Title of each class
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Trading Symbol
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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American Depositary Shares (each representing 4
‘A’ Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.0109)
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TRIB
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NASDAQ Global Market
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U.S. GAAP ☐
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International Financial Reporting Standards as issued
by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒
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Other ☐
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PART I |
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A. |
[Reserved] |
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B. |
Capitalization and Indebtedness |
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C. |
Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds |
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D. |
Risk Factors |
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A. |
History and Development of the Company |
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B. |
Business Overview |
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C. |
Organizational Structure |
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D. |
Property, Plants and Equipment |
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A. |
Operating Results |
48 |
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B. |
Liquidity and Capital Resources |
59 |
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C. |
Research and Development, Patents and Licenses,etc. |
61 |
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D. |
Trend Information |
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E. |
Critical Accounting Estimates |
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Directors and Senior Management |
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B. |
Compensation |
69 |
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C. |
Board Practices |
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D. |
Employees |
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E. |
Share Ownership |
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A. |
Major Shareholders |
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B. |
Related Party Transactions |
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C. |
Interests of Experts and Counsel |
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A. |
Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information |
76 |
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B. |
Significant Changes |
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A. |
Offer and Listing Details |
76 |
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B. |
Plan of Distribution |
76 |
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C. |
Markets |
76 |
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D. |
Selling Shareholders |
76 |
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E. |
Dilution |
77 |
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F. |
Expense of the Issue |
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A. |
Share Capital |
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B. |
Memorandum and Articles of Association |
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C. |
Material Contracts |
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D. |
Exchange Controls |
79 |
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E. |
Taxation |
80 |
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F. |
Dividends and Paying Agents |
85 |
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G. |
Statement by Experts |
85 |
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H. |
Documents on Display |
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I. |
Subsidiary Information |
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PART II | ||
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the development of our products; |
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the potential attributes and benefit of our products and their competitive position; |
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our ability to successfully commercialize, or enter into strategic relationships with third parties to
commercialize, our products; |
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our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and our need for additional financing;
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our ability to acquire or in-licence new product candidates; |
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potential strategic relationships; and |
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the duration of our patent portfolio. |
Item 1. |
Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers |
Item 2. |
Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable |
Item 3. |
Key Information |
A. |
Reserved |
B. |
Capitalization and Indebtedness |
C. |
Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds |
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Competition and trading conditions - our ability to sell products could be adversely affected
by competition from new and existing diagnostic products, changing conditions in the diagnostic market, including, inter alia, reductions
in government funding and sector consolidation. |
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Borrowings - we have incurred substantial debt, which could impair our flexibility and access
to capital and adversely affect our financial position. To the extent we are unable to repay our debt as it becomes due with cash on hand
or from other sources, we will need to refinance our debt, sell assets or repay the debt with the proceeds from equity offerings in order
to continue in business. Our ability to obtain additional funding may determine our ability to continue as a going concern. Failure
to comply with the terms of the credit agreement for our term loan could result in a default under its terms and, if uncured, could result
in action against our pledged assets. We are exposed to interest rate risk on some of our borrowings, which could cause our debt service
obligations to increase significantly. |
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Capital structure - we expect we will require future additional capital. |
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New product development - our long-term success depends upon the successful development and
commercialization of new products. |
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Supply chains - significant interruptions in production at our principal manufacturing facilities
and/or third-party manufacturing facilities would adversely affect our business and operating results. We are dependent on third-party
suppliers for certain critical components and the primary raw materials required for our test kits. Our inability to manufacture products
in accordance with applicable specifications, performance standards or quality requirements could adversely affect our business.
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Product recalls and claims - our products may in the future be subject to product recalls
that could harm our reputation, business and financial results. If our products cause or contribute to a death or a serious injury, or
malfunction in certain ways, we will be subject to medical device reporting regulations, which can result in voluntary corrective actions
or regulatory agency enforcement actions. We may be subject to liability resulting from our products or services.
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Financial impairment - the large amount of intangible assets and goodwill recorded on our
balance sheet may lead to significant impairment charges in the future. |
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Corporate strategy - failure to achieve our financial and strategic objectives could have
a material adverse impact on our business prospects. |
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Global economic conditions – changes in global economic conditions may have a material
adverse impact on our results. |
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People - we are highly dependent on our senior management team and other key employees, and
the loss of one or more of these employees or the inability to attract and retain qualified personnel as necessary could adversely affect
our operations. |
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Distributor network - our revenues are highly dependent on a network of distributors worldwide.
Our success depends on our ability to service and support our products directly or in collaboration with our strategic partners.
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Cyber security - our ability to protect our information systems and electronic transmissions
of sensitive data from data corruption, cyber-based attacks, security breaches or privacy violations is critical to the success of our
business. |
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Foreign exchange - our sales and operations are subject to the risks of fluctuations in currency
exchange rates. |
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Taxation - tax matters, including disagreements with taxing authorities, the changes in corporate
tax rates and imposition of new taxes could impact our results of operations and financial condition. |
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Acquisitions - future acquisitions may be less successful than expected, not generate the
expected benefits, disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management, increase our expenses and adversely affect our business, and
therefore, growth may be limited. |
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Pandemic impact - the Covid-19 outbreak could significantly disrupt our operations and adversely
affect our results of operations. |
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Environmental, Social and Governance - increasing scrutiny and changing expectations from
investors, lenders, customers and other market participants with respect to our Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG, policies
may impose additional costs on us or expose us to additional risks. |
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Clinical trials
- clinical trials necessary to support future premarket submissions will be expensive and will require enrolment of suitable patients
who may be difficult to identify and recruit. Delays or failures in our clinical trials will prevent us from commercializing any modified
or new products and will adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects. If the third parties on whom we rely to conduct
our pre-clinical studies and clinical trials and to assist in pre-clinical development do not perform as contractually required or expected,
we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval or commercialize our products. The results of our clinical trials may not support our
product candidate claims.
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Regulatory compliance
- we may be subject to fines, penalties or injunctions if we are determined to be promoting the use of our products for unapproved or
“off-label” uses. If the FDA were to modify its policy of enforcement discretion with respect to our laboratory developed
tests, we could incur substantial costs and delays associated with trying to obtain premarket clearance or other approvals.
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Product approvals
- if we fail to maintain regulatory approvals and clearances our ability to commercially distribute and market these products could suffer.
Failure to comply with FDA or other regulatory requirements may require us to suspend production of our products or institute a recall
which could result in higher costs and a loss of revenues. Modifications to our products may require new 510(k) clearances or pre-market
approvals, or may require us to cease marketing or recall the modified products until clearances or approvals are obtained. Our laboratory
business could be harmed from the loss or suspension of a licence or imposition of a fine or penalties under, or future changes in, the
law or regulations of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (“CLIA”), or those of other state or local agencies.
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International
regulations - we face risks relating to our international sales and business
operations, including regulatory risks, which could impact our current business operations and growth strategy.
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Healthcare
industry laws and public company regulations - we are subject to various
laws targeting fraud and abuse in the healthcare industry. Changes in healthcare regulation could affect our revenues, costs and financial
condition. Compliance with regulations governing public company corporate governance and reporting is complex and expensive.
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Proprietary rights
- we may be unable to protect or obtain proprietary rights that we utilise or intend to utilise.
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Patent protection
– our patent protection may not be sufficiently broad to compete effectively, the existing patents could be challenged; and trade
secrets and confidential know-how could be obtained by competitors. Our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance
with various procedural requirements or due to changes in patent law. We may be involved in lawsuits to enforce our patents, the patents
of our licensors or our other intellectual property rights, which could be expensive, time consuming and unsuccessful. Product infringement
claims by other companies could result in costly disputes and could limit our ability to sell our products. |
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Significant shareholder
- MiCo IVD Holdings, LLC (“MiCo”) currently owns approximately 29.3% of the voting share capital of our Company, which
may give MiCo significant influence over our management and affairs and may deter a change in control or other transaction that may be
favorable to our shareholders. |
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Information
- as a foreign private issuer we are exempt from a number of reporting requirements under the Exchange Act and are permitted to file less
information with the SEC than a domestic U.S. reporting company. |
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Passive foreign investment company
- we may be classified as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, which would subject our U.S. investors to adverse tax rules.
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Volatility
- the market price of our ADSs has been, and may continue to be, highly volatile. Future sales of our ADSs could reduce the market
price of the ADSs. |
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Capital
- we expect we will need additional capital in the future. |
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Dilution -
the conversion of our outstanding employee share options, any new employee share options and existing warrants would dilute the ownership
interest of existing shareholders. |
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Governed by Irish law
- it could be difficult for U.S. holders of ADSs to enforce any securities laws claims against Trinity Biotech, its officers or directors
in Irish Courts. |
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Dividends
- we have no plans to pay dividends on our ADSs, and you may not receive funds without selling the ADSs. |
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Voting rights of holders of ADSs
– the terms of the deposit agreement limit the voting
rights of holders of ADSs. |
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NASDAQ
listing standards - our securities
could be delisted from Nasdaq if we do not comply with Nasdaq’s listing standards. |
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require us to use a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to make debt service payments; |
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limit our ability to use our cash flow or obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or
other general business purposes; |
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limit our flexibility to plan for, or react to, changes in our business and industry; |
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result in dilution to our existing shareholders in the event we issue equity to fund our debt obligations; |
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place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our less leveraged competitors; and |
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increase our vulnerability to the impact of adverse economic and industry conditions. |
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incur, assume or guarantee additional indebtedness; or |
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repurchase capital stock; |
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make other restricted payments, including paying dividends and making investments; |
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create liens; |
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sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; |
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enter into agreements that restrict dividends from subsidiaries; |
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acquire another company or business or enter into mergers or consolidations; |
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enter into certain inbound and outbound licenses of intellectual property, subject to certain exceptions;
and |
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enter into transactions with affiliates. |
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The costs and timing of expansion of sales and marketing activities; |
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The timing and size of any repayment requirements for existing debt obligations; |
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The timing and success of the commercial launch of new products; |
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The extent to which we gain or expand market acceptance for existing, new or enhanced products; |
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The costs and timing of the expansion of our manufacturing capacity; |
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The success of our research and product development efforts; |
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The time, cost and degree of success of conducting clinical trials and obtaining regulatory approvals; |
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The magnitude of capital expenditures; |
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Changes in existing and potential relationships with distributors and other business partners; |
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The costs involved in obtaining and enforcing patents, proprietary rights and necessary licences; |
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The costs and liability associated with patent infringement or other types of litigation; |
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Competing technological and market developments; and |
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The scope and timing of strategic acquisitions. |
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Decreased demand for our products; |
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Lost revenues; |
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Damage to our image or reputation; |
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Costs related to litigation; and |
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Diversion of management time and attention; |
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contract manufacturers or suppliers may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or make errors in manufacturing that could negatively
affect the efficacy or safety of our products or cause delays in shipments of our products; |
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we or our contract manufacturers and suppliers may not be able to respond to unanticipated changes in customer orders, and if orders
do not match forecasts, we or our suppliers may have excess or inadequate inventory of materials and components; |
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we or our contract manufacturers and suppliers may be subject to price fluctuations due to a lack of long-term supply arrangements
for key components; |
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we or our contract manufacturers and suppliers may lose access to critical services and components, resulting in an interruption
in the manufacture, assembly and shipment of our systems; |
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we may experience delays in delivery by our contract manufacturers and suppliers due to changes in demand from us or their other
customers; |
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fluctuations in demand for products that our contract manufacturers and suppliers manufacture for others may affect their ability
or willingness to deliver components to us in a timely manner; |
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our suppliers or those of our contract manufacturer may wish to discontinue supplying components or services to us for risk management
reasons; |
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we may not be able to find new or alternative components or reconfigure our system and manufacturing processes in a timely manner
if the necessary components become unavailable; and |
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our contract manufacturers and suppliers
may encounter financial hardships unrelated to our demand, which could inhibit their ability to fulfil our orders and meet our requirements.
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Suitable acquisitions or investments may not be found or consummated on terms or schedules that are satisfactory to us or consistent
with our objectives; |
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The benefits expected to be derived from an acquisition may not materialize and could be affected by numerous factors, such as regulatory
developments, insurance reimbursement, general economic conditions and increased competition; |
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We may be unable to successfully integrate an acquired company’s personnel, assets, management systems, products and/or technology
into our business; |
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Worse than expected performance of an acquired business may result in the impairment of intangible assets; |
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Acquisitions may require substantial expense and management time and could disrupt our business; |
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We may not be able to accurately forecast the performance or ultimate impact of an acquired business; |
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An acquisition and subsequent integration activities may require greater capital and other resources than originally anticipated
at the time of acquisition; |
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An acquisition may result in the incurrence of unexpected expenses, the dilution of our earnings or our existing stockholders’
percentage ownership, or potential losses from undiscovered liabilities not covered by an indemnification from the seller(s) of the acquired
business; |
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An acquisition may result in the loss of our or the acquired company’s key personnel, customers, distributors or suppliers;
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An acquisition of a foreign business may involve additional risks, including, but not limited to, foreign currency exposure, liability
or restrictions under foreign laws or regulations, and our inability to successfully assimilate differences in foreign business practices
or overcome language or cultural barriers; and |
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Our ability to integrate future acquisitions may be adversely affected by inexperience in dealing with new technologies. |
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WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (2008); |
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ICH Harmonised Guidelines - Integrated Addendum to ICH E6 (R2) Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (Nov 2016); |
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ISO 20916:2019 In vitro diagnostic medical devices — Clinical performance studies using specimens from human subjects —
Good study practice; |
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ISO 14155:2011: Clinical investigation of medical devices for human subjects – Good clinical practice. |
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our inability to demonstrate to the FDA’s satisfaction that our products are safe and effective for their intended users;
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insufficient data from our pre-clinical studies and clinical trials to support clearance or approval, where required; and |
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the failure of the manufacturing process or facilities we use to meet applicable requirements. |
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untitled letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties; |
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unanticipated expenditures to address or defend such actions; |
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customer notifications for repair, replacement and refunds; |
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recall, detention or seizure of our products; |
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operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production; |
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refusing or delaying our requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products or modified products; |
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operating restrictions; |
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withdrawing 510(k) clearances on PMA approvals that have already been granted; |
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refusal to grant export approval for our products; or |
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criminal prosecution. |
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the federal Anti-Kickback
Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and wilfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration,
directly or indirectly, in exchange for or to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation
of, any good or service for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs. A
person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or specific intent to violate it to have
committed a violation; in addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the
federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act; |
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the Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the “Stark Law”, which provides for strict liability for referrals by
physicians to entities with which they or their immediate family members have a financial arrangement for certain designated health services,
including clinical laboratory services provided by our CLIA-certified laboratory owned and operated by our subsidiary Immco Diagnostics
Inc., that are reimbursable by federal healthcare programs, unless an exception applies. Penalties
for violating the Stark Law include denial of payment, civil monetary penalties of up to fifteen thousand dollars per claim submitted,
and exclusion from federal health care programs, as well as a penalty of up to one-hundred thousand dollars for attempts to circumvent
the law; |
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federal false claims laws which prohibit, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be
presented, claims for payment from Medicare, Medicaid or other federal third-party payers that are false or fraudulent. Suits filed under
the False Claims Act, known as “qui tam” actions, can be brought by any individual on behalf of the government and such individuals,
commonly known as “whistleblowers”, may share in any amounts paid by the entity to the government in fines or settlement.
When an entity is determined to have violated the False Claims Act, it may be required to pay up to three times the actual damages sustained
by the government, plus civil penalties for each separate false claim. Often, to avoid the threat of treble damages and penalties under
the False Claims Act, which in 2020 were $11,665 to $23,331 per false claim, companies will resolve allegations in a settlement without
admitting liability to avoid the potential treble damages. Any such settlement could materially affect our business, financial operations,
and reputation; |
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the federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law, which prohibits, among other things, offering or transferring remuneration to a federal
healthcare beneficiary that a person knows or should know is likely to influence the beneficiary’s decision to order or receive
items or services reimbursable by the government from a particular provider or supplier; |
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federal criminal laws that prohibit executing a scheme to defraud any federal healthcare benefit program or making false statements
relating to healthcare matters. Similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge
of the statute or specific intent to violate it to have committed a violation; |
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the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health Act, which governs the conduct of certain electronic healthcare transactions and protects the security and privacy
of protected health information; |
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the federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act, which requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies for which
payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (with certain exceptions) to report annually
to the CMS, information related to payments or other “transfers of value” made to physicians (defined to include doctors,
dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors) and teaching hospitals, and requires applicable manufacturers to report annually
to the government ownership and investment interests held by the physicians described above and their immediate family members and payments
or other “transfers of value” to such physician owners. Manufacturers are required to submit reports to CMS by the 90th day
of each calendar year. We cannot assure you that we have and will successfully report all transfers of value by us, and any failure to
comply could result in significant fines and penalties. Failure to submit the required information may result in civil monetary penalties
up to an aggregate of $150,000 per year (and up to an aggregate of $1 million per year for “knowing failures”) for all
payments, transfers of value or ownership or investment interests not reported in an annual submission, and may result in liability under
other federal laws or regulations; |
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federal and state laws governing the certification and licensing of clinical laboratories, including operational, personnel and quality
requirements designed to ensure that testing services are accurate and timely, and federal and state laws governing the health and safety
of clinical laboratory employees; |
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the U.S. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act, or the FCPA, which prohibits corporations and individuals from paying, offering to pay or authorising the payment
of anything of value to any foreign government official, government staff member, political party or political candidate in an attempt
to obtain or retain business or to otherwise influence a person working in an official capacity; the UK Bribery Act, which prohibits both
domestic and international bribery, as well as bribery across both public and private sectors; and bribery provisions contained in the
German Criminal Code, which makes the corruption and corruptibility of physicians in private practice and other healthcare professionals
a criminal offense; and |
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analogous state and foreign law equivalents of each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which
may apply to items or services reimbursed by any payor, including commercial insurers; state laws that require device companies to comply
with the industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the applicable compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government
or otherwise restrict payments that may be made to healthcare providers and other potential referral sources; state laws that require
device manufacturers to report information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians and other healthcare providers
or marketing expenditures; and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances, many of which
differ from each other in significant ways and may not have the same effect, thus complicating compliance efforts. |
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announcements of new products by us or others; |
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announcements by us of significant acquisitions,
disposals, strategic partnerships, in-licensing,
joint ventures or capital commitments;
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the developments of the businesses and projects of our various subsidiaries;
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expiration or terminations of licences, research contracts or other collaboration
agreements; |
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public concern as to the safety of the products we sell; |
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the volatility of market prices for shares of companies with whom we compete;
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developments concerning intellectual property rights or regulatory approvals;
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variations in our and our competitors’ results of operations; |
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changes in revenues, gross profits and earnings announced by us; |
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changes in estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, if the ADSs are covered
by analysts; |
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fluctuations in the share price of our publicly traded subsidiaries; |
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changes in government regulations or patent decisions; and |
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general market conditions and other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating
performance. |
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the debt is for a liquidated or defined sum; |
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the procedural rules of the U.S. Court must have been observed and the U.S. Court must have had jurisdiction in relation to the particular
defendant according to Irish conflict of law rules (the submission to jurisdiction by the defendant would satisfy this rule); and
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the judgment must be final and conclusive and the decree must be final and unalterable in the Court which pronounces it. A judgment
can be final and conclusive even if it is subject to appeal or even if an appeal is pending. If the effect of lodging an appeal under
the applicable law is to stay execution of the judgment, it is possible that, in the meantime, the judgment should not be actionable in
Ireland. It remains to be determined whether final judgment given in default of appearance is final and conclusive. |
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if the judgment is not for a debt or a definite sum of money; |
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if the judgment was obtained or alleged to have been obtained by fraud; |
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if the process and decision of the U.S. Courts were contrary to natural or constitutional justice under the laws of Ireland and if
the enforcement of the judgment in Ireland would be contrary to natural or constitutional justice; |
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if the judgment is contrary to Irish public policy or involves certain United States laws which will not be enforced in Ireland or
constitute the enforcement of a judgment of a penal or taxation nature; |
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if jurisdiction cannot be obtained by the Irish Courts over the judgment debtors in the enforcement proceedings by personal service
in Ireland or outside Ireland under Order 11 of the Irish Superior Courts Rules; |
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there is no practical benefit to the party in whose favor the foreign judgment is made in seeking to have that judgment enforced
in Ireland, or |
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if the judgment is not consistent with a judgment of an Irish Court in respect of the same matter. |
Item 4. |
Information on the Company |
A. |
History and Development of the Company |
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Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Limited, based in Bray, Ireland; |
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Clark Laboratories Inc, based in Jamestown, New York; |
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Primus Corporation, based in Kansas City; |
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Biopool US Inc (trading as Trinity Biotech USA), based in Jamestown, New York; |
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Immco Diagnostics Inc, based in Amherst and Buffalo, New York; |
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Nova Century Scientific Inc, based in Burlington, Canada; and |
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Trinity Biotech Brazil based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
Point-Of-Care |
Clinical
Laboratory | |||||||||
Infectious Diseases |
Infectious Diseases |
Haemoglobin |
Autoimmune |
Clinical Chemistry |
Blood Bank Screening | |||||
UniGold |
MarDx |
Premier |
ImmuBlot |
EZ |
Captia | |||||
Recombigen |
FlexTrans |
Ultra |
ImmuGlo |
|
| |||||
Trinscreen |
|
ImmuLisa |
|
| ||||||
|
|
OTOblot |
|
|
|
• |
Infectious diseases; |
|
• |
Glycated haemoglobin (for diabetes monitoring and diagnosis) and haemoglobin variants for the detection of haemoglobinopathies (haemoglobin
abnormalities); |
|
• |
Autoimmune diseases. |
|
• |
Sexually transmitted diseases, including Syphilis and Herpes; |
|
• |
Markers for Epstein Barr, Measles, Mumps, Toxoplasmosis, Cytomegalovirus, Rubella, Varicella and other viral pathogens; |
|
• |
Lyme disease; and |
|
• |
SARS-CoV-2. |
|
• |
Immunofluorescence Assay (“IFA”); |
|
• |
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent (“ELISA”); |
|
• |
Western Blot (“WB”); and |
|
• |
Line immunoassay (“LIA”). |
|
• |
Its Clinical Chemistry product range directly to hospitals and laboratories in Germany and France; |
|
• |
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Chemistry product ranges directly to hospitals and laboratories in the UK; and |
|
• |
All product lines through independent distributors and strategic partners in a further approximately 100 countries. |
|
2022
|
2021
|
Total project costs to December 31, 2022¹ |
|||||||||
Product Name |
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
|||||||||
Premier Instruments for A1c and haemoglobinopathies testing
|
1,904 |
2,538 |
37,828 |
|||||||||
HIV screening rapid test |
379 |
1,488 |
12,619 |
|||||||||
COVID-19 tests² |
1,378 |
1,320 |
3,165 |
|||||||||
Mid-tier haemoglobins instrument |
484 |
303 |
1,093 |
|
• |
untitled letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties; |
|
• |
unanticipated expenditures to address or defend such actions |
|
• |
customer notifications for repair, replacement, refunds; |
|
• |
recall, detention or seizure of our products; |
|
• |
operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production; |
|
• |
refusing or delaying our requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products or modified products; |
|
• |
operating restrictions; |
|
• |
withdrawing 510(k) clearances or PMA approvals that have already been granted; |
|
• |
refusal to grant export approval for our products; or |
|
• |
criminal prosecution. |
|
• |
product design, development and manufacture; |
|
• |
product safety, testing, labelling and storage; |
|
• |
record keeping procedures; |
|
• |
product marketing, sales and distribution; and |
|
• |
post-marketing surveillance, complaint handling, medical device reporting, reporting of deaths, serious injuries or device malfunctions
and repair or recall of products. |
|
• |
Are non-invasive; |
|
• |
Do not require an invasive sampling procedure that poses a significant risk; |
|
• |
Do not introduce energy into a subject by design or intention; |
|
• |
Are not to be used as a diagnostic procedure without confirmation of the diagnosis by another medically established diagnostic product
or procedure; and |
|
• |
Comply with the labelling requirements for IUO devices, as outlined in 21 C.F.R. § 812.2(c)(3).
|
|
• |
product listing and establishment registration, which helps facilitate FDA inspections and other regulatory action; |
|
• |
Quality System Regulation, (“QSR”), which requires manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent
design, testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the manufacturing process;
|
|
• |
labelling regulations and FDA prohibitions against the promotion of products for uncleared, unapproved or off-label use or indication;
|
|
• |
clearance of product modifications that could significantly affect safety or efficacy or that would constitute a major change in
intended use of one of our cleared devices; |
|
• |
approval of product modifications that affect the safety or effectiveness of one of our approved devices; |
|
• |
medical device reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers comply with FDA requirements to report if their device may
have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury, or has malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death
or serious injury if the malfunction of the device or a similar device were to recur; |
|
• |
post-approval restrictions or conditions, including post-approval study commitments; |
|
• |
post-market surveillance regulations, which apply when necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and
effectiveness data for the device; |
|
• |
the FDA's recall authority, whereby it can ask, or under certain conditions order, device manufacturers to recall from the market
a product that is in violation of governing laws and regulations; |
|
• |
regulations pertaining to voluntary recalls; and |
|
• |
notices of corrections or removals. |
• |
includes a reduction in the annual update factor used to adjust payments under the CLFS for inflation. This update factor reflects
the consumer price index for all urban consumers, or CPI-U, and the ACA reduces the CPI-U by 1.75% for the years 2011 through 2015.
The Affordable Care Act also imposes a multifactor productivity adjustment in addition to the CPI-U, which may further reduce payment
rates; |
• |
requires certain medical device manufacturers to pay an excise tax in an amount equal to 2.3% of the price for which such manufacturer
sells its medical devices that are listed with the FDA; and |
• |
requires the coordination and promotion of research on comparative clinical effectiveness of different technologies and procedures,
initiatives to revise Medicare payment methodologies, such as bundling of payments across the continuum of care by providers and clinicians
and initiatives to promote quality indicators in payment methodologies. |
|
• |
day-to-day operation of a clinical laboratory, including training and skill levels required of laboratory personnel; |
|
• |
physical requirements of a facility; |
|
• |
equipment; and |
|
• |
validation and quality control. |
Item 4A. |
Unresolved Staff Comments |
Item 5. |
Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects |
|
A. |
Operating Results |
|
Year ended December 31, |
|||||||||||
|
2022
US$’000 |
2021
US$’000 |
% Change |
|||||||||
Revenues |
||||||||||||
Clinical laboratory goods |
58,294 |
74,700 |
(22.0% |
) | ||||||||
Clinical laboratory services |
7,272 |
7,928 |
(8.3% |
) | ||||||||
Point-of-Care |
9,213 |
10,337 |
(10.9% |
) | ||||||||
74,779 |
92,965 |
(19.6% |
) |
|
Year ended December 31, |
|||||||||||
|
2022
US$‘000 |
2021
US$‘000 |
% Change |
|||||||||
Revenues |
||||||||||||
Americas |
40,176 |
57,799 |
(30.5% |
) | ||||||||
Asia/Africa |
25,022 |
25,504 |
(1.9% |
) | ||||||||
Europe |
9,581 |
9,662 |
(0.8% |
) | ||||||||
Total |
74,779 |
92,965 |
(19.6% |
) |
|
i. |
VTM inventory write down (US$3.5 million) – as disclosed previously, we have not seen any evidence during the winter season
of 2022-23 of significant peaks in demand for VTM products. This has led management to revisit our strategy of maintaining significant
levels of raw materials inventory to meet demand peaks. Consequently, the value of inventory was written down in Q3, 2022 to our
estimate of its net realisable value. |
|
ii. |
Other inventory write down (US$0.9 million) - the value of certain excess raw materials and work in progress was written down in
Q3, 2022 following a review and an update to our relevant quality assurance policy. |
|
iii. |
Tri-stat inventory write down (US$0.3 million) - as disclosed previously, we undertook a strategic review of our Tri-stat instrument
line as part of a broader review of our haemoglobins product portfolio. Management decided to limit sales of Tri-stat to certain targeted
partnerships and as a consequence the value of this inventory was written down to reflect the revised outlook. |
|
o |
The share-based payments expense was US$0.7m higher in 2022 compared to 2021, mainly due to share options granted during 2022. The
majority of the options granted in 2022 are performance share options and are structured such that they are exercisable only if the market
price for Company’s ADSs exceeds certain levels ($3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per ADS) during the life of the option. These performance
share options align the goals of our team and our shareholders in the creation of shareholder value. |
|
o |
With the lifting of COVID-related travel restrictions, we have tasked our sales and marketing teams to increase travel to customers
and trade shows as we continue to revitalise our sales activities. Similarly, some key functional leaders based in Ireland have resumed
visits to our overseas facilities as we seek to drive operational efficiencies. All of this has led to an approximately US$1.1 million
increase in travel and promotional costs in 2022. |
|
o |
Due diligence and other legal and professional fees increased by approximately US$0.8 million in 2022 as we took an active, but disciplined,
approach to pursuing a pipeline of attractive M&A opportunities. |
|
o |
Non-recurring professional fees, primarily associated with the debt refinancing, of US$0.6 million were expensed in 2022. |
|
o |
Increased expected credit loss on trade receivables, with the majority of the increase due to one distributor. |
|
o |
Higher recruitment fees in 2022 due to the hiring of more employees in senior management roles. |
|
o |
Autoimmune smart reader (impairment charge US$1.3 million) - there is significant uncertainty whether the Company will complete the
project to develop its own in-house autoimmune smart reader. While we may re-visit this decision in the future, in the interests of prudence
we impaired the project’s carrying value. |
|
o |
Tri-stat instrument (impairment charge US$1.0 million) - following a strategic review of the Tri-stat instrument, it was decided
that Tri-stat sales would be restricted to only certain targeted partnerships, and this led to an impairment in the carrying value of
the Tri-stat intangible asset. |
|
o |
COVID-19 antigen test on a rapid lateral flow format (impairment charge US$2.2 million) - this test is approved for professional
use in the EU. However, the demand for our COVID-19 portfolio of products is highly uncertain and very difficult to predict and in our
experience the market has moved to over the counter (“OTC”) rapid COVID-19 tests, for which this product is not yet approved.
As such the Company’s efforts to commercialise this test have been unsuccessful. In addition, pricing for rapid COVID-19 tests in
the EU is relatively weak, with stronger pricing available in, for example, the US market, for which this product is not yet approved.
Given the market outlook for rapid COVID-19 testing products and continued uncertainty regarding regulatory approval pathways in key markets,
including the US, management chose not to immediately pursue further regulatory approvals but does intend to monitor these markets and
regulatory pathways with a view to potentially seeking additional regulatory approvals. As the Company has no imminent plans to pursue
these regulatory approvals, under IFRS accounting rules these intangible assets were written down to zero. |
|
o |
COVID-19 test on an ELISA format (impairment charge US$0.1 million) – this development project was written off because the
market changed and there was no demand for a test on this format. |
|
2022
US$’000
|
2021
US$’000
|
Loss on disposal of exchangeable notes |
9.7 |
- |
Penalty for early settlement of term loan |
3.5 |
- |
Term loan interest |
9.8 |
- |
Convertible note interest |
0.7 |
- |
Notional interest on lease liabilities for Right-of-use assets |
0.7 |
0.8
|
Exchangeable note interest |
0.4 |
4.6
|
Loan origination costs - term loan |
- |
1.6
|
Fair value movement for derivative asset |
0.1 |
- |
Total |
24.7 |
7.1 |
|
Year ended December 31, |
|||||||||||
|
2021
US$’000 |
2020
US$’000 |
% Change |
|||||||||
Revenues |
||||||||||||
Clinical laboratory goods |
74,700 |
84,280 |
(11.4% |
) | ||||||||
Clinical laboratory services |
7,928 |
8,485 |
(6.6% |
) | ||||||||
Point-of-Care |
10,337 |
9,215 |
12.2% |
| ||||||||
92,965 |
101,980 |
(8.8% |
) |
|
Year ended December 31, |
|||||||||||
|
2021
US$‘000 |
2020
US$‘000 |
% Change |
|||||||||
Revenues |
||||||||||||
Americas |
57,799 |
70,408 |
(17.9% |
) | ||||||||
Asia/Africa |
25,504 |
22,567 |
13.0% |
| ||||||||
Europe |
9,662 |
9,005 |
7.3% |
| ||||||||
Total |
92,965 |
101,980 |
(8.8% |
) |
B. |
Liquidity and Capital Resources |
|
• |
The ability of the Group to generate revenue growth from its existing product lines and from new products following the successful
completion of its development projects; |
|
• |
The extent to which capital expenditure is incurred on additional property plant and equipment; |
|
• |
The level of investment required to undertake both new and existing development projects; and |
|
• |
Successful working capital management in the context of a growing business. |
|
Year ended December 31, |
|||||||
|
2022
US$‘000 |
2021
US$‘000 |
||||||
Net cash (used in) / generated by operating activities |
(921 |
) |
13,238 |
|||||
Net cash outflow from investing activities |
(5,977 |
) |
(8,691 |
) | ||||
Net cash outflow from financing activities |
(12,322 |
) |
(6,019 |
) | ||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments |
(19,220 |
) |
(1,472 |
) |
|
• |
Payments to acquire intangible assets of US$4.9 million (2021: US$6.9 million), which principally related
to development expenditure capitalised as part of the Group’s on-going product development activities; and |
|
• |
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment of US$1.1 million (2021: US$1.8 million) incurred as part
of the Group’s investment programme for its manufacturing and distributing activities. |
|
• |
Significant underperformance relative to expected, historical or projected future operating results; |
|
• |
Significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business; |
|
• |
Obsolescence of products; |
|
• |
Significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period; and |
|
• |
Our market capitalisation relative to net book value. |
|
• |
In the event that there was a reduction of 10% in the assumed level of future growth in revenue growth rate, which would represent
a reasonably likely range of outcomes, there would be no additional impairment loss recorded at December 31, 2022. |
|
• |
In the event there was a 10% increase in the discount rate used to calculate the potential impairment of the carrying values, which
would represent a reasonably likely range of outcomes, there would be no additional impairment loss recorded at December 31, 2022.
|
|
(i) |
VTM inventory – there was no evidence during the winter season of 2022-23 of significant peaks in demand for VTM products.
This has led management to revisit the strategy of maintaining significant levels of raw materials inventory to meet demand peaks.
