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Belgium
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization) |
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2836
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) |
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N/A
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
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Michael H. Bison
Marishka DeToy Stephanie Richards Goodwin Procter LLP 100 Northern Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02210 (617) 570-1000 |
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Roel Meers
Baker McKenzie BV/SRL Bolwerklaan 21 Avenue du Boulevard Box 1 1210 Brussels Belgium +32 2 639 36 11 |
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Niek De Pauw
Clifford Chance LLP Avenue Louise 149 Box 2 1050 Brussels Belgium + 32 253 35072 |
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Marcel Fausten
Yasin Keshvargar Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 450-4000 |
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For the nine-months
Ended September 30, |
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For the Year
Ended December 31, |
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(In thousands of € except that is indicated otherwise)
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2025
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2024
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2024
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2023
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Research and development expenses
|
| | | | (35,015) | | | | | | (28,582) | | | | | | (39,310) | | | | | | (26,311) | | |
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General and administrative expenses
|
| | | | (9,620) | | | | | | (8,664) | | | | | | (10,133) | | | | | | (6,097) | | |
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Total operating expenses
|
| | | | (44,635) | | | | | | (37,246) | | | | | | (49,443) | | | | | | (32,408) | | |
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Other operating income
|
| | | | 1,887 | | | | | | 1,039 | | | | | | 1,422 | | | | | | 1,218 | | |
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Operating loss
|
| | | | (42,748) | | | | | | (36,207) | | | | | | (48,021) | | | | | | (31,190) | | |
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Changes in fair value of financial liabilities
|
| | | | (3,227) | | | | | | 1,147 | | | | | | 848 | | | | | | 18,964 | | |
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Financial expenses
|
| | | | (199) | | | | | | (222) | | | | | | (357) | | | | | | (86) | | |
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Financial income
|
| | | | 1,028 | | | | | | 747 | | | | | | 1,267 | | | | | | 303 | | |
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Loss before taxes
|
| | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | | | | | (46,263) | | | | | | (12,009) | | |
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Income tax (expense)/income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4) | | | | | | 619 | | |
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Loss for the period*
|
| | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | | | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
| Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Foreign currency translation differences
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| | | | 64 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | (10) | | | | | | — | | |
| Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations
|
| | | | (3) | | | | | | (55) | | | | | | (73) | | | | | | — | | |
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Other comprehensive loss for the period, net of tax
|
| | | | 61 | | | | | | (54) | | | | | | (83) | | | | | | — | | |
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Total comprehensive loss for the period*
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| | | | (45,085) | | | | | | (34,589) | | | | | | (46,350) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
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| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
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Basic and diluted loss per share
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| | | | (2.26) | | | | | | (1.68) | | | | | | (2.31) | | | | | | (0.77) | | |
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Supplemental pro forma basic and diluted loss per share(1)
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| | | | (0.08) | | | | | | (0.06) | | | | | | (0.09) | | | | | | (0.02) | | |
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Pro forma basic and diluted loss per share in euro
(unaudited)(2) |
| | | | (1.26) | | | | | | | | | | | | (1.26) | | | | | | | | |
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Pro forma weighted average number of common shares outstanding (unaudited)(2)
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| | | | 36,236,779 | | | | | | | | | | | | 36,236,779 | | | | | | | | |
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As of September 30, 2025
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(In thousands of €)
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Actual
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Pro Forma(1)
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Pro Forma,
As Adjusted(2) |
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| Consolidated statement of financial position: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Cash and cash equivalents
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| | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 283,188 | | |
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Total assets
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| | | | 165,631 | | | | | | 165,631 | | | | | | 319,234 | | |
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Total liabilities
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| | | | 18,700 | | | | | | 18,700 | | | | | | 18,700 | | |
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Share capital
|
| | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 224,632 | | | | | | 302,120 | | |
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Share premium reserve
|
| | | | 76,634 | | | | | | 76,634 | | | | | | 152,749 | | |
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Share-based payment reserves
|
| | | | 12,457 | | | | | | 10,897 | | | | | | 10,897 | | |
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Other reserves
|
| | | | (966) | | | | | | (966) | | | | | | (966) | | |
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Accumulated loss
|
| | | | (164,266) | | | | | | (164,266) | | | | | | (164,266) | | |
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Equity attributable to the owners of the parent
|
| | | | 146,931 | | | | | | 146,931 | | | | | | 300,534 | | |
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As of September 30, 2025
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(In thousands of € except for per share amounts)
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Actual
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Pro
forma(1) |
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Pro forma
adjusted |
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Cash and cash equivalents
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| | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 283,188 | | |
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Shareholders’ equity:
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Preferred shares, no value per share; 1,553,522 shares authorized,
1,553,522 shares issued and outstanding, actual; 1,553,522 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma; 0 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma as adjusted |
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Common shares, no value per share; 25,000 shares authorized, 25,000
shares issued and outstanding, actual; 36,236,779 shares authorized, 36,236,779 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma; 48,736,779 shares authorized, 48,736,779 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma as adjusted |
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Share capital
|
| | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 224,632 | | | | | | 302,120 | | |
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Share premium reserve
|
| | | | 76,634 | | | | | | 76,634 | | | | | | 152,749 | | |
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Share-based payment reserves
|
| | | | 12,457 | | | | | | 10,897 | | | | | | 10,897 | | |
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Other reserves
|
| | | | (966) | | | | | | (966) | | | | | | (966) | | |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Accumulated loss
|
| | | | (164,266) | | | | | | (164,266) | | | | | | (164,266) | | |
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Total shareholders’ equity
|
| | | | 146,931 | | | | | | 146,931 | | | | | | 300,534 | | |
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Total capitalization
|
| | | | 276,516 | | | | | | 276,516 | | | | | | 583,722 | | |
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Assumed initial public offering price per ADS
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€13.63($16.00)
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Historical net tangible book value per ADS as of September 30, 2025
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€ 3.46($4.06)
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Decrease per ADS attributable to the pro forma adjustments described above
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€ (0.20)($0.23)
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Pro forma net tangible book value per ADS as of September 30, 2025
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€ 3.26($3.83)
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Increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value attributable to new investors purchasing ADSs in this offering
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€ 2.32($2.72)
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Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per ADS after this offering
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€ 5.58($6.54)
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Dilution per share to new investors purchasing ADSs in this offering
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€ 8.06($9.46)
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ADSs purchased
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Total consideration
|
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Average price
per ADS |
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Number
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Percent
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Amount
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Percent
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Existing shareholders
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| | | | 36,236,779 | | | | | | 74.4% | | | | | € | 300,705($330,709) | | | | | | 64.7% | | | | | € | 7.71($9.13) | | |
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New investors
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| | | | 12,500,000 | | | | | | 25.6% | | | | | € | 152,292($180,253) | | | | | | 35.3% | | | | | € | 12.18($14.42) | | |
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Totals
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| | | | 48,736,779 | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | € | 452,997($510,962) | | | | | | 100.0% | | | | | € | 9.29($10.48) | | |
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Nine months ended
September 30, |
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Research and development expenses
|
| | | | (35,015) | | | | | | (28,582) | | | | | | (6,433) | | | | | | 23% | | |
|
General and administrative expenses
|
| | | | (9,620) | | | | | | (8,664) | | | | | | (956) | | | | | | 11% | | |
|
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | (44,635) | | | | | | (37,246) | | | | | | (7,389) | | | | | | 20% | | |
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Other operating income
|
| | | | 1,887 | | | | | | 1,039 | | | | | | 848 | | | | | | 82% | | |
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Operating loss
|
| | | | (42,748) | | | | | | (36,207) | | | | | | (6,541) | | | | | | 18% | | |
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Changes in fair value of financial liabilities
|
| | | | (3,227) | | | | | | 1,147 | | | | | | (4,374) | | | | | | (381)% | | |
|
Financial expenses
|
| | | | (199) | | | | | | (222) | | | | | | 23 | | | | | | (10)% | | |
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Financial income
|
| | | | 1,028 | | | | | | 747 | | | | | | 281 | | | | | | 38% | | |
|
Loss before taxes
|
| | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | | | | | (10,611) | | | | | | 31% | | |
|
Tax income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
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Loss for the period
|
| | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | | | | | (10,611) | | | | | | 31% | | |
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
|
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
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Basic and diluted loss per share (in thousands of €)
|
| | | | (2.26) | | | | | | (1.68) | | | | | | (0.58) | | | | | | 35% | | |
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For the nine months
ended September 30 |
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2025
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2024
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ontunisertib
|
| | | | 17,307 | | | | | | 13,793 | | | | | | 3,514 | | | | | | 25% | | |
|
AGMB-447
|
| | | | 12,013 | | | | | | 9,221 | | | | | | 2,792 | | | | | | 30% | | |
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Unallocated expenses on other research programs(1)
|
| | | | 5,695 | | | | | | 5,568 | | | | | | 126 | | | | | | 2% | | |
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Total R&D expenses
|
| | | | (35,015) | | | | | | (28,582) | | | | | | (6,433) | | | | | | 23% | | |
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For the year ended
December 31 |
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2024
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2023
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Change
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% Change
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(in thousands EUR)
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Research and development expenses
|
| | | | (39,310) | | | | | | (26,311) | | | | | | (12,999) | | | | | | 49% | | |
|
General and administrative expenses
|
| | | | (10,133) | | | | | | (6,097) | | | | | | (4,036) | | | | | | 66% | | |
|
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | (49,443) | | | | | | (32,408) | | | | | | (17,035) | | | | | | 53% | | |
|
Other operating income
|
| | | | 1,422 | | | | | | 1,218 | | | | | | 204 | | | | | | 17% | | |
|
Operating loss
|
| | | | (48,021) | | | | | | (31,190) | | | | | | (16,831) | | | | | | 54% | | |
|
Changes in fair value of financial liabilities
|
| | | | 848 | | | | | | 18,964 | | | | | | (18,116) | | | | | | (96)% | | |
|
Financial expenses
|
| | | | (357) | | | | | | (86) | | | | | | (271) | | | | | | 315% | | |
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Financial income
|
| | | | 1,267 | | | | | | 303 | | | | | | 964 | | | | | | 318% | | |
|
Loss before taxes
|
| | | | (46,263) | | | | | | (12,009) | | | | | | (34,254) | | | | | | 285% | | |
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Income tax (expense)/income
|
| | | | (4) | | | | | | 619 | | | | | | (623) | | | | | | (101)% | | |
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Loss for the year
|
| | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (11,390) | | | | | | (34,877) | | | | | | 306% | | |
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Other comprehensive loss for the period, net of tax
|
| | | | (83) | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year
|
| | | | (46,350) | | | | | | (11,390) | | | | | | (34,960) | | | | | | 307% | | |
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For the year ended
December 31 |
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2024
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2023
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(in thousands EUR)
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ontunisertib
|
| | | | 19,383 | | | | | | 10,623 | | | | | | 8,760 | | | | | | 82% | | |
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AGMB-447
|
| | | | 12,497 | | | | | | 9,448 | | | | | | 3,049 | | | | | | 32% | | |
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Unallocated expenses on other research programs(1)
|
| | | | 7,430 | | | | | | 6,241 | | | | | | 1,189 | | | | | | 19% | | |
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Total R&D expenses
|
| | | | 39,310 | | | | | | 26,311 | | | | | | 12,999 | | | | | | 49% | | |
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Nine months ended
September 30, |
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2025
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2024
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Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | | (38,570) | | | | | | (34,391) | | | | | | (4,179) | | | | | | 12% | | |
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
| | | | (3,000) | | | | | | (312) | | | | | | (2,688) | | | | | | 862% | | |
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
| | | | (304) | | | | | | 14,900 | | | | | | (15,204) | | | | | | (102)% | | |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | (41,874) | | | | | | (19,803) | | | | | | (22,071) | | | | | | 111% | | |
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For the years ended
December 31 |
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2024
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2023
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Net cash used in operating activities
|
| | | | (46,828) | | | | | | (24,592) | | | | | | (22,236) | | | | | | 90% | | |
|
Net cash from (used in) investing activities
|
| | | | (675) | | | | | | 40,000 | | | | | | (40,675) | | | | | | (102)% | | |
|
Net cash from financing activities
|
| | | | 96,762 | | | | | | 79,324 | | | | | | 17,438 | | | | | | 22% | | |
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | 49,260 | | | | | | 94,732 | | | | | | (45,472) | | | | | | (48)% | | |
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Preclinical findings
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Observations
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Preclinical pharmacokinetics
Ontunisertib (AGMB-129) resulted in high exposure to the gastrointestinal tract and ileum, with minimal systemic exposure |
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•
In a preclinical rat model, area under the curve was 10,000-fold higher in the ileum compared to plasma
•
Ontunisertib (AGMB-129) shown to have very short half-life in vitro in human hepatocytes and in hepatocytes from several animal species
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Activity in in vivo DSS mouse model
Ontunisertib (AGMB-129) showed the ability to prevent and treat fibrosis in dextran sodium sulfate, or DSS, mouse model with evidence of potential impact on inflammation |
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•
DSS model is one of the most widely used preclinical models of IBD*
•
Preventive setting: ontunisertib (AGMB-129) prevented an increase in both collagen staining and histological score compared to control
•
Therapeutic setting: ontunisertib (AGMB-129) led to decreases in both collagen staining and histological score compared to control
•
Significant change in histological score observed at highest dose largely due to a reduction in immune infiltration
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|
Activity in ex vivo IBD biopsies
Ontunisertib (AGMB-129) led to downregulation of expression of both fibrotic and inflammatory genes in a preclinical study |
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•
Patient-derived gastrointestinal biopsies from IBD patients were treated ex vivo
•
Ontunisertib (AGMB-129) led to significant reductions in fibrotic genes, as well as in certain inflammatory genes
•
RNA sequencing of IBD biopsies showed a high proportion of genes related to fibrosis were downregulated by ontunisertib (AGMB-129)
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Preclinical findings
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| |
Observations
|
