumstances subject to (a) above
of this proviso (i)) such issue is expressed to be in lieu of a Dividend (whether or not a Cash Dividend equivalent or amount is announced) or a Dividend in cash that is to be satisfied (other than in circumstances subject to (a) above
of this proviso (i)) by the issue or delivery of Ordinary Shares or other property or assets, the capitalisation or Dividend in question shall be treated as a Cash Dividend of an amount equal to the Current Market Price of such Ordinary
Shares or, as the case may be, the Fair Market Value of such other property or assets as at the first date on which the Ordinary Shares are traded ex- the relevant capitalisation or, as the case may be, ex- the relevant Dividend on the
Relevant Stock Exchange (or, if later, the date on which the number of Ordinary Shares or amount of such other property or assets, as the case may be, is determined), save that where a Dividend in cash is announced which is to be
satisfied by the issue or delivery of Ordinary Shares where the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued or delivered is to be determined at a date or during a period following such announcement and is to be determined by reference to a
publicly available formula based on the Closing Price or Volume Weighted Average Price or any like or similar pricing benchmark of the Ordinary Shares, without factoring in any discount to such price or benchmark, then such Dividend
shall be treated as a Cash Dividend in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such cash amount on such date as such cash amount is determined as aforesaid;
|
(ii) |
any issue of Ordinary Shares falling within Condition 6(b)(i) or Condition 6(b)(ii) shall be disregarded;
|
(iii) |
a purchase or redemption or buy back of share capital of the Issuer by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer shall not constitute a Dividend unless, in the case of a purchase or redemption or buy back of Ordinary
Shares by or on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, the weighted average price per Ordinary Share (before expenses) on any one day (a “Specified Share Day”) in respect of such purchases or
redemptions or buy backs (translated, if not in the Relevant Currency, into the Relevant Currency at the Prevailing Rate on such day) exceeds by more than 5 per cent, the arithmetic mean of the daily Volume Weighted Average Price of an
Ordinary Share on the five Dealing Days on which sales in Ordinary Shares were recorded immediately preceding the Specified Share Day or, where an announcement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt for these purposes, any general
authority for such purchases, redemptions or buy backs approved by a general meeting of Shareholders or any notice convening such a meeting of Shareholders) has been made of the intention to purchase, redeem or buy back Ordinary Shares
at some future date at a specified price or where a tender offer is made, on the five Dealing Days on which sales in Ordinary Shares were recorded immediately preceding the date of such announcement or the date of first public
announcement of such tender offer (and regardless whether or not a price per Ordinary Share, a minimum price per Ordinary Share or a price range or a formula for the determination thereof is or is not announced at such time), as the
case may be, in which case such purchase, redemption or buy back shall be deemed to constitute a Dividend in the Relevant Currency to the extent that the aggregate price paid (before expenses) in respect of such Ordinary Shares
purchased, redeemed or bought back by the Issuer or, as the case may be, any of its Subsidiaries (translated where appropriate into the Relevant Currency as provided above) exceeds the product of:
|
(a) |
105 per cent, of the average of the daily Volume Weighted Average Price of an Ordinary Share determined as aforesaid; and
|
(b) |
the number of Ordinary Shares so purchased, redeemed or bought back;
|
(iv) |
if the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (or any person on its of their behalf) shall purchase, redeem or buy back any depositary or other receipts or certificates representing Ordinary Shares, the provisions of paragraph (iii) above
of this definition shall be applied in respect thereof in such manner and with such modifications (if any) as shall be determined in good faith by an Independent Adviser;
|
(v) |
where a dividend or distribution is paid or made to Shareholders pursuant to any plan or arrangement implemented by the Issuer for the purpose of enabling Shareholders to elect, or which may require Shareholders, to receive dividends
or distributions in respect of the Ordinary Shares held by them from a person other than, or in addition to the Issuer, such dividend or distribution shall for the purposes of these Conditions be treated as a dividend or distribution
made or paid to Shareholders by the Issuer, and the foregoing provisions of this definition and the provisions of these Conditions shall be construed accordingly; and
|
(vi) |
a dividend or distribution that is a Spin-Off shall be deemed to be a Dividend paid or made by the Issuer,
|
(i) |
admitted to trading on the Relevant Stock Exchange; or
|
(ii) |
admitted to listing on such other regulated, regularly operating, recognised stock exchange or securities market as the Issuer or Newco may determine;
|
(i) |
the Fair Market Value of a Cash Dividend shall be the amount of such Cash Dividend;
|
(ii) |
the Fair Market Value of any other cash amount shall be the amount of such cash;
|
(iii) |
where Spin-Off Securities, other Securities, options, warrants or other rights are publicly traded in a market of adequate liquidity (as determined by an Independent Adviser), the Fair Market Value:
|
(a) |
of such Spin-Off Securities or other Securities shall equal the arithmetic mean of the daily Volume Weighted Average Prices of such Spin-Off Securities or Securities; and
|
(b) |
of such options, warrants or other rights shall equal the arithmetic mean of the daily Closing Prices of such options, warrants or other rights,
|
(iv) |
where Spin-Off Securities, Securities, options, warrants or other rights are not publicly traded (as aforesaid), the Fair Market Value of such Spin-Off Securities, Securities, options, warrants or other rights shall be determined in
good faith by an Independent Adviser, on the basis of a commonly accepted market valuation method and taking account of such factors as it considers appropriate, including the market price per Ordinary Share, the dividend yield of an
Ordinary Share, the volatility of such market price, prevailing interest rates and the terms of such Spin-Off Securities, Securities, options, warrants or other rights, including as to the expiry date and exercise price (if any)
thereof;
|
(v) |
in the case of proviso (i) above, translated into the Relevant Currency (if declared or paid or payable in a currency other than the Relevant Currency) at the rate of exchange used to determine the amount payable to Shareholders who
were paid or are to be paid or are entitled to be paid the Cash Dividend in the Relevant Currency; and
|
(vi) |
in any other case, translated into the Relevant Currency (if expressed in a currency other than the Relevant Currency) at the Prevailing Rate on that date; and
|
(vii) |
in the case of provisos (i) and (ii) above to this definition, disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made on account of tax and any associated tax credit;
|
(i) |
sections 1471 to 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any associated regulations;
|
(ii) |
any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred
to in paragraph (i) above; or
|
(iii) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (i) or (ii) with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other
jurisdiction;
|
(i) |
money borrowed or raised;
|
(ii) |
liabilities under or in respect of any acceptance or acceptance credit; or
|
(iii) |
any notes, bonds, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock, loan capital, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or other securities or instruments, offered, issued or distributed whether by way of public offer, private placing,
acquisition consideration or otherwise and whether issued for cash or in whole or in part for a consideration other than cash;
|
(i) |
only ordinary shares or units or equivalent of Newco or depositary or other receipts or certificates representing ordinary shares or units or equivalent are issued to Existing Shareholders;
|
(ii) |
immediately after completion of the Scheme of Arrangement the only holders of ordinary shares, units or equivalent of Newco or, as the case may be, the only holders of depositary or other receipts or certificates representing
ordinary shares or units or equivalent of Newco are Existing Shareholders;
|
(iii) |
immediately after completion of the Scheme of Arrangement, Newco is (or one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Newco are) the only shareholder of the Issuer;
|
(iv) |
all Subsidiaries of the Issuer immediately prior to the Scheme of Arrangement (other than Newco, if Newco is then a Subsidiary of the Issuer) are Subsidiaries of the Issuer (or of Newco) immediately after completion of the Scheme of
Arrangement; and
|
(v) |
immediately after completion of the Scheme of Arrangement the Issuer (or Newco) holds, directly or indirectly, the same percentage of the ordinary share capital and Equity Share Capital of those Subsidiaries as was held by the Issuer
immediately prior to the Scheme of Arrangement;
|
(i) |
which is a non-resident of Australia and does not receive payment in respect of Notes (or an interest in any Notes) that such Associate acquired in carrying on a business in Australia at or through a permanent establishment of the
Associate in Australia; or
|
(ii) |
which is a resident of Australia and which receives payment in respect of Notes (or an interest in Notes) that such Associate acquired in carrying on a business in a country outside Australia at or through a permanent establishment
of the Associate in that country,
|
(i)
|
existed at the Closing Date and was not created in contemplation of the issue of Notes; or
|
(ii)
|
existed before the relevant entity became a Principal Subsidiary and was not created in contemplation of such entity becoming a Principal Subsidiary and provided that the principal amount of such Relevant Indebtedness is not
increased;
|
(a) |
whose revenue or (in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) consolidated revenue, as shown by its latest audited statement of comprehensive income comprises at least 5.0 per cent, of the consolidated total income as
shown by the latest audited consolidated statement of comprehensive income of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
|
(b) |
whose total assets or (in the case of Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) consolidated total assets, as shown by its latest audited statement of financial position comprises at least 5.0 per cent. of the consolidated total
assets as shown by the latest audited consolidated statement of financial position of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries including, for the avoidance of doubt, the investment of the Issuer in each Subsidiary whose accounts are not
consolidated with the consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer and after adjustment for minority interests; or
|
(c) |
to which is transferred the whole or substantially the whole of the assets of a Subsidiary which immediately prior to such transfer was a Principal Subsidiary, provided that (i) the Principal Subsidiary which so transfers its assets
shall forthwith upon such transfer cease to be a Principal Subsidiary and the Subsidiary to which the assets are so transferred shall become a Principal Subsidiary and (ii) on or after the date on which the first available audited
accounts (consolidated, if appropriate) of the Issuer prepared as of a date later than such transfer are issued, whether such transferor Subsidiary or such transferee Subsidiary is or is not a Principal Subsidiary shall be determined on
the basis of such accounts by virtue of the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (b) above of this definition or this paragraph (c),
|
(I) |
in the case of a corporation or other business entity becoming a Subsidiary after the end of the financial period to which the latest consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer relate, the reference to the then latest consolidated
audited accounts of the Issuer for the purposes of the calculation above shall, until consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer for the financial period in which the relevant corporation or other business entity becomes a Subsidiary
are published be deemed to be a reference to the then latest consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer adjusted to consolidate the latest audited accounts (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) of
such Subsidiary in such accounts;
|
(II) |
if at any relevant time in relation to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries which itself has Subsidiaries no consolidated accounts are prepared and audited, the revenue or total assets of the Issuer and/or any such Subsidiary shall
be determined on the basis of pro forma consolidated accounts prepared for this purpose by the Issuer;
|
(III) |
if at any relevant time in relation to any Subsidiary of the Issuer, no accounts are audited, its revenue or total assets (consolidated, if appropriate) shall be determined on the basis of pro forma
accounts (consolidated, if appropriate) of the relevant Subsidiary prepared for this purpose by the Issuer; and
|
(IV) |
if the accounts of any subsidiary (not being a Subsidiary referred to in proviso (I) above) are not consolidated with those of the Issuer, then the determination of whether or not such subsidiary is a Principal Subsidiary shall be
based on a pro forma consolidation of its accounts (consolidated, if appropriate) with the consolidated accounts (determined on the basis of the foregoing) of the Issuer.
|
(i) |
the date on which payment in respect of it first becomes due; and
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(ii) |
if any amount of the money payable is improperly withheld or refused the date on which payment in full of the amount outstanding is made or (if earlier) the date on which notice is duly given by the Issuer to the Noteholders in
accordance with Condition 17 that, upon further presentation of the Note, where required pursuant to these Conditions, being made, such payment will be made, provided that such payment is in fact made as provided in these Conditions;
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(i) |
there is a Delisting; or
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(ii) |
there is a Change of Control (provided that in the case of a Change of Control referred to in paragraph (ii) of the definition of Change of Control, a Relevant Event shall not occur until the implementation date in respect of the
relevant scheme, and in the case of a Change of Control referred to in paragraph (iii) of the definition of Change of Control, a Relevant Event shall not occur until the consummation of the relevant transaction);
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(a) |
indebtedness in the form of or represented by notes, bonds, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock or other securities issued to commercial banks or other participants in loan markets which are not intended to be listed or
ordinarily dealt in on any recognised listing authority, stock exchange or over-the-counter or other securities market; or
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(b) |
for the avoidance of doubt, syndicated or bilateral bank debt or loan facilities or any interest rate or other hedging transactions;
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(i) |
in the case of Ordinary Shares, the ASX or, if at the relevant time the Ordinary Shares are not at that time listed and admitted to trading on the ASX, or the Issuer has so notified the Trustee and the Noteholders, the Alternative
Stock Exchange if any; and
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(ii) |
in the case of Securities (other than Ordinary Shares), Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets, the principal stock exchange or securities market on which such Securities (other than Ordinary Shares),
Spin-Off Securities, options, warrants or other rights or assets are then listed, admitted to trading or quoted or dealt in;
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(i) |
a distribution of Spin-Off Securities by the Issuer to Shareholders as a class; or
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(ii) |
any issue, transfer or delivery of any property or assets (including cash or shares or securities of or in or issued or allotted by any entity) by any entity (other than the Issuer) to Shareholders as a class or, in the case of or in
connection with a Scheme of Arrangement, Existing Shareholders as a class (but excluding the issue and allotment of ordinary shares by Newco to Existing Shareholders as a class), pursuant in each case to any arrangements with the Issuer
or any of its Subsidiaries;
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4. |
Registration and Transfer of Notes
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(a) |
Registration
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(b) |
Transfer
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(c) |
Formalities Free of Charge
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(i) |
the person making such application for transfer paying or procuring the payment of any taxes, duties and other governmental charges in connection therewith;
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(ii) |
the Registrar being satisfied with the documents of title and/or identity of the person making the application; and
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(iii) |
compliance with the regulations referred to in Condition 4(e).
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(d) |
Closed Periods
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(i) |
during the period of 15 days ending on and including the day immediately prior to the Maturity Date or any earlier date fixed for redemption of the Notes pursuant to Condition 7(b) or Condition 7(c);
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(ii) |
in respect of which a Conversion Notice has been delivered in accordance with Condition 6(h);
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(iii) |
in respect of which a holder shall have exercised its option to require the Issuer to redeem pursuant to Condition 7(e) or Condition 7(f); or
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(iv) |
during the period of15 days ending on (and including) any Record Date (as defined in Condition 8(c)) in respect of any payment of interest on the Notes.
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(e) |
Regulations
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(f) |
Restrictions on transfer
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(i) |
the offer or invitation giving rise to the transfer does not constitute an offer or invitation in Australia for which disclosure is required to be made to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act;
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(ii) |
the transfer is not made to a person in Australia who is a “retail client” within the meaning of Section 761G of the Corporations Act; and
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(iii) |
the offer or invitation giving rise to the transfer and the transfer complies with any applicable law or directive of the jurisdiction where transfer takes place.
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5. |
Interest
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6. |
Conversion of Notes
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(a) |
Conversion
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(i) |
Conversion Period and Conversion Price: Each Note shall entitle the holder to require the Issuer to convert such Note
into Ordinary Shares, credited as fully paid, subject to and as provided in these Conditions (a “Conversion Right”). Each holder consents to become a member of the Issuer and to be bound by the
constitution of the Issuer in respect of any Ordinary Shares issued on exercise of a Conversion Right.
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(ii) |
Fractions: Fractions of Ordinary Shares will not be issued or transferred and delivered on conversion or pursuant to
Condition 6(c) and no cash payment or other adjustment will be made in lieu thereof. However, if the Conversion Right in respect of more than one Note is exercised at any one time such that Ordinary Shares to be delivered on
conversion or pursuant to Condition 6(c) are to be registered in the same name, the number of such Ordinary Shares to be issued or transferred and delivered in respect thereof shall be calculated on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of such Notes being so converted and rounded down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares.
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(b) |
Adjustment of Conversion Price
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(i) |
consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision: if and whenever there shall be a consolidation,
reclassification, redesignation or subdivision affecting the number of Ordinary Shares in issue, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to such consolidation,
reclassification, redesignation or subdivision by the following fraction:
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A |
is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before such consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision, as the case may be; and
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B |
is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately after, and as a result of, such consolidation, reclassification, redesignation or subdivision, as the case may be.
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(ii) |
capitalisation of profits or reserves: if and whenever the Issuer shall issue any Ordinary Shares to the Shareholders
credited as fully paid by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves other than:
|
(1) |
where any such Ordinary Shares are or are to be issued instead of the whole or part of a Dividend in cash which the Shareholders would or could otherwise have elected to receive;
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(2) |
where the Shareholders may elect to receive a Dividend in cash in lieu of such Ordinary Shares; or
|
(3) |
where any such Ordinary Shares are expressed to be issued in lieu of a Dividend (whether or not a Cash Dividend or equivalent amount is announced or would otherwise be payable to Shareholders, whether at their election or otherwise),
|
A |
is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before such issue; and
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B |
is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately after such issue.
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(iii) |
Dividend: if and whenever the Issuer shall pay or make any Dividend to the Shareholders, the Conversion Price shall be
adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
|
A |
is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Effective Date; and
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B |
is the portion of the Fair Market Value of the aggregate Dividend attributable to one Ordinary Share, with such portion being determined by dividing the Fair Market Value of the aggregate Dividend by the number of Ordinary Shares
entitled to receive the relevant Dividend (or, in the case of a purchase, redemption or buy back of Ordinary Shares or any depositary or other receipts or certificates representing Ordinary Shares by or on behalf of the Issuer or any
Subsidiary of the Issuer, by the number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately following such purchase, redemption or buy back, and treating as not being in issue any Ordinary Shares, or any Ordinary Shares represented by depositary or
other receipts or certificates, purchased, redeemed or bought back).
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(iv) |
rights issues or options over Ordinary Shares: if and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or (at the
direction or request or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall issue any Ordinary Shares to Shareholders as a class by way of rights, or shall issue or
grant to Shareholders as a class by way of rights, any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or otherwise acquire Ordinary Shares or any Securities which by their terms of issue carry (directly or indirectly)
rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or the right to otherwise acquire any Ordinary Shares (or shall grant any such rights in respect of existing Securities so issued), in each case at a price per Ordinary Share
which is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of the first public announcement of the terms of the issue or grant of such Ordinary Shares, options, warrants or other rights (and
notwithstanding that the relevant issue may be or be expressed to be subject to Shareholder or other approvals or consents or other contingency or event occurring or not occurring) and save where such issue or grant constitutes a
Dividend or an issue or grant mentioned in Condition 6(b)(ii), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
|
A |
is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue on the Effective Date;
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B |
is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the Ordinary Shares issued by way of rights or for the Securities issued by way of rights and upon exercise of rights of conversion into, or
exchange or subscription for, or the right to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares, or for the options or warrants or other rights issued by way of rights and for the total number of Ordinary Shares to be issued on the exercise thereof,
would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share; and
|
C |
is the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued or, as the case may be, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon exercise of such options, warrants or rights calculated as at the date of issue of such options,
warrants or rights or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of rights of subscription or purchase (or other rights of acquisition) in respect thereof at the initial conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price or
rate;
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(v) |
rights issues of other Securities: if and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or (at the direction or
request or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall issue any Securities (other than Ordinary Shares or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for,
purchase or otherwise acquire any Ordinary Shares or Securities which by their terms carry (directly or indirectly) rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or rights to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares) to all or
substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights or grant to all or substantially all Shareholders as a class by way of rights, any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase
or otherwise acquire any Securities (other than Ordinary Shares or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Ordinary Shares or Securities which by their terms carry (directly or indirectly)
rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or rights to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares), save where such issue or grant constitutes a Dividend, the Conversion Price
shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
|
A |
is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Effective Date; and
|
B |
is the Fair Market Value on the Effective Date of the portion of the rights attributable to one Ordinary Share.
|
(vi) |
issues at less than the Current Market Price: if and whenever the Issuer shall issue wholly for cash or for no
consideration (otherwise than where such issue or grant constitutes a Dividend or an issue or grant as mentioned in Condition 6(b)(ii) or Condition 6(b)(iv)) any Ordinary Shares (other than Ordinary Shares issued on conversion of the
Notes (which term shall for this purpose include any further Notes issued pursuant to Condition 18) or on the exercise of any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or otherwise acquire Ordinary Shares or
rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for or purchase of or rights to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares), in each case at a price per Ordinary Share which is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per
Ordinary Share on the date of the first public announcement of the terms of such issue or grant, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the
following fraction:
|
A |
is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before the issue of such Ordinary Shares or the grant of such options, warrants or rights;
|
B |
is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the issue of such additional Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or made available upon the
exercise of any such options, warrants or rights, would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share; and
|
C |
is the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to such issue of such Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon exercise of such options, warrants or rights
calculated as at the date of issue of such options, warrants or rights, provided that if at the time of issue of such Ordinary Shares or date of issue or grant of such options, warrants or rights (as used in this Condition 6(b)(vi),
the “Specified Date”) such number of Ordinary Shares is to be determined by reference to the application of a formula or other variable feature or the occurrence of any event at some subsequent
time, then for the purposes of this Condition 6(b)(vi), “C” shall be determined by the application of such formula or variable feature or as if the relevant event occurs or had occurred as at the Specified Date and as if such
conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition had taken place on the Specified Date.
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(vii)
|
other issues at less than the Current Market Price: if and whenever the Issuer or any Subsidiary
of the Issuer or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity (otherwise than where such issue or grant constitutes a Dividend
or an issue or grant mentioned in Conditions 9(b)(ii), 6(b)(iv), 6(b)(v) or 6(b)(vi) above) shall issue wholly for cash or for no consideration any Securities (other than the Notes (which term shall for this purpose exclude any
further Notes issued pursuant to Condition 18) or on exercise of indirect rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or to otherwise acquire, Ordinary Shares), which by their terms of issue carry (directly or
indirectly) rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, purchase of or rights to otherwise acquire Ordinary Shares (or shall grant any such rights in respect of existing Securities so issued) or Securities which by their terms might be reclassified or redesignated as Ordinary Shares, in each case where the consideration per Ordinary Share receivable upon conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase,
acquisition, reclassification or redesignation is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of the first public announcement of the terms of issue of such Securities (or the terms of such
grant), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
|
A |
is the number of Ordinary Shares on the date in issue immediately before such issue or grant (but where the relevant Securities carry rights of conversion into or rights of exchange or subscription for Ordinary Shares which have
been issued, purchased or acquired by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (or at the direction or request or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) for the purposes of or in connection
with such issue, less the number of such Ordinary Shares so issued, purchased or acquired);
|
B |
is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon conversion or exchange or upon exercise of the right of subscription,
purchase or acquisition attached to such Securities or upon the exercise of any such options, warrants or rights or, as the case may be, for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or to arise from any such reclassification or redesignation
would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share; and
|
C |
is the maximum number of Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon conversion or exchange of such Securities or upon the exercise of such right of subscription, purchase or acquisition attached thereto at the
initial conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price or rate or, as the case may be, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued or arise from any such reclassification or redesignation, provided
that if at the time of issue of the relevant Securities or date of grant of such rights (as used in this Condition 6(b)(vii), the “Specified Date”) such number of Ordinary Shares is to be
determined by reference to the application of a formula or other variable feature or the occurrence of any event at some subsequent time (which may be when such Securities are converted or exchanged or rights of subscription, purchase
or acquisition are exercised or, as the case may be, such Securities are reclassified or redesignated or at such other time as may be provided) then for the purposes of this Condition 6(b)(vii), “C” shall be determined by the
application of such formula or variable feature or as if the relevant event occurs or had occurred as at the Specified Date and as if such conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition or, as the case may be,
reclassification or redesignation had taken place on the Specified Date.
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(viii) |
modification of rights of Conversion: if and whenever there shall be any modification of the rights of conversion,
exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition attaching to any such Securities (other than the Notes which shall for this purpose include any further Notes issued pursuant to Condition 18) as mentioned in Condition 6(b)(vii) above
(other than in accordance with the terms (including terms as to adjustment) applicable to such Securities) so that following such modification the consideration per Ordinary Share receivable has been reduced and is less than 95 per
cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of the first public announcement of the proposals for such modification, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force
immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction:
|
A |
is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue immediately before the date of first public announcement of the terms for such modification (but where the relevant Securities carry rights of conversion into or rights of exchange or
subscription for, or purchase or acquisition of, Ordinary Shares which have been issued, purchased or acquired by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (or at the direction or request or pursuant to any arrangements with the
Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) for the purposes of or in connection with such Securities, less the number of such Ordinary Shares so issued, purchased or acquired);
|
B |
is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon conversion or exchange or upon exercise of the right of subscription,
purchase or acquisition attached to the Securities so modified or in connection with such modification would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the date of such first public announcement or, if lower, the
existing conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price of such Securities; and
|
C |
is the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued or otherwise made available upon conversion or exchange of such Securities or upon the exercise of such rights of subscription, purchase or acquisition attached thereto
at the modified conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition price or rate but giving credit in such manner as an Independent Adviser shall consider appropriate for any previous adjustment under this Condition
6(b)(viii) or under Condition 6(b)(vii) above, provided that if at the time of such modification (as used in this Condition 6(b)(viii), the “Specified Date”) such number of Ordinary Shares is to
be determined by reference to the application of a formula or other variable feature or the occurrence of any event at some subsequent time (which may be when such Securities are converted or exchanged or rights of subscription,
purchase or acquisition are exercised or at such other time as may be provided) then for the purposes of this Condition 6(b)(viii), “C” shall be determined by the application of such formula or variable feature or as if the relevant
event occurs or had occurred as at the Specified Date and as if such conversion, exchange, subscription, purchase or acquisition had taken place on the Specified Date.
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(ix) |
other offers to Shareholders: subject to Condition 6(e), if and whenever the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or (at
the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) any other company, person or entity shall offer any Securities of the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with which Shareholders as a class are entitled to participate in arrangements whereby such Securities may be acquired by them (except where the Conversion
Price falls to be adjusted under Conditions 6(b)(ii), 6(b)(iii), 6(b)(iv), 6(b)(v), 6(b)(vi), 6(b)(vii) or 6(b)(x) (or would fall to be so adjusted if the relevant issue or grant was at less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market
Price per Ordinary Share on the relevant Dealing Day)) the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in force immediately before the Effective Date by the following fraction:
|
A |
is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Effective Date; and
|
B |
is the Fair Market Value on the Effective Date of the portion of the relevant offer attributable to one Ordinary Share.
|
(x) |
Change of Control: if a Change of Control occurs, then upon any exercise of Conversion Rights where the Conversion
Date falls during the period (the “Change of Control Period”) commencing on the occurrence of the Change of Control and ending 30 calendar days following the Change of Control or, if later, 30
calendar days following the date on which notice as required by Condition 6(g) is given, the Conversion Price (the “Change of Control Conversion Price”) shall be as determined pursuant to the
following formula:
|
COCCP |
= |
OCP/(1+ (CP X c/t)) |
where |
COCCP |
= |
means the Change of Control Conversion Price; |
OCP |
= | means the Conversion Price in effect on the relevant Conversion Date, disregarding the application of this Condition 6(b)(x); |
CP |
= | means 32.5 per cent, (expressed as a fraction); |
c |
= | means the number of days from and including the date the Change of Control occurs to but excluding the Maturity Date; |
t | = | means the number of days from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Maturity Date; |
(xi) |
other events: if the Issuer determines that an adjustment should be made to the Conversion Price as a result of one or
more circumstances not referred to above in this Condition 6(b), the Issuer shall, at its own expense and acting reasonably, request an Independent Adviser to determine as soon as practicable what adjustment (if any) to the
Conversion Price is fair and reasonable to take account thereof and the date on which such adjustment (if any) should take effect and upon such determination such adjustment (if any) shall be made and shall take effect in accordance
with such determination, provided that an adjustment shall only be made pursuant to this Condition 6(b)(xi) if such Independent Adviser is so requested to make such a determination not more than 21 days after the date on which the
relevant circumstance arises and if the adjustment would result in a reduction to the Conversion Price.
|
(a) |
where the events or circumstances giving rise to any adjustment pursuant to this Condition 6(b) have already resulted or will result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price or where the events or circumstances giving rise to any
adjustment arise by virtue of any other events or circumstances which have already given or will give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price or where more than one event which gives rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price
occurs within such a short period of time that, in the opinion of the Issuer, a modification to the operation of the adjustment provisions is required to give the intended result, such modification shall be made to the operation of
the adjustment provisions as may be advised by an Independent Adviser to be in its opinion appropriate to give the intended result; and
|
(b) |
such modification shall be made to the operation of these Conditions as may be advised by an Independent Adviser to be in its opinion appropriate:
|
(i) |
to ensure that an adjustment to the Conversion Price or the economic effect thereof shall not be taken into account more than once; and
|
(ii) |
to ensure that the economic effect of a Dividend is not taken into account more than once; and
|
(c) |
in no event shall the issue of Notes, or the issue or Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of Conversion Rights, result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price.
|
(A) |
the aggregate consideration receivable or price for Ordinary Shares issued for cash shall be the amount of such cash;
|
(x) |
the aggregate consideration receivable or price for Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon the conversion or exchange of any Securities shall be deemed to be the consideration or price received or receivable
for any such Securities; and
|
(y) |
the aggregate consideration receivable or price for Ordinary Shares to be issued or otherwise made available upon the exercise of rights of subscription attached to any Securities or upon the exercise of any options, warrants or
rights shall be deemed to be that part (which may be the whole) of the consideration or price received or receivable for such Securities or, as the case may be, for such options, warrants or rights which are attributed by the Issuer
to such rights of subscription or, as the case may be, such options, warrants or rights or, if no part of such consideration or price is so attributed, the Fair Market Value of such rights of subscription or, as the case may be, such
options, warrants or rights as at the relevant Effective Date referred to in Condition 6(b)(iv) or the relevant date of the first public announcement as referred to in Conditions 6(b)(vi), 6(b)(vii) or 6(b)(viii), as the case may be,
|
(z) |
the consideration receivable or price per Ordinary Share upon the conversion or exchange of, or upon the exercise of such rights of subscription attached to, such Securities or, as the case may be, upon the exercise of such
options, warrants or rights shall be the aggregate consideration or price referred to in (x) or (y) above (as the case may be, and including in each case any additional amount referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph)
divided by the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued upon such conversion or exchange or exercise at the initial conversion, exchange or subscription price or rate;
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(C) |
if the consideration or price determined pursuant to (A) or (B) above (or any component thereof) shall be expressed in a currency other than the Relevant Currency it shall be converted into the Relevant Currency at the Prevailing
Rate on the relevant Effective Date (in the case of (A) above) or the relevant date of the first public announcement (in the case of (B) above);
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(D) |
in determining consideration or price pursuant to the above, no deduction shall be made for any commissions or fees (howsoever described) or any expenses paid or incurred for any underwriting, placing or management of the issue of
the relevant Ordinary Shares or Securities or options, warrants or rights, or otherwise in connection therewith; and
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(E) |
the consideration or price shall be determined as provided above on the basis of the consideration or price received, receivable, paid or payable, regardless of whether all or part thereof is received, receivable, paid or payable
by or to the Issuer or another entity.
|
(c) |
Retroactive Adjustments
|
(d) |
Decision and determination of an Independent Adviser
|
(e) |
Employees Incentive Schemes
|
(f) |
Rounding Down and Notice of Adjustment to the Conversion Price
|
(g) |
Change of Control
|
(i) |
the nature of the Change of Control;
|
(ii) |
the Conversion Price immediately prior to the occurrence of the Change of Control and the Change of Control Conversion Price (on the basis of such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the Change of
Control) applicable pursuant to Condition 6(b)(x) during the Change of Control Period;
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(iii) |
the Closing Price of the Ordinary Shares as at the latest practicable date prior to the publication of such notice;
|
(iv) |
if the notice is a Relevant Event Notice, the Relevant Event Redemption Date and the last day of the Change of Control Period;
|
(v) |
if the notice is not a Relevant Event Notice, the details of the entitlement of the holders to require the Issuer to redeem their Notes as provided in Condition 7(e) if the Change of Control becomes a Relevant Event;
|
(vi) |
details of the right of the Issuer to redeem any Notes which shall not previously have been converted or redeemed pursuant to Condition 7(e); and
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(vii) |
such other information relating to the Change of Control as the Trustee may reasonably require.
|
(h) |
Procedure for exercise of Conversion Rights
|
(i) |
shall, subject to Condition 6(h)(iii) below, be responsible for paying directly to the relevant authorities any taxes and capital, stamp, issue, registration, transfer and/or other taxes and/or duties arising on conversion ; and
|
(ii) |
shall be responsible for paying all, if any, taxes arising by reference to any disposal or deemed disposal of a Note or interest therein in connection with such conversion; but
|
(iii) |
subject to Condition 6(h)(ii), shall not be responsible for any taxes or capital, stamp, issue and registration and transfer taxes and duties payable in Australia (or any province, state or territory thereof) in respect of the
allotment and issue of any Ordinary Shares on such conversion or in respect of the delivery of any Ordinary Shares on such conversion (including any Additional Ordinary Shares), which shall be paid by the Issuer.
|
(A) |
(provided the Issuer is admitted to the official list of the ASX) in uncertificated form through the securities trading system known as the Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System operated by ASX Settlement Pty Ltd (“CHESS”) (or any successor licensed clearance and settlement facility applicable to the Ordinary Shares or, in the event that the Ordinary Shares are to listed on an Alternative Stock Exchange, such
other system as may be specified by the Issuer), or
|
(B) |
in uncertificated form (or, if required by applicable law, certificated form) through the Issuer’s share registry provider,
|
(x) |
(A), the Ordinary Shares will be credited to the CHESS holding or other applicable account specified in the Conversion Notice; or
|
(y) |
(B), the Ordinary Shares will be credited to an account or record of holding with the share registry provider in the name of the Noteholder (or such other person specified in the Conversion Notice),
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in each case by a date which is generally expected to be not later than five Sydney business days after the relevant Conversion Date.
|
(i) |
Ordinary Shares
|
(j) |
Interest on Conversion
|
(k) |
Purchase or Redemption of Ordinary Shares
|
(l) |
No duty to Monitor
|
7. |
Redemption and Purchase
|
(a) |
Final Redemption
|
(b) |
Redemption at the Option of the Issuer
|
(i) |
at any time on or after 13 August 2027, the Closing Price of the Ordinary Shares for each of any 20 Dealing Days within a period of 30 consecutive Dealing Days, the last of which shall not fall earlier than five calendar days prior
to the date upon which the Optional Redemption Notice is given, was at least 130 per cent. of the applicable Conversion Price; or
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(ii) |
Conversion Rights shall have been exercised and/or purchases (and corresponding cancellations) and/or redemptions effected in respect of 85 per cent. or more in principal amount of the Notes originally issued (which shall for this
purpose include any furth er Notes issued pursuant to Condition 18 and consolidated and forming a single series with the Notes),
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(iii) |
an Optional Redemption Notice given pursuant to paragraph (i) during a Change of Control Period may not specify an Optional Redemption Date falling earlier than the 14 days after the end of the Change of Control Period; and
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(iv) |
if an Optional Redemption Notice is given pursuant to paragraph (i) prior to a Change of Control and a Change of Control occurs before the Optional Redemption Date, the Optional Redemption Date will automatically be extended to the
date falling 14 days after the resulting Change of Control Period and the Issuer must promptly notify the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 17 and the Trustee and the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent in writing of such
extension.
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(c) |
Redemption for Taxation Reasons
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(i) |
the Issuer has or will become obliged to pay additional amounts in respect of payments on the Notes pursuant to Condition 9 as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of Australia or any political
subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the general application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after 23 July
2024; and
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(ii) |
such obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer taking reasonable measures available to it,
|
(A) |
a certificate signed by two authorised officers (as defined in the Trust Deed) stating that the obligation referred to above in Condition 7(c)(i) cannot be avoided by the Issuer taking reasonable measures available to it; and
|
(B) |
an opinion of independent legal or tax advisers of recognised international standing to the effect that such change or amendment has occurred and that the Issuer has or will become obliged to pay such additional amounts as a result
thereof (irrespective of whether such amendment or change is then effective),
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(d) |
Optional Redemption Notices and Tax Redemption Notices
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(i) |
the Optional Redemption Date or, as the case may be, the Tax Redemption Date (which shall be a Sydney business day);
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(ii) |
the Conversion Price, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding and the Closing Price of the Ordinary Shares, in each case as at the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Optional Redemption Notice
or, as the case may be, the Tax Redemption Notice; and
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(iii) |
the last day on which Conversion Rights may be exercised by Noteholders.