Consequently, the provision for this inventory was increased by US$3.5 million in 2022 reflecting our estimate of its net realisable value.
|
|
(ii) |
Tri-stat inventory – the Company undertook a strategic
review of our Tri-stat instrument line as part of a broader review of our haemoglobins product portfolio. Management decided to limit
sales of Tri-stat to certain targeted partnerships and as a consequence the value of this inventory was written down by US$0.3 million
to reflect the revised outlook. |
|
(iii) |
Raw materials and work in progress failing to meet our revised quality policy - the value of certain excess raw materials and work
in progress was written down by US$0.9 million in 2022 following a review and an update to our relevant quality assurance policy.
|
Name
|
Age
|
Title
|
Directors |
||
Aris Kekedjian |
57 |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Ronan O’Caoimh |
67 |
Founder & Director |
Jim Walsh, PhD |
64 |
Executive Director of Business Development |
John Gillard |
42 |
Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary, Director |
Tom Lindsay |
65 |
Director |
Senior Management |
||
Ian Wells, PhD |
54 |
Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs |
Simon Dunne |
49 |
Chief Accounting Officer |
Gary Keating, PhD |
50 |
Chief Technology Officer |
Eibhlín Kelly |
39 |
Chief Information Officer |
Colm Molloy |
52 |
Group Director of Human Resources and Culture |
John Mee |
59 |
Global Supply Chain Director |
Nick O’Hare |
50 |
Vice President of Global Commercial Operations and International Sales |
Mícheál Roche |
63 |
Vice President of Global Health |
Director |
Title |
Salary/Other payments/
Benefits
US$’000 |
Performance
related bonus
US$’000 |
Transaction
related bonus
US$’000 |
Defined
contribution
pension
US$’000 |
Total
2022
US$’000 |
Total
2021
US$’000 |
|||||||||||||||||||
Aris Kekedjian1,
2 |
Chairman and Chief Executive officer |
262 |
125 |
— |
— |
387 |
— |
|||||||||||||||||||
Ronan O’Caoimh1
|
Executive Director |
340 |
— |
— |
— |
340 |
643 |
|||||||||||||||||||
Jim Walsh |
Executive Director |
20 |
— |
— |
— |
20 |
20 |
|||||||||||||||||||
John Gillard 3
|
Executive Director |
452 |
183 |
204 |
24 |
863 |
593 |
|||||||||||||||||||
Tom Lindsay4
|
Director |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Tansley5
|
Former Director |
19 |
— |
— |
— |
19 |
60 |
|||||||||||||||||||
Clint Severson6
|
Former Director |
17 |
— |
— |
— |
17 |
49 |
|||||||||||||||||||
James Merselis7
|
Former Director |
17 |
— |
— |
— |
17 |
49 |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|
1,127 |
308 |
204 |
24 |
1,663 |
1,414 |
Year Ended December 31,
2022
|
||||||||||||
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
||||||||||
Numbers of employees by geographic location |
||||||||||||
United States |
217 |
237 |
310 |
|||||||||
Ireland |
146 |
211 |
199 |
|||||||||
United Kingdom |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|||||||||
Brazil |
34 |
27 |
31 |
|||||||||
Total workforce |
398 |
477 |
543 |
|||||||||
Numbers of employees by category of activity |
||||||||||||
Research scientists & technicians |
30 |
41 |
52 |
|||||||||
Manufacturing/Operations |
188 |
239 |
280 |
|||||||||
Quality Assurance |
61 |
63 |
63 |
|||||||||
Finance/Administration |
75 |
68 |
65 |
|||||||||
Sales & Marketing |
44 |
66 |
83 |
|||||||||
Total workforce |
398 |
477 |
543 |
Name |
Number of ‘A’ Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned (1)
|
Percentage of Ownership (2)
|
||||||
Ronan O’Caoimh (3) |
18,761,496 |
11.6 |
% | |||||
Aris Kekedjian (4) |
4,000,000 |
2.6 |
% | |||||
Jim Walsh (5) |
2,743,612 |
1.8 |
% | |||||
John Gillard (6) |
1,900,000 |
1.2 |
% | |||||
Tom Lindsay |
- |
- |
||||||
Simon Dunne (7) |
240,000 |
* |
||||||
Ian Wells |
- |
- |
||||||
Eibhlín Kelly |
- |
- |
||||||
Gary Keating |
- |
- |
||||||
Colm Molloy |
- |
- |
||||||
John Mee |
- |
- |
||||||
Nick O’Hare |
- |
- |
||||||
Mícheál Roche |
- |
- |
||||||
Executive officers and directors as a group (13 persons) |
27,645,108 |
16.3 |
% |
* |
Less than 1% |
(1) |
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally
includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Ordinary Shares relating to options currently exercisable or exercisable
within 60 days of the date of this table are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such securities but
are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. Share options that have a performance condition related to
the share price of the equity of the Company are deemed to be exercisable irrespective of whether the performance condition has been,
or is expected to be, satisfied within 60 days of the date of this table. Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to community property
laws where applicable, the persons named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as
beneficially owned by them. |
(2) |
The percentages shown are based on ‘A’ Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding
as of April 15, 2023. |
(3) |
Represents (a) 9,724,160 ‘A’ ordinary shares and (b) 9,037,336 ‘A’
ordinary shares underlying options that are currently vested and exercisable or that vest within sixty days of April 15, 2023. Includes
options issued to Darnick Company which in the past provided Trinity Biotech with the services of Mr. O’Caoimh as Chief Executive
Officer.
|
(4) |
Represents 4,000,000 ‘A’ ordinary shares underlying options that are currently
vested and exercisable or that vest within sixty days of April 15, 2023. |
(5) |
Represents (a) 1,393,612 ‘A’ ordinary shares and (b) 1,350,000 ‘A’
ordinary shares underlying options that are currently vested and exercisable or that vest within sixty days of April 15, 2023. Note that
1,393,612 ‘A’ ordinary shares of Dr Walsh’s shares are held in trust for the benefit of Dr Walsh’s immediate family.
|
(6) |
Represents 1,900,000 ‘A’ ordinary shares underlying options that are currently
vested and exercisable or that vest within sixty days of April 15, 2023. |
(7) |
Represents 240,000 ‘A’ ordinary shares underlying options that are currently
vested and exercisable or that vest within sixty days of April 15, 2023. |
Director/Company Secretary |
Number of Options ‘A’ Shares |
Number of Options ADS Equivalent |
Exercise Price (Per ‘A’ Share) |
Exercise Price (Per ADS) |
Hurdle
Price 2
(Per ADS) |
Expiration Date of Options | |||||||||||||||
Aris Kekedjian |
8,000,000 |
2,000,000 |
0.27 |
1.07 |
None |
03/10/2029 | |||||||||||||||
4,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
0.27 |
1.07 |
$ |
3.00 |
03/10/2029 | |||||||||||||||
4,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
0.27 |
1.07 |
$ |
4.00 |
03/10/2029 | |||||||||||||||
4,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
0.27 |
1.07 |
$ |
5.00 |
03/10/2029 | |||||||||||||||
John Gillard |
600,000 |
150,000 |
0.67 |
2.69 |
None |
23/10/2027 | |||||||||||||||
|
1,400,000 |
350,000 |
0.27 |
1.09 |
None |
25/03/2029 | |||||||||||||||
|
3,200,000 |
800,000 |
0.29 |
1.14 |
None |
19/12/2029 | |||||||||||||||
1,600,000 |
400,000 |
0.29 |
1.14 |
$ |
3.00 |
19/12/2029 | |||||||||||||||
1,600,000 |
400,000 |
0.29 |
1.14 |
$ |
4.00 |
19/12/2029 | |||||||||||||||
1,600,000 |
400,000 |
0.29 |
1.14 |
$ |
5.00 |
19/12/2029 | |||||||||||||||
Ronan O’Caoimh 1
|
2,244,000 |
561,000 |
1.34 |
5.35 |
None |
07/09/2024 | |||||||||||||||
|
4,060,000 |
1,015,000 |
0.69 |
2.74 |
None |
14/06/2026 | |||||||||||||||
|
333,336 |
83,334 |
0.19 |
0.77 |
None |
20/03/2027 | |||||||||||||||
|
2,400,000 |
600,000 |
0.73 |
2.90 |
None |
17/11/2027 | |||||||||||||||
Jim
Walsh |
750,000 |
187,500 |
1.34 |
5.35 |
None |
07/09/2024 | |||||||||||||||
|
600,000 |
150,000 |
0.19 |
0.77 |
None |
20/03/2027 |
|
Number of ‘A’
Ordinary Shares
Subject to Option |
Range of
Exercise Price
per Ordinary Share |
Range of Exercise Price
per ADS |
|||||||||
Total options outstanding |
46,794,672 |
$ |
US0.19-US$1.34 |
$ |
US0.77-US$5.35 |
A. |
Major Shareholders |
Name |
Number of ‘A’
Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned |
Number of ADSs Beneficially Owned (1) |
Percentage
ownership (2) |
|||||||||
MiCo IVD Holdings, LLC |
44,759,388 |
(3) |
11,189,847 |
29.3 |
% | |||||||
All directors and officers as a group |
27,645,108 |
6,911,277 |
16.3 |
% | ||||||||
Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP |
10,000,000 |
(4) |
2,500,000 |
6.1 |
% |
(1) |
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting
or investment power with respect to securities. Ordinary Shares relating to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days
of the date of this table are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such securities but are not deemed
outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. Share options that have a performance condition related to the share price
of the equity of the Company are deemed to be exercisable irrespective of whether the performance condition has been, or is expected to
be, satisfied within 60 days of the date of this table. Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to community property laws where
applicable, the persons named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially
owned by them.
|
(2) |
The percentages shown are based on ‘A’
Ordinary Shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares).
|
(3) |
Based upon a Schedule 13D filed on December 8, 2022, by MiCo IVD Holdings, LLC with the SEC. The principal
business address of MiCo IVD Holdings, LLC is 85 Orchard Road. Skillman, New Jersey 08558 United States. |
(4) |
Based upon warrant agreement issued to Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP in January
2022 in respect of 10,000,000 ‘A’ Ordinary Shares (2,500,000 ADSs). |
|
Number of ‘A’
Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned |
Number of ADSs Beneficially Owned (1) |
Percentage
‘A’ Ordinary Shares (2) |
Percentage
Total Voting
Power |
Date of Filing | ||||||||||||
Whitefort Capital Master Fund, LP |
2,342,280 |
585,570 |
1.5 |
% |
1.5 |
% |
February 16, 2021 | ||||||||||
Highbridge Capital Management, LLC |
675,064 |
168,766 |
0.4 |
% |
0.4 |
% |
April 14, 2022 | ||||||||||
Renaissance Technologies LLC |
5,573,752 |
1,393,438 |
3.6 |
% |
3.6 |
% |
February 13, 2023 | ||||||||||
Stonehill Capital Management LLC |
6,690,592 |
1,672,648 |
4.4 |
% |
4.4 |
% |
February 13, 2023 | ||||||||||
Paradice Investment Management, LLC |
6,172,460 |
1,543,115 |
4.0 |
% |
4.0 |
% |
February 7, 2020 |
- |
Options to purchase 2 million ADS at an exercise price of US$1.071 (the closing price
on 30 September 2022). The options will vest on a quarterly basis over 24 months from the date of commencement of employment. |
-
|
Options to purchase 3 million ADS which become exercisable in the event the closing
price of the ADS reach certain levels for ten (10) trading days out of the thirty (30) previous trading days, of which: (i) options to
purchase 1 million ADSs become exercisable if and when the closing price of the ADSs is equal to or greater than $3.00, (ii) options to
purchase 1 million ADSs become exercisable if and when the closing price of the ADSs is equal to or greater than $4.00, and (iii) options
to purchase 1 million ADSs become exercisable if and when the closing price of the ADSs is equal to or greater than $5.00, in each case
adjusted for any stock splits, reverse splits or equivalent reorganisations. These options have an exercise price of US$1.071 and vest
rateably over 3 years from the date of commencement of employment. |
- |
Accelerated vesting of the share options in certain circumstances. |
|
• |
an individual resident in the U.S. (or certain other countries with which Ireland has a double taxation treaty) and who is neither
resident nor ordinarily resident in Ireland; or |
|
• |
a U.S. tax resident corporation (or a corporation resident in certain other countries with which Ireland has a double taxation treaty)
not under the control of Irish residents; or |
|
• |
a corporation that is not resident in Ireland and which is ultimately controlled by persons resident in the U.S. (or certain other
countries with which Ireland has a double taxation treaty), with such person or persons not under the control of persons who are not so
resident; or |
|
• |
a corporation that is not resident in Ireland and the principal class of whose shares (or its 75% parent’s principal class
of shares) is substantially or regularly traded on a recognised stock exchange; or |
|
• |
is otherwise entitled to an exemption from DWT. |
|
• |
the recipient is the direct beneficial owner of the shares and is beneficially entitled to the dividend, and |
|
• |
the depository bank’s ADS register shows that the direct beneficial owner of the dividends has a U.S. address on the register,
and |
|
• |
there is an intermediary between the depository bank and the beneficial shareholder and the depository bank receives confirmation
from the intermediary that the beneficial shareholder’s address in the intermediary’s records is in the U.S. |
Service
|
Rate
|
By
whom paid |
(1) Issuance of ADSs upon deposit of ordinary shares. |
Up to $10.00 per 100 ADSs (or portion thereof) issued. |
Persons depositing ordinary shares or person receiving ADSs. |
(2) Delivery of deposited securities against surrender of ADSs. |
Up to $10.00 per 100 ADSs (or portion thereof) issued. |
Persons surrendering ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal of deposited securities or persons to whom deposited
securities are delivered. |
(3) Issuance of ADSs in connection with a distribution of shares. |
Up to $10.00 per 100 ADSs (or portion thereof) issued. |
Person to whom distribution is made. |
(4) Distribution of cash dividends or other cash distributions, including distribution of cash proceeds
following the sale of rights, shares or other property in accordance with the deposit agreement |
Up to $0.02 per 1 ADS |
Person to whom distribution is made. |
(5) Transfer of ADSs |
Up to $1.50 per certificate for ADRs or ADRs transferred |
Person to whom Receipt is transferred. |
|
• |
transfer and registration fees of securities on Trinity Biotech’s securities register to or from the name of the depositary
or its agent when ADS holders deposit or withdrawal securities; |
|
• |
expenses for cable, telex and fax transmissions and for delivery of securities; |
|
• |
expenses incurred for converting foreign currency into U.S. dollars; and |
|
• |
taxes and duties upon the transfer of securities (i.e., when ordinary shares are deposited or withdrawn from deposit, other than
taxes for which Trinity Biotech is liable). |
Item 13. |
Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies |
Item 14. |
Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
|
Item 15. |
Controls and Procedures |
Item 16. |
Reserved |
|
Year ended December 31,
2022 |
Year ended December 31,
2021 |
||||||||||||||
|
US$’000 |
% |
US$’000 |
% |
||||||||||||
Audit |
1,064 |
92 |
% |
571 |
86 |
% | ||||||||||
Tax |
89 |
8 |
% |
89 |
14 |
% | ||||||||||
Total |
1,153 |
660 |
• |
Rule 5605(b)(1) - The Rule requiring maintaining a majority of independent directors.
Instead, under Irish law and practice, we are not required to appoint a majority of independent directors. |
• |
Rule 5605(b)(2) -The Rule requiring that our independent directors have regularly
scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present. Instead, we follow Irish law according to which independent directors
are not required to hold executive sessions. |
• |
Rule 5605(e) - The Rule regarding independent director oversight of director nominations
process for directors. Instead, we follow Irish law and practice according to which our board of directors recommends directors for election/re-election
by our shareholders. |
• |
Rule 5635(c) - The requirement to obtain shareholder approval for the establishment
or amendment of certain equity based compensation plans, an issuance that will result in a change of control of the company (Rule 5635(b)),
certain transactions other than a public offering involving issuances of a 20% or more interest in the company (Rule 5635(d)) and certain
acquisitions of the stock or assets of another company (Rule 5635(a)). Instead, we follow Irish law and practice in approving such procedures,
according to which Board approval may suffice in certain circumstances, depending on the extent existing general authorities to issue
shares are in place. |
• |
Rule 5605(c)(2) - The Rule requiring maintaining an audit committee consisting of
at least three independent directors. Instead, we follow Irish law that requires that an audit committee have at least one independent
director. |
• |
Rule 5605(d)(2) - The Rule requiring a compensation
committee consisting of at least two independent directors. We have had a compensation committee, which we referred to as the remuneration
committee. We have engaged an international consultancy to advise the Board on Board and executive compensation. |
• |
Rule 5620(c) - The Rule requiring a quorum
of 33 1/3% at any meeting of shareholders (Rule 5620(c)). Instead, we follow the provisions of our Articles which require a quorum of
40%. If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes (or such longer time not exceeding one hour as the chairperson of the meeting may decide
to wait) after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting a quorum is not present, or if during the meeting a quorum ceases to
be present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of shareholders, shall be dissolved and in any other case, shall stand adjourned
to the same day in the next week or to such other day and at such other time and place as the chairperson (or, in default, the board of
directors) may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2014, determine. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within
15 minutes after the time appointed for holding it, the members present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum, but so that not less
than two individuals shall constitute a quorum. |
16
I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections |
• |
We evaluated the design effectiveness of controls over management’s selection of the discount rates, short-term forecasts of future revenues and margins, and long-term growth rates used to determine the recoverable amount of each selected CGU.
|
• |
We compared the underlying cash flow forecasts against budgets and we evaluated management’s ability to accurately forecast future revenues and margins by:
|
• |
performing a look-back analysis and comparing actual results to management’s historical forecasts; and
|
• |
assessing the reasonableness of the impact of new products, new partnerships and other macroeconomic activity on short-term cash flows.
|
• |
We assessed the reasonableness of the valuation model used by the Company compared to generally accepted valuation practices and accounting standards.
|
• |
We tested the source information underlying the determination of the discount rates through use of observable inputs from independent external sources and we developed independent estimates and compared those to the discount rates selected by management.
|
• |
We developed independent estimates and compared those to the discount rates selected by management.
|
• |
We compared the long-term growth rates, used by management to grow cash flows in order to calculate a terminal value, to independent external sources to assess the reasonableness of these rates.
|
• |
We examined the supporting documents of internally generated development costs additions in the financial year to ensure they constituted development phase costs allowable for capitalization as stipulated by accounting standards.
|
• |
We tested the key assumptions used by management in concluding that development projects capitalized during the financial year demonstrate the required characteristics to permit capitalization, particularly the commercial and technical feasibility of on-going development projects.
|
• |
We conducted detailed discussions with senior project personnel in charge of the developments to understand their rationale for concluding on the appropriateness of capitalization of the development phase costs and, where necessary, challenged the underlying reasoning.
|
• |
We obtained a detailed understanding of the role of the employees in the development of the relevant projects whose salaries are capitalized.
|
• |
We evaluated the design effectiveness of management’s control on costs capitalization and progress and likely outcome of on-going projects.
|
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
Notes
|
2022
Total
US$‘000
|
2021
Total
US$‘000
|
2020
Total
US$‘000
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
2
|
74,779
|
92,965
|
101,980
|
||||||||||||
Cost of sales
|
(52,731
|
)
|
(54,888
|
)
|
(53,400
|
)
|
||||||||||
Gross profit
|
22,048
|
38,077
|
48,580
|
|||||||||||||
Other operating income
|
4
|
343
|
4,672
|
1,860
|
||||||||||||
Research and development expenses
|
(4,138
|
)
|
(4,497
|
)
|
(5,080
|
)
|
||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
(29,166
|
)
|
(24,683
|
)
|
(26,390
|
)
|
||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses – closure costs
|
9 |
-
|
- | (2,425 | ) | |||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses – recognition of contingent asset
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
1,316
|
||||||||||||
Impairment charges
|
5
|
(5,839
|
)
|
(6,944
|
)
|
(17,779
|
)
|
|||||||||
Operating (loss)/profit
|
(16,752
|
)
|
6,625
|
82
|
||||||||||||
Financial income
|
6
|
303
|
1,223
|
36
|
||||||||||||
Financial expenses
|
6
|
(24,745
|
)
|
(7,097
|
)
|
(6,751
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net financing expense
|
(24,442
|
)
|
(5,874
|
)
|
(6,715
|
)
|
||||||||||
(Loss)/profit before tax
|
9
|
(41,194
|
)
|
751
|
(6,633
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total income tax credit
|
2, 7
|
192
|
178
|
620
|
||||||||||||
(Loss)/profit for the year on continuing operations
|
2
|
(41,002
|
)
|
929
|
(6,013
|
)
|
||||||||||
Loss for the year on discontinued operations
|
8
|
(7
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(375
|
)
|
|||||||||
(Loss)/profit for the year (all attributable to owners of the parent)
|
2
|
(41,009
|
)
|
875
|
(6,388
|
)
|
||||||||||
Basic (loss)/profit per ADS (US Dollars) – continuing operations
|
10
|
(1.22
|
)
|
0.04
|
(0.29
|
)
|
||||||||||
Diluted (loss)/profit per ADS (US Dollars) – continuing operations
|
10
|
(1.22
|
)
|
0.04
|
(0.29
|
)
|
||||||||||
Basic (loss)/profit per ‘A’ ordinary share (US Dollars) –continuing operations
|
10
|
(0.30
|
)
|
0.01
|
(0.07
|
)
|
||||||||||
Diluted (loss)/profit) per ‘A’ ordinary share (US Dollars) – continuing operations
|
10
|
(0.30
|
)
|
0.01
|
(0.07
|
)
|
||||||||||
Basic (loss)/profit per ADS (US Dollars) – group
|
10
|
(1.22
|
)
|
0.04
|
(0.31
|
)
|
||||||||||
Diluted (loss)/profit per ADS (US Dollars) – group
|
10
|
(1.22
|
)
|
0.04
|
(0.31
|
)
|
||||||||||
Basic (loss)/profit per ‘A’ ordinary share (US Dollars) – group
|
10
|
(0.30
|
)
|
0.01
|
(0.08
|
)
|
||||||||||
Diluted (loss)/profit) per ‘A’ ordinary share (US Dollars) – group
|
10
|
(0.30
|
)
|
0.01
|
(0.08
|
)
|
|
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||
|
Notes
|
2022
US$‘000
|
2021
US$‘000
|
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||||
(Loss)/profit for the year
|
2
|
(41,009
|
)
|
875
|
(6,388
|
)
|
|||||||||
Other comprehensive loss
|
|||||||||||||||
Items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
|
|||||||||||||||
Foreign exchange translation differences
|
(396
|
)
|
(86
|
)
|
(1,360
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss
|
(396
|
)
|
(86
|
)
|
(1,360
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Comprehensive (Loss)/profit (all attributable to owners of the parent)
|
(41,405
|
)
|
789
|
(7,748
|
)
|
|
At December 31
|
||||||||||
|
Notes
|
2022
US$‘000
|
2021
US$‘000
|
||||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||||||
Non-current assets
|
|||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment
|
11
|
5,682
|
5,918
|
||||||||
Goodwill and intangible assets
|
12
|
35,269
|
35,981
|
||||||||
Deferred tax assets
|
13
|
4,218
|
4,101
|
||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
22
|
128
|
-
|
||||||||
Other assets
|
14
|
139
|
207
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Total non-current assets
|
45,436
|
46,207
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Current assets
|
|||||||||||
Inventories
|
15
|
22,503
|
29,123
|
||||||||
Trade and other receivables
|
16
|
15,753
|
16,116
|
||||||||
Income tax receivable
|
1,834
|
1,539
|
|||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
17
|
6,578
|
25,910
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Total current assets
|
46,668
|
72,688
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
2
|
92,104
|
118,895
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
|
|||||||||||
Equity attributable to the equity holders of the parent
|
|||||||||||
Share capital
|
18
|
1,963
|
1,213
|
||||||||
Share premium
|
18
|
46,458
|
16,187
|
||||||||
Treasury shares
|
18
|
(24,922
|
)
|
(24,922
|
)
|
||||||
Accumulated (deficit)/surplus
|
18
|
(26,695
|
)
|
12,559
|
|||||||
Translation reserve
|
18
|
(5,775
|
)
|
(5,379
|
)
|
||||||
Equity component of convertible note
|
18, 22
|
6,709
|
-
|
||||||||
Other reserves
|
18
|
86
|
23
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Total deficit
|
(2,176
|
)
|
(319
|
)
|
|||||||
|
|||||||||||
Current liabilities
|
|||||||||||
Income tax payable
|
28
|
22
|
|||||||||
Trade and other payables
|
20
|
15,375
|
15,127
|
||||||||
Provisions
|
21
|
50
|
50
|
||||||||
Exchangeable notes and other borrowings
|
22
|
210
|
83,312
|
||||||||
Lease liabilities
|
23
|
1,676
|
1,980
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Total current liabilities
|
17,339
|
100,491
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Non-current liabilities
|
|||||||||||
Senior secured term loan
|
22
|
44,301
|
-
|
||||||||
Derivative financial liability
|
22
|
1,569
|
-
|
||||||||
Convertible Note
|
22
|
13,746
|
-
|
||||||||
Lease liabilities
|
23
|
12,267
|
13,865
|
||||||||
Deferred tax liabilities
|
13
|
5,058
|
4,858
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Total non-current liabilities
|
76,941
|
18,723
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
2
|
94,280
|
119,214
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
|
92,104
|
118,895
|
|
Share capital
‘A’ ordinary shares US$’000 |
Share
premium US$’000 |
Treasury
Shares US$’000 |
Translation
reserve US$’000 |
Equity Component of Convertible Note
US$’000
|
Other
reserves US$’000 |
Accumulated |
Total
US$’000 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2020
|
1,213
|
16,187
|
(24,922
|
)
|
(3,933
|
)
|
-
|
23
|
16,145
|
4,713
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(6,388
|
)
|
(6,388
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,360
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,360
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,360
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(6,388
|
)
|
(7,748
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based payments (Note 19)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
816
|
816
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2020
|
1,213
|
16,187
|
(24,922
|
)
|
(5,293
|
)
|
-
|
23
|
10,573
|
(2,219
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2021
|
1,213
|
16,187
|
(24,922
|
)
|
(5,293
|
)
|
-
|
23
|
10,573
|
(2,219
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Profit for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
875
|
875
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(86
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(86
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive profit/(loss)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(86
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
875
|
789
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based payments (Note 19)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,111
|
1,111
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2021
|
1,213
|
16,187
|
(24,922
|
)
|
(5,379
|
)
|
-
|
23
|
12,559
|
(319
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022
|
1,213
|
16,187
|
(24,922
|
)
|
(5,379
|
)
|
-
|
23
|
12,559
|
(319
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(41,009
|
)
|
(41,009
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(396
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(396
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(396
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(41,009
|
)
|
(41,405
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Shares issued in the year (Note 18)
|
750
|
30,271
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
31,021
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares to be issued
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
63
|
-
|
63
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity component of convertible note (Note 18)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6,709
|
-
|
-
|
6,709
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based payments (Note 19)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,755
|
1,755
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022
|
1,963
|
46,458
|
(24,922
|
)
|
(5,775
|
)
|
6,709
|
86
|
(26,695
|
)
|
(2,176
|
)
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Notes
|
2022
US$‘000
|
2021
US$‘000
|
2020
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities
|
||||||||||||||||
(Loss)/profit for the year
|
(41,009
|
)
|
875
|
(6,388
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net profit/(loss) to cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
9,11
|
1,410
|
1,827
|
1,674
|
||||||||||||
Amortisation
|
9,12
|
923
|
917
|
1,403
|
||||||||||||
Income tax credit
|
7
|
(192
|
)
|
(167
|
)
|
(182
|
)
|
|||||||||
Financial income
|
6
|
(303
|
)
|
(1,223
|
)
|
(36
|
)
|
|||||||||
Financial expense
|
6
|
24,745
|
7,097
|
6,751
|
||||||||||||
Share-based payments (net of capitalized amounts)
|
19
|
1,755
|
1,100
|
792
|
||||||||||||
Foreign exchange gains on operating cash flows
|
(76
|
)
|
(251
|
)
|
(663
|
)
|
||||||||||
Loss/(gain) on disposal or retirement of property, plant and equipment
|
9
|
2
|
(1
|
)
|
30
|
|||||||||||
Movement in inventory provision
|
15
|
7,391
|
5,589
|
5,059
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of prepayments
|
5, 16
|
482
|
583
|
562
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of property, plant and equipment
|
5, 11
|
733
|
2,508
|
1,795
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of intangible assets
|
5, 12
|
4,624
|
3,853
|
15,422
|
||||||||||||
Other non-cash items
|
269
|
(5,317
|
)
|
(634
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating cash flows before changes in working capital
|
754
|
17,390
|
25,585
|
|||||||||||||
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables
|
(966
|
)
|
6,236
|
(2,489
|
)
|
|||||||||||
(Increase) in inventories
|
(877
|
)
|
(4,406
|
)
|
(3,419
|
)
|
||||||||||
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables
|
181
|
(7,591
|
)
|
4,994
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash (used in)/generated from operations
|
(908
|
)
|
11,629
|
24,671
|
||||||||||||
Interest paid
|
-
|
(11
|
)
|
(48
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Interest received
|
2
|
1
|
104
|
|||||||||||||
Income taxes (paid)/received
|
(15
|
)
|
1,619
|
(972
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Net cash (used in)/generated by operating activities
|
(921
|
)
|
13,238
|
23,755
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities
|
||||||||||||||||
Payments to acquire intangible assets
|
(4,876
|
)
|
(6,879
|
)
|
(6,990
|
)
|
||||||||||
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
|
(1,101
|
)
|
(1,812
|
)
|
(3,178
|
)
|
||||||||||
Disposal of property, plant and equipment
|
-
|
-
|
(30
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(5,977
|
)
|
(8,691
|
)
|
(10,198
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities
|
||||||||||||||||
Issue of ordinary share capital including share premium (net of issuance costs)
|
18
|
25,336
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares to be issued
|
63
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Net proceeds from senior secured term loan
|
22
|
80,015
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds from convertible note issued
|
22
|
20,000
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Expenses paid in connection with debt financing
|
22
|
(2,356
|
)
|
(848
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
Purchase of exchangeable notes
|
22
|
(86,730
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Repayment of senior secured term loan
|
22
|
(34,500
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Penalty for early settlement of term loan
|
22
|
(3,450
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Repayment of other loan
|
(23
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Interest paid on senior secured term loan
|
(6,424
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Interest paid on convertible note
|
(199
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds from Paycheck Protection loans
|
-
|
1,764
|
4,520
|
|||||||||||||
Interest paid on exchangeable notes
|
27
|
(1,293
|
)
|
(3,996
|
)
|
(3,996
|
)
|
|||||||||
Payment of lease liabilities
|
27
|
(2,761
|
)
|
(2,939
|
)
|
(3,240
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(12,322
|
)
|
(6,019
|
)
|
(2,716
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
|
(19,220
|
)
|
(1,472
|
)
|
10,841
|
|||||||||||
Effects of exchange rate movements on cash held
|
(112
|
)
|
55
|
86
|
||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments at beginning of year
|
25,910
|
27,327
|
16,400
|
|||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments at end of year
|
17
|
6,578
|
25,910
|
27,327
|
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
i) |
General information
|
ii) |
Statement of compliance
|
iii) |
Basis of preparation
|
100
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
iv) |
Basis of consolidation
|
v) |
Property, plant and equipment
|
• Leasehold improvements
|
5-15 years
|
|||
• Buildings
|
50 years
|
|||
• Office equipment and fittings
|
10 years
|
|||
• Computer equipment
|
3-5 years
|
|||
• Plant and equipment
|
5-15 years
|
101
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
|
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
• |
the contract contains an identified asset, which is either explicitly identified in the contract or implicitly specified by being identified at the time the asset is made available to the Group
|
• |
the Group has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from use of the identified asset throughout the period of use, considering its rights within the defined scope of the contract
|
• |
the Group has the right to direct the use of the identified asset throughout the period of use. The Group assess whether it has the right to direct ‘how and for what purpose’ the asset is used throughout the period of use.
|
vi) |
Goodwill
|
102
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
|
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
vii) |
Intangibles, including research and development (other than goodwill)
|
• Capitalised development costs
|
15 years
|
||
• Patents and licences
|
6-15 years
|
||
• Other (including acquired customer and supplier lists)
|
6-15 years
|
103
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
|
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
(a) |
once a diagnostic test becomes established, customers are reluctant to change to new technology until it is fully proven, thus resulting in relatively long product life cycles. There is also reluctance in customers to change to a new product as it can be costly both in terms of the initial changeover cost and as new technology is typically more expensive.
|
(b) |
demand for the diagnostic tests is enduring and robust within a wide geographic base. The diseases that the products diagnose are widely prevalent (HIV, Diabetes and Chlamydia being just three examples) in many countries. There is a general consensus that these diseases will continue to be widely prevalent in the future.
|
(c) |
there are significant barriers to new entrants in this industry. Patents and/or licences are in place for several of our products, though this is not the only barrier to entry. There is a significant cost and time to develop new products, it is necessary to obtain regulatory approval and tests are protected by proprietary know-how, manufacturing techniques and trade secrets.
|
viii) |
Impairment
|
104
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
ix) |
Inventories |
x) |
Trade and other receivables
|
xi) |
Trade and other payables
|
xii) |
Cash and cash equivalents
|
xiii) |
Short-term investments
|
105
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
xiv) |
Share-based payments
|
xv) |
Government grants and financial support
|
xvi) |
Revenue recognition
|
106
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
|
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
xvii) |
Employee benefits
|
107
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
xviii) |
Foreign currency
|
xix) |
Hedging |
108
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
xx) |
Exchangeable notes and derivative financial instruments
|
xxi) |
Senior secured term loan
The senior secured term loan is initially recorded at the fair value of the consideration received net of: a) directly attributable transaction costs, b) the fair value at the date of issue of the warrants issued to the lender (see Note 1xxii) and c) the fair value of the option to prepay the loan at the date of issue (see Note 1xxii). Subsequent to initial recognition, the term loan is measured at amortised cost employing the effective interest methodology. Borrowing costs, including any penalties for early settlement of the loan, are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.
|
xxii) |
Warrants and loan prepayment option
|
xxiii) |
Convertible Note
|
xxiv)
|
Segment reporting
|
109
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
xxv) |
Tax (current and deferred)
|
i. |
Where the deferred tax liability arises from goodwill not deductible for tax purposes or the initial recognition of an asset or a liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and affects neither the accounting profit nor the taxable profit or loss at the time of the transaction; and
|
ii. |
Where, in respect of temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiary undertakings, the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is subject to control and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
|
xxvi) |
Provisions
|
xxvii) |
Cost of sales
|
xxviii) |
Finance income and costs
|
110
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
xxvix) |
Treasury shares
|
xxx) |
Equity
|
xxxi) |
Profit or loss from discontinued operations
|
xxxii) |
Fair values
|
xxxiii) |
New IFRS Standards adopted as of January 1, 2022
|
•
|
Amendments to IFRS 3 Business Combinations – Reference to the Conceptual Framework
|
•
|
Amendments to IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment – Proceeds before Intended Use
|
•
|
Amendments to IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets – Onerous Contracts – Costs of Fulfilling a Contract
|
xxxiv) |
Standards, amendments and interpretations to existing IFRS Standards that are not yet effective
|
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, several new, but not yet effective, Standards and amendments to existing Standards, and interpretations have been published by the IASB or IFRIC. None of these Standards or amendments to existing Standards have been adopted early by the Group and no interpretations have been issued that are applicable and need to be taken into consideration by the Group at either reporting date. Management anticipates that all relevant pronouncements will be adopted for the first period beginning on or after the effective date of the pronouncement. New Standards, amendments and Interpretations not adopted in the current year have not been disclosed as they are not expected to have a material impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.
