Exhibit 99.2
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 30, 2019, is between Benitec Biopharma Limited, of Level 14, 114 William Street, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia, an Australian public company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) as to the Shares andPre-Funded Warrants and (ii) an exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act contained in Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Regulation D thereunder as to the ADS Warrants, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(q).
“ADRs” means American Depositary Receipts issued by the Depositary evidencing the ADSs.
“ADSs” means American Depositary Shares, each representing twenty (20) Ordinary Shares of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“ADS Registration Statement” means the effective registration statement with Commission fileNo. 333-196105 which registers the ADSs that will be sold to the Purchasers.
“ADS Warrants” mean, collectively, the Series 1 ADS Warrants and the Series 2 ADS Warrants.
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Aggregate Volume” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.20.
“ASIC” shall mean Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
“ASX” shall mean the Australian Securities Exchange.
“ASX Listing Rules” shall mean the listing rules promulgated by the ASX.
“ASX Volume” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.21.
“ATGA” shall mean Australian Therapeutics Goods Administration.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Cleansing Statement” means a statement meeting the requirements of section 708A(6) of the Corporations Act.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the ADSs,Pre-Funded Warrants, and the Series 1 ADS Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived; provided that, the Closing Date shall not be later than the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date hereof.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company Counsel” means Baker McKenzie, U.S. and Australian counsel to the Company, with offices located at Tower One – International Towers Sydney, Level 46, 100 Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney, NSW 2000.
“Corporations Act” means the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth.) (as amended).
“DEA” shall mean the Drug Enforcement Administration.
“Deposit Agreement” means that certain deposit agreement, dated May 30, 2014, among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and owners and beneficial owners of the ADSs issued thereunder, as amended.
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“Depositary” means The Bank of New York Mellon, the current depositary of the Company, with a mailing address of 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, and any successor depositary of the Company.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.
“EGS” means Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, with offices located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0302.
“EMA” shall mean the Medicines Agency.
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(bb).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Evaluation Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.22.
“Exchange Rules” shall mean the listing rules of the ASX and the Nasdaq Stock Market.
“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) Ordinary Shares or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of thenon-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee ofnon-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.11(a) herein and such securities are subject to a writtenlock-up agreement with the Company for such prohibition period, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
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“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FDA” shall mean the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
“IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Lock-Up Agreements” shall mean thelock-up agreements delivered on the date hereof by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer and each of the Company’s directors, in the form ofExhibit C attached hereto.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect its obligations under any Transaction Document, but shall not mean or include any condition, event or change which (1) is or results from events or occurrences relating to the economy in general (including arising from terrorist attacks, acts of war or civil unrest) or the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ industry in general and not specifically relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or having a disproportionate impact on the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (2) results from the announcement of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents.
“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(v).
“MHRA” shall mean the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
“Ordinary Shares” means the fully paid ordinary shares of the Company and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Ordinary Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Ordinary Shares.
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“PFIC” shall mean a Passive Foreign Investment Company within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Per ADS Purchase Price” equals $0.70, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Placement Agent” means Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.
“Pre-Funded Warrants” means, collectively, thePre-Funded ADS purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and until exercised in full, in the form ofExhibitA-3 attached hereto. The purchase price perPre-Funded Warrant shall be the Per ADS Purchase Price minus $0.0001.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the final prospectus filed with the Registration Statement, as updated and supplemented by the documents incorporated by reference therein.
“Prospectus Supplement” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and delivered by the Company to each Purchaser at the Closing.
“Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“Registration Statement” means the effective registration statement with Commission fileNo. 333-218400 which registers the sale of the Shares, thePre-Funded Warrants and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof to the Purchasers, as updated and supplemented by the documents incorporated by reference therein.
“Registrar” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon, appointed pursuant to the Deposit Agreement to act as registrar for the ADSs and the transfer of ADSs pursuant to the Deposit Agreement.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(f).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
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“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Securities” means the ADSs, the Shares, the ADS Warrants, thePre-Funded Warrants, the Warrant ADSs and the Warrant Shares.
“Series 1 ADS Warrants” means, collectively, the ADS purchase warrants delivered to each Purchaser upon Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Series 1 ADS Warrants shall be exercisable upon Shareholder Approval and have a term of exercise equal to five years from the date Shareholder Approval is received and deemed effective, in the form ofExhibitA-1 attached hereto.
“Series 2 ADS Warrants” means, collectively, the ADS purchase warrants delivered in accordance with Section 4.23 hereof, which Series 2 ADS Warrants shall be exercisable upon issuance and have a term of exercise equal to five years from the date of issuance, in the form ofExhibitA-2 attached hereto.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shareholder Approval” means such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor entity) from the shareholders of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the issuance of all of the Warrant Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding ADSs on the Closing Date.
“Shares” means the Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs issued to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing Ordinary Shares or ADSs).
“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for ADSs, thePre-Funded Warrants and the Series 1 ADS Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds (minus, if applicable, a Purchaser’s aggregate exercise price of thePre-Funded Warrants, which amounts shall be paid as and when suchPre-Funded Warrants are exercised).
“Subsidiary” and “Subsidiaries” shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Section 3.1(a).
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“Taxes” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.18.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market in the United States is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the ADSs or Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: in the case of the ADSs, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange and, in the case of the Ordinary Shares, the ASX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, theLock-up Agreements, the Warrants, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“U.S. Dollars” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.22.