|
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Activity in primary cell cultures
Ontunisertib (AGMB-129) showed in vitro inhibition of TGFβ pathway activation and expression of collagen |
| |
•
Primary intestinal fibroblast cells isolated from ileal resections from stricture surgery of CD patients were analyzed in vitro
•
Ontunisertib (AGMB-129) demonstrated significant inhibition of both (a) TGFβ-induced phosphorylation of SMAD2-3, a downstream biomarker of TGFβ pathway activation; and (b) expression of collagen A1, or ColA1, a key fibrotic protein
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Toxicology studies
No cardiac valve lesions observed with ontunisertib (AGMB-129) |
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•
No cardiac valve lesions have been observed in good laboratory practice, or GLP, toxicology studies of AGMB-129 to date, including chronic toxicology studies in rodents and non-rodents
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Clinical findings
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Observations
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Orally administered single-and
multiple-dose ontunisertib was observed to be generally well tolerated, with no dose limiting toxicities |
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•
A total of 125 healthy participants received oral ontunisertib as part of
the Phase 1 trial
•
No safety signals were observed and there were no dose limiting
toxicities in this Phase 1 trial with ontunisertib
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Clinical findings
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| |
Observations
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| Ontunisertib observed to have a short half-life leading to very low systemic exposure | | |
•
Single ascending-dose (SAD) and multiple ascending-dose (MAD) trials confirmed that ontunisertib has a short half-life in plasma leading to very low systemic exposure to the active parent compound
•
Plasma levels of the main human metabolite of ontunisertib were found to be thousands of times higher than levels of ontunisertib, indicating efficient absorption and metabolization of ontunisertib
•
Repeat exposure to ontunisertib in the MAD trial showed that systemic levels of ontunisertib remained low with no relevant accumulation, while the inactive metabolite MET-158, which is produced in the liver, was identified as the most predominant human metabolite
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| Main human ontunisertib metabolites are functionally inactive | | |
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Main human metabolites of ontunisertib identified by metabolite profiling of clinical samples were found to be inactive against ALK5
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The ALK5 IC50 was 75nM with ontunisertib. By contrast, the IC50 of MET-158, the major metabolite observed in the Phase 1 trial, was too high to be determined in the assays
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| High exposure of ontunisertib demonstrated in the ileal mucosa | | |
•
Local drug levels were measured in the ileal mucosa of nine healthy participants receiving oral ontunisertib at 200mg BID for ten days, and three healthy subjects receiving matching placebo
•
The concentration of ontunisertib in these tissue samples was at micromolar level for all participants, well above the 75nM IC50 for ALK5 inhibition determined in cellular assays and consistent with concentrations achieved in the ileum at pharmacological doses in mice
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| Food effect analysis suggests ontunisertib can be administered with food | | |
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Ontunisertib was administered as a single 400mg dose in fasted or fed conditions to evaluate the effect of food intake on the pharmacokinetics of ontunisertib
•
In the presence of food, ontunisertib absorption is higher, less variable and delayed compared to fasted conditions
•
We believe ontunisertib can be taken with meals, which may result in more thorough and consistent absorption and greater convenience for the patient
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| Lack of drug-drug interaction suggests potential for ontunisertib as an add-on treatment | | |
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A total of 14 healthy participants were included in a dedicated drug-drug interaction trial to evaluate the potential of ontunisertib to cause drug-drug interactions through CYP3A4, a metabolizing enzyme involved in the degradation of many drugs
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The trial indicated that ontunisertib is a weak inhibitor of CYP3A4 in humans and therefore does not require specific precautions when used with drugs known to be metabolized by CYP3A4
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Clinical findings
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Observations
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| An oral bioavailability study did not reveal a benefit of a new tablet formulation compared to the capsule formulation used to date | | |
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A total of 25 healthy participants received single-dose ontunisertib 200mg in the reference capsule formulation in the fed state, as well as a new tablet formulation in the fed and fasted states, in a sequential design
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No safety signals were observed for single-dose ontunisertib administered in either capsule or tablet formulation, consistent with prior single dose trials
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The relative oral bioavailability of AGMB-129 was higher in terms of Cmax (1.70-fold) and AUC0-t (1.25-fold) when AGMB-129 200mg was administered as a tablet formulation compared to a capsule formulation (both administered following a high-fat breakfast)
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Stage A
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Stage B
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AGMB-129
(N=24) n (%) E |
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Placebo
(N=8) n (%) E |
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Overall
(N=32) n (%) E |
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AGMB-129
(N=18) n (%) E |
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Placebo
(N=6) n (%) E |
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Overall
(N=24) n (%) E |
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Any TEAE
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5 (20.8) 11
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2 (25.0) 5
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7 (21.9) 16
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8 (44.4) 15
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2 (33.3) 8
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10 (41.7) 23
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Mild
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5 (20.8) 11
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2 (25.0) 5
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7 (21.9) 16
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6 (33.3) 11
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2 (33.3) 8
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8 (33.3) 19
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Moderate
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0
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0
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0
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2 (11.1) 4
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0
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2 (8.3) 4
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Severe
|
| |
0
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| |
0
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| |
0
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| | |
0
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| |
0
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| |
0
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Related TEAEs
|
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4 (16.7) 4
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2 (25.0) 5
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6 (18.8) 9
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8 (44.4) 14
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2 (33.3) 7
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10 (41.7) 21
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Serious TEAEs
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0
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0
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0
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| | |
0
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| |
0
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0
|
|
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TEAEs leading to study discontinuation
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0
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0
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0
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| | |
0
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0
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0
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Stage C
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Stage D
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AGMB-129
(N=11) n (%) E |
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Placebo
(N=2) n (%) E |
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Overall
(N=13) n (%) E |
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AGMB-129
(N=9) n (%) E |
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Placebo
(N=4) n (%) E |
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Overall
(N=13) n (%) E |
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Any TEAE
|
| |
9 (81.8) 20
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1 (50.0) 2
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10 (76.9) 22
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| | |
2 (22.2) 3
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1 (25.0) 6
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3 (23.1) 9
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Mild
|
| |
6 (54.5) 17
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0
|
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6 (46.2) 18
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1 (11.1) 2
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0
|
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1 (7.7) 2
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Moderate
|
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3 (27.3) 3
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1 (50.0) 1
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4 (30.8) 4
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| | |
1 (11.1) 1
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1 (25.0) 6
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2 (15.4) 7
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Severe
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
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| | |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
|
|
Related TEAEs
|
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7 (63.6) 17
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1 (50.0) 1
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| |
8 (61.5) 18
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| | |
1 (11.1) 2
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0
|
| |
1 (7.7) 2
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|
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Serious TEAEs
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| | |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
|
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TEAEs leading to study discontinuation
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1 (9.1) 1
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0
|
| |
1 (7.7) 1
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| | |
0
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| |
1 (25.0) 5
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1 (7.7) 5
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|
Clinical findings
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| |
Observations
|
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| Orally administered 200mg BID and 100mg QD of ontunisertib was observed to be generally well tolerated, with no safety signal in FSCD patients | | |
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A total of 103 participants were included in the Phase 2a trial, with 34 receiving ontunisertib 200mg BID, 34 receiving 100mg QD, and 35 receiving matching placebo
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Severity and incidence of adverse events were balanced across treatment arms, including placebo
•
No safety signals were detected in the Phase 2a trial with ontunisertib
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No safety signals of cardiac toxicity, no pro-inflammatory effects, and no other safety signals in any safety labs, vital signs, physical exams or ECGs
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| High local exposure to ontunisertib in the GI tract, with minimal systemic exposure | | |
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The PK profile indicates high local exposure to ontunisertib in the GI tract, with minimal systemic exposure as measured in plasma. These results support the GI-restricted profile of ontunisertib in FSCD patients
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| Main human ontunisertib metabolite is functionally inactive | | |
•
Main human metabolite of ontunisertib measured in plasma confirmed to be MET-158, a metabolite previously found to be inactive against ALK5
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| Consistent trends across several clinical exploratory endpoints observed for 200mg BID vs placebo | | |
•
For participants receiving ontunisertib 200mg BID, we observed a greater reduction in the total Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn’s Disease (SES-CD) and a greater proportion of these participants achieved endoscopic response and endoscopic remission compared to participants receiving placebo at Week 12
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In participants with non-passable strictures at baseline, a greater proportion of participants had strictures that became passable at Week 12 in the 200mg BID dose of ontunisertib, compared to participants receiving placebo
•
Similarly, participants receiving ontunisertib 200mg BID tended to show reduced progression in stricture length, compared to those receiving placebo, as measured by magnetic resonance enterography, or MRE
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n (%)
|
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID (N=34) |
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AGMB-129
100 mg QD (N=34) |
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Placebo
(N=35) |
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All Subjects
(N=103) |
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| Treatment disposition | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Completed
|
| | | | 29 (85.3) | | | | | | 32 (94.1) | | | | | | 31 (88.6) | | | | | | 92 (89.3) | | |
|
Discontinued
|
| | | | 5 (14.7) | | | | | | 2 (5.9) | | | | | | 4 (11.4) | | | | | | 11 (10.7) | | |
|
Adverse event
|
| | | | 5 (14.7) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 2 (5.7) | | | | | | 7 (6.8) | | |
|
Non-compliance with study schedule
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 1 (1.0) | | |
|
Withdrawal by subject
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 2 (5.9) | | | | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 3 (2.9) | | |
|
Parameter
|
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID (N=34) |
| |
AGMB-129
100 mg QD (N=34) |
| |
Placebo
(N=35) |
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All Subjects
(N=103) |
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Age (years), mean (SD)
|
| | | | 44.2 (12.6) | | | | | | 41.0 (13.5) | | | | | | 42.8 (15.3) | | | | | | 42.7 (13.8) | | |
|
Female, n (%)
|
| | | | 9 (26.5) | | | | | | 9 (26.5) | | | | | | 12 (34.3) | | | | | | 30 (29.1) | | |
|
White, n (%)
|
| | | | 32 (94.1) | | | | | | 31 (91.2) | | | | | | 30 (85.7) | | | | | | 93 (90.3) | | |
|
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)
|
| | | | 25.9 (5.5) | | | | | | 26.6 (5.3) | | | | | | 26.7 (5.5) | | | | | | 26.4 (5.4) | | |
|
Disease duration (years), mean (SD)
|
| | | | 17.0 (10.4) | | | | | | 15.6 (10.4) | | | | | | 17.8 (13.9) | | | | | | 16.8 (11.6) | | |
|
Ileocolonic disease, n (%)
|
| | | | 15 (45.5) | | | | | | 19 (55.9) | | | | | | 25 (71.4) | | | | | | 59 (57.8) | | |
|
Intestinal resection, n (%)
|
| | | | 15 (44.1) | | | | | | 17 (50.0) | | | | | | 16 (45.7) | | | | | | 48 (46.6) | | |
|
CDAI, mean (SD)
|
| | | | 144.1 (94.6) | | | | | | 166.0 (74.4) | | | | | | 152.0 (80.6) | | | | | | 154.1 (83.1) | | |
|
S-PRO severity, mean (SD)
|
| | | | 6.5 (3.8) | | | | | | 7.1 (3.5) | | | | | | 6.5 (2.8) | | | | | | 6.7 (3.4) | | |
|
CRP (mg/L), mean (SD)
|
| | | | 3.80 (5.28) | | | | | | 4.20 (4.45) | | | | | | 4.23 (7.21) | | | | | | 4.07 (5.73) | | |
|
FCP (mg/kg), mean (SD)
|
| | | | 344.8 (445.5) | | | | | | 460.0 (696.2) | | | | | | 522.9 (588.5) | | | | | | 442.6 (583.9) | | |
|
SES-CD, mean (SD)
|
| | | | 6.9 (4.0) | | | | | | 7.5 (5.0) | | | | | | 7.9 (4.1) | | | | | | 7.4 (4.4) | | |
|
Prior biologics, n (%)
|
| | | | 30 (88.2) | | | | | | 29 (85.3) | | | | | | 29 (82.9) | | | | | | 88 (85.4) | | |
|
Concomitant biologics, n (%)
|
| | | | 26 (76.5) | | | | | | 25 (73.5) | | | | | | 27 (77.1) | | | | | | 78 (75.7) | | |
|
Concomitant thiopurine, n (%)
|
| | | | 3 (8.8) | | | | | | 3 (8.8) | | | | | | 4 (11.4) | | | | | | 10 (9.7) | | |
|
Concomitant methotrexate, n (%)
|
| | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 3 (8.8) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 4 (3.9) | | |
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|
Concomitant Biologic, n (%)
|
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID (N=34) |
| |
AGMB-129
100 mg QD (N=34) |
| |
Placebo
(N=35) |
| |
All Subjects
(N=103) |
| ||||||||||||
|
ADALIMUMAB
|
| | | | 6 (17.6) | | | | | | 7 (20.6) | | | | | | 7 (20.0) | | | | | | 20 (19.4) | | |
|
INFLIXIMAB
|
| | | | 4 (11.8) | | | | | | 4 (11.8) | | | | | | 3 (8.6) | | | | | | 11 (10.7) | | |
|
RISANKIZUMAB
|
| | | | 6 (17.6) | | | | | | 5 (14.7) | | | | | | 6 (17.1) | | | | | | 17 (16.5) | | |
|
USTEKINUMAB
|
| | | | 10 (29.4) | | | | | | 8 (23.5) | | | | | | 11 (31.4) | | | | | | 29 (28.2) | | |
|
VEDOLIZUMAB
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (1.0) | | |
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|
Subjects with any, n (%)
|
| |
AGMIB-129
200 mg BID (N=34) |
| |
AGMB-129
100 mg QD (N=34) |
| |
Placebo
(N=35) |
| |||||||||
|
TEAE
|
| | | | 21 (61.8) | | | | | | 22 (64.7) | | | | | | 25 (71.4) | | |
|
Serious TEAE
|
| | | | 4 (11.8) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 4 (11.4) | | |
| Worst-case: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Moderate TEAE
|
| | | | 5 (14.7) | | | | | | 9 (26.5) | | | | | | 5 (14.3) | | |
|
Severe TEAE
|
| | | | 4 (11.8) | | | | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 4 (11.4) | | |
|
Life-threatening TEAE
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (2.9) | | |
|
Fatal TEAE
|
| | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | |
|
Related TEAE
|
| | | | 8 (23.5) | | | | | | 2 (5.9) | | | | | | 4 (11.4) | | |
|
Temporary treatment interruption due to TEAE
|
| | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 3 (8.8) | | | | | | 3 (8.6) | | |
|
Permanent treatment interruption due to TEAE
|
| | | | 5 (14.7) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 2 (5.7) | | |
|
Study discontinuation due to TEAE
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (2.9) | | |
| | |||||||||||||||||||
| |
200mg BID: 4 patients with SAEs
•
Atrial fibrillation and lacunar infarct in a 75y-old male with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, history of deep venous thrombosis, hypercholesterolemia; new fatal SAE — Failure to thrive — not related
•
Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in a 49y-old male, underweight, non-smoker, no thrombosis history, history of hypoalbuminemia — Both events resolved — possibly related
•
Subileus in a 54y-old female, smoker, with prior GI resection — Recovered with steroid course — not related
•
Intestinal fistula (sinus tract near ileocolonic anastomosis) — Recovered after surgery — not related