111
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2.
|
SEGMENT INFORMATION
|
i) |
The distribution of revenue by geographical area based on location of assets was as follows:
|
Revenue
|
Americas
|
Rest of World
Ireland
|
Eliminations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2022
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$’000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Revenue from external customers
|
50,508
|
24,271
|
-
|
74,779
|
||||||||||||
Inter-segment revenue
|
26,110
|
828
|
(26,938
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total revenue
|
76,618
|
25,099
|
(26,938
|
)
|
74,779
|
Revenue
|
Americas
|
Rest of World
Ireland
|
Eliminations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2021
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$’000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Revenue from external customers
|
67,249
|
25,716
|
-
|
92,965
|
||||||||||||
Inter-segment revenue
|
49,059
|
2,517
|
(51,576
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total revenue
|
116,308
|
28,233
|
(51,576
|
)
|
92,965
|
112
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. |
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
Revenue
|
Americas
|
Rest of World
Ireland
|
Eliminations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2020
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$’000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Revenue from external customers
|
77,688
|
24,292
|
-
|
101,980
|
||||||||||||
Inter-segment revenue
|
59,304
|
1,095
|
(60,399
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total revenue
|
136,992
|
25,387
|
(60,399
|
)
|
101,980
|
ii) |
The distribution of revenue by customers’ geographical area was as follows:
|
Revenue
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Americas
|
40,176
|
57,799
|
70,408
|
|||||||||
Asia / Africa
|
25,022
|
25,504
|
22,567
|
|||||||||
Europe (including Ireland) *
|
9,581
|
9,662
|
9,005
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
74,779
|
92,965
|
101,980
|
* |
Revenue from customers in Ireland is not disclosed separately due to the immateriality of these revenues.
|
iii) |
The distribution of revenue by major product group was as follows:
|
Revenue
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Clinical laboratory goods
|
58,294
|
74,700
|
84,280
|
|||||||||
Clinical laboratory services
|
7,272
|
7,928
|
8,485
|
|||||||||
Point-of-Care
|
9,213
|
10,337
|
9,215
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
74,779
|
92,965
|
101,980
|
iv) |
The group has recognised the following amounts relating to revenue in the consolidated statement of operations:
|
Revenue
|
December 31,
2022 US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021 US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020 US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Revenue from contracts with customers (a)
|
74,779
|
92,965
|
101,980
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
74,779
|
92,965
|
101,980
|
113
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2.
|
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
(v)
|
Disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers:
The Group derives revenue from the transfer of goods and services over time and at a point in time in the following geographical areas:
|
Timing of revenue recognition
|
Americas
|
Rest of World
Ireland
|
Rest of World
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2022
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
At a point in time
|
50,174
|
24,271
|
-
|
74,445
|
||||||||||||
Over time
|
334
|
-
|
-
|
334
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
50,508
|
24,271
|
-
|
74,779
|
Timing of revenue recognition
|
Americas
|
Rest of World
Ireland
|
Rest of World
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2021
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
At a point in time
|
66,806
|
25,716
|
-
|
92,522
|
||||||||||||
Over time
|
443
|
-
|
-
|
443
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
67,249
|
25,716
|
-
|
92,965
|
Timing of revenue recognition
|
Americas
|
Rest of World
Ireland
|
Rest of World
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2020
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
At a point in time
|
77,060
|
24,292
|
-
|
101,352
|
||||||||||||
Over time
|
628
|
-
|
-
|
628
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
77,688
|
24,292
|
-
|
101,980
|
(vi)
|
The Group derives revenue from the transfer of goods and services over time and at a point in time based on customers’ geographical area as follows:
|
Timing of revenue recognition
|
Americas
|
Asia / Africa
|
Europe
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2022
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
At a point in time
|
39,842
|
25,022
|
9,581
|
74,445
|
||||||||||||
Over time
|
334
|
-
|
-
|
334
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
40,176
|
25,022
|
9,581
|
74,779
|
Timing of revenue recognition
|
Americas
|
Asia / Africa
|
Europe
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2021
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
At a point in time
|
57,356
|
25,504
|
9,662
|
92,522
|
||||||||||||
Over time
|
443
|
-
|
-
|
443
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
57,799
|
25,504
|
9,662
|
92,965
|
114
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. |
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
Timing of revenue recognition
|
Americas
|
Asia / Africa
|
Europe
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2020
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
At a point in time
|
69,780
|
22,567
|
9,005
|
101,352
|
||||||||||||
Over time
|
628
|
-
|
-
|
628
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
70,408
|
22,567
|
9,005
|
101,980
|
vii)
|
The distribution of segment results by geographical area was as follows:
|
|
Rest of World
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Americas
|
Ireland
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2022
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Result before impairment and unallocated expenses
|
(5,891
|
)
|
(2,516
|
)
|
(33
|
)
|
(8,440
|
)
|
||||||||
Impairment charges
|
(2,331
|
)
|
(3,508
|
)
|
-
|
(5,839
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Result after impairment
|
(8,222
|
)
|
(6,024
|
)
|
(33
|
)
|
(14,279
|
)
|
||||||||
Unallocated expenses *
|
(2,473
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating loss
|
(16,752
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Net financing expense (Note 6)
|
(24,442
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss before tax
|
(41,194
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Income tax credit (Note 7)
|
192
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year on continuing operations
|
(41,002
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Loss for the year on discontinued operations (Note 8)
|
(7
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year
|
(41,009
|
)
|
|
Rest of World
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Americas
|
Ireland
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2021
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Result before impairment and unallocated expenses
|
9,276
|
5,084
|
(12
|
)
|
14,348
|
|||||||||||
Impairment charges
|
(6,088
|
)
|
(856
|
)
|
-
|
(6,944
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Result after impairment
|
3,188
|
4,228
|
(12
|
)
|
7,404
|
|||||||||||
Unallocated expenses *
|
(779
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating profit
|
6,625
|
|||||||||||||||
Net financing expense (Note 6)
|
(5,874
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Profit before tax
|
751
|
|||||||||||||||
Income tax credit (Note 7)
|
178
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year on continuing operations
|
929
|
|||||||||||||||
Loss for the year on discontinued operations (Note 8)
|
(54
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year
|
875
|
115
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. |
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
|
Rest of World
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Americas
|
Ireland
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2020
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Result before impairment and unallocated expenses
|
14,495
|
4,264
|
(71
|
)
|
18,688
|
|||||||||||
Impairment
|
(17,779
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(17,779
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Result after impairment
|
(3,284
|
)
|
4,264
|
(71
|
)
|
909
|
||||||||||
Unallocated expenses *
|
(827
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating profit
|
82
|
|||||||||||||||
Net financing expense (Note 6)
|
(6,715
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss before tax
|
(6,633
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Income tax credit (Note 7)
|
620
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year on continuing operations
|
(6,013
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Loss for the year on discontinued operations (Note 8)
|
(375
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year
|
(6,388
|
)
|
* |
Unallocated expenses represent head office general and administration costs of the Group, which cannot be allocated to the results of any specific geographical area.
|
viii) |
The distribution of segment assets and segment liabilities by geographical area was as follows:
|
|
Rest of World
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Americas
|
Ireland
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2022
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment assets
|
41,779
|
37,695
|
-
|
79,474
|
||||||||||||
Unallocated assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income tax assets (current and deferred)
|
6,052
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
|
6,578
|
|||||||||||||||
Total assets as reported in the Group balance sheet
|
92,104
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment liabilities
|
58,307
|
30,845
|
42
|
89,194
|
||||||||||||
Unallocated liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income tax liabilities (current and deferred)
|
5,086
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities as reported in the Group balance sheet
|
94,280
|
|
Rest of World
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Americas
|
Ireland
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2021
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||
Assets and liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment assets
|
45,891
|
41,453
|
1
|
87,345
|
||||||||||||
Unallocated assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income tax assets (current and deferred)
|
5,640
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
|
25,910
|
|||||||||||||||
Total assets as reported in the Group balance sheet
|
118,895
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment liabilities
|
12,382
|
101,927
|
25
|
114,334
|
||||||||||||
Unallocated liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income tax liabilities (current and deferred)
|
4,880
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities as reported in the Group balance sheet
|
119,214
|
ix) |
The distribution of long-lived assets, which are property, plant and equipment, goodwill and intangible assets and other non-current assets (excluding deferred tax assets and derivative financial instruments), by geographical area was as follows:
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
21,180
|
22,617
|
||||||
Americas
|
19,910
|
19,489
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
41,090
|
42,106
|
116
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. |
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
|
x) |
The distribution of depreciation and amortisation by geographical area was as follows:
|
|
December 31, 2022
US$‘000
|
December 31, 2021
US$‘000
|
December 31, 2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Depreciation:
|
||||||||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
128
|
204
|
127
|
|||||||||
Americas
|
1,282
|
1,662
|
1,587
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
1,410
|
1,866
|
1,714
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Amortisation:
|
||||||||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
123
|
69
|
32
|
|||||||||
Americas
|
800
|
848
|
1,371
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
923
|
917
|
1,403
|
xi) |
The distribution of share-based payment expense by geographical area was as follows:
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000 |
December 31,
2020
US$‘000 |
|||||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
632
|
1,072
|
722
|
|||||||||
Americas
|
1,123
|
28
|
70
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
1,755
|
1,100
|
792
|
xii) |
The distribution of taxation (expense)/credit by geographical area was as follows:
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
284
|
540
|
293
|
|||||||||
Rest of World – Other
|
(4
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
||||||
Americas
|
(88
|
)
|
(360
|
)
|
335
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
192
|
178
|
620
|
xiii) |
During 2022 and 2020 there were no customers generating 10% or more of total revenues. In 2021, one customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues.
|
xiv) |
The distribution of capital expenditure by geographical area was as follows:
|
|
December 31
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
2,443
|
3,826
|
||||||
Rest of World – Other
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Americas
|
4,370
|
4,776
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
6,813
|
8,602
|
117
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
3.
|
EMPLOYMENT
|
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
December 31,
2020
|
|||||||||
Research and development
|
30
|
41
|
52
|
|||||||||
Administration and sales
|
119
|
134
|
148
|
|||||||||
Manufacturing and quality
|
249
|
302
|
343
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
398
|
477
|
543
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Wages and salaries
|
23,608
|
26,561
|
26,187
|
|||||||||
Social welfare costs
|
2,036
|
2,403
|
2,195
|
|||||||||
Pension costs
|
352
|
352
|
447
|
|||||||||
Share-based payments
|
1,755
|
1,100
|
792
|
|||||||||
Restructuring Cost
|
274
|
270
|
388
|
|||||||||
Recognition of contingent asset (Note 24)
|
-
|
-
|
(1,316
|
)
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
28,025
|
30,686
|
28,693
|
4. |
OTHER OPERATING INCOME
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Government supports - COVID-19
|
7
|
4,668
|
1,840
|
|||||||||
Government grants
|
333
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Other income
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
|||||||||
Rental income from premises
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
343
|
4,672
|
1,860
|
118
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
4. |
OTHER OPERATING INCOME (CONTINUED)
|
5. |
IMPAIRMENT CHARGES
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||||||
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
||||||||||
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
|||||||||
Selling, general & administration expenses
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of PP&E (Note 11)
|
733
|
2,508
|
1,795
|
|||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets (Note 12)
|
4,624
|
3,853
|
15,422
|
|||||||||
Impairment of prepayments (Note 16)
|
482
|
583
|
562
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total impairment loss
|
5,839
|
6,944
|
17,779
|
119
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
6.
|
FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Financial income:
|
||||||||||||
Non-cash financial income
|
303
|
1,220
|
-
|
|||||||||
Interest income
|
-
|
3
|
36
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
303
|
1,223
|
36
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Financial expense:
|
||||||||||||
Interest on leases (Note 27)
|
(657
|
)
|
(815
|
)
|
(896
|
)
|
||||||
Loss on disposal of exchangeable notes (Note 22, 27)
|
(9,678
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Penalty for early partial settlement of senior secured term loan (Note 22)
|
(3,450
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Cash interest payable on senior secure term loan
|
(7,039
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Cash interest payable on convertible note
|
(199
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Cash interest on exchangeable notes
|
(296
|
)
|
(3,996
|
)
|
(3,996
|
)
|
||||||
Loan origination costs
|
-
|
(1,638
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Non-cash interest on exchangeable notes
|
(84
|
)
|
(648
|
)
|
(643
|
)
|
||||||
Non-cash interest on senior secured term loan
|
(2,772
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Non-cash interest on convertible note
|
(495
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Non-cash financial expense
|
(74
|
)
|
-
|
(1,216
|
)
|
|||||||
Other
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
(24,745
|
)
|
(7,097
|
)
|
(6,751
|
)
|
||||||
Net Financing Expense
|
(24,442
|
)
|
(5,874
|
)
|
(6,715
|
)
|
120
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
7.
|
INCOME TAX CREDIT
|
|
December 31,
2022 US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021 US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020 US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Current tax (credit)/expense
|
||||||||||||
Irish Corporation tax
|
(331
|
)
|
(511
|
)
|
(480
|
)
|
||||||
Foreign taxes (a)
|
(5
|
) |
296
|
179
|
||||||||
Adjustment in respect of prior years
|
61
|
-
|
(152
|
)
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total current tax credit
|
(275
|
)
|
(215
|
)
|
(453
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
Deferred tax credit (b)
|
||||||||||||
Origination and reversal of temporary differences (see Note 13)
|
321
|
620
|
48
|
|||||||||
Origination and reversal of net operating losses (see Note 13)
|
(238
|
)
|
(583
|
)
|
(215
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total deferred tax charge/(credit)
|
83
|
37
|
(167
|
)
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total income tax credit on continuing operations in statement of operations
|
(192
|
)
|
(178
|
)
|
(620
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
Tax charge on discontinued operations (see Note 8)
|
-
|
12
|
438
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total tax credit
|
(192
|
)
|
(166
|
)
|
(182
|
)
|
(a)
|
In 2022, the foreign taxes relate primarily to USA and Canada.
|
(b)
|
In 2022, there was a deferred tax charge of US$109,000 (2021: charge of US$118,000) (2020: credit of US$444,000) recognised in respect of Ireland and a deferred tax credit of US$26,000 (2021: credit of US$81,000) (2020: credit of US$397,000) recognised in respect of overseas tax jurisdictions.
|
Effective tax rate
|
December 31,
2022 |
December 31,
2021 |
December 31,
2020 |
|||||||||
(Loss)/profit before taxation – continuing operations (US$‘000)
|
(41,194
|
)
|
751
|
(6,633
|
)
|
|||||||
As a percentage of (loss)/profit before tax:
|
||||||||||||
Current tax %
|
(0.67
|
)%
|
(28.63
|
)%
|
(6.83
|
)%
|
||||||
Total (current and deferred) %
|
(0.47
|
)%
|
(23.70
|
)%
|
(9.35
|
)%
|
121
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
7.
|
INCOME TAX CREDIT (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
December 31,
2020
|
|||||||||
Irish corporation tax
|
(12.5
|
)%
|
12.5
|
%
|
(12.5
|
)%
|
||||||
Effect of current year net operating losses and temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset was recognised (a)
|
11.66
|
%
|
49.63
|
%
|
24.13
|
%
|
||||||
Effect of tax rates on overseas earnings
|
(7.76
|
)%
|
(0.22
|
)%
|
(9.92
|
)%
|
||||||
Effect of Irish income taxable at higher tax rate
|
4.17
|
%
|
98.68
|
%
|
5.92
|
%
|
||||||
Adjustments in respect of prior years
|
0.15
|
%
|
(0.01
|
)%
|
(10.66
|
)%
|
||||||
R&D tax credits
|
(0.81
|
)%
|
(79.22
|
)%
|
(11.00
|
)%
|
||||||
Other items (b)
|
4.62
|
%
|
(105.06
|
)%
|
4.68
|
%
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
Effective tax rate
|
(0.47
|
)%
|
(23.70
|
)%
|
(9.35
|
)%
|
(a)
|
No deferred tax asset was recognised because there was no reversing deferred tax liability in the same jurisdiction reversing in the same period and insufficient future projected taxable income in the same jurisdiction.
|
(b)
|
Other items comprise items not chargeable to tax and expenses not deductible for tax purposes. This was a significant number in 2021 because the US$4.7 million income from the Paycheck Protection Program loans was not chargeable for tax purposes. There is no Paycheck Protection Program income in 2022. In 2022, other items mainly relate to the loss on disposal of the exchangeable notes. |
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
(19,768
|
)
|
1,862
|
296
|
||||||||
Rest of World – Other
|
(33
|
)
|
3,939
|
3,304
|
||||||||
Americas
|
(21,393
|
)
|
(5,050
|
)
|
(10,233
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
(41,194
|
)
|
751
|
(6,633
|
)
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Rest of World – Ireland
|
62,731
|
68,132
|
78,700
|
|||||||||
Rest of World – Other
|
448
|
1,000
|
2,185
|
|||||||||
Americas
|
12,778
|
4,761
|
4,313
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
75,957
|
73,893
|
85,198
|
122
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
7. |
INCOME TAX CREDIT (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Rest of World – Ireland – unused tax losses
|
7,489
|
9,272
|
12,514
|
|||||||||
Rest of World – Other – unused tax losses
|
124
|
279
|
546
|
|||||||||
Americas – unused tax losses
|
3,163
|
5,891
|
1,466
|
|||||||||
Americas – unused tax credits
|
4,658
|
3,368
|
2,862
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||
Unrecognised deferred tax asset
|
15,434
|
18,810
|
17,388
|
8. |
LOSS FOR THE YEAR ON DISCONTINUED OPERATION
|
123
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
8. |
LOSS FOR THE YEAR ON DISCONTINUED OPERATION (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Administrative expenses
|
(7
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Closure provision
|
-
|
(42
|
)
|
127
|
||||||||
Foreign currency translation reserve
|
-
|
-
|
(64
|
)
|
||||||||
Tax expense
|
-
|
(12
|
)
|
(438
|
)
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total loss
|
(7
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(375
|
)
|
||||||
Loss for the year from discontinued operations
|
(7
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(375
|
)
|
|
December 31,
2022 |
December 31,
2021 |
December 31,
2020 |
|||||||||
Basic loss per ADS (US Dollars) – discontinued operations
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
(0.02
|
)
|
||||||||
Diluted loss per ADS (US Dollars) – discontinued operations
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
(0.02
|
)
|
||||||||
Basic loss per ‘A’ share (US Dollars) – discontinued operations
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|||||||||
Diluted loss per ‘A’ share (US Dollars) – discontinued operations
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
124
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
8. |
LOSS FOR THE YEAR ON DISCONTINUED OPERATION (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31,
2022 |
December 31,
2021 |
December 31,
2020 |
|||||||||
US$000
|
US$000
|
US$000
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities
|
(10
|
)
|
(40
|
)
|
(22
|
)
|
9.
|
(LOSS)/PROFIT BEFORE TAX
|
|
December 31,
2022 US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021 US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020 US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Directors’ emoluments (including non- executive directors):
|
||||||||||||
Remuneration
|
1,639
|
1,391
|
2,020
|
|||||||||
Pension
|
24
|
24
|
41
|
|||||||||
Share based payments
|
1,707
|
986
|
678
|
|||||||||
Auditor’s remuneration
|
||||||||||||
Audit fees
|
888
|
580 | 558 | |||||||||
Tax fees
|
89
|
77
|
146
|
|||||||||
Depreciation (Note 11)1
|
1,410
|
1,827
|
1,674
|
|||||||||
Amortisation (Note 12)
|
923
|
917
|
1,403
|
|||||||||
Loss/(profit) on the disposal of property, plant and equipment
|
2
|
(1
|
)
|
30
|
||||||||
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses – Closure Costs
|
- | - | 2,425 | |||||||||
Net foreign exchange differences
|
(1,210
|
)
|
(789
|
)
|
583
|
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses – Closure Costs - in early 2020, management decided to close a production facility in Carlsbad, California facility which specialized in Western Blot manufacturing. The preceding number of years had seen a steady migration of customers away from using the Western Blot testing format for diagnosing Lyme in favour of alternative testing platforms. Production volumes declined steadily at the plant to the extent that it no longer made economic sense to continue. The plant was closed on June 30, 2020. Production of remaining products was transferred to other locations in the Group. The charge for closing the facility was US$2,425,000 which comprised redundancy costs, the write-off of inventory, the cost of exiting lease obligations and other costs associated with the closure of the facility.
125
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
10. |
(LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE
|
|
December 31,
2022 |
December 31,
2021 |
December 31,
2020 |
|||||||||
‘A’ ordinary shares
|
134,939,327
|
83,606,810
|
83,606,810
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Basic (loss)/earnings per share denominator
|
134,939,327
|
83,606,810
|
83,606,810
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Reconciliation to weighted average (loss)/earnings per share denominator:
|
||||||||||||
Number of ‘A’ ordinary shares at January 1 (Note 18)
|
96,162,410
|
96,162,410
|
96,162,410
|
|||||||||
Weighted average number of ‘A’ ordinary shares issued during the year
|
51,332,517
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Weighted average number of treasury shares
|
(12,555,600
|
)
|
(12,555,600
|
)
|
(12,555,600
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
Basic (loss)/earnings per share denominator
|
134,939,327
|
83,606,810
|
83,606,810
|
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
December 31,
2020
|
|||||||||
Potentially Dilutive Instruments:
|
||||||||||||
Issuable on exercise of options (Note 19)
|
44,814,672
|
18,727,990
|
19,485,990
|
|||||||||
Issuable on exercise of warrants to Perceptive (Note 22)
|
10,000,000
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Issuable on conversion of Exchangeable notes (Note 22)
|
38,391
|
18,263,254
|
18,263,254
|
|||||||||
Issuable on conversion of Convertible notes (Note 22)
|
24,691,358
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total number of potentially dilutive instruments excluded from the weighted average number of ‘A’ ordinary shares in calculating dilutive (loss)/earnings per ‘A’ ordinary share
|
79,544,421
|
36,991,244
|
37,749,244
|
126
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
10. |
(LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE (CONTINUED)
|
o
|
Options over 3,000,000 ‘A’ ordinary shares were granted, of which 1,400,000 are contingently issuable as their issue is contingent upon satisfaction of specified performance conditions in addition to the passage of time.
|
o
|
Options over 280,000 ‘A’ ordinary shares lapsed unexercised.
|
o
|
400,000 ‘A’ ordinary shares were issued on the exercise of options.
|
o
|
Warrants over 10,000,000 ‘A’ ordinary shares held by Perceptive were repriced from an exercise price of $0.325 per ‘A’ ordinary share to $0.268 per ‘A’ ordinary share.
|
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
December 31,
2020
|
|||||||||
ADS
|
33,734,832
|
20,901,703
|
20,901,703
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Basic (loss)/earnings per ADS denominator
|
33,734,832
|
20,901,703
|
20,901,703
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Reconciliation to weighted average (loss)/earnings per ADS denominator:
|
||||||||||||
Number of ADS at January 1 (Note 18)
|
24,040,602
|
24,040,602
|
24,040,602
|
|||||||||
Weighted average number of shares issued during the year*
|
12,833,129
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Weighted average number of treasury shares
|
(3,138,899
|
)
|
(3,138,899
|
)
|
(3,138,899
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
Basic (loss)/earnings per ADS denominator
|
33,734,832
|
20,901,703
|
20,901,703
|
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
December 31,
2020
|
|||||||||
Potentially Dilutive Instruments:
|
||||||||||||
Issuable on exercise of options (Note 19)
|
11,203,668
|
4,681,998
|
4,871,498
|
|||||||||
Issuable on exercise of warrants to Perceptive (Note 22)
|
2,500,000
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Issuable on conversion of Exchangeable notes (Note 22)
|
9,598
|
4,565,814
|
4,565,814
|
|||||||||
Issuable on conversion of Convertible notes (Note 22)
|
6,172,840
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total number of potentially dilutive instruments excluded from the weighted average number of ADS in calculating dilutive (loss)/earnings per ADS
|
19,886,106
|
9,247,812
|
9,437,312
|
127
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
10. |
(LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE (CONTINUED)
|
o
|
Options over 750,000 ADS were granted, of which 350,000 are contingently issuable as their issue is contingent upon satisfaction of specified performance conditions in addition to the passage of time.
|
o
|
Options over 70,000 ADS lapsed unexercised.
|
o
|
100,000 ADS were issued on the exercise of options.
|
o
|
Warrants over 2,500,000 ADS held by Perceptive were repriced from an exercise price of $1.30 per ADS to $1.071 per ADS.
|
128
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
11. |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|
|
Land & Buildings
US$‘000
|
Leasehold Improvements
US$‘000
|
Computer & Office Equipment
US$‘000
|
Plant & Equipment
US$‘000
|
Total
US$‘000
|
|||||||||||||||
Cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2021
|
24,287
|
2,670
|
4,309
|
33,839
|
65,105
|
|||||||||||||||
Additions
|
46
|
126
|
144
|
1,392
|
1,708
|
|||||||||||||||
Disposals or retirements
|
-
|
(186
|
)
|
(255
|
)
|
(2,410
|
)
|
(2,851
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
1
|
(18
|
)
|
2
|
(484
|
)
|
(499
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2021
|
24,334
|
2,592
|
4,200
|
32,337
|
63,463
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2022
|
24,334
|
2,592
|
4,200
|
32,337
|
63,463
|
|||||||||||||||
Additions
|
379
|
93
|
362
|
1,100
|
1,934
|
|||||||||||||||
Disposals or retirements
|
-
|
-
|
(25
|
)
|
(42
|
)
|
(67
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Reallocations/ reclassifications
|
-
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
2
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
(31
|
)
|
16
|
5
|
286
|
276
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2022
|
24,682
|
2,701
|
4,540
|
33,683
|
65,606
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated amortisation and Impairment losses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2021
|
(19,629
|
)
|
(1,884
|
)
|
(3,946
|
)
|
(31,099
|
)
|
(56,558
|
)
|
||||||||||
Charge for the year
|
(628
|
)
|
(149
|
)
|
(115
|
)
|
(974
|
)
|
(1,866
|
)
|
||||||||||
Disposals or retirements
|
-
|
186
|
255
|
2,410
|
2,851
|
|||||||||||||||
Impairment losses
|
(1,196
|
)
|
(279
|
)
|
(98
|
)
|
(935
|
)
|
(2,508
|
)
|
||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
21
|
(5
|
)
|
(46
|
)
|
566
|
536
|
|||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2021
|
(21,432
|
)
|
(2,131
|
)
|
(3,950
|
)
|
(30,032
|
)
|
(57,545
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2022
|
(21,432
|
)
|
(2,131
|
)
|
(3,950
|
)
|
(30,032
|
)
|
(57,545
|
)
|
||||||||||
Charge for the year
|
(414
|
)
|
(133
|
)
|
(214
|
)
|
(649
|
)
|
(1,410
|
)
|
||||||||||
Disposals or retirements
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
43
|
65
|
|||||||||||||||
Impairment losses
|
(48
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(31
|
)
|
(650
|
)
|
(733
|
)
|
||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
9
|
(16
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
(289
|
)
|
(301
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2022
|
(21,885
|
)
|
(2,284
|
)
|
(4,178
|
)
|
(31,577
|
)
|
(59,924
|
)
|
||||||||||
Carrying amounts
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2022
|
2,797
|
417
|
362
|
2,106
|
5,682
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2021
|
2,902
|
461
|
250
|
2,305
|
5,918
|
129
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
11. |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (CONTINUED)
|
Carrying
amount
|
Depreciation Charge
|
Impairment Charge
|
||||||||||
At
December 31,
2022
|
Year ended
December 31,
2022
|
Year ended
December 31,
2022
|
||||||||||
US$000
|
US$000
|
US$000
|
||||||||||
Buildings
|
2,482
|
(398
|
)
|
(48
|
)
|
|||||||
Computer equipment
|
217
|
(40
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Plant and Equipment, vehicles
|
-
|
(17
|
)
|
(200
|
)
|
|||||||
2,699
|
(455
|
)
|
(248
|
)
|
Carrying
amount
|
Depreciation Charge
|
Impairment Charge
|
||||||||||
At
December 31,
2021
|
Year ended
December 31,
2021
|
Year ended
December 31,
2021
|
||||||||||
US$000
|
US$000
|
US$000
|
||||||||||
Buildings
|
2,549
|
(609
|
)
|
(1,089
|
)
|
|||||||
Computer equipment
|
23
|
(5
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Plant and Equipment, vehicles
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
2,572
|
(614
|
)
|
(1,089
|
)
|
Right-of-Use assets at 31 December 2022
|
No. of Right-of-Use leased assets
|
Range of remaining term in years
|
Average remaining lease term (years)
|
No. of Leases with extension options
|
No. of Leases with options to purchase
|
No. of leases with variable payments linked to index
|
No. of leases with termination options
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Building
|
9
|
1 to 11
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Vehicle
|
20
|
0.4 to 3
|
2
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
20
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
I.T. and office equipment
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Right-of-Use assets at 31 December 2021
|
No. of Right-of-Use leased assets
|
Range of remaining term in years
|
Average remaining lease term (years)
|
No. of Leases with extension options
|
No. of Leases with options to purchase
|
No. of leases with variable payments linked to index
|
No. of leases with termination options
|
||||||||||||||||||
Building
|
11
|
1 to 12
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Vehicle
|
16
|
1 to 3
|
2
|
-
|
16
|
-
|
16
|
||||||||||||||||||
I.T. and office equipment
|
2
|
1 to 5
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
130
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
11. |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (CONTINUED)
|
131
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12. |
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
|
|
Goodwill
US$‘000
|
Development
costs
US$‘000
|
Patents and
licenses
US$‘000
|
Other
US$‘000
|
Total
US$‘000
|
|||||||||||||||
Cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2021
|
79,182
|
128,977
|
8,947
|
33,311
|
250,417
|
|||||||||||||||
Additions
|
-
|
6,771
|
102
|
21
|
6,894
|
|||||||||||||||
Disposals or retirements
|
-
|
(14,576
|
)
|
(342
|
)
|
(134
|
)
|
(15,052
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2021
|
79,182
|
121,173
|
8,707
|
33,198
|
242,260
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2022
|
79,182
|
121,173
|
8,707
|
33,198
|
242,260
|
|||||||||||||||
Additions
|
- |
4,475
|
22
|
382
|
4,879
|
|||||||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
-
|
(64
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(64 |
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2022
|
79,182
|
125,584
|
8,729
|
33,580
|
247,075
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated amortisation and Impairment losses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2021
|
(66,591
|
)
|
(115,533
|
)
|
(8,790
|
)
|
(25,643
|
)
|
(216,557
|
)
|
||||||||||
Charge for the year
|
-
|
(482
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
(428
|
)
|
(917
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Disposals or retirements
|
-
|
14,573
|
342
|
132
|
15,047
|
|||||||||||||||
Impairment losses
|
(54
|
)
|
(2,053
|
)
|
(106
|
)
|
(1,640
|
)
|
(3,853
|
)
|
||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2021
|
(66,645
|
)
|
(103,494
|
)
|
(8,561
|
)
|
(27,579
|
)
|
(206,279
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At January 1, 2022
|
(66,645
|
)
|
(103,494
|
)
|
(8,561
|
)
|
(27,579
|
)
|
(206,279
|
)
|
||||||||||
Charge for the year
|
(479
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
(435
|
)
|
(923
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Impairment losses
|
-
|
(4,623
|
)
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
(4,624
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Exchange adjustments
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2022
|
(66,645
|
)
|
(108,576
|
)
|
(8,570
|
)
|
(28,015
|
)
|
(211,806
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Carrying amounts
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2022
|
12,537
|
17,008
|
159
|
5,565
|
35,269
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2021
|
12,537
|
17,679
|
146
|
5,619
|
35,981
|
132
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12. |
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (CONTINUED)
|
Product Name
|
2022
US$’000 |
2021
US$’000 |
||||||
Premier Instruments for A1c and haemoglobinopathies testing |
1,904
|
2,538
|
||||||
COVID-19 tests
|
1,378
|
1,320
|
||||||
Mid-tier haemoglobins instrument
|
484
|
303
|
||||||
HIV screening rapid test
|
379
|
1,488
|
||||||
Tri-stat point-of-care instrument
|
163
|
245
|
||||||
Uni-gold raw material stabilisation
|
42
|
144
|
||||||
Autoimmune Smart Reader
|
82
|
550
|
||||||
Other projects
|
43
|
183
|
||||||
Total capitalised development costs
|
4,475
|
6,771
|
133
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12. |
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (CONTINUED)
|
Asset name
|
Entity
|
2022
US$’000 |
|||
Rapid COVID-19 antigen test
|
Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Ltd
|
2,214
|
|||
Autoimmune smart reader
|
Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Ltd
|
1,265
|
|||
Tri-stat instrument
|
Primus Corp.
|
1,024
|
|||
COVID-19 ELISA test
|
Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Ltd
|
120
|
|||
Total
|
4,623
|
134
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12. |
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (CONTINUED)
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
|||||||
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
|||||||
Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Limited
|
3,599
|
856
|
||||||
Primus Corp
|
1,024
|
-
|
||||||
Trinity Biotech Do Brasil
|
454
|
956
|
||||||
Clark Laboratories Inc.
|
407
|
-
|
||||||
Biopool US Inc.
|
355
|
153
|
||||||
Immco Diagnostics Inc
|
-
|
4,979
|
||||||
|
||||||||
Total impairment loss
|
5,839
|
6,944
|
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
||||||
US$’000 |
US$’000
|
|||||||
Goodwill and other intangible assets
|
4,624
|
3,853
|
||||||
Property, plant and equipment (see Note 11)
|
733
|
2,508
|
||||||
Prepayments (see Note 16)
|
482
|
583
|
||||||
Total impairment loss
|
5,839
|
6,944
|
• |
In the event that there was a reduction of 10% in the assumed level of future growth in revenue growth rate, which would represent a reasonably likely range of outcomes, there would be no additional impairment loss recorded at December 31, 2022.
|
• |
In the event there was a 10% increase in the discount rate used to calculate the potential impairment of the carrying values, which would represent a reasonably likely range of outcomes, there would be no additional impairment loss recorded at December 31, 2022.