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(e) |
Redemption for a Relevant Event
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(f) |
Redemption at the option of Noteholders on the Put Option Date
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(g) |
Purchase
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(h) |
Cancellation
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(i) |
Multiple Notices
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8. |
Payments
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(a) |
Principal
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(b) |
Interest and other Amounts
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(i) |
Payments of interest due on an Interest Payment Date, which shall be for value on such Interest Payment Date (or, if such Interest Payment Date is not a business day (as defined in Condition 8(g)), for value on the first following
day which is a business day) will be made to the persons shown in the Register at the close of business on the Record Date.
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(ii) |
Payments of all amounts other than as provided in Conditions 8(a) and 8(b)(i) will be made as provided in these Conditions.
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(c) |
Record Date
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(d) |
Payments
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(e) |
Payments subject to fiscal laws
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(i) |
any applicable fiscal and other laws and regulations and completion of all regulatory and other procedures but without prejudice to Condition 9; and
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(ii) |
any withholding or deduction required pursuant to an agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
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(f) |
Default Interest and Delay in Payment
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(i) |
the day on which all sums due in respect of the Notes up to that day are received by or on behalf of the relevant holders; and
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(ii) |
the day falling seven days after the Trustee or the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent has notified the Noteholders of receipt of all sums due in respect of all the Notes up to that seventh day (except to the extent that there
is failure in the subsequent payment to the relevant holders under these Conditions).
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(A) |
as a result of the due date not being a business day;
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(B) |
if the Noteholder is late in surrendering the relevant Note; or
|
(C) |
if the Noteholder does not provide the necessary account details for payment in accordance with these Conditions.
|
(g) |
Business Days
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(h) |
Paying Agents, Transfer Agents and Conversion Agents, etc.
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(i) |
a Principal Paying and Conversion Agent and a Transfer Agent;
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(ii) |
so long as the Notes are listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited and the rules of such exchange so require, a Paying Agent having a specified office in Singapore (the “Singapore
Agent”); and
|
(iii) |
a Registrar with a specified office outside the United Kingdom.
|
(i) |
Fractions
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9. |
Taxation
|
(a) |
Gross Up
|
(i) |
to, or to a third party on behalf of, a holder who is liable to the Taxes in respect of such Note by reason of such holder having some connection with Australia other than the mere holding of the Note provided that such a holder
shall not be regarded as being connected with Australia for the reason that such a holder is a resident of Australia within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia as amended and replaced (the “Australian Tax Act”) where, and to the extent that, such tax is payable by reason of Section 128B(2A) of the Australian Tax Act; or
|
(ii) |
in respect of which the Certificate representing such Note is presented, or surrendered more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to such additional amount on presenting
or surrendering the relevant Certificate for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days; or
|
(iii) |
on account of Taxes which are payable by reason of the holder being an Offshore Associate for the purposes of Section 128F of the Australian Tax Act;
|
(iv) |
in respect of a payment to, or to a third party on behalf of, a holder, in circumstances where such withholding or deduction would not have been required if the holder or any person acting on such holder’s behalf had provided to
the Issuer a tax file number, Australian business number or details of an exemption from providing those numbers; or
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(v) |
held by or on behalf of a holder who could lawfully avoid (but has not so avoided) such deduction or withholding by complying, or procuring that any third party complies with any statutory requirements, by complying with or
requesting the Issuer to comply with any statutory requirements or provide information concerning the nationality, residence, identity, tax identification number or address of such holder or by making or procuring that any third party
makes a declaration of non-residence or other similar claim for exemption to any Tax authority; or
|
(vi) |
to the extent that the amount was required to be deducted or withheld pursuant to section 255 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) or section 260-5 of schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth), or similar
legislation in relation to Taxes; or
|
(vii) |
where such withholding or deduction is made under or in connection with, or in order to ensure compliance with FATCA.
|
(b) |
Change in Taxing Jurisdiction
|
(i) |
the Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing as soon as practicable after it becomes aware of such change; and
|
(ii) |
give the Trustee a representation and undertaking that it shall comply with Condition 9(a) with the substitution for, or (as the case may require) the addition to, the references in that Condition 9(a) to Australia of references to
that other or additional territory or authority to whose taxing jurisdiction the Issuer has become so subject,
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10. |
Events of Default
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(a) |
non-payment and failure to deliver Ordinary Shares: default is made in:
|
(i) |
the payment on the due date of (A) any principal payable in respect of the Notes and such failure continues for a period of five Sydney business days; or (B) any interest payable in respect of the Notes and such failure continues
for a period of 10 Sydney business days; or
|
(ii) |
the delivery of Ordinary Shares to satisfy a Conversion Right pursuant to Condition 6 and such failure continues for a period of five Sydney business days; or
|
(b) |
breach of other obligations: the Issuer does not perform or comply with any one or more of its
other obligations under the Notes or the Trust Deed and (unless the default is in the opinion of the Trustee incapable of remedy) is not remedied within 30 days after the Issuer shall have received from the Trustee written notice of
such default requiring it to be remedied; or
|
(c) |
default:
|
(i) |
any other present or future Indebtedness For Borrowed Money of the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary of the Issuer becomes due and payable prior to its stated maturity by reason of an event of default (however described);
|
(ii) |
any such indebtedness is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period;
|
(iii) |
the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary of the Issuer fails to pay when due or, as the case may be, within any applicable grace period any amount payable by it under any present or future guarantee for, or indemnity in respect of,
any Indebtedness For Borrowed Money; or
|
(iv) |
any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other encumbrance, present or future, created or assumed by the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary of the Issuer for any Indebtedness For Borrowed Money (or any guarantee of, or indemnity in
respect of, Indebtedness For Borrowed Money) that has become payable becomes enforceable and steps are taken to enforce it (including the taking of possession or the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator
manager, judicial manager, controller or other similar person), and the aggregate amount of the indebtedness, guarantees and indemnities in respect of which one or more of the events mentioned above in this Condition 10(c) have
occurred equals or exceeds US$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies); or
|
(d) |
enforcement proceedings: a distress, attachment, execution, seizure before judgment or other legal process is levied or enforced on or against all or any material part of the property, assets or revenues of the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary of the Issuer having an
aggregate value of at least US$25,000,000 which is not discharged, removed, stayed or paid within 30 days; or
|
(e) |
insolvency: the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary:
|
(i) |
is or states that it is insolvent or unable to pay its debts when they fall due;
|
(ii) |
stops, suspends or threatens to stop or suspend payment of its debts generally; or
|
(iii) |
makes or enters into a general assignment or an arrangement or composition or compromise with or for the benefit of its creditors (other than in connection with a reconstruction, amalgamation, reorganisation, merger or
consolidation permitted under Condition l0(f)); or
|
(f) |
administration: an administrator (as defined in the Corporations Act) or liquidator or a like or
similar officer is appointed in respect of the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary or a court order is made or a resolution passed for the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or any
Principal Subsidiary (which is not stayed, withdrawn or dismissed within 30 days), or the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary ceases or threatens to cease to carry on business (other than in the case of
a Principal Subsidiary, as a result of a bona fide disposal of such business or its assets), except in any such case for the purpose of and followed by a reconstruction, amalgamation,
reorganisation, merger or consolidation:
|
(i) |
on terms approved by an Extraordinary Resolution of the Noteholders; or
|
(ii) |
in the case of a Principal Subsidiary, where that Principal Subsidiary is solvent and its undertaking and assets are transferred to or otherwise vested in the Issuer or another Subsidiary; or
|
(g) |
final judgment: a final judgment or judgments of a court or courts of competent jurisdiction for
the payment of money aggregating in excess of US$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) are rendered against the Issuer or any Principal Subsidiary of the Issuer
and which judgments are not bonded, discharged, satisfied or stayed pending appeal within 30 days after the Latest Date, or are not discharged within 30 days after the later of the expiration of such stay and the Latest Date; or
|
(h) |
illegality: it is or becomes unlawful for the Issuer to perform or comply with any one or more of its obligations under any of the Notes or the Trust Deed; or
|
(i) |
analogous events: any event occurs which under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction has an analogous or substantially similar effect to any of the events referred to in Condition 10(d) to Condition 10(f) (both inclusive).
|
(A) |
the entry of such judgment;
|
(B) |
if such judgment specifies a date by which it must be satisfied, the date so specified; and
|
(C) |
the time allowed or specified under applicable law for such judgment to be bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal.
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11. |
Undertakings
|
(a) |
not issue or pay up any Securities, in either case by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves, other than:
|
(i) |
pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement involving a reduction and cancellation of Ordinary Shares and the issue to Shareholders of an equal number of Ordinary Shares by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves;
|
(ii) |
in connection with a Newco Scheme;
|
(iii) |
by the issue of fully paid Ordinary Shares or other securities to Shareholders and other holders of shares in the capital of the Issuer which by their terms entitle the holders thereof to receive Ordinary Shares or other shares of
Securities on a capitalisation of profits or reserves;
|
(iv) |
by the issue of Ordinary Shares paid up in full (in accordance with applicable law) and issued wholly, ignoring fractional entitlements, in lieu of the whole or part of a cash dividend;
|
(v) |
by the issue of fully paid Equity Share Capital (other than Ordinary Shares) to the holders of Equity Share Capital of the same class and other holders of shares in the capital of the Issuer which by their terms entitle the holders
thereof to receive Equity Share Capital (other than Ordinary Shares); or
|
(vi) |
by the issue of Securities or any Equity Share Capital pursuant to any Employee Share Scheme,
|
(b) |
not modify the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares with respect to voting, dividends or liquidation nor issue any other class of Equity Share Capital carrying any rights which are more favourable
than the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares but so that nothing in this Condition 11(b) shall prevent:
|
(i) |
any consolidation, reclassification or subdivision of the Ordinary Shares;
|
(ii) |
any modification of such rights which is not, in the opinion of an Independent Adviser, materially prejudicial to the interests of the holders of the Notes;
|
(iii) |
any issue of share capital where the issue of such share capital results, or would, but for the provisions of Condition 6(f) relating to roundings or the carry forward of adjustments or the fact that the consideration per Ordinary
Share receivable therefor is at least 95 per cent, of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share at the relevant time for determination thereof pursuant to the relevant provisions of Condition 6(b), otherwise result, in an adjustment
to the Conversion Price; or
|
(iv) |
any issue of Equity Share Capital or modification of rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares, where prior thereto the Issuer shall have instructed an Independent Adviser to determine what (if any) adjustments should be made to the
Conversion Price as being fair and reasonable to take account thereof and such Independent Adviser shall have determined either that no adjustment is required or that an adjustment resulting in an decrease in the Conversion Price is
required and, if so, the new Conversion Price as a result thereof and the basis upon which such adjustment is to be made and, in any such case, the date on which the adjustment shall take effect (and so that the adjustment shall be
made and shall take effect accordingly);
|
(c) |
procure that no Securities (whether issued by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or procured by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer to be issued or issued by any other person pursuant to
any arrangement with the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) issued without rights to convert into, or exchange or subscribe for, Ordinary Shares shall subsequently be granted such rights exercisable at a consideration per
Ordinary Share which is less than 95 per cent, of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share at the relevant time for determination unless the same gives rise (or would, but for the provisions of Condition 6(f) relating to roundings
and minimum adjustments or the carry forward of adjustments, give rise) to an adjustment to the Conversion Price and that at no time shall there be in issue Ordinary Shares of differing nominal values, save where such Ordinary Shares
have the same economic rights;
|
(d) |
not make any issue, grant or distribution or take or omit to take any other action if the effect thereof would be that, on the exercise of Conversion Rights, Ordinary Shares could not, under any
applicable law then in effect, be legally issued as fully paid;
|
(e) |
not reduce its issued share capital or any uncalled liability in respect thereof or any non-distributable reserves, except:
|
(i) |
pursuant to the terms of issue of the relevant share capital; or
|
(ii) |
by means of a purchase or redemption or buyback of share capital of the Issuer to the extent permitted by applicable law; or
|
(iii) |
pursuant to a Newco Scheme; or
|
(iv) |
by way of transfer to reserves as permitted under applicable law; or
|
(v) |
where the reduction is permitted by applicable law and the Trustee is advised in writing by an Independent Adviser, acting as an expert, that the interests of the Noteholders will not be materially prejudiced by such reduction; or
|
(vi) |
where the reduction is permitted by applicable law and results in (or would, but for the provisions of Condition 6⑴ relating to roundings or the carry forward of adjustments, result in) an adjustment to the Conversion Price or is
otherwise taken into account for the purposes of determining whether such an adjustment should be made,
|
(f) |
if any offer is made to all (or as nearly as may be practicable all) Shareholders (or all (or as nearly as may be practicable all) Shareholders other than the offeror and/or any associate (as defined in
sections 11 and 12 of the Corporations Act)) to acquire the whole or any part of the issued Ordinary Shares, or if any person proposes a scheme with regard to such acquisition (other than a Newco Scheme), give notice of such offer or
scheme to the Noteholders, the Trustee and the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent at the same time as any notice thereof is sent to the Shareholders (or as soon as practicable thereafter) that details concerning such offer or
scheme may be obtained from the specified offices of the Principal Paying and Conversion Agent and, where such an offer or scheme has been recommended by the board of directors of the Issuer, or where such an offer has become or been
declared unconditional in all respects or such scheme has become effective, use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the holders of any Ordinary Shares issued during the period of the offer or scheme arising out of the exercise
of the Conversion Rights by the Noteholders are able to participate in such offer or scheme, or that a like offer or scheme is extended to those holders. In the case of any such scheme proposed by the Issuer, the Issuer further
agrees that the record date for participation in such scheme will be set on a date after the expiry of the Change of Control Period;
|
(g) |
in the event of a Newco Scheme, take (or shall procure that there is taken) all necessary action to ensure that immediately after completion of the relevant Scheme of Arrangement, Newco is substituted
under the Notes and the Trust Deed as principal obligor in place of the Issuer (with the Issuer providing a guarantee) subject to and as provided in the Trust Deed and:
|
(i) |
(subject to the approval of such amendments by the Trustee) such amendments are made to these Conditions and the Trust Deed advised to the Trustee by the Independent Adviser, acting as an expert in good faith and as are necessary
in the opinion of the Trustee to ensure that the Notes may be converted into or exchanged for ordinary shares or units or the equivalent in Newco mutatis mutandis in accordance with and subject to these Conditions and the Trust Deed
and the Trust Deed and the Conditions provide at least the same powers, protections, rights and benefits to the Trustee and the Noteholders following the implementation of such Newco Scheme as they provided to the Trustee and the
Noteholders prior to the implementation of the Newco Scheme, mutatis mutandis and the Trustee shall be obliged to concur with such substitution or
grant of such guarantee and in either case the making of any such amendments provided the Trustee shall not be obliged so to concur until such time as it shall have completed its internal compliance procedure to its satisfaction and
if in the opinion of the Trustee doing so would impose new or more onerous duties or obligations upon it or expose it to further liabilities or reduce its protections; and
|
(ii) |
the ordinary shares or units or the equivalent of Newco are:
|
(A) |
admitted to listing on the Relevant Stock Exchange; or
|
(B) |
admitted to listing on another regulated, regularly operating, recognised stock exchange or securities market;
|
(h) |
use its best endeavours to ensure that the Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of Conversion Rights will, as soon as is practicable, be admitted to listing and to trading on the ASX or the Alternative
Stock Exchange, as the case may be, and will be listed, quoted or dealt in, as soon as is practicable, on any other stock exchange or securities market on which the Ordinary Shares may then be listed or quoted or dealt in;
|
(i) |
subject to Condition 9(b), not change the jurisdiction in which it is domiciled or resident or to whose taxing authority it is subject generally unless it would not thereafter be required pursuant to
then current laws and regulations to withhold or deduct for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of such jurisdiction or any
political subdivision thereof or therein having power to tax in respect of any payment on or in respect of the Notes;
|
(j) |
for so long as any Note remains outstanding and subject to the occurrence of a Change of Control, use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that its issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be
admitted to listing and to trading on the ASX or the Alternative Stock Exchange, as the case may be;
|
(k) |
in the event the Ordinary Shares are listed on the Alternative Stock Exchange:
|
(i) |
confirm and agree (subject to the agreement of the Trustee) that from the completion of the Alternative Stock Exchange listing these Conditions will be deemed to apply mutatis mutandis as if the Conversion Right in relation to the
Notes applied to the newly listed Ordinary Shares;
|
(ii) |
take (or shall procure that there is taken) all necessary action reasonably required to ensure that promptly after completion of the Alternative Stock Exchange listing, (subject to the approval of such amendments by the Trustee)
such amendments are made to these Conditions and the Trust Deed as are necessary to ensure that these Conditions and the Trust Deed provide at least the same powers, protections, rights and benefits to the Trustee and the Noteholders
following the implementation of such Alternative Stock Exchange listing as they provided to the Trustee and the Noteholders prior to the implementation of the Alternative Stock Exchange listing; and
|
(iii) |
notify the Trustee in writing as soon as practicable after completion of the Alternative Stock Exchange listing,
|
(l) |
comply with each of the requirements of ASIC Corporations (Sales Offers: Securities Issued on Conversion of Convertible Notes) Instrument 2016/82 (including those with ongoing operation after the
Closing Date) for so long as they are relevant; and
|
(m) |
for so long as any Note remains outstanding, shall provide its annual audited and semi-annual consolidated financial statements to the Trustee in accordance with the Trust Deed.
|
(i) |
no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default (as defined in the Trust Deed) has occurred since the date of the last such certificate (or, if none, the date of the Trust Deed) or if such event has occurred , giving the details
of such event; and
|
(ii) |
the Issuer having complied with all its obligations under the Trust Deed or if non-compliance has occurred, giving the details of such event.
|
12. |
Prescription
|
13. |
Replacement of Notes
|
14. |
Meetings of Noteholders, Modification and Waiver, Substitution and Additional Conversion Venue
|
(a) |
Meetings of Noteholders
|
(i) |
to modify the maturity of the Notes or the dates on which interest is payable in respect of the Notes;
|
(ii) |
to reduce or cancel the principal amount of, or interest or default interest on, the Notes or to reduce the amount payable on redemption of the Notes or modify or cancel the Conversion Rights;
|
(iii) |
to increase the Conversion Price other than in accordance with these Conditions;
|
(iv) |
to change the currency of any payment in respect of the Notes;
|
(v) |
to change the governing law of the Notes, the Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement (other than in the case of a substitution of the Issuer (or any previous substitute or substitutes) under Condition 14(c)); or
|
(vi) |
to modify the provisions concerning the quorum required at any meeting of Noteholders or the majority required to pass an Extraordinary Resolution,
|
(A) |
a resolution in writing signed by or on behalf of the holders of not less than 75 per cent. of the aggregate principal amount of Notes for the time being outstanding (a “Written Resolution”);
or
|
(B) |
where the Global Certificate representing the Notes is held by or on behalf of a clearing system or clearing systems, approval of a resolution proposed by the Issuer or the Trustee (as the case may be) given by way of electronic
consents communicated through the electronic communications system of the relevant clearing system(s) in accordance with their operating rules and procedures by or on behalf of the holders of not less than 75 per cent. of the
aggregate principal amount of the notes for the time being outstanding (an “Electronic Consent”),
|
(b) |
Modification and Waiver
|
(i) |
any modification of any of the provisions of the Trust Deed, any trust deed supplemental to the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, any agreement supplemental to the Agency Agreement, the Notes or these Conditions which in the
Trustee’s opinion is of a formal, minor or technical nature or is made to correct a manifest error or to comply with mandatory provisions of law; and
|
(ii) |
any other modification to the Trust Deed, any trust deed supplemental to the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, any agreement supplemental to the Agency Agreement, the Notes or these Conditions (except as mentioned in the Trust
Deed), and any waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed breach, of any of the provisions of the Trust Deed, any trust deed supplemental to the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, any agreement supplemental to the Agency
Agreement, the Notes or these Conditions which is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Noteholders.
|
(c) |
Substitution
|
(i) |
the Notes being unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Issuer; and
|
(ii) |
the Notes continuing to be convertible or exchangeable into Ordinary Shares as provided in these Conditions mutatis mutandis as provided in these Conditions, with such amendments as the
Trustee shall consider appropriate provided that in any such case:
|
(A) |
the Trustee is satisfied that the interests of the Noteholders will not be materially prejudiced by the substitution; and
|
(B) |
certain other conditions set out in the Trust Deed are complied with.
|
(d) |
Additional Conversion Venue
|
(A) |
subject to (i) the requirements of paragraph (B) below of this Condition 14(d) first all having been satisfied and/or complied with and (ii) the consequential amendments referred to below in paragraph (B) below of this Condition
14(d) having been made, Noteholders shall automatically be entitled to elect to convert the Notes into Ordinary Shares listed on the Additional Conversion Venue (and it is agreed by the Issuer that such entitlement as aforesaid shall
be in addition to the Conversion Right of Noteholders provided for in these Conditions on issue of the Notes, so that following such notification and satisfaction and/or compliance with all of the requirements of paragraph (B) below
of this Condition 14(d), each Noteholder shall have the right, at its option, to elect to convert its Notes into Ordinary Shares listed on the Relevant Stock Exchange or to elect to convert the Notes into Ordinary Shares listed on the
Additional Conversion Venue); and
|
(B) |
the Trustee and the Agents shall, without the consent of the Noteholders, agree with the Issuer to any consequential amendments of an administrative and/or technical nature to these Conditions, the Trust Deed and/or the Agency
Agreement which may be required in order for the Trustee and the Agents (as applicable) to administer and facilitate the application of the Conversion Right to Ordinary Shares listed on the Additional Conversion Venue, subject to:
|
(i) |
the Notes continuing to be convertible on exercise by any Noteholder of its Conversion Right into Ordinary Shares on the Relevant Stock Exchange;
|
(ii) |
such amendments to these Conditions, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement being made as are necessary to ensure that:
|
A. |
the Notes may be converted into Ordinary Shares listed on the Additional Conversion Venue mutatis mutandis in accordance with and subject to these Conditions and the Trust Deed;
|
B. |
Noteholders have the option on exercise of their Conversion Right to either convert into Ordinary Shares on the Relevant Stock Exchange or into Ordinary Shares on the Alternative Conversion Venue;
|
(iii) |
the Ordinary Shares listed on the Relevant Stock Exchange and the Ordinary Shares listed on the Additional Conversion Venue being fungible;
|
(iv) |
there having been delivered to the Trustee written advice and/or opinions of(x) an Independent Adviser or other financial or other adviser or expert of international standing and (y) independent legal advisers of recognised
international standing, in each case addressed to the Trustee, as to those consequential amendments of an administrative and/or technical nature to these Conditions, the Trust Deed and/or the Agency Agreement which are necessary as a
consequence of the Ordinary Shares being listed on the Additional Conversion Venue and each Noteholder having an additional right, at its option, to elect to convert its Notes into Ordinary Shares listed on the Additional Conversion
Venue; and
|
(v) |
the Trustee being satisfied that the interests of the Noteholders will not be materially prejudiced by such amendments.
|
(e) |
Entitlement of the Trustee
|
15. |
Enforcement
|
(i) |
it shall have been so directed by an Extraordinary Resolution of the Noteholders or so requested in writing by the holders of at least 25 per cent. in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; and
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having the same terms and conditions in all respects as the outstanding Notes (or in all respects except for the issue date, the first payment of interest on them and the first date on which Conversion Rights may be exercised) and
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Issuer Services – Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
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EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a
DEED by TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS
LIMITED in accordance with section
127(1) of the Corporations Act 2001
(Cwlth) by authority of its directors:
/s/ Christian Peter Behrenbruch
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Christian Peter Behrenbruch
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SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED
as a DEED for and on behalf of
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGAI
BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
by its duly appointed attorney
Edward Chiu
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Substitute Attorney dated 19 July 2024
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Exhibit 4.17
Execution Version
Privileged & Confidential
Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) is the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential. Double asterisks denote omissions.
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and among
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US) INC.,
RLS GROUP LTD.,
RLS (USA) INC.
and,
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS III, LP
Dated as of September 20, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE | 1 | |
1.1 | Purchase and Sale | 1 |
1.2 | Closing; Actions at the Closing | 2 |
1.3 | Closing Payment Certificate; Closing Date Payments | 3 |
1.4 | Escrow | 4 |
1.5 | Adjustment Before and After the Closing | 4 |
1.6 | Preliminary Closing Date Payee Schedule | 7 |
1.7 | Milestone Payments | 8 |
1.8 | Withholding Rights | 12 |
1.9 | Further Assurances | 13 |
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER | 13 | |
2.1 | Organization, Standing and Corporate Power | 13 |
2.2 | Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 14 |
2.3 | Ownership of Stock | 14 |
2.4 | Litigation | 15 |
2.5 | Brokers | 15 |
2.6 | No Other Representations | 15 |
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 16 | |
3.1 | Organization, Standing and Corporate Power | 16 |
3.2 | Capitalization | 16 |
3.3 | Subsidiaries | 17 |
3.4 | Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 18 |
3.5 | Financial Statements | 19 |
3.6 | Absence of Certain Changes | 20 |
3.7 | Undisclosed Liabilities | 20 |
3.8 | Books and Records | 21 |
3.9 | Tax Matters | 21 |
3.10 | Assets | 23 |
3.11 | Owned and Leased Real Property | 23 |
3.12 | Intellectual Property | 24 |
3.13 | Material Contracts | 27 |
3.14 | Litigation; Orders | 29 |
3.15 | Environmental Matters | 30 |
3.16 | Labor and Employment | 30 |
3.17 | Employee Benefit Plans | 33 |
3.18 | Compliance with Laws | 35 |
3.19 | Unlawful Payments | 35 |
3.20 | Permits and Healthcare Regulatory Matters | 36 |
3.21 | Insurance | 40 |
3.22 | Customers and Suppliers | 40 |
3.23 | Certain Business Relationships With Affiliates | 40 |
3.24 | Inventory | 41 |
3.25 | Accounts Receivable | 41 |
3.26 | Government Contracts | 41 |
3.27 | Export Control and Sanctions | 43 |
3.28 | Data Privacy and Security | 44 |
3.29 | Brokers | 45 |
3.30 | Powers of Attorney | 45 |
3.31 | No Other Representations | 46 |
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER | 46 | |
4.1 | Organization, Standing and Power | 46 |
4.2 | Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 47 |
4.3 | Sufficient Funds | 47 |
4.4 | Brokers | 47 |
4.5 | Investment | 48 |
4.6 | No Other Representations | 48 |
ARTICLE V CONDUCT OF BUSINESS | 48 | |
5.1 | Operation of Business | 48 |
5.2 | Confidentiality | 51 |
ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS | 51 | |
6.1 | No Solicitation | 51 |
6.2 | Access to Information | 52 |
6.3 | Closing Efforts; Legal Conditions to the Transactions Contemplated by this Agreement; Third-Party Consents | 53 |
6.4 | Public Disclosure | 54 |
6.5 | Notification of Certain Matters | 55 |
6.6 | 280G Covenant | 55 |
6.7 | FIRPTA | 56 |
6.8 | Termination of Company 401(k) Plan | 56 |
6.9 | Employees | 57 |
6.10 | D&O Indemnification | 58 |
6.11 | Tax Matters | 59 |
6.12 | Planned Facility Acquisitions | 63 |
6.13 | Proprietary Information | 63 |
6.14 | Seller Shareholders’ Approval | 63 |
ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING | 64 | |
7.1 | Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer, the Seller and the Company | 64 |
7.2 | Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer | 64 |
7.3 | Conditions to Obligations of the Seller and the Company | 65 |
ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION | 65 | |
8.1 | Indemnification by the Indemnity Participant | 65 |
8.2 | Indemnification Claims | 67 |
8.3 | Survival of Representations and Warranties and [**] Indemnity Matters | 70 |
8.4 | Limitations | 71 |
8.5 | Recourse | 74 |
8.6 | Release of Indemnity Escrow Fund | 74 |
8.7 | No Rescission | 74 |
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION | 74 | |
9.1 | Termination | 74 |
9.2 | Effect of Termination | 75 |
9.3 | Termination Fee | 76 |
ARTICLE X DEFINITIONS | 76 | |
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS | 100 | |
11.1 | Notices | 100 |
11.2 | Entire Agreement | 101 |
11.3 | Fees and Expenses | 101 |
11.4 | Third-Party Beneficiaries | 101 |
11.5 | Assignment | 101 |
11.6 | Severability | 102 |
11.7 | Amendment | 102 |
11.8 | Extension; Waiver | 102 |
11.9 | Counterparts and Signature | 102 |
11.10 | Interpretation | 103 |
11.11 | Governing Law | 103 |
11.12 | Remedies | 104 |
11.13 | Submission to Jurisdiction | 104 |
11.14 | No Recourse | 104 |
11.15 | Waiver of Conflicts | 105 |
Exhibits:
Exhibit A | Form of Escrow Agreement |
Exhibit B | Form of Waiver Agreement |
Exhibit C | Preliminary Closing Date Payee Schedule |
Exhibit D | Form of Pay-Off Letter |
Schedules:
Schedule A | Key Employees |
Schedule 1.2(b)(ii) | Required Consents |
Schedule 1.2(b)(iii) | Affiliate Arrangements |
Schedule 1.2(b)(x) | Terminated Liens |
Schedule 1.5(b) | Inventory Count Methodology |
Schedule 6.2(b) | Illustrative Monthly Financial Statements |
Schedule 6.12 | Planned Facility Acquisition Parameters |
Schedule 8.2(c) | Additional Claim Notice Recipients |
Schedule 8.4(b) | [**] Indemnity Matter Participants |
Schedule 8.4(c) | Special Release Parties |
Schedule 9.3(a) | Termination Matters |
Schedule 10.1 | Accounting Principles |
Schedule 10.2 | Illustrative Balance Sheet |
Schedule 10.3 | Employee Amount Matters |
Schedule 10.4 | Pay-Off Indebtedness |
Disclosure Schedule
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 20, 2024, by and among Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Buyer”), RLS Group Ltd., a Bahamian international business company (“Seller”), RLS (USA) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP (the “Indemnity Participant”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding Shares;
WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Agreement pursuant to which the Seller agrees to sell to the Buyer and the Buyer agrees to purchase from the Seller all of the Shares, on and subject to the terms and conditions contained herein;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a material inducement to the Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Buyer has entered into duly executed arrangements (collectively, the “Key Employee Arrangements”), with each Company Employee identified on Schedule A (together, the “Key Employees”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a material inducement to the Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Buyer has entered into a duly executed transaction support agreement (the “Transaction Support Agreement”) with Perceptive and the Affiliated Funds; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Buyer, the Seller, the Company and the Indemnity Participant agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE
1.1 Purchase and Sale. At the Closing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Buyer shall purchase from the Seller, and in consideration for the amounts set forth herein and the assurances set forth in Section 12 of the Perceptive Pay-Off and Warrant Cancellation Agreement, the Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer, and deliver to the Buyer, all of the Seller’s legal and beneficial right, title and interest in, to and under the Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer imposed under applicable securities Laws), together with all rights attached or occurring thereto at the Closing (including the right to receive all distributions and dividends declared, paid or made in respect of the Shares), and the Company will become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Buyer.
1.2 Closing; Actions at the Closing.
(a) The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely via the electronic exchange of counterpart signature pages at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the second (2nd) Business Day after the date on which the conditions set forth in Article VII are satisfied or, if permitted by applicable Law, waived (other than those conditions which by their terms are required to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at such time), unless, in each case, another date, place or time is mutually agreed to in writing by the Buyer and the Company. The date on which the Closing occurs shall be referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
(b) At the Closing the Seller and the Company shall deliver to the Buyer the following:
(i) the Certificate(s) evidencing the Shares owned by the Seller duly endorsed in blank or with stock powers duly executed by the Seller;
(ii) evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, that the Company has, at its own expense, obtained all of the consents, and effected all of the notices, set forth on Schedule 1.2(b)(ii) and no such consent shall have been revoked;
(iii) evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, that the agreements and other arrangements, listed on Schedule 1.2(b)(iii) shall have been satisfied and discharged in full and otherwise terminated, in each case without any Liability to the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(iv) copies of the resignations, effective as of the Closing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, of each director and officer of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than any such resignations which the Buyer designates in writing to the Company, as unnecessary) from their capacity as such and not from employment;
(v) a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement executed by the Escrow Agent and the Indemnity Participant;
(vi) a release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, executed by each of the Key Employees;
(vii) the 280G Certification required by Section 6.6;
(viii) the certification and notice contemplated by Section 6.7;
(ix) evidence that the Company has terminated the Company 401(k) Plan in accordance with Section 6.8;
(x) duly executed written instruments releasing (A) the Liens listed on Schedule 1.2(b)(x) and (B) any Liens of the Company or its Subsidiaries which are not disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule and would have been required to be disclosed on Section 3.10 of the Disclosure Schedule, in each case authorizing the filing of UCC-3 termination statements (or other comparable documents) for all UCC-1 financing statements (or other comparable documents) filed in connection with such Lien;
(xi) certificates of good standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization;
(xii) a certificate executed by the Secretary of each of the Company and the Seller certifying that attached thereto are (A) a true, complete and correct copy of the Organizational Documents of such Person, as in effect on the Closing Date and (B) true, complete and correct copies of resolutions of such Person’s boards of directors (or equivalent governing body) or equityholders thereof authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or revoked;
(xiii) the Company Certificate; and
(xiv) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer that the Company has purchased the D&O Tail.
(c) At the Closing the Buyer shall deliver to the Seller and the Company the following:
(i) the Buyer Certificate; and
(ii) a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement executed by the Buyer and the Escrow Agent.
(d) At the Closing the Buyer shall make the payments contemplated by Section 1.3(b).
1.3 Closing Payment Certificate; Closing Date Payments.
(a) No later than [**] prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Buyer: (A) the Closing Payment Certificate, (B) (i) a pay-off letter substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D, duly executed by Perceptive and each of the Affiliated Funds (the “Perceptive Pay-Off and Warrant Cancellation Agreement”) and (ii) a customary pay-off letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer to be duly executed by each Person to whom any Pay-Off Indebtedness not discharged in the Perceptive Pay-Off and Warrant Cancellation Agreement is (or at the Closing will be) owed by the Company or its Subsidiaries (each, including the Perceptive Pay-Off and Warrant Cancellation Agreement, a “Pay-Off Letter”), each of which shall include a complete release of the Company and its Subsidiaries from all Liens and Liabilities with respect to such Pay-Off Indebtedness, effective upon the discharge of such Pay-Off Indebtedness at the Closing, and authorization of the Buyer or the Company to prepare and file all related Lien release documentation, (C) final invoices submitted by each Person (other than any Governmental Entity) to whom any Company Transaction Expenses are (or at the Closing will be) owed, setting forth all Company Transaction Expenses payable to such Person with respect to the period through the Closing (“Final Invoices”) and (D) copies of Waiver Agreements duly executed by each Key Employee.