“Variable Rate Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.11(b).
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the ADSs are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the ADSs for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the ADSs are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the ADSs for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the ADSs are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the ADSs are then reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per ADS so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of an ADS as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants” means, collectively, the Series 1 ADS Warrants, the Series 2 ADS Warrants, and thePre-Funded Warrants.
“Warrant ADSs” means the ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
“Warrant Prospectus” means a transaction specific prospectus prepared in accordance with section 713 of the Corporations Act and lodged with ASIC in relation to the Warrants to be issued at the Closing.
“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrant ADSs.
“Warrant Securities” means the Warrant Shares and the Warrant ADSs.
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, their Subscription Amount. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser (i) the number of ADSs, and a Series 1 ADS Warrants, each calculated in accordance with Section 2.2(a), and (ii) the other deliverables set forth in Section 2.2(a); and each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company the deliverables set forth in Section 2.2(b). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that a Purchaser determines, in its sole discretion, that such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount (together with such Purchaser’s Affiliates and any Person acting as a group together with such Purchaser or any of such Purchaser’s Affiliates) would cause such Purchaser’s beneficial ownership of ADSs to exceed 9.99% of the outstanding ADSs, such Purchaser shall purchasePre-Funded Warrants in lieu of the ADSs as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a). Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree. Unless otherwise directed by the Placement Agent, settlement of the ADSs shall occur via “Delivery Versus Payment” (“DVP”)(i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the ADSs registered in the Purchasers’ names and addresses and released by the Depositary directly to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each Purchaser; upon receipt of such ADSs, the Placement Agent shall promptly electronically deliver such ADSs to the applicable Purchaser, and payment therefor shall be made by the Placement Agent (or its clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company).
2.2Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers;
(iii) an opinion from Emmet, Marvin & Martin LLP, counsel to the Depositary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers;
(iv) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in which such officer shall state that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; (ii) the Company has complied with all of its material obligations, covenants and agreements and has satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the SEC Reports, including for the avoidance of doubt the Company’s Appendix 4E and Annual Report filed by the Company with the Commission on a Current Report on Form
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6-K on August 29, 2019, there has been no Material Adverse Effect in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospectus of the Company and each Subsidiary as set forth in the SEC Reports; and (iv) no order suspending the use of the Registration Statement or Prospectus in any applicable jurisdiction has been issued and, to the Company’s knowledge no Proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending;
(v) subject to the last sentence of Section 2.1, the Company shall have provided each Purchaser with the Company’s wire instructions on Company letterhead and executed by its Chief Executive Officer;
(vi) subject to the last sentence of Section 2.1, a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Registrar instructing the Registrar to deliver on an expedited basis via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) ADSs equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per ADS Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(vii) if applicable, aPre-Funded Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of ADSs equal to the difference between (A) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per ADS Purchase Price and (B) the number of ADSs otherwise issuable to such Purchaser that would cause such Purchaser’s beneficial ownership to be more than 9.99% of the issued and outstanding ADSs, with an exercise price of $0.0001 per ADS, subject to adjustment therein;
(viii) a Series 1 ADS Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to 1 ADS, with an exercise price equal to $0.70 per ADS, subject to adjustment therein, which warrant certificate shall be delivered no later than three (3) Trading Days of the Closing Date;
(ix) the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act);
(x) the Warrant Prospectus; and
(xi) theLock-Up Agreements.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount (less the aggregate exercise price of thePre-Funded Warrants issuable to such Purchaser hereunder, if applicable), which shall be made available for “Delivery Versus Payment” settlement with the Company or its designee.
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2.3Closing Conditions.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;
(v) the Company shall have adequate placement capacity under ASX Listing Rules to issue all Securities to the Purchasers;
(vi) the Warrant Prospectus has been lodged with ASIC and (A) ASIC has not issued a stop order under section 739 of the Corporations Act to prevent the issue of securities under it, or called a hearing to consider a stop order; (B) no person has made a notification under section 730 of the Corporations Act; or (C) no other event has occurred to prevent the issue of the Warrants under the Warrant Prospectus;
(vii) the Company shall be entitled to issue a Cleansing Statement in respect of the issue of the Ordinary Shares;
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(viii) the Company intends to apply for the ADSs issued at the Closing to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market and the Shares issued at the Closing have been accepted for listing on the ASX; and
(ix) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the ADSs and/or Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended by the Commission on the Company’s principal Trading Market in the United States or Australia with respect to such security, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or, minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a)Organization and Qualification The Company is duly incorporated and registered in Australia as a public company under the Corporations Act, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the Company listed onSchedule 3.1(a) hereto (the “Subsidiaries” and each a “Subsidiary”) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; as of the date of this Agreement, except for the entities listed onSchedule 3.1(a) hereto, the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any equity or other ownership interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or any other Person. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
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(b)Dividends. No Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to its shareholders, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s issued share capital, from repaying to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or such other Subsidiary or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s properties or assets to any of the Company or other Subsidiary.
(c)Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder (other than Shareholder Approval). The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors or its stockholders (other than Shareholder Approval), and no further action is required by the Company, its officers, directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals (as defined below). Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Company.