|
| |
Placebo: 4 patients with SAEs
•
2 cases of Ileus:
•
35y-old male with prior GI surgery and endoscopic balloon dilations (EBD) — Recovered (after EBD) — not related
•
30y-old male with prior GI resection — Recovered with IV steroid — not related
•
Small intestinal obstruction due to adhesions from prior urological surgery; IMP interruption; life-threatening — Resolved — not related
•
Herpetic radiculopathy — Recovered — not related
|
|
|
Baseline score group
Week 12 change, n (%) |
| |
AGMB-129 200 mg BID
(N=34) |
| |
AGMB-129 100 mg QD
(N=34) |
| |
Placebo
(N=35) |
| | |||||||||||
|
Ileal narrowing score < 3 at baseline
|
| | | | 10 (29.4) | | | | | | 7 (20.6) | | | | | | 4 (11.4) | | | | | |
|
Improved
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (25.0) | | | | | |
|
No change
|
| | | | 4 (40.0) | | | | | | 4 (57.1) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | |
|
Worsened
|
| | | | 5 (50.0) | | | | | | 3 (42.9) | | | | | | 3 (75.0) | | | | | |
|
Missing
|
| | | | 1 (10.0) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | |
|
Ileal narrowing score = 3 at baseline
|
| | | | 22 (64.7) | | | | | | 26 (76.5) | | | | | | 31 (88.6) | | | | | |
|
Improved
|
| | | | 7 (31.8) | | | | | | 2 (7.7) | | | | | | 2 (6.5) | | | | | |
|
No change
|
| | | | 11 (50.0) | | | | | | 23 (88.5) | | | | | | 25 (80.6) | | | | | |
|
Missing
|
| | | | 4 (18.2) | | | | | | 1 (3.8) | | | | | | 4 (12.9) | | | | | |
|
Ileal narrowing score missing at baseline
|
| | | | 2 (5.9) | | | | | | 1 (2.9) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | |
|
Unknown
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (100) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | |
|
Missing
|
| | | | 2 (100) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | ||
| | | |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID (N=16) |
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID after 100 mg QD (N=19) |
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID after Placebo (N=14) |
| |
All subjects
(N=49) |
| ||||||||||||
| Treatment disposition | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Ongoing
|
| | | | 15 (93.8) | | | | | | 17 (89.5) | | | | | | 12 (85.7) | | | | | | 44 (89.8) | | |
|
Discontinued
|
| | | | 1 (6.3) | | | | | | 2 (10.5) | | | | | | 2 (14.3) | | | | | | 5 (10.2) | | |
|
Adverse event
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (5.3) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (2.0) | | |
|
Lack of efficacy
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 2 (14.3) | | | | | | 2 (4.1) | | |
|
Non-compliance with study drug
|
| | | | 1 (6.3) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (2.0) | | |
|
Withdrawal by subject
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (5.3) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (2.0) | | |
|
Subjects with any, n (%)
|
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID (N=16) |
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID after 100 mg QD (N=19) |
| |
AGMB-129
200 mg BID after Placebo (N=14) |
| |||||||||
|
TEAE
|
| | | | 4 (25.0) | | | | | | 12 (63.2) | | | | | | 7 (50.0) | | |
|
Serious TEAE
|
| | | | 1 (6.3) | | | | | | 2 (10.5) | | | | | | 1 (7.1) | | |
| Worst-case: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Moderate TEAE
|
| | | | 2 (12.5) | | | | | | 6 (31.6) | | | | | | 2 (14.3) | | |
|
Severe TEAE
|
| | | | 1 (6.3) | | | | | | 2 (10.5) | | | | | | 1 (7.1) | | |
|
Life-threatening TEAE
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | |
|
Fatal TEAE
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | |
|
Related TEAE
|
| | | | 1 (6.3) | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (7.1) | | |
|
Treatment interruption due to TEAE
|
| | | | 1 (6.3) | | | | | | 2 (10.5) | | | | | | 2 (14.3) | | |
|
Treatment withdrawal due to TEAE
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 (5.3) | | | | | | 0 | | |
|
Study discontinuation due to TEAE
|
| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | |
|
Preclinical findings
|
| |
Observations
|
|
|
Preclinical pharmacokinetics
AGMB-447 resulted in high exposure to the lung with fast hydrolysis in plasma |
| |
•
Exposure to AGMB-447 after intratracheal administration in rodents was approximately 800 to 1,000-fold higher in the lung than in plasma
•
The major metabolite of AGMB-447 in plasma, MET-093, has shown no meaningful ALK5 inhibitory activity in cellular experiments
|
|
|
Activity in in vivo bleomycin mouse model
AGMB-447 led to dose-dependent reductions in the bleomycin model across a number of fibrosis and inflammation readouts |
| |
•
Bleomycin model is the most widely used preclinical model for IPF due to its ability to reproduce many aspects of the disease
•
The Ashcroft score, a histological method of quantifying fibrosis, was significantly reduced with 1 mg/kg dose of AGMB-447. AGMB-447 also led to significant reductions in inflammation as measured by immune infiltration into the tissue (assessed by histopathology scores) and the number of leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
|
|
|
Activity in ex vivo human lung fibroblasts
AGMB-447 led to dose-dependent decreases in the release of COL1A1 protein |
| |
•
Dose-dependent decreases in the release of COL1A1 protein were observed in fibroblasts from non-IPF and IPF patients
•
Similar results were seen with other pro-fibrotic markers such as plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and fibronectin 1 (FN1)
|
|
|
Preclinical findings
|
| |
Observations
|
|
|
Activity in ex vivo human precision cut lung slices
AGMB-447 led to dose-dependent decreases in profibrotic genes |
| |
•
Precision-cut lung slices are increasingly recognized and employed as an ex vivo organotypic model
•
Expression of COL1A1 was decreased in a dose-dependent manner in hPCLs from non-IPF and IPF patients
•
Similar effects were observed for other profibrotic genes such as SERPINE-1 (coding for PAI-1), fibronectin (FN1) and integrin beta 6 (ITGB6)
|
|
|
Toxicology studies
No cardiac valve lesions observed with AGMB-447 |
| |
•
No cardiac valve lesions have been observed in GLP toxicology studies, including chronic toxicology studies of AGMB-447 in rodents and toxicology studies in non-rodents
|
|
|
Clinical findings
|
| |
Observations
|
|
|
Safety and tolerability
AGMB-447 showed no systemic safety signal and a generally favorable tolerability profile |
| |
•
No systemic safety signal observed at different dose levels tested
•
Most common tolerability signals were cough, wheezing and throat irritation, in line with other inhaled therapies
•
Bronchospasm was observed in 6 healthy participants treated with AGMB-447
|
|
|
PK profile in healthy participants
AGMB-447 resulted in high exposure to the lung with low systemic exposure |
| |
•
Observed low systemic exposure of AGMB-447 across cohorts
•
Rapid and higher exposure of inactive MET-093 confirms absorption, tissue penetration and efficient hydrolysis
|
|
|
Target Engagement
Dose-dependent inhibition of ALK5 in BAL cells |
| |
•
The 20mg SAD cohort and the 4.5mg BID and 9mg QD
MAD cohorts achieved robust target engagement
|
|
|
Subjects with n (%)
|
| |
AGMB-447
|
| |
Pooled
placebo (N=18) |
| |||||||||||||||
| | | |
MAD B1
1 mg QD (N=9) |
| |
MAD B2
3 mg QD (N=10) |
| |
MAD B3
9 mg QD (N=9) |
| |
MAD B4
4.5 mg BID (N=10) |
| |
MAD B5
4.5 mg BID (N=9) |
| |
MAD B6
9 mg QD (N=10) |
| |||
|
TEAE
|
| |
6 (66.7)
|
| |
10 (100)
|
| |
9 (100)
|
| |
10 (100)
|
| |
9 (100)
|
| |
10 (100)
|
| |
14 (77.8)
|
|
|
Serious TEAE
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
|
|
Worst-case moderate TEAE
|
| |
2 (22.2)
|
| |
4 (40.0)
|
| |
6 (66.7)
|
| |
7 (70.0)
|
| |
1 (11.1)
|
| |
6 (60.0)
|
| |
6 (33.3)
|
|
|
Worst-case severe TEAE
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
|
|
Related TEAE
|
| |
5 (55.6)
|
| |
9 (90.0)
|
| |
9 (100)
|
| |
10 (100)
|
| |
9 (100)
|
| |
10 (100)
|
| |
4 (22.2)
|
|
|
TEAE leading to study drug discontinuation
|
| |
0
|
| |
1 (10.0)*
|
| |
0
|
| |
1 (10.0)
|
| |
0
|
| |
2 (20.0)
|
| |
0
|
|
|
TEAE leading to study discontinuation
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
| |
0
|
|
|
Name
|
| |
Age
|
| |
Position(s)
|
| |||
| Executive Committee: | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Tim Knotnerus
|
| | | | 43 | | | |
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
|
|
|
Philippe Wiesel
|
| | | | 59 | | | | Chief Medical Officer | |
|
Andrea Sáez
|
| | | | 45 | | | | Chief Development Officer | |
|
Pierre Kemula
|
| | | | 52 | | | | Chief Financial Officer | |
|
Paul van der Horst
|
| | | | 38 | | | | Chief Business Officer | |
|
Ellen Lefever
|
| | | | 41 | | | | General Counsel | |
| Non-Executive Directors: | | | | | | | | | | |
|
David Epstein
|
| | | | 64 | | | | Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
|
Angelika Jahreis(2)
|
| | | | 59 | | | | Non-Executive Director | |
|
Colin Bond(1)(2)
|
| | | | 66 | | | | Non-Executive Director | |
|
Felice Verduyn—van Weegen(1)(2)
|
| | | | 39 | | | | Non-Executive Director | |
|
Ohad Hammer(1)
|
| | | | 45 | | | | Non-Executive Director | |
|
Warrant Plan
|
| |
Offer date
|
| |
Exercise
price (€) |
| |
Number of
warrants granted |
| |
Number of
warrants exercised |
| |
Number of
warrants still outstanding |
| |
Expiration
date |
| |
Number of
shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants |
| ||||||||||||||||||
|
Employee Stock
Option Plan, dated March 2019 |
| |
April 2019
|
| | | € | 21.25 | | | | | | 7,971 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,971 | | | | | | 03/14/2029 | | | | | | 172,533 | | |
| | | |
January 2021
|
| | | € | 21.25 | | | | | | 1,752 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,627 | | | | | | 03/14/2029 | | | | | | 35,217 | | |
|
Employee Stock
Option Plan, dated September 2019 |
| |
October 2019
|
| | | € | 21.25 | | | | | | 5,933 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,933 | | | | | | 10/09/2029 | | | | | | 128,420 | | |
| | | |
January 2021
|
| | | € | 21.25 | | | | | | 1,304 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,292 | | | | | | 10/09/2029 | | | | | | 27,966 | | |
|
Employee Stock
Option Plan, dated March 2020 |
| |
May 2020
|
| | | € | 21.25 | | | | | | 4,546 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,546 | | | | | | 04/17/2030 | | | | | | 98.399 | | |
| | | |
January 2021
|
| | | € | 21.25 | | | | | | 997 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 997 | | | | | | 04/17/2030 | | | | | | 21,581 | | |
|
Employee Stock
Option Plan, dated October 2020 |
| |
January 2021
|
| | | € | 21.25 | | | | | | 11,082 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10,620 | | | | | | 10/30/2030 | | | | | | 229,871 | | |
|
Global Stock Option Plan, dated March 2021
|
| |
June 2021
|
| | | € | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 33,519 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 33,242 | | | | | | 03/05/2031 | | | | | | 719,524 | | |
| | | |
July 2021
|
| | | € | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 16,162 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13,746 | | | | | | 03/05/2031 | | | | | | 297,533 | | |
| | | |
December 2021
|
| | | € | 52.13 | | | | | | 1,406 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,406 | | | | | | 03/05/2031 | | | | | | 30,433 | | |
| | | |
March 2022
|
| | | € | 52.13 | | | | | | 11,209 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8,944 | | | | | | 03/05/2031 | | | | | | 193,594 | | |
|
2022 Global Stock
Option Plan, dated June 2022 |
| |
July 2022
|
| | | € | 55.66 | | | | | | 1,695 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 423 | | | | | | 06/28/2032 | | | | | | 9,156 | | |
|
Warrant Plan
|
| |
Offer date
|
| |
Exercise
price (€) |
| |
Number of
warrants granted |
| |
Number of
warrants exercised |
| |
Number of
warrants still outstanding |
| |
Expiration
date |
| |
Number of
shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | | |
September 2022
|
| | | € | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 18,847 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16,689 | | | | | | 06/28/2032 | | | | | | 361,234 | | |
| | | |
November 2022
|
| | | € | 0.01 | | | | | | 1,300 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,300 | | | | | | 06/28/2032 | | | | | | 28,139 | | |
| | | |
February 2023
|
| | | € | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 1,982 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,928 | | | | | | 06/28/2032 | | | | | | 41,732 | | |
| | | |
June 2023
|
| | | € | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 1,472 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,136 | | | | | | 06/28/2032 | | | | | | 24,589 | | |
|
2023 Global Stock
Option Plan, dated October 2023 |
| |
January 2024
|
| | | € | 0.01–58.52 | | | | | | 58,541 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 51,267 | | | | | | 10/10/2033 | | | | | | 1,109,675 | | |
|
2024 Global Stock
Option Plan, dated July 2024 |
| |
July 2024
|
| | | € | 0.01–52.93 | | | | | | 40,592 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 40,100 | | | | | | 07/08/2034 | | | | | | 867,966 | | |
| | | |
August 2024
|
| | | € | 52.13 | | | | | | 75 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 07/08/2034 | | | | | | 0 | | |
| | | |
September 2024
|
| | | € | 52.13–52.93 | | | | | | 14,852 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14,852 | | | | | | 07/08/2034 | | | | | | 321,472 | | |
|
2024(B) Global Stock
Option Plan, dated November 2024 |
| |
November 2024
|
| | | € | 0.01–64.40 | | | | | | 58,065 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 57,990 | | | | | | 11/04/2034 | | | | | | 1,255,195 | | |
| | | |
October 2025
|
| | | € | 0.01 | | | | | | 9,709 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9,709 | | | | | | 11/04/2034 | | | | | | 210,152 | | |
| | | |
November 2025
|
| | | € | 99.17 | | | | | | 1,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,000 | | | | | | 11/04/2034 | | | | | | 21,646 | | |
|
Grand Total
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 304,011 | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | 286,718 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,206,018 | | |
|
Name
|
| |
June
2022 |
| |
Aggregate
purchase price paid |
| ||||||
|
Biodiscovery 5 FPCI(1)
|
| | | | 11,990 | | | | | € | 2,499,969.34 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Cormorant Asset Management(2)
|
| | | | 8,345 | | | | | € | 1,739,970.32 | | |
|
Pfizer Inc.(3)
|
| | | | 95,921 | | | | | € | 19,999,963.20 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Pontifax(4)
|
| | | | 10,935 | | | | | € | 2,279,997.06 | | |
|
Redmile Biopharma Investments III, L.P.(5)
|
| | | | 9,832 | | | | | € | 2,050,016.56 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Omnes Capital(6)
|
| | | | 5,084 | | | | | € | 1,060,037.04 | | |
|
Name
|
| |
October
2023 |
| |
Aggregate
purchase price paid |
| ||||||
|
Biodiscovery 5 FPCI(1)
|
| | | | 7,194 | | | | | € | 1,499,981.61 | | |
|
Canaan XII L.P.(2)
|
| | | | 73,000 | | | | | € | 15,220,830.83 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Cormorant Asset Management(3)
|
| | | | 11,510 | | | | | € | 2,399,887.18 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Fidelity Management & Research Company(4)
|
| | | | 123,500 | | | | | € | 25,750,309.69 | | |
|
LSP 7 Coöperatief U.A.(5)
|
| | | | 143,881 | | | | | € | 29,999,840.56 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Pontifax(6)
|
| | | | 15,347 | | | | | € | 3,199,919.06 | | |
|
Redmile Biopharma Investments III, L.P.(7)
|
| | | | 13,428 | | | | | € | 2,799,798.86 | | |
|
AFB Seed Fund I(8)
|
| | | | 7,194 | | | | | € | 1,499,981.61 | | |
|
Name
|
| |
November
2024 |
| |
Aggregate
purchase price paid |
| ||||||
|
Canaan XII L.P.(1)
|
| | | | 19,008 | | | | | € | 4,557,742.26 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Cormorant Asset Management(2)
|
| | | | 12,511 | | | | | € | 2,999,890.23 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Fidelity Management & Research Company(3)
|
| | | | 34,273 | | | | | € | 8,217,987.20 | | |
|
LSP 7 Coöperatief U.A.(4)
|
| | | | 41,704 | | | | | € | 9,999,793.95 | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Pontifax(5)
|
| | | | 8,340 | | | | | € | 1,999,766.97 | | |
|
Sanofi Foreign Participations B.V.(6)
|
| | | | 125,114 | | | | | € | 29,999,861.41 | | |
|
Biodiscovery 5 FPCI(7)
|
| | | | 4,170 | | | | | € | 999,883.48 | | |
| | | |
Before offering
|
| |
After offering
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
|
Name of beneficial owner
|
| |
Number of
common shares beneficially owned |
| |
Percentage of
common shares beneficially owned |
| |
Number of
common shares beneficially owned |
| |
Percentage
of common shares beneficially owned |
| ||||||||||||
| 5% or Greater Shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
LSP 7 Coöperatief U.A.(1)
|
| | | | 4,016,992 | | | | | | 11.09% | | | | | | 4,016,992 | | | | | | 7.94% | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Fidelity Management & Research Company(2)
|
| | | | 3,415,003 | | | | | | 9.42% | | | | | | 3,415,003 | | | | | | 6.75% | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Pontifax(3)
|
| | | | 3,055,846 | | | | | | 8.43% | | | | | | 3,055,846 | | | | | | 6.04% | | |
|
Sanofi Foreign Participations B.V.(4)
|
| | | | 2,708,096 | | | | | | 7.47% | | | | | | 2,708,096 | | | | | | 5.35% | | |
|
Redmile Biopharma Investments III, L.P.(5)
|
| | | | 2,579,676 | | | | | | 7.12% | | | | | | 2,579,676 | | | | | | 5.10% | | |
|
Entities affiliated with Cormorant Asset Management(6)
|
| | | | 2,465,348 | | | | | | 6.80% | | | | | | 2,465,348 | | | | | | 4.87% | | |
|
Pfizer Inc.(7)
|
| | | | 2,076,213 | | | | | | 5.73% | | | | | | 2,076,213 | | | | | | 4.10% | | |
|
Canaan XII L.P.(8)
|
| | | | 1,991,516 | | | | | | 5.50% | | | | | | 1,991,516 | | | | | | 3.93% | | |
| Members of Executive Committee and Directors: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Tim Knotnerus(9)
|
| | | | 668,855 | | | | | | 1.81% | | | | | | 668,855 | | | | | | 1.30% | | |
|
David Epstein
|
| | | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | |
|
Angelika Jahreis
|
| | | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | |
|
Colin Bond
|
| | | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | |
|
Felice Verduyn—van Weegen(10)
|
| | | | 4,016,992 | | | | | | 11.09% | | | | | | 4,016,992 | | | | | | 7.94% | | |
|
Ming Fang(11)
|
| | | | 2,579,676 | | | | | | 7.12% | | | | | | 2,579,676 | | | | | | 5.10% | | |
|
Ohad Hammer(12)
|
| | | | 3,055,846 | | | | | | 8.43% | | | | | | 3,055,846 | | | | | | 6.04% | | |
|
Members of our executive committee (excluding our
chief executive officer)(13) |
| | | | 657,469 | | | | | | 1.81% | | | | | | 657,469 | | | | | | 1.29% | | |
|
All members of our executive committee and directors as a group (12 persons)(14)
|
| | | | 10,978,838 | | | | | | 29.26% | | | | | | 10,978,838 | | | | | | 21.16% | | |
|
Holders or persons depositing or withdrawing shares,
surrendering ADSs, or to whom or from whom ADSs are delivered or cancelled, must pay: |
| |
For:
|
|
| $10.00 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion of 100 ADSs) | | |
Issuance of ADSs, including issuances resulting from a distribution of shares or rights or other property or in relation to a change in the number of shares represented by ADSs
Surrender of ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal or cancellation of ADSs, including if the deposit agreement terminates or in relation to a change in the number of shares represented by ADSs
|
|
| $.10 (or less) per ADS | | | Any cash distribution to ADS holders | |
| A fee equivalent to the fee that would be payable if securities distributed to you had been shares and the shares had been deposited for issuance of ADSs | | | Distribution of securities distributed to holders of deposited securities (including rights) that are distributed by the depositary to ADS holders | |
| Fees assessed from time to time, but not exceeding $.10 per ADS during any calendar year | | | Depositary services | |
| Registration or transfer fees | | | Transfer and registration of shares on our share register to or from the name of the depositary or its agent when you deposit or withdraw shares | |
| Expenses of the depositary | | |
Cable (including SWIFT) and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the deposit agreement)
Converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars
|
|
| Taxes and other governmental charges the depositary or the custodian has to pay on any ADSs or shares underlying ADSs, such as stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes | | | As necessary | |
| Any charges incurred by the depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities | | | As necessary | |
|
Name
|
| |
Number of
ADSs |
| |||
|
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
|
| | | | | | |
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
|
| | | | | | |
|
Leerink Partners LLC
|
| | | | | | |
|
Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc.