(b) On the Closing Date, the Buyer shall make the following payments, in each case in the respective amounts set forth in the Closing Payment Certificate:
(i) to the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (1) the Adjustment Escrow Amount to be deposited into the Adjustment Escrow Account and (2) the Indemnity Escrow Amount to be deposited into the Indemnity Escrow Account;
(ii) to each Person specified in the Closing Payment Certificate as a recipient of payments in respect of the Pay-Off Indebtedness who has delivered a Pay-Off Letter, excluding the Indemnity Participant, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount payable to such Person as specified in the Closing Payment Certificate and the applicable Pay-Off Letter;
(iii) to each Person specified in the Closing Payment Certificate as a recipient of payments in respect of Company Transaction Expenses, who has delivered a Final Invoice that remains unpaid as of immediately prior to the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount payable to such Person as specified in the Closing Payment Certificate and the applicable Final Invoice; and
(iv) to the Indemnity Participant, the Closing Consideration, as reflected on the Closing Payment Certificate.
1.4 Escrow. At Closing, the Buyer will (in accordance with Section 1.3(b)(i)) deliver to the Escrow Agent the Adjustment Escrow Amount and the Indemnity Escrow Amount to be held in escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and to be disbursed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. The Adjustment Escrow Account and the Indemnity Escrow Account, together with any interest and earnings thereon, shall be held by the Escrow Agent and released by the Escrow Agent to the Company, the Indemnity Participant or the Buyer, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
1.5 Adjustment Before and After the Closing. The Estimated Closing Adjustment and the Final Closing Adjustment shall be determined as set forth below in this Section 1.5:
(a) Not later than [**] prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and deliver to the Buyer a statement (the “Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement”) setting forth the Estimated Closing Adjustment (including each Closing Adjustment Item and the components thereof) as of immediately prior to the Closing (the “Measurement Time”), together with reasonable supporting detail. The Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement shall be prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles. From the delivery of the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement, the Buyer and its accountants shall, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, be permitted to discuss with the Company and its accountants the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement and shall be provided copies of, and have reasonable access, upon reasonable notice at reasonable times during normal business hours, to the work papers and supporting records of the Company and its accountants so as to allow the Buyer and its accountants to verify the accuracy of the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters if requested). The Buyer shall be entitled to comment on, and request reasonable changes to, the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement and the Company shall consider in good faith any changes Buyer proposes to the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement and revise such calculations if, based on its good faith assessment, such changes are warranted, provided, however, that without prejudice to the Buyer’s rights under Section 1.5(c), the foregoing shall not delay the Closing and the Company’s calculations in the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement shall control if the Buyer and the Company do not mutually agree to any modifications to the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement.
(b) Inventory Count. Within [**] prior to the Closing Date (or such other date as may be mutually agreed in writing between the parties), the Company shall conduct, and the Buyer shall have a right to have its Representatives attend and observe, a full physical count of the inventory of the Company and its Subsidiaries at each radiopharmacy location for the purpose of determining the actual levels of such inventory as of the Measurement Time (the “Inventory Count”); provided, that with respect to any radioactive materials, the Company shall provide good faith estimated levels of such inventory as of the Measurement Time. Each party will bear its own costs and expenses in connection with the Inventory Count. The Inventory Count shall be performed in accordance with the Accounting Principles and the procedures set forth on Schedule 1.5(b) and, as soon as practicable (and in any event within [**]) following the Inventory Count, the Company shall prepare and deliver to the Buyer a statement setting forth the results of the Inventory Count which shall be delivered together with reasonably detailed supporting documentation sufficient to support the amounts set forth in such statement.
(c) Not later than [**] after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall deliver to the Indemnity Participant the Closing Adjustment Statement, together with reasonable supporting detail. The Closing Adjustment Statement shall be prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles. The Closing Adjustment Statement delivered pursuant to this Section 1.5(c) shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the amount, if any, by which the total of the Closing Adjustment is greater than, or less than, the Estimated Closing Adjustment. The Closing Adjustment Statement, as proposed by the Buyer pursuant to this Section 1.5(c), shall be deemed for purposes of this Section 1.5(c) to be the “Final Closing Adjustment Statement,” the Closing Adjustment reflected thereon shall be deemed for purposes of this Section 1.5 to be the “Final Closing Adjustment” and each shall be final and binding on all parties to this Agreement and on all Company Participants, unless the Indemnity Participant timely delivers to the Buyer an Objection Notice in accordance with Section 1.5(d).
(d) In the event that the Indemnity Participant disputes the Closing Adjustment Statement, the amount of the Closing Adjustment Items or the Closing Adjustment, the Indemnity Participant shall notify the Buyer in writing (the “Objection Notice”) of the amount, nature and basis of such dispute, within [**] after delivery of the Closing Adjustment Statement pursuant to Section 1.5(c). Any such Objection Notice shall specify those items or amounts as to which the Indemnity Participant disagrees, and the Indemnity Participant shall be deemed to have agreed with all other items and amounts contained in the Closing Adjustment Statement delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(c). In the event of such a dispute, the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall first negotiate in good faith to reach agreement on the disputed items or amounts in order to determine the amounts of the Closing Adjustment Items, which amount shall not be more than the Buyer’s calculation delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(c) nor less than the Indemnity Participant’s calculation delivered pursuant to this Section 1.5(d). If the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant reach a final resolution on the Closing Adjustment Statement within [**] after the Buyer’s receipt of the Objection Notice (or within any additional period as mutually agreed to between the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant), then the Closing Adjustment Statement agreed upon by the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall be deemed for purposes of this Section 1.5(d) to be the “Final Closing Adjustment Statement,” the Closing Adjustment reflected thereon shall be deemed for purposes of this Section 1.5 to be the “Final Closing Adjustment” and each shall be final and binding on all parties to this Agreement and on all Company Participants.
(e) If the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant are unable to resolve the dispute within [**] after delivery of the Objection Notice, then any remaining items in dispute shall be submitted to (i) [**] or (ii) if such firm is unwilling or unable to serve as the Neutral Accountant (as defined below), an independent nationally recognized accounting firm selected in writing by the Indemnity Participant and the Buyer or, if the Indemnity Participant and the Buyer fail or refuse to select a firm within [**] after written request therefor by the Indemnity Participant or the Buyer, such an independent nationally recognized accounting firm shall be selected in accordance with the rules of the Chicago, Illinois office of the American Arbitration Association ([**] or such other firm selected pursuant to this clause (ii), the “Neutral Accountant”). The Neutral Accountant shall have reasonable access, upon reasonable notice at reasonable times during normal business hours, to the work papers and supporting records related thereto of each party and its accountants (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters if requested) so as to allow the Neutral Accountant to verify the accuracy of the Final Closing Adjustment. All determinations and calculations pursuant to this Section 1.5(e) shall consider only those Closing Adjustment Items that are set forth in the Objection Notice and remain in dispute, shall be a value that is not more than the Buyer’s calculation delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(c) nor less than the Indemnity Participant’s calculation delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(d), shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant as promptly as practicable. Absent fraud or manifest error, the Closing Adjustment Statement as finally determined by the Neutral Accountant shall be deemed for purposes of this Section 1.5 to be the “Final Closing Adjustment Statement,” the Closing Adjustment reflected thereon shall be deemed for purposes of this Section 1.5 to be the “Final Closing Adjustment” and each shall be final and binding on all parties to this Agreement and on all Company Participants. In determining the Closing Adjustment Statement and the Closing Adjustment Items, the Neutral Accountant shall make a final determination based solely on the applicable provisions of this Agreement (and not by independent review), shall act as an expert and not as arbitrator and the Neutral Accountant’s authority is limited to resolving disputed issues of fact (and not law). A judgment on the determination made by the Neutral Accountant pursuant to this Section 1.5(e) may be entered in and enforced by any court having jurisdiction thereover.
(f) The fees and expenses of the Neutral Accountant in connection with the resolution of disputes pursuant to Section 1.5(e) shall be borne by the Indemnity Participant, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on the other hand, in proportion to the amounts by which the proposals of the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant differed from the Neutral Accountant’s final determination. For example, if the Indemnity Participant challenges the calculation by an amount of [**] dollars ($[**]), but the Neutral Accountant determines that the Indemnity Participant has a valid claim for only [**] dollars ($[**]), the Indemnity Participant will bear [**] percent ([**]%) of the fees and expenses of the Neutral Accountant and the Buyer will bear the other [**] percent ([**]%) of such fees and expenses.
(g) The “Final Adjustment” shall be equal to (i) the Final Closing Adjustment, minus (ii) the Estimated Closing Adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Final Adjustment may be a positive or negative number. If the Final Adjustment is greater than zero (0), then the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall promptly (and in no event later than [**]) after the date of determination of the Final Adjustment, execute and deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to (A) release to the Buyer from the Adjustment Escrow Fund an amount of cash equal to the Final Adjustment and, if the amount of the Final Adjustment exceeds the amount then held in the Adjustment Escrow Fund immediately prior to such release, an instruction to the Escrow Agent to release such excess from the Indemnity Escrow Fund to the Buyer; and (B) release the amount of cash then remaining in the Adjustment Escrow Fund (after the payment to the Buyer of the Final Adjustment pursuant to clause (A)) for the benefit of the Indemnity Participant pursuant to Section 1.4. If the Final Adjustment is less than or equal to zero (0), then promptly (and in no event later than [**]) after the date of determination of the Final Adjustment: (1) the absolute value thereof shall be paid by the Buyer to the Indemnity Participant in accordance with the Escrow Agreement and (2) the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall execute and deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to release the amount of cash then remaining in the Adjustment Escrow Fund for the benefit of the Indemnity Participant pursuant to Section 1.3(b)(iv) or Section 1.3(b)(v), as applicable.
(h) From the delivery of the Closing Adjustment Statement until such time as the calculation of the Final Adjustment has been finally determined pursuant to this Section 1.5, the Indemnity Participant and its accountants shall, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, be permitted to discuss with the Buyer and its accountants the Closing Adjustment Statement and shall be provided copies of, and have reasonable access, upon reasonable notice at reasonable times during normal business hours, to the work papers and supporting records of the Buyer and its accountants as the Indemnity Participant and its accountants may reasonably request so as to allow the Indemnity Participant and its accountants to verify the accuracy of the Closing Adjustment Statement (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters if requested). Each party will bear its own costs and expenses in connection with such discussions.
(i) The parties agree that the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 shall be the sole and exclusive method for resolving any disputes with respect to the determination of the Final Closing Adjustment Statement and the Final Adjustment; provided, that this provision shall not prohibit the Buyer or the Indemnity Participant from instituting litigation to enforce the determination of the Neutral Accountant or the payment obligations contemplated in Section 1.5(f) and Section 1.5(g) and shall not limit any remedy of any party under Article VIII.
1.6 Preliminary Closing Date Payee Schedule. The Preliminary Closing Date Payee Schedule sets forth a list, prepared in good faith, of the expected recipients (estimated as of the date hereof) of amounts payable pursuant to Section 1.3(b) and all Future Payments. The Buyer shall pay the Closing Consideration, and shall pay, or instruct the Escrow Agent or cause the Company to pay any Future Payment, to the Indemnity Participant in accordance with the Closing Payment Certificate (subject to any applicable withholding as provided in Section 1.8). The parties understand and agree that (i) the Indemnity Participant has no rights as a security holder of the Company or the Buyer as a result of its right to receive the Future Payments and (ii) except as set forth in Section 1.7(f), no interest is payable as additional consideration with respect to any of the Future Payments.
1.7 Milestone Payments.
(a) As additional consideration in respect of Buyer’s acquisition of the Shares from Seller pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Buyer shall pay (or cause to be paid) to the Indemnity Participant:
(i) an aggregate payment of $[**] (“Milestone Payment #1”), if and only if, the Adjusted EBITDA in any single fiscal quarter during the first four (4) full fiscal quarters of the Company following the Closing Date (the “First Milestone Quarter”) is equal to or in excess of $[**] (“Milestone #1”);
(ii) an aggregate payment of $[**] (“Milestone Payment #2”), if and only if, the Adjusted EBITDA in any fiscal quarter during the first four (4) full fiscal quarters of the Company following the Closing Date (other than the First Milestone Quarter) is equal to or in excess of $[**] (“Milestone #2”);
(iii) an aggregate payment of $[**] (“Milestone Payment #3”), if and only if the Company distributes on average [**] Illuccix doses per Buyer Business Day in any full fiscal quarter during the 12 month period beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025 (“Milestone #3”); and
(iv) an aggregate payment of $[**] (“Milestone Payment #4” and collectively with Milestone Payment #1, Milestone Payment #2 and Milestone Payment #3, each, a “Milestone Payment” and collectively, the “Milestone Payments”), if and only if the SPECT Net Revenue during the 12 month period beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025, is equal to or greater than the SPECT Net Revenue during the immediately preceding 12 month period beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2024 (“Milestone #4”, and collectively with Milestone #1, Milestone #2 and Milestone #3, each, a “Milestone” and collectively, the “Milestones”).
(b) Each Milestone Payment, if earned pursuant to Section 1.7(a), shall be paid by the Buyer to the Indemnity Participant in accordance with Section 1.7(c) no later than the [**] following the applicable Determination Date. There shall be no Milestone Payment if the applicable Milestone set forth in Section 1.7(a) is not achieved.
(c) The Buyer shall deliver to the Indemnity Participant (i) no later than [**] following the end of each of the first four (4) full fiscal quarters following the Closing Date (or until Milestone Payment #2 is earned, if sooner) (each such period, an “Adjusted EBITDA Measurement Period”), a written statement prepared by the Buyer in accordance with the Accounting Principles setting forth in reasonable detail the Buyer’s computation of Adjusted EBITDA and the resulting Milestone Payment, if any, for such Adjusted EBITDA Measurement Period (an “Adjusted EBITDA Statement”), (ii) no later than [**] following the end of each full fiscal quarter during the twelve (12) month period beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025 (or until Milestone Payment #3 is earned, if sooner) (each such period, an “Illuccix Measurement Period”), a written statement prepared by the Buyer setting forth in reasonable detail the Buyer’s computation of the average billable Illuccix doses distributed per Buyer Business Day and the resulting Milestone Payment, if any, for such Illuccix Measurement Period (an “Illuccix Statement”) and (iii) no later than [**] following the end of the twelve (12) month period beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025 (the “Net Revenue Measurement Period” and, collectively with each Adjusted EBITDA Measurement Period and the Illuccix Measurement Period, the “Measurement Periods” and each, a “Measurement Period”), a written statement prepared by the Buyer in accordance with the Accounting Principles setting forth in reasonable detail the Buyer’s computation of SPECT Net Revenue for such Net Revenue Measurement Period and for the twelve (12) month period beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2024, and the resulting Milestone Payment, if any, for such Net Revenue Measurement Period (the “Net Revenue Statement” and, collectively with each Adjusted EBITDA Statement and the Illuccix Statement, the “Measurement Statements” and each, a “Measurement Statement”).
(d) During the Dispute Period (as defined below), the Indemnity Participant (or its designee) shall, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, be permitted to discuss with the Buyer, the Company and their accountants the Measurement Statements and shall be provided copies of, and have reasonable access, upon reasonable notice at reasonable times during normal business hours, to the work papers and supporting records of the Company, the Buyer and its accountants so as to allow the Indemnity Participant (or its designee) and its accountants to verify the accuracy of the Measurement Statement (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters if requested). Each party will bear its own costs and expenses in connection with such discussions.
(e) Each Measurement Statement, as proposed by the Buyer shall be final and binding on all parties to this Agreement and on all Company Participants, unless the Indemnity Participant timely delivers to the Buyer a Milestone Dispute Notice in accordance with this Section 1.7(e). In the event that the Indemnity Participant disputes the determination made by the Buyer in any Measurement Statement during the applicable period as set forth in such Measurement Statement, the Indemnity Participant shall notify the Buyer in writing (the “Milestone Dispute Notice”) of the amount, nature and basis of such dispute, within [**] after delivery of the applicable Measurement Statement (such period, the “Dispute Period”). Any such Milestone Dispute Notice shall specify those items or amounts as to which the Indemnity Participant disagrees, and the Indemnity Participant shall be deemed to have agreed with all other items and amounts contained in the applicable Measurement Statement. In the event of such a dispute, the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall first negotiate in good faith to reach agreement on the disputed items and whether a Milestone Payment is owed for the applicable Measurement Period. If the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant reach a final resolution on the applicable Measurement Statement within [**] after the Buyer’s receipt of the applicable Milestone Dispute Notice (or within any additional period as mutually agreed to between the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant), then the Measurement Statement agreed upon by the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall be final and binding on all parties to this Agreement and on all Company Participants. If the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant are unable to resolve the dispute within [**] after the Buyer’s receipt of the applicable Milestone Dispute Notice, then any remaining items in dispute shall be submitted to the Neutral Accountant. All determinations and calculations by the Neutral Accountant pursuant to this Section 1.7(e) shall consider only those items that are set forth in the applicable Milestone Dispute Notice and remain in dispute, shall be a value (with respect to the measurement determining achievement of the applicable Milestone) that is not less than the Buyer’s calculation set forth in the applicable Measurement Statement nor more than the Indemnity Participant’s calculation set forth in the Milestone Dispute Notice, shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant as promptly as practicable. The Neutral Accountant shall have reasonable access, upon reasonable notice at reasonable times during normal business hours, to the work papers and supporting records related thereto of the Company, the Buyer and its accountants (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters if requested) so as to allow the Neutral Accountant to verify the accuracy of the Measurement Statement. Absent fraud or manifest error, the Measurement Statement for the applicable Measurement Period as finally determined by the Neutral Accountant shall be final and binding on all parties to this Agreement and on all Company Participants. The date on which the Measurement Statement for any applicable Measurement Period is finally determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 1.7(e) shall be the “Determination Date.” In rendering any decision hereunder, the Neutral Accountant shall act as an expert and not as arbitrator, and the Neutral Accountant’s authority is limited to resolving disputed issues of fact (and not law). The procedures set forth in this Section 1.7(e) concerning any decision of the Neutral Accountant shall be governed by the law of expert determination and appraisal rather than the law of arbitration. A judgment on the determination made by the Neutral Accountant pursuant to this Section 1.7(e) may be entered in and enforced by any court having jurisdiction thereover. The fees and expenses of the Neutral Accountant in connection with the resolution of disputes pursuant to this Section 1.7(e) shall be borne by the Indemnity Participant, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on the other hand, in proportion to the amounts by which the proposals of the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant (with respect to the measurement determining achievement of the applicable Milestone) differed from the Neutral Accountant’s final determination. The parties agree that the procedures set forth in this Section 1.7 shall be the sole and exclusive method for resolving any disputes with respect to the determination of achievement of the Milestones and payment of the applicable the Milestone Payment; provided, that this provision shall not prohibit the Buyer or the Indemnity Participant from instituting litigation to enforce the determination of the Neutral Accountant and shall not limit any remedy of any party under Article VIII.
(f) In the event that any Milestone Payment is not paid when due and payable in accordance with Section 1.7(b), interest shall accrue on each such unpaid Milestone Payment from and after such date at a rate equal to [**] percent ([**]%) per annum to be made through the date such Milestone Payment was actually received.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject only to the express requirements of Sections 1.7(h), 1.7(i), 1.7(j) and 1.7(k), the Indemnity Participant and, by such Person’s execution of this Agreement, the Transaction Support Agreement or a Pay-Off Letter with respect to the Credit Facility, approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and adoption of this Agreement and/or acceptance of any consideration pursuant to this Agreement, each Company Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Buyer and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall have absolutely no obligation or duty, under contract, Law or otherwise (including with respect to this Section 1.7), to the Indemnity Participant or any Company Participant, to operate the business of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) after the Closing in any manner other than as the Buyer (acting in its sole discretion) may determine, (ii) the Buyer shall have absolute sole discretion with respect to all matters related to the Buyer and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries) and the operation of the businesses thereof, and (iii) the Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer may offer products or services that compete, directly or indirectly, with the products or services of the Company and may make decisions with respect to such products and services that may adversely affect the Company’s products (including Illuccix), services, sales, revenues (including SPECT Net Revenue), expenses, or other financial performance measures (including Adjusted EBITDA). The Buyer, the Indemnity Participant and the Company Participants intend the express provisions of this Agreement to govern their contractual relationship and to supersede any standard of efforts or implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing that might otherwise be imposed by any court or other Governmental Entity or Law or otherwise. Each of the Indemnity Participant and the Company Participants hereby covenants and agrees that such Person shall not commence or aid in any way any proceeding, in any forum, whether as a matter of Law, contract or otherwise, against the Buyer or any of the Buyer’s Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries) with respect to any matter described in the previous sentence and the Indemnity Participant and each Company Participant acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section 1.7(g) are intended to function as an absolute bar to any such proceeding; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not prevent the Indemnity Participant from taking actions expressly contemplated by Section 1.7(e) or any actions to enforce the Indemnity Participant’s rights under Section 1.7(h), Section 1.7(i), and Section 1.7(j). The Indemnity Participant and each Company Participant acknowledges that neither the Buyer nor any other Person is making, will make or has made any promise, projection or representation or warranty as to the amount or likelihood of any payments pursuant to this Section 1.7 being achieved or made and that such Person has not relied on any such promise, projection or representation or warranty, and the Indemnity Participant and each Company Participant understands that it may not receive any payments pursuant to this Section 1.7. Neither the Buyer nor any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries) owes any fiduciary duty to the Indemnity Participant or any Company Participant, and the Indemnity Participant and each Company Participant hereby expressly waives any fiduciary duty of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries) to such Person.
(h) The Buyer, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates (including the Company and its Subsidiaries after the Closing) shall, and shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to, take the following actions during the applicable Milestone Period:
(i) maintain the separate corporate existence and operations (other than general and administrative functions) of the Company and its Subsidiaries and refrain from divesting or discontinuing any material operations (other than general and administrative functions) of the Company or its Subsidiaries or combining such operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries with any other current or future business operations of the Buyer or its other Subsidiaries; and
(ii) not impose any charge on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of any Measurement Statement, except in accordance with the Accounting Principles; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the cost of any Buyer employee reassigned to support the business of the Company;
(i) The Buyer, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates (including the Company and its Subsidiaries after the Closing) shall not, and shall cause the Company to not take the following actions during any Milestone Period:
(i) provide the same or substantially similar services or products through another member or any other business of the Buyer in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company at or prior to the Closing Date or divert any opportunities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to another member or any other business of the Buyer; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Buyer from (A) changing the product mix of the Company’s customers, including switching customers to the Buyer’s products or (B) selling the Buyer’s products through other distributors or channel partners;
(ii) take any action with respect items reflected in the accounting books and records of the Company used in the determination of the Measurement Statement that is inconsistent with the Accounting Principles (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not restrict the accounting practices of the Buyer for any other purpose so long as the Measurement Statement is prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles); or
(iii) change the Company’s fiscal year.
(j) Following the Closing and prior to the expiration of the final Measurement Period, the Buyer, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates (including the Company and its Subsidiaries after the Closing) shall not take or cause the Company to take any action with the intention of avoiding, frustrating or hindering the achievement of any Milestone Payment.
(k) In the event the Buyer or the Company (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its or their properties and assets to any other Person other than the Buyer or its other Subsidiaries, then, and in each case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors or assigns of the Buyer, the Company or any of its or their successors or assigns shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 1.7.
(l) For the avoidance of doubt, the Indemnity Participant’s contingent rights to receive the Milestone Payments (or any portion thereof) (i) is solely a contractual right and is not a security for the purposes of any federal or state securities Law; (ii) will not be represented by any form of certificate or instrument; (iii) does not give any party hereto the right to any dividend rights, voting rights, liquidation rights, preemptive rights or other rights; (iv) are not redeemable; and (v) may not be sold, assigned, pledged, gifted, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of (a “Transfer”) (and any Transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void), other than in accordance with Section 11.5.
1.8 Withholding Rights. The Buyer, the Company and the Escrow Agent will be entitled to deduct and withhold from the amounts otherwise payable by it pursuant to this Agreement to any Person, including payments made under the Escrow Agreement, such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, and to collect any necessary Tax forms, including Forms W-8 or W-9, as applicable, or any similar information, from the Seller, the Indemnity Participant and any other recipients of payments hereunder; provided that, other than for withholding with respect to amounts that are treated as compensatory for applicable Tax purposes, the Buyer and the Company shall provide the Indemnity Participant with at least [**] advance written notice of any such deduction or withholding and shall cooperate with the Indemnity Participant in reducing or otherwise eliminating any such deduction or withholding. In the event that any amount is so deducted and withheld, and properly remitted to the applicable Governmental Entity, such amount will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom the payment from which such amount was withheld was made.
1.9 Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time after the Closing, at any party’s request and without further consideration, the other parties shall promptly execute and deliver such instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation, and take all such other action as such party may reasonably request to evidence and effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including to effectively transfer, convey and assign to the Buyer, and to confirm the Buyer’s title to, all of the Shares, to put the Buyer in actual possession and operating control of the assets, properties and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including any assets, properties or rights of the Seller used by or related to the business of the Company, to assist the Buyer in exercising all rights with respect thereto and to carry out the purpose and intent of this Agreement, and to ensure that all payments to be made by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement have been properly received.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
The Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer that, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the statements contained in this Article II are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date).
2.1 Organization, Standing and Corporate Power.
(a) The Seller is a company duly incorporated with limited liability, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Seller is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of the Seller’s businesses requires such qualification. The Seller has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. Unless amended with the Buyer’s prior written consent, Seller has made available to the Buyer complete and accurate copies of its Organizational Documents. The Seller is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents and the Organizational Documents of the Seller are in full force and effect.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 2.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Seller (i) has not conducted any business or operations; (ii) has not been a party to any Contract; (iii) does not own any assets; and (iv) does not have any employees.
2.2 Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The Seller has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby and to perform the Seller’s obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby and the performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby and, subject to receipt of the Seller Shareholders’ Approval, the consummation by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate and other action on the part of the Seller. This Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby have been or will be as of the Closing Date duly and validly executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby, nor the performance by the Seller of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, nor, the consummation by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (i) subject to receipt of the Seller Shareholders’ Approval, conflict with or violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Seller, each as amended or restated to date, (ii) assuming the consents and approvals listed on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule have been obtained, require on the part of the Seller any notice to or filing with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any contract, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, franchise, permit, indenture, agreement or mortgage for borrowed money, instrument of Indebtedness to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller is bound or to which any of the assets of the Seller are subject, (iv) result in the imposition of any Lien upon any assets of the Seller or (v) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller or any of its respective properties or assets, except in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), as would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except for the consents, approvals and other authorizations applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from Healthcare Regulatory Authorities set forth on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, no consent, approval, license, permit, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration, notice or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to the Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller or the consummation by the Seller of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except those that the failure to obtain would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
2.3 Ownership of Stock. The Seller holds beneficially and of record all of the Shares, free and clear of any Liens (other than restrictions on transfer arising under applicable securities Laws). The Seller is not a party to any voting trust, proxy, or other agreement or understanding with respect to the voting or transfer of the Shares. Upon consummation of the purchase contemplated hereby, the Buyer will acquire from the Seller good, valid and marketable title to all Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer arising under applicable securities Laws).
2.4 Litigation. There is no Legal Proceeding that is pending or has been threatened in writing against the Seller that questions the validity of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by the Seller in connection herewith, or that would have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
2.5 Brokers. The Seller has no Liability to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2.6 No Other Representations. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE BUYER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BUYER OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES IN CERTAIN “DATA ROOMS” OR MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS OR OTHERWISE), EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE II, ARTICLE III, THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, NONE OF THE SELLER NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, AND EACH OF THE SELLER OR ANY OTHER PERSON EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE CONDITION AND VALUE OR QUALITY OF THE SHARES OR THE COMPANY. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE II, ARTICLE III, THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NONE OF THE SELLER NOR ANY OTHER PERSON ON BEHALF OF THE SELLER OR ON BEHALF OF ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE SELLER OR THE COMPANY OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED (INCLUDING THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSETS, LIABILITIES OR OPERATIONS), IF ANY, TO THE BUYER, ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF SUCH INFORMATION. THE BUYER, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS AFFILIATES AND EACH OF ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS NOT RELYING NOR HAS IT RELIED ON ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES FROM THE SELLER OR ANY OTHER PERSON EXCEPT FOR THOSE EXPRESSLY MADE IN THIS ARTICLE II, ARTICLE III, THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT ONLY THOSE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES MADE IN THIS ARTICLE II, ARTICLE III, THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL HAVE ANY LEGAL EFFECT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING OR ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING HEREIN SHALL RESTRICT OR OTHERWISE LIMIT THE PARTIES’ RIGHTS OR REMEDIES IN THE EVENT OF FRAUD.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer that, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the statements contained in this Article III are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date).
3.1 Organization, Standing and Corporate Power. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to conduct business and is in good standing (if applicable) under the Laws of each jurisdiction listed in Section 3.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, which jurisdictions constitute the only jurisdictions in which the property and assets owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature of the business conducted by it, makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. Other than to the extent amended in accordance with Section 5.1, the Company has made available to the Buyer complete and accurate copies of its Organizational Documents. The Company is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents and the Organizational Documents of the Company are in full force and effect.
3.2 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 5,800 shares of Company Stock. As of the date of this Agreement, there are (i) 2,000 shares of Company Common Stock outstanding and (ii) no shares of Company Stock held in treasury.
(b) Section 3.2(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement, of the holders of capital stock of the Company, showing the number of shares of capital stock, and the class or series of such shares, held by each stockholder. No Company Stock constitutes restricted stock or is otherwise subject to a repurchase or redemption right. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been and on the Closing Date will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of all preemptive rights. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been offered, issued and sold by the Company in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities Laws.
(c) Section 3.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all holders of outstanding Company Warrants, indicating with respect to each Company Warrant the agreement or other document under which it was granted, the number of shares of capital stock, and the class or series of such shares, subject to such Company Warrant, the exercise price, the date of issuance and the expiration date thereof. The Company has provided to the Buyer complete and accurate copies of all agreements evidencing Company Warrants. All of the shares of capital stock of the Company subject to Company Warrants will be, upon issuance pursuant to the exercise of such instruments, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of all preemptive rights.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 3.2(b) or Section 3.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) there are no Equity Interests of any class of the Company, or any security exchangeable into or exercisable for such Equity Interests, issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding, (ii) there are no options, warrants, equity securities, calls, rights, equity awards, commitments or agreements to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound obligating the Company to issue, exchange, transfer, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, exchanged, transferred, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests of the Company or any security or rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any such shares or other Equity Interests, or obligating the Company to grant, extend, otherwise modify or amend or enter into any such option, warrant, Equity Interest, call, right, commitment or agreement, (iii) the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to issue any subscription, warrant, option, convertible security or other such right, or to issue or distribute to holders of any Equity Interests of the Company any evidences of Indebtedness or assets of the Company, (iv) the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, redeem (or establish a sinking fund with respect to redemption) or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests or to pay any dividend or to make any other distribution in respect thereof and (v) there are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right to vote (or which are exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible or redeemable into securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which stockholders of the Company may vote. The Company does not have any outstanding equity compensation or equity-based compensation. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any Indebtedness having the right to vote (or which is exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible or redeemable into securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which securityholders of the Company or its Subsidiaries may vote.
(e) There is no Contract between the Company and any holder of its securities, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, among any holders of its securities, relating to the sale or transfer (including Contracts relating to rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag along” rights), registration under the applicable securities Laws of any jurisdiction, or voting, of the capital stock of the Company.
3.3 Subsidiaries.
(a) As of the date hereof, [**] is the only Subsidiary of the Company. Section 3.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth: (i) the number and type of outstanding equity securities of [**] and a list of the holders thereof; (ii) the names of the officers and directors of [**]; and (iii) the jurisdictions in which [**] is qualified or holds licenses to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly organized, validly existing (or comparable) and in good standing under the Laws the state of its incorporation. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except for such failures to be so qualified or in good standing that, would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary of the Company has all requisite power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. Other than as amended in accordance with Section 5.1, Company has made available to the Buyer complete and accurate copies of the Organizational Documents of [**], which is not in default under or in violation of any provisions of such Organizational Documents. The Organizational Documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries are in full force and effect. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. All shares of the Company’s Subsidiaries that are held of record or owned beneficially by either the Company or its Subsidiaries are held or owned free and clear of any restrictions on transfer (other than restrictions under applicable securities Laws), claims, Liens (other than restrictions under applicable securities Laws) and Liens in favor of Perceptive pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility that will be released at the Closing, options, warrants, rights, Contracts, calls, equities and demands. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights or Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or which are binding on any of them providing for the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries. There are no forms of equity or equity-based compensation or similar rights with respect to the Company’s Subsidiaries. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of any capital stock of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Except for [**], the Company does not own or control directly or indirectly or have any direct or indirect equity participation or similar interest in, or any obligation to providing funding to, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other business association or entity.
3.4 Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The Company has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby and the performance by the Company of this Agreement, the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby and, subject to receipt of the Seller Shareholders’ Approval, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate and other action on the part of the Company and the Seller. This Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby have been or will be as of the Closing Date duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document contemplated hereby, nor the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Company, each as amended or restated to date, or the Organizational Documents of any Subsidiary of the Company, each as amended or restated to date, (ii) assuming the consents and approvals listed on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule have been obtained, require on the part of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Seller any notice to or registration or filing with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent, approval or waiver under, any Contract (provided that, for purposes of Section 7.2(b) and any Fraud claim, this reference to “Contract” shall be deemed to be replaced with “Material Contract”) to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which the Company or its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries are subject, (iv) result in the imposition of any Lien upon any assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (v) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Seller or any of their respective properties or assets, except in the case of the foregoing clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) for such notices, filings, consents, approvals and waivers that, if not obtained or made, and such conflicts, breaches, defaults, accelerations, terminations, modifications, cancellations and violations that would not reasonably be expected to result in the loss of any material rights or obligations, or the creation of any material liability or obligation, on the part of the Company.
3.5 Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has made available to the Buyer the Company Financial Statements. The Company Financial Statements (i) comply as to form with all applicable accounting requirements to the extent required by GAAP and (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; provided, however, that the Company Financial Statements referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term are subject to normal recurring year-end adjustments (which, individually and in the aggregate, will not be material) and do not include footnotes.
(b) Each of the Company Financial Statements fairly presents in all material respects the financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries reflected therein as of the date thereof and for the period referred to therein, and is consistent with the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(c) The Company has established and maintains systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to maintain accountability for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets, (iii) access to assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization, (iv) the reporting of assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries is compared with existing assets at regular intervals, (v) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory were recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely basis and (vi) all information concerning the Company is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s financial statements.
(d) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, modified or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan or otherwise, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
3.6 Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2023, and until the date hereof, (a) there has been no Company Material Adverse Effect, (b) except as expressly required by this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business in the Ordinary Course of Business and (c) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has taken any of the actions set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s) (to the extent such Contract involves annual payments in excess of $[**]), (t), (v), and (w) of Section 5.1.
3.7 Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any Liabilities, except for (i) Liabilities shown on the face of the Most Recent Balance Sheet, a copy of which is attached to Section 3.7(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, (ii) Liabilities that have arisen since the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of Business, (iii) Liabilities set forth on Section 3.7(a)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, (iv) Liabilities that are executory obligations under any Contract made available to the Buyer to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound (other than on account of breach or default thereunder or a violation of Law) that in each case are either listed on the Company Disclosure Schedule or not by the terms of this Agreement required to be listed on the Company Disclosure Schedule, (v) Company Transaction Expenses that will be discharged or paid off at or prior to the Closing or (vi) any immaterial Liabilities.