(d)No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the issuance and delivery of the Shares and the ADSs representing such Shares, the deposit of the Shares with the Depositary against issuance of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs, the issuance and delivery of the Warrants, the issuance and delivery of the Ordinary Shares and ADSs upon exercise of the Warrants and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof and the use of proceeds as described in the Registration Statement and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s constitution, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with,
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violate or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority (each a “Governmental Authority”) to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iv) conflict with or result in a violation of any approval, consent, waiver, authorization, exemption, permission, endorsement or license granted by any Governmental Authority in Australia, the United States or any other jurisdiction where the Company or any Subsidiary was incorporated or operates, except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. A “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of Indebtedness (or any Person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such Indebtedness by any of the Company or a Subsidiary.
(e)Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization, approval or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its Subsidiaries, its stockholders or the Trading Market in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, including the offer, issue and sale of the Securities, the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon conversion of the ADSs, the issuance and delivery of the Warrants, the issuance and delivery of the ADSs upon exercise of the Warrants, the deposit of the Ordinary Shares being deposited with the Depositary, against issuance of ADSs representing ADSs and listing or quotation (as applicable) of the Securities on the Trading Market, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and the filing with ASIC of the Warrant Prospectus, (iii) any notice filings or SEC Reports as are required to be made in connection with the Closing under applicable federal and state securities laws or under applicable rules and regulations of the Trading Market, and Shareholder Approval (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
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(f)Issuance of the Securities, Registration.
(i) The Securities to be sold by the Company and their issue and sale and the underlying Shares and their issue are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. Upon the due issuance by the Depositary of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs against the deposit of the Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued under the Deposit Agreement and Persons in whose name such ADSs are registered will be entitled to the right of registered holders of ADSs evidencing the ADSs specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement. The Company has the capacity to issue the maximum number of Securities and Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement. The holder of the Securities will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. All corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities has been duly and validly taken. Except for limitations expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, there are no limitations on the rights of holders of the Securities to hold or transfer their securities.
(ii) The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which became effective on July 5, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), including the Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company was at the time of the filing of the Registration Statement, and is as of the date hereof, eligible to use FormF-3, subject to the transaction requirements with respect to the aggregate market value of securities being sold pursuant to this offering and during the twelve (12) months prior to this offering, as set forth in General Instruction I.B.5 of FormF-3.
(iii) A registration statement on FormF-6 (FileNo. 333-196105) with respect to the ADSs has (i) been prepared by the Company and Depositary in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act. The Commission has not issued any order suspending the effectiveness of the ADS Registration Statement, and no Proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The ADS Registration Statement, at the time it became effective under the Securities Act, (i) conformed in all respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and (ii) and did not, as of the applicable effective date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
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(iv) All amounts payable by the Company in respect of the Securities shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for or on account of any taxes imposed, assessed or levied by Australia or any authority thereof or therein nor are any taxes imposed in Australia on, or by virtue of the execution or delivery of, such documents (other than stamp duty payable if such original documents are brought to, executed in or produced before a court in Australia).
(g)Compliance. The Company is not the subject of a determination or order issued by ASIC nor has ASIC given any notice of intention to hold an investigation in relation to the Company, and the Company is not aware of any such determination, order or investigation being contemplated or threatened by the ASIC. The Company is a disclosing entity under the securities laws of the Commonwealth of Australia, including, without limitation, the Corporations Act (the “Australian Securities Laws”), and is not in default of any requirement of the Australian Securities Laws. All disclosure and filings on the public record and fees required to be made and paid by the Company pursuant to the Australian Securities Laws have been made and paid. None of the Company or any Subsidiary is (i) in breach of or in default under any laws, regulations, rules, orders, decrees, guidelines or notices of Australia, the United States, or any other jurisdiction where it was incorporated or operates, (ii) in breach of or in default under any approval, consent, waiver, authorization, exemption, permission, endorsement or license granted by any Governmental Authority in Australia, the United States or any other jurisdiction in which it was incorporated or operates, (iii) in violation of its constituent documents or (iv) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound except, with respect to (iv), where any default would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)Stamp Tax. No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties are payable by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any investor to the government of Australia, the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (i) the issuance and delivery by the Company of the Securities or the issuance and delivery of the ADSs upon exercise of the Warrants to or for the account of any investor and (ii) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, in each case other than income tax that is imposed on the investor’s net income in the ordinary course of business.
(i)No Limitations on Dividends and Distributions. Under current laws and regulations of Australia and any political subdivision thereof, all interest, principal, premium, if any, and other payments due or made on the Securities and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the ADSs or the Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs may be paid by the Company to the holder thereof in U.S. dollars and freely transferred out of Australia and all such payments made to holders thereof or therein who arenon-residents of Australia will other than withholding tax (if applicable) not be
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subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Australia or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in Australia or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in Australia or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(j)Enforceability in Australia. To ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in Australia of the Transaction Documents, it is not necessary that Transaction Documents be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in Australia or that any stamp or similar tax in Australia be paid on or in respect of this Agreement or any other documents to be furnished hereunder unless they are brought to, executed in or produced before a court in Australia.