|
135
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12. |
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (CONTINUED)
|
Fitzgerald Industries
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021 |
||||||
Carrying amount of goodwill (US$’000)
|
12,591
|
12,591
|
||||||
Discount rate applied (real pre-tax)
|
15.77
|
%
|
19.66
|
%
|
||||
Excess value-in-use over carrying amount (US$’000)
|
7,432
|
3,496
|
||||||
% EBITDA would need to decrease for an impairment to arise
|
31.28
|
%
|
18.15
|
%
|
||||
Long-term growth rate
|
2.0
|
%
|
2.0
|
%
|
Intangible Assets with Indefinite Useful lives
(included in other intangibles)
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
||||||
Fitzgerald Industries International CGU
|
||||||||
Fitzgerald trade name
|
970
|
970
|
||||||
RDI trade name
|
560
|
560
|
||||||
Primus Corporation CGU
|
||||||||
Primus trade name
|
365
|
365
|
||||||
Immco Diagnostic CGU
|
||||||||
Immco Diagnostic trade name
|
2,069
|
2,069
|
||||||
Total
|
3,964
|
3,964
|
136
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
13.
|
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
|
Assets |
Liabilities |
Net |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2022
US$’000 |
2021
US$’000 |
2022
US$’000 |
2021
US$’000 |
2022
US$’000 |
2021
US$’000 |
||||||||||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment
|
229
|
477
|
(5
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
224
|
466
|
||||||||||||||||
Intangible assets
|
-
|
-
|
(3,950
|
)
|
(3,969
|
)
|
(3,950
|
)
|
(3,969
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Inventories
|
423
|
620
|
-
|
-
|
423
|
620
|
||||||||||||||||||
Provisions
|
2,194
|
1,871
|
-
|
-
|
2,194
|
1,871
|
||||||||||||||||||
Tax value of loss carry-forwards
|
1,254
|
1,016
|
-
|
-
|
1,254
|
|
1,016
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other items
|
118
|
117
|
(1,103
|
)
|
(878
|
)
|
(985
|
) |
(761
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets/(liabilities)
|
4,218
|
4,101
|
(5,058
|
)
|
(4,858
|
)
|
(840
|
)
|
(757
|
)
|
|
Balance
January, 1
2022 |
Recognised
in income |
Balance
December 31,
2022 |
|||||||||
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
|||||||||
Property, plant and equipment
|
466
|
(242
|
)
|
224
|
||||||||
Intangible assets
|
(3,969
|
)
|
19
|
(3,950
|
)
|
|||||||
Inventories
|
620
|
(197
|
)
|
423
|
||||||||
Provisions
|
1,871
|
323
|
2,194
|
|||||||||
Tax value of loss carry-forwards
|
1,016
|
238
|
1,254
|
|
||||||||
Other items
|
(761
|
)
|
(224
|
)
|
(985
|
) | ||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
(757
|
)
|
(83
|
)
|
(840
|
)
|
137
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
13.
|
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)
|
|
Balance
January, 1
2021 |
Recognised
in income |
Balance
December 31,
2021 |
|||||||||
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
|||||||||
Property, plant and equipment
|
724
|
(258
|
)
|
466
|
||||||||
Intangible assets
|
(4,072
|
)
|
103
|
(3,969
|
)
|
|||||||
Inventories
|
750
|
(130
|
)
|
620
|
||||||||
Provisions
|
2,159
|
(288
|
)
|
1,871
|
||||||||
Tax value of loss carry-forwards
|
433
|
583
|
1,016
|
|||||||||
Other items
|
(714
|
)
|
(47
|
)
|
(761
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
(720
|
)
|
(37
|
)
|
(757
|
)
|
|
December 31,
2022 |
December 31,
2021 |
||||||
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
||||||
Capital losses
|
8,293
|
8,293
|
||||||
Net operating losses
|
75,957
|
73,893
|
||||||
US alternative minimum tax credits
|
1,906
|
1,704
|
||||||
Other temporary timing differences
|
38,960
|
21,301
|
||||||
US state credit carryforwards
|
2,753
|
1,664
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
127,869
|
106,855
|
14. |
OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
||||||
Finance lease receivables (see Note 16)
|
84
|
151
|
||||||
Other assets
|
55
|
56
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
139
|
207
|
138
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
15. |
INVENTORIES
|
|
December 31,
2022 US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021 US$‘000
|
||||||
Raw materials and consumables
|
12,094
|
13,650
|
||||||
Work-in-progress
|
3,948
|
5,546
|
||||||
Finished goods
|
6,461
|
9,927
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
22,503
|
29,123
|
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Opening provision at January 1
|
12,063
|
9,781
|
6,716
|
|||||||||
Charged during the year
|
7,391
|
5,589
|
5,179
|
|||||||||
Utilised during the year
|
(3,180
|
)
|
(3,307
|
)
|
(1,994
|
)
|
||||||
Released during the year
|
-
|
-
|
(120
|
)
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Closing provision at December 31
|
16,274
|
12,063
|
9,781
|
16. |
TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
||||||
Trade receivables, net of impairment losses
|
12,620
|
13,290
|
||||||
Prepayments
|
1,932
|
1,945
|
||||||
Contract assets
|
739
|
739
|
||||||
Value added tax
|
43
|
-
|
||||||
Finance lease receivables
|
86
|
142
|
||||||
Grant receivable
|
333
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
15,753
|
16,116
|
139
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
16. |
TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31, 2022
US$‘000
|
|||||||||||
|
Gross
investment |
Unearned
income |
Minimum
payments receivable |
|||||||||
Less than one year
|
180
|
6
|
86
|
|||||||||
Between one and five years (Note 14)
|
173
|
6
|
84
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
353
|
12
|
170
|
|
December 31, 2021
US$‘000
|
|||||||||||
|
Gross
investment |
Unearned
income |
Minimum
payments receivable |
|||||||||
Less than one year
|
292
|
11
|
142
|
|||||||||
Between one and five years (Note 14)
|
310
|
11
|
151
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
602
|
22
|
293
|
|
December 31, 2022
US$‘000
|
|||||||
|
Instruments
|
Total
|
||||||
Less than one year
|
1,589 | 1,589 | ||||||
|
||||||||
|
1,589 | 1,589 |
140
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
16. |
TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (CONTINUED)
|
(ii) Operating lease commitments – Group as lessor
|
December 31, 2021 US$‘000 |
|||||||
|
Instruments
|
Total
|
||||||
Less than one year
|
3,953
|
3,953
|
||||||
Between one and five years
|
171
|
171
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
4,124
|
4,124
|
17. |
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
December 31,
2022 US$’000
|
December 31,
2021 US$’000
|
||||||
Cash at bank and in hand
|
6,578
|
22,790
|
||||||
Short-term deposits
|
-
|
3,120
|
||||||
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
6,578
|
25,910
|
18. |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
|
December 31, 2022 |
December 31, 2021 |
|||||||
|
Class ‘A’
Ordinary shares ‘000s
|
Class ‘A’
Ordinary shares ‘000s
|
||||||
In thousands of shares
|
||||||||
In issue at January 1
|
96,162
|
96,162
|
||||||
Issued for cash (a)
|
47,492
|
-
|
||||||
Issued as consideration for Exchangeable Notes purchase (b)
|
21,332
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
At period end
|
164,986
|
96,162
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
|||||||
|
ADS
|
ADS
|
||||||
In thousands of ADSs
|
||||||||
Balance at January 1
|
24,041
|
24,041
|
||||||
Issued for cash
|
11,873
|
-
|
||||||
Issued as consideration for Exchangeable Notes purchase
|
5,333
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
At period end
|
41,247
|
24,041
|
141
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
18. |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES (CONTINUED)
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
|||||||
|
Class ‘A’
Treasury shares ‘000s
|
Class ‘A’
Treasury shares ‘000s
|
||||||
In thousands of shares
|
||||||||
Balance at January 1
|
12,556
|
12,556
|
||||||
Purchased during period
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
At period end
|
12,556
|
12,556
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
|||||||
|
Class ‘A’
Treasury shares ‘000s
|
Class ‘A’
Treasury shares ‘000s
|
||||||
In thousands of ADSs
|
||||||||
Balance at January 1
|
3,139
|
3,139
|
||||||
Purchased during period
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
At period end
|
3,139
|
3,139
|
(a)
|
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 47,492,000 ‘A’ Ordinary shares for a consideration of US$25,707,000 settled in cash. The Company incurred US$606,000 in connection with the issues of shares. The total shares issued for cash comprises 44,759,000 ‘A’ Ordinary shares issued to MiCo and 2,733,328 ‘A’ Ordinary from the exercise of employee share options. For more information on the investment by MiCo, refer to Note 22.
|
(b)
|
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 21,332,000 ‘A’ Ordinary shares, with a market value of US$6,133,000, as partial consideration for the purchase of Exchangeable Notes. The Company incurred US$213,000 in connection with this issue of shares. For more information on the purchase of Exchangeable Notes, refer to Note 22.
|
142
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
18. |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES (CONTINUED)
|
19. |
SHARE OPTIONS
|
143
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
19. |
SHARE OPTIONS (CONTINUED)
|
|
Share
|
Weighted-
average exercise price US$
|
Range
US$
|
|||||||||
|
Options
‘A’ Ordinary
Shares |
Per ‘A’
Ordinary
Share
|
Per ‘A’
Ordinary
Share |
|||||||||
Outstanding January 1, 2020
|
12,303,990
|
1.31
|
0.46 –4.36
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
9,100,000
|
0.38
|
0.19 –1.10
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Expired / Forfeited
|
(1,918,000
|
)
|
2.14
|
0.19-4.21
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding at end of year
|
19,485,990
|
0.79
|
0.19-4.36
|
|||||||||
Exercisable at end of year
|
7,959,323
|
1.27
|
0.66-4.36
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding January 1, 2021
|
19,485,990
|
0.79
|
0.19-4.36
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Expired / Forfeited
|
(758,000
|
)
|
1.07
|
0.19-4.21
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding at end of year
|
18,727,990
|
0.78
|
0.19-4.36
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Exercisable at end of year
|
13,401,322
|
0.93
|
0.19-4.36
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding January 1, 2022
|
18,727,990
|
0.78
|
0.19-4.36
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
29,400,000
|
0.27
|
0.27-0.29
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
(2,733,328
|
)
|
0.19
|
0.19-0.19
|
||||||||
Expired / Forfeited
|
(579,990
|
)
|
1.87
|
0.69-4.36
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding at end of year
|
44,814,672
|
0.47
|
0.19-2.43
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Exercisable at end of year
|
14,138,004
|
0.89
|
0.19-2.43
|
144
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
19. |
SHARE OPTIONS (CONTINUED)
|
|
Share
Options
‘ADS’
|
Weighted-
average exercise
price US$
|
Range
US$
|
|||||||||
|
Equivalent
|
Per ‘ADS’
|
Per ‘ADS’
|
|||||||||
Outstanding January 1, 2020
|
3,075,998
|
5.24
|
1.83 - 17.45
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
2,275,000
|
1.52
|
0.77 - 4.41
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Expired / Forfeited
|
(479,500
|
)
|
8.56
|
0.77 - 16.84
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding at end of year
|
4,871,498
|
3.15
|
0.77-17.45
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Exercisable at end of year
|
1,989,831
|
5.08
|
2.64 -17.45
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding January 1, 2021
|
4,871,498
|
3.15
|
0.77-17.45
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Expired / Forfeited
|
(189,500
|
)
|
4.28
|
0.76 - 16.84
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding at end of year
|
4,681,998
|
3.12
|
0.76 - 17.44
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Exercisable at end of year
|
3,350,331
|
3.72
|
0.76 –17.44
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding January 1, 2022
|
4,681,998
|
3.12
|
0.76 - 17.44
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
7,350,000 | 1.09 |
1.07-1.14 |
|||||||||
Exercised
|
(683,332
|
) |
0.77 |
0.77-0.77 |
||||||||
Expired / Forfeited
|
(144,998 |
)
|
7.48 |
2.76 - 17.44
|
||||||||
Outstanding at end of year
|
11,203,668 | 1.88 |
0.77-9.73
|
|||||||||
Exercisable at end of year
|
3,534,501 | 3.56 |
0.77-9.73
|
|
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise price range
|
No. of
options ‘A’ ordinary shares |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
No. of
options ‘A’ ordinary shares |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
||||||||||||||||||
US$0.19-US$0.99
|
39,546,672
|
0.35
|
6.10
|
8,930,004
|
0.59
|
4.05
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$1.00-US$1.74
|
4,988,000
|
1.34
|
1.78
|
4,928,000
|
1.34
|
1.74
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$1.75- US$2.43
|
280,000
|
2.43
|
0.15
|
280,000
|
2.43
|
0.15
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
44,814,672
|
14,138,004
|
145
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
19. |
SHARE OPTIONS (CONTINUED)
|
|
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise price range
|
No. of
options ‘ADS equivalent’ |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
No. of
options ‘ADS equivalent’ |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
||||||||||||||||||
US$0.77-US$3.96
|
9,886,668
|
1.39
|
6.10
|
2,232,501
|
2.37
|
4.05
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$4.00-US$6.94
|
1,247,000
|
5.37
|
1.78
|
1,232,000
|
5.38
|
1.74
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$6.95- US$9.73
|
70,000
|
9.73
|
0.15
|
70,000
|
9.73
|
0.15
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
11,203,668 |
3,534,501 |
|
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise price range
|
No. of
options ‘A’ ordinary shares |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
No. of
options ‘A’ ordinary shares |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
||||||||||||||||||
US$0.19-US$0.99
|
13,000,006
|
0.48
|
3.54
|
7,960,004
|
0.55
|
2.92
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$1.00-US$2.05
|
5,228,000
|
1.34
|
0.79
|
4,941,334
|
1.35
|
0.99
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$2.06- US$2.99
|
439,984
|
2.53
|
0.03
|
439,984
|
2.53
|
0.04
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$3.00 -US$4.36
|
60,000
|
4.17
|
0.00
|
60,000
|
4.17
|
0.00
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
18,727,990
|
13,401,322
|
|
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise price range
|
No. of
options ‘ADS equivalent’ |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
No. of
options ‘ADS equivalent’ |
Weighted–
average exercise price |
Weighted-
average contractual life remaining (years) |
||||||||||||||||||
US$0.77-US$3.96
|
3,250,002
|
1.94
|
3.54
|
1,990,001
|
2.19
|
2.92
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$4.00-US$8.20
|
1,307,000
|
5.36
|
0.79
|
1,235,334
|
5.40
|
0.99
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$8.24- US$11.96
|
109,996
|
10.13
|
0.03
|
109,996
|
10.13
|
0.04
|
||||||||||||||||||
US$12.00 -US$17.45
|
15,000
|
16.67
|
0.00
|
15,000
|
16.67
|
0.00
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
4,681,998
|
3,350,331
|
146
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
19. |
SHARE OPTIONS (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2020
US$‘000
|
|||||||||
Share-based payments – cost of sales
|
-
|
5
|
12
|
|||||||||
Share-based payments – selling, general and administrative
|
1,755
|
1,095
|
780
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total – continuing operations
|
1,755
|
1,100
|
792
|
|||||||||
Share-based payments – discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
1,755
|
1,100
|
792
|
No share-based payments expense was capitalised in intangible development project assets during the year. In 2021, US$11,000, (2020: US$24,000) of share-based payments was capitalised in intangible development project assets. The total share-based payments charge gross of any capitalisations for 2021 was US$1,111,000 (2020: US$816,000).
The fair value of services received in return for share options granted are measured by reference to the fair value of share options granted. The estimate of the fair value of services received is measured based on a Black-Scholes model. The following are the input assumptions used in determining the fair value of share options granted in 2022, 2021 and 2020:
|
Key
management personnel |
Other
employees |
Key
management personnel |
Other
employees |
Key
management personnel |
Other
employees |
||||||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
2022
|
2021
|
2021
|
2020
|
2020
|
||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average fair value at measurement date per ‘A’ share / (per ADS)
|
US$0.19 /
(US$0.77
|
) |
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
US$0.20 /
(US$0.80
|
) |
US$0.27 /
(US$1.08
|
) | |||||||||||||||
Total ‘A’ share options granted / (ADS’s equivalent)
|
29,400,000 /
(7,350,000
|
) |
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
8,480,000 /
(2,120,000
|
)
|
620,000 /
(155,000
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Weighted average share price per ‘A’ share / (per ADS)
|
US$0.27 /
(US$1.09
|
) |
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
US$0.38 /
(US$1.52
|
) |
US$0.48 /
(US$1.96
|
) | |||||||||||||||
Weighted average exercise price per ‘A’ share / (per ADS)
|
US$0.27 /
(US$1.09
|
) |
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
- /
-
|
US$0.38 /
(US$1.52
|
) |
US$0.48 /
(US$1.96
|
) | |||||||||||||||
Weighted average expected volatility
|
76.79
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
66.98
|
%
|
65.89
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Weighted average expected life
|
6.82
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4.34
|
4.35
|
||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average risk-free interest rate
|
3.59
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
0.44
|
%
|
0.42
|
%
|
147
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
19. |
SHARE OPTIONS (CONTINUED)
|
20. |
TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$’000
|
December 31,
2021
US$’000
|
||||||
Trade payables
|
6,205
|
6,763
|
||||||
Accruals and other liabilities
|
8,585
|
7,595
|
||||||
Payroll taxes
|
368
|
398
|
||||||
Employee related social insurance
|
103
|
130
|
||||||
Deferred income
|
114
|
141
|
||||||
Deferred government grants
|
-
|
69
|
||||||
Other payables
|
-
|
31
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
15,375
|
15,127
|
21. |
PROVISIONS
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$’000
|
December 31,
2021
US$’000
|
||||||
Product warranty provision
|
50
|
50
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||
50
|
50
|
148
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
22. |
INTEREST-BEARING LOANS AND BORROWINGS
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$’000
|
December 31,
2021
US$’000
|
||||||
Current liabilities
|
||||||||
Exchangeable senior notes
|
210
|
83,312
|
||||||
|
||||||||
Total
|
210
|
83,312
|
|
December 31,
2022 US$’000
|
December 31,
2021 US$’000
|
||||||
Non-Current liabilities
|
||||||||
Senior secured term loan
|
44,301
|
-
|
||||||
Derivative financial liability
|
1,569
|
-
|
||||||
Convertible Note
|
13,746
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
Total non-current liabilities
|
59,616
|
-
|
|
December 31,
2022 US$’000
|
December 31,
2021 US$’000
|
||||||
Non-Current assets
|
||||||||
Derivative financial asset
|
128
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
Total non-current assets
|
128
|
-
|
149
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
22. |
INTEREST-BEARING LOANS AND BORROWINGS (CONTINUED)
|
December 31,
2022
US$000
|
December 31,
2021
US$000
|
|||||||
Balance at January 1
|
(83,312
|
)
|
(82,664
|
)
|
||||
Accretion interest
|
(83
|
)
|
(648
|
)
|
||||
Repaid to Note holders
|
86,730
|
0
|
||||||
Shares issued to Note holders as consideration
|
6,133
|
0
|
||||||
Loss on disposal
|
(9,678
|
)
|
0
|
|||||
Liability
|
(210
|
)
|
(83,312
|
)
|
(i)
|
Senior secured term loan
|
150
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
22. |
INTEREST-BEARING LOANS AND BORROWINGS (CONTINUED)
|
(ii)
|
7-year convertible note
|
Senior secured term loan
US$000
|
7-year Convertible Note
US$000
|
|||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Principal amount loaned
|
(81,250
|
)
|
(20,000
|
)
|
||||
Loan origination costs
|
3,551
|
40
|
||||||
Derivative financial liability at date of issue
|
1,872
|
-
|
||||||
Derivative financial asset at date of issue
|
(202
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Equity component at date of issue
|
-
|
6,709
|
||||||
Accretion interest
|
(2,772
|
)
|
(495
|
)
|
||||
Cash repayment of principal
|
34,500
|
-
|
||||||
Non-current liability at December 31, 2022
|
(44,301
|
)
|
(13,746
|
)
|
The movement in the derivative financial liability in the year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows:
US$000
|
||||
Balance at January 1, 2022
|
-
|
|||
Derivative financial liability at date of issue of Term Loan
|
(1,872
|
)
|
||
Fair value adjustments in the period
|
303
|
|||
Non-current liability at December 31, 2022
|
(1,569
|
)
|
The movement in the derivative financial asset in the year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows:
US$000
|
||||
Balance at January 1, 2022
|
-
|
|||
Derivative financial asset at date of issue of Term Loan
|
202
|
|||
Fair value adjustments in the period
|
(74
|
)
|
||
Non-current asset at December 31, 2022
|
128
|
151
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
23. |
LEASE LIABILITIES
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$’000
|
December 31,
2021
US$’000
|
||||||
Current liabilities
|
||||||||
Lease liabilities related to Right of Use assets
|
1,631
|
1,878
|
||||||
Sale and leaseback liabilities
|
45
|
102
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
1,676
|
1,980
|
||||||
|
||||||||
Non-Current liabilities
|
||||||||
Lease liabilities related to Right of Use assets
|
12,267
|
13,790
|
||||||
Sale and leaseback liabilities
|
-
|
75
|
||||||
12,267
|
13,865
|
December 31, 2022 |
December 31, 2022 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities related to
Right of Use assets
|
Sale and leaseback
Liabilities
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Minimum
lease
payments
|
Interest
|
Principal
|
Minimum
lease
payments
|
Interest
|
Principal
|
||||||||||||||||
Less than one year
|
2,249
|
618
|
1,631
|
46
|
1
|
45
|
||||||||||||||||
In more than one year, but not more than two
|
2,240
|
561
|
1,679
|
-
|
- |
- | ||||||||||||||||
In more than two years but not more than five
|
5,739
|
1,217
|
4,522
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
more than five years
|
6,968
|
902
|
6,066
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
17,196
|
3,298
|
13,898
|
46
|
1
|
45
|
152
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
23. |
LEASE LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31, 2021
US$’000
|
December 31, 2021
US$’000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities related to
Right of Use assets
|
Sale and leaseback
Liabilities
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Minimum
lease
payments
|
Interest
|
Principal
|
Minimum
lease
payments
|
Interest
|
Principal
|
||||||||||||||||||
Less than one year
|
2,575
|
697
|
1,878
|
109
|
7
|
102
|
||||||||||||||||||
In more than one year, but not more than two
|
2,175
|
621
|
1,554
|
77
|
2
|
75
|
||||||||||||||||||
In more than two years but not more than five
|
5,985
|
1,469
|
4,516
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
more than five years
|
8,992
|
1,272
|
7,720
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
19,727
|
4,059
|
15,668
|
186
|
9
|
177
|
Facility
|
Currency
|
Nominal
interest
rate |
Year of
maturity
|
Fair
Value
|
Carrying
Value
|
||||||||||||
Sale and leaseback liabilities
|
USD
|
5.51
|
%
|
2023
|
45
|
45
|
Facility
|
Currency
|
Nominal
interest
rate |
Year of
maturity
|
Fair
Value
|
Carrying
Value
|
||||||||||||
Sale and leaseback liabilities
|
Euro
|
4.53
|
%
|
2023
|
65
|
65
|
|||||||||||
Sale and leaseback liabilities
|
USD
|
5.51
|
%
|
2023
|
111
|
111
|
|||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
|
176
|
176
|
24. |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
|
(a) |
Capital Commitments
|
(b) |
Leasing Commitments
|
153
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
24.
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
|
(c)
|
Bank Security
|
(d) |
Group Company Guarantees
|
(e)
|
Contingent Asset
|
(f) |
Government Grant Contingencies
|
(g) |
Other Contingencies
|
154
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
25. |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
Trinity Biotech and its directors (excepting Mr O’Caoimh and Dr Walsh who express no opinion on this point) believe at the time that the arrangements were entered into represented a fair and reasonable basis on which the Group could meet its ongoing requirements for premises. Dr Walsh has no ownership interest in the additional space adjoining the warehouse owned by Mr O’Caoimh and was therefore entitled to express an opinion on this arrangement.
|
December 31,
2022
|
December 31,
2021
|
||||||
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
||||||
Short-term employee benefits
|
1,074
|
1,065
|
||||||
Performance related bonus
|
512
|
227
|
||||||
Post-employment benefits
|
24
|
24
|
||||||
Share-based compensation benefits as calculated under IFRS 2
|
1,690
|
965
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
3,300
|
2,281
|
155
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
25. |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
|
|
‘A’ Ordinary Shares
|
Share options
|
||||||
At January 1, 2022
|
9,077,713
|
16,738,000
|
||||||
Shares of retired director
|
(626,600
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Options of retired director
|
-
|
(2,924,000
|
)
|
|||||
Shares purchased during the year
|
2,666,664
|
(2,666,664
|
)
|
|||||
Shares sold during the year
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Granted
|
-
|
29,400,000
|
||||||
Expired / forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
At December 31, 2022
|
11,117,777
|
40,547,336
|
|
‘A’ Ordinary Shares
|
Share options
|
||||||
At January 1, 2021
|
9,077,713
|
17,394,000
|
||||||
Shares of retired director
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Options of retired director
|
-
|
(656,000
|
)
|
|||||
Shares purchased during the year
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Shares sold during the year
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Expired / forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
|
||||||||
At December 31, 2021
|
9,077,713
|
16,738,000
|
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
|
156
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Total
carrying
amount
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Note
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
|||||||||||||||
December 31, 2022
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Loans and receivables at amortised cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables
|
16
|
12,620
|
-
|
12,620
|
12,620
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
17
|
6,578
|
-
|
6,578
|
6,578
|
|||||||||||||||
Finance lease receivable
|
14, 16
|
170
|
-
|
170
|
170
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
19,368
|
-
|
19,368
|
19,368
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities at amortised cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Senior secured term loan
|
22
|
-
|
(44,301
|
)
|
(44,301
|
)
|
(44,301
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Convertible note
|
22
|
-
|
(13,746
|
)
|
(13,746
|
)
|
(13,746
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Exchangeable note
|
22
|
(210
|
)
|
-
|
(210
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Lease liabilities
|
23
|
(13,943
|
)
|
-
|
(13,943
|
)
|
(13,943
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Trade and other payables (excluding deferred income)
|
20
|
(15,261
|
)
|
-
|
(15,261
|
)
|
(15,261
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Provisions
|
21
|
(50
|
)
|
-
|
(50
|
)
|
(50
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(29,464
|
)
|
(58,047
|
)
|
(87,511
|
)
|
(87,511
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Fair value through profit and loss (FVPL)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative liability - warrants
|
22
|
-
|
(1,569
|
)
|
(1,569
|
)
|
(1,569
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Derivative asset – prepayment option
|
22
|
-
|
128
|
128
|
128
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
-
|
(1,441
|
)
|
(1,441
|
)
|
(1,441
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(10,096
|
)
|
(59,488
|
)
|
(69,584
|
)
|
(69,584
|
)
|
For financial reporting purposes, fair value measurements are categorized into Level 1, 2 or 3 based on the degree to which inputs to the fair value measurements are observable and the significance of the inputs to the fair value measurement in its entirety, which are described as follows:
157
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Total
carrying
amount
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Note
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
|||||||||||||||
December 31, 2021
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Loans and receivables at amortised cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables
|
16
|
13,290
|
-
|
13,290
|
13,290
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
17
|
25,910
|
-
|
25,910
|
25,910
|
|||||||||||||||
Finance lease receivable
|
14, 16
|
293
|
-
|
293
|
293
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
39,493
|
-
|
39,493
|
39,493
|
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities at amortised cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Exchangeable note¹
|
22
|
-
|
(83,312
|
)
|
(83,312
|
)
|
(83,312
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Lease liabilities
|
23
|
(15,845
|
)
|
-
|
(15,845
|
)
|
(15,845
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Trade and other payables (excluding deferred income)
|
20
|
(14,986
|
)
|
-
|
(14,986
|
)
|
(14,986
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Provisions
|
21
|
(50
|
)
|
-
|
(50
|
)
|
(50
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(30,881
|
)
|
(83,312
|
)
|
(114,193
|
)
|
(114,193
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Fair value through profit and loss (FVPL)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Exchangeable note bond call option
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Exchangeable note equity conversion option
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
8,612
|
(83,312
|
)
|
(74,700
|
)
|
(74,700
|
)
|
The valuation techniques used for instruments categorised as level 2 are described below:
158
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
As at December 31, 2022
|
Note
|
Effective
interest
rate |
Total
US$’000
|
6 mths or less
US$’000
|
6 –12 mths
US$’000
|
1-2 years
US$’000
|
2-5 years
US$’000
|
> 5 years
US$’000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
17
|
0.00
|
%
|
6,578
|
6,578
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease receivable
|
14,16
|
4.0
|
%
|
170
|
46
|
41
|
49
|
34
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Exchangeable note
|
22
|
4.8
|
%
|
(210
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(210
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Senior secured term loan1
|
22
|
15.4
|
%
|
(44,301
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(44,301
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Convertible note2
|
22
|
1.5
|
%
|
(13,746
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(13,746
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on Right of Use assets
|
23
|
5.0
|
%
|
(13,898
|
)
|
(812
|
)
|
(819
|
)
|
(1,679
|
)
|
(4,522
|
)
|
(6,066
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on sale & leaseback transactions
|
23
|
5.0
|
%
|
(45
|
)
|
(35
|
)
|
(10
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
(65,452
|
)
|
5,777
|
(788
|
)
|
(1,630
|
)
|
(48,789
|
)
|
(20,022
|
)
|
As at December 31, 2021
|
Note
|
Effective
interest
rate |
Total
US$’000
|
6 mths or less
US$’000
|
6 -12 mths
US$’000
|
1-2 years
US$’000
|
2-5 years
US$’000
|
> 5 years
US$’000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
17
|
0.01
|
%
|
25,910
|
25,910
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease receivable
|
14,16
|
4.0
|
%
|
293
|
81
|
61
|
89
|
62
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Exchangeable note¹
|
22
|
4.8
|
%
|
(83,312
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(83,312
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Other borrowings
|
|
0
|
%
|
(31
|
)
|
-
|
(31
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on Right of Use assets
|
23
|
5.0
|
%
|
(15,668
|
)
|
(973
|
)
|
(905
|
)
|
(1,554
|
)
|
(4,516
|
)
|
(7,720
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on sale & leaseback transactions
|
23
|
5.0
|
%
|
(177
|
)
|
(51
|
)
|
(51
|
)
|
(75
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
(72,985
|
)
|
24,967
|
(926
|
)
|
(1,540
|
)
|
(4,454
|
)
|
(91,032
|
)
|
159
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26.
|
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
|
December 31,
2022
US$‘000
|
December 31,
2021
US$‘000
|
||||||
Variable rate instruments
|
||||||||
Cash at bank and in hand
|
6,578
|
22,790
|
||||||
Short-term deposits |
- |
3,120 |
||||||
Variable rate financial liabilities (senior secured term loan)
|
(44,301
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
|
||||||||
|
(37,723
|
)
|
25,910
|
|||||
|
||||||||
Fixed rate instruments
|
||||||||
Fixed rate financial liabilities (exchangeable note)
|
(210
|
)
|
(83,312
|
)
|
||||
Fixed rate financial liabilities (convertible note)
|
(13,746
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Fixed rate financial liabilities (borrowings)
|
-
|
(31
|
)
|
|||||
Fixed rate financial liabilities (lease payables)
|
(13,943
|
)
|
(15,844
|
)
|
||||
Financial assets (short-term deposits and short-term investments)
|
-
|
3,121
|
||||||
Financial assets (lease receivables)
|
170
|
293
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
(27,729
|
)
|
(95,773
|
)
|
As at December 31, 2022
US$’000
|
Carrying
amount US$’000
|
Contractual
cash flows US$’000
|
6 mths or
less US$’000
|
6 mths –
12 mths
US$’000
|
1-2 years
US$’000
|
2-5 years
US$’000
|
>5 years
US$’000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Financial liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade & other payables
|
15,261
|
15,261
|
15,261
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on Right of Use assets
|
13,898
|
17,196
|
1,120
|
1,130
|
2,240
|
5,739
|
6,967
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on sale & leaseback transactions
|
45
|
46
|
36
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Senior secured term loan
|
44,301
|
69,519
|
4,194
|
3,595
|
7,190
|
54,540
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Convertible note
|
13,746
|
21,900
|
150
|
150
|
300
|
900
|
20,400
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Exchangeable notes
|
210
|
397
|
4
|
4
|
8
|
24
|
357
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
87,461
|
124,319
|
20,765
|
4,889
|
9,738
|
61,203
|
27,724
|
¹ The contractual cash flows of interest on the senior secured term loan is estimated based on the prevailing interest rate at December 31, 2022
160
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
As at December 31, 2021
US$’000
|
Carrying
amount US$’000
|
Contractual
cash flows US$’000
|
6 mths or
less US$’000
|
6 mths –
12 mths
US$’000
|
1-2 years
US$’000
|
2-5 years
US$’000
|
>5 years
US$’000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Financial liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade & other payables
|
15,127
|
15,127
|
15,127
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on Right of Use assets
|
15,668
|
15,668
|
973
|
905
|
1,554
|
4,516
|
7,720
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Lease payable on sale & leaseback transactions
|
177
|
177
|
51
|
51
|
75
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Other borrowings
|
31
|
31
|
-
|
31
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Exchangeable notes ¹
|
83,312
|
99,900
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
99,900
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Exchangeable note interest
|
999
|
93,906
|
1,998
|
1,998
|
3,996
|
11,988
|
73,926
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
115,314
|
224,809
|
18,149
|
2,985
|
5,625
|
16,504
|
181,546
|
EUR
|
GBP
|
SEK
|
CAD
|
BRL
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2022
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash
|
700
|
199
|
5
|
2,061
|
756
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other receivable
|
1,001
|
27
|
-
|
950
|
1,443
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables
|
(3,481
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
(473
|
)
|
(662
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Lease liabilities
|
(9,024
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(277
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total exposure
|
(10,804
|
)
|
221
|
(1
|
)
|
2,538
|
1,260
|
-
|
EUR
|
GBP
|
SEK
|
CAD
|
BRL
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2021
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
US$‘000
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash
|
327
|
115
|
5
|
4,617
|
1,370
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other receivable
|
464
|
58
|
-
|
488
|
1,538
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables
|
(2,456
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
(166
|
)
|
(629
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Lease liabilities
|
(10,629
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(139
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total exposure
|
(12,294
|
)
|
145
|
(6
|
)
|
4,939
|
2,140
|
-
|
161
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
|
Profit or Loss
US$’000
|
|||
December 31, 2022
|
||||
Euro
|
982
|
|||
December 31, 2021
|
||||
Euro
|
780
|
Profit or Loss
US$000
|
||||
December 31, 2022
|
||||
Euro
|
(1,200
|
)
|
||
December 31, 2021
|
||||
Euro
|
(953
|
)
|
162
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
|
Carrying Value
December 31, 2022
US$’000 |
Carrying Value
December 31, 2021
US$’000 |
||||||
Third party trade receivables (Note 16)
|
12,620
|
13,290
|
||||||
Finance lease income receivable (Note 16)
|
170
|
293
|
||||||
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 17)
|
6,578
|
25,910
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
19,368
|
39,493
|
|
Carrying Value
December 31, 2022
US$’000 |
Carrying Value
December 31, 2021
US$’000 |
||||||
United States
|
6,061
|
5,822
|
||||||
Euro-zone countries
|
1,183
|
1,072
|
||||||
United Kingdom
|
67
|
118
|
||||||
Other regions
|
5,479
|
6,571
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
12,790
|
13,583
|
|
Carrying Value
December 31, 2022
US$’000 |
Carrying Value
December 31, 2021
US$’000 |
||||||
End-user customers
|
7,365
|
6,923
|
||||||
Distributors
|
4,630
|
6,220
|
||||||
Non-governmental organisations
|
795
|
440
|
||||||
|
||||||||
|
12,790
|
13,583
|
163
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26. |
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
|
|
Gross
|
Impairment
|
Expected Credit Loss Rate
|
Gross
|
Impairment
|
Expected Credit Loss Rate
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2021
|
2021
|
2021
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
%
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||
Not past due
|
8,341
|
-
|
-
|
%
|
8,461
|
-
|
-
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Past due 0-30 days
|
1,622
|
-
|
-
|
%
|
2,423
|
1
|
0.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Past due 31-120 days
|
1,564
|
23
|
1.5
|
%
|
1,981
|
97
|
4.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Greater than 120 days
|
3,783
|
2,668
|
70.5
|
%
|
3,011
|
2,888
|
73.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
15,310
|
2,691
|
-
|
15,876
|
2,986
|
-
|
|
2022
|
2021
|
||||||
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
||||||
Balance at January 1
|
2,986
|
3,922
|
||||||
Charged to costs and expenses
|
1,240
|
76
|
||||||
Amounts written off during the year
|
(1,535
|
)
|
(1,012
|
)
|
||||
|
||||||||
Balance at December 31
|
2,691
|
2,986
|
164
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
27.