(b) Other than the PPP Loan, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries applied for or accepted (i) any loan pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program in Section 1102 and Section 1106 of the CARES Act, respectively, (ii) any funds pursuant to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program or an advance on an Economic Injury Disaster Loan pursuant to Section 1110 of the CARES Act, or (iii) any loan or funds from similar applicable Laws enacted by Governmental Entities in any state, local, or foreign jurisdictions in response to COVID-19. The Company met the eligibility requirements for the PPP Loan both when it filed its application for such PPP Loan and when it received the proceeds of such PPP Loan. All statements and certifications made in the Company’s application for the PPP Loan were true, correct and complete both when the Company filed the application for the PPP Loan and when the proceeds of the PPP Loan were received by the Company. The Company has used all such proceeds only for purposes permitted by the Paycheck Protection Program and has complied with the Paycheck Protection Program and the terms of the PPP Loan in all respects in connection therewith. The Company has maintained all records required to be submitted in connection with the forgiveness of the PPP Loan. All statements and certifications made in the Company’s forgiveness application were true, correct and complete both when the Company filed the forgiveness application and at Closing. The PPP Loan was forgiven by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the PPP Lender, in accordance with the Paycheck Protection on December 22, 2021, and the Company has no further obligations to the PPP Lender, and the PPP Lender has no further rights or interests with respect to the Company or its assets, in connection with the PPP Loan. Neither the PPP Lender’s nor the U.S. Small Business Administration’s consent is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.8 Books and Records. Since [**], the minute books and other similar records of the Company and each Subsidiary contain complete and accurate records of all actions taken at any meetings of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s stockholders, Board of Directors (or comparable governing body) or any committee thereof and of all written consents executed in lieu of the holding of any such meeting.
3.9 Tax Matters.
(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has properly filed all material Tax Returns that it was required to file, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has paid all material Taxes, whether or not shown on any Tax Return, that were due and payable.
(b) All material amounts of Taxes that the Company or its Subsidiaries is or was required by Law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been properly paid to the appropriate Governmental Entity, and each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all information reporting and backup withholding requirements, including the maintenance of required records with respect thereto, in connection with amounts paid to any Company Employee, independent contractor, creditor, or other third party.
(c) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is or has ever been a member of an affiliated group with which it has filed (or been required to file) consolidated, combined, unitary or similar Tax Returns, other than a group of which the common parent is or was the Company or its Subsidiaries. Except for pursuant to Contracts the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries (i) has any Liability under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any comparable or similar provision of federal, state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, or pursuant to any contractual obligation for any Taxes of any Person other than the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (ii) is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity, Tax sharing, Tax allocation or similar agreement.
(d) No examination or audit or other action of or relating to any material Tax or material Tax Return of the Company or its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has been threatened in writing by any Governmental Entity that has not since been withdrawn or otherwise resolved. No deficiencies for material Taxes of the Company or its Subsidiaries have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Entity in writing that have not since been withdrawn or otherwise resolved. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been informed in writing by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction in which the Company or its Subsidiaries does not file a Tax Return that such Governmental Entity believes that the Company or its Subsidiaries was required to file any Tax Return that was not filed or is subject to Tax in such jurisdiction that has not since been withdrawn or otherwise resolved. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has (i) waived any statute of limitations with respect to material Taxes or agreed to extend the period for assessment or collection of any material Taxes, which waiver or extension is still in effect, or (ii) requested any extension of time within which to file any material Tax Return (other than automatic extensions of the time to file obtained in the Ordinary Course of Business), which Tax Return has not yet been filed.
(e) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries will be required to include any material amount of income in, or exclude any material amount of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of (i) any adjustments under Section 481 of the Code (or any similar adjustments under any provision of the Code or the corresponding foreign, state or local Tax Law) as a result of an accounting method change made, or use of an improper accounting method, prior to the Closing, (ii) deferred intercompany gain or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law) in existence as of the Closing, (iii) a closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law) executed on or prior to the Closing, (iv) an installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing, or (v) a prepaid amount or deferred revenue received on or prior to the Closing.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(l)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(g) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has distributed to its shareholders or security holders stock or securities of a controlled corporation, nor has stock or securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries been distributed, in a transaction to which Section 355 of the Code applies (i) in the [**] prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) that includes the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(h) There are no Liens with respect to Taxes upon any of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than with respect to Taxes not yet due and payable or Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP.
(i) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is subject to Tax in any country other than its country of incorporation, organization or formation by virtue of having employees, a permanent establishment or other place of business in that country.
(j) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has engaged in a “listed transaction” as set forth in Treasury Regulation section 301.6111-2(b)(2) or any analogous provision of state or local Law.
(k) The provisions of this Section 3.9 and, to the extent relating to Taxes, Section 3.16 and Section 3.17 represent the sole and exclusive representations and warranties with respect to any Tax matters, and any claim for breach of a representation or warranty with respect to Tax matters shall be based on the representations and warranties made in this Section 3.9 and, to the extent relating to Taxes, Section 3.16 and Section 3.17, as applicable, and shall not be based on the representations and warranties set forth in any other provision of this Agreement. No representation or warranty is made in this Agreement with respect to (i) Taxes payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries or any Tax position that Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including the Company and its Subsidiaries) may take in any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date, other than Section 3.9(e), or (ii) the existence, amount, sufficiency, or usability of any net operating loss, capital loss, Tax credit, Tax basis, previously taxed income, or other Tax attribute in a period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date.
3.10 Assets. The Company or its applicable Subsidiary is the true and lawful owner of, and has good title to, all of the assets purported to be owned by the Company or such Subsidiary, free and clear of all Liens. The Company and each Subsidiary owns or validly leases tangible assets sufficient for the conduct of its businesses, which tangible assets are reflected in the Company Financial Statements (other than to the extent disposed of in the Ordinary Course of Business).
3.11 Owned and Leased Real Property.
(a) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries owns, or since [**], has ever owned, any real property.
(b) Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all Leases as of the date hereof. The Company has made available to the Buyer correct and complete copies of such Leases, including all amendments and modifications thereto and any guarantees thereof. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries uses or occupies or has a right to use or occupy any space other than pursuant to a Lease. With respect to each Lease listed in Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedule:
(i) such Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect against the Company or its Subsidiaries that is the party thereto, as applicable, and, to Knowledge of the Company, against each other party thereto;
(ii) none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party, is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such Lease, and no event has occurred, is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened in writing, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time, or otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party under such Lease; and no event has occurred that would give rise to a termination right under such Lease; and
(iii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has assigned, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged, subleased, licensed, granted occupancy rights with respect to, deeded in trust or encumbered any interest in such Lease or the leasehold (or subleasehold, if applicable) estate.
3.12 Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 3.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Registrations, in each case enumerating specifically the applicable filing or registration number, title, jurisdiction in which filing was made or from which registration issued, date of filing and issuance, as applicable, and names of all current applicant(s) or registered owners(s), as applicable. All assignments of material Company Registrations to the Company or its Subsidiaries have been properly executed and recorded. To the Knowledge of the Company, all Company Registrations are valid and enforceable and all issuance, renewal, maintenance and other payments that are or have become due with respect thereto have been timely paid by or on behalf of the Company or applicable Subsidiary, and there are no Liens on any of the Company Registrations.
(b) There are no inventorship challenges, opposition or nullity proceedings or interferences declared, commenced or provoked, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to any Patent Rights included in the Company Registrations. The Company and its Subsidiaries have (and to Company’s Knowledge any other Person responsible for patent matters has) complied with their duty of candor and disclosure to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and any relevant foreign patent office with respect to all patent and trademark applications filed by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries and have made no material misrepresentation in such applications. The Company has no Knowledge of any information that would preclude the Company or its Subsidiaries from having clear title to the Company Registrations or affecting the patentability, validity or enforceability of any Company Registrations. To the Company’s Knowledge, there has been no public disclosure of any Company Intellectual Property that is or is intended to be protected via Patent Rights or that constitute a trade secret, including in trade publications or at trade shows, prior to filing of any Company Registrations with respect thereto.
(c) To the Company’s Knowledge, each item of Company Intellectual Property will be owned or available for use by the Buyer or a Subsidiary of the Buyer following the Closing on the same terms and conditions as it was immediately prior to the Closing. The Company or its Subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive owner of all Company Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of any Liens. The Company Intellectual Property constitutes all Intellectual Property necessary (i) to Exploit the Company Offerings in the manner so done currently and contemplated to be done in the future by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) to Exploit the Internal Systems as they are currently used and contemplated to be done in the future by the Company and its Subsidiaries and (iii) otherwise to conduct the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the manner currently conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries. A true and complete list of all Company Offerings is set forth in Section 3.12(c) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(d) The Company or the appropriate Subsidiary, as applicable, has taken all necessary measures to protect the proprietary nature of each item of Company Owned Intellectual Property, and to maintain in confidence all trade secrets and confidential information comprising a part thereof. The Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all applicable contractual and legal requirements pertaining to information privacy and security. Since [**], no complaint relating to an improper use or disclosure of, or a breach in the security of, any such information has been made or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries. To the Knowledge of the Company, since [**], there has been no: (i) unauthorized disclosure of any third party proprietary or confidential information in the possession, custody or control of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (ii) breach of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ security procedures wherein confidential information has been disclosed to a third Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries has actively policed the quality of all goods and services sold, distributed or marketed under each of its Trademarks and has enforced adequate quality control measures to ensure that no Trademarks that it has licensed to others shall be deemed to be abandoned. The Company has access to all user names and passwords for the material social media accounts used by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. No content posted to any social media account of the Company or its Subsidiaries violates any rights of a third party, except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) The Exploitation of the Company Offerings and the conduct of the Company’s business, does not infringe, misappropriate, constitute an unauthorized use of, or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any third party in any material respect. No written claim has been made to Company, nor has Company received any other written notice alleging, that the Exploitation of the Company Offerings or conduct of Company’s business does (or upon commercialization of any Company Offering would) infringe upon, misappropriate, constitutes an unauthorized use of or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property of any third party. The Company has not received any written notice or communication from any third party recommending, suggesting or otherwise alleging that the Exploitation of any Company Offering would require a license under any Intellectual Property of such third party. No Intellectual Property of a third party is required to Exploit any Company Offering other than the Company Licensed Intellectual Property.
(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, no Person (including any Company Employee or current or former consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries) is infringing, violating or misappropriating any of the Company Intellectual Property. The Company has made available to the Buyer copies of all correspondence, analyses, legal opinions, complaints, claims, notices or threats concerning the infringement, violation or misappropriation of any Company Owned Intellectual Property.
(g) Section 3.12(g) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has assigned, transferred, licensed, distributed or otherwise granted any right or access to any Person, or covenanted not to assert any right, with respect to any past, existing or future Company Intellectual Property, other than Contracts (i) nonexclusively licensing Company Intellectual Property to a vendor, supplier, contractor or subcontractor of the Company for purposes of providing products or services to the Company or (ii) with respect to which a license or other right or access to Company Intellectual Property is merely incidental to the purpose of the Contract. Except as described in Section 3.12(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has agreed to indemnify any Person against any infringement, violation or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property rights with respect to any Company Offerings or any third party Intellectual Property rights. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is a member of or party to any patent pool, industry standards body, trade association or other organization pursuant to the rules of which it is obligated to license any existing or future Intellectual Property to any Person.
(h) Section 3.12(h) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies (i) each item of material Company Licensed Intellectual Property and the Contract pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has been granted rights to Exploit such Company Licensed Intellectual Property (excluding currently-available, off-the-shelf software programs that are part of the Internal Systems and are licensed by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to “shrink wrap” licenses for which the total fees associated are less than $[**] per year) and (ii) each Contract, assignment or other instrument pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has obtained any joint or sole ownership interest in or to each item of Company Owned Intellectual Property. Except pursuant to an In-License Agreement and as described in Section 3.12(h) of the Disclosure Schedule, no proprietary third party inventions, methods, services, materials, processes or Software are included in or required to Exploit the Company Offerings or Internal Systems. The Company is in compliance with all material terms of each In-License Agreement and to the Company’s Knowledge, no event or circumstance has given or would give rise to a right of termination under each In-License Agreement.
(i) Each Company Employee and each current or former independent contractor of the Company or its Subsidiaries has executed a valid, binding and enforceable written Contract expressly assigning to the Company or such Subsidiary all right, title and interest in any inventions and works of authorship, whether or not patentable, invented, created, developed, authored, conceived and/or reduced to practice during the term of such Company Employee’s employment or such independent contractor’s work for the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, and all Intellectual Property rights therein, has waived all moral rights therein to the extent legally permissible, and has no residual claims to such materials. To the Company’s Knowledge, no former Company Employee or independent contractor is using any Company Intellectual Property. To the Company’s Knowledge, no Company Employee or independent contractor has disclosed any trade secrets of the Company or its Subsidiaries to any third party except pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement between Company and such third party that protects the confidentiality and use thereof.
(j) The Company Offerings provided to any third party conform to the written Documentation and specifications therefor. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any warranty claims, contractual terminations or requests for settlement or refund due to the failure of the Company Offerings to meet their specifications or otherwise to satisfy end user needs or for harm or damage to any third party, except for such claims, terminations or requests that have been resolved in all material respects.
(k) The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any support, funding, resources or assistance from any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or quasi-governmental agency or funding source in connection with the Exploitation of the Company Offerings, the Internal Systems or any facilities or equipment used in connection therewith. No university or Governmental Entity has sponsored any research or development conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or has any claim of right or ownership of or Lien on any (i) Company Owned Intellectual Property or (ii) Company Licensed Intellectual Property that (A) is, or is purported to be, exclusively licensed to Company or its Subsidiaries or (B) used in any Company Offerings.
(l) Neither the negotiation, execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will result in (i) a breach of or default under any Contract governing any Company Intellectual Property, (ii) a impairment of the rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries in or to any Company Intellectual Property or portion thereof, (iii) the grant or transfer to any third party of any new license or other interest under, the abandonment, assignment to any third party, or modification or loss of any right with respect to, or the creation of any Lien on, any Company Intellectual Property, (iv) the Company, its Subsidiaries, the Buyer or any of their respective Affiliates being obligated to pay any penalty or new or increased royalty or fee to any Person under any Contract governing any Company Intellectual Property or (v) the Buyer or any of the Buyer’s Affiliates being (A) bound by or subject to any noncompete or licensing obligation or covenant not to sue or (B) obligated to license any of its Intellectual Property to (or obligated not to assert its Intellectual Property against) any Person.
3.13 Material Contracts.
(a) Section 3.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the Material Contracts (other than Company Plans that are not Contracts with individuals) to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, “Material Contract” shall mean any Contract required to be listed in Section 3.11(b), Section 3.12(g) or Section 3.12(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and the following:
(i) any Contract (or group of related Contracts) for the lease of personal property from or to third parties involving annual payments in excess of $[**];
(ii) any Contract (or group of related Contracts) for the purchase or sale of products or for the furnishing or receipt of services (A) which calls for performance over a period of more than [**], (B) which involves more than the sum of $[**] or (C) in which the Company or its Subsidiaries has granted manufacturing rights, “most favored nation” pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights relating to any services, products or territory or has agreed to purchase a minimum quantity of goods or services or has agreed to purchase goods or services exclusively from a certain party;
(iii) any Contract with a group purchasing organization;
(iv) any Contract providing for any royalty, milestone or similar payments by the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(v) any Contract concerning the establishment or operation of a partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance or limited liability company or that involves any sharing of revenues, profits, costs, liabilities or losses with one or more Persons;
(vi) any Contract (or group of related Contracts) under which the Company or its Subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) Indebtedness (excluding unpaid Taxes and Contracts for the purchase or sale of products or for the furnishing or receipt of services in the Ordinary Course of Business) or under which it has imposed (or may impose) a Lien on any of its assets, tangible or intangible;
(vii) any Contract for the disposition of any significant portion of the assets or business of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than sales of products in the Ordinary Course of Business) or any Contract for the acquisition of the assets or business of any other Person (other than purchases of supplies, components or other goods or services in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(viii) any (A) employment Contract (excluding employment Contracts for at-will employment that do not provide for (x) severance or more than [**] advance notice of termination or (y) for any change of control, transaction, retention or other special remuneration) that provides for base salary and target bonus, that when taken together, could exceed $[**], and (B) individual independent contractor or consulting Contract that involves or could involve payments in excess of $[**] within any twelve (12) month period;
(ix) any Contract, plan, policy or program providing for severance, termination compensation, or retention, change in control payments or transaction-based bonuses;
(x) any settlement Contract or settlement-related Contract (including any Contract in connection with which any employment-related claim is settled) entered within the [**] or under which either side has any remaining obligations;
(xi) any contract with a professional employer organization or other similar service provider;
(xii) any Contract to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party with (A) Perceptive or any Affiliated Fund, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates or (B) any Affiliate of the Company or any current or former officer, director or stockholder of the Company or any Affiliate thereof;
(xiii) any Contract which contains any provisions requiring the Company or any Subsidiary to indemnify any other party (excluding indemnities contained in Contracts for the purchase, sale or license of products or services entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(xiv) any Contract purporting to limit the freedom of the Company (or that would limit the freedom of the Buyer or its Subsidiaries after the Closing) to engage in any business with any Person or in any geographic area, to compete with any Person or to solicit any Person or that could otherwise reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted;
(xv) any Contract with any Governmental Entity for the provision of goods or services to a Governmental Entity or any subcontract with a prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor in furtherance of such a Contract (each a “Government Contract”);
(xvi) any Contract (A) pursuant to which Company has granted to any other Person any rights, title or interests in, to or under any Intellectual Property, other than Contracts (i) nonexclusively licensing Company Intellectual Property to a vendor, supplier, contractor or subcontractor of the Company for purposes of providing products or services to the Company in the Ordinary Course of Business or (ii) with respect to which a license or other right or access to Company Intellectual Property is merely incidental to the purpose of the Contract; (B) pursuant to which another Person has granted to Company any rights, title or interests in, to or under any Intellectual Property (except for “shrink-wrap” or “click-through” licenses that are commercially available), or (C) that would entitle any third party to receive a license or any other right to Intellectual Property of the Buyer or any of the Buyer’s Affiliates (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries) following the Closing;
(xvii) any Contract that, following the Closing, would bind or purport to bind the Buyer or any of its Affiliates (excluding the Company and the Subsidiaries);
(xviii) any Contract with a Material Customer;
(xix) any Contract with a Material Supplier; and
(xx) any other Contract (or group of related Contracts) (other than any engagements with outside counsel) not otherwise disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.13 either involving more than $[**] during the last full fiscal year or not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(b) As of the date hereof, the Company has made available to the Buyer a complete and accurate copy of each Material Contract (as amended). With respect to each Material Contract, other than with respect to a Material Contract that has expired or been terminated (other than due to a breach by the Company) by its terms: (i) the Material Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect against the Company or its Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, as applicable, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, against each other party thereto, as applicable, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity; (ii) the Material Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect against the Company or its Subsidiaries that is party thereto, as applicable, and to the Company’s Knowledge, against each other party thereto, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity; and (iii) neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party, is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such Material Contract, and no event has occurred, is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time, or otherwise, would constitute any such breach or default by the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party under such Material Contract. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received written, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of termination or intent to terminate any Material Contract.
3.14 Litigation; Orders. There is no material Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries or any current or former officer, director, employee, consultant, agent or stockholder of the Company or its Subsidiaries in its, his or her capacity as such, or seeking to prevent or delay the transactions contemplated hereby, and no notice of any material Legal Proceeding involving or relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether pending or threatened, has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no material judgments, orders, injunctions, decrees, stipulations or awards (whether rendered by a court, administrative agency or other Governmental Entity, by arbitration or otherwise) against or involving the Company or its Subsidiaries. There is no material Legal Proceeding by the Company or its Subsidiaries pending, or which the Company or its Subsidiaries has commenced preparations to initiate, against any other Person.
3.15 Environmental Matters.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since [**], have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws. There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened material Legal Proceeding relating to any Environmental Law involving the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any material Liabilities arising from the release or threatened release of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment.
(c) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any court order, administrative order, consent order or other agreement between the Company or its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Entity entered into in connection with any material Liability arising under any Environmental Law.
(d) The Company has no Knowledge of any material environmental liability relating to any solid or hazardous waste transporter or treatment, storage or disposal facility that has been used by the Company or its Subsidiaries. Since [**], neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has assumed or provided indemnity against any liability of any other Person under or relating to any Environmental Laws.
(e) No active or abandoned underground storage tanks, sumps, landfills, surface impoundments, or other units for the treatment, storage, or disposal of Materials of Environmental Concern are present, or to the Company’s Knowledge have been present, at any real property now or, to the Company’s Knowledge, formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
3.16 Labor and Employment.
(a) Section 3.16(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all current Company Employees (by employee identification number), along with the employer, position, date of hire, annual rate of compensation (or, where applicable, the hourly or per diem rate of compensation, or, if by commissions, a description of or cross-reference to the applicable terms), estimated or target annual incentive compensation of each such person, employment status of each such person (including whether the person is on leave of absence and the dates of such leave), part-time or full-time status, status as exempt or non-exempt from overtime, assigned work location, and remote work location. Section 3.16(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth (1) all bonuses earned by any Company Employee through the Closing Date that are expected to be accrued but unpaid as of the Closing Date and (2) the amounts of accrued vacation or paid time off, accrued sick time, and the amount of such liabilities as of the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date. Each such Company Employee is retained at-will and no Company Employee is a party to an employment agreement or contract with the Company or any Subsidiary. Except as set forth on Section 3.16(a)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, each Company Employee has entered into the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s standard form of confidentiality, non-competition (where permitted by applicable Law), non-solicitation and assignment of inventions agreement (other than deviations that are not material), a copy of which form the Company has made available to the Buyer.
(b) As of the date hereof, no Key Employee, Company Employee with a base salary in excess of $[**] or radiopharmacist has provided written notice of any plans to terminate employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(c) Since [**], neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have breached or violated in any material respect any (i) applicable Law regarding employment or employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, including any such Law respecting employment discrimination, employee classification (for overtime purposes or as employee versus independent contractor), overtime (including the proper determination of regular rate of pay), meal and rest periods, equal pay or pay equity, workers’ compensation, family and medical or other employee leave, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, labor relations, disability rights or benefits, privacy, unlawful harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing, wrongful discharge, equal opportunity/affirmative action, plant closures or mass layoffs, unemployment insurance, and occupational safety and health requirements or (ii) order, ruling, decree, judgment or arbitration award of any court or other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Employee or other current or former individual service provider. Since [**], neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other Contract or order with any Governmental Entity with respect to employment practices.
(d) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been or is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has, since [**], experienced any actual or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened labor strikes, material labor grievances, unfair labor practice charges, or material labor disputes. To the Company’s Knowledge, since [**], there have been no union organizing efforts, or filings of petition for certification before any Governmental Entity, with respect to any Company Employees.
(e) Section 3.16(e) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all individual consultants and individual independent contractors currently engaged by either the Company or any Subsidiary (including any engaged through an entity in which the consultant or contractor is a substantial owner), along with the position, date of retention, expected end date, category of services provided, whether engaged directly or through a third party, and rate of remuneration for each such Person. All Persons treated as independent contractors rather than as employees have been properly so treated since [**], except as would not result in material Liability. Except as disclosed in Section 3.16(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, each such consultant or independent contractor is a party to a written agreement or Contract directly with the Company or the applicable Subsidiary or is engaged through written agreements between the Company or applicable Subsidiary and staffing agencies that treat such consultant or independent contractor as employees of the agency. Each such consultant and independent contractor has entered into the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s form of confidentiality, non-competition (where permitted by applicable law), non-solicitation and assignment of inventions agreement with the Company or such Subsidiary, a copy of which form has previously been made available to the Buyer. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary currently has any temporary or leased employees.
(f) The Company has made available to the Buyer a true, correct and complete list of all current Company Employees working in the United States who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States, that indicates visa, work authorization, and green card status and the date their work authorization is scheduled to expire. To the Knowledge of the Company, all other Company Employees employed in the United States are citizens or permanent residents. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary employs or engages or has ever employed or engaged any individual outside the United States.
(g) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material Liability, the Company or applicable Subsidiary has timely withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Entity or is holding for payment not yet due to such Governmental Entity all amounts required to be withheld from current and former Company Employees and is not liable for any arrears of wages, Taxes, penalties or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing.
(h) As of the date hereof, no material Legal Proceedings are open and pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened (or since [**] have been settled or otherwise closed) against the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to the employment of, termination of employment of, or failure to employ, any individual, including any brought with or by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs or other Governmental Entity regulating the employment or compensation of individuals. Since [**], neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any requests for, or conducted, an internal investigation of any officer or executive of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to any claims relating to discrimination or unlawful harassment. Since [**], neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any settlement agreement with a Company Employee or contractor resolving allegations of sexual or other unlawful harassment, or sexual misconduct by any current or former officer or executive of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Since [**], the Company and its Subsidiaries have reasonably investigated all employment discrimination, sexual or other unlawful harassment, and retaliation allegations of, or against, any Company Employee. With respect to each such allegation with potential merit, the applicable employer has taken corrective action reasonably calculated to prevent further discrimination and harassment or retaliation, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries reasonably expects to incur any material Liability with respect to any such allegation.
(i) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has conducted a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” as such terms are defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar state or local Law (collectively, the “WARN Act”) in violation of the WARN Act.
(j) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any material Liability with respect to (i) misclassification of any person as an independent contractors or (ii) misclassification of Company Employees classified as exempt from overtime pay and minimum wages.
(k) To the Company’s Knowledge, no current Company Employee is in material violation of any term of any non-competition agreement or other restrictive covenant agreement relating to the right of any such Company Employee to be employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries or to the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others.
3.17 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.17(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of each material Company Plan (other than employment offer letters that are terminable at-will by the Company or its Subsidiaries with less than a [**] required notice period or severance or change of control pay or benefits or other special remuneration, in which case only the forms of such offer letters will be listed). With respect to each material Company Plan required to be set forth on Section 3.17(a) of the Disclosure Schedules, complete and accurate copies of (i) all such Company Plans which have been reduced to writing, together with all amendments thereto, (ii) written summaries of all unwritten Company Plans, (iii) all related trust agreements, insurance contracts and summary plan descriptions, (iv) all annual reports filed on IRS Form 5500 and (for all funded plans) all plan financial statements and, where applicable, actuarial reports for the [**] most recent plan years for each Company Plan, and (v) any written or electronic communications from or to the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) or any other Governmental Entity with respect to a Company Plan (including any voluntary correction submissions), have been made available to the Buyer. No Company Plan is, or in the past [**] years was, sponsored by a professional service organization or similar vendor.
(b) Each Company Plan has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and each of the Company, its Subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate has met its obligations with respect to each Company Plan in all material respects and has timely made all required contributions thereto. Each Company Plan, and the Company, its Subsidiaries, and each ERISA Affiliate with respect to each Company Plan, is and has been in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations thereunder and other applicable Law. All filings and reports as to each Company Plan required to have been submitted to the Internal Revenue Service, to the DOL, or to other applicable Governmental Entities have been accurately prepared and timely submitted.
(c) Since [**], there have been no Legal Proceedings (except claims for benefits payable in the normal operation of the Company Plans and proceedings with respect to qualified domestic relations orders) against or involving any Company Plan or asserting any rights or claims to benefits under any Company Plan that could give rise to any Liability. No Company Plan is or in the past [**] years, has been the subject of, or has received or provided notice that it is the subject of, examination by a Governmental Entity nor has it become a participant in a government sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance or similar program.
(d) The only Company Plan currently intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is the RLS (USA) Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “Company 401(k) Plan”). The Company 401(k) Plan has received a determination, opinion, or advisory letter from the IRS to the effect that such Company Plan is qualified and the plan and the trust related thereto are exempt from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code or are based on prototype or volume submitter documents that have received such letter, no such determination, opinion, or advisory letter has been revoked and revocation has not been threatened and has not been amended since the date of its most recent determination, opinion, or advisory letter, or application therefor in any respect, and no act or omission has occurred, that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect its qualification or, since [**], materially increase its cost. There has been no termination or partial termination of the Company 401(k) Plan under Section 411(d) of the Code. The Company 401(k) Plan is a safe harbor plan for the current plan year.
(e) Neither the Company, nor its Subsidiaries, has ever maintained, contributed to, or had any Liability (including for the avoidance of doubt any Liability, contingent or otherwise under joint and several liability provisions imposed under ERISA or the Code or on behalf of any ERISA Affiliate) with respect to, any (i) “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) or any other plan that is or was subject to the funding requirements of Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA, (ii) “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) multiple employer plan (as described in Section 413(c) of Code or Section 210 of ERISA), (iv) “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), or (v) funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, nor has the Company or its Subsidiaries maintained or participated in any Employee Benefit Plan that has covered employees outside of the United States or that has been subject to the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States.
(f) With respect to the Company Plans, there are no material benefit obligations for which contributions have not been made or properly accrued and there are no material benefit obligations that have not been accounted for by reserves, or otherwise properly footnoted in accordance with GAAP, on the Company Financial Statements. All contributions, distributions and premium payments required to have been made under the terms of any Company Plan or in accordance with applicable Law have in all material respects been timely made. No assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries are allocated to or held in a “rabbi trust” or similar funding vehicle. No Company Plan subject to ERISA has assets that include securities issued by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate.
(g) All group health plans of or covering the Company, its Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate comply and have complied in all material respects with the requirements of COBRA, Code Section 5000, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (“PPACA”), and any other comparable domestic or foreign Laws. No Company Plan is funded by a “voluntary employees beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9). No current or former employee, officer, director, or manager (or beneficiary of the foregoing) of the Company or its Subsidiaries is entitled to receive any welfare benefits, including death or medical benefits (whether or not insured) beyond retirement or other termination of employment, other than as required by applicable Law.
(h) No act or omission has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Company Plan, or any arrangement that would be a Company Plan but for the fact that it is sponsored by Seller that would subject the Buyer, the Company, its Subsidiaries, any ERISA Affiliate, or any plan participant to any material fine, penalty, Tax or Liability of any kind imposed under ERISA, the Code or any other applicable Law (other than Liabilities associated with the routine operation of the Company Plan).
(i) To the Knowledge of the Company, all data reasonably necessary to administer each Company Plan in accordance with its terms and applicable Laws is in the possession of the Company, and such data is complete, correct and in a form that is sufficient for the proper administration of each Company Plan.
(j) No Company Plan covering any one or more Company Employees or individual service providers to the Company or its Subsidiaries contains any provision that, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, alone or in combination with any other event, will (i) result in an increase, or accelerate the payment or vesting, of any material compensation or benefit, except as required by Law or with respect to the termination of any Company Plan pursuant to Section 6.8, (ii) require severance, transaction bonus, incentive or retention payments, (iii) forgive any indebtedness, or (iv) promise or provide any Tax gross ups or indemnification under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code.
(k) Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, either alone or in combination with another event or events (including any termination of employment on or following Closing), could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in any payment to any Company Employee or individual service provider to the Company or its Subsidiaries who is a “disqualified individual” under Section 280G of the Code that may be treated as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code (without regard to Sections 280G(b)(4) and 280G(b)(5) of the Code).
(l) There are no loans or extensions of credit from the Company or any Subsidiary to any Company Employee or any service provider to the Company or any Subsidiary. There is no corporate-owned life insurance (COLI), split-dollar life insurance policy or any other life insurance policy on the life of any Company Employee or on any Company Stockholder.
(m) Each Company Plan or any arrangement that would be a Company Plan but for the fact that it is sponsored by Seller that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Code Section 409A(d)(1)) has been operated and administered in all material respects in compliance with the operational and documentary requirements of Code Section 409A.
3.18 Compliance with Laws. Since [**], (a) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has conducted, and is conducting, its business and operations in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, (b) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or, to the Company’s Knowledge, other communication from any Governmental Entity or other Person alleging any material noncompliance with any applicable Law, and (c) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has conducted any internal investigation with respect to any actual or alleged violation of any Law by any director, manager, member or other equity holder, officer or Company Employee or concerning any actual or alleged fraud.
3.19 Unlawful Payments. The Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all applicable anti-corruption or anti-bribery Laws in all material respects in any jurisdiction in which the Company or its Subsidiaries has conducted its business (collectively, “Anti-Bribery Laws”). Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written communication from any Governmental Entity that alleges that the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any current or former Representatives thereof, is or may be in material violation of, or has, or may have, any material liability under, any Anti-Bribery Laws, and no such potential violation of Anti-Bribery Laws has been discovered by or brought to the attention of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has made or anticipates making any disclosures to any Governmental Entity for potential violations of Anti-Bribery Laws. None of the Company and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives are currently an officer, agent or employee of a Governmental Entity. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Representatives have directly or indirectly offered, given, reimbursed, paid or promised to pay, or authorized the payment of, any money or other thing of value (including any fee, gift, sample, travel expense or entertainment) or any commission payment payable to (a) any Person who is an official, officer, agent, employee or representative of any Governmental Entity or of any existing or prospective customer (whether or not owned by a Governmental Entity), (b) any political party or official thereof, (c) any candidate for political or political party office or (d) any other Person affiliated with any such customer, political party or official or political office, in each case while knowing or having reason to believe that all or any portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given, reimbursed, paid or promised, directly or indirectly, for purposes not allowable under the Anti-Bribery Laws, to any such official, officer, agent, employee, representative, political party, political party official, candidate, individual, or other Person affiliated with any such customer, political party or official or political office. There is no arrangement to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party providing for any kickbacks or any forms of compensation that are unlawful to be paid to any Person in return for the referral or volume of business or for the arrangement for recommendation or influence of such referrals and the Company, its Subsidiaries and each officer, director, employee or agent thereof has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws dealing with bribery, extortion, and kickbacks, and Laws governing the offering or giving of gifts and gratuities to commercial business partners.
3.20 Permits and Healthcare Regulatory Matters.
(a) The Company holds all Permits necessary for the conduct of its business as presently conducted in all material respects, and each such Permit is in full force and effect. The Company or the applicable Subsidiary, as the case may be, is and, since [**] has been in compliance in all material respects with the terms of each such Permit; and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no suspension or cancellation of such material Permit has been threatened in writing and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for believing that such Permit will not be renewable upon expiration.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents (while acting in such capacity), are, and, since [**], have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to the development, manufacturing, testing, labeling, packaging, sales, distributing, importing, exporting, and any other activity involving the Company Products. Since [**], neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notification, correspondence or any other communication from any Healthcare Regulatory Authority alleging material noncompliance by, or liability of, the Company or its Subsidiaries under any such Law and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no such allegations have been threatened.
(c) There are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to an alleged material violation of any Law administered or promulgated by a Healthcare Regulatory Authority. No officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries has, since [**], been or is subject to any enforcement proceedings by a Healthcare Regulatory Authority and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings have been threatened. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any material Liability for failure to comply with any Laws administered or promulgated by a Healthcare Regulatory Authority and there is no act, omission, event or circumstance of which the Company or its Subsidiaries have Knowledge that would reasonably be expected to give rise to or form the bases for such Liability.
(d) All manufacturing operations conducted by or for the benefit of the Company or its Subsidiaries have been and are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with applicable Laws. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is the subject of any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened investigation in respect of any Company Product. The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and maintained an agreement with each of the third-party vendors that manufacture, process, package, or supply ingredients and packaging materials for or distribute materials related to the Company Products and quality thereof. The Company and its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, their third party vendors have filed all material notices, registration applications, order forms, reports, supplemental applications and annual or other reports or documents, including adverse experience reports with the applicable Healthcare Regulatory Authority, that are required for the continued development, handling, manufacture, sale, and distribution of the Company Products and all such documents and information filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries with any Healthcare Regulatory Authority were, at the time of filing, true, complete and accurate in all material respects. No supplier or manufacturing site for any Company Product (owned by the Company and its applicable Subsidiary) has been subject to any Healthcare Regulatory Authority shutdown or import or export prohibition, nor received and not closed out any Healthcare Regulatory Authority notice of inspectional observations, “warning letters,” “untitled letters” or similar correspondence or notice from any Healthcare Regulatory Authority.
(e) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has made any untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to any Healthcare Regulatory Authority or otherwise failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to any Healthcare Regulatory Authority. All applications, notifications, submissions, price reporting, product listings, information, claims, reports, and statistics and other data and conclusions derived therefrom with respect to the Company Products submitted to any Healthcare Regulatory Authority were true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date of submission and any necessary or required updates, changes, corrections or modification to such applications, submissions, information and data have been submitted to the applicable Healthcare Regulatory Authority.