(k)Choice of Law in Australia. Under the laws of Australia, the courts of Australia will recognize and give effect to the choice of law provisions set forth in Section 5.9 hereof and would recognize as a valid judgment a final and conclusive judgmentin personam obtained in any U.S. court against the Company to enforce this Agreement or the Transaction Documents under which a fixed sum of money is payable (other than a sum of money payable in respect of multiple damages, taxes or other charges of a like nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty) and such judgment would be capable of enforcement by Australian courts provided that (i) such court had proper jurisdiction over the parties subject to such judgment; (ii) the applicable U.S. court did not contravene the rules of natural justice of Australia; (iii) such judgment was not obtained by fraud; (iv) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to the public policy of Australia; (v) such judgment imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum; (vi) such judgment has not been wholly satisfied; (vii) such judgment was obtained within the previous twelve years, and (viii) there is due compliance with the correct procedures under the laws of Australia. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, under the laws of Australia, the choice of law provisions set forth in Section 5.9 hereof will be recognized by the courts of Australia and any judgment obtained in any U.S. state or federal court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be recognized in Australian courts and be capable of enforcement subject to the applicable statutory and common law principles of Australia relating to the enforceability of foreign judgments.
(l)Enforced in Australia. Any final judgment for a fixed sum of money rendered by any U.S. state or federal court having jurisdiction under its own domestic laws in respect of any suit, action or Proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement, would be recognized and enforced against the Company by Australian courts withoutre-examining the merits of the case, provided that such judgment (i) is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty, (ii) was not obtained by fraud; (iii) was not obtained in a manner and is not a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of Australia; (iv) such judgment has not been wholly satisfied; and (v) such judgment was obtained within the previous twelve years.
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(m)Capitalization. The Company has an issued and fully paid up capital as set forth onSchedule 3.1(m), and all of the issued share capital of the Company has been duly and validly authorized and issued, is fully paid and conforms to the description of the Ordinary Shares contained in the Prospectus. All of the issued share capital of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and are fully paid in accordance with its Constitution, articles of association or applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, including, without limitation, the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, and are nonassessable, if applicable. All of the issued share capital or equity interest, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary is owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all Liens, equities or claims. Except as set forth onSchedule 3.1(m), the holders of outstanding Ordinary Shares or ADSs are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to acquire the Securities. Except as set forth inSchedule 3.1(m), there are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, rights or options to purchase from the Company, or obligations of the Company to issue, Ordinary Shares or any other class of share capital of the Company. There are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the ADSs under the laws of Australia or the United States except as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Share Capital,” and “Description of American Depositary Shares”. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as set forth onSchedule 3.1(m), there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders. Except as set forth onSchedule 3.1(m), there are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, rights or options to purchase from any Subsidiary, no obligation of any Subsidiary to issue, equity shares or any other class of share capital of any Subsidiary.
(n)Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(o)SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed or furnished all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (including all required exhibits thereto), including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (the foregoing materials, as the same may be amended, and including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”), for the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material) and any notices, reports or other filings pursuant to applicable requirements of the Trading Market on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing, and has filed any such SEC Reports and notices, reports or other filings pursuant to applicable requirements of the Trading Market prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements
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of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements contain only the footnotes required by IAS 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,year-end audit adjustments. The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the SEC Reports conform to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the SEC Reports or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the SEC Reports, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought. None of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses, including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act.
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(p)Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, including for the avoidance of doubt the Company’s Appendix 4E and Annual Report filed by the Company with the Commission on a Current Report on Form6-K on August 29, 2019, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to IFRS or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made, except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(q)Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(r)Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company or a Subsidiary. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information
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agreement ornon-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s)Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(t)Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(u)Employee Benefits. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any material obligation to provide retirement, healthcare, death or disability benefits to any of the present or past employees of the Company or any Subsidiary or to any other Person.
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(v)Licenses and Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, national and foreign regulatory authorities (collectively, the “Material Permits”), including without limitation the FDA, the DEA, the ATGA, the EMA and the MHRA and any other state, federal, national and foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous materials, necessary to conduct their respective businesses as they are currently being conducted as set forth in the SEC Reports. All of such Material Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Permits or the failure to be in full force and effect, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened Proceeding that individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to lead to the revocation, modification, termination, suspension or any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Material Permit which revocation, modification, termination, suspension or other impairment would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Such Material Permits contain no material restrictions or conditions not described in the SEC Reports. None of the Company or any Subsidiary has a reasonable basis to believe that any regulatory body is considering modifying, suspending or revoking any such Material Permit and each of the Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the provisions of all such Material Permits.
(w)Regulatory Matters. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries: (A) are and at all times have been in material compliance with all statutes, rules and regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product sold, under development, manufactured or distributed by the Company or any subsidiary (“Applicable Regulatory Laws”); (B) have not received any Form 483 from the FDA, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, or other correspondence or written notice from the FDA, the DEA, the ATGA, the EMA, the MHRA or any other federal, state, local, national or foreign governmental or regulatory authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Applicable Regulatory Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Regulatory Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possess all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) have not received written notice of any Proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the FDA, the DEA, the ATGA, the EMA, the MHRA or any other federal, state, local, national or foreign governmental or regulatory authority or third party alleging that any product, operation or activity is in material violation of any Applicable Regulatory Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA, the DEA, the ATGA, the EMA, the MHRA or any other federal, state, local, national or foreign governmental or regulatory authority or third party is considering any such Proceeding; (E) have not received written notice that the FDA, DEA, ATGA, EMA, the MHRA or any other federal, state, local, national or foreign governmental or regulatory authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA, DEA, ATGA, EMA, the MHRA or any other federal, state, local, national or foreign governmental or regulatory authority is
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considering such action; and (F) have filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Regulatory Laws or Authorizations except where the failure to file such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission).