|
RECONCILIATION OF LIABILITIES ARISING FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
Note
|
Borrowings & derivative financial instruments
US$’000 |
Lease liabilities
US$’000 |
|||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2022
|
20,22,23
|
83,343
|
15,845
|
|||||||||
Cash-flows:
|
||||||||||||
Principal amount loaned – term loan
|
81,250
|
|||||||||||
Principal amount loaned – convertible note
|
20,000
|
-
|
||||||||||
Loan origination costs paid
|
(3,591
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Interest paid for term loan
|
(6,424
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Interest paid for convertible note
|
(199
|
)
|
||||||||||
Interest paid for exchangeable notes
|
(1,293
|
)
|
||||||||||
Repayment of exchangeable notes
|
(86,730
|
)
|
||||||||||
Repayment of term loan
|
(34,500
|
)
|
||||||||||
Repayment of CEBA loan
|
(23
|
)
|
(2,761
|
)
|
||||||||
Penalty paid for early settlement of term loan
|
(3,450
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Non-cash:
|
||||||||||||
Interest charged
|
7,914
|
-
|
||||||||||
Penalty for early settlement charged
|
3,450
|
-
|
||||||||||
Shares issued as consideration for purchase of Exchangeable Notes
|
(6,133
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Equity component of convertible note at date of issue
|
(6,709
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial asset at date of issue
|
202
|
-
|
||||||||||
Loss on disposal of Exchangeable Notes
|
9,678
|
-
|
||||||||||
Additions (related to Right of Use assets)
|
-
|
830
|
||||||||||
Exchange adjustment
|
-
|
(628
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loan forgiven
|
(7
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Accretion interest
|
3,351
|
657
|
||||||||||
Fair value of derivative liability - warrants
|
(303
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2022
|
22,23
|
59,826
|
13,943
|
165
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
27.
|
RECONCILIATION OF LIABILITIES ARISING FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)
|
Note |
Borrowings & derivative financial instruments |
Lease liabilities |
||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2021
|
20, 22,23
|
84,065 |
18,741 |
|||||||||
Cash-flows:
|
||||||||||||
Interest paid
|
(3,996
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
||||||||
Repayment
|
-
|
(2,939
|
)
|
|||||||||
Non-cash:
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Interest charged
|
3,996
|
-
|
||||||||||
Additions (related to Right of Use assets)
|
-
|
71
|
||||||||||
Exchange adjustment
|
-
|
(820
|
)
|
|||||||||
Accretion interest
|
648
|
803
|
||||||||||
Fair value
|
6
|
(1,370
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2021
|
22,23
|
83,343
|
15,845
|
28. |
POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
|
166
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
28. |
POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS (CONTINUED)
|
29.
|
ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS
|
167
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
29.
|
ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
• |
Significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;
|
•
|
Significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business;
|
• |
Obsolescence of products;
|
• |
Significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period; and
|
• |
Our market capitalisation relative to net book value.
|
|
168
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
29.
|
ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
(i)
|
VTM inventory – there has been no evidence during the winter season of 2022-23 of significant peaks in demand for VTM products. This has led management to revisit the strategy of maintaining significant levels of raw materials inventory to meet demand peaks. Consequently, the provision for this inventory was increased by US$3.5 million in 2022 reflecting our estimate of its net realisable value.
|
(ii)
|
Tri-stat inventory – the Company undertook a strategic review of our Tri-stat instrument line as part of a broader review of our haemoglobins product portfolio. Management decided to limit sales of Tri-stat to certain targeted partnerships and as a consequence the value of this inventory was written down by US0.3 million to reflect the revised outlook.
|
(iii)
|
Raw materials and work in progress failing to meet our revised quality policy - the value of certain excess raw materials and work in progress was written down by US$0.9 million in 2022 following a review and an update to our relevant quality assurance policy.
|
169
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
29.
|
ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS (CONTINUED)
|
170
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
30. |
GROUP UNDERTAKINGS
|
Name and registered office
|
Principal activity
|
Principal Country of
incorporation and operation |
Group % holding
|
|||
Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Limited
IDA Business Park, Bray
County Wicklow, Ireland
|
Manufacture and sale
of diagnostic test kits |
Ireland
|
100%
|
|||
Trinity Research Limited
IDA Business Park, Bray
County Wicklow, Ireland
|
Research and
development |
Ireland
|
100%
|
|||
Benen Trading Limited
IDA Business Park, Bray
County Wicklow, Ireland
|
Trading
|
Ireland
|
100%
|
|||
Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Services Limited
IDA Business Park, Bray
County Wicklow, Ireland
|
Dormant
|
Ireland
|
100%
|
|||
Trinity Biotech Luxembourg Sarl
1, rue Bender,
L-1229 Luxembourg
|
Investment and
provision of financial services |
Luxembourg
|
100%
|
|||
Trinity Biotech Inc
Girts Road,
Jamestown,
NY 14702, USA
|
Holding Company
|
U.S.A.
|
100%
|
|||
Clark Laboratories Inc
Trading as Trinity Biotech (USA)
Girts Road, Jamestown
NY14702, USA
|
Manufacture and sale
of diagnostic test kits |
U.S.A.
|
100%
|
|||
Mardx Diagnostics Inc
5919 Farnsworth Court
Carlsbad
CA 92008, USA
|
Dormant
|
U.S.A.
|
100%
|
|||
Fitzgerald Industries International, Inc
2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400
Wilmington, New Castle
Delaware, 19808, USA
|
Management services
company |
U.S.A.
|
100%
|
|||
Biopool US Inc (trading as Trinity Biotech Distribution)
Girts Road, Jamestown
NY14702, USA
|
Sale of diagnostic test
kits |
U.S.A.
|
100%
|
|||
Primus Corporation
4231 E 75th Terrace
Kansas City,
MO 64132, USA
|
Manufacture and sale
of diagnostic test kits and instrumentation |
U.S.A.
|
100%
|
171
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
30. |
GROUP UNDERTAKINGS (CONTINUED)
|
Name and registered office
|
Principal activity
|
Principal Country of
incorporation and operation |
Group % holding
|
|||
Phoenix Bio-tech Corp.
1166 South Service Road West
Oakville, ON L6L 5T7
Canada.
|
Dormant
|
Canada
|
100%
|
|||
Fiomi Diagnostics Holding AB
Dag Hammarskjöldsv 52A
SE-752 37 Uppsala
Sweden
|
Holding Company
|
Sweden
|
100%
|
|||
Fiomi Diagnostics AB
Dag Hammarskjöldsv 52A
SE-752 37 Uppsala
Sweden
|
Discontinued operation
|
Sweden
|
100%
|
|||
Trinity Biotech Do Brasil
Comercio e Importacao Ltda
Rua Silva Bueno
1.660 – Cj. 101/102
Ipiranga
Sao Paulo
Brazil
|
Sale of diagnostic test
kits |
Brazil
|
100%
|
|||
Trinity Biotech (UK) Ltd
Mills and Reeve LLP
Botanic House
100 Hills Road
Cambridge, CB2 1PH
United Kingdom
|
Sales & marketing
activities |
UK
|
100%
|
|||
Immco Diagnostics Inc
60 Pineview Drive
Buffalo
NY 14228, USA
|
Manufacture and sale of
autoimmune products and laboratory services |
U.S.A.
|
100%
|
|||
Nova Century Scientific Inc
5022 South Service Road
Burlington
Ontario
Canada
|
Manufacture and sale of
autoimmune products and infectious diseases |
Canada
|
100%
|
|||
Trinity Biotech Investment Ltd
PO Box 309
Ugland House
Grand Cayman
KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
|
Investment and
provision of financial services |
Cayman Islands
|
100%
|
31. |
AUTHORISATION FOR ISSUE
|
TRINITY BIOTECH PLC |
|||
By |
/s/ Mr Aris Kekedjian |
||
Mr Aris Kekedjian |
|||
Director/ |
|||
Chief Executive Officer |
|||
Date: May 16, 2023 |
|||
By: |
/s/ Mr John Gillard |
||
Mr John Gillard |
|||
Company secretary/ |
|||
Chief Financial Officer |
|||
Date: May 16, 2023 |
Item 19 | Exhibits |
Exhibit No.
|
Description of Exhibit
|
4.17 | |
4.18 | |
4.19 | |
101.INS |
XBRL Instance Document (The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
101.SCH |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
101.PRE |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document. |
101.CAL |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document. |
101.LAB |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document. |
101.DEF |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
104 |
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |
1 |
The name of the Company is Trinity Biotech Public Limited Company (the "Company").
|
2 |
The Company is to be a public limited company, registered under Part 17 of the Companies Act 2014 (as amended) (the "Act").
|
3 |
The objects for which the Company is established are:
3.1
|
3.2 |
To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire and hold real, chattel real and personal property
of all kinds and in particular lands, tenements and hereditaments of any tenure whether subject or not to any charges or incumbrances.
|
3.3 |
To hold, sell, let, alienate, mortgage, charge or otherwise deal with any of the real and personal property, assets or undertaking of
the Company or any part thereof for such consideration as the Company may think fit, and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for shares, debentures or securities of any other company whether or
not having objects altogether or in part similar to those of this Company.
|
3.4 |
To vest any real or personal property, rights or interests acquired by or belonging to the Company in any person or company on
behalf of or for the benefit of the Company, and with or without any declared Trust in favour of the Company.
|
3.5 |
To undertake and execute the office of nominees for the purpose of holding and dealing with any real or personal property or
security of any kind for or on behalf of any government, local authority, mortgagee, company, person or body: to act as nominee or agent generally for any purpose and either solely or jointly with another or others for
any person, company, corporation, government, state or province, or for any municipal or other authority or local body; to undertake and execute the office of trustee, executor, administrator, registrar, secretary,
committee or attorney to undertake the management of any business or undertaking or transaction, and generally to undertake, perform and fulfil any trust or agency business of any kind and any office of trust or
confidence.
|
3.6 |
To construct, erect, enlarge, alter and maintain buildings, houses, flats, shops and ail other works, erections and things
of any description whatsoever either upon the lands acquired by the company or upon other lands and to hold, retain as investments or to sell, let, alienate, mortgage, charge or deal with all or any of the same and
generally to alter, develop and improve the lands, and other property of the Company.
|
3.7 |
To apply for, purchase, or by other means acquire and protect, prolong and renew, any patents, patent rights, brevets
d'invention, licences, trade marks, registered designs, protections and concessions or other rights which may appear likely to be advantageous or useful to the Company.
|
3.8 |
To pay all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained in or about the promotion and establishment of the
Company or which the Company shall consider to be preliminary thereto and to issue shares as fully or in part paid up, and to pay out of the funds of the Company all brokerage and charges incidental thereto.
|
3.9 |
To invest and deal with the monies of the Company not immediately required in such manner as
from time to time may be determined.
|
3.10 |
To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, negotiate, and issue bills of exchange,
promissory notes, bills of lading and other negotiable or transferable instruments.
|
3.11 |
To borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the Company shall think fit, and in particular to issue debentures, debenture
stock, bonds, obligations and securities of all kinds, either perpetual or terminable and either redeemable or otherwise, and to charge and secure the same by trust deed or otherwise on the
undertaking of the Company or upon any specific property and rights, present and future, of the Company (including if thought fit, its uncalled capital) or otherwise howsoever.
|
3.12 |
To hold in trust as trustees or as nominees and to deal with, manage and turn to account any real or personal property of any kind and in
particular shares, stocks, debentures, securities, policies, book debts, claims and choses in action, lands, buildings, hereditaments, business concerns and undertakings, mortgages, charges,
annuities, patents, licences and any interest in real or personal property and any claims against such property or against any person or company.
|
3.13 |
To acquire, deal with, manage and turn to account policies of life assurance and any other real or personal property of any kind.
|
3.14 |
To guarantee, support or secure whether by personal covenant or by mortgaging or charging all or any part of the undertaking,
property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company or by both such methods, the performance of the obligations of and the repayment or payment of the
principal amounts of and premiums, interest and dividends on any securities of any person, firm or company, and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing)
give (with or without consideration) security for any debts, obligations or liabilities of any company which is for the time being the holding company or a subsidiary (both as
defined by Sections 7 and 8 of the Act) of the Company or other subsidiary as defined by the said Section of the Company's holding company or otherwise associated with the Company in
business.
|
3.15 |
To lend and advance money or give credit to such persons or companies and on such terms as may seem expedient.
|
3.16 |
To establish, promote and otherwise assist any company or companies or associations for the purpose of acquiring all or any
of the properties or liabilities of this Company or for furthering the objects of the Company or for the purpose of prosecuting or executing any undertaking, works, projects
or enterprises of any description.
|
3.17 |
To establish agencies and branches and appoint agents and others to assist in the conduct or extension of the Company's
business and to regulate and discontinue the same.
|
3.18 |
To form, constitute or promote, or to concur in the formation, constitution or
promotion of Irish or foreign companies, syndicates, associations and undertakings of all kinds and to secure by indemnity or otherwise the subscription of
all or any part of the capital of any such company, syndicate, association or undertaking, and to pay any commission, brokerage, or other remuneration in connection
therewith, and to employ experts to investigate and examine into the conditions, proposals, value, character and circumstances of any business concerns and
undertakings, and generally of any assets, property or rights.
|
3.19 |
To constitute any trusts with a view to the issue of preferred and deferred or other special stocks or
securities based on or representing any shares, stock and other assets specifically appropriated for the purposes of any such trust and to settle and regulate and
if thought fit to undertake and execute any such trusts and to issue, dispose of or hold any such preferred, deferred or other special stocks or securities.
|
3.20 |
To transact or carry on all or any kinds of agency
business and in particular in relation to the investment of money, the sale of property and the collection and receipt of money.
|
3.21 |
To procure the Company to be registered or recognised in any place
outside Ireland.
|
3.22 |
To do all or any of the matters hereby authorised in any place
outside Ireland, either alone or in conjunction with or as trustees or agent for any other company or person or by or through any factors,
trustees or agents.
|
3.23 |
To acquire and undertake the whole or any part of the business, goodwill and assets of any
person, firm or company carrying on or proposing to carry on any of the businesses which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the
consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person, firm or company.
|
3.24 |
To enter into and carry into effect any arrangement for joint working in business or for
sharing of profits or for amalgamation with any other company or association or any partnership or person carrying on any business or
proposing to carry on any business within the objects of the Company.
|
3.25 |
To distribute in specie or otherwise as may be resolved any assets of the Company among
its members and in particular the shares, debentures or other securities of any other company belonging to the Company or of which the
Company may have the power of disposal.
|
3.26 |
To enter into any arrangement with any government or local or other authority that
may seem conducive to the Company's objects or any of them and to obtain from any such government or authority any rights, privileges
and concessions which the Company may think it desirable to obtain and to carry out and to exercise and comply with the same.
|
3.27 |
To provide for the welfare of persons in the employment of or holding office
under or formerly in the employment of or holding office under the Company or Directors or ex-Directors; of the Company and the
wives, widows and families, dependants or connections of such persons by grants of money, pensions or other payments and by
forming and contributing to pension, provident or benefit funds or profit-sharing or co-partnership schemes for the benefit of
such persons and to form, subscribe to or otherwise aid charitable, benevolent, religious, scientific, national or other
institutions, exhibitions or objects which shall have any moral or other claims to support or aid by the Company by reason of
the locality of its operations or otherwise.
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3.28 |
To remunerate by cash payment or allotment of shares or securities of the Company credited as fully paid up or otherwise any person or company for services rendered or to be
rendered to the Company whether in the conduct or management of its business, or in placing or assisting to place or guaranteeing the placing of any of the shares of the Company's capital, or any debentures or other securities of
the Company or in or about the formation or promotion of the Company.
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3.29 |
To make gifts or grant bonuses to the Directors or any other persons who are or have been in the employment of the Company including substitute and alternate Directors.
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3.30 |
To accept stock or shares in or debentures, mortgages or securities of any other company in payment or part payment for any services rendered or for any
sale made to or debt owing from any such company whether such shares shall be wholly or only partly paid up.
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3.31 |
To do all such other things as the Company may consider incidental or conducive to the attainment of the
above objects or as are usually carried on in connection therewith.
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3.32 |
To engage in currency and interest rate transactions and any other financial or other transactions of whatever nature, including any transaction for the purpose of, or capable of
being for the purposes of, avoiding, reducing, minimising, hedging against or otherwise managing the risk of any loss, cost, expense or liability arising, or which may arise, directly or indirectly, from a change
or changes in any interest rate or currency exchange rate or in the price or value of any property, asset, commodity, index or liability or from any other risk or factor affecting the Company's business, including
but not limited to dealings, whether involving purchases, sales or otherwise in foreign and Irish currency, spot and forward exchange rate contracts, forward rate agreements, caps, floors and collars, futures,
options, swaps, and any other currency interest rate and other hedging arrangements and such other instruments as are similar to, or derivatives of, any of the foregoing.
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3.33 |
To transact or carry on any other business which may seem to be capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with any of these objects or calculated directly or
indirectly to enhance the value of or facilitate the realisation of or render profitable any of the Company's property or rights.
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4 |
The liability of the members is limited.
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5 |
The share capital of the Company is US$9,076,430 divided into 832,700,000 A Ordinary Shares of US$0.0109 each.
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1
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DEFINITIONS
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12 |
2
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OPTIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE ACT
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16 |
16 |
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3
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SHARE CAPITAL
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16 |
4
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ORDINARY SHARES
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17 |
5
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SECTION 1021: ALLOTMENT AUTHORITY
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17 |
6
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SECTION 1023: PRE-EMPTION DISAPPLICATION
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18 |
7
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RESIDUAL ALLOTMENT PROVISIONS
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18 |
8
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COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGE
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18 |
9
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TRUSTS NOT RECOGNISED
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19 |
10
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
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19 |
11
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REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
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19 |
12
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VARIATION OF CLASS RIGHTS
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20 |
13
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VARIATION OF COMPANY CAPITAL
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20 |
14
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FRACTIONS
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20 |
15
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REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL
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21 |
21 |
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16
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RIGHT TO CERTIFICATES
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21 |
17
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REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES
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22 |
22 |
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18
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UNCERTIFICATED SHARES
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22 |
24 |
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19
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COMPANY’S LIEN ON SHARES NOT FULLY PAID
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24 |
20
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ENFORCEMENT OF LIEN BY SALE
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24 |
26 |
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21
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CALLS
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26 |
22
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LIABILITY OF JOINT HOLDERS
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26 |
23
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INTEREST
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26 |
24
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DIFFERENTIATION
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27 |
25
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PAYMENT IN ADVANCE OF CALLS
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27 |
26
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RESTRICTIONS IF CALLS UNPAID
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27 |
27
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SUMS DUE ON ALLOTMENT TREATED AS CALLS
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27 |
27 |
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28
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FORFEITURE AFTER NOTICE OF UNPAID CALL
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27 |
29
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NOTICE AFTER FORFEITURE
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28 |
30
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CONSEQUENCES OF FORFEITURE
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28 |
31
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DISPOSAL OF FORFEITED SHARE
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29 |
32
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PROOF OF FORFEITURE
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29 |
30 |
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33
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SALE OF SHARES
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30 |
34
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APPLICATION OF SALE PROCEEDS
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31 |
35
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APPLICABLE ESCHEATMENT LAWS
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31 |
31 |
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36
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FORM OF TRANSFER
|
31 |
37
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REGISTRATION OF A CERTIFICATED SHARE TRANSFER
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33 |
38
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REGISTRATION OF AN UNCERTIFICATED SHARE TRANSFER
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34 |
39
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CLOSING OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS
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34 |
34 |
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40
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ON DEATH
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34 |
41
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ELECTION OF PERSON ENTITLED BY TRANSMISSION
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34 |
42
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RIGHTS ON TRANSMISSION
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35 |
35 |
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43
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ANNUAL AND OTHER GENERAL MEETINGS
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35 |
44
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ELECTRONIC GENERAL MEETINGS
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36 |
45
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
|
36 |
46
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QUORUM FOR GENERAL MEETING
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38 |
47
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PROCEDURE IF QUORUM NOT PRESENT
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38 |
48
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CHAIRPERSON OF GENERAL MEETING
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38 |
49
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RIGHTS OF DIRECTORS AND OTHERS TO ATTEND MEETINGS
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39 |
50
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ACCOMMODATION OF MEMBERS AT MEETING
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39 |
51
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SECURITY
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39 |
52
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POWER TO ADJOURN
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39 |
53
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NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETING
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40 |
54
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BUSINESS OF ADJOURNED MEETING
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40 |
55
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THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
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40 |
40 |
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56
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VOTING AT A GENERAL MEETING
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40 |
57
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POLL PROCEDURE
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40 |
58
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VOTES OF MEMBERS
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41 |
59
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CHAIRPERSON’S CASTING VOTE
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42 |
60
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VOTING RESTRICTIONS ON AN OUTSTANDING CALL
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42 |
61
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PROXY INSTRUMENT
|
42 |
62
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CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
|
44 |
63
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AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTIONS
|
44 |
64
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OBJECTION TO ERROR IN VOTING
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44 |
44 |
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65
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FAILURE TO DISCLOSE INTERESTS IN SHARES
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44 |
47 |
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66
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NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
|
47 |
67
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STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD
|
48 |
68
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BOARD’S POWER TO APPOINT DIRECTORS
|
48 |
69
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APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
|
48 |
70
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APPOINTMENT OF OTHER OFFICERS
|
49 |
71
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ELIGIBILITY OF NEW DIRECTORS
|
49 |
72
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VACATION OF DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
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49 |
50 |
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73
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BOARD POWERS
|
50 |
74
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DIRECTORS BELOW THE MINIMUM NUMBER
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50 |
75
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DELEGATION TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
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50 |
76
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DELEGATION TO COMMITTEES
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50 |
77
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DELEGATION TO AGENTS
|
51 |
78
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EXERCISE OF VOTING POWER
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51 |
79
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PROVISION FOR EMPLOYEES
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51 |
80
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OVERSEAS REGISTERS
|
51 |
81
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
|
52 |
82
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BORROWING POWERS
|
52 |
83
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CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME
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52 |
52 |
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84
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FEES
|
52 |
85
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EXPENSES
|
52 |
86
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REMUNERATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
|
52 |
87
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SPECIAL REMUNERATION
|
53 |
88
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COMPANY PROPERTY
|
53 |
89
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PENSIONS AND OTHER BENEFITS
|
53 |
53 |
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90
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BOARD MEETINGS
|
53 |
91
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NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS
|
53 |
92
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QUORUM
|
54 |
93
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BOARD CHAIRPERSON
|
54 |
94
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VOTING
|
54 |
95
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TELEPHONE PARTICIPATION
|
54 |
96
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WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS
|
55 |
97
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COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS
|
55 |
98
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MINUTES
|
55 |
99
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VALIDITY OF PROCEEDINGS
|
56 |
56 |
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100
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CONTRACTING WITH THE COMPANY
|
56 |
101
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DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
|
56 |
102
|
AUTHORISATION OF BOARD OF CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS
|
57 |
103
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PROHIBITION ON VOTING BY INTERESTED DIRECTORS
|
58 |
104
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ABILITY OF INTERESTED DIRECTORS TO VOTE
|
58 |
105
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DIVISION OF PROPOSALS
|
59 |
106
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RULINGS ON QUESTIONS OF ENTITLEMENT TO VOTE
|
59 |
107
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INTERESTS OF CONNECTED PERSONS
|
59 |
108
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ABILITY OF DIRECTOR TO HOLD OTHER OFFICES
|
59 |
109
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REMUNERATION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
|
60 |
110
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DIRECTORSHIPS OF OTHER COMPANIES
|
60 |
60 |
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111
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SECRETARY
|
60 |
60 |
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112
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SEAL
|
60 |
113
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DIRECTORS OR SECRETARY TO AUTHENTICATE OR CERTIFY
|
61 |
61 |
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114
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DECLARATION
|
61 |
115
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INTERIM DIVIDENDS
|
61 |
116
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ENTITLEMENT TO DIVIDENDS
|
61 |
117
|
PAYMENT METHODS
|
62 |
118
|
DEDUCTIONS
|
63 |
119
|
INTEREST
|
63 |
120
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UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS
|
63 |
121
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UNCASHED DIVIDENDS
|
64 |
122
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DIVIDENDS IN KIND
|
64 |
123
|
SCRIP DIVIDENDS
|
64 |
124
|
RESERVES
|
66 |
125
|
CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS AND RESERVES
|
66 |
67 |
||
126
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BOARD TO FIX DATE
|
67 |
68 |
||
127
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ACCOUNTING RECORDS
|
68 |
128
|
ACCESS TO ACCOUNTING RECORDS
|
68 |
129
|
DISTRIBUTION OF ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
|
69 |
70 |
||
130
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APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
|
70 |
70 |
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131
|
COMMUNICATIONS
|
70 |
132
|
COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY
|
70 |
133
|
COMMUNICATIONS BY THE COMPANY OR THE BOARD IN HARD COPY FORM
|
71 |
134
|
COMMUNICATIONS BY THE COMPANY IN ELECTRONIC FORM
|
71 |
135
|
COMMUNICATIONS BY THE COMPANY BY MEANS OF A WEBSITE
|
72 |
136
|
COMMUNICATIONS BY OTHER MEANS
|
73 |
137
|
FAILURE TO DELIVER BY ELECTRONIC MEANS
|
73 |
138
|
WHEN SERVICE IS EFFECTED ON A MEMBER
|
73 |
139
|
NOTICE BY ADVERTISEMENT
|
74 |
140
|
DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION TO JOINT HOLDERS
|
74 |
141
|
SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION ON PERSONS ENTITLED TO SHARES BY TRANSMISSION |
74 |
142
|
MEMBERS NOT ENTITLED TO NOTICES, DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION
|
75 |
143
|
DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION
|
75 |
76 |
||
144
|
WINDING UP
|
76 |
145
|
INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE
|
76 |
146
|
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
|
78 |
1.1 |
In these Articles (unless the context requires otherwise) the following words have the following meanings:
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|
“Depositary” means any depositary, clearing agency, custodian, nominee or similar entity appointed under arrangements entered into by the Company
or otherwise approved by the Board that holds, or is interested directly or indirectly, including through a nominee, in, shares, or rights or interests in respect thereof, and which issues certificates, instruments, securities or other
documents of title, or maintains accounts, evidencing or recording the entitlement of the holders thereof, or account holders, to or to receive such shares, rights or interests (and shall include, where so approved by the Board, the
trustees (acting in their capacity as such) of any employees' share scheme established by the Company);
“Depositary Interest” means any certificate, instrument, security or other document of title issued, or account maintained, by a Depositary to
evidence or record the entitlement of the holder, or account holder, to or to receive shares, or rights or interests in respect thereof;
“Directors” means the directors of the Company from time to time;
“document” includes, unless otherwise specified, any document sent or supplied in electronic form;
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 (including any statutory modification or re-enactment of it
for the time being in force);
“electronic general meeting” a general meeting hosted on an electronic platform, whether that general meeting is physically hosted at a specific
location simultaneously or not;
“electronic means” has the meaning given to it in section 2 of the Act, and includes it being done by means of all forms of electronic
communication as the Board may, from time to time, prescribe, either generally or for a particular purpose;
“electronic platform”, means any form of electronic platform and includes, without limitation, website addresses, application technology and
conference call systems;
“electronic signature” has the meaning given in the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 (including any statutory modification or re-enactment of it for
the time being in force);
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States of America, as amended from time to time;
“execution” means any mode of execution, including such forms of electronic signature or other means of verifying the authenticity of a
communication by electronic means as the Board may, from time to time, prescribe, either generally or for a particular purpose(and “executed” shall be construed accordingly);
“Group” means the group comprising the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of section 7 of the Act for the time being;
“Group Member” means any member of the Group, including the Company;
“holder” or “shareholder”, means in relation to a share, the member whose name is entered in the Share
Register as the holder of that share or, where the context permits, the members whose names are entered in the Share Register as the joint holders of shares in the Company;
|
|
“interest in shares” includes, where the context permits, “interests in securities” as defined in the Irish Takeover Rules and, for the avoidance
of doubt, includes, without duplication, beneficial ownership and Depositary Interests, and “interested in shares” will be construed accordingly;
“Irish Takeover Rules” means the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2013, (including any statutory modification or re-enactment of
it for the time being in force);
“member” means a member within the meaning of section 168 of the Act; “Operator”
means the operator of the Uncertificated System;
“Ordinary Resolution” means an ordinary resolution of the Company’s shareholders within the meaning of the Act;
“Ordinary Shares” means A ordinary shares of $ US$0.0109 each (par value) in the capital of the Company, which shall rank pari passu in all respects;
“paid” or “paid up” means paid up or credited as paid up;
"Participating Security" means a security, share, class of shares or class of securities or a renounceable right of allotment of a share, title
to which is permitted to be transferred by means of an Uncertificated System in accordance with the Uncertificated Securities Regulations;
“Redeemable Shares” means redeemable shares within the meaning of sections 64 and 66(4) of the Act;
“Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company or, as appropriate, in the case of sending or supplying
documents or information by electronic means, the address specified by the Board for the purpose of receiving documents or information by electronic means;
“Seal” means the common seal of the Company or any official or securities seal that the Company has or may have as permitted by the Statutes;
“Secretary” means the secretary of the Company or any other person appointed to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company
including a joint, temporary, assistant or deputy secretary;
“share” means a share in the capital of the Company;
“Share Register” means the Company’s register of shareholders kept pursuant to the Statutes or, as the case may be, any overseas branch register
kept pursuant to these Articles;
“Special Resolution” means a special resolution of the Company’s shareholders within the meaning of the Act;
“Statutes” the Act and every other legislation, statute, order regulation, instrument or other subordinate legislation for the time being in
force concerning companies and affecting the Company, including any statutory re-enactment or modification of the Act or any other act, order, regulation, instrument, subordinate legislation or statutory instrument;
“treasury shares” means treasury shares within the meaning of section 109 of the Act;
|
|
“uncertificated” means in relation to a share, a share to which title is recorded in the Share Register as being held in uncertificated form;
“Uncertificated Securities Regulations” means the Companies Act 1990 (Uncertificated Securities) Regulations 1996 (SI No. 68 of 1996) which are
carried over by Schedule 6 of the Act, including any modification thereof and any legislation, order, regulation, instrument or subordinate legislation relating to the holding, evidencing of title to, or the transfer of,
uncertificated shares or other securities (and all legislation, rules or other arrangements made under or by virtue of such provisions) in force from time to time;
“Uncertificated System” means any applicable system which is a “relevant system” (for the purposes of the Uncertificated Securities
Regulations), any applicable successor or similar or alternative system to such a “relevant system”;
“working day” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Ireland or the United States;
“writing” includes printing, typewriting, lithography, photography, electronic mail and any other mode or modes of presenting or reproducing
words in a visible form including communications by electronic means; and
“$” means, US dollars, the lawful currency of the United States, and “€” means euro, the lawful
currency of Ireland.