(f) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, since [**], neither the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor any of their managers, officers, or employees (i) has been assessed a civil money penalty under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a, Section 1128A of the Social Security Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) has been excluded, suspended, or debarred from participation in any federal health care program or state health care program (as such terms are defined under 42 C.F.R. § 1001.2, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(b), and 48 C.F.R. § 9.405), or been sanctioned, indicted or convicted of a crime, or pled nolo contendere, in connection with any allegation of a violation of any such federal health care program or state health care program, (iii) is party to an individual or corporate integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) or otherwise has any continuing reporting obligations pursuant to any deferred prosecution, consent decree, settlement, integrity agreement, corrective action plan or other agreement with any Governmental Entity, (iv) has been listed on the System for Award Management published list of parties excluded from federal procurement programs and non-procurement programs, (v) has been designated a Specially Designated National or Blocked Person by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury, (vi) has been assessed a fine, penalty or other sanction by any government or commercial third-party payment program in connection with a violation of a federal healthcare program or state healthcare program, (vii) has received any written notice of any alleged violation of, or any citation, suspension, revocation, or limitation for non-compliance with, any Laws administered or promulgated by a Healthcare Regulatory Authority applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, or (viii) is a party to any Legal Proceeding or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is subject to any investigation, by or before any Governmental Entity, concerning any of the matters described above in clauses (i) to (vii) or under the Anti-Kickback Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b), 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952.
(g) The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented, and since [**], maintained a healthcare compliance program reasonably designed to cause the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, managers, employees, agents and contractors to be in compliance with current U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines standards and the guidance by the HHS OIG for effective compliance programs. The Company and its Subsidiaries operate, and since [**], have operated, in compliance in all material respects with such healthcare compliance program. All employees and independent contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are required to hold a Permit to provide professional services for or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Licensed Personnel”) (i) are, and for the past [**] have been, properly licensed and certified and in good standing with the applicable Healthcare Regulatory Authority and (ii) are performing, and for the past [**] have performed, such services in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws. There is no, and since [**], there has not been any, Legal Proceeding pending or threatened in writing regarding the Licensed Personnel.
(h) The Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been in material compliance with all Laws, to the extent applicable, relating to the regulation, provision or administration of, or the billing, coding, documentation, reimbursement or payment for, healthcare services and items, including: (i) Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act); (ii) Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act); (iii) the federal TRICARE statute (10 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq.) (iv) anti-kickback, false claims, self-referral and fraud and abuse Laws, including the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)); the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn); the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.); the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812); the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 U.S.C. §§ 51-58); all criminal Laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including the criminal False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), 18 U.S.C. Sections 286 and 287, and the health care fraud criminal provisions under HIPAA; the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7a and 1320a-7b); the Exclusion Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7); and the beneficiary anti-inducement Law (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(a)(5)); (v) HIPAA and (vi) and all applicable federal, state, and local licensing, accreditation, fee splitting, state anti-kickback, false claims, fraud and abuse, self-referral, utilization review, utilization review, revenue cycle management, billing, coding, clinical documentation, claims processing and submission, reimbursement Laws and requirements of any “federal health care program” as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f), including Medicare, state Medicaid programs, state CHIP programs, TRICARE and similar or successor programs with or for the benefit of any Governmental Entity, any other health care or payment program financed in whole or in part by any federal, state or local government, and any non-government funded third party payor program (“Third-Party Payor”).
(i) Since [**], neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written communication from any customer requesting a material refund or otherwise materially adjusting the fees paid to the Company or its Subsidiaries or making any indemnification claim or other demand under any contract relating to any potential material non-compliance with any Laws administered or promulgated by any Healthcare Regulatory Authority or any non-government funded third party payor program requirements, or any material overpayment demand or other Legal Proceeding by any Healthcare Regulatory Authority.
(j) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written or, to the Company’s Knowledge, oral communication from a Healthcare Regulatory Authority or a Third-Party Payor of any non-compliance in any material respect with, or any action under, any applicable Law. To the Company’s Knowledge, no person has filed or has threatened to file any action against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors or employees under the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.) or similar state whistleblower Laws. The Company has not made any voluntary disclosures to any Healthcare Regulatory Authority or Third-Party Payor of any actual or potential material violations of Law and no such voluntary disclosure is currently contemplated. To the Company’s Knowledge, no customer has been subject to any action by, or received any written or, to Company’s Knowledge, oral communication from, any Healthcare Regulatory Authority or Third-Party Payor of any potential material non-compliance with applicable Laws or Third-Party Payor requirements relating to services performed by the Company and its Subsidiaries. Since [**], neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written or, to Company’s Knowledge, oral communication from any customer requesting a refund or otherwise adjusting the fees paid to the Company or any Subsidiary or making any indemnification claim or other demand under any contract relating to any potential material non-compliance with any Laws administered or promulgated by any Healthcare Regulatory Authority or Third-Party Payor requirements, or any material overpayment demand or other Legal Proceeding by any Healthcare Regulatory Authority. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is a party to, and does not have any ongoing reporting, disclosure or compliance obligations pursuant to or under, any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement agreement or any other order or similar contract with or imposed by any Healthcare Regulatory Authority with respect to any Law. Since [**], no Person has filed or, to the Company’s Knowledge, has threatened to file against the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective managers, officers, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, its employees, any claim under any federal or state whistleblower statute, including without limitation, the Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et. Seq.). The Company and its Subsidiaries have not since [**] made and are not in the process of making a voluntary self-disclosure under the voluntary self-referral disclosure protocol established by the Secretary of HHS, or under the self-disclosure protocol established and maintained by OIG, or any United States Attorney, or other Governmental Entity. Since [**], to the Company’s Knowledge, no person (terminated employee, contractor or otherwise) has raised allegations relative to the Company or any Subsidiary that would qualify such person as a relator under the Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733), including allegations of non-compliance with any state or federal anti-kickback, physician self-referral, or billing or coding requirements, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no facts or circumstances currently exist or have existed that could give rise to or serve as a basis for a violation of any such Laws and there are no ongoing Legal Proceedings by or before any Healthcare Regulatory Authority concerning any of the above matters.
(k) To the extent applicable, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have in place a National Drug Rebate Agreement and are enrolled in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-8, (ii) have in place a Pharmaceutical Pricing Agreement and Addendum and is enrolled in the 340B Drug Pricing Program established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §256b, (iii) have in place a Master Agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 8126, (iv) have in place a Coverage Gap Discount Agreement pursuant to the Coverage Gap Discount Program established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1395w-114 and 1395w-153, and (v) are and have been in material compliance with all Laws pertaining to the foregoing.
3.21 Insurance. Section 3.21 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each insurance policy (including fire, theft, casualty, comprehensive general liability, workers compensation, business interruption, errors and omissions, cybersecurity, professional services, environmental, product liability and automobile insurance policies and bond and surety arrangements) to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party, a named insured or otherwise the beneficiary of coverage, all of which are in full force and effect. There is no material claim pending under any such policy as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriter of such policy. All premiums due and payable under all such policies have been paid, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such policies. The Company has no Knowledge of any threatened termination of, or premium increase with respect to, any such policy. Section 3.21 of the Disclosure Schedule identifies all active and pending claims asserted by the Company pursuant to any insurance policy since [**] and describes the nature and status of each such claim.
3.22 Customers and Suppliers. Section 3.22 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of (a) the top [**] customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries, by revenue, during the last full fiscal year or the interim period through the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date (the “Material Customers”) and the amount of revenues accounted for by such customer during each such period and (b) each supplier that is a top [**] supplier to the Company or its Subsidiaries based upon expenditures during the last fiscal year or the interim period through the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date or that is the sole supplier of any significant product or service to the Company or any Subsidiary (the “Material Suppliers”), showing the dollar volume of purchases from each such supplier during each such period. Since January 1, 2024 until the date hereof, no Material Customer or Material Supplier has indicated that it will stop, or materially decrease the rate of, buying materials, products or services or supplying materials, products or services, as applicable, to the Company or its Subsidiaries or otherwise adversely modify its relationship with the Company or its Subsidiaries.
3.23 Certain Business Relationships With Affiliates. No Affiliate, director, officer or employee of the Seller, the Company or its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, (a) owns any property or right, tangible or intangible, which is used in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, has any claim or cause of action against the Company or its Subsidiaries, (c) owes any money to, or, is owed any money by, the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than employee compensation and similar payments owed in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (d) is a party to any Contract with the Company or its Subsidiaries. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule describes any transactions or relationships between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Affiliate, director, officer or employee thereof that occurred or have existed since the beginning of the time period covered by the Company Financial Statements (other than employment relationships in the Ordinary Course of Business).
3.24 Inventory. As of the date hereof, other than radioactive materials, the Inventory of the Company and the Subsidiaries (net of all reserves for obsolete, excess, slow-moving, damaged and defective Inventory shown on the Most Recent Balance Sheet) is, in all material respects, merchantable, fit for the purposes for which it was procured or manufactured in all material respects, usable or salable in the Ordinary Course of Business, salable at prevailing market prices that are not less than the book value amounts thereof or the price customarily charged by the Company and the Subsidiaries therefor, and conforms to the specifications established therefor in all material respects.
3.25 Accounts Receivable. All accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries have arisen from bona fide transactions entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary involving the sale of goods or services in the Ordinary Course of Business and are valid receivables subject to no setoffs or counterclaims. A complete and accurate list of the accounts receivable reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet, showing the aging thereof, is included in Section 3.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
3.26 Government Contracts.
(a) Each Government Contract in effect as of the date hereof has been lawfully awarded to or assigned or novated in the name of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and is not currently the subject of any proposed assignment or novation to any third party.
(b) There is no Government Contract that requires or is subject to a financial guaranty or surety.
(c) Since [**], (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied with all Laws applicable to their performance of each Government Contract and have been in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions, including all applicable clauses and provisions incorporated expressly, whether by reference or by operation of Law; (ii) all representations and certifications submitted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Government Contract were current, accurate, and complete in all materials respects as of their effective date; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has submitted to any Governmental Entity any materially inaccurate cost or pricing data, or certification or representation relating to a Government Contract or prospective Government Contract. No Governmental Entity or other person has asserted or notified in writing the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any subcontractor or vendor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to its work for the Company or such Subsidiary of any circumstance described in sections (i)-(iii) of this paragraph.
(d) Since [**], (i) neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries has been, with respect to any Government Contract, audited or investigated by any Governmental Entity (except for audits in the ordinary course of business), or is subject to or in receipt of any material: administrative, civil, or criminal investigation, complaint, penalty, indictment, or information; termination for convenience or default; cure notice; stop work notice; show cause notice; disallowance of expressly unallowable costs; assessment of liquidated damages; demand for recoupment or refund; or adverse contracting officer’s final decision, and none of the foregoing actions has been threatened in writing; (ii) no material costs incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries have been formally disallowed as a result of a written finding or determination by a Governmental Entity, and no Governmental Entity has withheld or setoff or attempted or threatened to withhold or setoff, material amounts otherwise due or payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Government Contract; and (iii) there are no outstanding material protests, claims, or disputes relating to any Government Contract, and no such material protests, claims, or disputes have been threatened in writing.
(e) Since [**], neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any internal investigation with respect to any Government Contract or made a disclosure, and there has not been any credible evidence identified that would warrant such an investigation or disclosure.
(f) Since [**], with respect to each Government Contract: (i) no Governmental Entity or prime contractor has asserted in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there is no pending, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened (x) material claim for indemnification arising under or relating to any Government Contract, or (y) any material warranty payment or remedy arising under or relating to any Government Contract except in the ordinary course of business; (ii) there are no material outstanding performance bonds; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has assigned the proceeds or prospective proceeds of any Government Contract under the federal Assignment of Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3727.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective principals (as defined at FAR 52.209-5) is, or has been at any time since [**], debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, deemed non-responsible or otherwise excluded from eligibility for consideration for award of any contracts with any Governmental Entity; convicted of, had a civil judgment rendered against it for, or is currently criminally charged or indicted for the commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with business with any Governmental Entity; nor is any such action pending or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened. To the Company’s Knowledge, no circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to warrant the institution of debarment or suspension proceedings against the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any principal thereof.
(h) Since [**], neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, with respect to any Government Contract, received any written notice from a Governmental Entity identifying a material organizational conflict of interest or been required to implement any organizational conflict of interest mitigation plan, or agreed to refrain from any business activity for purposes relating to actual or perceived organizational conflicts of interest.
(i) Except as set forth on Section 3.26(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, since [**], no Government Contract was awarded or extended based in whole or in part upon the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ asserted preferential size or socioeconomic status with respect to any Government Contract, including small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, Tribal or Native-owned, or minority-owned, or other size-based or socioeconomic status, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no material portion of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries is attributable to or dependent upon the continuation of any such status and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ asserted preferential size or socioeconomic status was true and accurate at the time of such assertion.
(j) Since [**], neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Representative or Affiliate of, or Person acting for or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has with respect to any Government Contract directly or indirectly made, offered to make, solicited, or received any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, or other payment to any Person, in violation of applicable Law. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated in any material respect any applicable Law or administrative or contractual restriction associated with the employment of current or former officials or employees of a Governmental Entity.
(k) With respect to any lower-tier subcontracts executed by the Company or any Subsidiary and currently in effect under any Government Contract, the Company or such Subsidiary has obtained all required Governmental Entity consents for such subcontracts and has included all applicable mandatory contract clauses in such subcontracts.
(l) Since [**], neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has supplied under a Government Contract or, as applicable, used or caused a higher-tier party to any Government Contract to use, equipment, software, or services that are banned from procurement under such Government Contract or applicable Law.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries maintains or has previously maintained a facility security clearance.
3.27 Export Control and Sanctions.
(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Export Control Rules, including all applicable regulations pertaining to the disclosure of technical information to foreign Persons wherever located and/or the provision of access to such technical information by such foreign Persons, and has maintained a written internal program to facilitate such compliance, including training, technology assessment and classification, transaction screening, license compliance tracking, export clearance and recordkeeping measures. Since [**], neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice alleging that the Company or its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with, or has liability under, such Export Control Rules, or has engaged in any brokering activity as defined in 22 C.F.R. 129.2(b). Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has obtained and complied in all material respects with all licenses, agreements, authorizations and license exceptions or exemptions required for the Company or such Subsidiary’s exports of articles or technology or provision of services.
(b) Since [**], neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any material internal investigation, made any material mandatory or voluntary disclosure, declined to make a voluntary disclosure with respect to any known material violation of Export Control Rules, or failed to make any material mandatory report or disclosure to any Governmental Entity pursuant to Export Control Rules.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their current or former Representatives or Affiliates are, or are controlled by, owned by, or acting on behalf of (i) any national of or entity operating in or organized under the Laws of Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Syria or other countries that may, from time to time, become subject to comprehensive U.S. foreign assets control regulations that prohibit or require prior U.S. government licensing for transactions involving Persons under U.S. jurisdiction; (ii) any Specially Designated National or Blocked Person as may be published from time to time by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control; (iii) any person or entity designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, or (iv) any person otherwise prohibited from engaging in financial transactions with U.S. Persons.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries produces, designs, tests, manufactures, fabricates, or develops “Critical Technologies” as defined at 31 C.F.R § 800.215.
3.28 Data Privacy and Security.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries have materially complied with all applicable Laws relating to patient, medical or individual health information, including HIPAA, as amended from time to time. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has entered into, where materially required, and are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of all Business Associate Agreements at 45 C.F.R 164.504(e), which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound. The Company and its Subsidiaries, where required, have (i) created and maintained written policies and procedures to protect the privacy of Protected Health Information in its possession or control, (ii) provided training to all applicable employees, and (iii) materially implemented security procedures, including physical, technical and administrative safeguards, to protect all Protected Health Information stored or transmitted in electronic form. Since [**], the Company has not received written notice from the Office for Civil Rights for HHS or any other Healthcare Regulatory Authority alleging a failure to comply with HIPAA or any other Law applicable to the protection of Protected Health Information. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no “breach” of unsecured Protected Health Information, as defined by HIPAA, with respect to information maintained or transmitted to the Company or its Subsidiaries that would require notice to any Healthcare Regulatory Authority.
(b) Since [**], the Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times complied in all material respects with all applicable Information Privacy and Security Laws, all of the Company Privacy Policies, and all their contractual obligations to any Person regarding privacy data security, or the Processing of Personal Data. As of the date hereof, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made available all legally required Privacy Policies, notices, and disclosures, and obtained all legally required consents in relation to the Processing of Personal Data. The Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times complied with all data subject rights requests they have received under applicable Information Privacy and Security Laws, and no such requests are outstanding.
(c) As of the date hereof, the Company has made available to the Buyer a true, correct and complete copy of each Data Processing Contract. Each Data Processing Contract complies with applicable Information Privacy and Security Laws. The Company has taken reasonable measures to ensure that all counterparties have complied with their contractual obligations.
(d) The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claims, audits, investigations (including investigations by regulatory authorities or any data protection authorities), or allegations of violations of Information Privacy and Security Laws by the Company or its Subsidiaries or with respect to Personal Data Processed by, or under the control of, the Company or its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably form the basis for any such claims, audits, investigations, or allegations. The Company, its Subsidiaries, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective customers, have not received any written complaints or claims from any Person with respect to the Processing of Personal Data by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(e) The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and are in compliance in all material respects with a written information security program designed to comply with all applicable Information Privacy and Security Laws that: (i) includes reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to safeguard the security, confidentiality, and integrity of Company Data; (ii) protects against unauthorized access to the Internal Systems and Company Data (including on the systems of third parties with access to such Internal Systems or Company Data); and (iii) provides for the back-up and recovery of the Company Data Processed using Internal Systems without material disruption or interruption to the conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses. The Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all respects with such information security program. Since [**], neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any third party acting on their behalf, has suffered or incurred a Data Security Incident. Since [**], no breach or violation of any security program described above has occurred or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened, and there has been no unauthorized or illegal use or acquisition of or access to any Internal System or Company Data, except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
3.29 Brokers. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any Liability to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.30 Powers of Attorney. There are no outstanding powers of attorney executed on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
3.31 No Other Representations. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE BUYER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BUYER OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES IN CERTAIN “DATA ROOMS” OR MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS OR OTHERWISE), EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE III, ARTICLE II, THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, NONE OF THE COMPANY OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, AND EACH OF THE COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE CONDITION AND VALUE OR QUALITY OF THE SHARES OR THE COMPANY. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE III, ARTICLE II, THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NONE OF THE COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES NOR ANY OTHER PERSON ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE SELLER OR THE COMPANY OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED (INCLUDING THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSETS, LIABILITIES OR OPERATIONS), IF ANY, TO THE BUYER, ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF SUCH INFORMATION. THE BUYER, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS AFFILIATES AND EACH OF ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS NOT RELYING NOR HAS IT RELIED ON ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES FROM THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER PERSON EXCEPT FOR THOSE EXPRESSLY MADE IN THIS ARTICLE III, ARTICLE II, THE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT ONLY THOSE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES MADE IN THIS ARTICLE III, ARTICLE II, DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL HAVE ANY LEGAL EFFECT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING OR ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING HEREIN SHALL RESTRICT OR OTHERWISE LIMIT THE PARTIES’ RIGHTS OR REMEDIES IN THE EVENT OF FRAUD.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
The Buyer represents and warrants to the Seller that the statements contained in this Article IV are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date):
4.1 Organization, Standing and Power. The Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the state of its incorporation. The Buyer has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it.
4.2 Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The Buyer has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Buyer of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Buyer. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Buyer and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(b) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, nor the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the charter or By-laws of the Buyer, (ii) assuming the consents and approvals listed on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule have been obtained, require on the part of the Buyer any filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, (iii) conflict with, result in breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party any right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any Contract to which the Buyer is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets are subject, or (iv) assuming the consents and approvals listed on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule have been obtained, violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Buyer or any of its properties or assets, except in the case of the foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) for such notices, filings, permits, authorizations, consents, approvals and waivers that, if not obtained or made, and such conflicts, breaches, defaults, accelerations, terminations, modifications, cancellations and violations that have not had a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except for the consents, approvals and other authorizations applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from Healthcare Regulatory Authorities set forth on Section 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, no consent, approval, or other authorization of any Governmental Entity is required by the Buyer in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Buyer or the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except those that the failure to obtain would not have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
4.3 Sufficient Funds. The Buyer will have at the Closing sufficient cash on hand or other sources of immediately available funds to enable it to make the payments required hereby to be made at Closing on a timely basis and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.4 Brokers. The Buyer does not have any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.5 Investment. The Buyer is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and is able to bear any economic risks associated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Buyer is acquiring the Shares as provided in this Agreement solely for investment for its own account, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of applicable state and federal securities Laws. The Buyer has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Shares and is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment, including a complete loss of its investment in such shares. The Buyer hereby acknowledges that the Shares have not been registered pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities Laws, and agrees that the Shares may not be sold, offered for sale or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from such registration available under the Securities Act to the extent applicable.
4.6 No Other Representations. Except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article IV of this Agreement, the Disclosure Schedules or any agreement or certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Buyer nor any other Person makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, or otherwise regarding the Buyer or their Affiliates or as to the accuracy of any information regarding the Buyer or their Affiliates or its businesses and operations, and the Buyer expressly disclaim any such representations or warranties, express or implied. Each of the Seller and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and each of its and their respective Representatives, acknowledges that it is not relying nor has it relied on any express or implied representations or warranties from the Buyer or any other Person except for those expressly made by the Buyer in this Article IV or any other any agreement or certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, nothing herein shall restrict or otherwise limit the parties’ rights or remedies in the event of Fraud.
ARTICLE V
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
5.1 Operation of Business. Except (i) as required to comply with applicable Law, (ii) as disclosed in Section 5.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, (iii) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, or (iv) with the written consent of the Buyer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, conduct its operations only in the Ordinary Course of Business and use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, and preserve intact its relationships with customers and suppliers and others having business dealings with it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except (i) as required to comply with applicable Law, (ii) disclosed in Section 5.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, (iii) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, or (iv) with the written consent of the Buyer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Pre-Closing Period the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to:
(a) issue or sell any stock or other securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any options, warrants or rights to acquire any such stock or other securities, or repurchase or redeem any stock or other securities of the Company;
(b) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock;
(c) (i) create, incur or assume any Indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $[**] (other than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility, to fund the Planned Facility Acquisitions, or to fund working capital in the Ordinary Course of Business); provided, that, any amounts incurred pursuant the foregoing clause (i) shall not be secured unless incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility, shall be deemed added to the definition of Pay-Off Indebtedness and shall either be repaid at the Closing pursuant to a Pay-Off Letter or otherwise discharged pursuant to the Perceptive Pay-Off and Warrant Cancellation Agreement; (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person; or (iii) make, cancel or forgive any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;
(d) (i) hire any new officers, employees or individual consultants (in each case, other than pharmacists in the Ordinary Course of Business who are not officers) with annual base compensation in excess of $[**] or otherwise on terms inconsistent with the Company’s standard form of offer letter, excluding hiring in the Ordinary Course of Business replacements for departing employees with seniority below the level of director pursuant to the Company’s standard form of offer letter (ii) terminate, other than for cause, any officer, employee or consultant, excluding terminations of employees with seniority below the level of director in the Ordinary Course of Business related to individual performance (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, to implement any “right sizing,” layoff, restructuring or reduction in force);
(e) adopt, enter into, terminate or materially amend any employment Contract with any Company Employee with an annual base salary in excess of $[**], any severance plan, or any other material Company Plan (other than amendments by a professional employer organization with respect to plans covering multiple employers or changes made to Company Plans that are welfare benefit plans during the annual open enrollment process in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(f) increase, or promise to increase, the compensation or benefits of, or pay, or promise to pay, any bonus, incentive, performance or other compensation or benefit to, any Company Employee or individual service provider of the Company or its Subsidiaries whose annual base compensation exceeds $[**];
(g) accelerate the payment, right to payment or vesting of any compensation or benefits, including any outstanding equity compensation;
(h) grant, or promise to grant, any awards under any bonus, incentive, performance or other compensation plan or arrangement or benefit plan, including the grant of equity or equity-based compensation, or remove, or promise to remove, existing restrictions in any benefit plans or agreements or awards made thereunder;
(i) other than payment of premiums due or contributions owed in the Ordinary Course of Business, take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any employee plan, agreement, Contract or arrangement or Company Plan;
(j) enter into any collective bargaining or similar labor agreement or implement any material reduction in force, early retirement program, buyout, or other similar voluntary or involuntary employment termination program in violation of the WARN Act;
(k) except for the Planned Facility Acquisitions, (i) merge or consolidate with any Person; (ii) adopt or carry out any plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization; or (iii) acquire, sell, lease, license or dispose of any assets or property (including any shares or other Equity Interests in or securities of its Subsidiaries or any other corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof), other than sales of assets to customers in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l) except for the Planned Facility Acquisitions, open or close any facility or office;
(m) mortgage or pledge any of its property or assets or subject any such material property or assets to any Lien other than Liens in favor of Perceptive pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility (which Liens shall be deemed to automatically be added to Schedule 1.2(b)(x)) or Liens against the vehicles leased pursuant to the Fleet Services Master Agreement with [**];
(n) amend its Organizational Documents;
(o) sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense let lapse or abandon any Company Intellectual Property (except for non-exclusive licenses granted in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(p) enter into or discontinue any line of business or take any action to alter its organizational or management structure;
(q) change its accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may be required by a generally applicable change in GAAP;
(r) make (except to the extent consistent with past practices) or change any material Tax election, (B) change an annual Tax accounting period, (C) amend any material Tax Return, (D) enter into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, (E) waive or extend any statute of limitations with respect to material Taxes (except to the extent attributable to automatic extensions of the time to file Tax Returns obtained in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (F) settle or compromise any material Tax Liability, claim or assessment;
(s) enter into, amend or terminate Contract of a nature required to be listed in Section 3.11(b), Section 3.12 or Section 3.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule if it had been entered into prior to the date hereof, except for amendments, extensions, renewals or replacements of customer Contracts made in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(t) terminate, cancel or allow to expire any material insurance policy naming the Company or its Subsidiaries as a beneficiary or a loss payee (unless such insurance policy is replaced with an insurance policy with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable in the aggregate as those provided under the terminated, cancelled or expired policy);
(u) make or commit to make any capital expenditure except for the current projects set forth on Section 5.1(u) of the Disclosure Schedule or new projects that will not exceed $[**] per project;
(v) institute or settle any Legal Proceeding, other than any settlement that (i) involves less than $[**], (ii) is covered by insurance, (iii) does not involve the imposition of any injunction or other equitable relief, (iv) does not involve any admission of wrongdoing or violation of Law by the Company or any Subsidiary, or any officer, director, employee or agent (in their capacity as such) of the Company or any Subsidiary and (v) includes a customary release of the Company and its Subsidiaries of all Liability with respect to the substance of such settlement;
(w) make any material changes to the Company’s practices with respect to cash management, the collection of accounts receivable and the payments of accounts payable; or
(x) agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing actions.
5.2 Confidentiality. The parties acknowledge that the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, except as expressly modified herein.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
6.1 No Solicitation.
(a) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each Subsidiary and each of the respective officers, directors, managers, employees, representatives and agents of the Company or any Subsidiary not to, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, manager, employee, Affiliate, agent or representative or otherwise, (i) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate any inquiry, proposal, offer or discussion with any party (other than the Buyer or its representatives) concerning any acquisition, equity financing, joint venture, merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, business combination, liquidation, dissolution, share exchange, sale of stock, sale of material assets or similar business transaction involving the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) furnish any information concerning the business, properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or the shares of Company Stock to any party (other than the Buyer or its representatives) or (iii) engage in negotiations or enter into any Contract with any party (other than the Buyer or its representatives) concerning any such transaction.
(b) The Seller and the Company shall immediately notify any party with which discussions or negotiations of the nature described in Section 6.1(a) were pending that such discussions or negotiations are terminated. If the Seller, the Company or any Subsidiary receives any inquiry, proposal or offer of the nature described in Section 6.1(a), the Seller and the Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable and in any case within [**] after such receipt, notify the Buyer of such inquiry, proposal or offer, including the identity of the other party and the terms of such inquiry, proposal or offer.
6.2 Access to Information.
(a) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford the officers, attorneys, accountants, tax advisors, lenders and other authorized representatives of the Buyer reasonable access upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours to all relevant personnel, offices, properties, assets, books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the purpose of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, post-closing integration and facilitating Buyer’s compliance with its reporting obligations under applicable securities Laws, and the Buyer shall be permitted to make abstracts from, or copies of, all such books and records, and the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, furnish to the Buyer such financial and operating data and other information as to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Buyer shall reasonably request; provided, that (i) such access does not unreasonably interfere with the normal operations of the Company, (ii) without liming the Company’s obligations under this Section 6.2(a), such access will occur in such a manner as the Company reasonably determines to be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such books and records, (iii) nothing herein will require the Company to provide access to, or to disclose any information to, the Buyer if such access or disclosure (A) would cause significant competitive harm to the Company if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated or would result in the disclosure of trade secrets or competitively sensitive information, (B) would waive any legal privilege enjoyed by the Company, (C) would be in violation of applicable Laws (including the HSR Act) or (D) would be in violation of any contractual confidentiality restrictions to which the Company or its Subsidiaries are subject, which confidentiality obligation shall be disclosed to Buyer; provided, that (x) the Company shall make available any information set forth in the foregoing clause (A) to the Buyer in accordance with the that certain Clean Team Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of [**], by and between Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd. and the Company (y) the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under any circumstance in which the restrictions set forth in the foregoing clauses (A) through (D) apply. All of such information shall be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the provisions of which are by this reference hereby incorporated herein.
(b) Within [**] after the end of each month ending prior to the Closing, beginning with the month ended [**], the Company shall furnish to the Buyer an unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows for such month and a balance sheet as of the end of such month, in each case prepared in accordance with the principles used in the preparation of those financial statements provided in the Company’s electronic data room (an example of which is set forth on Schedule 6.2(b)) and showing variance to the Company’s “FY 2024 EBITDA Budget by Month” as provided in the Company’s electronic data room; provided, however, to the extent that such financials have not yet been provided for the month immediately prior to Closing, then the Company shall furnish to the Buyer unaudited income statement for such month and a balance sheet as of the end of such month based upon its reasonable estimates. Such financial statements shall present fairly the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby and shall be consistent with the books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(c) The Company shall, if requested by the Buyer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Buyer to develop, and introduce the Buyer to customers and suppliers of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with, a mutually agreed-upon communications plan for the purpose of facilitating the post-Closing integration of the Company and the Subsidiaries and their businesses into that of the Buyer; provided that the Buyer shall not communicate with such customers and suppliers independently without the Company’s consent (including consent pursuant to any mutually agreed-upon communications plan), it being understood and agreed that this proviso shall not restrict communications unrelated to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby with such customers and suppliers with whom the Buyer has an independent commercial relationship.
6.3 Closing Efforts; Legal Conditions to the Transactions Contemplated by this Agreement; Third-Party Consents.
(a) Each of the parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as practicable, including the satisfaction (but not waiver) of the closing conditions set forth in Article VII.
(b) Without limiting Section 6.3(a), each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all waivers, Permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations from Governmental Entities, and to effect all registrations, filings and notices with or to Governmental Entities, as may be required for such party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to otherwise comply with all applicable Laws in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the parties shall make any filings or informational submissions pursuant thereto that may be necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the consents, approvals or other authorizations applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from Healthcare Regulatory Authorities set forth on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule in consultation with the Healthcare Consultants, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, shall make all necessary filings to the NRC and any Agreement State as promptly as practicable after the date hereof and request, wherever available, expedited handling. Regardless of which party engages the Healthcare Consultants or makes a filing or informational submission, all costs, fees and expenses (i) of the Healthcare Consultants, (ii) for any other consultants retained by either the Buyer or the Company in connection with obtaining the approvals set forth on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, and (iii) any filing or submission fees, shall be borne [**] percent ([**]%) by Seller and [**] percent ([**]%) by Buyer. Each party shall provide reasonable cooperation and assistance to the other parties, and cooperate with the Healthcare Consultants in connection with their obligations under this Section 6.3(b). Each of the Company and Buyer shall (1) promptly notify the other of, and if in writing, furnish the other with copies of (or, in the case of oral communications, advise the other of) any communications from or with any Governmental Entity with respect transactions contemplated hereby, (2) permit the other to review and discuss in advance, and consider in good faith the view of the other in connection with, any proposed written or oral communication with any Governmental Entity, (3) not participate in any substantive meeting or have any substantive communication with any Governmental Entity unless it has given the other party a reasonable opportunity to consult with it in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other the opportunity to attend and participate therein, (4) furnish the other party’s outside legal counsel with copies of all filings and communications between it and any such Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that such material may be redacted as necessary (I) to comply with contractual arrangements, (II) to address good faith legal privilege or confidentiality concerns and (III) to comply with applicable Law and (5) furnish the other party’s outside legal counsel with such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other party’s outside legal counsel may reasonably request in connection with its preparation of necessary submissions of information to any such Governmental Entity.
(c) The Seller and the Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all such waivers, consents or approvals from third parties, and to give all such notices to third parties, as are required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that such reasonable best efforts will not require the Seller or the Company to pay (or agree to pay) any consent or similar fee not required by the express terms of the applicable Contract or to incur any new material obligation in favor of any third party. The Company shall promptly notify the Buyer if it receives any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Buyer shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with its obligations under this Section 6.3(c), including making personnel available upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours and in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the Buyer’s business to participate in discussions with such third parties; provided that the Buyer shall not be obligated to incur any Liability, agree to any binding obligation or provide any consent in connection with such cooperation, except those permitted accommodations by the Company expressly contemplated in Schedule 1.2(b)(ii).
6.4 Public Disclosure. Except as otherwise contemplated in this Section 6.4, No party shall issue any press release or public announcement relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other parties; provided, however, that (a) the Buyer may make any public disclosure it believes in good faith, based on the advice of counsel, is required by applicable Law or stock market rule (in which case the disclosing party shall use reasonable best efforts to advise the other party and provide them with a copy of the proposed disclosure prior to making the disclosure), (b) the Seller may disclose such information to the shareholders of the Seller that it is advised by counsel is required by Bahamian Law in order to obtain the Seller Shareholder’s Approval, (c) no such prior approval shall be required in connection with any press release or public disclosure if the contents of such press release or public disclosure that relate to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are limited to information that previously has been publicly disclosed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (d) the Buyer and its Affiliates shall not be bound by the provisions of this Section 6.4 following the Closing Date. Nothing herein shall prevent Perceptive or any Affiliate thereof which is a private equity or other investment fund from making customary disclosures to its investors or potential investors who are subject to customary confidentiality restrictions regarding its status as an investor in the Company, the material financial terms of the transaction, its return on investment and such other information as it may be legally or contractually required to disclose.
6.5 Notification of Certain Matters. During the Pre-Closing Period, Buyer, on the one hand, and the Company and Seller, on the other hand, shall give each other prompt notice in writing of: (a) any result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect that (i) renders, or would reasonably be expected to render, any representation or warranty of such party set forth in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate to an extent such that the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(b) and Section 7.3(a), as applicable, would not be satisfied if the Closing were to then occur or (ii) results or would reasonably be expected to result in any failure of such party to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by such party. No such notice shall be deemed to avoid or cure any breach of warranty or constitute an amendment of any representation, warranty, covenant or condition in this Agreement or the Disclosure Schedule.
6.6 280G Covenant.