(x)Intellectual Property. The Company possesses such right, title and interest in and to, or possesses adequate rights to use, all patents, patent rights, trade secrets, inventions,know-how, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, service marks and other proprietary rights (“Intellectual Property”) material to the conduct of the Company’s business except to Intellectual Property the failure of which to possess would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any notice of infringement or misappropriation from any third party as to Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company that has not been resolved or disposed of, which infringement or misappropriation would, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, it has not infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise conflicted with the Intellectual Property of any third parties, which infringement, misappropriation or conflict would, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y)Patents. The pending patent applications set forth in the Registration Statement and the SEC Reports (the “Pending Patents”) are being diligently prosecuted by the Company and/or Subsidiaries. To the Company’s best knowledge, there is no existing patent or published patent application that would interfere, conflict with or otherwise adversely affect the validity, enforcement or scope of the Pending Patents if claims of such Pending Patents were issued in substantially the same form as currently written. Except in each case as set forth inSchedule 3.1(y), no security interests or other Liens have been created with respect to the Pending Patents; and the Pending Patents have not been exclusively licensed to another entity or Person.
(z)Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost. There is no material insurance claim made by or against the Company or any Subsidiary pending, threatened or outstanding and no facts or circumstances exist which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such claim and all due premiums in respective thereof have been paid.
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(aa)Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth inSchedule 3.1(aa), none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary (including his/her spouse, infant children, any company or undertaking in which he/she holds a controlling interest) is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(bb)Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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(cc)Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(dd)Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(ee)Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(ff)Passive Foreign Investment Company. The Company believes that it was likely a PFIC for the taxable year ended June 30, 2018.
(gg)Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Shares and the ADSs are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the ADSs or Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as set forth inSchedule 3.1(gg), the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market (other than the Company’s deficiency notice received from the Nasdaq Stock Market and described in the Current Report on Form6-K filed by the Company with the Commission on July 25, 2019) on which the ADSs or Ordinary Shares are or have been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements, except as set forth inSchedule 3.1(gg). The ADSs are currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(hh)Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similaranti-takeover provision under the Company’s constitution (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its jurisdiction that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
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(ii)Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their respective agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material,non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(jj)No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of the ADS Warrants or the Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of ADS Warrants under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(kk)Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe
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that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date.Schedule 3.1(kk) sets forth, as of the date that is two Business Days prior to the date hereof, all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with IFRS. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(mm)Tax Status. The Company has paid or has caused to be paid all material taxes (including any assessments, fines or penalties) required to be paid through the date hereof and all returns, reports or filings which ought to have been made by or in respect of the Company and each Subsidiary for taxation purposes as required by the law of the jurisdictions where the Company and each Subsidiary are incorporated or engage in business have been made and all such returns are correct and on a proper basis in all material respects and are not the subject of any dispute with the relevant revenue or other appropriate authorities except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate Proceedings. The provisions included in the audited consolidated financial statements as set out in the Prospectus included appropriate provisions required under IFRS for all taxation in respect of accounting periods ended on or before the accounting reference date to which such audited accounts relate for which the Company was then or might reasonably be expected thereafter to become or have become liable. None of the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice of any tax deficiency with respect to any of the Company or a Subsidiary. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(nn)Anti-Bribery. The Company and each Subsidiary and, to their knowledge, their affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents and employees has not violated, its participation in the offering will not violate, and it has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to (i) ensure continued compliance with anti-bribery laws, including but not limited to, any applicable law, rule, or regulation of any locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, signed December 17, 1997, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010 or any other law, rule or regulation of similar purpose and scope or (ii) prohibit (A) the use of corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (B) the making of any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any government official or employee from corporate funds or (C) the making of any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
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(oo)Money Laundering Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary, and, to their knowledge, their affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents, and employees, has not violated, its participation in the offering will not violate, and it has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with the anti-money laundering laws, regulations or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering, and international anti-money laundering principals or procedures of the United States, Australia and any related or similar statutes, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(pp)Sanctions. None of the Company or any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of any of the Company or a Subsidiary, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or Person acting on behalf of any of the Company or a Subsidiary (i) has been or is, or is controlled or owned by an individual or entity that has been or is or is, subject to (A) any trade, economic or military sanctions administered by or issued against any nation by the United Nations or any governmental or regulatory authority of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Canada, France, Switzerland and Italy, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (including but not limited to the designation as a “specially designated national or blocked person” thereunder), the United Nations Security Council, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or any other relevant sanctions authority, or any orders or licenses publicly issued under the authority of any of the foregoing, or (B) any sanctions or requirements imposed by, or based upon the obligations or authorizations set forth in, the United States Trading With the Enemy Act, the United States International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the United States United Nations Participation Act, the United States Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, or the United States Iran Sanctions Act of 2006, all as amended, or any foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (including but not limited to 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (collectively, “Sanctions”), (ii) has been or is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or (iii) has violated, will though its participation in the offering violate or failed to institute and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with Sanctions. There have been no transactions or connections between the Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any country, Person, or entity in countries subject to Sanctions or who perform contracts in support of projects in or for the benefit of those countries, on the other hand other than de minimis sales to customers in Iran in 2010.
(qq)Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd., an Australian company, which is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act.