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|
(A) |
words or expressions which are not defined in Article 1.1 or elsewhere in these Articles have the same meanings (where applicable) as in the Statutes as in force on the date of the adoption of these Articles;
|
|
(B) |
a reference to any Statute or any provision of a Statute includes a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of it for the time being in force, as (where applicable) amended or modified or
extended by any other Statute or any order, regulation, instrument or other subordinate legislation made under such Statute or statutory provision or under the Statute under which such statutory instrument was made;
|
|
(C) |
words in the singular include the plural and vice versa, words importing any gender include all genders and a reference to a “person” includes any individual, firm,
partnership, unincorporated association, company, corporation or other body corporate;
|
|
(D) |
“mental disorder” means mental disorder as defined in section 3 of the Mental Health Act 2001 (including any statutory modification or re-enactment of it for the time
being in force);
|
|
(E) |
where an Ordinary Resolution is expressed to be required for any purpose, a Special Resolution is also effective for such purpose;
|
|
(F) |
headings do not affect the interpretation of any Article;
|
|
(G) |
any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding the terms;
|
|
(H) |
any reference to a dividend includes any dividend or other distribution, in cash or by the distribution of assets, paid or distributed to shareholders out of the profits of the Company available for
distribution, and includes final dividends, interim dividends and bonus dividends;
|
|
(I) |
reference to “officer” or “officers” in these Articles means any executive that has been designated by the Company as an “officer” and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not have the meaning given to such term
in the Act, and any such officers shall not constitute officers of the Company within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Act; and
|
|
(J) |
the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, and the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include firms or companies.
|
2.1 |
Without prejudice to section 1007(4) of the Act and save as otherwise expressly provided in these Articles, where a provision of these Articles covers substantially the same subject matter as any optional
provisions (as defined in section 1007(2) of the Act) of the Act, any such optional provisions shall be deemed not to apply to the Company and, for the avoidance of doubt, these Articles shall be deemed to have effect and prevail over the
terms of such optional provisions.
|
2.2 |
Sections 43(2), 43(3), 77 to 81, 95(1)(a), 96(2) to (11), 124, 125, 126, 144(3), 144(4), 148(2),158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 165, 181(6), 182(2) and
(5), 183(3) and (6), 187, 188, 338(5), 338(6), 618(1)(b), 620(8), 1090, 1092 and 1113 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.
|
3.1 |
The authorised share capital of the Company is: US$9,076,430 divided into 832,700,000 A Ordinary Shares of US$0.0109 each.
|
3.2 |
Subject to the provisions of the Statutes and of these Articles and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing shares or class of shares, any shares in the
capital of the Company may be issued with such preferred, deferred, qualified or other special rights and privileges and with such conditions restrictions or qualifications, whether in regard to preference, dividend, capital (including return
of capital), voting or otherwise (including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the provisions of the Statutes, shares which are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or
the holders) as the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution determine or, if the Company does not so determine, as the Directors may determine.
|
3.3 |
If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share any one of such persons may give effective receipts for any dividends or other monies payable in respect of such share, but such power shall
not apply to the legal personal representatives of a deceased shareholder.
|
3.4 |
The Company shall not be bound to register more than four persons as joint holders of any share.
|
|
(A) |
the Directors may declare and pay dividends on the Ordinary Shares in accordance with Article 114 to Article 125;
|
|
(B) |
on a return of capital of the Company on a winding-up or otherwise, any surplus assets of the Company available for distribution to the holders of Ordinary Shares shall be distributed to each holder of an
Ordinary Share pro rata to its shareholding;
|
|
(C) |
subject to the right of the Company to set record dates for the purposes of determining the identity of members entitled to notice of and / or to vote at a general meeting and to the provisions of Article 58
and any rules or regulations applicable to the conduct of any general meeting of the Company, each holder of an Ordinary Share shall have the right to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company and to exercise one vote for every
Ordinary Share of which it is the holder; and
|
|
(D) |
Ordinary Shares are freely transferable in accordance with Article 36.
|
4.2 |
Unless the Directors specifically elect to treat such acquisition as a purchase for the purposes of the Act, an Ordinary Share shall be automatically deemed to be a Redeemable Share on, and from the time of,
the existence or creation of an agreement, transaction or trade between the Company (including any agent or broker acting on behalf of the Company) and any person pursuant to which the Company acquires, agrees to acquire or will acquire
Ordinary Shares, or an interest in Ordinary Shares, from such person. In these circumstances, the acquisition of such shares or interest in shares by the Company, save where acquired otherwise than for valuable consideration in accordance
with the Act, shall constitute the redemption of a Redeemable Share in accordance with the Act. No resolution, whether special or otherwise, shall be required to be passed to deem any Ordinary Share a Redeemable Share.
|
4.3 |
The rights conferred upon any holder of any pre-existing shares in the share capital of the Company shall be deemed not to be varied by the operation of Article 4.2.
|
7.1 |
Subject to the provisions of these Articles relating to new shares, the shares shall be at the disposal of the Directors, and they may (subject to the provisions of the Act) allot, re-classify, grant options
over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, on such terms and conditions and at such times as they may consider to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, but so that no share shall be issued at a discount save in
accordance with the Act, and so that the amount payable on application on each share shall not be less than one-quarter of the nominal amount of the share and the whole of any premium thereon. To the extent permitted by the Act, shares may
also be allotted by a committee of the Directors or by any other person where such committee or person is so authorized by the Directors.
|
7.2 |
Subject to any requirement to obtain the approval of shareholders under any laws, regulations or the rules of any stock exchange to which the Company is subject, the Board is authorized, from time to time, in
its discretion, to grant such persons, for such periods and upon such terms as the Board deems advisable, options to purchase or subscribe for such number of shares of any class or classes or of any series of any class as the Board may deem
advisable, and to cause warrants or other appropriate instruments evidencing such options to be issued.
|
7.4 |
Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Directors from recognising a renunciation of the allotment of any shares by any allottee in favour of some other person.
|
7.5 |
If by the conditions of allotment of any share the whole or part of the amount or issue price thereof shall be payable by instalments, every such instalment when due shall be paid to the Company by the person
who for the time being shall be the holder of the share.
|
11.1 |
Subject to the provisions of the Act and the other provisions of these Articles, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 4.3, the Company may:
|
|
(A) |
pursuant to section 66(4) of the Act, issue any shares which are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the shareholders on such terms and in such manner as may be
determined by the Directors;
|
|
(B) |
redeem shares of the Company on such terms as may be contained in, or be determined pursuant to the provisions of, these Articles. Subject as aforesaid, the Company may cancel any shares so redeemed or may hold
them as treasury shares and re-issue such treasury shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them;
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(C) |
subject to or in accordance with the provisions of the Act and without prejudice to any relevant special rights attached to any class of shares, acquire any of its own shares (including any Redeemable Shares
and without any obligation to purchase on any pro rata basis as between shareholders, including shareholders of the same class) and may cancel any shares so purchased or hold them as treasury shares
and may reissue any such shares as shares of any class or classes or cancel them; or
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convert any of its shares into Redeemable Shares.
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11.2 |
The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares in any manner permitted by the Act.
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11.3 |
Unless the Board determines otherwise, the holder of any shares being purchased or redeemed shall be bound to deliver up to the Company at its Registered Office or such other place as the Board shall
specify, the certificate(s) (if any) thereof for cancellation and thereupon the Company shall pay to him or her the purchase or redemption monies or consideration in respect thereof.
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12.1 |
Subject to the provisions of the Act and the other provisions of these Articles and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 4.3, if at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of
shares, the rights attached to any class of shares may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied or abrogated:
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(A) |
with the consent in writing from the holders of at least three-quarters in nominal value of the issued shares of that class (excluding any shares held as treasury shares); or
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(B) |
with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class sanctioning the variation, provided that, if the relevant class of holders has only one
holder, that person present in person or by proxy shall constitute the necessary quorum for such a meeting. To every such meeting the provisions of Article 43.5 shall apply.
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12.2 |
Subject to the terms of issue of or rights attached to any shares, the rights or privileges attached to any class of shares shall be deemed not to be varied or abrogated by:
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the creation or issue of any new shares ranking pari passu in all respects (save as to the date from which such new shares shall rank for dividend) therewith;
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(B) |
the operation of Article 4.2; or
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(C) |
the reduction of the capital paid up on such shares or by the purchase or redemption by the Company of any of its own shares in accordance with the Statutes and these Articles.
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13.1 |
The Company may by Ordinary Resolution vary its company capital as permitted by section 83 of the Act.
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14.1 |
If, as the result of a consolidation and division or a sub-division of shares, fractions of shares become attributable to shareholders, the Board may on behalf of the shareholders deal with the fractions as it
thinks fit, including (without limitation) in either of the ways prescribed in this Article below.
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14.2 |
The Board may sell shares representing the fractions to any person (including, subject to the Statutes, the Company) for the best price reasonably obtainable and distribute the net proceeds of sale (subject to
any applicable tax, abandoned property laws and the reasonable expenses of sale) in due proportion amongst the persons to whom such fractions are attributable (except that if the amount due to a person is less than €5.00, or such other sum as
the Board may decide, the Company may retain such sum for its own benefit). To give effect to such sale the Board may:
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in the case of certificated shares, authorise a person to execute an instrument of transfer of shares to the purchaser or as the purchaser may direct; and
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(B) |
in the case of uncertificated shares, exercise any power conferred on it by Article 18.9 (to effect a transfer of the shares.
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14.3 |
The purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase monies in respect of any such sale. The title of the transferee to the shares will not be affected by any
irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings connected with the sale or transfer. Any instrument or exercise referred to in Article 14.2 shall be effective as if it had been executed or exercised by the holder of the shares to which
it relates.
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14.4 |
In relation to such fractions, the Board may issue, subject to the Statutes, to a shareholder credited as fully paid by way of capitalisation the minimum number of shares required to round up his or her holding
of shares to a number which, following a consolidation and division or a sub-division, leaves a whole number of shares (such issue being deemed to have been effected immediately before the consolidation or the sub-division, as the case may
be). The amount required to pay up those shares may be capitalised as the Board thinks fit out of amounts standing to the credit of any reserve or fund of the Company (including any share premium account, undenominated capital account,
revaluation reserve, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution, and applied in paying up in full the appropriate number of shares. A resolution of the Board capitalising part of any
such reserve or fund will have the same effect as if the capitalisation had been made with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution of the Company pursuant to Article 124. In relation to the capitalisation the Board may exercise all the powers
conferred on it by Article 124 without the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution of the Company.
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16.1 |
The shares of the Company may be either represented by certificates or, if permissible by applicable Statutes and the conditions of issue of the relevant shares so provide, by uncertificated shares. Except as
required by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of shares represented by certificates of the same class shall be identical.
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16.2 |
Subject to the Statutes, the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the rules of any stock exchange to which the shares are admitted to trading, and these Articles, every person (except any person in
respect of whom the Company is not required by the Statutes to complete and have ready for delivery a share certificate), upon becoming the holder of a certificated share is entitled, without charge, to receive within one month after
allotment or within one month of lodgement of a transfer (unless the conditions of issue provide for a longer interval), one certificate for all the certificated shares of a class registered in his or her name or, in the case of certificated
shares of more than one class being registered in his or her name, to a separate certificate for each class of shares, unless the terms of issue of the shares provide otherwise.
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16.3 |
Where a shareholder transfers part of his or her shares comprised in a certificate, the old certificate shall be cancelled and he or she shall be entitled, without charge, to one certificate for the balance of
the certificated shares retained by him or her.
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16.4 |
If and so long as all the issued shares in the capital of the Company or all the issued shares of a particular class are fully paid up and rank pari passu for all
purposes, then none of those shares shall bear a distinguishing number. In all other cases each share shall bear a distinguishing number.
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16.5 |
In the case of joint holders of shares held in certificated form the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate to all the joint holders, and delivery of such certificate to any one of them
shall be sufficient delivery to all.
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16.6 |
A certificate shall specify the number and class and the distinguishing numbers (if any) of the shares in respect of which it is issued and the amount paid up on the shares. It shall be issued under the Seal,
which may be affixed to or printed on it, or in such other manner as the Board may approve, having regard to the terms of issue and the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the rules of any stock exchange to which the shares are
admitted to trading (including by way of signature or facsimile of the signature of any person to be applied to such share certificate by any mechanical or electronic means in place of that person’s actual signature).
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If any certificate is worn-out, defaced, lost or destroyed, the Company may cancel it and issue a replacement certificate subject to such terms as the Board may decide as to evidence and
indemnity (with or without security) and to payment of any exceptional out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in investigating such evidence and preparing such indemnity or such security but otherwise free of charge, and (if the
certificate is worn-out or defaced) on delivery up of the old certificate.
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18.1 |
The Board may resolve that a class of shares is to become, or is to cease to be, a Participating Security.
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18.2 |
Shares of a class shall not be treated as forming a separate class from other shares of the same class as a consequence of such shares being held in certificated or uncertificated form or
of any provision in these Articles or the Uncertificated Securities Regulations applying only to certificated shares or to uncertificated shares.
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18.3 |
Any share of a class which is a Participating Security may be changed from an uncertificated share to a certificated share and from a certificated share to an uncertificated share in
accordance with the Uncertificated Securities Regulations.
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18.4 |
These Articles apply to uncertificated shares of a class which is a Participating Security only to the extent that these Articles are consistent with the holding of such shares in uncertificated form, with the
transfer of title to such shares by means of the Uncertificated System and with the Uncertificated Securities Regulations.
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18.5 |
The Board may establish regulations not included in these Articles which (in addition to or in substitution for any provisions in these Articles):
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apply to the issue, holding or transfer of uncertificated shares;
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(B) |
set out (where appropriate) the procedures for conversion and/or redemption of uncertificated shares; and/or
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(C) |
the Board considers necessary or appropriate to ensure that these Articles are consistent with the Uncertificated Securities Regulations and/or the Operator’s rules and practices.
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18.6 |
Such regulations will apply instead of any relevant provisions in these Articles which relate to certificates and the transfer, conversion and redemption of shares or which are not consistent with the
Uncertificated Securities Regulations, in all cases to the extent (if any) stated in such regulations. If the Board makes any such regulations, Article 18.4 will (for the avoidance of doubt) continue to apply to these Articles, when read in
conjunction with those regulations.
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18.7 |
Any instruction given by means of an Uncertificated System as referred to in these Articles shall be a dematerialised instruction given in accordance with the Uncertificated Securities
Regulations, the facilities and requirements of the Uncertificated System and the Operator’s rules and practices.
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18.8 |
For any purpose under these Articles, the Company may treat a shareholder’s holding of uncertificated shares and of certificated shares of the same class as if they were separate holdings, unless the Board
otherwise decides.
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18.9 |
Where the Company is entitled under the Statutes, the Operator’s rules and practices, these Articles or otherwise to dispose of, forfeit, enforce a lien over or impose a restriction on or
sell or otherwise procure the sale of any shares of a class which is a Participating Security which are held in uncertificated form, the Board may take such steps (subject to the Uncertificated Securities Regulations and to such rules and
practices) as may be required or appropriate, by instruction by means of the Uncertificated System or otherwise, to effect such disposal, forfeiture, enforcement or sale including by (without limitation):
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(A) |
requesting or requiring the deletion of any computer-based entries in the Uncertificated System relating to the holding of such shares in uncertificated form;
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(B) |
altering such computer-based entries so as to divest the holder of such shares of the power to transfer such shares other than to a person selected or approved by the Company for the purpose of such transfer;
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(C) |
requiring any holder of such shares, by notice in writing to him or her, to change his or her holding of such uncertificated shares into certificated form within any specified period;
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(D) |
requiring any holder of such shares to take such steps as may be necessary to sell or transfer such shares as directed by the Company;
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(E) |
otherwise rectify or change the Share Register in respect of any such shares in such manner as the Board considers appropriate (including, without limitation, by entering the name of a transferee into the Share
Register as the next holder of such shares); and/or
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(F) |
appointing any person to take any steps in the name of any holder of such shares as may be required to change such shares from uncertificated form to certificated form and/or to effect the transfer of such
shares (and such steps shall be effective as if they had been taken by such holder).
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18.10 |
The Company shall enter on the Share Register how many shares are held by each shareholder in uncertificated form and in certificated form and shall maintain the register in each case as
is required by the Uncertificated Securities Regulations and the relevant system concerned.
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18.11 |
The provisions of Articles 16 and 17 shall not apply to uncertificated shares.
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19.1 |
The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on each issued share (not being a fully paid share) for all amounts payable to the Company (whether actually or contingently and whether presently payable or
not) in respect of such share.
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19.2 |
The lien applies to all dividends on any such share and to all amounts payable by the Company in respect of such share. It also applies
notwithstanding that:
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(A) |
the Company may have notice of any equitable or other interest of any person in any such share; or
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(B) |
any such amounts payable may be the joint debts and liabilities of both the holder of the share and one or more other persons.
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19.3 |
The Board may resolve that any share be exempt wholly or in part from this Article.
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20.1 |
For the purpose of enforcing the Company’s lien on any shares, the Board may sell them in such manner as it decides if an amount in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable and is not paid within
fourteen (14) clear days following the giving of a notice to the holder (or any person entitled by transmission to the share) demanding payment of the amount due within such fourteen clear day period and stating that if the notice is not
complied with the shares may be sold.
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20.2 |
To give effect to such sale the Board may:
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(A) |
in the case of certificated shares, authorise a person to execute an instrument of transfer of shares in the name and on behalf of the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, them to the purchaser
or as the purchaser may direct; and
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(B) |
in the case of uncertificated shares, exercise any power conferred on it by Article 18.9 to effect a transfer of the shares.
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20.3 |
The purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase monies in respect of any such sale. The title of the transferee to the shares will not be affected by any
irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings connected with the sale or transfer, and after the name of the purchaser has been entered in the Share Register, the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages
only and against the Company exclusively. Any instrument or exercise referred to in Article 20.2 shall be effective as if it had been executed or exercised by the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, the shares to
which it relates.
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20.4 |
The net proceeds of any sale of shares subject to the Company’s lien under these Articles (after payment of the costs and expenses of sale) shall be applied in or towards
satisfaction of the amount then due to the Company in respect of the shares. Any balance shall be paid to the original holder of, or the person entitled (but for such sale) by transmission to, the shares on (in the case of
certificated shares) surrender to the Company for cancellation of the certificate for such shares and (in all cases) subject to the Company having a lien on such balance on the same
basis as applied to such shares for any amount not presently payable as existed on such shares before the sale.
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20.5 |
Whenever any law for the time being of any country, state or place imposes or purports to impose any immediate or future or possible liability upon the Company to make any
payment or empowers any government or taxing authority or government official to require the Company to make any payment in respect of any shares registered in the Share Register as held either jointly or solely by any
shareholder or in respect of any dividends, bonuses or other monies due or payable or accruing due or which may become due or payable to such shareholder by the Company on or in respect of any shares registered as mentioned
above or for or on account or in respect of any shareholder and whether in consequence of:
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(A) |
the death of such shareholder;
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(B) |
the non-payment of any income tax or other tax by such shareholder;
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(C) |
the non-payment of any estate, probate, succession, death, stamp or other duty by the executor or administrator of such shareholder or by or out of her estate; or
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(D) |
any other act or thing, in every such case (except to the extent that the rights conferred upon holders of any class of shares render the Company liable to make additional payments in respect of sums withheld
on account of the foregoing):
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the Company shall be fully indemnified by such shareholder or her executor or administrator from all liability;
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(2) |
the Company shall have a lien upon all dividends and other monies payable in respect of the shares registered in the Share Register as held either jointly or solely by such shareholder for all monies paid or
payable by the Company as referred to above in respect of such shares or in respect of any dividends or other monies thereon or for or on account or in respect of such shareholder under or in consequence of any such law, together with
interest at the rate of 15% per annum (or such other rate as the Board may determine) thereon from the date of payment to date of repayment, and the Company may deduct or set off against such dividends or other monies so payable any monies
paid or payable by the Company as referred to above together with interest at the same rate;
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(3) |
the Company may recover as a debt due from such shareholder or her executor or administrator (wherever constituted) any monies paid by the Company under or in consequence of any such law and interest thereon at
the rate and for the period referred to above in excess of any dividends or other monies then due or payable by the Company; and
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(4) |
the Company may if any such money is paid or payable by it under any such law as referred to above refuse to register a transfer of any shares by any such shareholder or her executor or administrator until such
money and interest is set off or deducted as referred to above or in the case that it exceeds the amount of any such dividends or other monies then due or payable by the Company, until such excess is paid to the Company.
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20.6 |
Subject to the rights conferred upon the holders of any class of shares, nothing in Article 20.5 will prejudice or affect any right or remedy which any law may confer or purport to confer on the Company. As
between the Company and every such shareholder as referred to above (and, her executor, administrator and estate, wherever constituted), any right or remedy which such law shall confer or purport to confer on the Company shall be enforceable
by the Company.
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21.1 |
Subject to the terms on which shares are allotted, the Board may make calls on the shareholders (and any persons entitled by transmission) in respect of any amounts unpaid on their shares (whether in respect of
nominal value or premium) and not payable on a date fixed by or in accordance with the allotment terms. Each such shareholder or other person shall pay to the Company the amount called, subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) clear days’
notice specifying when and where the payment is to be made, as required by such notice.
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21.2 |
A call may be made payable by instalments. A call may be revoked before receipt by the Company of a sum due thereunder, in whole or in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole
or in part as the Board may decide. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him or her notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made.
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21.3 |
A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed.
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25.1 |
The Board may, if it thinks fit, receive from any shareholder (or any person entitled by transmission) willing to advance the same or all or any part of the amount uncalled and unpaid on the shares held by him
or her (or to which he or she is entitled). The liability of each such shareholder or other person on the shares to which such payment relates shall be reduced by such amount. The Company may pay interest on such amount from the time of
receipt until the time when such amount would, but for such advance, have become due and payable at such rate not exceeding the appropriate rate (as defined by the Act) as the Board may decide.
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25.2 |
No sum paid up on a share in advance of a call shall entitle the holder to any portion of a dividend subsequently declared or paid in respect of any period prior to the date on which such sum would, but for
such payment, become due and payable.
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28.1 |
If a call or an instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the Board may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ notice requiring payment of
the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any costs, charges and expenses that the Company may have incurred by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall state the place where payment is to be made and that if
the notice is not complied with the shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. If the notice is not complied with, any shares in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice
has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board. The forfeiture will include all dividends and other amounts payable in respect of the forfeited shares which have not been paid before the forfeiture.
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28.2 |
The Board may accept the surrender of a share which is liable to be forfeited in accordance with these Articles. All provisions in these Articles which apply to the forfeiture of a share
also apply to the surrender of a share.
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28.3 |
The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on
account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
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28.4 |
On the trial or hearing of any action for the recovery of any money due for any call it shall be sufficient to prove that the name of the shareholder sued is entered in the Share Register as the holder, or one
of the holders, of the shares in respect of which such debt accrued, that the resolution making the call is duly recorded in the minute book and that notice of such call was duly given to the shareholder sued, in pursuance of these Articles,
and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Directors who made such call nor any other matters whatsoever, but the proof of the matters aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the debt.
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29.1 |
When a share has been forfeited, the Company shall give notice of the forfeiture to the person who was before forfeiture the holder of the share or the person entitled by transmission to the share. An entry
that such notice has been given and of the fact and date of forfeiture shall be made in the Share Register. No forfeiture will be invalidated by any omission to give such notice or make such entry.
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29.2 |
The Board may accept a surrender of any share liable to be forfeited hereunder.
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30.1 |
Subject to the provisions of the Act, a share shall, on its forfeiture, become the property of the Company and all interest in and all claims and demands against the Company in respect of a share and all other
rights and liabilities incidental to the share as between its holder and the Company shall, on its forfeiture, be extinguished and terminate except as otherwise stated in these Articles.
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30.2 |
The holder of a share (or the person entitled to it by transmission) which is forfeited or surrendered shall:
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(A) |
on its forfeiture or surrender cease to be a shareholder (or a person entitled) in respect of it;
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(B) |
if a certificated share, surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the share;
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(C) |
remain liable to pay to the Company all monies payable in respect of the share at the time of forfeiture, with interest from such time of forfeiture until the time of payment, in the same manner in all respects
as if the share had not been forfeited; and
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(D) |
remain liable to satisfy all (if any) claims and demands which the Company might have enforced in respect of the share at the time of forfeiture without any deduction or allowance for the value of the share at
the time of forfeiture or for any consideration received on its disposal, but his or her liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all such moneys in respect of the shares.
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30.3 |
The forfeiture or surrender of a share shall involve the extinction at the time of forfeiture or surrender of all interest in and all claims and demands against the Company in respect of the share as between
the shareholder whose share is forfeited or surrendered and the Company, except only such of those rights and liabilities as are by these Articles expressly saved, or as are by the Act given or imposed in the case of past shareholders.
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30.4 |
Notwithstanding any such forfeiture as aforesaid, the Board may, at any time before the forfeited shares have been otherwise disposed of, annul the forfeiture, on the terms of payment of all calls and interest
due thereon and all expenses incurred in respect of the share, or on the terms of compliance with the terms of any notice served under section 1062 of the Act, as appropriate, and on such further terms (if any) as it shall see fit.
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31.1 |
Subject to the Act, a forfeited share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Board may decide either to the person who was before the forfeiture the holder or
to any other person. At any time before the disposal, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Board may decide. Where for the purpose of its disposal a forfeited share is to be transferred to any transferee, the Board may:
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in the case of certificated shares, authorise a person to execute an instrument of transfer of shares in the name and on behalf of their holder to the purchaser or as the purchaser may direct; and
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(B) |
in the case of uncertificated shares, exercise any power conferred on it by Article 18.9 (uncertificated shares) to effect a transfer of the shares.
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31.2 |
The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for the share on any sale or disposition thereof and may execute a transfer of the share in favour of the person to whom the share
is sold or disposed of and thereupon he or she shall be registered as the holder of the share.
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31.3 |
The purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase monies in respect of any such sale. The title of the transferee to the shares will not be affected by any
irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings connected with the sale or transfer, and after the name of the purchaser has been entered in the Share Register, the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only
and against the Company exclusively. Any instrument or exercise referred to in Article 31.1 shall be effective as if it had been executed or exercised by the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, the shares to which it
relates.
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33.1 |
The Company may sell at the best price reasonably obtainable any share of a shareholder, or any share to which a person is entitled by transmission, if:
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(A) |
during the period of twelve (12) years prior to the date of the publication of the advertisements referred to in this Article 33.1 (or, if published on different dates, the earlier or earliest of them):
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(1) |
no cheque, warrant or money order in respect of such share sent by or on behalf of the Company to the shareholder or to the person entitled by transmission to the share, at his or her address in the Share
Register or other address last known to the Company has been cashed;
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(2) |
no cash dividend payable on the shares has been satisfied by the transfer of funds to a bank account of the shareholder (or person entitled by transmission to the share) or by transfer of funds by means of the
Uncertificated System; and
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(3) |
the Company has received no communication (whether in writing or otherwise) in respect of such share from such shareholder or person, provided that during such twelve (12) year period the Company has paid at
least three cash dividends (whether interim or final) in respect of shares of the class in question and no such dividend has been claimed by the person entitled to such share;
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(B) |
on or after the expiry of such twelve (12) year period the Company has given notice of its intention to sell such share by advertisements in a national newspaper published in the country in which the Registered
Office is located and in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the address in the Share Register or other last known address of the shareholder or the person entitled by transmission to the share or the address for the service of
notices on such shareholder or person notified to the Company in accordance with these Articles is located;
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(C) |
such advertisements, if not published on the same day, are published within thirty (30) days of each other; and
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(D) |
during a further period of three months following the date of publication of such advertisements (or, if published on different dates, the date on which the requirements of this Article 33.1 concerning the
publication of newspaper advertisements are met) and prior to the sale the Company has not received any communication (whether in writing or otherwise) in respect of such share from the shareholder or person entitled by transmission.
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(A) |
in the case of certificated shares, authorise a person to execute an instrument of transfer of shares in the name and on behalf of the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, them to the purchaser
or as the purchaser may direct; and
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(B) |
in the case of uncertificated shares, exercise any power conferred on it by Article 18.9 (uncertificated shares) to effect a transfer of the shares.
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33.3 |
The transferee will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase monies in respect of any such sale. The title of the transferee to the shares will not be affected by any
irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings connected with the sale or transfer, and after the name of the purchaser has been entered in the Share Register, the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only and
against the Company exclusively. Any instrument or exercise referred to in Article 33.2 shall be effective as if it had been executed or exercised by the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, the shares to which it
relates.
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35.1 |
To the extent necessary in order to comply with any laws or regulations to which the Company is subject in relation to escheatment, abandonment of property or other similar or analogous laws or regulations (“Applicable Escheatment Laws”), the Company may deal with any share of any shareholder and any unclaimed cash payments relating to such share in any manner which it sees fit, including (but not limited to)
transferring, surrendering or selling such share and transferring to third parties any unclaimed cash payments relating to such share.
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35.2 |
The Company may only exercise the powers granted to it in Article 35.1 in circumstances where it has complied with, or procured compliance with, the required procedures (as set out in the
Applicable Escheatment Laws) with respect to attempting to identify and locate the relevant shareholder.
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35.3 |
Any stock transfer form to be executed by the Company in order to sell or transfer a share pursuant to Article 33.1 may be executed in accordance with Article 36.2.
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(A) |
in the case of certificated shares, by an instrument of transfer in writing in any usual form or in another form approved by the Board, which must be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and (in the case
of a transfer of a share which is not fully paid) by or on behalf of the transferee; or
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(B) |
in the case of uncertificated shares, without a written instrument in accordance with the Uncertificated Securities Regulations.
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36.2 |
The instrument of transfer of any share may be executed for and on behalf of the transferor by the Secretary or any such person that the Secretary nominates for that purpose (whether in
respect of specific transfers or pursuant to a general standing authorisation), and the Secretary or the relevant nominee shall be deemed to have been irrevocably appointed agent for the transferor of such share or shares with full
power to execute, complete and deliver in the name of and on behalf of the transferor of such share or shares all such transfers of shares held by the shareholders in the share capital of the Company. Any document which records the name
of the transferor, the name of the transferee, the class and number of shares agreed to be transferred, the date of the agreement to transfer shares and the price per share, shall, once executed by the transferor or the Secretary or the
relevant nominee as agent for the transferor, and by the transferee where required by the Act, be deemed to be a proper instrument of transfer for the purposes of the Act. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share
until the name of the transferee is entered on the Share Register in respect thereof, and neither the title of the transferee nor the title of the transferor shall be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in
reference to the sale should the Directors so determine.
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36.3 |
The Company, at its absolute discretion, may, or may procure that a subsidiary of the Company shall, pay Irish stamp duty arising on a transfer of shares on behalf of the transferee
of such shares of the Company. If stamp duty resulting from the transfer of shares in the Company which would otherwise be payable by the transferee is paid by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company on behalf of the transferee,
then in those circumstances, the Company shall, on its behalf or on behalf of its subsidiary (as the case may be), be entitled to (a) seek reimbursement of the stamp duty from the transferee, (b) set-off the stamp duty against any
dividends payable to the transferee of those shares and (c) claim a first and permanent lien on the shares on which stamp duty has been paid by the Company or its subsidiary for the amount of stamp duty paid. The Company's lien shall
extend to all dividends paid on those shares.
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36.4 |
The transferor shall remain the holder of the share transferred until the name of the transferee is entered in the Share Register in
respect of it.
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36.5 |
The Board may at any time after the allotment of any share but before any person has been entered in the Share Register as the holder thereof recognise a renunciation thereof by
the allottee in favour of some other person and may accord to any allottee of a share a right to effect such renunciation upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may think fit to impose.
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36.6 |
Notwithstanding the provisions of these Articles and subject to any provision of the Act, title to any shares in the Company may also be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument in accordance with
the Act or any regulations made thereunder. Subject to the Statutes and other applicable law, the Directors shall have power to permit any class of shares to be held in uncertificated form and to implement any arrangements they think fit for
such evidencing and transfer which accord with such regulations and in particular shall, where appropriate, be entitled to disapply or modify all or part of the provisions in these Articles with respect to the requirement for written
instruments of transfer and share certificates (if any), in order to give effect to such regulations.
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36.7 |
Subject to such of the restrictions of these Articles and to such of the conditions of issue of share warrants as may be applicable, any share warrant may be transferred by instrument in writing in any usual or
common form or any other form which the Directors may approve.
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37.1 |
The Directors in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor may decline to register:
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(A) |
any transfer of a share which is not fully paid; or
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(B) |
any transfer to or by a minor or person of unsound mind; but this shall not apply to a transfer of such a share resulting from a sale of the share through a stock exchange on which the share is listed.
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37.2 |
Subject to these Articles, the Board may, in its absolute discretion, refuse to register the transfer of a certificated share or the renunciation of a permissible letter of allotment unless:
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(A) |
it is in respect of a share on which the Company has no lien;
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(B) |
it is in respect of only one class of shares;
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(C) |
it is in favour of a single transferee or renouncee or not more than four joint transferees or renouncees;
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(D) |
it is duly stamped (if required);
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(E) |
a fee of €10 or such lesser sum as the Directors may from time to time require, is paid to the Company; and
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(F) |
it is delivered for registration to the Registered Office or such other place as the Board may decide, accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates (except in the case of a transfer of a
share, for which a certificate has not been issued, by a person in respect of whom the Company is not required by the Act to complete and have ready for delivery a share certificate, and except in the case of a renunciation) and any other
evidence as the Board may reasonably require to prove the title to such share of the transferor or person renouncing and the due execution by him or her of the transfer or renunciation or, if the transfer or renunciation is executed by some
other person on his or her behalf, the authority of such person to do so.
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37.3 |
If the Board refuses to register a transfer or renunciation pursuant to this Article, it shall, within two months after the date on which the transfer or renunciation was delivered to the Company, send notice
of the refusal to the transferee or renounce together with their reasons for the refusal. An instrument of transfer or renunciation which the Board refuses to register shall (except in the case of suspected fraud) be returned to the person
delivering it. All instruments of transfer which are registered may, subject to these Articles, be retained by the Company.
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37.5 |
In the case of a partly paid up share the instrument of transfer must also be signed by or on behalf of the transferee.
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37.6 |
All instruments of transfer which shall be registered shall (except in case of fraud) remain the property of the Company and be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer which the Board may refuse
to register shall (except in case of fraud) be returned to the party presenting the same.
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38.1 |
The Board shall, subject to compliance with applicable Statutes, register a transfer of title to any uncertificated share or the renunciation or transfer of any renounceable right of allotment of a share which
is a Participating Security held in uncertificated form in accordance with the Uncertificated Securities Regulations, except that the Board may refuse (subject to any relevant requirements of (to the extent applicable) the rules of any stock
exchange to which the shares are admitted to trading) to register any such transfer or renunciation which is in favour of more than four persons jointly or in any other circumstance permitted by the Uncertificated Securities Regulations.
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38.2 |
If the Board refuses to register any such transfer or renunciation the Company shall, within two months after the date on which the instruction relating to such transfer or renunciation was received by the
Company, send notice of the refusal to the transferee or renouncee.
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41.1 |
A person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a shareholder, or of any other event giving rise to a transmission of such entitlement by operation of law, may, on such
evidence as to his or her title being produced as the Board may require, elect either to become registered as the holder of such share or to have some person nominated by him or her so registered. If he or she elects to be registered himself
or herself, he or she shall give notice to the Company to that effect. If he or she elects to have some other person registered, he or she shall:
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(A) |
in the case of a certificated share, execute an instrument of transfer of such share to such person; and
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(B) |
in the case of an uncertificated share, either:
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procure that all appropriate instructions are given by means of the Uncertificated System to effect the transfer of such share to such person; or
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(2) |
change the uncertificated share to certificated form and then execute an instrument of transfer of such share to such person.
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41.2 |
All the provisions of these Articles relating to the transfer of shares shall apply to the notice or instrument of transfer or instructions (as the case may be) referred to in Article 41.1 as if the notice were
an instrument of transfer and as if the instrument of transfer was executed, or the instructions were given, by the shareholder and the event giving rise to the transmission had not occurred.
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41.3 |
The Board may give notice requiring a person to make the election referred to in Article 41.1. If such notice is not complied with within sixty (60) days, the Board may withhold payment of all dividends and
other amounts payable in respect of the share until notice of election has been made.
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43.1 |
The Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting in addition to any other meetings in that year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Not more than
fifteen (15) months shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting of the Company and that of the next.
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43.2 |
Subject to the Act, all general meetings of the Company shall be held at such time and places, including electronic platforms as the Board shall determine and may be held outside Ireland.