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, to the extent required to avoid the application of Section 280G of the Code and/or Section 4999 of the Code, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from each “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code) who has a right or potential right to receive or retain any payments and/or benefits that are contingent on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that could be deemed to constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “280G Rules”, and such payments and benefits, the “280G Benefits”), an irrevocable waiver of such disqualified individual’s right to receive or retain all or a portion of such disqualified individual’s 280G Benefits (a “280G Waiver” and the portion of the 280G Benefits so waived, the “Waived Benefits”).
(b) For each disqualified individual who executes a 280G Waiver, the Company shall submit to a stockholder vote, in a manner that satisfies the stockholder approval requirements under the 280G Rules, the right of such disqualified individual to receive or retain such disqualified individual’s Waived Benefits so that no payment (or other benefits) received by such disqualified individual shall be deemed to be a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b) of the Code (determined without regard to Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code). The Company shall consult in good faith with the Buyer regarding the method in which the stockholder vote is to be solicited.
(c) The Buyer shall provide the Company or its counsel with all information and documents necessary to allow the Company to determine whether any payments made or to be made or benefits granted or to be granted to any disqualified individual pursuant to any employment agreement or other agreement, arrangement or contract entered into or negotiated with any disqualified individual by Buyer or any of its Affiliates prior to the Closing (“Buyer Payments”) could reasonably be considered to be “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code at least [**] prior to the Closing Date (and shall further promptly provide any such updated information as is necessary prior to the Closing). Buyer shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in good faith in order to calculate or determine the value of the Buyer Payments for the purposes of the 280G Rules.
(d) At least [**] prior to earlier of the stockholder vote or the Closing Date, the Company shall provide to the Buyer or its counsel drafts of the consent, waiver, disclosure statement and calculations necessary to effectuate the stockholder approval process and shall incorporate all of the Buyer’s reasonable comments.
(e) With respect to each disqualified individual from whom a 280G Waiver is timely obtained, prior to the Closing the Company or its counsel shall deliver to the Buyer or its counsel a certification reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer that the vote of stockholders was solicited in accordance with this Section 6.6 and confirmation that (A) the requisite stockholder approval of the “parachute payments” was obtained or (B) such stockholder approval was not obtained and, as a consequence, the Waived Benefits will not be made or provided (the “280G Certification”).
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, neither (i) the Company’s failure to include in the stockholder voting materials any Buyer Payments not timely or accurately provided by the Buyer or its counsel in accordance with this Section 6.6 nor (ii) a failure to submit for stockholder approval the 280G Benefits of any disqualified individual who refuses to or does not otherwise timely execute a 280G Waiver in accordance with this Section 6.6, will result, in and of itself, in the Company’s breach of this Section 6.6. Further, Seller, Company, Perceptive and the Buyer each acknowledge and agree that all 280G Benefits shall be paid through the Company’s payroll, including any 280G Benefits made pursuant to agreements or arrangements between [**] and the [**] (in which case [**] shall either provide to the Company the funds required for such payment (without adjustment for any required withholding) or instruct the Buyer to deduct the amount of such payment (without adjustment for any required withholding) from amounts otherwise concurrently payable to [**] pursuant to this Agreement).
6.7 FIRPTA. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Buyer a certification that the Shares are not United States real property interests as defined in Section 897(c) of the Code, together with a notice to the Internal Revenue Service, in accordance with Treasury Regulations under Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code
6.8 Termination of Company 401(k) Plan. The Company shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to terminate the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ participation in effective no later than the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company 401(k) Plan. The Company shall deliver to the Buyer, prior to the Closing Date, evidence that the Company’s board of directors has validly adopted resolutions to terminate the Company 401(k) Plan (the form and substance of which resolutions shall be subject to prior review and comment of the Buyer, which such comments shall be reasonably considered by the Company), effective no later than the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of such plan and applicable Law.
6.9 Employees.
(a) For the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is [**] following the Closing Date (or, if earlier, the date of termination of the applicable Continuing Employee), the Buyer shall provide all Continuing Employees with (i) an annual base rate of salary or wages and annual cash incentive opportunities (excluding transaction-related incentives) that are no less favorable to those compensation arrangements provided by the Company as of immediately prior to the Closing and (ii) employee benefits and other compensation arrangements (excluding any equity-based arrangements, transaction-related compensation, benefits provided under a defined benefit plan and retiree medical or other retiree welfare benefits) that are substantially similar in the aggregate (including with respect to the type of benefit and cost to the employee) to those employee benefits and other compensation arrangements provided by the Company under the Company Plans as of immediately prior to the Closing; provided, that the contribution matching policy under the Buyer 401(k) Plan shall be deemed to be substantially similar to the matching policy under the Company 401(k) Plan for purposes of determining whether the benefits provided by the Buyer following the Closing are substantially similar in the aggregate to the employee benefit arrangements provided by the Company under the Company Plans prior to the Closing Date.
(b) From and after the Closing Date, the Buyer will, or will cause the Company to, recognize the prior service with the Company or its Subsidiaries of each individual who is a Continuing Employee in connection with all employee benefit plans of the Buyer or its Affiliates in which Continuing Employees are eligible to participate following the Closing Date, for purposes of eligibility, vesting and, with respect to paid time off or severance only, the determination of the level of benefits (but otherwise not for purposes of benefit accruals or benefit amounts) or to the extent that such recognition would result in duplication of benefits. From and after the Closing Date, the Buyer will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any pre-existing conditions or limitations and eligibility waiting periods (to the extent that such waiting periods would be applicable, taking into account service with the Company) under any group health, dental, or vision benefit plans of the Buyer to be waived with respect to Continuing Employees and their eligible dependents who become covered by such plans, except to the extent such individual was or would have been subject to such exclusion under the Company Plans immediately before the Closing Date.
(c) Effective on or as soon as administratively practicable following the Closing Date, each Continuing Employee who is a participant in the Company 401(k) Plan (each, a “401(k) Participant”) shall be allowed to participate in a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code that is sponsored and maintained by Buyer or one of its Affiliates (the “Buyer 401(k) Plan”). As soon as administratively practicable following the Closing Date, Buyer shall or shall cause or permit, as applicable, the account balances of each 401(k) Participant in the Company 401(k) Plan to be distributed in accordance with the terms of such plan, and the Buyer shall permit or cause an Affiliate of the Buyer to permit the 401(k) Participants who are participants in such plan to roll over any such distributions (including a rollover of any outstanding participant loans) into the Buyer 401(k) Plan.
(d) Section 6.9 is included for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective transferees and permitted assigns and does not and shall not create any right in any Person, including any Company Employee, any participant in any Company Plan or any beneficiary or trustee thereof. Section 6.9 shall not apply to any Company Employee covered by any collective bargaining agreement or other employee representation agreement and Buyer agrees to (and will cause its Subsidiaries to) comply with all terms and conditions of employment provided under any collective bargaining agreement or other employee representative agreement and with applicable Law. Nothing contained in this Agreement (express or implied) (i) is intended to require the Buyer to establish or maintain any specific Employee Benefit Plan for any length of time, (ii) is intended to create a Company Plan or any Employee Benefit Plan or amend any of the foregoing, (iii) is intended to confer upon any individual any right to employment or continued employment for any period of time, or any right to a particular term or condition of employment, or (iv) shall be construed to indicate existence of employment relations between Company and any of its service providers (including contractors and consultants). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties do not intend for this Section 6.9 to create any rights or obligations except between the parties hereto. No Continuing Employee or other current or former Company Employee, including any beneficiary or dependent thereof, or any other Person not a party to this Agreement, shall be entitled to assert any claim against the Buyer, the Company, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates under this Section 6.9, nor shall any Company Employee or current or former Company Employee, including any beneficiary or dependent thereof, be entitled to assert any claim as a party to this Agreement with respect to his or her compensation or benefits.
6.10 D&O Indemnification.
(a) For a period of [**] after the Closing Date, the Company shall not amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provisions of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or any other written agreement with the Company as of the date hereof that has been made available to Buyer, in each case concerning indemnification, exculpation or limitation of liability of directors, officers, fiduciaries or agents of the Company in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of persons who, prior to the Closing Date, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of the Company, except to the extent required by applicable Law and except for any such change that would not affect the application of such provisions to acts or omissions of such individuals prior to the Closing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the certificate of incorporation, bylaws of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any provision in any indemnification or other agreement to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound, (i) no exculpation or other provision in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any such agreement shall be deemed to exculpate any such person from its obligations under this Agreement and (ii) no person shall be entitled to indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any such agreement for any matter for which any Buyer Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) The Company will obtain prior to the Closing Date [**] “tail” insurance policies (the “D&O Tail”) with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance of the type and with the amount of coverage no less favorable than those of the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained as of the date hereof by the Company (the “Current Policies”), and with such other terms as are no less favorable in the aggregate than those in the Current Policies. The premium for the D&O Tail (including any Taxes on such premium) and any associated broker, underwriter or similar fees (the “D&O Tail Premium”) shall be paid in full prior to the Closing Date by the Company or at the Closing as a Company Transaction Expense.
6.11 Tax Matters.
(a) Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns. The Buyer shall prepare and file any Tax Returns of the Company or its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period or any Straddle Period required to be filed after the Closing Date (“Pre-Closing Tax Returns”), and shall provide the Indemnity Participant with a draft of each such Pre-Closing Tax Return (and such additional information regarding such Tax Return as may reasonably be requested by the Indemnity Participant) for review and comment at least [**] prior to the filing of such Pre-Closing Tax Return in the case of income Tax Returns, and in such period of time prior to filing as the Buyer shall reasonably determine to be practicable in the case of other Pre-Closing Tax Returns. The Pre-Closing Tax Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent with the past practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless otherwise required by applicable Law, provided that all Transaction Tax Deductions shall be reflected on such Pre-Closing Tax Returns as deductions in Pre-Closing Tax Periods to the extent permitted by applicable Law (at a “more likely than not” or higher level of confidence) and a safe-harbor election under Rev. Proc. 2011-29 shall be made with respect to any “success based fees.” The Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall each be responsible for 50% of any third-party out-of-pocket costs of the Company in preparing and filing any Pre-Closing Tax Returns. The Buyer shall incorporate any comments to the portion of such Tax Returns that relate to Pre-Closing Tax Periods reasonably requested by the Indemnity Participant in writing prior to filing such Pre-Closing Tax Return. In the event that the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant are unable to resolve any dispute with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Return, such dispute shall be resolved by the Neutral Accountant in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.5(d) mutatis mutandis, and the Pre-Closing Tax Return shall be prepared and filed in accordance with the determination of the Neutral Accountant, which determination shall be final and binding on the parties. In the event that the Neutral Accountant is unable to render a decision on any disputed item prior to the due date for filing a Pre-Closing Tax Return (taking into account extensions), such Pre-Closing Tax Return shall be prepared and filed in a manner consistent with the preparing party’s position (and any items that have been agreed to by the parties or determined by the Neutral Accountant as of such time), provided that, such Pre-Closing Tax Return shall thereafter be amended to reflect the Neutral Accountant’s determination of the disputed item.
(b) Transfer Taxes. Any transfer, sales, use, stamp, conveyance, real property transfer, recording, registration, documentary, filing and other similar non-income Taxes and administrative fees (including, without limitation, notary fees) arising in connection with Buyer’s acquisition of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement (“Transfer Taxes”) shall be paid [**] percent ([**]%) by Seller and [**] percent ([**]%) by Buyer. The party required by Law to file any Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to Transfer Taxes shall be responsible for preparing and filing such Tax Returns and other documentation and, if required by applicable Law, the other parties will join in the execution of any such Tax Returns and other documentation (provided that such other parties shall have the right to review and reasonably comment on any such Tax Return and documentation prior to joining in the execution thereof).
(c) Tax Year End; Allocation of Certain Taxes.
(i) The Buyer shall cause the taxable year of the Company to end on the Closing Date for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income Tax purposes and shall cause the Company and its U.S. corporate Subsidiary to join the Buyer’s “consolidated group” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-1(h)) (or a consolidated group that includes the Buyer) effective on the day after the Closing Date. The Buyer and the Seller agree that if the Company or its Subsidiaries is permitted but not required under applicable foreign, state or local Tax Laws to treat the Closing Date as the last day of a taxable period, the Buyer and the Company Participants shall treat such day as the last day of a taxable period. Seller and Buyer agree that the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Company for such taxable period ending on the Closing Date shall be prepared in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(1)(ii) and that (x) none of Buyer or the Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall make a ratable allocation election under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2) or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law, and (y) in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76 and any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law, any Taxes arising out of, relating to, or resulting from any transactions or actions engaged in by the Company (or its Subsidiaries thereof) not in the ordinary course of business that occur on the Closing Date but after the Closing shall be allocable to the taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date.
(ii) For purposes of this Agreement, the portion of any Taxes for any Straddle Period that are allocable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be deemed to equal: (A) in the case of Taxes that (x) are based upon or related to income or receipts or (y) imposed in connection with any sale or other transfer or assignment of property, other than any Transfer Taxes, the amount which would be payable if the taxable year ended with the Closing Date, provided that, any exemptions, allowances, or deductions that are calculated on an annual (or monthly) basis shall be allocated in proportion to the number of days in each portion of the Straddle Period, and (B) in the case of other Taxes imposed on a periodic basis (including property Taxes), the amount of such Taxes for the entire period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the period ending with the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire period; provided that, Transaction Tax Deductions shall be allocated to the Pre-Closing Tax Period to the extent permitted by applicable Law (at a “more likely than not” or higher level of confidence). For purposes of allocating Taxes attributable to any partnerships or specified foreign corporations (within the meaning of Section 965(e) of the Code) in which the Company or its Subsidiaries holds (with due regard to Section 958 of the Code) an Equity Interest as of the Closing Date, the taxable year of any such partnerships or specified foreign corporations shall be treated as ending on the Closing Date (without regard to any contrary provision of Law).
(d) Tax Contests. If a Governmental Entity asserts or otherwise initiates any action, inquiry, claim, assessment, audit, or other Legal Proceeding with respect to Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period (a “Tax Contest”), then the party (i.e., the Indemnity Participant or Buyer) first receiving notice (whether directly or indirectly through an Affiliate of such party) of such Tax Contest shall promptly provide the other party (i.e., Buyer or the Indemnity Participant) with written notice thereof (together with copies of any correspondence received from the Governmental Entity in respect of such Tax Contest); provided that, the failure of the Buyer to give such prompt notice shall not relieve the Indemnity Participant of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent they are actually prejudiced thereby. The Indemnity Participant shall have the right (but not the obligation) to assume the defense of any Tax Contest relating to a taxable period ending on the Closing Date and the Buyer shall take (and cause its Affiliates to take) all actions reasonably necessary (including providing a power of attorney) to enable the Indemnity Participant to exercise its control rights as set forth in this Section 6.11(d). For any such Tax Contest, the defense or prosecution of which the Indemnity Participant controls, (i) the Indemnity Participant shall keep the Buyer reasonably informed of all material developments and events relating to such Tax Contest (including providing to Buyer copies of relevant portions of all written materials relating to such Tax Contest), (ii) Buyer (or its authorized Representative) shall be entitled, at its expense, to attend and/or reasonably participate in all conferences, meetings, and proceedings relating to such Tax Contest, and (iii) the Indemnity Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), directly or indirectly enter into any compromise or settlement of such Tax Contest. The Buyer shall control the defense of any Tax Contest relating to a Straddle Period and any Tax Contest in respect of a taxable period ending on the Closing Date that the Indemnity Participant elects not to control, provided that, (i) the Buyer shall keep the Indemnity Participant reasonably informed of all material developments and events relating to such Tax Contest (including providing to the Indemnity Participant copies of relevant portions of all written materials relating to such Tax Contest), (ii) the Indemnity Participant (or its authorized Representative) shall be entitled, at its expense, to attend and/or reasonably participate in all conferences, meetings, and proceedings relating to such Tax Contest, and (iii) the Buyer shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnity Participant (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), directly or indirectly enter into any compromise or settlement of such Tax Contest. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article VIII, this Section 6.11(d) shall govern with respect to any Tax Contest.
(e) Limitations on Actions Impacting Pre-Closing Tax Periods. After the Closing, without the prior written consent of the Indemnity Participant (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Buyer shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates (including the Company and its Subsidiaries) not to (A) other than Tax Returns that are filed pursuant to Section 6.11(a), file or amend or otherwise modify any Tax Return relating in whole or in part to the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, (B) after the date any Tax Return filed pursuant to Section 6.11(a) is filed, amend or otherwise modify any such Tax Return, (C) make or initiate any voluntary contact with any Governmental Entity (including any voluntary disclosure agreement or similar process) regarding any Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, including in jurisdictions in which the Company or its Subsidiaries has not filed Tax Returns or paid Taxes, (D) make, file, change, amend, rescind, or revoke any Tax elections or accounting methods of the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to, or which has retroactive effect to, any Pre-Closing Tax Period and that would reasonably be expected to result an indemnification obligation for the Indemnity Participant pursuant to Article VIII, increase the amount of Taxes payable by the Indemnity Participant or the Seller, increase the amount of Taxes taken into account in the calculation of the Closing Consideration, or reduce any amount payable to the Indemnity Participant pursuant to Section 6.11(f), (E) agree to waive or extend the statute of limitations relating to any Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (F) file any ruling or request with any taxing authority that relates to Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, or (G) make any election under Section 338 or 336 of the Code (or any similar provision under state, local or non-U.S. Law) with respect to the acquisition of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Tax Refunds; Overaccruals.
(i) Tax Refunds and Credits. The Indemnity Participant shall be entitled to all Tax refunds (or credits of such refunds against other Taxes) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period to the extent such refunds are not accounted for in the calculation of the Final Closing Adjustment. The Buyer shall pay over to Indemnity Participant the amount of any such Tax refund (or credit in lieu of refund) (together with any interest received from any Governmental Entity with respect thereto) promptly after actual receipt of such Tax refund or, in the case of a credit of such refund against other Taxes, upon the filing of the applicable Tax Return where such credit is used to reduce Taxes otherwise payable, in each case, by the Buyer or any Affiliate thereof (including the Company and its Subsidiaries), provided that, the amount to be paid over to the Indemnity Participant shall be reduced by any Taxes and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Buyer with respect to the receipt or utilization thereof. The Buyer and its Affiliates shall request a refund (rather than a credit in lieu of a refund) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods. Except with respect to the Employee Retention Credit, upon the reasonable request and at the expense of (to the extent of reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses) the Indemnity Participant, the Buyer shall and shall cause its Affiliates (including the Company and its Subsidiaries) to take all steps reasonably requested by the Indemnity Participant to apply for and obtain any Tax refund or credit that the Indemnity Participant may be entitled to under this Section 6.11(f)(i). Notwithstanding the foregoing, [**] shall be entitled to the net amount collected by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of the Employee Retention Credit (for the avoidance of doubt, net of any costs, expenses (including any amount payable to [**]), and Taxes, in each case relating to or payable on the Employee Retention Credit); provided that if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to repay all or any portion of the Employee Retention Credit to the Internal Revenue Service following a determination by the Internal Revenue Service that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was not entitled to the Employee Retention Credit, [**] shall pay to Buyer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated by Buyer in writing, an amount equal to such disallowed portion within [**] after Buyer’s written request therefor.
(ii) Over Accrual of Taxes. With respect to any Taxes taken into account as an accrued liability in the final determination of Closing Net Working Capital or as an unpaid Tax in Indebtedness, if such accrual is greater than the final Tax liability for the matter relating to such accrual, then the Buyer shall promptly pay to the Indemnity Participant, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account or accounts designated by the Indemnity Participant in writing, an amount equal to such excess, if any. For purposes of clarity, with respect to any such Taxes that relate to a Tax Return that is filed after Closing pursuant to Section 6.11(a), the final Tax liability for such matter shall (i) in the case of a Tax Return for a Pre-Closing Tax Period (other than a Straddle Period), be the amount shown on such Tax Return, or (ii) in the case of a Tax Return for a Straddle Tax Period, be the portion of the amount shown on such Tax Return that is attributable to the portion of the Straddle Tax Period ending on the Closing Date, as determined in accordance with Section 6.11(c). The Seller, the Buyer, the Indemnity Participant, and the Company shall reasonably cooperate, and shall cause their respective Affiliates, officers, employees, agents, officers, and representatives to reasonably cooperate, in connection with the determination and calculation of amounts, if any, payable by the Buyer to the Indemnity Participant pursuant to this Section 6.11(f)(ii).
(g) Cooperation. Each of the Buyer, the Company and its Subsidiaries, Seller, and the Company Participants and their respective Affiliates shall reasonably cooperate in the preparation and filing of all Tax Returns, in making any election related to Taxes, in filing refund claims, and the conduct of all Tax audits or other administrative or judicial proceedings relating to the determination of any Tax for any taxable periods for which one party could reasonably require the assistance of the other party in obtaining any necessary information, which cooperation may include making personnel available at reasonable times.
6.12 Planned Facility Acquisitions. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to consummate the Planned Facility Acquisitions prior to the Closing on terms consistent with Schedule 6.12 (and no other material terms without the Buyer’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed)) and shall keep the Buyer informed and cooperate with the Buyer in accordance with Schedule 6.12.
6.13 Proprietary Information.
(a) From and after the Closing, the Seller shall not, and shall cause its controlled Affiliates and Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, disclose or use any knowledge, information or documents concerning the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective operations or businesses (as conducted or planned to be conducted as of the Closing Date, the “Business”), including the financial information, technical information or data relating to the Business or any product or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and names of customers of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except to the extent that such knowledge, information or documents (i) shall have become generally known to the public other than through disclosure by the Seller or its controlled Affiliates and Representatives in violation of this Section 6.13 or (ii) is lawfully acquired by such Seller or its directors and officers after the Closing from a third party which was not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation at the time of the disclosure (“Proprietary Information”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller shall have no obligation hereunder to keep confidential any of the Proprietary Information to the extent disclosure thereof is required by Law; provided, however, that in the event disclosure is required by Law, the Seller shall provide the Buyer with prompt advance notice of such requirement so that the Buyer may seek an appropriate protective order.
(b) The Seller agrees that the remedy at Law for any breach of this Section 6.13 would be inadequate and that the Buyer shall be entitled to injunctive relief, without the requirement of posting any bond or other security, in addition to any other remedy it may have upon breach of any provision of this Section 6.13.
6.14 Seller Shareholders’ Approval. As expeditiously as possible following the execution of this Agreement, and in any event within [**] immediately following the date of this Agreement (the “Seller Shareholders’ Approval Date”), the Seller shall establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the shareholders of the Seller for the purpose of voting upon the adoption of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby to secure the Seller Shareholders’ Approval in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Seller and all applicable Laws and shall obtain the Seller Shareholders’ Approval at such meeting. As expeditiously as possible following the receipt of the Seller Shareholders’ Approval, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer a written statement on behalf of the Seller, executed by its Secretary (or equivalent office thereof) and certifying that the Seller Shareholders’ Approval has been obtained.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
7.1 Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer, the Seller and the Company. The obligation of each of the Buyer, the Seller and the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, each of which may, if permitted by applicable Law, be waived in writing by the party for whose benefit such condition exists:
(a) no judgment, order, decree, ruling or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing or rendering unlawful the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in effect;
(b) all of the consents, approvals or other authorizations applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from Healthcare Regulatory Authorities set forth on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule shall have been obtained, and no such consent, approval or other authorization shall have been revoked; and
(c) the Seller Shareholders’ Approval shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect.
7.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer. The obligation of the Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, each of which may be waived in writing in the sole discretion of the Buyer:
(a) no Legal Proceeding brought by any Governmental Entity shall be pending that would reasonably be expected to (i) prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) cause a Governmental Entity to question the legality of such consummation, (iii) cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation of such transaction or (iv) have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(b) (i) each of the representations and warranties of the Company that are set forth in clause (a) of Section 3.6 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing (except to the extent made as of a specific date, in which case as of such date), (ii) each of the Fundamental Representations, disregarding all reference to materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect, Seller Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualification, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing as though made on and as of the Closing (except to the extent made as of a specific date, in which case as of such date); provided, however, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.2(a), 2.3, 3.2 and 3.4(a), shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing except for de minimis inaccuracies as though made on and as of the Closing (except to the extent made as of a specific date, in which case as of such date); and (iii) each of the representations and warranties of the Seller and the Company forth in this Agreement (other than the Fundamental Representations), disregarding all reference to materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualification, shall be true and correct as of the Closing as though made on and as of the Closing (except to the extent made as of a specific date, in which case as of such date), except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the Seller and the Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with their agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing;
(d) no Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement that is continuing; and
(e) the Buyer shall have received each of the items identified in Section 1.2(b) and Section 1.3(a) as contemplated to be delivered by the Company.
7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Seller and the Company. The obligation of the Seller and the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, each of which may be waived in writing in the sole discretion of the Company:
(a) the representations and warranties of the Buyer set forth in this Agreement, disregarding all reference to materiality, Buyer Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualification, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing as though made on and as of the Closing (except to the extent made as of a specific date, in which case as of such date);
(b) the Buyer shall have performed or complied in all material respects with its agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing; and
(c) the Indemnity Participant shall have received those items identified in Section 1.2(c) as contemplated to be delivered by the Buyer.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Indemnification by the Indemnity Participant. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VIII, from and after the Closing, the Indemnity Participant (without regard to culpability) shall defend and indemnify each Buyer Indemnified Party in respect of, and hold each Buyer Indemnified Party harmless against and will compensate and reimburse each Buyer Indemnified Party for, any and all Damages incurred or suffered by any Buyer Indemnified Party (regardless of whether such Damages relate to any Third Party Action) resulting from, relating to, or constituting:
(a) any breach of or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty of the Seller, the Company or any Company Participant contained in this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument furnished by the Seller, the Company or any Company Participant to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) any breach of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement of the Seller, the Company, any Company Participant or the Indemnity Participant contained in this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument furnished by the Seller, the Company, any Company Participant or the Indemnity Participant to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;
(c) the following Taxes: (i) any Taxes for, or allocated in accordance with Section 6.11(c) to, any Pre-Closing Tax Period due and payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries; (ii) any Taxes for which the Company or its Subsidiaries has any liability under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or under any comparable or similar provision of state, local or foreign Laws as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group on or prior to the Closing; (iii) any Taxes for which the Company or its Subsidiaries has any liability as a transferee or successor, or pursuant to any contractual obligation existing as of the Closing, which Tax is attributable to the operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing or an event or transaction occurring before the Closing; (iv) Seller’s share of Transfer Taxes pursuant to Section 6.11(b); and (v) any Taxes determined by a Taxing Authority pursuant to a final determination (within the meaning of Section 1313 of the Code or any corresponding or similar provision of other applicable Tax Law) to have been required to be withheld by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and the employer portion of any employment Taxes for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is liable, as a result of any compensatory payments made pursuant to agreements or arrangements between [**] and [**] in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that, this subsection (c) shall not include any Taxes that arise as a result of or are otherwise attributable to (A) any actions occurring on the Closing Date after the Closing that are Outside of the Ordinary Course of Business or that otherwise occur by or at the direction of the Buyer or its Affiliates (including, for clarity, the manner in which the Buyer or its Affiliates finance the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), (B) any breach by Buyer or any of its Affiliates of this Agreement or (C) any Taxes that were taken into account in the calculation of the Closing Consideration;
(d) the Planned Facility Acquisition Amount to the extent in excess of the amounts included in the calculation of the Closing Consideration or the Final Closing Adjustment; provided that, in the case of any Planned Facility Acquisition that closes after the Closing, such excess shall not include amounts incurred following the Closing as a result of a failure to consummate such Planned Facility Acquisition on substantially the same terms as set forth on Schedule 6.12, applied mutatis mutandis;
(e) any claim (i) [**] or (ii) by any Person seeking to assert, or based upon: (i) the ownership or rights to ownership of any Equity Interest in the Seller, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) any right of an equityholder of the Seller, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any option, preemptive rights or rights to notice or to vote; (iii) any rights under any Organizational Documents of the Seller, the Company or any Subsidiary; (iv) any repurchase, cancellation, termination or transfer of any Equity Interest in the Seller, the Company or any Subsidiary; (v) any failure of the Seller to have good, valid and marketable title to the Shares, free and clear of all Liens; or (vii) any inaccuracy in the Closing Payment Certificate; or
(f) any Fraud by or on behalf of the Seller, the Company, any Subsidiary or any Company Participant in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
8.2 Indemnification Claims.
(a) The Buyer shall give written notification to the Indemnity Participant of the commencement of any Third Party Action it seeks indemnification for. Such notification shall be given as promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event within [**] after receipt by the Buyer of notice of such Third Party Action and shall describe in reasonable detail (to the extent then known by the Buyer) the facts constituting the basis for such Third Party Action and the amount of the claimed damages. No delay or failure on the part of the Buyer in so notifying the Indemnity Participant shall relieve the Indemnity Participant of any Liability hereunder except to the extent of any Liability caused by or arising out of such delay or failure or to the extent the Indemnity Participant is materially prejudiced thereby. Within [**] after delivery of such notification, the Indemnity Participant may, upon written notice thereof to the Buyer, assume control of the defense of such Third Party Action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed) and the Buyer shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnity Participant in connection therewith (at the Indemnity Participant’s expense with respect to any reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Buyer), subject to the following conditions:
(i) With respect to [**] Indemnity Matters, the defense shall be controlled by [**] so long as (x) the Indemnity Participant acknowledges in writing to the Buyer that any damages, fines, costs or other Liabilities that may be assessed against the Buyer in connection with such Third Party Action constitute Damages for which the Buyer shall be indemnified pursuant to this Article VIII; and (y) such Third Party Action does not assert material equitable or other non-monetary relief (other than preventing or rescinding the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) against a Buyer Indemnified Party that cannot be separated from the underlying Claim for Damages); and
(ii) With respect to indemnification claims that are not [**]Indemnity Matters, the Indemnity Participant may only assume control of such defense if:
(A) it acknowledges in writing to the Buyer that any damages, fines, costs or other Liabilities that may be assessed against the Buyer in connection with such Third Party Action constitute Damages for which the Buyer shall be indemnified pursuant to this Article VIII;
(B) the ad damnum in such Third Party Action, taken together with the estimated costs of defense thereof (as determined by the Indemnity Participant, acting reasonably) and the Claimed Amount with respect to any unresolved claims for indemnification then pending, is less than or equal to the then-current balance of the Indemnity Escrow Fund,
(C) the Third Party Action does not involve Intellectual Property, Taxes (except as provided in Section 6.11(d)), any Governmental Entity as a party or criminal liability;
(D) the Third Party Action does not involve a claim in which equitable or other non-monetary relief is sought against a Buyer Indemnified Party; or
(E) the Buyer does not determine, based on advice from outside counsel made available to the Indemnity Participant (unless subject to attorney-client privilege, in which case, outside counsel shall provide written confirmation to the Indemnity Participant that it has made such determination), that there are issues that raise actual or potential conflicts of interest between the Company Participants (or the Indemnity Participant) and the Buyer Indemnified Party with respect to the defense of such Third-Party Claim, or the Buyer Indemnified Party has different or additional defenses available to it.
(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso, the Indemnity Participant may assume the defense of any such Third Party Action with the prior written consent of the Buyer in its sole discretion.
(iv) If the Indemnity Participant does not, or is not permitted under the terms hereof to, so assume control of the defense of a Third Party Action, the Buyer shall control such defense. The Non-controlling Party may participate in such defense at its own expense. The Controlling Party shall keep the Non-controlling Party advised of the status of such Third Party Action and the defense thereof and shall consider in good faith recommendations made by the Non-controlling Party with respect thereto. The Non-controlling Party shall furnish the Controlling Party with such information as it may have with respect to such Third Party Action (including copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading which may have been served on such party and any written claim, demand, invoice, billing or other document evidencing or asserting the same) and shall otherwise cooperate with and assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such Third Party Action. The fees and expenses of counsel to the Buyer with respect to a Third Party Action shall be considered Damages for purposes of this Agreement if the Buyer controls the defense of such Third Party Action pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.2(a).
(v) If the Indemnity Participant is the Controlling Party, the Indemnity Participant shall not, without the without the prior written consent of the Buyer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (x) agree to any settlement of any Third Party Action, unless such settlement: (I) involves only the payment of money damages born solely by the Indemnity Participant, and does not impose an injunction or other equitable relief on any Buyer Indemnified Party, (II) does not include any admission of wrongdoing or violation of Law on the part of any Buyer Indemnified Party and (III) includes a customary release (which may be a mutual release in the case of a [**] Indemnity Matter or, if reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, other indemnified matters) of the Buyer Indemnified Parties from all Liability with respect to the Third Party Action and customary confidentiality obligations (which may be mutual obligations, so long as any such obligations binding a Buyer Indemnified Party are subject to customary exceptions for disclosure required to comply with applicable Law (including stock exchange rules) and the requirements of any Legal Proceeding or other governmental inquiry) with respect to the substance of such settlement or (y) agree to the entry of any judgment arising from any Third Party Action.
(vi) Except as provided in Section 8.2(e), in the event that the Buyer is the Controlling Party and the Buyer determines to settle or resolve any Third Party Action, the Buyer shall seek the consent of the Indemnity Participant to such settlement (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If the Indemnity Participant has consented to such settlement (which consent with respect to non-[**] Indemnity Matters shall be deemed to have been given unless the Indemnity Participant shall have objected within [**] after confirmed receipt of a written request for such consent by the Buyer expressly notifying the Indemnity Participant and the recipients set forth on Schedule 8.2(c)) that, if the Indemnity Participant does not respond to the request within [**], the Indemnity Participant will be deemed to have consented to the settlement), then the existence and amount of indemnifiable Damages, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VIII applicable to the underlying matter, shall be determinative and binding upon the Indemnity Participant and the Indemnity Participant shall not have any power or authority to object to recovery by or on behalf of any Buyer Indemnified Party for any Damages claimed with respect to such settlement. If the Indemnity Participant has not consented to such settlement, then the Buyer shall not enter into such settlement unless, except with respect to [**] Indemnity Matters (which shall not be entered into without the Indemnity Participant’s express written consent) the amount of such settlement exceeds the then remaining Indemnity Escrow Fund by at least $[**], in which case the Buyer may enter such settlement without consent and the Indemnity Participant shall have the right to dispute the applicable Buyer Indemnified Party’s entitlement to indemnification, or the amount for which it is entitled to indemnification, under the terms of this Article VIII. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms and provisions of Section 6.11(d) shall control in the case of any Tax Contest and not this Section 8.2(a).
(b) In order to seek indemnification under this Article VIII, the Buyer shall deliver a Claim Notice to the Indemnity Participant.
(c) Within [**] after delivery of a Claim Notice in accordance with Section 11.1 (provided that, for purposes of this Section 8.2(c), such notice must also be delivered via email to the recipients set forth on Schedule 8.2(c)), the Indemnity Participant shall deliver to the Buyer a Response, in which the Indemnity Participant shall either: (i) agree that the Buyer Indemnified Parties are entitled to receive all of the Claimed Amount (in which case within [**] following delivery of the Response the Indemnity Participant and the Buyer shall deliver a written notice executed by both parties instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse to the Buyer Indemnified Parties from the Indemnity Escrow Fund an amount in cash equal to the Claimed Amount), (ii) agree that the Buyer Indemnified Parties are entitled to receive the Agreed Amount (in which case within [**] following delivery of the Response the Indemnity Participant and the Buyer shall deliver a written notice executed by both parties instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse to the Buyer Indemnified Parties from the Indemnity Escrow Fund an amount in cash equal to the Agreed Amount) or (iii) dispute that the Buyer Indemnified Parties are entitled to receive any of the Claimed Amount. The Indemnity Participant may also make reasonable requests for additional documentation and supporting evidence of the Damages identified in the Claim Notice, to the extent such material is in the Buyer’s possession and not subject to any legal privilege or confidentiality restrictions under Contract or applicable Law. Absent an express agreement to the contrary, acceptance by the Buyer Indemnified Parties of partial payment of any Claimed Amount shall be without prejudice to the Buyer Indemnified Parties’ right to claim the balance of any such Claimed Amount.