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(rr)Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(ss)Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(g) and 4.13 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
(tt)Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
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(uu)Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares on the date such stock option would be considered granted under IFRS and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(vv)Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(ww)U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.
(xx)Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(yy)Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
(zz)Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all Liens, encumbrances and defects except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
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(aaa)Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the ADS Warrants, the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants or the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
(bbb)No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the ADS Warrants or Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the ADS Warrants and the Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
(ccc)No Disqualification Events. With respect to the ADS Warrants and Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(ddd)Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Securities.
(eee)Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, reasonably be expected to become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person, in each case of which it is aware.
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3.2Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a)Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. Such Purchaser’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of such Purchaser’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which such Purchaser is subject (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of such Purchaser is bound or affected or (iii) require the consent, notice or other action with respect to any Person, other than an Affiliate, under any contract to which such Purchaser is a party, which consent, notice or action has not been taken.
(b)Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser understands that the ADS Warrants and the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state or foreign securities law and is acquiring such Securities as principal for his, her or its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or foreign securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or foreign securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or foreign securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell such Securities pursuant to a registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state or foreign securities laws).
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(c)Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any ADS Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
(d)Experience of such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser realizes that the purchase of the Securities will be a highly speculative investment and such Purchaser may suffer a complete loss of its investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. Such Purchaser understands that nothing in the Transaction Documents or any other materials presented to such Purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Purchaser has reviewed with its own tax advisors the federal, state, and local tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby with such Purchaser’s own legal counsel.
(e)Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
(f)Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material pricing terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio
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managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
(g)General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the ADS Warrants or the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the ADS Warrants or the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
(h)Reliance on Exemptions. Such Purchaser understands that the ADS Warrants are the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the ADS Warrants and the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants.
(i)Governmental Review. Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or an investment therein
(j)Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Purchaser.
(k)Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, permit, governmental order, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority is required by or with respect to such Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1Removal of Legends.
(a) The ADS Warrants and the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants may only be offered, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in full compliance with all state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the ADS Warrants or the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants other than pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Warrant under the Securities Act.
(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the ADS Warrants in the following form:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE 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 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the ADS Warrants or the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured ADS Warrants or the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of ADS Warrants and the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the ADS Warrants or the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants.
(c) The ADS Warrants and the Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants shall not carry any restriction (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Warrant ADSs or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants and that such Warrant ADSs and Warrant Shares are not then held by an Affiliate of the Company), or (iii) if such Warrant ADSs or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the ADS Warrants and that such Warrant ADSs and Warrant Shares are not then held by an Affiliate of the Company), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including binding judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Registrar or a Purchaser promptly if required by the Registrar to effect the removal of any restriction (including, if applicable, any legend) hereunder, or if requested by such Purchaser, respectively. If all or any portion of an ADS Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant Shares, or if such Warrant Shares or Warrant ADSs may be sold under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the ADS Warrants and that such Warrant ADSs and Warrant Shares are not then held by an Affiliate of the Company) or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including binding judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Warrant Shares and Warrant ADSs shall be issued unrestricted in electronic form. The Company agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), the Company will, no later than two (2) Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Registrar of Warrant ADSs or Warrant Shares, as applicable, issued with restrictions, including, if applicable, any legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser such Warrant ADSs or Warrant Shares that are unrestricted in electronic form. Except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, the Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Registrar that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Warrant ADSs and Warrant Shares subject to restriction removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Registrar to such Purchaser by crediting the account of such Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.
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(d) In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant ADSs underling the ADS Warrants (based on the VWAP on the date that such Securities are submitted to the Registrar) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such Warrant ADSs are delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date such Warrant ADSs so delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that are unrestricted in electronic form and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) ADSs in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of ADSs, or a sale of a number of ADSs equal to all or any portion of the number of ADSs, that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restriction, then an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and otherout-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of ADSs so purchased (including brokerage commissions and otherout-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Warrant ADSs underlying the ADS Warrants that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of the ADSs on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Warrant ADSs underlying the ADS Warrants (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this Section 4.1(d).
(e) The Shares, the ADSs, thePre-Funded Warrants, and the Warrant Securities underlying thePre-Funded Warrants shall be issued free of legends.
4.2Furnishing of Information.
(a) Until the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns any Warrants or (ii) the Warrants have expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act, even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
(b) At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Warrant ADSs underlying the ADS Warrants (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants and that such Warrant ADSs and Warrant Shares are not then held by an Affiliate of the Company) may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the
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Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Warrant ADSs, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate exercise price of such Purchaser’s Warrants on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchaser to transfer the Warrant ADSs underlying the ADS Warrants pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information FailurePayments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information FailurePayments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information FailurePayments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information FailurePayments in a timely manner, such Public Information FailurePayments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.3Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the ADS Warrants, Warrant ADSs issuable upon exercise of the ADSs Warrants or Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
4.4Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on September 30, 2019, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form6-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within one (1) Trading Day following the date hereof. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material,non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the
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one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company from disclosing any information relating to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in any filing with the Commission, ASX or any other regulatory agency or Trading Market (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion; provided that in the case of clause (b), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure.
4.5Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.6Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that neither the Company, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, materialnon-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material,non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material,non-public information, provided that such Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material,non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form6-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
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4.7Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.8Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is solely based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (c) in connection with any registration statement of the Company providing for the resale by the Purchasers of the Warrant Shares issued and issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants, the Company will indemnify each Purchaser Party, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses, as incurred, arising out of or relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, any prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Purchaser Party furnished in writing to the Company by such Purchaser Party expressly for use therein, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder in connection therewith. If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any
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Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (x) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (y) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (z) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (1) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (2) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
4.9Reservation of Ordinary Shares. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrants.