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43.3 |
All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings. The Board shall determine whether a general meeting is to be held as a physical
meeting and/or an electronic meeting, provided that all general meetings must be held in accordance with the provisions of the Act. The Board shall specify in the notice calling the general meeting whether the meeting will be physical
and/or electronic. Such notice shall also specify the time, date and place and/or electronic platform(s) of the general meeting.
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43.4 |
The Board may, whenever it thinks fit, and shall, on the requisition in writing of shareholders holding such number of shares as is prescribed by, and made in accordance with section 178 of the Act, convene a
general meeting in the manner required by the Act.
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43.5 |
All provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to every separate general meeting of
the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, except that:
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(A) |
the necessary quorum at any such meeting (or adjournment thereof) shall be shareholders of that class who together represent at least the majority of the voting rights of all the shareholders of that class
entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, at the relevant meeting; and
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(B) |
each holder of shares of the class shall, on a poll, have one vote in respect of every share of the class held by him or her.
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44.1 |
Subject always to all general meetings being called and convened in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Directors may resolve to enable persons entitled to attend a general meeting to do so by
simultaneous attendance by electronic means with no member necessarily in physical attendance at the electronic general meeting. The members or their proxies present shall be counted in the quorum for, and entitled to vote at, the general
meeting in question, and that meeting shall be duly constituted and its proceedings valid if the chairman of the general meeting is satisfied that adequate facilities are available throughout the electronic general meeting to ensure that
members attending the electronic general meeting who are not present together at the same place may attend and participate in the business of the general meeting.
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44.2 |
If it appears to the chairman of the general meeting that the electronic platform(s), facilities or security at the electronic general meeting have become inadequate for the purposes referred to in Article 44.1
then the chairman may, without the consent of the meeting, interrupt or adjourn the general meeting. All business conducted at that general meeting up to the time of that adjournment shall be valid and the provisions of Article 52, 53 and 54
shall apply to that adjournment.
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44.3 |
In relation to an electronic general meeting, the right of a member to participate in the business of any general meeting shall include, without limitation, the right to speak, vote on a poll, be represented by
a proxy and have access (including electronic access) to all documents which are required by the Act or these Articles to be made available at the meeting.
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44.4 |
Nothing in these Articles prevents a general meeting being held both physically and electronically.
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45.1 |
A general meeting that is an annual general meeting shall be convened by not less than twenty-one (21) clear days’ and no more than sixty (60) clear days’ notice (whether in electronic form or otherwise).
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45.2 |
Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles, all extraordinary general meetings shall be convened by not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ and no more than sixty (60) clear days’ notice (whether
in electronic form or otherwise).
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45.3 |
Subject to the provisions of the Act and notwithstanding that it is convened by shorter notice than that specified in Articles 45.1 and 45.2, a general meeting shall be deemed to have been duly convened if it
is so agreed by:
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45.4 |
Upon request in writing of shareholders holding such number of shares as is prescribed by section 178(3) of the Act, delivered to the Registered Office, it shall be the duty of the Directors to convene a
general meeting to be held within two months from the date of deposit of the requisition in accordance with section 178(3) of the Act. If such notice is not given within two months after the delivery of such request, the requisitionists, or
any of them representing more than one half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a meeting, but any meeting so convened shall not be held after the expiration of three months from the said date and any notice of
such meeting shall be in compliance with these Articles.
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(A) |
whether the meeting is an annual general meeting or an extraordinary general meeting;
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(B) |
the place, the day and the time of the meeting;
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(C) |
the general nature of that business to be transacted at the meeting;
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(D) |
if the meeting is convened to consider a proposed Special Resolution, the text or substance of that proposed Special Resolution; and
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(E) |
with reasonable prominence, that (i) a shareholder entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote instead of him or her (ii) a proxy need not also be a
shareholder; and (iii) the time by which the proxy must be received at the Registered Office (or some other place in Ireland as is specified for that purpose).
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(A) |
every shareholder;
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(B) |
the personal representative of a deceased shareholder;
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(C) |
the assignee in bankruptcy of a bankrupt shareholder (being a bankrupt shareholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting);
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(D) |
the Directors and Secretary of the Company; and
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(E) |
the Auditors.
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45.7 |
The notice of every general meeting may specify a time by which a person must be entered on the Share Register in order for such person to have the right to attend or vote at the meeting
(subject to the Uncertificated Securities Regulations).
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45.8 |
The Board may determine that the shareholders entitled to receive notice of a meeting are those persons entered on the Share Register at the close of business on a day determined by the
Board (subject to the Uncertificated Securities Regulations).
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45.9 |
The accidental omission to send or give notice of a meeting to or, in cases where it is intended that it be sent out or given with the notice, an instrument of proxy or any other
document to, or the non-receipt of any such item by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.
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45.10 |
The Directors may postpone a general meeting of the shareholders (other than a meeting requisitioned by a shareholder in accordance with section 178(3) of the Act or where the
postponement of which would be contrary to the Act or a court order pursuant to the Act) after it has been convened, and notice of such postponement shall be served in accordance with Article 45 upon all members entitled to notice
of the meeting so postponed setting out, where the meeting is postponed to a specific date, notice of the new meeting in accordance with Article 45.
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45.11 |
The Directors may cancel a general meeting of the members (other than a meeting requisitioned by a member in accordance with section 178(3) of the Act or where the cancellation of which
would be contrary to the Act or a court order pursuant to the Act) after it has been convened, and notice of such cancellation shall be served in accordance with Article 43 upon all members entitled to notice of the meeting so
cancelled.
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46.1 |
No business shall be transacted at a general meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business. Shareholders holding at least 40% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares present in
person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes. For the purposes of this Article a proxy, attorney or other representative of a shareholder will be considered to be entitled to cast only the voting rights to which
his or her appointment relates and not any other voting rights held by the shareholder he or she represents.
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46.2 |
The Board is entitled, acting in good faith and without further enquiry, to assume the validity of any votes cast in person or by proxy.
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46.3 |
The absence of a quorum will not prevent the appointment of a chairperson of the meeting. Such appointment shall not be treated as being part of the
business of the meeting.
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47.1 |
If within thirty (30) minutes (or such longer time not exceeding one hour as the chairperson of the meeting may decide to wait) after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting a quorum is not present,
or if during the meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting:
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(A) |
if convened on the requisition of shareholders, shall be dissolved; and
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(B) |
in any other case, shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week or to such other day and at such other time and place as the chairperson (or, in default, the Board) may, subject to the provisions of
the Act, determine.
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47.2 |
If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding it, the members present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum, but so that not less than
two individuals shall constitute a quorum.
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(A) |
to participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened;
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(B) |
to hear and see all persons present who speak (whether by the use of microphones, loud-speakers, audio-visual communications equipment or otherwise); and
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(C) |
to be heard and seen by all other persons present in the same way.
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52.1 |
The chairperson of the meeting may, with the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is present, and shall, if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting, from time to time (or indefinitely) and from
place to place as the chairperson shall determine.
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52.2 |
Without prejudice to any other power of adjournment which the chairperson of the meeting may have under these Articles, at common law or otherwise, the chairperson may, without the
consent of the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time (or indefinitely) and from place to place if he or she decides that it is necessary or appropriate to do so in order to:
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(A) |
secure the proper and orderly conduct of the meeting; or
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(B) |
give all persons entitled to do so an opportunity of attending the meeting; or
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(C) |
give all persons entitled to do so a reasonable opportunity of speaking and voting at the meeting; or
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(D) |
ensure that the business of the meeting is properly concluded or disposed of, including (without limitation) for the purpose of determining the result of a poll.
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52.3 |
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the chairperson of the meeting may in such circumstances direct that the meeting be held simultaneously in two or more venues
connected for the duration of the meeting by audio or audio visual links or in two or more consecutive sessions with the votes taken being aggregated or that it be adjourned to a later time on the same day or a later date at the same or
any other venue.
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55.1 |
Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles, the business of the annual general meeting shall include those matters provided for in section 186 of the Act.
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(A) |
is proposed by, or at the direction of, the Directors;
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(B) |
is proposed, in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by requisition of shareholders, in accordance with the provisions of the Act;
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(C) |
is proposed, at the direction of the High Court of Ireland.
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57.1 |
Each poll shall be conducted in such a manner as the chairperson directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution in relation to the matter concerned, of the meeting at which the poll
was taken.
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57.2 |
In advance of any meeting, the chairperson shall appoint scrutineers or inspectors who need not be shareholders, to act at the meeting. The chairperson may appoint one or more persons as alternate scrutineers
or inspectors to replace any scrutineer or inspector who fails to act. If no scrutineer or inspector or alternate scrutineer is willing or able to act at a meeting, the chairperson shall appoint one or more other persons to act as scrutineers
or inspectors at the meeting. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was conducted.
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57.3 |
Each scrutineer or inspector appointed in accordance with this Article 57 shall, prior to acting, be required to provide an undertaking to the Company, in a form determined by the Board, that he or she will
execute the duties of a scrutineer or inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability.
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57.4 |
Any poll conducted on the election of the chairperson or on any question of adjournment shall be taken at the meeting and without adjournment. A poll conducted on another question shall
be taken at such time and place at the chairperson decides, either at once or after an interval or adjournment.
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57.5 |
The date and time of the opening and the closing of a poll for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxies or
votes, nor any revocations thereof or changes thereto, shall be accepted by the scrutineers or inspectors after the closing of the poll unless a court with relevant jurisdiction upon application by a shareholder shall determine
otherwise.
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57.6 |
A shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not, if he or she votes, use all his or her votes or cast all the votes he or she uses in
the same way.
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58.1 |
Every shareholder (other than a shareholder who, under these Articles or any restrictions imposed on any shares, is not entitled to vote, whether in person or by proxy, at any general meeting of the Company or
any meeting of a class of shareholders of the Company) who (being an individual) is present in person or by duly appointed proxy or (being a corporation) is present by duly authorised representative or by duly appointed proxy shall have one
vote for every share of which he or she is the holder.
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58.2 |
In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. Seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names
of the holders stand in the Share Register in respect of the joint holding.
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58.3 |
A shareholder in respect of whom an order has been made by any court or official having jurisdiction (whether in Ireland, the United States or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental
disorder or incapacity may vote by his or her guardian or other person duly authorised to act on his or her behalf, who may vote by proxy. Evidence to the satisfaction of the Board of the authority of the person claiming the right to vote
shall be deposited at the Registered Office, or at such other place as is specified in accordance with these Articles for the deposit of instruments of proxy, not less than forty eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the
meeting or adjourned meeting at which the right to vote is to be exercised, and in default the right to vote shall not be exercisable.
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58.4 |
No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered, and every vote not disallowed at such meeting shall
be valid for all purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairperson of the meeting, whose decision shall be final and conclusive.
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61.1 |
Every shareholder entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting may appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote on his or her behalf and may appoint more than one proxy to attend, speak and vote at the same
meeting. The appointment of a proxy shall be in any usual form or in any other form or manner of communication (including communication by electronic means) which the Board may approve, subject to compliance with any requirements as to form
under the Act, and in the case of an instrument in writing, shall be executed by or on behalf of the appointor but need not be witnessed. Subject to the Act, the appointment of a proxy relating to shares in the capital of the Company held in
the name of a Depositary shall be in any form or manner of communication (including communication by electronic means) which the Board may approve, including without limitation, a voter instruction form to be provided to the Company by
certain third parties on behalf of the Depositary. In the case of an instrument in writing, a corporation may execute a form of proxy either under its common seal (or in any other manner permitted by law and having the same effect as if
executed under seal) or under the hand of a duly authorised officer, attorney or other person. A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion, but only one proxy may be appointed in respect of any one share. A
proxy need not be a shareholder. The appointment of a proxy shall not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjournment of it. A form of proxy shall, unless it provides to the contrary, be valid for any
adjournment of the meeting to which it relates.
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61.2 |
The appointment of a proxy and any authority under which it is executed or a copy of the authority certified notarially or in some other way
approved by the Board shall:
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(A) |
in the case of an instrument in writing be deposited at the Registered Office or at such other place as is specified in the notice convening the meeting, or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in
relation to the meeting, not less than forty eight (48) hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote;
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(B) |
in the case of an appointment contained in a communication by electronic means, where an address has been specified for the purpose of receiving communications by electronic means:
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(1) |
in the notice convening the meeting; or
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(2) |
in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or
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(3) |
in any invitation contained in an communication by electronic means to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting, be received at such address not less than forty eight (48) hours before
the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote;
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(C) |
be deemed to include the right to speak at the meeting and to vote on any amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit; and
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(D) |
unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates, and an appointment of proxy which is not deposited, delivered or received in a
manner so permitted shall be invalid (unless, subject to the requirements of the Act, the Board, in its absolute discretion in relation to any such appointment, waives any such requirement and decides to treat such appointment as valid).
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61.3 |
When two or more valid but differing appointments of proxy are delivered or received in respect of the same share for use at the same meeting and in respect of the same matter, the one
which is last validly delivered or received (regardless of its date or of the date of its execution) shall be treated as replacing and revoking the other or others as regards that share. If the Company is unable to determine which
appointment was last validly delivered or received, none of them shall be treated as valid in respect of that share.
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61.4 |
The Board may at the expense of the Company send forms of appointment of proxy to the shareholders by post, by communication by electronic means or otherwise (with or without
provision for their return by pre-paid post) for use at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares, either blank or nominating as proxy in the alternative any one or more of the Directors or
any other person and worded so as to enable the proxy to vote either for or against or to withhold their vote in respect of the resolutions to be proposed at the meeting at which the proxy is to be used. If for the purpose of any
meeting invitations to appoint as proxy a person or one of a number of persons specified in the invitations are issued at the Company’s expense, they shall be issued to all (and not to some only) of the shareholders entitled to be
sent notice of the meeting and to vote at it. The accidental omission to send such a form of appointment or to give such an invitation to, or the non-receipt of such form of appointment by, any shareholder entitled to attend and vote
at a meeting shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.
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61.5 |
A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the death or mental disorder of the principal or the revocation of the instrument
of proxy, or of the authority under which the instrument of proxy was executed, or the transfer of the share in respect of which the instrument of proxy is given, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, mental
disorder, revocation or transfer shall have been received by the Company at the Registered Office, or at such other place as is referred to in Article 61.2, not less than forty eight (48) hours (excluding days which are not working
days) before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the instrument of proxy is used.
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63.1 |
If an amendment shall be proposed to any resolution but shall in good faith be ruled out of order by the chairperson of the meeting, any error in such ruling shall not invalidate the proceedings on the
substantive resolution.
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63.2 |
In the case of a resolution duly proposed as a Special Resolution, no amendment to it (other than an amendment to correct a patent error) may be considered or voted on and in the case of a resolution duly
proposed as an Ordinary Resolution no amendment to it (other than an amendment to correct a patent error) may be considered or voted on unless either at least forty eight (48) hours prior to the time appointed for holding the meeting or
adjourned meeting at which such Ordinary Resolution is to be proposed notice in writing of the terms of the amendment and intention to move it has been lodged at the Registered Office or the chairperson of the meeting in his or her absolute
discretion decides that it may be considered or voted on.
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(1) |
a transfer pursuant to acceptance of a takeover (as defined in the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997) for the Company or in relation to any of its shares;
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(2) |
a transfer in consequence of a sale made through a market recognised for the purpose of section 1072 of the Act or any stock exchange selected by the Company outside Ireland on which the Company’s shares (or
rights in respect of those shares) are normally traded; or
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(3) |
a transfer made in consequence of a sale in good faith of the whole of the beneficial interest in the shares to a bona fide unconnected third party, that is to say one who, in the reasonable opinion of the
Board, is unconnected with the shareholder or with any other person appearing to be interested in such shares prior to such transfer (being a party which itself is not the holder of any shares in the Company in respect of which a Direction
Notice is then in force or a person appearing to be interested in any such shares) and/or the Board does not have reasonable grounds to believe that the transferor or any other person appearing to be interested in such first mentioned shares
will following such transfer have any interest in such shares;
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a person shall be treated as appearing to be “interested” in any shares if the shareholder holding such shares has given to the Company information in response to a notice from the Company pursuant to section
1062 of the Act (a “Section 1062 Notice”) which names such person as being so interested or if the Company (after taking into account information provided in response to the relevant Section 1062 Notice
and any other notification under the Act or any relevant information otherwise available to the Company) knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person in question is, or may be, interested in the shares, and references in this
Article to persons interested in shares and to “interests in shares” shall be construed in accordance with section 1059 of the Act;
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a person, other than the shareholder holding a share, shall be treated as appearing to be interested in such share if the shareholder has informed the Company that the person is or may be so interested, or if
the Company (after taking account of information obtained from the shareholder or, pursuant to a duly served Section 1062 Notice from anyone else) knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person is or may be so interested;
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reference to a person having failed to give to the Company information required by a Section 1062 Notice, or being in default of supplying such information, includes references to his or her having:
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failed or refused to give all or any part of such information; and
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given information which he or she knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly given information which is false in a material particular; and
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“transfer” means a transfer of a share or (where applicable) a renunciation of a renounceable letter of allotment or other renounceable document of title relating to a
share.
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65.2 |
Where a Section 1062 Notice is given by the Company to a shareholder, or another person appearing to be interested in shares held by such shareholder, and the shareholder or other
person has failed in relation to any shares (“Default Shares”) (which expression applies also to any shares issued after the date of the Section 1062 Notice in respect of those shares and to any
other shares registered in the name of such shareholder at any time whilst the default subsists) to give the Company the information required within the time period specified in such notice, then provided that ten (10) clear days have
elapsed since service of the Section 1062 Notice, the Board may at any time thereafter at its absolute discretion by notice to such shareholder (a “Direction Notice”) direct that:
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the shareholder which is the subject of a Direction Notice is not, in respect of the Default Shares entitled to be present or to vote (either in person or by proxy) at a general meeting or at a separate meeting
of the holders of a class of shares or on a poll, or to exercise other rights conferred by membership in relation to the meeting or poll.
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(B) |
in respect of the Default Shares that represent, at the date of the Direction Notice, 0.25% or more in nominal value of the issued shares of their class:
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any dividend (or any part of a dividend) or any monies which would otherwise be payable in respect of the Default Shares (except on a winding up of the Company) may be withheld by the Company, which shall have
no obligation to pay interest on such dividend;
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the shareholder shall not be entitled to elect, pursuant to Article 123 (scrip dividends) or otherwise, to receive shares instead of a dividend; and
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the Board may, in its absolute discretion, refuse to register the transfer of any Default Shares (subject, in the case of any uncertificated shares, to the Uncertificated Securities Regulations) unless:
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the transfer is an Exempt Transfer; or
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the shareholder is not himself or herself in default in supplying the information required and proves to the satisfaction of the Board that no person in default of supplying the information required is
interested in any of the shares which are the subject of the transfer, and
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the shareholder which is the subject of a Direction Notice is in breach of these Articles.
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65.3 |
The Company shall send a copy of the Direction Notice to each other person appearing to be interested in the relevant Default Shares the address of whom has been notified to the
Company, but failure or omission by the Company to do so shall not invalidate such notice.
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65.4 |
Where any person appearing to be interested in any shares has been served with a Section 1062 Notice and such shares are held by a Depositary, the provisions of this Article shall
be deemed to apply only to those shares held by the Depositary in which such person appears to be interested and not (so far as that person's apparent interest is concerned) to any other shares held by the Depositary and
references to Default Shares shall be construed accordingly.
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65.5 |
Where a person who has an interest in Depositary Interests receives a Section 1062 Notice, that person is considered for the purposes of this Article to have an interest in
the number of shares represented by those Depositary Interests which is specified in the Section 1062 Notice and not in the remainder of the shares held by the Depositary or in which the Depositary is otherwise interested.
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65.6 |
Where the shareholder on whom a Section 1062 Notice has been served is a Depositary, the obligations of the Depositary acting in its capacity as such shall be limited to
disclosing to the Company such information relating to any person appearing to be interested in the shares held by it as has been recorded by the Depositary in accordance with the arrangements entered into by the Company
or approved by the Board pursuant to which it was appointed as a Depositary.
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65.7 |
The sanctions under Article 65.2 shall cease to apply seven days after the earlier of:
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receipt by the Company of notice of an Exempt Transfer, but only in relation to the shares transferred; and
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receipt by the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Board, of all the information required by the Section 1062 Notice.
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65.8 |
The Board may, to enable the Company to deal with Default Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Article:
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give notice in writing to any shareholder holding Default Shares in uncertificated form or to any other person who is interested in Default Shares which are represented by Depositary Interests, requiring the
shareholder who holds such Default Shares and/or the person holding Depositary Interests;
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(B) |
to change his or her holding of such shares from uncertificated form into certificated form in the name of the shareholder or his or her holding of such shares represented by Depositary Interests into
certificated shares only in the name of the person who is interested in the Depositary Interests, as applicable, within a specified period; and
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(C) |
then to hold such Default Shares in certificated form for so long as the default subsists; and
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(D) |
appoint any person to take any steps, by instruction by means of the Uncertificated System or otherwise, in the name of any holder of Default Shares as may be required to change such Default Shares from
uncertificated form into certificated form or where a person has an interest in Default Shares which are represented by Depositary Interests to change such Default Shares represented by Depositary Interests into certificated form only in the
name of the interested person (and such steps shall be effective as if they had been taken by such holder).
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65.9 |
None of the provisions contained in this Article shall in any way limit or restrict the rights of the Company under sections 1062 and 1066 of the Act or any order made by the court under section 1066 or
elsewhere under Part 17 Chapter 4 of the Act nor shall any sanction imposed by the Board pursuant to this Article cease to have effect, otherwise than as provided in this Article, unless it is so ordered by the court.
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67.1 |
Subject to the provisions of these Articles, one-third of the Directors for the time being other than a Director holding an executive office with the Company or, if their number is not three or a multiple of
three, then the number nearest to, but not exceeding, one-third shall retire from office at each annual general meeting, but if at any annual general meeting the number of Directors who are subject to retirement by rotation shall be two, one
of such Directors shall retire and, if the number of such Directors shall be one, that Director shall retire. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors holding executive office at the date of adoption of these Articles are the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer and the executive director for business development.
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67.2 |
Subject to the provisions of the Act and of these Articles, the Directors to retire at each annual general meeting shall be the Directors who have been longest in office since their last appointment. As between
Directors of equal seniority, the Directors to retire shall in the absence of agreement be selected from among them by lot. Subject as aforesaid, a retiring Director shall be eligible for re-appointment and shall act as a Director throughout
the meeting at which he retires.
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67.3 |
The Company may by ordinary resolution at the meeting at which any Director retires in the manner aforesaid fill up the vacated office by appointing a person thereto and, in default, the
retiring Director, if willing to act, shall be deemed to have been re-appointed unless at such meeting it is expressly resolved not to fill such vacated office or a resolution for the re-appointment of such Director shall have been put to
the meeting and lost.
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67.4 |
At a general meeting a motion for the appointment of two or more persons as Directors of the Company by a single resolution shall not be put unless a resolution that it shall be so
put has been first agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.
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67.5 |
No person other than a Director retiring at the meeting shall, unless recommended by the Directors for appointment be eligible for appointment to the office of Director at any general meeting unless, within the
prescribed time before the day appointed for the meeting, there shall have been given to the Company notice in writing by some member duly qualified to be present and vote at the meeting of his intention to propose such person for appointment
and also notice in writing, signed by the person to be proposed, of his willingness to be appointed. The prescribed time above mentioned shall be such that, between the date when the notice is served or deemed to be served and the day
appointed for the meeting, there shall be not less than seven nor more than forty-five clear days.
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72.1 |
Without prejudice to the provisions in these Articles for retirement, the office of a Director shall be vacated if:
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(A) |
he or she resigns by notice in writing delivered to the Secretary at the Registered Office or tendered at a Board meeting;
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(B) |
he or she only held office as a Director for a fixed term and such term expires;
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(C) |
he or she ceases to be a Director by virtue of any provision of the Statutes, is removed from office pursuant to these Articles or the Statutes or becomes prohibited by law from being a Director;
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(D) |
he or she becomes bankrupt, has an interim receiving order made against him or her, makes any arrangement or compounds with his or her creditors generally or applies to the court for an interim order in
connection with a voluntary arrangement under any legislation relating to insolvency;
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(E) |
an order is made by any court of competent jurisdiction on the ground (however formulated) of mental disorder for his or her detention or for the appointment of a guardian or receiver or other person to
exercise powers with respect to his or her property or affairs or he or she is admitted to hospital in pursuance of an application for admission for treatment under any legislation relating to mental health and the Board resolves that his or
her office be vacated; and
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(F) |
he or she is absent, without permission of the Board, from Board meetings for six consecutive months and the Board resolves that his or her office be vacated.
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72.2 |
A resolution of the Board declaring a Director to have vacated office pursuant to this Article shall be conclusive as to the fact and grounds of vacation stated in the resolution.
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73.1 |
Subject to the Statutes, the Company’s memorandum of association and these Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution of the Company, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Board,
which may exercise all the powers of the Company whether relating to the management of the business or not. No alteration of the memorandum of association or of these Articles nor any such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Board
which would have been valid if such alteration had not been made or such direction had not been given. The provisions in these Articles giving specific powers to the Board shall not limit the general powers given by this Article.
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73.2 |
The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney appoint any company, firm or person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors,
to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to
such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to
delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him or her.
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76.1 |
The Board may delegate any of its powers, authorities and discretions (including, without limitation, those relating to the payment of monies or other remuneration to, and the conferring of benefits on, a
Director) for such time and on such terms and conditions as it shall think fit to a committee consisting of one or more Directors and (if thought fit) one or more other persons. The Board may grant to the committee the power to sub-delegate,
and may retain or exclude the right of the Board to exercise the delegated powers, authorities or discretions collaterally with the committee. The Board may at any time revoke the delegation or alter its terms and conditions or discharge the
committee in whole or in part. Where a provision of the Articles refers to the exercise of a power, authority or discretion by the Board and that power, authority or discretion has been delegated by the Board to a committee, the provision
shall be construed as permitting the exercise of the power, authority or discretion by the committee.
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76.2 |
The Board’s power under these Articles to delegate to a committee:
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(A) |
includes (without limitation) the power to delegate the determination of any fee, remuneration or other benefit to be paid or provided to any Director; and
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(B) |
is not limited by the fact that in some Articles but not others express reference is made to particular powers being exercised by the Board or by a committee.
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76.3 |
In addition to the Board's power to delegate to committees pursuant to this Article 76, the Board may delegate any of its powers to any individual Director or member of the management of the Company or any of
associated companies as it sees fit; any such individual shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may be imposed on them by the Board.
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96.1 |
A resolution in writing executed by all the Directors for the time being entitled to receive notice of a Board meeting and unanimously in number, or by all the members of a committee of the Board for the time
being entitled to receive notice of the meetings of such committee and unanimously in number, shall be as valid and effective for all purposes as a resolution duly passed at a meeting of the Board (or committee, as the case may be).
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96.2 |
A resolution in writing shall be deemed to have been signed by a director where the Chairperson, Company Secretary, assistant secretary or other person designated by the Board or the
Company Secretary has received an email from that Director’s Certified Email Address (as defined in Article 96.3) which identifies the resolution and states, unconditionally, “I consent”.
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96.3 |
A Director’s "Certified Email Address" is such email address as the Director has, from time to time, notified to such person and in such manner as may from time to time be prescribed
by the Board. The Company shall cause a copy of every email referred to in Article 96.2 to be entered in the book kept pursuant to section 166 of the Act.
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96.4 |
A resolution:
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(A) |
may consist of several documents in the same form each executed, or consented to in accordance with Article 96.2, by one or more of the Directors or members of the relevant committee, including executions or
consents evidenced by electronic transmission (including but not limited to email); and
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(B) |
to be effective, need not be signed or consented to by a Director who is prohibited by these Articles from voting on it.
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(A) |
all appointments of officers and committees made by the Board and of any such officer’s remuneration; and
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(B) |
the names of Directors present at every meeting of the Board, a committee of the Board, the Company or the holders of any class of shares or debentures, and all orders, resolutions and proceedings of such
meetings.
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98.2 |
Any such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the chairperson of the meeting at which the proceedings were held or by the chairperson of the next succeeding meeting or the
Secretary, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters stated in them.
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101.1 |
A Director who is in any way (whether directly or indirectly) interested in a contract, transaction or arrangement or proposed contract, transaction or arrangement with the
Company shall, in accordance with section 231 of the Act, declare the nature of his or her interest at the first opportunity either (a) at a meeting of the Board at which the question of entering into the contract, transaction
or arrangement is first taken into consideration, if the Director or officer of the Company knows this interest then exists, or in any other case, at the first meeting of the Board after learning that he or she is or has
become so interested or (b) by providing a general notice to the Directors declaring that he or she is a director or an officer of, or has an interest in, a person and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction or
arrangement made with that person, and after giving such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction. If a declaration of interest under this Article proves to be, or
becomes, inaccurate or incomplete, a further declaration must be made.
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(A) |
may be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested;
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(B) |
may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board which authorises or approves the contract, transaction or arrangement in which he or she is interested and he or she shall be at
liberty to vote in respect of any contract, transaction or arrangement in which he or she is interested, provided that the nature of the interest of any Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him or her in
accordance with Article 101.1, at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon; and
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(C) |
may be a director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any body corporate in which the Company is interested, and (i) he or she
shall not, by reason of his or her office, be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he or she derives from any such office or employment or from any such transaction or arrangement or from any interest in any such body
corporate; (ii) he or she shall not infringe his duty to avoid a situation in which he or she has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the Company as a result of any
such office or employment or any such transaction or arrangement or any interest in such body corporate; (iii) he or she shall not be required to disclose to the Company, or use in performing his duties as a Director of the Company, any
confidential information relating to such office or employment if to make such disclosure or use would result in a breach of a duty or obligation of confidence owed by the Director in relation to or in connection with such office or
employment; (iv) he or she may absent himself or herself from discussions, whether in meetings of the Directors or otherwise, and exclude himself or herself from information which will or may relate to such office, employment,
transaction, arrangement or interest; and (v) no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit.
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101.2 |
For the purposes of Article 101.1:
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a general notice given to the Directors that a Director is to be regarded as having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or arrangement in which a specified person or
class of persons is interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that the Director has an interest in any such transaction of the nature and extent so specified;
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(B) |
an interest of which a Director has no knowledge and of which it is unreasonable to expect him or her to have knowledge shall not be treated as an interest of him or her; and
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(C) |
a copy of every declaration made and notice given under Article 101.1 shall be entered within three days after the making or giving thereof in a book kept for this purpose. Such book shall be open for
inspection without charge by any Director, Secretary, the Auditors or any shareholder at the Registered Office and shall be produced at every general meeting of the Company and at any meeting of the Directors if any Director so requests in
sufficient time to enable the book to be available at the meeting.
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102.1 |
Nothing in section 228(1)(f) of the Act shall restrict a Director from entering into a commitment which has been authorised by the Board or has been authorised pursuant
to such authority as may be delegated by the Board in accordance with these Articles which, if not so authorised, would infringe the duty to avoid conflicts of interest as set out in section 228(1)(f) of the Act. As
recognised by section 228(1)(e) of the Act, the Directors may agree to restrict their power to exercise an independent judgement but only where this has been expressly authorised by a resolution of the Board. The
Directors may give such authorisations upon such terms as they think fit in accordance with the Act. The Directors may vary or terminate any such authorisations at any time.
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102.2 |
If a matter, or office, employment or position has been authorised by the Directors in accordance with this Article 102 then (subject to such terms and conditions, if any,
as the Directors may think fit to impose from time to time, and always subject to their right to vary or terminate such authorisations or the permissions set out below):
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(A) |
the Director shall not be required to disclose any confidential information relating to such matter, or office, employment or position to the Company if to make such a disclosure would result in a breach of a
duty or obligation of confidence owed by him or her in relation to or in connection with that matter, or that office, employment or position;
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(B) |
the Director may absent himself or herself from meetings of the Directors at which anything relating to that matter will or may be discussed; and
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(C) |
the Director may make such arrangements as such Director thinks fit for relevant papers to be received and read by a professional adviser on behalf of that Director.
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102.3 |
A Director shall not, by reason of his or her office, be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he or she derives from any matter which has been approved by
the Directors pursuant to this Article 102 (subject in any such case to any limits or conditions to which such approval was subject).
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(A) |
the giving of any security or indemnity to him or her in respect of money lent or obligations incurred by him or her at the request of or for the benefit of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings;
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(B) |
the giving of any security or indemnity to a third party in respect of a debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for which he, himself or she, herself has assumed responsibility in whole or
in part under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;
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(C) |
any proposal concerning an offer of shares or debentures or other securities of or by the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings for subscription or purchase in which offer he or she is or is to be
interested as a participant in the underwriting or sub underwriting thereof;
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(D) |
any proposal concerning any other company in which he or she is interested, directly or indirectly and whether as an officer or shareholder or otherwise howsoever, provided that he or she is not interested (as
that term is used in section 804 of the Act) in 1% or more of any class of the equity share capital of such company (or of any third company through which his or her interest is derived) or of the voting rights available to shareholders of
the relevant company (any such interest being deemed for the purpose of this Article to be a material interest in all the circumstances);
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(E) |
any proposal concerning the adoption, modification or operation of a superannuation fund or retirement, death or disability benefits scheme under which he or she may benefit and which has been approved by or is
subject to and conditional upon approval by the Board of the Revenue Commissioners for taxation purposes;
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(F) |
any proposal relating to any arrangement for the benefit of employees under which he or she benefits or may benefit in a similar manner as the employees and which does not accord to him or her as a Director any
privilege or advantage not generally accorded to the employees to whom the arrangement relates; or
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(G) |
subject to the Statutes, any proposal concerning the purchase and/or maintenance of any insurance policy under which a Director may benefit.
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111.1 |
Subject to the Statutes, the Board shall appoint a Secretary on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit. The Board may remove a person appointed pursuant to this
Article from office and appoint another or others in his or her place.
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111.2 |
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to make and keep records of the votes, doings and proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders and Board of the
Company, and of its Committees and to authenticate records of the Company.
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111.3 |
Any provision of the Statutes or of these Articles requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be
satisfied by its being done by or to the same person acting both as a Director and as, or in the place of, the Secretary.
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112.1 |
The Company shall have a common seal which shall only be used by the authority of the Board or of a committee of the Board authorised by the Board in that regard
and every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by any person who shall be either a Director or the Secretary or some other person authorised by the Board, either generally or specifically,
for the purpose.
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112.2 |
The Company may have for use in any place or places outside Ireland, a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a duplicate of the Seal of the
Company except, in the case of a Seal for use in sealing documents creating or evidencing securities issued by the Company, for the addition on its face of the word “Securities” and if the Board so
determines, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.