(d) Subject to Sections 1.5(i) and 1.7(e), any Dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Section 11.13. If the Buyer seeks to enforce the claim that is the subject of the Dispute pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, the Indemnity Participant and the Buyer shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, promptly (and in any event within [**]) following the resolution of the Dispute (whether by mutual agreement, judicial decision or otherwise), a written notice executed by both parties instructing the Escrow Agent as to what (if any) portion of the Indemnity Escrow Fund shall be distributed to the Buyer (which notice shall be consistent with the terms of the resolution of the Dispute).
(e) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 8.2, if a customer or supplier asserts (other than by means of a lawsuit) that any Buyer Indemnified Party is liable to such third party for a monetary or other obligation which may constitute or result in Damages for which a Buyer Indemnified Party may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII, and the Buyer reasonably determines that the Buyer Indemnified Parties have a valid business reason to fulfill such obligation, then (i) the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to satisfy such obligation, without prior notice to or consent from the Indemnity Participant, (ii) the Buyer Indemnified Parties may subsequently make a claim for indemnification in accordance with the provisions of this Article VIII, and (iii) the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall be reimbursed, in accordance with the provisions of this Article VIII, for any such Damages for which they are entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII (subject to the right of the Indemnity Participant, to dispute the applicable Buyer Indemnified Party’s entitlement to indemnification, or the amount for which it is entitled to indemnification, under the terms of this Article VIII).
8.3 Survival of Representations and Warranties and [**] Indemnity Matters.
(a) Unless otherwise specified in this Section 8.3(a) or elsewhere in this Agreement, all provisions of this Agreement shall survive the Closing and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms; provided, however, that, except in the case of Fraud, all representations and warranties that are covered by the indemnification obligations in Section 8.1(a) shall expire on the date that is [**] following the Closing Date (the “Survival Date”); provided further, however, that the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1, 2.2(a), 2.2(b)(i), 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4(a), 3.4(b), 3.23 and 3.29 (the “Fundamental Representations”) and Section 3.9 shall survive until the date that is [**] after the expiration of the longest statute of limitations applicable to the subject matter of the applicable representation or warranty; and [**], the indemnification obligations for the [**] Indemnity Matters shall expire on the date that is [**] after the expiration of the longest statute of limitations applicable to such matters.
(b) If the Buyer delivers to the Indemnity Participant, before expiration of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, either a Claim Notice based upon a breach of such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement or an Expected Claim Notice based upon a breach of such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement then the applicable representation, warranty, covenant or agreement shall survive until, but only for purposes of, the resolution of the matter covered by such notice. If the legal proceeding or written claim with respect to which an Expected Claim Notice has been given is definitively withdrawn or resolved in favor of the Buyer, the Buyer shall promptly so notify the Indemnity Participant.
8.4 Limitations.
(a) With respect to claims for Damages arising under Section 8.1(a), the Indemnity Participant shall not be liable for any such Damages until the aggregate amount of all such Damages exceeds $[**] (at which point the Indemnity Participant shall become liable for all Damages under Section 8.1(a) from the first dollar); provided that the limitation set forth in this sentence shall not apply (i) in the case of Fraud or (ii) to any claim pursuant to Section 8.1(a) relating to a breach of or inaccuracy in any of the Fundamental Representations or Section 3.9.
(b) Except in the case of (x) Fraud, (y) claims under Section 8.1(e) or (z) claims relating to a breach of or inaccuracy in Section 2.3 (Ownership of Stock), Section 3.2 (Capitalization) or Section 3.23 (Certain Business Relationships with Affiliates) (solely to the extent Section 3.23 relates to arrangements with the Persons set forth on Schedule 8.4(b)) (collectively, the “[**] Indemnity Matters”), the aggregate liability of the Indemnity Participant for Damages under this Article VIII shall not exceed the amount then remaining in the Indemnity Escrow Fund (for so long as it exists). Except in the case of Fraud, on the date that no funds remain in the Indemnity Escrow Fund, the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall have no further right to indemnification from the Indemnity Participant, except for [**] solely with respect to the [**] Indemnity Matters, under this Article VIII or otherwise under or pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument furnished by the Seller, the Company or any Company Participant to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Except in the case of Fraud, the aggregate liability of the Indemnity Participant and [**] for Damages with respect to the [**] Indemnity Matters shall not exceed the sum of the amount then remaining in the Indemnity Escrow Fund (for so long as it exists) plus the [**] Indemnity Amount, subject to Section 8.5. [**] set forth on Schedule 8.4(c) [**].
(d) The amount of damages for any indemnified claim for Damages under this Article VIII shall be (i) reduced to take into account any Tax benefits realized by a Buyer Indemnified Party in connection with or otherwise attributable to the relevant Damages in the year such Damages are incurred or the immediately following year (e.g., a reduction in the amount of Taxes payable or the receipt or utilization of a Tax refund, credit, or other similar asset), provided, that, in computing the amount of any such Tax benefit, the Buyer Indemnified Party shall be deemed to recognize all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit before recognizing any item arising from the incurrence or payment of any indemnified Damages and (ii) computed net of any insurance proceeds actually received by a Buyer Indemnified Party in respect of the event giving rise to such Damages or other collateral sources (such as contractual indemnities of any Person which are contained outside of this Agreement), net of costs of collection; provided that, that the amount of insurance proceeds actually received shall be calculated net of (x) the deductible applicable to such claim for Damages under the relevant insurance policies, (y) any out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees, reasonably incurred and documented by a Buyer Indemnified Party in connection with the collection of such proceeds and (z) the portion of the premium paid for the relevant policies under which insurance recovery is sought with respect to claim for Damages that is reasonably allocable to the relevant coverage in the year such claim for Damages is made and any resulting premium increase.
(e) The Indemnity Participant shall have no right of contribution against the Company with respect to any breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements.
(f) The rights to indemnification set forth in this Article VIII shall not be affected by (i) any investigation conducted by or on behalf of any Buyer Indemnified Party or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) by any Buyer Indemnified Party, whether before or after the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to the inaccuracy or noncompliance with any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation which is the subject of indemnification hereunder, or (ii) any waiver by the Buyer of any closing condition relating to the accuracy of representations and warranties or the performance of or compliance with agreements and covenants. Other than with respect to any claim for Fraud, no Buyer Indemnified Party shall be required to show reliance on any representation, warranty, certificate or other agreement in order for such Buyer Indemnified Party to be entitled to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement hereunder.
(g) In no event shall any Buyer Indemnified Party be entitled to seek or receive indemnification for the same Damages more than once under this Article VIII even if a claim for indemnification in respect of such Damages has been made as a result of a breach of more than one (1) representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement.
(h) In no event shall any Buyer Indemnified Party be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII with respect to specific Damages to the extent such Damages are included in the calculation of the Final Closing Adjustment Statement or the Final Adjustment, as finally determined in accordance with Section 1.5, including any such Damages that are related to any reserve or other similar item included in such calculation.
(i) Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, except in the case of Fraud or claims for specific performance and except as set forth in Section 1.5, Section 1.7 and Section 6.11, indemnification under this Article VIII shall be the exclusive remedy of the Buyer for any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty, covenant or other provision contained in this Agreement or for any matter arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for purposes of determining (i) whether there has been a breach of or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty set forth in Article II, Article III or the Company Certificate and (ii) the amount of Damages for which any Buyer Indemnified Party may be entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII, each such representation or warranty (other than the representations and warranties set forth in clause (a) of Section 3.6 and, to the extent the associated expenses are accrued in the Company Financial Statements, the first two sentences of Section 3.17(a)) shall be deemed to have been made without any qualifications or limitations as to materiality (including any qualifications or limitations made by reference to a Company Material Adverse Effect), it being understood that the word “Material” in the defined terms “Material Contract,” “Material Customer” and “Material Supplier” shall not be disregarded for such purpose.
(k) Effective as of the Closing, the Seller, on behalf of itself, its Affiliates (other than the Indemnity Participant, the Key Employees or any directors or officers of the Company immediately prior to the Closing) and the respective beneficiaries, directors, managers, trustees, officers, employees, equityholders, agents, representatives, estate, heirs, successors and assigns of the Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Indemnity Participant, the Key Employees or any directors or officers of the Company immediately prior to the Closing), by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby (a) waives any and all rights of indemnification, contribution and other similar rights against the Company or any Subsidiary (whether arising pursuant to any charter document of the Company or any Subsidiary, any contract, applicable Law or otherwise) arising out of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and/or out of the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, and (b) forever waives, releases and discharges (and hereby agrees to cause each of its representatives to forever waive, release and discharge) with prejudice the Company, each Subsidiary, the Buyer, each Affiliate of the Company and the Buyer, and the respective beneficiaries, directors, managers, trustees, officers, employees, equityholders, agents, representatives, estate, heirs, attorneys, advisors, predecessors, successors and assigns of each such Person (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all claims, counterclaims, rights (including rights of indemnification, contribution and other similar rights, from whatever source, whether under contract, applicable Law or otherwise), protests, suits, disputes, setoffs, demands, proceedings, causes of action, orders, obligations, contracts, agreements, fees (including attorney’s fees), debts, damages, and direct or indirect liabilities of whatever kind and character, whether known or unknown, direct or indirect, foreseen or unforeseen, presently existing or that may hereafter arise by any means (including subrogation, assignment, reimbursement, operation of law or otherwise), accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured, prior to and through the Closing that such Person has, or could have, whether under federal, state, or foreign Law and whether sounding in contract, tort, or equity, against any of the Released Parties, including any claims arising from or out of (x) the negotiation, authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document contemplated thereby, or (y) the Seller’s capacity as a holder of capital stock (or equity compensation or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into capital stock) of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, this clause (b) shall not be construed as releasing any party from its obligations otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement or any agreement delivered pursuant hereto. The Seller hereby expressly waives any and all provisions, rights and benefits conferred by §1542 of the California Civil Code (or any similar, comparable or equivalent provision or law) which section provides:
“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of the limitations set forth in this Article VIII, whether time-based, monetary or otherwise, including the survival periods set forth in Section 8.3(a) and the limitations in this Section 8.4, shall apply to any claims for Fraud.
(m) Any payments made to a party pursuant to this Article VIII or pursuant to the Escrow Agreement shall be treated as an adjustment to the Closing Consideration for Tax purposes to the extent permitted by Law.
8.5 Recourse. If and to the extent that any Buyer Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under Section 8.1, each such Buyer Indemnified Party will recoup all or any portion of the Damages to which such Buyer Indemnified Party is entitled, (i) first, by recovering from the Indemnity Escrow Fund, which shall be the exclusive source of recovery for Damages under this Article VIII, except in the case of Fraud and claims with respect to the [**] Indemnity Matters and (ii) second, solely with respect to claims with respect to the [**] Indemnity Matters, after all amounts in the Indemnity Escrow Fund are exhausted, such Buyer Indemnified Party will be entitled to demand cash payment of monetary Damages from [**], with such recovery capped at the [**] Indemnity Amount, except in the case of Fraud.
8.6 Release of Indemnity Escrow Fund. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement, on the Survival Date, the Buyer and the Indemnity Participant shall deliver a joint written instruction executed by each such party to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to promptly release the Escrow Release Amount to the Indemnity Participant in accordance with Section 1.6. Thereafter, after final resolution of each Pending Claim (and in no event later than [**] following such resolution), the Indemnity Participant and the Buyer shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a joint written instruction executed by each such party instructing the Escrow Agent to promptly (i) pay and distribute that portion, if any, of the Indemnity Escrow Fund held in respect of such Pending Claim that is to be paid, in accordance with such resolution, to the Buyer or a Buyer Indemnified Party and (ii) pay the amount then remaining in the Indemnity Escrow Fund not held in respect of other Pending Claims to the Indemnity Participant in accordance with Section 1.6.
8.7 No Rescission. No breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein or in any ancillary agreement contemplated hereby shall give rise to any right on the part of Buyer, the Company or the Seller, after the Closing, to rescind this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
9.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing (with respect to Sections 9.1(b) through 9.1(e), by written notice by the terminating party to the other party) as provided below:
(a) by mutual written consent of the Buyer and the Company;
(b) by either the Buyer or the Company if the Closing shall not have been consummated by the Outside Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to a party if the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside Date was proximately caused by the failure of such party (or the Seller, in the case of termination by the Company) to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; provided, further, that if on the date that would have been the Outside Date the conditions set forth in Section 7.1(b) and Section 7.2(a) are the only conditions in Article VII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied by actions taken at the Closing, provided that each such condition would be satisfied if the Closing were to occur at such time) that shall not have been satisfied on or before such date, then the Outside Date shall automatically be extended by a period of [**] (and all references to the Outside Date herein shall be as so extended);
(c) by either the Buyer or the Company if a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued a nonappealable final order, decree or ruling or taken any other nonappealable final action, in each case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(c) shall not be available to a party if the issuance of such order, decree, ruling or the taking of such action was proximately caused by the failure of such party (or the Seller, in the case of termination by the Company) to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement;
(d) by the Buyer, if there has been a breach of or failure to perform any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Seller or the Company set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would cause the conditions set forth in Sections 7.2(b) or 7.2(c) not to be satisfied and (ii) shall not have been cured by the Company or waived by the Buyer within [**] following receipt by the Company of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from the Buyer; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(d) shall not be available to the Buyer if the Buyer is then in material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant set forth in this Agreement; or
(e) by the Company, if there has been a breach of or failure to perform any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Buyer set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would cause the conditions set forth in Sections 7.3(a) or 7.3(b) not to be satisfied and (ii) shall not have been cured by the Buyer or waived by the Company within [**] following receipt by the Buyer of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from the Company; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(e) shall not be available to the Company if either the Seller or the Company is then in material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant set forth in this Agreement.
(f) by the Buyer, if the Seller Shareholders’ Approval shall not have been obtained prior to the Seller Shareholders’ Approval Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(f) shall terminate if it has not been exercised prior to the time that the Seller Shareholders’ Approval has been obtained and delivered to the Buyer.
9.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the valid termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.1, this Agreement shall immediately become void and there shall be no Liability on the part of the Buyer, the Company, the Company Participants or their respective officers, directors, equityholders, Representatives or Affiliates; provided, that (a) any such termination shall not relieve any party from Liability for damages for any Fraud or willful breach on the part of the Buyer, the Company or any Company Participant, as the case may be, including such party’s obligation to close if it was otherwise obligated to do so under the terms of this Agreement, (b) any such termination shall not relieve [**] of its obligations under Section 9.3 and (c) each of Section 5.2 (Confidentiality), this Section 9.2 (Effect of Termination), Section 9.3 (Termination Fee), Article XI (Miscellaneous) (in each case including the respective meanings ascribed to the related capitalized terms in Article X (Definitions)) and the Confidentiality Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement. Nothing shall limit or prevent any party from exercising any rights or remedies it may have under Section 11.12 hereof in lieu of terminating this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1.
9.3 Termination Fee.
(a) In the event that this Agreement is terminated (i) by the Buyer or the Company pursuant to Section 9.1(b) and at the time of such termination, the condition set forth in Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(c) has not been satisfied as a result of any matter set forth on Schedule 9.3(a), (ii) by the Buyer or the Company pursuant to Section 9.1(c) as a result of any matter set forth on Schedule 9.3(a) or (iii) by the Buyer pursuant to Section 9.3(f) at a time the Buyer is entitled to terminate under Section 9.1(b), then in each case the Company shall pay to the Buyer the Termination Fee by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account(s) designated in writing by the Buyer no later than [**] after such termination, it being understood that in no event shall [**] be required to pay the Termination Fee on more than one occasion.
(b) Unless the Termination Fee has been paid pursuant to Section 9.3(a), nothing in Section 9.3(a) will limit the right of the Buyer to (i) bring or maintain any action for specific performance prior to the termination of this Agreement or (ii) be indemnified in accordance with Article VIII. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 9.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that the parties hereto would not enter into this Agreement absent such agreement and that each of the Termination Fee is not a penalty. Accordingly, if [**] fails to timely pay any amount due pursuant to this Section 9.3, and, in order to obtain the payment, the Buyer commences a suit, action or proceeding which results in a judgment against [**] for the payment of the Termination Fee, [**] shall pay to the Buyer its reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) in connection with such suit, action or proceeding, together with interest on such amount at an interest rate equal to [**] percent ([**]%) per annum beginning on the date such payment was required to be made through the date such payment was actually received.
ARTICLE X
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following terms has the meaning set forth below.
“280G Benefits” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a).
“280G Certification” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(e).
“280G Rules” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a).
“280G Waiver” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a).
“401(k) Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(c).
“Accounting Principles” means the principles, policies, procedures, categorizations, definitions, methods, practices, judgments, classifications, estimation methodologies and techniques set forth in Schedule 10.1.
“Adjusted EBITDA” means EBITDA, including (x) a bad debt expense which shall not be less than [**] percent ([**]%) of revenue net of returns and (y) a fleet rental expense which is equal to the greater of, without duplication, (i) any amounts paid in cash labeled as “monthly depreciation” and/or “interest” indicated on an invoice pursuant to that certain Fleet Services Master Agreement with [**] or (ii) as recorded in the monthly financial statements delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2(b) in accordance with the Accounting Principles, and subject to the following addbacks: (a) any fees, costs or expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) any net losses from new revenue stream startup costs up to $[**] per fiscal quarter per project, (c) any revenue, fees, costs or expenses in connection with any ongoing strategically held operations located at the facilities referenced by the following lab codes: [**] (d) any fees, costs or expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any reasonable and documented third party legal costs in excess of $[**] per fiscal quarter, excluding legal costs incurred in conjunction with employee matters. Adjusted EBITDA shall not include (and, for avoidance of doubt, such amounts will be removed from EBITDA as if they didn’t occur for purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA): (i) any profits or gains that are extraordinary or exceptional due to their size, nature or type and outside the ordinary course of business by reference to the [**] months ended on December 31, 2023, and are not expected to recur, including, but not limited to (A) one-time gain and settlement fees in connection with the [**]; and (B) gain from debt forgiveness, including forgiveness of liability in connection with the [**]; (ii) any profits or gains of a capital nature (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those arising from any sale, disposal or scrapping of fixed assets); and (iii) revenue generated from the release of a provision that was not accrued in the period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
“Adjusted EBITDA Measurement Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Adjusted EBITDA Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Adjustment Escrow Account” means the account established pursuant to the Escrow Agreement to hold the Adjustment Escrow Amount.
“Adjustment Escrow Amount” means $[**].
“Adjustment Escrow Fund” means, as of any time, the Adjustment Escrow Amount, including any interest or other amounts earned thereon prior to such time, less (a) any investment losses thereon incurred prior to such time and (b) disbursements therefrom prior to such time in accordance with this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities or by Contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled by” have correlative meanings to the foregoing.
“Affiliated Funds” means [**], a Delaware limited partnership and [**], a Delaware limited partnership.
“Agreed Amount” means part, but not all, of the Claimed Amount, agreed to by the Indemnity Participant pursuant to Section 8.2(c).
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Anti-Bribery Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19.
“Base Purchase Price” means $230,000,000.
“[**]” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(e).
“Business” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.13(a).
“Business Day” means any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which banking institutions located in Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York are permitted or required by Law, executive order or governmental decree to remain closed.
“Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Buyer 401(k) Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(c).
“Buyer Business Day” means any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, in each case in the United States.
“Buyer Certificate” means a certificate delivered by the Buyer (without qualification as to knowledge, materiality or otherwise), signed on behalf of the Buyer by an authorized officer of the Buyer, to the effect that each of the conditions specified in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 7.3 is satisfied in all respects.
“Buyer Indemnified Parties” means the Buyer and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries).
“Buyer Material Adverse Effect” means any Change that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Changes, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Buyer to enter into, perform its obligations under, or consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Buyer Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(b).
“CARES Act” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
“CERCLA” means the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
“Certificate” means a certificate which as of immediately prior to the Closing represented outstanding shares of Company Stock.
“Change” means any fact, change, event, circumstance or development.
“Change of Control Payments” means, without duplication of any other amounts included within the definition of Company Transaction Expenses and excluding the Employee Amount and the costs associated with the permitted Lease accommodations expressly contemplated by Schedule 1.2(b)(ii), any other payment, expense or fee that is created, accelerated, accrues or becomes payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any Governmental Entity or other Person (i) under the express terms of any Contract of the Seller, the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates in effect as of the Closing Date or (ii) that has otherwise been agreed to by the Seller, the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates at or prior to the Closing, including in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (whether or not payable at the Closing Date). For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Change of Control Payments shall include the “Liquidated Payment” (as defined in the [**]) and (ii) this definition shall not be deemed to modify the Company’s obligations (and any limits thereon) under Section 6.3.
“Claim Notice” means written notification which contains (a) a description of the Damages incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Buyer Indemnified Party and the Claimed Amount of such Damages, to the extent then known, (b) a reasonable explanation for the basis of the claim, including the facts and circumstances upon which such claim is based and copies of any material notices or documents (including court papers) served on or received by the applicable Buyer Indemnified Party with respect to such claim, (c) a statement that the Buyer Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under Article VIII for such Damages and a reasonable explanation of the basis therefor, and (d) a demand for payment of the Claimed Amount of such Damages.
“Claimed Amount” means the amount of any Damages incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Buyer Indemnified Party in connection with a claim for indemnification pursuant to Article VIII.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a).
“Closing Adjustment” means the sum (which may be a positive or negative number) of (a) the Company Transaction Expenses, minus (b) the Closing Cash, plus (c) the Closing Indebtedness, minus (d) the Closing Net Working Capital, plus (e) the Working Capital Target.
“Closing Adjustment Items” means each component of Closing Adjustment, comprised of the amounts set forth in each of clauses (a) through (e) of the definition of Closing Adjustment.
“Closing Adjustment Statement” means the statement of the Closing Adjustment Items prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.5(a) and, to the extent applicable, as modified pursuant to Sections 1.5(c) and (d).
“Closing Cash” means all cash and cash equivalents that can be converted within [**] from the date of purchase, held by the Company or its Subsidiaries (plus the amount of all un-cleared deposits of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding, and less the amount of all un-cleared checks or withdrawals of the Company or its Subsidiaries outstanding), but excluding all outstanding security or other custodial deposits, cash collateral (including cash held in escrow for securing certain lease obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries) not released from collateral within [**] of the Closing Date and cash otherwise subject to any legal, contractual or other restriction on the ability to freely transfer or use such cash for any lawful purpose measured as of the Measurement Time and determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles.
“Closing Consideration” means an amount in cash equal to (a) the Base Purchase Price, minus (b) the Estimated Closing Adjustment (which for the avoidance of doubt may be a positive or negative number), minus (c) the Adjustment Escrow Amount, minus (d) the Indemnity Escrow Amount.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a).
“Closing Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent outstanding as of the Measurement Time (including, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Indebtedness repaid pursuant to Section 1.3(b)(ii)), excluding the Indebtedness under the Credit Facility.
“Closing Net Working Capital” means the Company’s current assets, less current liabilities as of the Measurement Time and calculated using only the line item categories set forth in the illustrative stratified balance sheet on Schedule 10.2 (each determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles). For purposes of calculating the Closing Net Working Capital, the Company’s current assets shall not include Closing Cash and any Tax assets, and the Company’s current liabilities shall not include any Indebtedness or Company Transaction Expenses.
“Closing Payment Certificate” means a certificate, signed by an executive officer of the Company on behalf of the Company, which sets forth (i) a calculation of the payments to be made by the Buyer in accordance with Section 1.3(b), (ii) the identity of each Person entitled to a payment pursuant to Section 1.3(b) or to any Future Payment, (iii) the amount due to each such Person (if payable, in the case of Future Payments) and (iv) the applicable wire instructions for the account or accounts of such Person.
“COBRA” means the requirements for continuation health coverage under ERISA Section 601 et seq. and Section 4980B of the Code and any comparable state Laws.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Company 401(k) Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.17(d).
“Company Certificate” means a certificate delivered by the Company (without qualification as to knowledge, materiality or otherwise), signed on behalf of the Company by an authorized officer of the Company, to the effect that each of the conditions specified in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Section 7.2 is satisfied in all respects.
“Company Data” shall mean all data and information stored or Processed by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including without limitation Personal Data.
“Company Employee” means any employee (whether current or former) of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Company Financial Statements” means:
(a) the consolidated audited balance sheets and statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company as of the end of and for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021; and
(b) the consolidated unaudited balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of July 31, 2024, and the related consolidated unaudited statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the months then ended.
“Company Intellectual Property” means the Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed Intellectual Property.
“Company’s Knowledge,” “Knowledge of the Company” and words of similar effect means the knowledge of each of [**], in each case after due and reasonable inquiry.
“Company Licensed Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property that is, or is purported to be, licensed to the Company or its Subsidiaries by any third party.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Change that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Changes, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, the assets, liabilities, financial condition, or the results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) the ability of the Company to enter into, perform its obligations under, or consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement; provided, however, that for purposes of clause (a) above “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall not include (either alone or in combination with any other event) any Change, directly or indirectly, arising out of, relating to or attributable to any of the following: (i) Changes in the United States or worldwide economy in general as well as in geopolitical conditions or the securities, syndicated loan, credit or financial markets generally, (ii) Changes in the industry in which the Company and the Subsidiary operate, (iii) earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, acts of God and other force majeure events; (iv) any Public Health Event; (v) declaration of war, sabotage, armed hostilities, international or national calamity, cyber-related hostilities, or acts of terrorism; (vi) any Changes in Law, regulations or accounting rules (including GAAP), including the interpretations thereof, or any generally applicable Changes after the date hereof in the interpretation or enforcement of any of the foregoing; (vii) in each case other than for purposes of any representation and warranty contained in Sections 2.2(b), 2.2(c) or 3.4(b) and other than any Legal Proceeding, the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency of the purchase of the Shares as contemplated hereunder, including (A) the identity of Buyer, (B) any actions taken by competitors resulting therefrom, and (C) any impact on relationships with vendors, suppliers, customers, resellers, distributors, channel partners, employees or similar relationships resulting therefrom, including any reduction in revenues resulting therefrom, (viii) other than for purposes of any representation and warranty contained in Sections 2.2(b), 2.2(c) or 3.4(b), compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the taking of any action (or the omission of any action) expressly required by this Agreement; (ix) any breach by Buyer or any of its Affiliates of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into hereunder; or (x) any failure by the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet any estimates, expectations, budgets, projections or forecasts, whether or not published, internally prepared or provided to Buyer or any of its Representatives (but not the underlying causes of such failure to the extent such effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Company Material Adverse Effect); provided, that any Change referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (x) of the foregoing proviso may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect is such Change has a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other Persons operating in the industries and markets in which Company and its Subsidiaries operate (in which case, only the incremental disproportionate adverse impact may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will reasonably be expected to be a Company Material Adverse Effect). In addition, events of default under the Credit Facility shall not be a Company Material Adverse Effect unless and until Perceptive exercises its rights and remedies thereunder ([**]). For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the terms “material,” “materially” and “materiality” as used in this Agreement with an initial lower case “m” shall have their respective customary and ordinary meanings, without regard to the meaning ascribed to Company Material Adverse Effect.
“Company Offerings” means the services that the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) currently provides or makes available to third parties, or (ii) has provided or made available to third parties within the previous [**], or (iii) currently plans to provide or make available to third parties in the future.
“Company Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries, in whole or in part.
“Company Participant” means any of the Seller and the Indemnity Participant.
“Company Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan in respect of any current or former employee, individual independent contractor, director, officer or shareholder of the Company or its Subsidiaries that is sponsored or maintained by the Company or its Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has made or makes contributions or has or may have any Liability, including any arrangement provided by a professional employer organization, but excluding any such arrangement that is sponsored or maintained by a Governmental Entity and to which the Company or its Subsidiaries contributes or has an obligation to contribute pursuant to applicable Law.
“Company Privacy Policy” shall mean each external or internal, past or present written privacy policy or other privacy- or security-related policy, notice, representation, obligation, or promise of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including any policy, notice, representation, obligation, or promise, relating to: (a) the privacy of any individuals, including users of any product or service of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (b) the Processing or security of any Personal Data; or (c) information about individuals who are employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or are associated with Persons with which the Company or its Subsidiaries has an agreement.
“Company Products” means Company Offerings and any products sold, dispensed, compounded, packaged, labeled, advertised or distributed by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Company Registrations” means Intellectual Property Registrations for (i) any Company Owned Intellectual Property or (ii) Company Licensed Intellectual Property for Intellectual Property that is exclusively licensed to the Company.
“Company Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company.
“Company Transaction Expenses” means (i) all costs, fees and expenses of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred and that remain unpaid as of Closing in connection with (x) this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (y) the giving of notices to, and receiving consents and approvals from, Governmental Entities and third parties in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or (z) any other sales process for the Company and its Subsidiaries, including any negotiations and discussions with any other potential acquirers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses or assets, including in the case of each of clause (x) and (y) Change of Control Payments and any brokerage fees and commissions, finders’ fees or financial advisory or other consultant fees and any fees and expenses of counsel or accountants payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether incurred prior to the date of this Agreement or at the Closing Date, that are incurred and remain unpaid as of Closing, plus (ii) [**] percent ([**])% of the fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent, plus (iii) the D&O Tail Premium, plus (iv) [**] percent ([**]%) of the costs, fees and expenses associated with, the Healthcare Consultants, any other consultants retained by the Seller, the Company or the Buyer, and any filing or submission fees in connection therewith.
“Company Warrant” means each warrant or other contractual right to purchase or acquire shares of Company Stock.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means the Confidential Disclosure Agreement-Mutual, dated as of [**], by and between the Company and the Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd., as amended by the First Amendment to Confidential Disclosure Agreement, dated [**].
“Contract” means any contract, subcontract, covenant, plan, undertaking, concession, agreement, purchase order, delivery order, agreement in principle, franchise, instrument, license, sublicense, lease (including any Lease), sublease, note, bond, indenture, deed of trust, mortgage, Lien, loan agreement, instrument of Indebtedness or other understanding, commitment or arrangement, whether written or oral.
“Continuing Employee” means a Company Employee as of the Closing.
“Controlling Party” means the party controlling the defense of any Third Party Action.
“COVID-19” means the novel coronavirus disease 2019.
“Credit Facility” means that certain [**], dated as of [**] (as amended by that certain [**] dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**], that certain [**], dated as of [**]) and that certain [**], dated as of [**], by and among Seller, the Company, Perceptive, in its capacity as a Lender and Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, and, collectively with any Notes, the Security Documents (as defined therein), any Guarantee Assumption Agreement, that certain [**], dated as of [**] and any subordination agreement, intercreditor agreement or other present or future document, instrument, agreement, exhibit, schedule or certificate delivered or executed in connection therewith, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Current Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(b).
“D&O Tail” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(b).
“D&O Tail Premium” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(b).
“Damages” means any and all claims, debts, obligations and other Liabilities, monetary damages, fines, fees, penalties, interest obligations, deficiencies, losses and expenses (including amounts paid in settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and other experts, and other expenses of litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution procedures); provided; however, that Damages shall not include any punitive or exemplary damages except to the extent that the same are actually paid or incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with a Third Party Action.
“Data Processing Contract” shall mean any Contract to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is or was a party or by which the Company or its Subsidiaries is or was bound, that relates to any Processing of Personal Data originating in any jurisdiction, or any other jurisdiction in which the Company collects or Processes Personal Data, including the United States and European Economic Area (EEA) by a third party for or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Data Security Incident” means any actual, suspected, reported, or claimed breach of security of Company Data or any systems, databases, or other locations where Company Data is Processed regardless of whether such an incident triggers any notice or reporting obligations under applicable Information Privacy and Security Laws, including any actual, suspected, reported, or claimed (a) unauthorized access to, acquisition of, or Processing of Company Data; (b) unauthorized or accidental loss, alteration, disclosure, deletion or destruction of Company Data; (c) compromise, intrusion, interference with or unauthorized access to networks, systems, databases, servers, or electronic or other media of the Company’s Internal Systems on which Company Data is Processed or from which Company Data may be accessed; or (d) other similar event that could compromise the privacy, confidentiality, or integrity of Company Data.
“Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(e).
“DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law.
“Disclosure Schedule” means the Disclosure Schedule delivered by the Seller and the Company to the Buyer on the date hereof. The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections and paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and paragraphs contained in this Agreement. The disclosures in any section or paragraph of the Disclosure Schedule shall qualify only (a) the corresponding section or paragraph in this Agreement, and (b) in the case of disclosure corresponding to sections and paragraphs contained Articles II and III of this Agreement, other sections or paragraphs in Articles II and III of this Agreement as applicable, to the extent that it is readily apparent from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure also qualifies or applies to such other section or paragraph.
“Dispute” means the dispute resulting if the Indemnity Participant in a Response disputes the Liability of the Indemnity Participant for all or part of a Claimed Amount.
“Dispute Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(e).
“Documentation” means printed, visual or electronic materials, reports, white papers, documentation, specifications, designs, flow charts, code listings, instructions, user manuals, frequently asked questions, release notes, recall notices, error logs, diagnostic reports, marketing materials, packaging, labeling, service manuals and other information describing the use, operation, installation, configuration, features, functionality, pricing, marketing or correction of a product, whether or not provided to end users.
“DOL” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.17(a).
“EBITDA” means the Company and its Subsidiaries earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, calculated in accordance with the principles, practices, policies, procedures, conventions, classifications, estimation techniques, judgments, and methodologies that were actually applied in preparing the Company Financial Statements (including in relation to the exercise of accounting discretion and judgement) as of December 31, 2023, disregarding any changes in GAAP after December 31, 2023.
“Employee Amount” means (a) all amounts payable pursuant to the [**] “discretionary bonus plan” and any change in control or transaction-based bonus plan, severance plan, retention, employment, consulting, compensation or other arrangement or agreement between the Company or its Subsidiaries and a Company Employee, in each case, that are payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement alone or in combination with any other event, or amounts payable pursuant to the arrangements set forth on Schedule 10.3, plus (b) all Liabilities for unfunded or underfunded Liabilities under any deferred compensation, defined benefit pension, supplemental retirement or post-employment welfare plan or arrangement as of immediately prior to the Closing, plus (c) all Liabilities for accrued vacation time/paid time off as of the Closing Date, plus (d) all Liabilities for unpaid severance arising from any terminations prior to the Closing (whether or not accrued), plus (e) the employer’s share of Taxes payable with respect to all such amounts described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), including, the employer’s share of Taxes payable with respect to the portion of the Closing Consideration payable to an Indemnity Participant who is, immediately prior to the Effective Time, a Company Employee, and which in each case shall include such Liabilities with respect to employees, consultants or independent contractors (in each case, in the event the Closing occurs in 2024, computed assuming the wage base limitation has been exceed for the purposes of Taxes under Section 3111(a) of the Code and, in the event the Closing occurs in [**], computing Taxes under Section 3111(a) using the actual wages paid prior to Closing for purposes of the wage base limitation, but only including [**] percent ([**]%) of such Taxes in the Employee Amount); provided, however, “Employee Amount” shall exclude (x) any amounts reflected in Closing Net Working Capital and (y) any amounts payable after Closing as a result of any Contracts or arrangements entered into by the Company or the Buyer after Closing or that otherwise arise or are incurred due to any action taken by or at the direction of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates.