4.10Listing of Securities. The Company hereby agrees to use its best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the ADSs on the Trading Market on which ADSs are currently listed, and as soon as reasonably practical following the Closing or, with respect to the ASX only, the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares, ADSs, Warrant Shares and Warrant ADSs on such Trading Market and promptly pursue the listing of all of the Shares, ADSs, Warrant Shares and Warrant ADSs on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, (i) if the Company applies to have the Ordinary Shares traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible; and (ii) if the Company applies to have the ADSs traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the ADSs, Warrant Shares and Warrant ADSs and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the ADSs, Warrant Shares and Warrant ADSs to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Ordinary Shares on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market; provided that the Purchasers acknowledge the Company’s receipt of a deficiency notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market as described in the Current Report on Form6-K filed by the Company with the Commission on July 25, 2019. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Securities for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer. In addition, the Company shall hold a vote for the purpose of
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obtaining Shareholder Approval as soon as practical following the Closing Date, and in any event on or before the three month anniversary of the Closing Date, with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the Company shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. If the Company does not obtain Shareholder Approval at the next shareholder meeting, the Company shall call a meeting every four months thereafter to seek Shareholder Approval until Shareholder Approval is obtained. Each Purchaser agrees to vote any Ordinary Shares held by it in favor of Shareholder Approval.
4.11Subsequent Equity Sales.
(a) From the date hereof until the later of (i) forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date, and (ii) the date Shareholder Approval is received and deemed effective, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents.
(b) From the date hereof until 180 days following the Closing Date, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or Ordinary Share Equivalents (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Ordinary Shares or ADSs either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Ordinary Shares or ADSs at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Ordinary Shares or ADSs or (ii) enters into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.11 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt Issuance.
4.12Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
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4.13Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
4.14Capital Changes. Until the one year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Ordinary Shares without the prior written consent of the majority of the Purchasers, based on initial Subscription Amounts hereunder, other than a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Ordinary Shares that is required in order to satisfy any requirements of Exchange Rules (including without limitation the Nasdaq Stock Market requirement to maintain a minimum trading price of the ADSs).
4.15Exercise Procedures. Except as required by Section 4.1 hereof, the form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants, except as required by this Agreement. Without limiting the preceding sentences, noink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required in order to exercise the Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
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4.16Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the ADS Warrants and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the ADS Warrants and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the ADS Warrants for sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
4.17ASX Cleansing Statement. The Company undertakes to lodge with the ASX a Cleansing Statement and an ASX Appendix 3B in respect of Ordinary Shares underlying the Securities on the Closing Date, but in no event later than 10:00 a.m., Sydney time, on the ASX Trading Day immediately following the Closing Date, which shall contain the information that is sufficient to permit subsequentre-sale on ASX of all of the Ordinary Shares issued to the Purchasers. Upon the lodging of an Appendix 3B and the Cleansing Statement, the Shares will be freely tradable on the ASX. If (i) the Company fails to lodge a Warrant Prospectus in respect of the ADS Warrants to be issued following Shareholder Approval; (ii) is unable to issue the Warrants pursuant to that Warrant Prospectus for any reason; or (iii) ASIC Corporations (Sale Offers That Do Not Need Disclosure) Instrument 2016/80 or a like instrument is no longer in force to enable theon-sale of the relevant Warrant Shares by the Purchasers, the Company must use its best efforts to ensure that it lodges with ASX a notice in accordance with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act within 5 Business Days of the issue of any Warrant Shares, provided that, if for any reason within that 5 Business Days the Company does not lodge a Cleansing Statement in compliance with the requirements of section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act in respect of an issue of Ordinary Shares issued on exercise of Warrants, the Company shall, at its own expense and as soon as practicable, do everything necessary to ensure that such Warrant Shares are able to be freely traded on ASX in compliance with the ASX Listing Rules and the Corporations Act, including obtaining an exemption from the ASIC or the lodging of a disclosure document with ASIC in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act.
4.18Payments and Taxes. All payments by the Company due under any Transaction Document shall be made by the Company and the Company agrees that all amounts payable under any Transaction Document are exclusive of any current or future tax or any other fees, expenses, assessment or charges of any kind (including but not limited to income tax, value added tax, goods and services tax, transfer tax, business tax, foreign enterprise income tax, consumption tax, securities transaction tax, withholding tax, stamp duty or other documentary taxes or charges, and any other taxes and charges, and interest and penalties thereon) imposed by any federal, state, territorial or local government of Australia, or any political subdivision or taxing authority in any such jurisdiction (collectively, “Taxes,” which for the avoidance of doubt, does not include income tax) and all amounts shall be paid free and clear of any deduction or withholding. The Company agrees that it shall be responsible for all Taxes imposed on the Company as well as all applicable compliance and regulatory obligations which may arise from
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or in connection with this Agreement. If any Taxes shall be due, or if the Company shall be required by applicable law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Taxes, or if any Tax is required to be paid by any Purchaser as a result of the transactions hereunder, the Company agrees to pay to such Purchaser such additional amounts as shall be required so that the net amount received by such Purchaser from the Company after such deduction, withholding or payment shall equal the amount otherwise due to such Purchaser hereunder. The Company shall promptly deliver to each Purchaser all official tax receipts evidencing payment of the Taxes. Each Purchaser agrees to provide the Company with any and all forms or other documentation or information that the Company reasonably requests to enable the Company to minimize the amount of any such Taxes. The Company will indemnify each Purchaser and hold it harmless against any Taxes on the creation, issuance and sale of the Securities to each Purchaser and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any interest and penalties thereon.