|
| | | | | | |
|
Total
|
| | | | 12,500,000 | | |
| | | |
Without
option to purchase additional ADSs exercise |
| |
With full
option to purchase additional ADSs exercise |
| ||||||
|
Per Share
|
| | | $ | | | | | $ | | | ||
|
Total
|
| | | $ | | | | | $ | | | ||
|
Expense
|
| |
Amount
|
|
|
SEC registration fee
|
| |
$27,620
|
|
|
Nasdaq initial listing fee
|
| |
295,000
|
|
|
FINRA filing fee
|
| |
30,500
|
|
|
Printing and engraving expenses
|
| |
172,240
|
|
|
Legal fees and expenses
|
| |
2,153,601
|
|
|
Accounting fees and expenses
|
| |
1,201,202
|
|
|
Miscellaneous costs
|
| |
315,519
|
|
|
Total
|
| |
$4,195,683
|
|
| | | | | | F-2 | | | |
| | | | | | F-3 | | | |
| | | | | | F-5 | | | |
| | | | | | F-6 | | | |
| | | | | | F-7 | | | |
| | | | | | F-8 | | |
| | | | | | F-45 | | | |
| | | | | | F-46 | | | |
| | | | | | F-47 | | | |
| | | | | | F-48 | | | |
| | | | | | F-49 | | | |
| | | | | | F-50 | | |
| | | | | | |
For the year ended December 31
|
| |||||||||
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
Notes
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Research and development expenses
|
| |
7.1
|
| | | | (39,310) | | | | | | (26,311) | | |
|
General and administrative expenses
|
| |
7.1
|
| | | | (10,133) | | | | | | (6,097) | | |
|
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | | | | (49,443) | | | | | | (32,408) | | |
|
Other operating income
|
| |
7.4
|
| | | | 1,422 | | | | | | 1,218 | | |
|
Operating loss
|
| | | | | | | (48,021) | | | | | | (31,190) | | |
|
Changes in fair value of financial liabilities
|
| |
23.1
|
| | | | 848 | | | | | | 18,964 | | |
|
Financial expenses
|
| |
7.3
|
| | | | (357) | | | | | | (86) | | |
|
Financial income
|
| |
7.3
|
| | | | 1,267 | | | | | | 303 | | |
|
Loss before taxes
|
| | | | | | | (46,263) | | | | | | (12,009) | | |
|
Income tax (expense)/income
|
| |
8
|
| | | | (4) | | | | | | 619 | | |
|
Loss for the year
|
| | | | | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
|
| |
9
|
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
|
Basic and diluted loss per share (in thousands of €)
|
| |
9
|
| | | | (2.31) | | | | | | (0.77) | | |
| | | | | | |
For the year ended December 31
|
| |||||||||
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
Notes
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Loss for the year*
|
| | | | | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
| Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss | | | | | ||||||||||||
|
Foreign currency translation differences
|
| | | | | | | (10) | | | | | | — | | |
| Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss | | | | | ||||||||||||
|
Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations
|
| |
21
|
| | | | (73) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Other comprehensive loss for the period, net of tax
|
| | | | | | | (83) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year*
|
| | | | | | | (46,350) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
For the year ended per
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Notes
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| |||||||||
| Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Intangible assets
|
| | | | 11 | | | | | | 20,110 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
|
Goodwill
|
| | | | 10 | | | | | | 8,612 | | | | | | 8,612 | | |
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
| | | | 13 | | | | | | 619 | | | | | | — | | |
|
Right-of-use assets
|
| | | | 12 | | | | | | 1,373 | | | | | | 1,606 | | |
|
Other financial assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | 14 | | |
|
Other non-current assets
|
| | | | 14 | | | | | | 1,787 | | | | | | 1,444 | | |
|
Total non-current assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 32,513 | | | | | | 31,785 | | |
| Current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Other current assets
|
| | | | 15 | | | | | | 2,386 | | | | | | 17,071 | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | 16 | | | | | | 171,459 | | | | | | 122,402 | | |
|
Total current assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 173,845 | | | | | | 139,474 | | |
|
Total assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 206,358 | | | | | | 171,259 | | |
| Equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Share capital
|
| | | | 17 | | | | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 174,711 | | |
|
Share premium reserve
|
| | | | 17 | | | | | | 76,634 | | | | | | 42,939 | | |
|
Accumulated loss
|
| | | | 17 | | | | | | (119,181) | | | | | | (72,831) | | |
|
Share-based payment reserves
|
| | | | 19 | | | | | | 8,522 | | | | | | 7,452 | | |
|
Other reserves
|
| | | | 17 | | | | | | (966) | | | | | | (837) | | |
|
Equity attributable to the owners of the parent
|
| | | | | | | | | | 188,081 | | | | | | 151,435 | | |
|
Total equity
|
| | | | | | | | | | 188,081 | | | | | | 151,435 | | |
| Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Non-current lease liabilities
|
| | | | 12 | | | | | | 1,272 | | | | | | 1,439 | | |
|
Contingent consideration
|
| | | | 22 | | | | | | 7,879 | | | | | | 7,500 | | |
|
Total non-current liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 9,151 | | | | | | 8,939 | | |
| Current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Current lease liabilities
|
| | | | 12 | | | | | | 273 | | | | | | 181 | | |
|
Anti-dilutive warrants
|
| | | | 18 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,226 | | |
|
Trade and other payables
|
| | | | 20 | | | | | | 8,052 | | | | | | 8,282 | | |
|
Deferred income and accrued charges
|
| | | | 20 | | | | | | 801 | | | | | | 1,196 | | |
|
Total current liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 9,126 | | | | | | 10,885 | | |
|
Total liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 18,277 | | | | | | 19,824 | | |
|
Total equity and liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 206,358 | | | | | | 171,259 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium reserve |
| |
Accumulated
loss |
| |
Translation
reserve |
| |
Actuarial
losses |
| |
Share-based
payment reserve |
| |
Other
reserves |
| |
Equity
attributable to owners of the Company |
| |
Total
equity |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at January 1,
2023 |
| | | | 110,412 | | | | | | 12,368 | | | | | | (61,440) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,293 | | | | | | (385) | | | | | | 66,248 | | | | | | 66,248 | | |
|
Loss for the year
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | (11,390) | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | (11,390) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
|
Other comprehensive income
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (11,390) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (11,390) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
|
Increase of capital
|
| | | | 64,300 | | | | | | 30,571 | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | 94,871 | | | | | | 94,871 | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | 2,159 | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | 2,159 | | | | | | 2,159 | | |
|
Transaction costs to be deducted from equity (IAS 32)
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | (453) | | | | | | (453) | | | | | | (453) | | |
|
Balance at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 174,712 | | | | | | 42,939 | | | | | | (72,831) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,452 | | | | | | (837) | | | | | | 151,435 | | | | | | 151,435 | | |
|
Loss for the year
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | (46,267) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (46,267) | | |
|
Other comprehensive income
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | (10) | | | | | | (73) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (83) | | | | | | (83) | | |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (10) | | | | | | (73) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (46,350) | | | | | | (46,350) | | |
|
Increase of capital
|
| | | | 48,360 | | | | | | 33,695 | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | — | | | | | | 82,055 | | | | | | 82,055 | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | | | | | | | 1,070 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,070 | | | | | | 1,070 | | |
|
Transaction costs to be deducted from equity (IAS 32)
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | (129) | | | | | | (129) | | | | | | (129) | | |
|
Balance at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 76,634 | | | | | | (119,098) | | | | | | (10) | | | | | | (73) | | | | | | 8,522 | | | | | | (966) | | | | | | 188,081 | | | | | | 188,081 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended per December 31
|
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Net income/(loss) for the year
|
| | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
| Adjustments for non-cash items: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Current Income tax expense (income)
|
| | | | 4 | | | | | | 3 | | |
|
Deferred income tax expense (income)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (622) | | |
|
Fair value (gain) loss on financial liabilities
|
| | | | (848) | | | | | | (18,964) | | |
|
Depreciation & amortization
|
| | | | 311 | | | | | | 99 | | |
|
Share-based payment expenses
|
| | | | 1,071 | | | | | | 2,159 | | |
|
Net foreign exchange losses (gains)
|
| | | | 231 | | | | | | — | | |
|
Interest expense
|
| | | | 77 | | | | | | 86 | | |
|
Interest income
|
| | | | (1,218) | | | | | | (303) | | |
|
Operating cash flows before movements in working capital
|
| | | | (46,640) | | | | | | (28,932) | | |
| movements in working capital: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Decrease/(increase) in other current assets
|
| | | | (315) | | | | | | 1,343 | | |
|
Decrease/(increase) in other non-current assets
|
| | | | (342) | | | | | | (331) | | |
|
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables
|
| | | | (230) | | | | | | 3,686 | | |
|
Increase/(decrease) in deferred income
|
| | | | (395) | | | | | | (580) | | |
|
Income taxes paid
|
| | | | (4) | | | | | | (3) | | |
|
Interest paid
|
| | | | (10) | | | | | | (20) | | |
|
Interest received
|
| | | | 1,106 | | | | | | 245 | | |
|
Net cash flow from /(used in) operating activities
|
| | | | (46,828) | | | | | | (24,592) | | |
|
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
|
| | | | (675) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Purchase of investments – term account
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 40,000 | | |
|
Net cash flow from /(used in) investing activities
|
| | | | (675) | | | | | | 40,000 | | |
|
Repayment of lease liabilities
|
| | | | (163) | | | | | | (100) | | |
|
Proceeds from capital increase
|
| | | | 97,055 | | | | | | 79,871 | | |
|
Share issue costs
|
| | | | (129) | | | | | | (453) | | |
|
Other financial expense, net
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 6 | | |
|
Net cash flow from /(used in) financing activities
|
| | | | 96,762 | | | | | | 79,324 | | |
|
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | 49,260 | | | | | | 94,732 | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
| | | | 122,402 | | | | | | 27,670 | | |
|
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes
|
| | | | (204) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
|
| | | | 171,459 | | | | | | 122,402 | | |
|
Asset class
|
| |
Useful life in years
|
| |||
|
Leasehold improvements
|
| | | | 9 | | |
|
IT equipment
|
| | | | 3 | | |
|
Furniture and fixtures and other equipment
|
| | | | 5 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Agomab Belgium
|
| | | | 5,364 | | | | | | 4,550 | | |
|
Agomab Spain
|
| | | | 27,204 | | | | | | 27,235 | | |
|
Total non-current assets
|
| | | | 32,568 | | | | | | 31,785 | | |
|
Company name
|
| |
Registration number
|
| |
Location
|
| |
Financial interest (%)
|
|
| AgomAb Therapeutics NV | | | 674527310 | | | Antwerp, Belgium | | | Parent | |
| AgomAb Spain S.L.U. | | | B32478414 | | |
Fonte Díaz-A Coruña, Spain
|
| | 100% | |
| Agomab US Inc. | | | 99-332612 | | | Delaware, USA | | | 100% | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Clinical trial expenses
|
| | | | 30,057 | | | | | | 19,131 | | |
|
Employee benefits
|
| | | | 5,557 | | | | | | 3,290 | | |
|
R&D consulting
|
| | | | 2,121 | | | | | | 1,786 | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | | | 143 | | | | | | 1,009 | | |
|
Chemicals and small materials
|
| | | | 1,001 | | | | | | 191 | | |
|
Patent related charges
|
| | | | 431 | | | | | | 891 | | |
|
Regulatory
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 14 | | |
|
Total research and development expenses
|
| | | | 39,310 | | | | | | 26,311 | | |
|
Employee benefits
|
| | | | 3,868 | | | | | | 2,243 | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | | | 928 | | | | | | 1,150 | | |
|
Professional service fees
|
| | | | 3,183 | | | | | | 1,185 | | |
|
Office materials and services
|
| | | | 627 | | | | | | 549 | | |
|
Travel and meeting expenses
|
| | | | 561 | | | | | | 483 | | |
|
Facility rent and expenses
|
| | | | 137 | | | | | | 178 | | |
|
Board fees
|
| | | | 63 | | | | | | 67 | | |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
| | | | 311 | | | | | | 99 | | |
|
Recruitment
|
| | | | 245 | | | | | | 20 | | |
|
Other G&A expenses
|
| | | | 210 | | | | | | 122 | | |
|
Total general and administrative expenses
|
| | | | 10,133 | | | | | | 6,097 | | |
|
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 49,443 | | | | | | 32,408 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Employee salaries and wages – R&D
|
| | | | 3,800 | | | | | | 2,337 | | |
|
Employee salaries and wages – G&A
|
| | | | 2,739 | | | | | | 1,684 | | |
|
Social security contributions
|
| | | | 1,521 | | | | | | 782 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Employee provisions
|
| | | | 763 | | | | | | 560 | | |
|
Other employee benefits
|
| | | | 602 | | | | | | 170 | | |
|
Total employee benefit expenses(1)
|
| | | | 9,425 | | | | | | 5,533 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Interest expenses
|
| | | | (67) | | | | | | (31) | | |
|
Exchange rate losses
|
| | | | (280) | | | | | | (51) | | |
|
Bank charges
|
| | | | (10) | | | | | | (4) | | |
|
Total financial expenses
|
| | | | (357) | | | | | | (86) | | |
|
Interest income
|
| | | | 1,218 | | | | | | 245 | | |
|
Exchange rate gains
|
| | | | 49 | | | | | | 58 | | |
|
Other financial income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total financial income
|
| | | | 1,267 | | | | | | 303 | | |
|
Net financial (expenses) income
|
| | | | 910 | | | | | | 217 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Grants received
|
| | | | 380 | | | | | | 595 | | |
|
R&D tax credit
|
| | | | 398 | | | | | | 331 | | |
|
R&D personnel credit
|
| | | | 607 | | | | | | 291 | | |
|
Other income
|
| | | | 37 | | | | | | — | | |
|
Other operating income
|
| | | | 1,422 | | | | | | 1,218 | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Current income tax expense
|
| | | | (4) | | | | | | (3) | | |
|
Deferred tax income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 622 | | |
|
Income tax (expense) income
|
| | | | (4) | | | | | | 619 | | |
| | | |
December 31, 2024
|
| |
December 31, 2023
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
Assets
|
| |
Liabilities
|
| |
Net
|
| |
Assets
|
| |
Liabilities
|
| |
Net
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
|
Intangible assets
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (4,637) | | | | | | (4,637) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,637) | | | | | | (4,637) | | |
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
| | | | 1 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1 | | |
|
Right of use asset
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (343) | | | | | | (343) | | | | | | | | | | | | (402) | | | | | | (402) | | |
|
Lease liabilities
|
| | | | 386 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 386 | | | | | | 405 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 405 | | |
|
Other current assets & other liabilities
|
| | | | 2 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (35) | | | | | | (35) | | |
|
Deferred tax assets and liabilities related to temporary differences
|
| | | | 389 | | | | | | (4,981) | | | | | | (4,592) | | | | | | 406 | | | | | | (5,073) | | | | | | (4,667) | | |
|
Deferred tax assets related to unused tax losses
|
| | | | 4,592 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,592 | | | | | | 4,667 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,667 | | |