“Employee Benefit Plans” means all (a) “employee benefit plans,” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, together with plans or arrangements that would be so defined if they were not (i) otherwise exempt from ERISA by Section 3(3) of ERISA or another Section of ERISA, (ii) maintained outside the United States or (iii) individually negotiated or applicable only to one individual and (b) any other benefit arrangement or obligation to provide benefits as compensation for services rendered, including employment or consulting agreements, severance agreements, arrangements, plans or pay policies, stay or retention bonuses or compensation, incentive (including equity or equity-linked) plans, programs or arrangements, profits interests, patent award programs, sick leave, vacation pay, plant closing benefits, salary continuation or insurance for disability, consulting, or other compensation arrangements, retirement, deferred compensation, bonus plans, programs or arrangements, stock option or purchase plans or programs, hospitalization, medical insurance, life insurance, tuition reimbursement or scholarship programs, any plans subject to Section 125 of the Code and any plans providing benefits or payments in the event of a change of control, change in ownership or effective control, or sale of a substantial portion (including all or substantially all) of the assets of any business or portion thereof.
“Employee Retention Credit” means the employee retention tax credit set forth in Section 2301 of the CARES Act as amended (including any similar or corresponding provision of other applicable Law).
“Environmental Law” means any Law relating to the environment, occupational health and safety, or exposure of persons or property to Materials of Environmental Concern, including any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to: (a) the presence of or the treatment, storage, disposal, generation, transportation, handling, distribution, manufacture, processing, use, import, export, labeling, recycling, registration, investigation or remediation of Materials of Environmental Concern or documentation related to the foregoing; (b) air, water and noise pollution; (c) groundwater, sediment, and soil contamination; (d) the release, threatened release, or accidental release into the environment, the workplace or other areas of Materials of Environmental Concern, including emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of Materials of Environmental Concern; (e) transfer of interests in or control of real property which may be contaminated; (f) community or worker right-to-know disclosures with respect to Materials of Environmental Concern; (g) the preservation or protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, and endangered and threatened species; (h) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels and other closed receptacles; and (i) health and safety of employees and other persons. As used in this definition, the term “release” shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA.
“Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any share, partnership or membership interest, unit of participation or other similar interest (however designated and whether settleable in cash, stock or other property or interest) in such Person and (b) any option, warrant, purchase right, conversion right, exchange right or other agreement which would entitle any other Person to acquire any such interest in such Person (including share appreciation, phantom share, profit participation or other similar rights).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity that is, or at any applicable time was, a member of (a) a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code), (b) a group of trades or businesses under common control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code), or (c) an affiliated service group (as defined under Section 414(m) of the Code or the regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code), any of which includes or included the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Escrow Agent” means [**], as escrow agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, or any successor escrow agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
“Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Escrow Funds” means the Adjustment Escrow Fund and the Indemnity Escrow Fund.
“Escrow Release Amount” means the amount then held in the Indemnity Escrow Fund minus the amount of any Pending Claim.
“Estimated Closing Adjustment” means the estimate of the Closing Adjustment as of the Closing Date, as set forth in the Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement.
“Estimated Closing Adjustment Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(a).
“Expected Claim Notice” means a notice that, as a result of a legal proceeding instituted by or written claim made by a third party, the Buyer reasonably expects to incur Damages for which it is entitled to indemnification under Article VIII.
“Exploit” means develop, design, test, modify, make, use, sell, have made, have sold, import, reproduce, market, offer for sale, distribute, commercialize, support, maintain, publicly display, translate, adapt, correct and prepare derivative works of.
“Export Control Rules” means all Laws of any Governmental Entity relating to the import or export of goods, technology, or services or trading embargoes or other trading restrictions, including the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Export Control Reform Act, the Export Administration Regulations, the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, and executive orders and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and comparable foreign Laws.
“Facility Seller Entity” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 6.12.
“Final Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(g).
“Final Closing Adjustment Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(e).
“Final Invoices” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a).
“First Milestone Quarter” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(i).
“Fraud” means knowing and intentional common law fraud under Delaware Law, including (i) a false representation, (ii) made with actual (and not constructive) knowledge that such representation is false, (iii) with an intent to induce the party to whom such representation is made to act or refrain from acting, (iv) the action taken, or action not taken, by the party to whom such representation is made resulted from a reasonable reliance on such representation and (v) the party to whom such representation is made incurred Damages by reason of such reliance. For the avoidance of doubt, “Fraud” will not include any fraud claim based on constructive knowledge, negligent misrepresentation, recklessness or a similar theory.
“Fundamental Representations” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a).
“Future Payments” means, collectively, (a) any Final Closing Adjustment that becomes payable to the Indemnity Participant pursuant to Section 1.6, plus (b) any portion of the Adjustment Escrow Fund or Indemnity Escrow Fund that becomes distributable to the Indemnity Participant pursuant to this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, plus (c) any Milestone Payments that become payable as additional consideration pursuant to Section 1.7, plus (d) any amounts that become payable to the Indemnity Participant pursuant to Section 6.11(f).
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, including standards and interpretation issued or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“[**]” means [**].
“Government Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a)(xvii).
“Governmental Entity” means (i) any Healthcare Regulatory Authority and (ii) any other U.S. or foreign federal, state, local or municipal government or any agency, instrumentality, commission, office, legislative body, court, arbitrational tribunal, mediator, securities exchange, administrative agency, government authority or other governmental or quasi-governmental or regulatory authority or body.
“Healthcare Consultants” means [**], or such other consultant as may be mutually acceptable to the Buyer and the Company.
“Healthcare Regulatory Authority” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), State Pharmacy Boards, agencies of U.S. states that regulate nuclear materials pursuant to agreements with the NRC under Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (“Agreement States”), and any other applicable Governmental Entity with jurisdiction or authority to regulate the development, manufacturing, testing, labeling, packaging, sales, pricing, reimbursement, distribution, importing, exporting, and other development and commercialization activities relating to the Company Products in such country or jurisdiction.
“HHS” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(f).
“HIPAA” Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1320d et seq. and its implementing regulations.
“HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Illuccix” means Illuccix® (kit for the preparation of Ga-68 gozetotide injection), also known as 68Ga-PSMA-11 injection.
“Illuccix Measurement Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Illuccix Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means (a) any indebtedness or other obligation of such Person for borrowed money, including indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, mortgages, debentures or similar instruments, but disregarding any unamortized financing or transaction cost or other similar account which reduces the value of the long-term debt on the balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (b) the Planned Facility Acquisition Amount and any other obligation of such Person incurred for all or any part of the purchase price of property or other assets (including the maximum potential amount of earnout, milestone, royalty, seller note, installment payment, contingency payments and similar obligations) or for the cost of property or other assets constructed or of improvements thereto, other than accounts payable included in current liabilities and incurred in respect of property purchased in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) any outstanding amounts received under a repayable grant facility or program; (d) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person; (e) deferred revenue Liabilities of such Person; (f) any amounts outstanding for the financing of insurance premiums for calendar year 2024; (g) obligations of such Person (whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation) secured by Liens; (h) any obligations related to finance leases under ASC 842, and any off-balance sheet financing of such Person; (i) the Employee Amount; (j) all Liabilities of such Person for accrued interest, fees and charges in respect of any indebtedness; (j) all Liabilities of such Person arising out of hedging, interest rate and currency swap arrangements, collar agreements and any other arrangements designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency rates, in each case, to the extent payable if such agreements are terminated at the Closing; (k) Liabilities of such Person pursuant to conditional sale or other title retention agreements; (l) all bankers acceptances and overdrafts of such Person; (m) the Pre-Closing Tax Amount, (n) all Liabilities of the type described in the other clauses of this definition of any other Person for which such first Person is responsible or liable, as obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including any guarantee of such obligations; and (o) all interest, prepayment premiums and penalties, and any other fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts payable by such Person as a result of the prepayment or discharge of any of the foregoing; provided, however, “Indebtedness” shall exclude (x) the principal balance of the fleet program at the time of the Closing pursuant to that certain Fleet Services Master Agreement with [**] (it being agreed that an accrual for any partial month payable or prepaid expenses associated with such fleet program shall be included in the calculation of Closing Net Working Capital) and (y) the value of any consigned inventory prior to the Closing Date.
“Indemnity Escrow Account” means the account established pursuant to the Escrow Agreement to hold the Indemnity Escrow Amount.
“Indemnity Escrow Amount” means $[**].
“Indemnity Escrow Fund” means, as of any time, the Indemnity Escrow Amount, including any interest or other amounts earned thereon prior to such time, less (a) any investment losses thereon incurred prior to such time and (b) disbursements therefrom prior to such time in accordance with this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
“Indemnity Participant” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Information Privacy and Security Laws” means: (a) any and all applicable Laws concerning the Processing of Personal Data, including, to the extent applicable, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, as applied or interpreted by the FTC, whether through binding enforcement actions or published guidance; the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC’s COPPA rule; The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003 and the FTC’s CAN-SPAM Rule; the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and any implementing regulations thereunder; the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and all applicable GLBA rules and regulations; the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and all applicable FCRA rules and regulations; state data protection Laws, including the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) and its implementing regulations, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and any implementing regulations thereunder, and other US state comprehensive privacy laws (such as in Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah); state laws regulating consumer health data (such as in Washington, Connecticut, and Nevada); Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.00: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth; state data breach notification Laws; state privacy and consumer protection Laws; the European Union’s Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation); the European Union’s Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications), as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC of 25 November 2009; and all other applicable privacy, data security, data protection, and consumer protection laws of any jurisdiction, including the European Union, Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Mexico, the Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia or the United States, or any other jurisdiction in which the Company collects or Processes Personal Data, (b) all applicable regulatory and self-regulatory guidelines, rules, codes, or principles relating to the Processing of Personal Data, including, to the extent applicable, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles, available at https://digitaladvertisingalliance.org/principles and the European Principles of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA), available at https://www.edaa.eu.european-principles/; and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS), and (c) all other applicable consumer protection Laws relating to the Processing of Personal Data.
“Intellectual Property” means the following subsisting throughout the world:
(a) | Patent Rights; |
(b) | Trademarks and all goodwill in the Trademarks; |
(c) | copyrights, designs, Software, Documentation, data and database rights and registrations and applications for registration thereof, including moral rights of authors; |
(d) | mask works and registrations and applications for registration thereof and any other rights in semiconductor topologies under the Laws of any jurisdiction; |
(e) | inventions, invention disclosures, statutory invention registrations, trade secrets and confidential business information, know-how, scientific and technical information, data and technology, including medical, clinical, toxicological and other scientific data, manufacturing and product processes, algorithms, techniques and analytical methodology, research and development information, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information, whether patentable or nonpatentable, whether copyrightable or noncopyrightable and whether or not reduced to practice; and |
(f) | other proprietary rights relating to any of the foregoing (including remedies against past, present and future infringement thereof and rights of protection of interest therein under the Laws of all jurisdictions). |
“Intellectual Property Registrations” means Patent Rights, Trademarks (other than unregistered trademarks, service marks and trade dress, but including any domain name registrations and social media accounts), registered copyrights and designs, mask work registrations and applications for each of the foregoing.
“Internal Systems” means the software and documentation and the computer, communications and network systems (both desktop and enterprise-wide), laboratory equipment, reagents, materials and test, calibration and measurement apparatus used by the Company or its Subsidiaries in their business or operations or to develop, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, provide, distribute, support, maintain or test the Company Offerings, whether located on the premises of the Company or its Subsidiaries or hosted at a third party site.
“Inventory” means all inventories, including inventories of products, work-in-process, finished goods, raw materials, supplies (including rights and interests in goods in transit, consigned inventory, inventory sold on approval and rental inventory) and all returned products, samples and obsolete and non-salable inventory, in each case, consistent with Schedule 1.5(b).
“Inventory Count” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b).
“Key Employee” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Key Employee Arrangement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Law” means any United States federal, state, municipal, or local or foreign law (including common law), constitution, treaty, statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, or any decree, order, injunction, rule, judgment, writ, stipulation, consent, assessment, award or act of or by any Governmental Entity or any Permit or similar right granted under any of the foregoing, or any similar provision having the force or effect of law.
“Lease” means any lease, sublease, license, permit, instrument, or occupancy agreement (including any amendments, side letters, letters of credit, ancillary agreements, waivers and modifications thereto) pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries leases, subleases, or licenses from or to another party any real property, or otherwise uses or occupies or has the right to use or occupy any real property.
“Legal Proceeding” means any action, suit, demand, proceeding (including administrative proceeding), claim, complaint, hearing, audit, notice of violation, arbitration, inquiry or investigation of or before any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator.
“Liability” means any debt, loss, damage, claim, Tax, fine, penalty, expense, liability or obligation (whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured, determined or determinable, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, and whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise), and including all costs and expenses relating thereto, including all fees, disbursements and expenses of legal counsel, experts, engineers and consultants and costs of investigation.
“Licensed Personnel” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(g).
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, charge, hypothec, prior claim, occupancy right, option, right of first refusal or offer, adverse claim, lease, easement, license, option, title retention agreement or arrangement, conditional sale, deemed or statutory trust, restrictive covenant or other lien or encumbrance of any nature (whether arising by contract or by operation of Law), other than (a) mechanic’s, material men’s and similar liens, the Liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of which are not overdue or otherwise in default, (b) liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges and levies that are not due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or for which reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (c) easements, covenants, conditions, rights-of-way leases, restrictions and other similar charges and encumbrances of record with respect to real property that do not impair and would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the continued use and operation of the assets to which they relate; (d) zoning, building, land use and other similar legal requirements with respect to real property that are imposed by any Governmental Entity which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such leased real property or the operation of the Company or its Subsidiaries thereon; (e) liens arising under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, retirement and similar legislation, (f) transfer restrictions under applicable securities Laws or (g) liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) – (g), solely to the extent arising in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which are not otherwise material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Material Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a).
“Material Customers” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.22.
“Material Suppliers” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.22.
“Materials of Environmental Concern” means any: pollutants, contaminants or hazardous substances (as such terms are defined under CERCLA or any other Environmental Law), pesticides (as such term is defined under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act or any other Environmental Law), solid wastes and hazardous wastes (as such terms are defined under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or any other Environmental Law), chemicals, other hazardous, radioactive or toxic materials, oil, petroleum and petroleum products (and fractions thereof) including asbestos, mold, radon, per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, or any other material (or article containing such material) listed or subject to regulation under any Law due to its potential, directly or indirectly, to harm the environment or the health of humans or other living beings.
“Measurement Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(a).
“Measurement Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Milestone #1” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(i).
“Milestone #2” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(ii).
“Milestone #3” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(iii).
“Milestone #4” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(iv).
“Milestone Dispute Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Milestone Payment #1” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(i).
“Milestone Payment #2” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(ii).
“Milestone Payment #3” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(iii).
“Milestone Payment #4” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a)(iv).
“Most Recent Balance Sheet” means the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date.
“Most Recent Balance Sheet Date” means July 31, 2024.
“Net Revenue Measurement Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Net Revenue Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).
“Neutral Accountant” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(e).
“Non-controlling Party” means the party not controlling the defense of any Third Party Action.
“Objection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(d).
“OIG” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(f).
“Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person (other than an individual), (a) the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization and any joint venture, limited liability company, operating or partnership agreement and other similar documents adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or organization of such Person and (b) all by-laws, voting agreements and similar documents, instruments or agreements relating to the organization or governance of such Person, in each case, as amended or supplemented.
“Outside Date” means [**].
“Patent Rights” means all patents, patent applications (including provisional patent applications), utility models, design registrations and certificates of invention and other governmental grants for the protection of inventions or industrial designs (including all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues and reexaminations).
“Pay-Off Indebtedness” means the Indebtedness owed to the parties set forth on Schedule 10.4.
“Pay-Off Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a).
“Pending Claim” means any unsatisfied claim with respect to any Claim Notice delivered to the Indemnity Participant on or prior to the Survival Date.
“Perceptive” means Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP.
“[**] Indemnity Amount” means $[**].
“[**] Indemnity Matters” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(b) of this Agreement.
“Permits” means all permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, orders, approvals, franchises, variances and similar rights issued by or obtained from any Governmental Entity (including those issued or required under Environmental Laws and those relating to the occupancy or use of owned or leased real property or by Healthcare Regulatory Authorities) that are legally required for the operation of the business of the Company as currently conducted (after giving effect to the Planned Facility Acquisitions).
“Person” means any natural person, firm, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, association, corporation, unincorporated organization, company, joint venture, trust, Governmental Entity or other entity.
“Personal Data” shall mean any data or information in any media that relates to an identified or identifiable specific individual or could reasonably be associated with an individual or their, browser, computer or other device (including laptops, mobile phones, tablets, connected TVs, set-top boxes, kiosks and virtual reality hardware), and any other data or information that constitutes personal data, personal information, or personally identifiable information under any applicable Law, including the Information Privacy and Security Laws, and includes any of the following types of information and any information that is combined, stored, linked or otherwise associated with any of the following types of information: a natural person’s first and last name, home or other physical address, telephone number, e-mail address, username and password, photograph, video or audio file that contains a person’s image or voice, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number or other government-issued identification number, biometric information, credit or debit card number or other financial information, or customer or account number, IP address, cookie information, identification number, location data that relates to an identifiable person, browser, computer or device, and is capable of determining with reasonable specificity the actual physical location of such person, browser, computer or device, an online or other persistent identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of an individual.
“Planned Facility Acquisitions” means the acquisition of the radiopharmacy businesses as set forth in Schedule 6.12.
“Planned Facility Acquisition Amount” means the sum of the following amounts paid or payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Planned Facility Acquisitions: (a) the total consideration payable (as purchase price or otherwise) in connection with each Planned Facility Acquisition (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payments to settle obligations of the Facility Seller Entities) at the closing date of each Planned Facility Acquisition, plus (b) the present value of the maximum potential amount of all deferred payments (regardless of form, including any notes issued by any Facility Seller Entity) and contingent payments, including any earnout, milestone, royalty obligation or similar contingent obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred or created in connection with a Planned Facility Acquisition, discounted at a cost of capital of [**] percent ([**]%), plus (c) if a Planned Facility Acquisition occurs after the Closing, any amounts incurred after the Closing and at or prior to the closing of the applicable Planned Facility Acquisition that would have been Closing Indebtedness or Company Transaction Expenses had such amounts been incurred as of the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that “Indebtedness” and “Company Transaction Expenses” shall each include any amounts contemplated by the definition thereof incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Planned Facility Acquisitions. As of any date of determination, the components of the Planned Facility Acquisition Amount shall be determined by reference to (i) in the case of components that reference obligations to the Facility Seller Entities, (A) actual amounts, if known at such time, (B) if the foregoing is not available, by reference to amounts set forth in the final, executed Radiopharmacy Acquisition Agreements or any ancillary agreements entered in connected with the Planned Facility Acquisitions, where applicable and (C) if the foregoing is not available, by reference to amounts set forth in Schedule 6.12, where applicable and (ii) in the case all other components, (A) actual amounts, if known at such time, (B) if the foregoing is not available, by reference to amounts set forth in Schedule 6.12, where applicable and (C) if the foregoing is not available, a good faith estimate as of such date; provided, in each case, that if an amount other than the actual amount is used in any determination of the Planned Facility Acquisition Amount, that shall not prevent the use of the corresponding actual amount in any subsequent determination of the Planned Facility Acquisition Amount.
“PPACA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.17(g).
“PPP Loan” means that certain Paycheck Protection Program Loan, dated [**], issued to the Company in the principal amount of $[**].
“Preliminary Closing Date Payee Schedule” means the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit C setting forth a list, prepared in good faith, of the expected recipients (estimated as of the date hereof) of amounts payable pursuant to Section 1.3(b) and all Future Payments.
“Pre-Closing Period” means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending at the Closing or such earlier date as this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.
“Pre-Closing Tax Amount” means an amount equal to all unpaid Taxes of the Company for the Tax period (or portion thereof) that ends on the Closing Date and, to the extent the Closing occurs after December 31, 2024, the immediately preceding Tax period to the extent a Tax Return has not been filed as of the Closing Date or a Tax Return for such period has been filed but all Taxes shown as due and payable thereon have not been fully paid, which amount shall be calculated solely for (x) each jurisdiction in which the Company is currently filing Tax Returns and (y) each jurisdiction in which the Company commenced activities and became subject to Tax on or after January 1, 2024 and prior to the Closing Date; provided that for purposes of determining any such liability of the Company for Taxes: (i) such liability for Taxes shall be calculated in accordance with the past practice (including reporting positions, jurisdictions, elections, and accounting and valuations methods) of the Company in preparing Tax Returns; (ii) all Transaction Tax Deductions shall be taken into account to the extent “more likely than not” deductible (or deductible at a higher level of confidence) by the Company in a Pre-Closing Tax Period and applying the seventy percent safe-harbor election under Revenue Procedure 2011-29 to any “success-based fees”; (iii) any financing or refinancing arrangements entered into at any time by or at the direction of Buyer or any of its Affiliates or any other transactions entered into by or at the direction of Buyer or any of its Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not be taken into account; (iv) any Taxes attributable to transactions outside of the Ordinary Course of Business after the Closing shall be excluded; (v) any liabilities for accruals or reserves established or required to be established with respect to contingent Taxes or with respect to uncertain Tax positions shall be excluded; (vi) any Tax elections made or actions taken after the Closing that have the effect of accelerating income or Taxes or deferring deductions with respect to a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date shall be disregarded, including any liabilities arising from any change in any accounting method following the Closing; (vii) all deferred Tax liabilities shall be excluded; (viii) the amount of accruals for Taxes for the portion of any Straddle Period that is a Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be determined in accordance with Section 6.11(c); (ix) any overpayments or payments of estimated Taxes made by the Company shall be taken into account and reduce the Pre-Closing Tax Amount, and (x) to the extent a Tax Return is filed prior to the final determination of the Final Closing Adjustment pursuant to Section 1.5, the Pre-Closing Tax Amount shall only include Taxes with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period to the extent shown as due and payable on such Tax Return; provided further, that the Pre-Closing Tax Amount shall not include any Taxes that arise as a result of or are otherwise attributable to any breach by Buyer or any of its Affiliates of this Agreement; provided further that the Pre-Closing Tax Amount shall not be less than $0.
“Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date and the portion of any Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date.
“Processing” or “Processed” means any operation or set of operations that is performed upon data or information, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, access, acquisition, creation, derivation, recordation, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, correction, retrieval, maintenance, consultation, use, disclosure, dissemination, transmission, transfer, or otherwise making available, alignment, combination, blocking, storage, restriction, retention, deleting, erasure, or destruction.
“Proprietary Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.13(a).
“Protected Health Information” has the meaning as set forth at 45 C.F.R. 160.103.
“Public Health Event” means any epidemic, pandemic or similar widespread disease outbreak or plague, including the outbreak or escalation of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19 virus (SARS-COV-2 and related strains and sequences) or mutation (or antigenic shift) thereof or a public health emergency resulting therefrom.
“Radiopharmacy Acquisition Agreements” means the definitive agreements for each of the Planned Facility Acquisitions.
“Released Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(k).
“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s officers and directors (or persons holding comparable positions), employees, consultants, independent contractors, subcontractors, accountants, legal and other representatives, agents, executors, heirs, successors and permitted assigns.
“Response” means a written response containing the information provided for in Section 8.2(c).
“[**]” means [**], a Delaware corporation.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.
“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Seller Material Adverse Effect” means any Change that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Changes, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to enter into, perform its obligations under, or consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Seller Shareholders’ Approval” means a resolution approved at a duly constituted meeting of the shareholders of the Seller by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the shareholders present at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon and who voted and did not abstain.
“Seller Shareholders’ Approval Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.14.
“Shares” means all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock owned by the Seller, which in the aggregate represent all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company.
“Software” means computer software code, applications, utilities, development tools, diagnostics, databases and embedded systems, whether in source code, interpreted code or object code form.
“Special Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(k).
“SPECT Net Revenue” means total gross revenue of the Company and its Subsidiaries minus (i) net revenues (gross charges less credits) of any radioactive pharmaceutical drug used as part of a diagnostic positron emission tomography (PET) scan, including [**], and similar products, minus (ii) sales return, group purchasing organization administrative fees and rebates accrued for both group purchasing organizations and direct customers and credits for sample products, in each case calculated in accordance with the principles, practices, policies, procedures, conventions, classifications, estimation techniques, judgments, and methodologies that were actually applied in preparing the Company Financial Statements (including in relation to the exercise of accounting discretion and judgement) as of December 31, 2023, as disclosed in note 3 “Revenue recognition” and “Rebates and allowance” and disregarding any changes in GAAP after December 31, 2023.
“Straddle Period” means any taxable period beginning on or before the Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other non-corporate business enterprise in which such Person directly or indirectly holds stock or other ownership interests representing (a) more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all outstanding stock or ownership interests of such entity or (b) the right to receive more than fifty percent (50%) of the net assets of such entity available for distribution to the holders of outstanding stock or ownership interests upon a liquidation or dissolution of such entity.
“Survival Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a).
“Tax Returns” means any and all reports, returns (including information returns), declarations, or statements relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment thereof, filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of Taxes or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any legal requirement relating to any Tax.
“Taxes” means any and all taxes, charges, duties, contributions, levies or other similar assessments in the nature of Tax, including income, gross receipts, corporation, ad valorem, premium, value-added, net worth, capital stock, capital gains, documentary, recapture, alternative or add-on minimum, disability, registration, recording, excise, real property, personal property, sales, use, license, lease, service, service use, transfer, withholding, employment, unemployment, insurance, social security, national insurance, business license, business organization, environmental, workers compensation, payroll, profits, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, customs duties, franchise, estimated and other taxes of any kind whatsoever imposed by the United States of America or any state, local or foreign government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, and any interest, fines, penalties, assessments or additions to tax imposed with respect to or related to such items.
“Termination Fee” means an amount equal to $[**].
“Third Party Action” means any Legal Proceeding by a Person other than a party to this Agreement for which indemnification may be sought by the Buyer under Article VIII.
“Third-Party Payor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(h).
“Trademarks” means all registered trademarks and service marks, logos, Internet domain names, corporate names and doing business designations and all registrations and applications for registration of the foregoing, common law trademarks and service marks and trade dress.
“Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(l).
“Transfer Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.11(b).
“Transaction Support Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.
“Transaction Tax Deduction” means, without duplication and regardless of by whom and when paid, any Tax deductions (to the extent deductible at a “more likely than not” or higher level of comfort) resulting from or otherwise attributable to (a) the payment (or associated accrual) of amounts included in Company Transaction Expenses (or amounts that would be Company Transaction Expenses but for being paid prior to Closing) or Closing Net Working Capital, (b) the payment (or associated accrual) of any Indebtedness (including any fees, expenses, premiums and penalties paid or payable with respect to the prepayment of Indebtedness and the write-off or acceleration of the amortization of deferred financing costs), and (c) any legal, financial advisory, accounting and other fees and expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries attributable to or arising out of with the transactions credit contemplated hereby.
“Waiver Agreement” means a Waiver Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
“WARN Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(i).
“Working Capital Target” means $[**].
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly delivered (i) four (4) Business Days after being sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (ii) one (1) Business Day after being sent for next Business Day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service or (iii) when sent if sent by email to the party to be notified (provided, that notice given by email shall not be effective unless (A) such notice specifically states that it is being delivered pursuant to this Section 11.1 and (B) either (1) a duplicate copy of such email notice is promptly given by the method described in clause (ii) or (2) the receiving party delivers a written confirmation of receipt for such notice either by email (excluding “out of office” or similar automated replies) or any other method described in this Section 11.1), in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:
(a) if to the Buyer or (after the Closing) the Company, to:
Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc.
11700 Exit 5 Pkwy, Suite 200
Fishers, IN 46037
USA
Attention: [**]
e-mail: [**]
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Attention: Andrew Bonnes, Esq.
e-mail: Andrew.Bonnes@wilmerhale.com
(b) if to Seller or (prior to the Closing) to the Company, to:
c/o RLS Radiopharmacies
255 Primera Boulevard
Suite 440
Lake Mary, FL 327466
Attention: Stephen Belcher
Email: [**]____________
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.
Email: jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
(c) if to the Indemnity Participant, to:
Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP
c/o Perceptive Advisors LLC
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention: Sam Chawla
Email: [**]____________
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Chapman and Cutler LLP
1270 Avenue of the Americas
30th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Nicholas Whitney
Email: [**]
Any party to this Agreement may give any notice or other communication hereunder using any other means (including personal delivery, messenger service or ordinary mail), but no such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the party for whom it is intended. Any party to this Agreement may change the address to which notices and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties to this Agreement notice in the manner herein set forth.
11.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement among the parties to this Agreement and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, or any of them, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided that the Confidentiality Agreement shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms.
11.3 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Buyer will pay all fees and expenses (including legal and accounting fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the Company Transaction Expenses shall be paid in accordance with Section 1.3(b)(iii), if this Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing, the Company Transaction Expenses shall be paid by Seller and the Company).
11.4 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is not intended to, and shall not, confer any rights or remedies hereunder upon any other Person who is not a party hereto (as an original signatory or as a joinder party), except that the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall be third-party beneficiaries of Article VIII and the Company’s current and former directors, officers, fiduciaries or agents shall be third-party beneficiaries of Section 6.10 (D&O Indemnification).
11.5 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void, except that the Buyer may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or from time to time in part, to one (1) or more of its Affiliates; provided, that such transfer or assignment shall not relieve the Buyer of its primary liability for its obligations hereunder or enlarge, alter or change any obligation of any other party hereto or due to the Buyer. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
11.6 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term.
11.7 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Buyer, the Company and the Indemnity Participant (on behalf of the Company Participants) at any time.
11.8 Extension; Waiver. (a) At any time prior to the Closing, the Buyer and the Company (on behalf of itself and of the Seller) may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein; (b) any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party; (c) such extension or waiver shall not be deemed to apply to any time for performance, inaccuracy in any representation or warranty, or noncompliance with any agreement or condition, as the case may be, other than that which is specified in the extension or waiver; and (d) the failure of any party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.
11.9 Counterparts and Signature. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall be considered one (1) and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. This Agreement may be executed and delivered physically or electronically (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, or other applicable Law).
11.10 Interpretation. Except where expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation apply to this Agreement: (a) “either” and “or” are not exclusive and “include,” “includes” and “including” are not limiting and shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”; (b) “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereby,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (c) “date of this Agreement” refers to the date set forth in the initial caption of this Agreement; (d) “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase does not mean simply “if”; (e) the descriptive headings and table of contents included herein are included for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any provision hereof; (f) definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; (g) references to a Contract mean such Contract as amended or otherwise supplemented or modified from time to time; (h) references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns; (i) references to an “Article,” “Section,” “Exhibit” or “Schedule” refer to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement; (j) references to “$” or otherwise to dollar amounts refer to the lawful currency of the United States; (k) references to a federal, state, local or foreign Law include any rules, regulations and delegated legislation issued thereunder; (l) references to accounting terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meaning assigned to them under GAAP and (m) a term that begins with an initial capital letter, is not defined herein and reflects a different part of speech than a term that begins with an initial capital letter and is defined herein, shall be interpreted in a correlative manner. When reference is made in this Agreement to information that has been “made available” to the Buyer, that shall consist of only (i) the information that was contained in the Company’s electronic data room no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Business Day prior to the date of this Agreement. and (ii) any information provided in accordance with the Clean Team Confidentiality Agreement, dated [**], between Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd (and its Affiliates) and RLS (USA), Inc. (and its Affiliates). The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party hereto. No summary of this Agreement prepared by any party shall affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. If any date on which a party is required to make a payment or a delivery pursuant to the terms hereof is not a Business Day, then such party shall make such payment or delivery on the next succeeding Business Day. For actions required to be completed under this Agreement within a specified number of days or Business Days, each day shall be deemed to end at 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on the applicable day.
11.11 Governing Law. This Agreement (and any claims or disputes arising out of or related hereto or the transactions contemplated hereby or to the inducement of any party to enter herein, whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise and whether predicated on common law, statute or otherwise) shall be governed in all respects, including validity, interpretation, and effect, by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of Delaware (including in respect of the statute of limitations or other limitations period applicable to any claim, controversy or dispute) without giving effect to any choice or conflict of Law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of Laws of any jurisdictions other than those of the State of Delaware.
11.12 Remedies.
(a) Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one (1) remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
(b) The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case without posting a bond or undertaking, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the party seeking such remedy has an adequate remedy at Law or (ii) an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or equity.
11.13 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties to this Agreement (a) consents to submit itself to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, a federal court sitting in Wilmington, Delaware in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (d) agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any other court, and (e) waives any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought and waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto. Any party hereto may make service on another party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 11.1. Nothing in this Section 11.13, however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.
11.14 No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Transaction Support Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no recourse under this Agreement or under any ancillary agreements entered into in connection herewith shall be had against any Person that is not a party hereto or thereto, including any past, present or future director, officer, agent, employee or other Representative of any past, present or future member of Seller or of any Affiliate or successor or assignee thereof (collectively, the “Non-Recourse Parties”), as such, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any Legal Proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no Liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any Non-Recourse Party, as such, for any obligation of the Seller, the Indemnity Participant or the Company under this Agreement or under any ancillary agreements entered into in connection herewith (in all cases, as limited by the provisions of Article VIII) for any claim or suit based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit any Buyer Indemnified Party from asserting counterclaims in an action subject to Section 8.1(e) or claims of Fraud or the effect or scope of any waiver or release.
11.15 Waiver of Conflicts. Recognizing that Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Armbrecht Jackson LLP have acted as legal counsel to Seller and the Company prior to the Closing, and that Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Armbrecht Jackson LLP intend to act as legal counsel to Seller and their Affiliates (which will no longer include the Company) after the Closing, each of the Buyer and the Company hereby waives, on its own behalf and agrees to cause its Affiliates to waive, any conflicts that may arise in connection with Kirkland & Ellis LLP or Armbrecht Jackson LLP representing the Seller and/or its Affiliates after the Closing in connection with any litigation, claim or obligation arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the ancillary agreements entered into in connection herewith. In addition, all communications involving attorney-client privilege between either the Seller, any of its Affiliates or the Company and Kirkland & Ellis LLP or Armbrecht Jackson LLP, as applicable, solely in the course of the negotiation, documentation and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be attorney-client confidences that belong solely to Seller and its Affiliates (and not the Company); provided that this sentence shall apply solely in the case of a dispute related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in which the interests of the Seller, any of its Affiliates or the Company are adverse to those of the Buyer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
BUYER: | |
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS (US) INC. |
By: | /s/ Kevin Richardson |
Name: | Kevin Richardson | |
Title: | Director and Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement]
COMPANY: | |
RLS (USA) INC. |
By: | /s/ Steve Belcher |
Name: | Steve Belcher | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement]
SELLER: | |
RLS GROUP LTD. |
By: | /s/ Steve Belcher |
Name: | Steve Belcher | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement]
INDEMNITY PARTICIPANT: | |
By: Perceptive Credit Opportunities GP, LLC, its general partner |
By: | /s/ Sandeep Dixit |
Name: | Sandeep Dixit | |
Title: | Chief Credit Officer |
By: | /s/ Sam Chawla |
Name: | Sam Chawla | |
Title: | Portfolio Manager |
[Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement]
Name of Subsidiary
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State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
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Telix Pharmaceuticals Holdings Pty Ltd
Telix Pharmaceuticals International Holdings Pty Ltd
Telix Pharmaceuticals Australia Holdings Pty Ltd
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd
Telix Pharmaceuticals (ANZ) Pty Ltd.
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Corporate) Pty Ltd
Telix Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited
Telix Pharma Japan KK
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc
Telix Optimal Tracers LLC
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Inc.
Telix Innovations SA
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Germany) GmbH
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland) GmbH
Telix Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) SRL
Dedicaid GmbH
Lightpoint Surgical Ltd
Lightpoint Surgical Spain S.L.
Rhine Pharma GmbH
Therapeia GmbH & Co. KG
Therapeia-Verwaltungs GmbH
Telix Pharmaceuticals (France) SAS
Telix Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd
Telix IsoTherapeutics Group Inc.
Telix ARTMS Inc.
ARTMS US, Inc.
Telix QSAM, Inc.
QSAM Therapeutics Inc.
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Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Singapore
Delaware
Delaware
Canada
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Austria
United Kingdom
Spain
Germany
Germany
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Delaware
Canada
Delaware
Delaware
Texas
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