4.19Compliance with Anti-Bribery Laws, Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. The Company will not, and the Company will procure that each of its Subsidiaries , any of their respective affiliates and any Person acting on its or their behalf will not, (i) violate any of the Anti-Bribery Laws, Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions or (ii) directly or indirectly use the proceeds from the offering of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, for the purpose of financing or facilitating the business or the activities of any Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such financing or facilitation, is subject to any Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person.
4.20Payment of Expenses Pursuant to Deposit Agreement and ADSs. The Company hereby agrees to pay on behalf of each Purchaser, or to reimburse each Purchaser for, all fees and expenses incurred by such Purchaser pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, including Section 5.09 of the Deposit Agreement and Section 7 of the ADRs, in connection with the issuance of the Securities, including any fees incurred by such Purchaser for holding ADSs with respect to the Securities. In addition, if the dollar trading volume of the Ordinary Shares on the ASX (the “ASX Volume”) equals or exceeds 70% of the aggregate dollar trading volume of the Ordinary Shares and ADSs on ASX and the Trading Market in the United States (the “Aggregate Volume”) as an average during any period of 5 consecutive Trading Days as reported on Bloomberg L.P., the Company shall pay on behalf of each Purchaser, or reimburse each Purchaser for, all fees and expenses incurred by such Purchaser for converting ADSs to Ordinary Shares with respect to the Securities until such date as the ASX Volume is less than 70% of the Aggregate Volume on each Trading Day for a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days as reported on Bloomberg L.P. For purposes of clarity, if the ASX Volume equals or exceeds 70% of the Aggregate Volume during a subsequent period as described in the previous sentence, the reimbursement obligations shall again apply as provided in the previous sentence.
4.21Lock-Up Agreements. The Company shall enforce the terms of theLock-Up Agreements and not agree to any amendment to, or modification of, theLock-Up Agreements absent the prior written consent of the Purchasers.
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4.22Registration Statement. As soon as practicable (and in any event within 45 calendar days of the date of this Agreement), the Company shall file a registration statement on FormF-3 (or other appropriate form if the Company is not thenF-3 eligible) providing for the resale by the Purchasers of the Warrant Shares issued and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration to become effective within 181 days following the Closing Date and to keep such registration statement effective at all times until no Purchaser owns any Warrants or Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
4.23Delivery of Series 2 ADS Warrants; 3(a)(9) Exchange. A Series 2 ADS Warrant registered in the name of each Purchaser to purchase up to a number of ADSs equal to 100% of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per ADS Purchase Price, with an exercise price equal to $0.70 per ADS, subject to adjustment therein, shall be delivered on or before the second Trading Day after Shareholder Approval is received and deemed effective;provided,however, at the election of each Purchaser at any time on or after the date that Shareholder Approval is received and deemed effective, solely with respect to itself and not with respect to any other Purchaser, such Purchaser shall be entitled to exchange, in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, such Purchaser’s Series 1 ADS Warrant for the Series 2 ADS Warrant, and the holding period of such Series 2 ADS Warrants being delivered hereby may be tacked on to the holding period of the Series 1 ADS Warrants for purposes of Rule 144. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 4.23.
4.24QEF Election. Upon request of any U.S. Purchaser at any time and from time to time, the Company will promptly provide the information necessary for such U.S. Purchaser to make a QEF Election with respect to the Company and will use reasonable best efforts to cause each direct and indirect subsidiary that the Company controls that is a PFIC to provide such information with respect to such Subsidiary.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof;provided,however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).
5.2Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Registrar fees (including, without limitation, any fees required forsame-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.
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5.3Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material,non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice, or such materialnon-public information included in such notice, with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form6-K.
5.5Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, modification or supplement, by the Company and the Purchasers which purchased at least a majority in interest of the Shares andPre-Funded Warrants based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.
5.6Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
5.7Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities; provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers”; and provided further that any such transfer shall be conducted in accordance with this Agreement and the applicable securities laws.
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5.8No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8.
5.9Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Each party shall pay its own attorneys’ fees and any other of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with an Action or Proceeding commenced to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents.
5.10Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
5.11Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or bye-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.12Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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5.13Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights;provided,however, that in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any ADSs subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).
5.14Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
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5.17Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance ornon-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent any of the Purchasers and only represents the Placement Agent. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.
5.18Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
5.19Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
5.20Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto.
5.21WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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5.22CurrencyUnless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in United States Dollars (“US Dollars”). All amounts owing under this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall be paid in US Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted in the US Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into US Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the US Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal (NY edition) on the relevant date of calculation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO BNTC SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: _________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: _______________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: ________________________________________________
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _________________________________________
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
DWAC for ADSs:
Subscription Amount: $_________________
ADSs: _________________
Pre-Funded Warrants:___________________
Series 1 ADS Warrants:___________________
Series 2 ADS Warrants:___________________
EIN Number: _______________________
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