|
Set off of tax
|
| | | | (4,981) | | | | | | 4,981 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,073) | | | | | | 5,073 | | | | | | — | | |
|
Net deferred tax assets/liabilities
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
December 31,
2023 |
| |
Recognized in
profit or loss |
| |
December 31,
2024 |
| |||||||||
|
Intangible assets
|
| | | | (4,637) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,637) | | |
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
| | | | 1 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1 | | |
|
RoU assets
|
| | | | (402) | | | | | | 58 | | | | | | (343) | | |
|
Lease liabilities
|
| | | | 405 | | | | | | (19) | | | | | | 386 | | |
|
Other current assets & other liabilities
|
| | | | (35) | | | | | | 36 | | | | | | 2 | | |
|
Deferred tax assets and liabilities related to temporary differences
|
| | | | (4,667) | | | | | | 75 | | | | | | (4,592) | | |
|
Tax loss carry-forwards
|
| | | | 4,667 | | | | | | (75) | | | | | | 4,592 | | |
|
Deferred tax assets/liabilities
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
IFRS profit/(loss) before income taxes
|
| | | | (46,264) | | | | | | (12,009) | | |
|
Theoretical income tax (expense)/income
|
| | | | 11,568 | | | | | | 3,002 | | |
|
Theoretical tax rate(1)
|
| | | | 25% | | | | | | 25% | | |
|
Non-deductible expenses
|
| | | | (569) | | | | | | (1,409) | | |
|
Non-taxable income
|
| | | | 339 | | | | | | 5,636 | | |
|
Tax losses of the year for which no deferred tax asset has been recognized
|
| | | | (11,341) | | | | | | (6,610) | | |
|
Income tax (expense)/income
|
| | | | (4) | | | | | | 619 | | |
|
Effective tax rate
|
| | | | (0)% | | | | | | (5)% | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
| Basic loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Loss for the year
|
| | | | (46,267) | | | | | | (11,390) | | |
|
Loss attributable to the holder of the profit share certificate(1)
|
| | | | 2,239 | | | | | | 752 | | |
|
Cumulative dividend on preferred shares (Series A, B, C and D)(2)
|
| | | | (13,823) | | | | | | (8,644) | | |
|
Loss attributable to common shareholders
|
| | | | (57,851) | | | | | | (19,282) | | |
| Diluted loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Dilution effect of ESOP warrants, preferred shares, anti-dilutive warrants
and profit share certificate |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Loss attributable to common shareholders, after dilution effect
|
| | | | (57,851) | | | | | | (19,282) | | |
|
Number of shares
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period for basic and diluted EPS
|
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
|
Total weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period
|
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Basic loss per share
|
| | | | (2.31) | | | | | | (0.77) | | |
|
Diluted loss per share
|
| | | | (2.31) | | | | | | (0.77) | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Goodwill
|
| |
Total
|
| ||||||
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | 8,612 | | | | | | 8,612 | | |
|
Impairment loss
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | | | — | | |
|
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 8,612 | | | | | | 8,612 | | |
|
As at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | 8,612 | | | | | | 8,612 | | |
|
Impairment loss
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | | | — | | |
|
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 8,612 | | | | | | 8,612 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
In-process R&D
|
| |
Research and
commercialization license |
| |
Total
|
| |||||||||
| Acquisition cost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | 18,550 | | | | | | 1,560 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
|
Additions
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 18,550 | | | | | | 1,560 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
| Accumulated Amortization and impairment losses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Amortization
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Impairment losses
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 18,550 | | | | | | 1,560 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
| Acquisition cost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | 18,550 | | | | | | 1,560 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
|
Additions
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 18,550 | | | | | | 1,560 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
| Accumulated Amortization and impairment losses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Amortization
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Impairment losses
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 18,550 | | | | | | 1,560 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Office leases
|
| |
Car leases
|
| |
Total
|
| |||||||||
| Acquisition cost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | 1,407 | | | | | | 321 | | | | | | 1,728 | | |
|
Additions
|
| | | | 11 | | | | | | 120 | | | | | | 131 | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | (21) | | | | | | (17) | | | | | | (38) | | |
|
Lease remeasurement
|
| | | | (78) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (78) | | |
|
As at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 1,319 | | | | | | 424 | | | | | | 1,743 | | |
| Accumulated depreciation and impairment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | (71) | | | | | | (51) | | | | | | (122) | | |
|
Depreciation
|
| | | | (168) | | | | | | (87) | | | | | | (255) | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | 33 | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 7 | | |
|
As at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | (236) | | | | | | (134) | | | | | | (370) | | |
|
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 1,083 | | | | | | 290 | | | | | | 1,373 | | |
| Acquisition cost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | 58 | | | | | | 26 | | | | | | 85 | | |
|
Additions
|
| | | | 1,349 | | | | | | 295 | | | | | | 1,643 | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 1,407 | | | | | | 321 | | | | | | 1,728 | | |
| Accumulated depreciation and impairment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | (18) | | | | | | (5) | | | | | | (23) | | |
|
Depreciation
|
| | | | (53) | | | | | | (46) | | | | | | (99) | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | (71) | | | | | | (51) | | | | | | (122) | | |
|
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 1,336 | | | | | | 270 | | | | | | 1,606 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Office leases
|
| |
Car leases
|
| |
Total
|
| |||||||||
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | 1,350 | | | | | | 270 | | | | | | 1,619 | | |
|
Additions
|
| | | | 11 | | | | | | 120 | | | | | | 131 | | |
|
Lease payments
|
| | | | (62) | | | | | | (101) | | | | | | (163) | | |
|
Derecognition of lease liability due to termination
|
| | | | (18) | | | | | | (13) | | | | | | (31) | | |
|
Interest expenses
|
| | | | 57 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 66 | | |
|
Lease remeasurement
|
| | | | (78) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (78) | | |
|
As at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 1,259 | | | | | | 286 | | | | | | 1,545 | | |
|
As at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | 41 | | | | | | 21 | | | | | | 62 | | |
|
Additions
|
| | | | 1,349 | | | | | | 295 | | | | | | 1,643 | | |
|
Lease payments
|
| | | | (48) | | | | | | (52) | | | | | | (100) | | |
|
Interest expenses
|
| | | | 8 | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 14 | | |
|
As at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 1,350 | | | | | | 270 | | | | | | 1,619 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended December 31
|
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Current
|
| | | | 273 | | | | | | 181 | | |
|
Non-current
|
| | | | 1,272 | | | | | | 1,439 | | |
|
Total Lease liabilities
|
| | | | 1,545 | | | | | | 1,620 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Expenses short term office leases
|
| | | | 62 | | | | | | 127 | | |
|
Expenses short term car leases
|
| | | | 45 | | | | | | 19 | | |
|
Total short term lease expenses
|
| | | | 108 | | | | | | 146 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Leasehold
improvements |
| |
IT
equipment |
| |
Furniture
and fixtures |
| |
Other
equipment |
| |
Total
|
| |||||||||||||||
| Acquisition cost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Additions
|
| | | | 359 | | | | | | 127 | | | | | | 179 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 675 | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As of December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 359 | | | | | | 127 | | | | | | 179 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 675 | | |
|
Accumulated amortization and impairment losses
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
As at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Amortization
|
| | | | (13) | | | | | | (26) | | | | | | (16) | | | | | | (1) | | | | | | (56) | | |
|
Impairment losses
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Disposals
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As of December 31, 2024
|
| | | | (13) | | | | | | (26) | | | | | | (16) | | | | | | (1) | | | | | | (56) | | |
|
Carrying amount as of December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 345 | | | | | | 101 | | | | | | 163 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 619 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
R&D tax credit receivables
|
| | | | 1,787 | | | | | | 1,444 | | |
|
Total non-current assets
|
| | | | 1,787 | | | | | | 1,444 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Grant receivables
|
| | | | 446 | | | | | | 1,040 | | |
|
Supplier credit notes received
|
| | | | 55 | | | | | | 154 | | |
|
VAT receivables
|
| | | | 381 | | | | | | 147 | | |
|
Other receivables
|
| | | | 1,126 | | | | | | 15,610 | | |
|
Total trade and other receivables
|
| | | | 2,008 | | | | | | 16,951 | | |
| | |||||||||||||
| | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Deferred charges
|
| | | | 267 | | | | | | 120 | | |
|
Accrued Income
|
| | | | 111 | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total deferred charges and accrued income
|
| | | | 378 | | | | | | 120 | | |
|
Total other current assets
|
| | | | 2,386 | | | | | | 17,071 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Cash at bank and in hand
|
| | | | 26,459 | | | | | | 122,402 | | |
|
Term deposit
|
| | | | 145,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | 171,459 | | | | | | 122,402 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total
common shares |
| |
Total
preferred A shares |
| |
Total
preferred B shares |
| |
Total
preferred C shares |
| |
Total
preferred D shares |
| |
Total share
capital and share premium |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(In thousands of €,
except as indicated otherwise) |
| |
Number of
common shares |
| |
Number of
preferred A shares |
| |
Number of
preferred B shares |
| |
Number of
preferred C shares |
| |
Number of
preferred D shares |
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium |
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium |
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium |
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium |
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium |
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Outstanding at December 31,
2023 |
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 277,272 | | | | | | 479,040 | | | | | | 455,004 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22,873 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 87,514 | | | | | | 12,368 | | | | | | 64,300 | | | | | | 30,571 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 174,712 | | | | | | 42,939 | | |
|
November 4, 2024 – Series D
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 342,206 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 48,360 | | | | | | 33,695 | | | | | | 48,360 | | | | | | 33,695 | | |
|
Outstanding at December 31,
2024 |
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 277,272 | | | | | | 479,040 | | | | | | 455,004 | | | | | | 342,206 | | | | | | 25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22,873 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 87,514 | | | | | | 12,368 | | | | | | 64,300 | | | | | | 30,571 | | | | | | 48,360 | | | | | | 33,695 | | | | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 76,634 | | |
| | | |
Weighted average
issue price per common share in € per share(1) |
| |
Weighted average
issue price per pref. A share in € per share(1) |
| |
Weighted average
issue price per pref. B and C shares in € per share(1) |
| |
Weighted average
issue price per pref. D share in € per share(1) |
| ||||||||||||
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | 1.00 | | | | | | 82.49 | | | | | | 208.50 | | | | | | — | | |
|
November 4, 2024—Series D
|
| | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| | | | | 239.78 | | |
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | 1.00 | | | | | | 82.49 | | | | | | 208.50 | | | | | | 239.78 | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
Fair Value |
| |
31/12/2024
|
| |
Issue date
2024 ADW warrants 4/11/2024(1) |
| |
31/12/2023
|
| |||||||||
|
Series A
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16 | | |
|
Series B
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 610 | | |
|
Series C
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 600 | | |
|
Series D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total Anti-dilutive warrants
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,225 | | |
|
Exit probabilities without
intermediate funding round |
| |
31/12/2024
|
| |
31/12/2023
|
| ||||||
|
Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D
|
| | | | 100% | | | | | | 90% | | |
|
Volatility
|
| |
31/12/2024
|
| |
31/12/2023
|
| |
01/01/2022
|
| |||||||||
|
Series A, Series B and Series C
|
| | | | 57.89% | | | | | | 73.70% | | | | | | 90.38% | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
Sensitivity analysis |
| | | | |
31/12/2024
|
| |
12/31/2023
|
| ||||||
|
Series A
|
| |
Base value
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 16 | | |
| | volatility +10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 35 | | | ||
| | volatility -10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 5 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities +5%
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 8 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 30 | | | | | | 24 | | | ||
|
Series B
|
| |
Base value
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 610 | | |
| | volatility +10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 720 | | | ||
| | volatility -10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 500 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities +5%
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 305 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 456 | | | | | | 916 | | | ||
|
Series C
|
| |
Base value
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 600 | | |
| | volatility +10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 708 | | | ||
| | volatility -10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 491 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities +5%
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 300 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 446 | | | | | | 900 | | | ||
|
Series D
|
| |
Base value
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 600 | | |
| | volatility +10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 708 | | | ||
| | volatility -10% | | | | | — | | | | | | 491 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities +5%
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 300 | | | ||
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 521 | | | | | | 900 | | | ||
| | | |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | | |
Number of
ESOP warrants |
| |
Weighted
average exercise price (EUR) |
| |
Number of
ESOP warrants |
| |
Weighted
average exercise price (EUR) |
| ||||||||||||
|
Outstanding at January 1st
|
| | | | 119,851 | | | | | | 14.52 | | | | | | 116,423 | | | | | | 14.83 | | |
|
Granted
|
| | | | 114,975 | | | | | | 30.97 | | | | | | 4,754 | | | | | | 17.70 | | |
|
Forfeited
|