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113.1 |
A Director or the Secretary or any person appointed by the Board for the purpose may authenticate any documents affecting the constitution of the Company
(including the memorandum of association and these Articles) and any resolutions passed by the Company or holders of a class of shares or the Board or any committee of the Board and any books, records,
documents and accounts relating to the business of the Company, and may certify copies of or extracts from any such items as true copies or extracts.
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113.2 |
A document purporting to be a copy of a resolution of the Board or an extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Board or any committee
which is certified as aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence in favour of all persons dealing with the Company upon the faith thereof that such resolution has been duly passed or, as the
case may be, that such extract is a true and accurate record of the proceedings at a duly constituted meeting.
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116.1 |
Except as otherwise provided by these Articles or the rights attached to shares:
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(A) |
a dividend shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up (otherwise than in advance of calls) on the nominal value of the shares on which the dividend is paid; and
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(B) |
dividends shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts paid up on the nominal value of the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid, but if
any share is issued on terms that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, it shall rank for dividend accordingly.
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116.2 |
Except as otherwise provided by these Articles or the rights attached to shares:
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(A) |
a dividend may be paid in any currency or currencies decided by the Board; and
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(B) |
the Company may agree with a shareholder that any dividend declared or which may become due in one currency will be paid to the shareholder in another currency; and
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(C) |
the Directors can decide that a Depositary should receive dividends in a currency other than the currency in which they were declared and can make arrangements accordingly In particular, if a Depositary has
chosen or agreed to receive dividends in another currency, the Directors can make arrangements with the Depositary for payment to be made to the Depositary for value on the date on which the relevant dividend is paid, or a later date decided
by the Directors, for which purpose the Board may use any relevant exchange rate current at any time as the Board may select for the purpose of calculating the amount of any shareholder’s entitlement to the dividend.
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117.1 |
The Company may pay a dividend, interest or other amount payable in respect of a share in cash or by cheque, warrant or money order or by a
bank or other funds transfer system or (in respect of any uncertificated share) through the Uncertificated System in accordance with any authority given to the Company to do so (whether in
writing, through the Uncertificated System or otherwise) by or on behalf of the shareholder in a form or in a manner satisfactory to the Board. Any joint holder or other person jointly entitled
to a share may give an effective receipt for a dividend, interest or other amount paid in respect of such share.
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117.2 |
The Company may send a cheque, warrant or money order by post:
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(A) |
in the case of a sole holder, to his or her registered address;
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(B) |
in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the person whose name stands first in the Share Register;
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(C) |
in the case of a person or persons entitled by transmission to a share, as if it were a notice given in accordance with Article 41 (notice to persons entitled by transmission);
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(D) |
in the case of a Depositary, and subject to the approval of the Directors, to such persons and postal addresses as the Depositary may direct; or
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(E) |
in any case, to a person and address that the person or persons entitled to the payment may in writing direct.
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117.3 |
Every cheque, warrant or money order shall be sent at the risk of the person or persons entitled to the payment and shall be made payable to
the order of the person or persons entitled or to such other person or persons as the person or persons entitled may in writing direct. The payment of the cheque, warrant or money order shall
be a good discharge to the Company. If payment is made by a bank or other funds transfer or through the Uncertificated System, the Company shall not be responsible for amounts lost or delayed
in the course of transfer. If payment is made by or on behalf of the Company through the Uncertificated System:
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(A) |
the Company shall not be responsible for any default in accounting for such payment to the shareholder or other person entitled to such payment by a bank or other financial intermediary of which the shareholder
or other person is a customer for settlement purposes in connection with the Uncertificated System; and
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(B) |
the making of such payment in accordance with any relevant authority referred to in Article 117.1 above shall be a good discharge to the Company.
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117.4 |
The Board may:
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(A) |
lay down procedures for making any payments in respect of uncertificated shares through the Uncertificated System;
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(B) |
allow any holder of uncertificated shares to elect to receive or not to receive any such payment through the Uncertificated System; and
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(C) |
lay down procedures to enable any such holder to make, vary or revoke any such election.
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117.5 |
The Board may lay down procedures for making any payments in respect of shares represented
by Depositary Interests
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117.6 |
The Board may withhold payment of a dividend (or part of a dividend) payable to a person entitled by transmission to a share until he
or she has provided any evidence of his or her entitlement that the Board may reasonably require.
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(A) |
a cheque, warrant or money order is returned undelivered or left uncashed; or
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(B) |
a transfer made by or through a bank transfer system and/or other funds transfer system(s) (including, without limitation, the Uncertificated System in relation to any uncertificated shares) fails or is not
accepted, on two consecutive occasions, or one occasion and reasonable enquiries have failed to establish another address or account of the person entitled to the payment, the Company shall not be obliged to send or transfer a dividend or
other amount payable in respect of such share to such person until he or she notifies the Company of an address or account to be used for such purpose.
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issue fractional certificates or ignore fractions;
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(B) |
fix the value for distribution of any assets, and may determine that cash shall be paid to any shareholder on the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of shareholders; and
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vest any assets in trustees on trust for the persons entitled to the dividend.
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123.1 |
The Board may, with the prior authority of an Ordinary Resolution and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may determine,
offer any holders of Ordinary Shares the right to elect to receive Ordinary Shares, credited as fully paid, instead of cash in respect of the whole (or some part, to be determined by the
Board) of any dividend specified by the Ordinary Resolution, subject to the Statutes and to the provisions of this Article.
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123.2 |
An Ordinary Resolution under Article 123.1 may specify a particular dividend (whether or not declared), or may specify all or any
dividends declared within a specified period, but such period may not end later than the beginning of the fifth annual general meeting next following the date of the meeting at which
the Ordinary Resolution is passed.
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123.3 |
The entitlement of each holder of Ordinary Shares to new Ordinary Shares shall be such that the relevant value of the entitlement
shall be the cash amount, disregarding any tax credit, (or as near to such cash amount as the Board considers appropriate) that such holder would have received by way of dividend.
For this purpose, “relevant value” shall be calculated by reference to the average of the middle market quotations for the Ordinary Shares for the day on which the Ordinary Shares
are first quoted “ex” the relevant dividend and the four subsequent dealing days, or in such other manner as may be determined by or in accordance with the Ordinary Resolution. A
written confirmation or report by the Auditors as to the amount of the relevant value in respect of any dividend shall be conclusive evidence of that amount.
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123.4 |
The Board may make any provision it considers appropriate in relation to an allotment made or to be made pursuant to this Article
(whether before or after the passing or the Ordinary Resolution referred to in Article 123.1), including (without limitation):
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the giving of notice to holders of the right of election offered to them;
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(B) |
the provision of forms of election and/or a facility and a procedure for making elections through the Uncertificated System (whether in respect of a particular dividend or dividends generally);
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(C) |
determination of the procedure for making and revoking elections;
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(D) |
the place at which, and the latest time by which, forms of election and other relevant documents must be lodged in order to be effective;
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(E) |
the disregarding or rounding up or down or carrying forward of fractional entitlements, in whole or in part, or the accrual of the benefit of fractional entitlements to the Company (rather than to the holders
concerned);
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(F) |
the exclusion from any offer of any holders of Ordinary Shares where the Board considers that the making of the offer to them would or might involve the contravention of the laws of any territory or that for
any other reason the offer should not be made to them; and
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the exclusion from any offer of, or the making of any special formalities in connection with any offer to, any holders of Ordinary Shares represented by Depositary Interests
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123.5 |
The Directors can exclude or restrict the right to elect to receive new Ordinary Shares under this Article 123 in the case of
any shareholder or other person who is a Depositary if the election by the people on whose behalf the Depositary holds the beneficial interest in the shares would involve the
contravention of the laws of any territory or if for any other reason the Board determines that the offer should not be made to such persons.
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123.6 |
The dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been offered) shall not be payable on
Ordinary Shares in respect of which a valid election has been made (the “elected Ordinary Shares”). Instead additional Ordinary Shares
shall be allotted to the holders of the elected Ordinary Shares on the basis of allotment determined under this Article. For such purpose, the Board may capitalise out of any
amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve or fund of the Company (including any share premium account, undenominated capital account, revaluation reserve,
capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution, a sum equal to the aggregate nominal amount of the additional Ordinary
Shares to be allotted on that basis and apply it in paying up in full the appropriate number of unissued Ordinary Shares for allotment and distribution to the holders of the
elected Ordinary Shares on that basis.
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123.7 |
The additional Ordinary Shares when allotted shall rank pari passu in all respects
with the fully paid Ordinary Shares in issue on the record date for the dividend in respect of which the right of election has been offered, except that they will not rank for
any dividend or other entitlement which has been declared, paid or made by reference to such record date.
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123.8 |
The Board may:
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do all acts and things which it considers necessary or expedient to give effect to any such capitalisation, and may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the shareholders interested into an agreement
with the Company providing for such capitalisation and incidental matters and any agreement so made shall be binding on all concerned;
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(B) |
establish and vary a procedure for election mandates in respect of future rights of election and determine that every duly effected election in respect of any Ordinary Shares shall be binding on every successor
in title to the holder of such shares; and
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(C) |
terminate, suspend or amend any offer of the right to elect to receive Ordinary Shares in lieu of any cash dividend at any time and generally implement any scheme in relation to any such offer on such terms and
conditions as the Board may from time to time determine and take such other action as the Board may deem necessary or desirable from time to time in respect of any such scheme.
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125.1 |
Subject to the Act, the Board may with the authority of an ordinary resolution of the Company:
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subject to the provisions of this Article, resolve to capitalise any of the Company’s profits available for distribution and/or any sum, for the time being, standing to the credit of any of the Company’s other
reserves, reserve accounts or funds, by whatever name called and whether distributable or non-distributable (including, without limitation, the share premium account, the undenominated capital account, any unrealised revaluation reserves, any
capital redemption reserves and any merger reserves), if any;
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(B) |
appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the members or any class of members on the record date specified in the relevant board resolution who, unless provided otherwise in the ordinary resolution,
would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions;
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(C) |
apply that sum on behalf of the members or the members of any class either in or towards paying up the amounts, if any, for the time being unpaid on any shares held by them respectively, or in paying up in full
shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company of a nominal value or nominal value plus share premium, as the case may be, equal to the sum capitalised, but the share premium account, the undenominated capital account, any revaluation
reserves, any capital redemption reserves, any merger reserves and any profits which are not available for distribution may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in paying up in full unissued shares to be allotted to the members
or the members of any class of a nominal value or nominal value plus share premium equal to the sum capitalised;
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(D) |
allot the shares, debentures or other obligations credited as fully paid to those members or members of any class, or as they may direct, in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other;
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(E) |
where shares or debentures become, or would otherwise become, distributable under this Article in fractions, make such provision as they think fit for any fractional entitlements including without limitation
authorising their sale and transfer to any person, resolving that the distribution be made as nearly as practicable in the correct proportion but not exactly so, ignoring fractions altogether or resolving that cash payments be made to any
members in order to adjust the rights of all parties;
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(F) |
authorise any person to enter into an agreement with the Company on behalf of all the members or members of any class concerned providing for either:
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(1) |
the allotment to the members or members of any class respectively, credited as fully paid, of any shares, debentures or other obligations to which they are entitled on the capitalisation; or
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(2) |
the payment up by the Company on behalf of the members of members of any class of the amounts, or any part of the amounts, remaining unpaid on their existing shares by the application of their respective
proportions of the sum resolved to be capitalised,
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(G) |
and any agreement made under that authority shall be binding on all such members or members of any class, as the case may be; and
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(H) |
generally do all acts and things required to give effect to the ordinary resolution.
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(A) |
fix any date (the “record date”) as the date at the close of business (or such other time as the Board may decide) on which persons registered as the holders of shares or
other securities shall be entitled to receipt of any dividend, distribution, interest, allotment, issue, notice, information, document or circular; a record date may be on or at any time before any date on which such item is paid, made, given
or served or (in the case of any dividend, distribution, interest, allotment or issue) after any date on which such item is recommended, resolved, declared or announced; and
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(B) |
for the purposes of determining which persons are entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or a separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the
Company, specify in the notice of meeting a time by which a person must be entered on the register in order to have the right to attend or vote at the meeting. Changes to the register after the time specified by virtue of this Article 126
shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.
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127.1 |
The Company shall cause to be kept adequate accounting records, whether in
the form of documents, electronic form or otherwise, that:
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(A) |
correctly record and explain the transactions of the Company;
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(B) |
will at any time enable the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy;
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(C) |
will enable the Directors to ensure that any financial statements of the Company complies with the requirements of the Act; and
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(D) |
will enable those financial statements of the Company to be readily and properly audited.
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127.2 |
The accounting records shall be kept on a continuous and consistent basis and entries therein shall be made in a
timely manner and be consistent from year to year. Adequate accounting records shall be deemed to have been maintained if they comply with the provisions of the Act
and explain the Company's transactions and facilitate the preparation of financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial
position and profit and loss of the Company and, if relevant, the Group and include any information and returns referred to in section 283(2) of the Act.
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127.3 |
The accounting records shall be kept at the Registered Office or, subject to the provisions of the Act, at such
other place as the Directors think fit and shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Directors.
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127.4 |
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Directors shall cause to be prepared and to be laid before
the annual general meeting of the Company from time to time such statutory financial statements of the Company and reports as are required by the Act to be
prepared and laid before such meeting.
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129.1 |
A copy of the statutory financial statements of the Company (including every document required by law to be
annexed thereto) which is to be laid before the annual general meeting of the Company together with a copy of the Directors’ report and Auditors’ report or
summary financial statements prepared in accordance with section 1119 of the Act shall be sent by post, electronic mail or any other means of communication
(electronic or otherwise), not less than twenty-one (21) clear days before the date of the annual general meeting, to every person entitled under the provisions
of the Act to receive them; provided that in the case of those documents sent by electronic mail or any other electronic means, such documents shall be sent with
the consent of the recipient, to the address of the recipient notified to the Company by the recipient for such purposes, and provided further that where the
Directors elect to send summary financial statements to the shareholders, any shareholder may request that he or she be sent a hard copy of the statutory
financial statements of the Company.
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129.2 |
For the purposes of this Article, copies of those documents are
also to be treated as sent to a person where:
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(A) |
the Company and that person have agreed to that person having access to the documents on a website (instead of their being sent to such person);
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(B) |
the documents are documents to which that agreement applies; and
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(C) |
that person is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed for the purpose between such person and the Company, of:
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(1) |
the publication of the documents on a website;
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(2) |
the address of that website; and
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(3) |
the place on that website where the documents may be accessed, and how they may be accessed.
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(D) |
For the purposes of this Article, documents treated in accordance with Article 129.2 as sent to any person are to be treated as sent to such person not less than twenty one (21) days before the date of a
meeting if, and only if:
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(1) |
the documents are published on the website throughout a period beginning at least twenty one (21) days before the date of the meeting and ending with the conclusion of the meeting; and
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(2) |
the notification given for the purposes of Article 129.2(C) is given not less than twenty one (21) days before the date of the meeting.
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129.3 |
Nothing in Article 129.2 shall invalidate the proceedings of a meeting where:
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(A) |
any documents that are required to be published as mentioned in Article 129.2(C)(1) are published for a part, but not all, of the period mentioned in that Article; and
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(B) |
the failure to publish those documents throughout that period is wholly attributable to circumstances which it would not be reasonable to have expected the Company to prevent or avoid.
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129.4 |
This Article shall not require a copy of the documents referred to in Article 129.1 to be sent to any
person who is not entitled to receive notices of general meetings, any person of whose address the Company is not aware or to more than one of the joint
holders of any shares or debentures.
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129.5 |
Where copies of documents are sent out pursuant to this Article over a period of days,
references elsewhere in the Act to the day on which those copies are sent out shall be read as references to the last day of that period.
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132.1 |
A document or information is validly sent or supplied by
a shareholder to the Company in hard copy form if it is sent or supplied by hand or by post (in a prepaid envelope) to:
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(A) |
an address specified by the Company for the purpose;
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(B) |
the Registered Office; or
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(C) |
an address to which any provision of the Statutes authorises the document or information to be sent or supplied.
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132.2 |
A document or information may only be sent or supplied by a shareholder to the Company in
electronic form if the Company has agreed by notice to the shareholders that the document or information may be sent or supplied in that form (and
not revoked that agreement) or the Company is deemed to have so agreed by a provision of the Statutes.
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132.3 |
Subject to Article 132.2 above, where a document or
information is sent or supplied by electronic means, it may only be sent or supplied to an address:
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(A) |
specified for the purpose by the Company (generally or specifically); or deemed by a provision of the Statutes to have been so specified.
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132.4 |
Without prejudice or limitation to the foregoing provisions of this Article 132, for the
purposes of these Articles and the Act, a document shall be deemed to have been sent to a member if a notice is given, served, sent or delivered
to the member and the notice specifies the website or hotlink or other electronic link at or through which the member may obtain a copy of the
relevant document.
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133.1 |
A document or information sent or supplied by
the Company or the Board in hard copy form must be:
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(A) |
handed to the intended recipient; or
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(B) |
sent or supplied by hand or by post (in a pre-paid envelope):
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(1) |
to an address specified for the purpose by the intended recipient;
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(2) |
to a company at its registered office;
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(3) |
to a person in his or her capacity as a shareholder, at his or her address as shown in the register;
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(4) |
to a person in his or her capacity as a Director, at his or her address as shown in the register of Directors; or
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(5) |
to an address to which any provision of the Statutes authorises the document or information to be sent or supplied.
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133.2 |
Where the Company is unable to obtain any address falling within Article 132.1 above,
the document or information may be sent or supplied to the intended recipient’s last address known to the company.
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134.1 |
A document or information (including the Company’s audited accounts and the directors’
and auditor’s reports thereon) may only be sent or supplied by the Company or the Board by electronic means to a person or company who has
agreed (generally or specifically) that the document or information may be sent or supplied in that form (and not revoked that agreement).
Any such consent requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied where the Company has written to the shareholder informing him or her
of its intention to use electronic communications for such purposes and the shareholder has not, within four (4) weeks of the issue of
such notice, served an objection in writing on the Company to such proposal. Where a shareholder has given, or is deemed to have given his
or her consent to the receipt by such shareholder of electronic mail or other electronic means approved by the Directors, he or she may
revoke such consent at any time by requesting the Company to communicate with him or her in documented form; provided however that such
revocation shall not take effect until five (5) days after written notice of the revocation is received by the Company.
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134.2 |
Where the document or information is sent or supplied by electronic means, it may
only be sent or supplied to an address:
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(A) |
specified for the purpose by the intended recipient (generally or specifically); or
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(B) |
where the intended recipient is a company, deemed by a provision of the Statutes to have been so specified.
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135.1 |
A document or information may only be
sent or supplied by the Company to a person by being made available on a website if the person:
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(A) |
has agreed (generally or specifically) that the document or information may be sent or supplied to him or her in that manner; or
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(B) |
is taken to have so agreed in accordance with the Statutes, and has not revoked that agreement.
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135.2 |
A document or information authorised or required to be sent or supplied by
means of a website must be made available in a form, and by a means, that the Company reasonably considers will enable the
recipient to read it (and see any images contained in it) with the naked eye and to retain a copy of it.
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135.3 |
The Company must notify the intended recipient of:
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(A) |
the presence of the document or information on the website;
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(B) |
the address of the website;
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(C) |
the place on the website where it may be accessed; and
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(D) |
how to access the document or information.
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135.4 |
The document or information is taken
to be sent:
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(A) |
on the date on which the notification required by Article 135.3 above is sent; or
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(B) |
if later, the date on which the document or information first appears on the website after that notification is sent.
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135.5 |
The Company must make the document or information available on the
website throughout:
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(A) |
the period specified by any applicable provision of the Statutes; or
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(B) |
if no such period is specified, the period of twenty eight (28) days beginning with the date on which the notification required by Article 135.3 is sent to the person in question.
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135.6 |
A notice of a general meeting of the Company given by means of a
website must:
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(A) |
state that it concerns a notice of a meeting of the Company;
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(B) |
specify the place, date and time of the meeting; and
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(C) |
state whether the meeting is to be an annual general meeting.
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136.1 |
A document or information that is sent or supplied to the
Company otherwise than in hard copy form, by electronic means or by means of a website is validly sent or
supplied if it is sent or supplied in a form or manner that has been agreed by the Company.
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136.2 |
A document or information that is sent or supplied by
the Company or the Board otherwise than in hard copy form, by electronic means or by means of a website
is validly sent or supplied if it is sent or supplied in a form or manner that has been agreed by the
intended recipient.
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(A) |
send or supply a hard copy of such document or information to such shareholder; or
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(B) |
notify such shareholder of the information set out in Article 135.3, in each case in the manner described in Article 133.1.
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138.1 |
Where a document or information is, under Article
133.1, sent or supplied by post, service or delivery to a shareholder it shall be deemed to be effected:
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(A) |
if sent by first class post or special delivery post from an address in Ireland to another address in Ireland or from an address in the United States to another address in the United States, or by a postal
service similar to first class post or special delivery post from an address in another country to another address in that other country, at the expiration of twenty four (24) hours after the time when the cover containing the same is posted;
or
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(B) |
in any other case, on the third day following that on which the document or information was posted, and in proving such service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that such cover was properly addressed
and posted.
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138.2 |
Where a document or information is, under Article 134, sent or supplied by
electronic means to an address specified for the purpose by the intended recipient, service or delivery shall be deemed to be
effected on the same day on which it is sent or supplied and in proving such service it will be sufficient to prove that it
was properly addressed.
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138.3 |
Where a document or information is, under Article 135, sent or
supplied by means of a website, service or delivery shall be deemed to be effected when (a) the material is first
made available on the website or (b) if later, when the recipient received (or, in accordance with this Article
138.3, is deemed to have received) notification of the fact that the material was available on the website.
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139.1 |
If at any time by reason of the suspension or curtailment of postal
services within Ireland, the United States or such other jurisdiction as the Board may consider appropriate for the service of
notice, the Company is unable effectively to convene a general meeting by notices sent through the post, a general meeting may
be convened by notice advertised on the same date in at least one national newspaper in Ireland and/or the United States
and/or such other jurisdiction as the Board may consider appropriate for the service of notices (as applicable) and such
notice shall be deemed to have been duly served on all shareholders entitled thereto on the day when the advertisement
appears. In any such case the Company shall send confirmatory copies of the notice by post if at least six clear days prior to
the meeting the posting of notices to addresses throughout Ireland, the United States or such other jurisdiction as the Board
may consider appropriate for the service of notices (as applicable) again becomes practicable.
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139.2 |
Notwithstanding anything in the Statutes or these Articles, if by reason of
suspension or curtailment of postal services within Ireland, the United States or such other jurisdiction as the Board may
consider appropriate for the service of notices, the Company is unable in the opinion of the Board to deliver the documents
referred to in Article 129.1, as the case may be, to persons entitled thereto by the time therein prescribed, the Company may
nevertheless proceed validly to convene and hold the general meeting before which such documents are to be laid by giving
notice of such meeting in accordance with Article 138.1, but so that the reference in the final sentence of that Article to
“confirmatory copies of the notice” shall be read to include the relevant documents referred to in Article 129 and the
reference therein to “six clear days” shall be read as “three clear days” and provided always that such documents shall be
made available for inspection during normal business hours at the Registered Office throughout the period from the date of
publication of the notice convening such meeting until the date of the meeting and also at the meeting itself.
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143.1 |
The Company may destroy:
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(A) |
any share certificate or other evidence of title to shares which has been cancelled at any time after one year from the date of such cancellation;
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(B) |
any mandate for the payment of dividends or other amounts or any variation or cancellation of such mandate or any other instruction concerning the payment of monies or any notification of change of name or
address at any time after two years from the date such mandate, variation, cancellation or notification was recorded by the Company;
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(C) |
any instrument or other evidence of transfer of shares or renunciation of an allotment of shares which has been registered at any time after six years from the date of registration; and
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(D) |
any other document on the basis of which an entry in the Register is made at any time after six years from the date an entry in the Register was first made in respect of it, and the Company may destroy any such
document earlier than the relevant date, provided that a permanent record of the document is made (on microfilm, computer disc or otherwise) which is not destroyed before that date.
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143.2 |
It shall be conclusively presumed in favour of the Company that every
entry in the Share Register purporting to have been made on the basis of a document destroyed in accordance with this
Article was duly and properly made, that every instrument of transfer so destroyed was duly registered, that every share
certificate so destroyed was valid and was duly cancelled and that every other document so destroyed was valid and
effective in accordance with the recorded particulars in the records of the Company, provided that:
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(A) |
this Article shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice of any claim (regardless of the parties to it) to which the document might be relevant;
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(B) |
nothing in this Article imposes on the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any such document otherwise than as provided for in this Article which would not attach to the Company in the
absence of this Article; and
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(C) |
references in this Article to the destruction of any document include references to the disposal of it in any manner.
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144.1 |
If the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for
distribution among the shareholders as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid up or credited as
paid up share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the
shareholders in proportion to the capital paid up or credited as paid up at the commencement of the winding up on the
shares held by them respectively. And if in a winding up the assets available for distribution among the shareholders
shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital paid up or credited as paid up at the
commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed among the shareholders in proportion to the capital at
the commencement of the winding up paid up or credited as paid up on the said shares held by them respectively.
Provided that this Article shall not affect the rights of the holders of shares issued upon special terms and
conditions.
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(A) |
In case of a sale by the liquidator under the Act, the liquidator may by the contract of sale agree so as to bind all the shareholders for the allotment to the shareholders directly of the proceeds of sale in
proportion to their respective interests in the Company and may further by the contract limit a time at the expiration of which obligations or shares not accepted or required to be sold shall be deemed to have been irrevocably refused and be
at the disposal of the Company, but so that nothing herein contained shall be taken to diminish, prejudice or affect the rights of dissenting shareholders conferred by the said section.
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(B) |
The power of sale of the liquidator shall include a power to sell wholly or partially for debentures, debenture stock, or other obligations of another company, either then already constituted or about to be
constituted for the purpose of carrying out the sale.
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144.3 |
If the Company is wound up, the liquidator, with the sanction of
a Special Resolution and any other sanction required by the Act, may divide among the shareholders in specie or kind
the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not),
and, for such purpose, may value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the
shareholders or different classes of shareholders. The liquidator, with the like sanction, may vest the whole or any
part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the contributories as, with the like sanction,
he or she determines, but so that no shareholder shall be compelled to accept any assets upon which there is a
liability.
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145.1 |
Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be admitted by
the Act, every Director and the Secretary of the Company and, every director and secretary of any associated
company of the Company, shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Company against all costs, charges, losses,
expenses and liabilities incurred by him or her in the execution and discharge of his or her duties or in
relation thereto including any liability incurred by him or her in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal,
which relate to anything done or omitted or alleged to have been done or omitted by him or her as an officer or
employee of the Company and in which judgement is given in his or her favour (or the proceedings are otherwise
disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his or her part) or in which he
or she is acquitted or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect
of any such act or omission in which relief is granted to him or her by the Court.
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145.2 |
The Company shall have power to purchase and maintain,
for any Director, the Secretary or other officers or employees of the Company, and every director, secretary
or any employees of any associated company of the Company, insurance against any such liability as referred
to section 235 of the Act.
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145.3 |
As far as is permissible under the Act, the Company
shall indemnify any current or former executive officer of the Company (excluding any present or former
Directors of the Company or Secretary of the Company), or any person who is serving or has served at the
request of the Company as a director or executive officer of another company, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including any associated company of the Company (each individually, a "Covered Person"), against any expenses, including attorney's fees,
judgements, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, to which he or she was or is threatened to be made a party, or is
otherwise involved (a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he
or she is or was a Covered Person; provided, however, that this provision shall not indemnify any Covered
Person against any liability arising out of (a) any fraud or dishonesty in the performance of such Covered
Person's duty to the Company, or (b) such Covered Person's conscious, intentional or wilful breach of the
obligation to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this section shall not extend to any matter which would render it
void pursuant to the Act or to any person holding the office of auditor in relation to the Company.
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145.4 |
In the case of any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding by or in the name of the Company, the Company shall indemnify each Covered
Person against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
the defence or the settlement thereof, except no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for fraud or dishonesty in
the performance of his or her duty to the Company, or for conscious, intentional or wilful breach of his
or her obligation to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company,
unless and only to the extent that the High Court of Ireland or the court in which such action or suit
was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of
all the circumstances of the case, such Covered Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
for such expenses as the court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this section
shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Act or to any person holding
the office of auditor in relation to the Company.
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145.5 |
Any indemnification under this Article (unless
ordered by a court) shall be made by the Company only as authorised in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances because such
person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article. Such determination shall
be made by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Company.
To the extent, however, that any Covered Person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defence of any proceeding, or in defence of any claim, issue or matter therein, such Covered Person
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection therewith, without necessity of authorisation in the specific case.
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145.6 |
As far as permissible under the Act, expenses,
including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending any proceeding for which indemnification is
permitted pursuant to this Article shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition
of such proceeding upon receipt by the Board of an undertaking by the particular indemnitee to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by
the Company pursuant to these Articles.
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145.7 |
It being the policy of the Company that
indemnification of the persons specified in this Article shall be made to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive (a)
of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under these Articles, any agreement, any insurance purchased by the Company, vote of
shareholders or disinterested Directors, or pursuant to the direction (however embodied) of any
court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, or (b) of the power of the
Company to indemnify any person who is or was an employee or agent of the Company or of another
company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise which he or she is serving or has served at
the request of the Company, to the same extent and in the same situations and subject to the
same determinations as are hereinabove set forth. As used in this Article, references to the
"Company" include all constituent companies in a scheme of arrangement, consolidation or merger
in which the Company or a predecessor to the Company by scheme of arrangement, consolidation or
merger was involved. The indemnification provided by this Article shall continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a Covered Person and shall inure to the benefit of their heirs, executors,
and administrators.
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145.8 |
The Company may
additionally indemnify any employee or
agent of the Company or any director,
executive, employee or agent of any
associated company of the Company to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
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146.1 |
The courts of Ireland shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to determine any dispute related to or connected with (a) any
derivative claim in respect of a cause of action vested in the Company or seeking relief on
behalf of the Company, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary or other
duty owed by any Director or officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the
Company's shareholders, or (c) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any
Director or officer or other employee of the Company arising under the laws of Ireland or
pursuant to any provision of the Articles (as either may be amended from time to time).
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146.2 |
Damages
alone may not be an adequate
remedy for any breach of this
Article 146, so that, in the
event of a breach or anticipated
breach, the remedies of
injunction and/or an order for
specific performance would in
appropriate circumstances be
available.
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146.3 |
The
governing law
of the
Articles is
the
substantive
law of
Ireland.
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146.4 |
For the
purposes of this Article 146:
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(A) |
a “dispute” shall mean any dispute, controversy or claim;
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(B) |
references to “Company” shall be read so as to include each and any of the Company’s subsidiary undertakings from time to time; and
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“Director” shall be read so as to include each and any Director of the Company from time to time in his or her capacity as such or as an employee of the Company and shall
include any former Director of the Company.
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which would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company and which would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or
corporate restructuring involving the Company (or any of its subsidiaries); or
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governing the ownership threshold above which a shareholder ownership must be disclosed; or
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imposing conditions governing changes in the capital which are more stringent than is required by Irish law.
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1. |
Services.
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3. |
Compensation and Expenses.
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3.3 |
Long-Term Incentive Awards.
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3.6 |
Expenses.
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3.6.1 |
=The Company shall reimburse Employee for:
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5. |
Confidentiality. -
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5.2.2 |
all and any information relating to research or development projects or both;
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6. |
Termination.
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6.7 |
Compensation Upon Termination.
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(i) |
Employee shall receive the Accrued Obligations;
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6.8 Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply
with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code Section 409A") (to the extent applicable) and the parties hereto agree to interpret, apply and
administer this Agreement in the least restrictive manner necessary to comply therewith and without resulting in any increase in the amounts owed hereunder by the Company. To the extent compliance with the requirements of Treas. Reg. §
1.409A-3(i)(2) (or any successor provision) is necessary to avoid the application of an additional tax under Code Section 409A to payments due to Employee upon or following her separation from service, then notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement (or any otherwise applicable plan, policy, agreement or arrangement), any such payments that are otherwise due within six months following Employee's separation from service will be deferred without interest
and paid to Employee in a lump sum immediately following that six month period. For purposes of the application of Code Section 409A, each payment in a series of payments will be deemed a separate payment. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, except to the extent any expense, reimbursement or in-kind benefit provided to the Employee does not constitute "nonqualified deferred compensation" within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and its implementing
regulations and guidance, (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in- kind benefits provided to the Employee during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses
eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Employee in any other calendar year, (ii) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Employee is entitled to be reimbursed shall be made on or before the last day of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (iii) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits hereunder may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.
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all Confidential
Information.
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(vi) |
require Employee to take any accrued but unused paid time off.
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9. |
Non-Solicitation; Non-Competition.
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9.1 |
Employee acknowledges and agrees:
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that the Group is in a unique and highly specialized business, which is international in scope with a large number of competitors;
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that the Group possess a valuable body of Confidential Information and that Employee's knowledge of Confidential Information directly benefits him by enabling him to perform his duties;
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that the protection of Confidential Information, customer connections, supplier connections, and goodwill of the Company, the Parent Company and its Associated Undertakings are legitimate business interests requiring protection; and
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that the disclosure of any Confidential Information to any actual or potential competitor of the Company or the loss of good will associated with Employee would place the Company, the Parent Company, and its Associated Undertakings at a
serious competitive disadvantage and would cause immeasurable (financial and other) damage to the Relevant Business (as defined below).
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9.10 |
Definitions:
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14. |
Intellectual Property.
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Name: Ronan O'Caoimh
Title: President
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Aris Kekedjian
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/s/* Aris Kekedjian
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Aris Kekedjian
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Chief Executive Officer
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The originally executed copy of this Certification will be maintained at the Company’s offices and will be made available for inspection upon request.
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/s/ * John Gillard
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John Gillard
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Chief Financial Officer
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* |
The originally executed copy of this Certification will be maintained at the Company’s offices and will be made available for inspection upon request.
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/s/ * Aris Kekedjian
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Aris Kekedjian
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Chief Executive Officer
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* |
The originally executed copy of this Certification will be maintained at the Company’s offices and will be made available for inspection upon request.
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/s/ * John Gillard
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John Gillard
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Chief Financial Officer
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* |
The originally executed copy of this Certification will be maintained at the Company’s offices and will be made available for inspection upon request.
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Form Type
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File Number
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Effective Date
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Form S-8
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333-182279
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6/22/2012
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Form S-8
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333-195232
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4/11/2014
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Form S-8
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333-253070
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2/12/2021
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Form F-3
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333-239701
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7/6/2020
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Form F-3
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333-264992
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5/16/2022
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Form F-3
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333-267160
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8/30/2022
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/s/ GRANT THORNTON
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Dublin, Ireland
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DATE May 16, 2023
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