| | | | 14,385 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | 1,326 | | | | | | 53.39 | | |
|
Outstanding at December 31st
|
| | | | 220,441 | | | | | | 23.91 | | | | | | 119,851 | | | | | | 14.52 | | |
|
Exercisable at December 31st
|
| | | | 18,450 | | | | | | 21.25 | | | | | | 13,904 | | | | | | 21.25 | | |
|
ESOP warrants granted in
|
| |
November 2024
|
| |
October 2024
|
| |
September 2024
|
| |||||||||
|
Number of ESOP warrants granted
|
| | | | 14,267 | | | | | | 2,378 | | | | | | 39,789 | | |
|
Fair value (€)
|
| | | | 6.44 | | | | | | 6.57 | | | | | | 6.49–9.19 | | |
|
Share price (€)
|
| | | | 9.20 | | | | | | 9.20 | | | | | | 9.20 | | |
|
Exercise price (€)
|
| | | | 59.95 | | | | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 0.01–52.93 | | |
|
Expected volatility (%)
|
| | | | 92.07 | | | | | | 93.22 | | | | | | 91.80–91.86 | | |
|
Expected life time of a warrant (years)
|
| | | | 10.00 | | | | | | 9.72 | | | | | | 9.83–9.85 | | |
|
Risk-free rate (%)
|
| | | | 2.24 | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | 0.02 | | |
|
Expected dividends (%)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
ESOP warrants granted in
|
| |
March 2024
|
| |
February 2024
|
| |
July 2023
|
| |
March 2023
|
| ||||||||||||
|
Number of ESOP warrants granted
|
| | | | 43,361 | | | | | | 8,480 | | | | | | 1,472 | | | | | | 1,632 | | |
|
Fair value (€)
|
| | | | 21.54–27.79 | | | | | | 22.03 | | | | | | 71.67–79.79 | | | | | | 72.20–79.79 | | |
|
Share price (€)
|
| | | | 27.80 | | | | | | 27.8 | | | | | | 79.8 | | | | | | 79.8 | | |
|
Exercise price (€)
|
| | | | 0.01–58.52 | | | | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 0.01–52.13 | | |
|
Expected volatility (%)
|
| | | | 87.29–87.51 | | | | | | 87.77 | | | | | | 92.04 | | | | | | 94.88 | | |
|
Expected life time of a warrant (years)
|
| | | | 9.56–9.59 | | | | | | 9.66 | | | | | | 9.87 | | | | | | 9.86 | | |
|
Risk-free rate (%)
|
| | | | 2.45–2.59 | | | | | | 2.58 | | | | | | 2.935 | | | | | | 2.66 | | |
|
Expected dividends (%)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
ESOP warrants granted in
|
| |
January 2023
|
| |
October 2022
|
| |
July 2022
|
| |
April 2022
|
| ||||||||||||
|
Number of ESOP warrants granted
|
| | | | 1,300 | | | | | | 18,847 | | | | | | 423 | | | | | | 8,959 | | |
|
Fair value (€)
|
| | | | 79.79 | | | | | | 71.26–79.79 | | | | | | 70.64 | | | | | | 64.69 | | |
|
Share price (€)
|
| | | | 79.80 | | | | | | 79.80 | | | | | | 79.80 | | | | | | 64.70 | | |
|
Exercise price (€)
|
| | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 55.66 | | | | | | 0.01 | | |
|
Expected volatility (%)
|
| | | | 95.54 | | | | | | 89.82–89.76 | | | | | | 90.93 | | | | | | 88.72 | | |
|
Expected life time of a warrant (years)
|
| | | | 9.83 | | | | | | 9.92–9.94 | | | | | | 9.98 | | | | | | 8.93 | | |
|
Risk-free rate (%)
|
| | | | 2.37 | | | | | | 2,705–3.032 | | | | | | 1.67 | | | | | | 0.90 | | |
|
Expected dividends (%)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
ESOP warrants granted in
|
| |
March 2022
|
| |
January 2022
|
| |
July 2021
|
| |
February 2021
|
| ||||||||||||
|
Number of ESOP warrants granted
|
| | | | 2,250 | | | | | | 1,406 | | | | | | 49,681 | | | | | | 11,082 | | |
|
Fair value (€)
|
| | | | 54.7 | | | | | | 55.4 | | | | | | 57.52–64.69 | | | | | | 7.8 | | |
|
Share price (€)
|
| | | | 64.7 | | | | | | 64.7 | | | | | | 64.7 | | | | | | 10.7 | | |
|
Exercise price (€)
|
| | | | 52.1 | | | | | | 52.1 | | | | | | 0.01–52.13 | | | | | | 21.3 | | |
|
Expected volatility (%)
|
| | | | 89.8 | | | | | | 92.4 | | | | | | 99.8 | | | | | | 83.3 | | |
|
Expected life time of a warrant (years)
|
| | | | 9.0 | | | | | | 9.2 | | | | | | 9.6 | | | | | | 9.7 | | |
|
Risk-free rate (%)
|
| | | | 0.8 | | | | | | 0.1 | | | | | | (0.255) | | | | | | (0.217) | | |
|
Expected dividends (%)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
ESOP warrants granted in
|
| |
January 2021
|
| |
June 2020
|
| |
November 2019
|
| |
June 2019
|
| |||||||||
|
Number of ESOP warrrants granted
|
| |
4,053
|
| | | | 4,546 | | | | | | 5,933 | | | | | | 7,971 | | |
|
Fair value (€)
|
| |
7.06–7.49
|
| | | | 8.4 | | | | | | 8.5 | | | | | | 7.3 | | |
|
Share price (€)
|
| |
10.7
|
| | | | 10.7 | | | | | | 10.7 | | | | | | 10.7 | | |
|
Exercise price (€)
|
| |
21.3
|
| | | | 21.3 | | | | | | 21.3 | | | | | | 21.3 | | |
|
Expected volatility (%)
|
| |
81.7
|
| | | | 91.2 | | | | | | 91.7 | | | | | | 76.6 | | |
|
Expected life time of a warrant (years)
|
| |
8.12–9.21
|
| | | | 9.8 | | | | | | 9.9 | | | | | | 9.8 | | |
|
Risk-free rate (%)
|
| |
(0.405)–(0.350)
|
| | | | (0.392) | | | | | | (0.196) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Expected dividends (%)
|
| |
—
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Expiry date
|
| |
Exercise price per
ESOP warrants (in €) |
| |
December 31, 2024
|
| |
December 31, 2023
|
| |||||||||
|
2029
|
| | | | 21.25 | | | | | | 16,823 | | | | | | 16,960 | | |
|
2030
|
| | | | 21.25 | | | | | | 16,163 | | | | | | 16,625 | | |
|
2031
|
| | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 13,345 | | | | | | 13,345 | | |
|
2031
|
| | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 44,169 | | | | | | 48,907 | | |
|
2032
|
| | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 5,547 | | | | | | 5,883 | | |
|
2032
|
| | | | 55.66 | | | | | | 423 | | | | | | 423 | | |
|
2032
|
| | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 15,696 | | | | | | 17,708 | | |
| 2033 | | | | | 58.52 | | | | | | 4,363 | | | | | | — | | |
| 2033 | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 38,943 | | | | | | — | | |
| 2033 | | | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 8,535 | | | | | | — | | |
| 2034 | | | | | 52.93 | | | | | | 37,512 | | | | | | — | | |
| 2034 | | | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 15,730 | | | | | | — | | |
| 2034 | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 2,277 | | | | | | — | | |
| 2034 | | | | | 59.95 | | | | | | 915 | | | | | | — | | |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | 220,441 | | | | | | 119,851 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Trade payables
|
| | | | 5,952 | | | | | | 6,830 | | |
|
Payroll-related liabilities
|
| | | | 1,923 | | | | | | 1,249 | | |
|
Social tax payables
|
| | | | 177 | | | | | | 202 | | |
|
Other current liabilities
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 1 | | |
|
Total trade and other payables
|
| | | | 8,052 | | | | | | 8,282 | | |
|
Deferred income
|
| | | | 801 | | | | | | 1,181 | | |
|
Accrued charges
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 15 | | |
|
Total deferred income and accrued charges
|
| | | | 801 | | | | | | 1,196 | | |
|
Total other current liabilities
|
| | | | 8,853 | | | | | | 9,478 | | |
|
Assumptions
|
| |
2024
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
| |
3.40%
|
|
|
Salary increase (incl. inflation)
|
| |
4.00%
|
|
|
Legal minimum rate of return
|
| |
2.50%
|
|
|
Turnover rate
|
| |
5% until age 55; 0% thereafter
|
|
|
Mortality table (pre-retirement)
|
| |
MR-5 / FR-5
|
|
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Present value of defined benefit obligation (DBO)
|
| | | | 255 | | | | | | 113 | | |
|
Fair value of plan assets (FVPA)
|
| | | | (255) | | | | | | (113) | | |
|
Net defined benefit liability/(asset)
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |||
|
Net defined benefit liability at January 1
|
| | | | — | | |
|
Current service cost
|
| | | | 104 | | |
|
Net interest cost
|
| | | | (2) | | |
|
Employer contributions
|
| | | | (175) | | |
|
Remeasurements (OCI)
|
| | | | 73 | | |
|
Net defined benefit liability at December 31
|
| | | | — | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |||
|
Current service cost
|
| | | | 104 | | |
|
Net interest (expense)/income
|
| | | | (2) | | |
|
Total pension costs
|
| | | | 103 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |||
|
Actuarial loss–experience adjustment
|
| | | | 73 | | |
|
Total recognized in OCI
|
| | | | 73 | | |
| | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Probability weighted average of different scenarios
|
| | | | 8,800 | | | | | | 8,800 | | |
|
WACC (%)
|
| | | | 16.60 | | | | | | 16.80 | | |
|
Contingent consideration
|
| | | | 7,879 | | | | | | 7,500 | | |
| | | | | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Category
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
| Financial assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Other non-current assets
|
| | FAAC* | | | | | 13 | | | | | | 14 | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
| | FAAC* | | | | | 171,459 | | | | | | 122,402 | | |
| Total | | | | | | | | 171,472 | | | | | | 122,416 | | |
| | | | | | |
For the year ended
December 31 |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Category
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
| Financial liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Contingent considerations - earn out (level 3)
|
| | FLAFVTPL*** | | | | | 7,879 | | | | | | 7,500 | | |
|
Anti-dilution warrants (level 3)
|
| | FLAFVTPL*** | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,226 | | |
|
Trade and other payables
|
| | FLAC** | | | | | 8,052 | | | | | | 8,282 | | |
| Total | | | | | | | | 15,931 | | | | | | 17,008 | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
Contingent
considerations– earn out |
| |
Anti-dilution
warrants |
| ||||||
|
As at January 1, 2023
|
| | | | (4,373) | | | | | | (23,318) | | |
| Total gains or losses for the period | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
included in profit or loss
|
| | | | (3,127) | | | | | | 22,092 | | |
|
include in OCI
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | (7,500) | | | | | | (1,226) | | |
| Total gains or losses for the period | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
included in profit or loss
|
| | | | (379) | | | | | | 1,226 | | |
|
include in OCI
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2024
|
| | | | (7,879) | | | | | | — | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Number of management members and Executive Directors
|
| | | | 6 | | | | | | 6 | | |
|
Short-term employee benefits
|
| | | | 2,224 | | | | | | 2,022 | | |
|
Post employment benefits
|
| | | | | | | | | | — | | |
|
Other long-term benefits
|
| | | | | | | | | | — | | |
|
Termination benefits
|
| | | | | | | | | | — | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | | | 171 | | | | | | 822 | | |
| Total | | | | | 2,401 | | | | | | 2,844 | | |
|
Of which outstanding at year-end
|
| | | | 573 | | | | | | 1,465 | | |
|
ESOP warrants granted during the year
|
| | | | 49,324 | | | | | | — | | |
|
ESOP warrants outstanding
|
| | | | 109,993 | | | | | | 72,619 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2024
|
| |
2023
|
| ||||||
|
Audit fees
|
| | | | 67 | | | | | | 33 | | |
|
Audit related fees
|
| | | | 635 | | | | | | 164 | | |
|
Other non-audit services
|
| | | | 9 | | | | | | 13 | | |
|
Total Audit fees
|
| | | | 711 | | | | | | 210 | | |
| | | | | | |
For the nine months ended September 30,
|
| |||||||||
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
Notes
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2024
|
| ||||||
|
Research and development expenses
|
| |
5.1
|
| | | | (35,015) | | | | | | (28,582) | | |
|
General and administrative expenses
|
| |
5.1
|
| | | | (9,620) | | | | | | (8,664) | | |
|
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | | | | (44,635) | | | | | | (37,246) | | |
|
Other operating income
|
| |
5.2
|
| | | | 1,887 | | | | | | 1,039 | | |
|
Operating loss
|
| | | | | | | (42,748) | | | | | | (36,207) | | |
|
Changes in fair value of financial liabilities
|
| |
11
|
| | | | (3,227) | | | | | | 1,147 | | |
|
Financial expenses
|
| | | | | | | (199) | | | | | | (222) | | |
|
Financial income
|
| | | | | | | 1,028 | | | | | | 747 | | |
|
Loss before taxes
|
| | | | | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | |
|
Income tax (expenses)/income
|
| | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Loss for the period
|
| | | | | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | |
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
|
| |
6
|
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
|
Basic and diluted loss per share (in thousands of €)
|
| |
6
|
| | | | (2.26) | | | | | | (1.68) | | |
| | | | | | |
For the nine months ended September 30,
|
| |||||||||
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
Notes
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2024
|
| ||||||
|
Loss for the period*
|
| | | | | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | |
| Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Foreign currency translation differences
|
| | | | | | | 64 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations
|
| | | | | | | (3) | | | | | | (55) | | |
|
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period, net of tax
|
| | | | | | | 61 | | | | | | (54) | | |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the period*
|
| | | | | | | (45,085) | | | | | | (34,589) | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Notes
|
| |
As of September 30,
2025 |
| |
As of December 31,
2024 |
| |||||||||
| Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Intangible assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 20,110 | | | | | | 20,110 | | |
|
Goodwill
|
| | | | | | | | | | 8,612 | | | | | | 8,612 | | |
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
| | | | | | | | | | 529 | | | | | | 619 | | |
|
Right-of-use assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 1,146 | | | | | | 1,373 | | |
|
Other financial assets
|
| | | | 11 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | 12 | | |
|
Other non-current assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 2,210 | | | | | | 1,787 | | |
|
Total non-current assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 32,618 | | | | | | 32,513 | | |
| Current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Other current assets
|
| | | | 5.2 | | | | | | 3,428 | | | | | | 2,386 | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | 7 | | | | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 171,459 | | |
|
Total current assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 133,013 | | | | | | 173,845 | | |
|
Total assets
|
| | | | | | | | | | 165,631 | | | | | | 206,358 | | |
| Equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Share capital
|
| | | | | | | | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 223,072 | | |
|
Share premium reserve
|
| | | | | | | | | | 76,634 | | | | | | 76,634 | | |
|
Accumulated loss
|
| | | | | | | | | | (164,266) | | | | | | (119,181) | | |
|
Share-based payment reserves
|
| | | | 9 | | | | | | 12,457 | | | | | | 8,522 | | |
|
Other reserves
|
| | | | | | | | | | (966) | | | | | | (966) | | |
|
Equity attributable to the owners of the parent
|
| | | | | | | | | | 146,931 | | | | | | 188,081 | | |
|
Total equity
|
| | | | | | | | | | 146,931 | | | | | | 188,081 | | |
| Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Non-current lease liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 1,085 | | | | | | 1,272 | | |
|
Contingent consideration
|
| | | | 10;11 | | | | | | 8,106 | | | | | | 7,879 | | |
|
Total non-current liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 9,191 | | | | | | 9,151 | | |
| Current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Current lease liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 242 | | | | | | 273 | | |
|
Anti-dilutive warrants
|
| | | | 8 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Trade and other payables
|
| | | | | | | | | | 7,581 | | | | | | 8,052 | | |
|
Deferred income and accrued charges
|
| | | | 5.2 | | | | | | 1,686 | | | | | | 801 | | |
|
Total current liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 9,509 | | | | | | 9,126 | | |
|
Total liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 18,700 | | | | | | 18,277 | | |
|
Total equity and liabilities
|
| | | | | | | | | | 165,631 | | | | | | 206,358 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Share
capital |
| |
Share
premium reserve |
| |
Accumulated
loss |
| |
Translation
reserve |
| |
Actuarial
losses |
| |
Share-based
payment reserve |
| |
Other
reserves |
| |
Equity
attributable to owners of the Company |
| |
Total
equity |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at January 1, 2024
|
| | | | 174,712 | | | | | | 42,939 | | | | | | (72,831) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,452 | | | | | | (837) | | | | | | 151,435 | | | | | | 151,435 | | |
|
Loss for the year
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (34,535) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (34,535) | | | | | | (34,535) | | |
|
Other comprehensive income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | (55) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (54) | | | | | | (54) | | |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (34,535) | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | (55) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (34,589) | | | | | | (34,589) | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 572 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 572 | | | | | | 572 | | |
|
Transaction costs to be deducted from equity
(IAS 32) |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
|
Balance at September 30, 2024
|
| | | | 174,712 | | | | | | 42,939 | | | | | | (107,366) | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | (55) | | | | | | 8,024 | | | | | | (835) | | | | | | 117,420 | | | | | | 117,420 | | |
|
Balance at January 1, 2025
|
| | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 76,634 | | | | | | (119,098) | | | | | | (10) | | | | | | (73) | | | | | | 8,522 | | | | | | (966) | | | | | | 188,081 | | | | | | 188,081 | | |
|
Loss for the period
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (45,146) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (45,146) | | |
|
Other comprehensive income
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 64 | | | | | | (3) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 61 | | | | | | 61 | | |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the period
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (45,146) | | | | | | 64 | | | | | | (3) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (45,085) | | | | | | (45,085) | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,935 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,935 | | | | | | 3,935 | | |
|
Transaction costs to be deducted from equity
(IAS 32) |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Balance at September 30, 2025
|
| | | | 223,072 | | | | | | 76,634 | | | | | | (164,244) | | | | | | 54 | | | | | | (76) | | | | | | 12,457 | | | | | | (966) | | | | | | 146,931 | | | | | | 146,931 | | |
| | | |
For the nine months ended September 30,
|
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2024
|
| ||||||
|
Net income/(loss) for the period
|
| | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34.535) | | |
| Adjustments for non-cash items: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Fair value gain (loss) on financial liabilities
|
| | | | 3,227 | | | | | | (1,147) | | |
|
Depreciation & amortization
|
| | | | 302 | | | | | | 226 | | |
|
Share-based payment expenses
|
| | | | 3,935 | | | | | | 572 | | |
|
Net foreign exchange losses (gains)
|
| | | | 31 | | | | | | 102 | | |
|
Interest expenses
|
| | | | 47 | | | | | | 59 | | |
|
Interest income
|
| | | | (908) | | | | | | (687) | | |
|
Operating cash flows before movements in working capital
|
| | | | (38,512) | | | | | | (35,410) | | |
| Movements in working capital: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Decrease/(increase) in other current assets
|
| | | | (955) | | | | | | (152) | | |
|
Decrease/(increase) in other non-current assets
|
| | | | (423) | | | | | | (317) | | |
|
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables
|
| | | | (471) | | | | | | 1,084 | | |
|
Increase/(decrease) in deferred income
|
| | | | 885 | | | | | | (275) | | |
|
Interest paid
|
| | | | (6) | | | | | | (8) | | |
|
Interest received
|
| | | | 912 | | | | | | 687 | | |
|
Net cash flows from/(used in) operating activities
|
| | | | (38,570) | | | | | | (34,391) | | |
|
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
|
| | | | — | | | | | | (312) | | |
|
Payment of contingent consideration from previous acquisition
|
| | | | (3,000) | | | | | | — | | |
|
Net cash flows from/(used in) investing activities
|
| | | | (3,000) | | | | | | (312) | | |
|
Repayment of lease liabilities
|
| | | | (304) | | | | | | (100) | | |
|
Proceeds from capital increase
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 15,000 | | |
|
Net cash flows from/(used in) financing activities
|
| | | | (304) | | | | | | 14,900 | | |
|
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | (41,874) | | | | | | (19,803) | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
|
| | | | 171,459 | | | | | | 122,402 | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
|
| | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 102,599 | | |
|
Company name
|
| |
Registration number
|
| |
Location
|
| |
Financial interest (%)
|
|
| Agomab Therapeutics NV | | | 674527310 | | | Antwerp, Belgium | | | Parent | |
| Agomab Spain S.L.U. | | | B32478414 | | |
Fonte Díaz-A Coruña, Spain
|
| | 100% | |
| Agomab US Inc. | | | 99-3323612 | | | Delaware, USA | | | 100% | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
As of September 30,
2025 |
| |
As of December 31,
2024 |
| ||||||
|
Agomab Belgium
|
| | | | 5,440 | | | | | | 5,309 | | |
|
Agomab Spain
|
| | | | 27,178 | | | | | | 27,204 | | |
|
Agomab US
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total non-current assets
|
| | | | 32,618 | | | | | | 32,513 | | |
| | | |
Nine months ended
September 30, |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2024
|
| ||||||
|
Clinical trial expenses
|
| | | | 26,443 | | | | | | 22,707 | | |
|
Employee benefits
|
| | | | 5,314 | | | | | | 3,037 | | |
|
R&D consulting
|
| | | | 1,662 | | | | | | 1,572 | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | | | 1,067 | | | | | | (26) | | |
|
Chemicals and small materials
|
| | | | 218 | | | | | | 922 | | |
|
Patent related charges
|
| | | | 311 | | | | | | 370 | | |
|
Total research and development expenses
|
| | | | 35,015 | | | | | | 28,582 | | |
|
Employee benefits
|
| | | | 3,847 | | | | | | 3,328 | | |
|
Share-based payments
|
| | | | 2,867 | | | | | | 598 | | |
|
Professional service fees
|
| | | | 760 | | | | | | 2,923 | | |
|
Office materials and services
|
| | | | 997 | | | | | | 481 | | |
|
Travel and meeting expenses
|
| | | | 520 | | | | | | 450 | | |
|
Facility rent and expenses
|
| | | | 105 | | | | | | 235 | | |
|
Board fees
|
| | | | 43 | | | | | | 52 | | |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
| | | | 302 | | | | | | 226 | | |
|
Recruitment
|
| | | | 80 | | | | | | 204 | | |
|
Other G&A expenses
|
| | | | 99 | | | | | | 167 | | |
|
Total general and administrative expenses
|
| | | | 9,620 | | | | | | 8,664 | | |
|
Total operating expenses
|
| | | | 44,635 | | | | | | 37,246 | | |
| | | |
Nine months ended
September 30, |
| |||||||||
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2024
|
| ||||||
|
Grants received
|
| | | | 886 | | | | | | 254 | | |
|
R&D tax credit
|
| | | | 422 | | | | | | 317 | | |
|
R&D personnel credit
|
| | | | 543 | | | | | | 432 | | |
|
Other Income
|
| | | | 36 | | | | | | 36 | | |
|
Total other operating income
|
| | | | 1,887 | | | | | | 1,039 | | |
| | | |
Nine months ended
September 30, |
| |||||||||
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2024
|
| ||||||
| Basic loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Loss for the period
|
| | | | (45,146) | | | | | | (34,535) | | |
|
Loss attributable to the holder of the profit share certificate(1)
|
| | | | 2,185 | | | | | | 2,295 | | |
|
Cumulative dividend on preferred shares (Series A, B, C and D)(2)
|
| | | | (13,486) | | | | | | (9,793) | | |
|
Loss attributable to the common shareholders
|
| | | | (56,447) | | | | | | (42,033) | | |
| Diluted loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Dilution effect of ESOP warrants, preferred shares, anti-dilutive warrants
and profit share certificate |
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Loss attributable to common shareholders, after dilution effect
|
| | | | (56,447) | | | | | | (42,033) | | |
| | | |
Nine months ended
September 30, |
| |||||||||
|
Number of shares
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2025
|
| ||||||
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period for basic and diluted EPS
|
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
|
Total weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period for basic and diluted EPS
|
| | | | 25,000 | | | | | | 25,000 | | |
| | | |
Nine months ended
September 30, |
| |||||||||
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
2025
|
| |
2025
|
| ||||||
|
Basic loss per share
|
| | | | (2.26) | | | | | | (1.68) | | |
|
Diluted loss per share
|
| | | | (2.26) | | | | | | (1.68) | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
As of September 30,
2025 |
| |
As of December 31,
2024 |
| ||||||
|
Term deposits
|
| | | | 75,000 | | | | | | 145,000 | | |
|
Cash at bank and in hand
|
| | | | 54,585 | | | | | | 26,459 | | |
|
Total cash and cash equivalents
|
| | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 171,459 | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
Fair Value |
| |
09/30/2025
|
| |
12/31/2024
|
| ||||||
|
Series A
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Series B
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Series C
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Series D
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Total Anti-dilutive warrants
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Exit probabilities without intermediate funding round
|
| |
09/30/2025
|
| |
12/31/2024
|
| ||||||
|
Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D
|
| | | | 100% | | | | | | 100% | | |
|
Volatility
|
| |
09/30/2025
|
| |
12/31/2024
|
| ||||||
|
Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D
|
| | | | 77.59% | | | | | | 57.89% | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
Sensitivity analysis |
| | | | |
09/30/2025
|
| |
12/31/2024
|
| ||||||
|
Series A
|
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 26 | | | | | | 30 | | |
|
Series B
|
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 499 | | | | | | 456 | | |
|
Series C
|
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 486 | | | | | | 446 | | |
|
Series D
|
| |
Exit probabilities -5%
|
| | | | 572 | | | | | | 521 | | |
|
Stock options granted in
|
| |
January 6, 2025
|
|
|
Number of options granted
|
| |
57,150
|
|
|
Fair value (€)
|
| |
97.45 / 87.24 / 86.83
|
|
|
Share price (€)
|
| |
97.46
|
|
|
Exercise price (€)
|
| |
0.01 / 59.95 / 64.40
|
|
|
Expected volatility (%)
|
| |
91.22
|
|
|
Expected lifetime of a warrant (years)
|
| |
9.83
|
|
|
Risk-free rate (%)
|
| |
2.316
|
|
|
Expected dividends (%)
|
| |
—
|
|
| | | |
exercise price per
warrants (in €) |
| |
Outstanding stock options on
|
| ||||||||||||
|
Expiry date
|
| |
September 30, 2025
|
| |
December 31, 2024
|
| ||||||||||||
|
2029
|
| | | | 21.25 | | | | | | 16,823 | | | | | | 16,823 | | |
|
2030
|
| | | | 21.25 | | | | | | 16,163 | | | | | | 16,163 | | |
|
2031
|
| | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 13,345 | | | | | | 13,345 | | |
|
2031
|
| | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 44,169 | | | | | | 44,169 | | |
|
2032
|
| | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 5,493 | | | | | | 5,547 | | |
|
2032
|
| | | | 55.66 | | | | | | 423 | | | | | | 423 | | |
|
2032
|
| | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 15,696 | | | | | | 15,696 | | |
|
2033
|
| | | | 58.52 | | | | | | 4,363 | | | | | | 4,363 | | |
|
2033
|
| | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 38,943 | | | | | | 38,943 | | |
|
2033
|
| | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 8,475 | | | | | | 8,535 | | |
|
2034
|
| | | | 52.93 | | | | | | 37,512 | | | | | | 37,512 | | |
|
2034
|
| | | | 52.13 | | | | | | 15,655 | | | | | | 15,730 | | |
|
2034
|
| | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 36,930 | | | | | | 2,277 | | |
|
2034
|
| | | | 59.95 | | | | | | 16,834 | | | | | | 915 | | |
|
2034
|
| | | | 64.40 | | | | | | 6,503 | | | | | | — | | |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | 277,327 | | | | | | 220,441 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
As of September 30,
2025 |
| |
As of September 30,
2024 |
| ||||||
|
Probability weighted average of different scenarios
|
| | | | 10,500 | | | | | | 8,800 | | |
|
WACC
|
| | | | 16.5% | | | | | | 16.7% | | |
|
Contingent consideration
|
| | | | 8,105 | | | | | | 7,579 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Category
|
| |
As of
September 30, 2025 |
| |
As of
December 31, 2024 |
| ||||||
| Financial assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Other financial assets
|
| | FAAC* | | | | | 11 | | | | | | 12 | | |
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
| | FAAC* | | | | | 129,585 | | | | | | 171,459 | | |
| Total | | | | | | | | 129,596 | | | | | | 171,471 | | |
|
(In thousands of €)
|
| |
Category
|
| |
As of
September 30, 2025 |
| |
As of
December 31, 2024 |
| ||||||
| Financial liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Contingent considerations - earn out (level 3)
|
| | FLAFVTPL** | | | | | 8,106 | | | | | | 7,879 | | |
|
Anti-dilution warrants (level 3)
|
| | FLAFVTPL** | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Trade and other payables
|
| | FLAC* | | | | | 7,581 | | | | | | 8,052 | | |
| Total | | | | | | | | 15,687 | | | | | | 15,931 | | |
|
(in thousands of €)
|
| |
Contingent
considerations– earn out |
| |
Anti-dilution
warrants |
| ||||||
|
As at December 31, 2023
|
| | | | (7,500) | | | | | | (1,226) | | |
| Total gains or (losses) for the period | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
included in profit or loss
|
| | | | 79 | | | | | | 1,226 | | |
|
include in OCI
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at September 30, 2024
|
| | | | (7,421) | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at December 31, 2024
|
| | |
|
(7,879)
|
| | | |
|
—
|
| |
| Total gains or (losses) for the period | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
included in profit or loss
|
| | | | (3,227) | | | | | | — | | |
|
include in OCI
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Settlements
|
| | | | 3,000 | | | | | | — | | |
|
As at September 30, 2025
|
| | | | (8,106) | | | | | | — | | |
| |
J.P. Morgan
|
|
| |
Morgan Stanley
|
|
| |
Leerink Partners
|
|
| |
Van Lanschot Kempen
|
|
| |
Exhibit
Number |
| |
Description of Exhibit
|
|
| | *1.1 | | | | |
| | **2.1†+ | | | | |
| | **2.2† | | | | |
| | **3.1 | | | | |
| | **3.2 | | | | |
| | **4.1†+ | | | | |
| | *4.2 | | | | |
| | *4.3 | | | | |
| | *5.1 | | | | |
| | **10.1# | | | | |
| | **10.2# | | | | |
| | **10.3# | | | | |
| | **10.4# | | | | |
| | **10.5# | | | | |
| | **10.6# | | | | |
| | **10.7# | | | | |
| | **10.8# | | | | |
| | **10.9# | | | | |
| | **10.10 | | | | |
| | **10.11 | | | Lease Agreement by and between Galchimia, S.A. and AgomAb Spain S.L.U., dated as of October 26, 2021, as amended by the First Amendment to the Lease Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2022, Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2023, the Third Amendment to the Lease Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2024 and the Fourth Amended to the Lease Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2025. | |
| | **10.12# | | | | |
| | **21.1 | | | | |
| | *23.1 | | | | |
| | *23.2 | | | | |
| | **24.1 | | | | |
| | **99.1 | | | | |
| | *107 | | | |
| |
Signature
|
| |
Title
|
| |
Date
|
|
| |
/s/ Tim Knotnerus
Tim Knotnerus
|
| |
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) |
| |
January 29, 2026
|
|
| |
/s/ Pierre Kemula
Pierre Kemula
|
| |
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
| |
January 29, 2026
|
|
| |
*
David Epstein
|
| |
Chairman of the Board
|
| |
January 29, 2026
|
|
| |
*
Angelika Jahreis
|
| |
Director
|
| |
January 29, 2026
|
|
| |
*
Felice Verduyn—van Weegen
|
| |
Director
|
| |
January 29, 2026
|
|
| |
*
Ohad Hammer
|
| |
Director
|
| |
January 29, 2026
|
|
| |
*
Colin Bond
|
| |
Director
|
| |
January 29, 2026
|
|
| | | | | Authorized Representative in the United States | | |||
| | | | | By: | | |
/s/ Colleen A. De Vries
Name: Colleen A. De Vries
Title: Senior Vice-President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. |
|
Exhibit 1.1
AgomAb Therapeutics NV
[●] American Depositary Shares,
representing [●] Common Shares
Underwriting Agreement
[●], 2026
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Leerink Partners LLC
Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
c/o Leerink Partners LLC
1301 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10019
c/o Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc.
880 Third Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
AgomAb Therapeutics NV, a limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap/société anonyme) incorporated under the laws of Belgium (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), [●] common shares (the “Common Shares”), with no par or nominal value, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional [●] Common Shares (the “Option Shares”). The Common Shares issued and subscribed for by the Company under this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”) are hereinafter referred to as the “Underwritten Shares.” The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Offered Shares.”
1
An extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting of the Company was held on January 15, 2026 (the “EGM”) during which it was resolved that the existing share capital of the Company would be increased with an amount of up to EUR 300,000,000.00 (including issuance premium), by issuing new common shares (including, as far as applicable, the Option Shares that may be issued at the option of the Underwriters) of the Company which have the same rights and benefits as, and rank pari passu in all respects, including as to entitlement to dividends and other distributions, with, the existing and outstanding shares of the Company at the moment of their issuance, and will be entitled to dividends and other distributions in respect of which the relevant record date or due date falls on or after the date of issuance of the new shares. At the shareholders’ meeting the preferential subscription rights of the Company’s existing shareholders, and as far as needed, of the Company’s existing holders of subscription rights, were disapplied. The extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting of the Company also authorized a conditional stock split of the Company’s issued shares and shares still to be issued upon exercise or conversion of outstanding securities, a conversion of all shares into common shares and several other amendments to the articles of association to become effective upon issuance of the Offered Shares. The [ ]-for-[ ] stock split for the Common Shares, the conversion of all of the Company’s outstanding preferred shares into Common Shares, the issuance of Common Shares to argenx BV upon conversion of the profit sharing certificate, in each case, as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, are herein referred to as the “Corporate Reorganization.”
The Underwritten Shares to be issued and subscribed for under this Agreement will be deposited with ING Securities Services, Inc., as custodian (the “Custodian”), and delivered in the form of American Depositary Shares (the “Underwritten ADSs”) by the Custodian to The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary (the “Depositary”). The Option Shares, if any, to be issued and subscribed for under this Agreement will be deposited with the Custodian and delivered in the form of American Depositary Shares (the “Option ADSs”) by the Custodian to the Depositary. The Underwritten ADSs and the Option ADSs are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Offered ADSs.” The Underwritten Shares and the Underwritten ADSs are hereafter collectively referred to as the “Underwritten Securities.” The Option Shares and the Option ADSs are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Option Securities.” The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Offered Securities.”
Each ADS will represent one Common Share and will be evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date (defined below), or a date prior to the Closing Date, among the Company, the Depositary, and owners and beneficial owners from time to time of the ADRs. Each reference herein to an ADR shall include the corresponding ADS, and vice versa.
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The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Offered Securities, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-292790), including a prospectus, relating to the Offered Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Offered Securities. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex A, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated [●], 2026 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.
“Applicable Time” means [●] P.M., New York City time, on [●], 2026.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Offered Securities
(a) Purchase and Sale of Underwritten Shares. The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase and subscribe for at a price per share of US $[●] (the “Public Offering Price”), from the Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto.
(b) Purchase and Sale of Option Shares. In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase and subscribe for, respectively, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Public Offering Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. If any Option Shares are to be purchased or subscribed for, the number of Option Shares to be purchased or subscribed for by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.
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The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
(c) Sale of Offered Securities to Public. The Company understands that the Underwriters intend, and instructs the Underwriters, to make a public offering of the Offered Securities as soon after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Offered Securities on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Offered Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.
(d) Payment, Capital Increase and Delivery of Offered Shares and Offered ADSs. Payment of the total Public Offering Price for the Offered Shares (underlying the Offered ADSs) to be issued hereunder and is to be made in immediately available funds (U.S. dollars in Federal funds) by the Representatives or affiliates thereof on behalf of the Underwriters by wire transfer (through an urgent / “same day” “SWIFT” wire instruction) to a blocked account (the “Blocked Account”) specified by the Company to the Representatives with J.P. Morgan SE – Brussels Branch, which is a credit institution established in the European Economic Area within the meaning of Article 7:195 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code, with which the Blocked Account was opened (the “Blocked Account Bank”). The Representatives will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the payment to be made not later than, (i) in the case of the Underwritten Shares [2:00 P.M. Central European time] on the Closing Date (as defined below), or at such other time or account on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, or, (ii) in the case of the Option Shares, [2:00 P.M. Central European time] on the Additional Closing Date (as defined below), or at such other time or account on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the “Payment Date,” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Payment Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Payment Date.”
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The Blocked Account shall be an account that qualifies as a special account pursuant to Article 7:195 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code of 23 March 2019, as amended (the “Belgian Companies and Associations Code”). Promptly upon receipt of the funds on the Blocked Account in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 2(d) above, the Blocked Account Bank shall issue to the Company a certificate (the “Bank Certificate”) in accordance with Article 7:195 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code confirming receipt of the Public Offering Price for all of the Offered Shares on the Blocked Account. Upon receipt of such certificate, the Company shall ensure that, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as applicable, the effective realization of the Company’s capital increase and issuance of the Offered Shares, as decided by the EGM (as defined above) held on January 15, 2026, shall then be acknowledged on behalf of the Company and recorded by notarial deed in accordance with Article 7:186 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code (the “Deed”), and the Offered Shares (underlying the Offered ADSs) will be issued to, and subscribed for by, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, for placement of the Offered ADSs with the ultimate subscribers therefor. Each Representative expressly authorizes J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to act on behalf of and represent the Underwriters for these purposes, including with respect to the execution of a subscription form addressed to the Company for purposes of the Deed.
The delivery of the Offered Shares (underlying the Offered ADSs) issued to, and subscribed for by, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, for placement of the Offered ADSs with the ultimate subscribers therefor shall be made directly to the Depositary, (i) in the case of the Underwritten Shares subject to receipt of the funds on the Blocked Account (as referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 2(d) above) and the bank certificate in accordance with Article 7:195 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code (as referred to in the third paragraph of this Section 2(d) below), on [●], 2026, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the issuance and sale of such Offered Shares (underlying the Offered ADSs) duly paid by the Company, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, (ii) in the case of the Option Shares, on the date specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase and subscribe for such Option Shares, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the issuance and sale of such Offered Shares (underlying the Offered ADSs) duly paid by the Company, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such delivery of the Underwritten Shares (underlying the Offered ADSs) is referred to herein as the “Closing Date,” and the time and date for such delivery for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date.”
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Following the completion of the capital increase, the issuance of the Offered Shares and the delivery of the Offered Shares to the Depositary on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Depositary shall deposit the Offered Shares in custody with the Custodian on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as applicable, to enable delivery by the Depositary of the Offered ADSs in respect of the Offered Shares to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. To that effect, the Company will also procure that the Offered Shares underlying the Offered ADSs so issued by the Company shall qualify as registered shares for which the Depositary will be registered as shareholder in the share register of the Company.
As compensation for the Underwriters’ commitments, the Company shall cause the Blocked Account Bank to pay to the Representatives out of funds from the Blocked Account, prior to any other payment from the Blocked Account, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for the Underwriters’ proportionate accounts, an amount equal to the product of $[●] and the number of Offered Securities (including any Option Securities), free and clear of any withholding or deduction of Taxes (except as required by applicable laws), purchased or subscribed for by the Underwriters on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. Such payments shall be made by the Company by way of an irrevocable payment instruction issued by the Company prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, in a form acceptable to the Representatives (acting on behalf of the Underwriters), authorizing the Blocked Account Bank to transfer the relevant amount by wire transfer or credit of immediately available funds from the funds in the Blocked Account to an account designated by the Representatives, immediately following the issuance of the Offered Shares (including any Option Shares) and the acknowledgment and recording of the Deed on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Offered Shares (including any Option Shares, as the case may be) purchased or subscribed for on such date.
(e) Principal and Not Agent. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Representatives and the other Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of the Offered Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representatives nor the other Underwriters shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives and the other Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package and no statement of material fact included in the Pricing Disclosure Package that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Offered Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Disclosure Package, and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(d) Emerging Growth Company. From the time of initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”). “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on either Section 5(d) of, or Rule 163B under, the Securities Act.
(e) Testing-the-Waters Materials. The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representatives (x) with entities that are qualified institutional buyers (“QIBs”) within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act (“IAIs”) and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of Section 5(d) of the Securities Act or (y) with entities that the Company reasonably believed to be QIBs or IAIs and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of Rule 163B under the Securities Act and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives and representatives from EQT Life Sciences to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications (in the case of EQT Life Sciences, solely with respect to Testing-the-Waters Communications with certain of its limited partners approved by the Company and the Representatives). The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Annex B hereto. “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Any individual Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Disclosure Package, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(f) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Offered Securities has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(g) Form F-6. A registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-[●]), and any amendments thereto, in respect of the Offered ADSs has been filed with the Commission; such registration statement in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives and has been declared effective by the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission (the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called the “ADS Registration Statement”); as of the applicable effective date of the ADS Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the ADS Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.
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(h) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except as otherwise noted therein) , and any supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein; the other financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby; all disclosures included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
(i) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the share capital (other than the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of share options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of share capital, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case (i), (ii) and (iii) as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(j) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The articles of association and other constitutive or organizational documents of the Company comply with the requirements of applicable Belgian law and are in full force and effect. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. For the purposes of this paragraph, “Good Standing” means that a company (i) has filed all documents required under applicable law in the relevant jurisdiction in order to be incorporated, own property, and do business in such jurisdiction (ii) has paid all taxes due, has filed all required tax returns in such jurisdiction, and (iii) has not resolved to enter into liquidation, filed an application for bankruptcy, filed an application for or been subject to proceedings for judicial reorganization or debt restructuring, or been adjudicated bankrupt or annulled as a legal entity.
(k) Capitalization. The Company has, and upon completion of the Corporate Reorganization, will have, an outstanding share capital (kapitaal) and the authorized capital (toegestaan kapitaal) as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding share capital of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights that have not been duly waived or satisfied; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights that have not been duly waived or satisfied), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any share capital or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any share capital of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the share capital of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding share capital or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party. For purposes of this Agreement, “non-assessable” means that a holder of the shares will have no obligation to pay any additional amount in excess of the subscription price of such shares.
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(l) Share Warrants. With respect to the share warrants outstanding on the date hereof (the “Share Warrants”) and granted pursuant to the share-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Share Plans”), (i) each Share Warrant intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) so qualifies, as applicable, (ii) each grant of a Share Warrant was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Share Warrant was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required shareholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Company Share Plans and all applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company. There is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting Share Warrants prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Share Warrants with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
(m) Due Authorization. The Company has the full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly and validly taken.
(n) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(o) The Offered Shares.
(i) The Offered Shares to be issued and subscribed for by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Offered Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights that have not been duly waived or satisfied. The Offered Shares may be freely deposited by the Company with the Custodian against issuance of the Depositary of ADRs evidencing Offered ADSs; the Offered ADSs to be sold by the Company, when issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be freely transferable by the Company to or for the account of the several Underwriters and (to the extent described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) the initial purchasers thereof; and there are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Offered ADSs under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Description of Share Capital and Articles of Association,” “Description of American Depositary Shares” and “Shares and ADSs Eligible for Future Sale.”
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(ii) The resolutions of the Company’s shareholders and board of directors in relation to the approval and authorization of the capital increase, the issuance of the Offered Shares and the amendment of the articles of association have been validly passed, any pre-emptive rights relating thereto were validly disapplied or have been validly waived, and no objection against the capital increase or action to have such resolutions declared void has been taken or filed that has been notified to the Company, and following the issuance and delivery of the Offered Shares against payment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Offered Shares shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as, and will in all respects, including entitlement to dividends, be of similar ranking (pari passu) as the existing and outstanding shares of the Company at the time of their issuance.
(p) Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document has been duly authorized by the Company and, in the case of this Agreement, constitutes and, in the case of the Deposit Agreement, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute, a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability. Upon (i) due issuance by the Depositary of the Offered ADSs against the deposit of Offered Shares in respect thereof and/or (ii) due execution and delivery by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing Offered ADSs against the deposit of Offered Shares in respect thereof, in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, such Offered ADSs and/or ADRs will be duly and validly issued and the persons in whose names the Offered ADSs and/or the ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement; and the ADSs and ADRs evidencing ADSs will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(q) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(r) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles of association or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the consummation of the Corporate Reorganization, the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares by the Company, the deposit of the Offered Shares with the Custodian against issuance by the Depositary of the Offered ADSs and/or the ADRs, the offering of the Offered Securities and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares by the Company, the deposit of the Offered Shares with the Custodian against issuance by the Depositary of the Offered ADSs and/or ADRs, the offering of the Offered Securities, the consummation of the Corporate Reorganization, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), the Nasdaq Stock Market, and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters. Without limitation, the Company has not, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, taken any action or made any omission and will not take any action or make any omission that could result in the Offered Securities being the subject of an offer to the public in any European Economic Area ("EEA”) Member State (including Belgium), in Israel, in Switzerland or in the United Kingdom in each case for purposes of applicable law and regulation, and no invitation or inducement to acquire them has been or will be made by the Company, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to activities of the Underwriters, which would be prohibited by any laws of any applicable law and regulation.
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(u) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may reasonably be expected to be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may reasonably be expected to be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no such Actions are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(v) Independent Accountants. PwC Bedrijfsrevisoren BV / Reviseurs d’Entreprises SRL, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(w) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) Intellectual Property. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries own, or have a right to use, any and all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights and copyrightable works, licenses, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), software, technology and all other similar intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights in any and all applicable jurisdictions worldwide (including all registrations and applications for registration of, and all goodwill associated with, the foregoing) (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used or held for use in, or otherwise necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted; provided that nothing in this clause (i) shall be construed as a representation or warranty regarding non-infringement of any Intellectual Property owned by any third party; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ conduct of their respective businesses has not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property of any person; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, none of the product candidates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, if commercially sold or offered for commercial sale, would infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any person; (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice and are not otherwise aware of any pending or threatened claim alleging infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property; (v) to the knowledge of the Company, no Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries has been infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person; (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, all Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries is valid and enforceable in all material respects; and (vii) the Company and its subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of all Intellectual Property, the value of which to the Company or any of its subsidiaries is contingent upon maintaining the confidentiality thereof.
(y) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(z) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof received by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
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(aa) Payment of Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have timely paid all U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes and timely filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof, except insofar as the failure to do so could not result in a Material Adverse Effect; the provisions included in the audited consolidated financial statements as set out in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus included appropriate provisions required under IFRS as issued by the IASB for all taxation in respect of accounting periods ended on or before the accounting reference date to which such audited accounts relate for which the Company was then or might reasonably be expected thereafter to become or have become liable; and there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets and that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such failure to pay or file, or where revocation, modification or nonrenewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party.
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(dd) Certain Environmental Matters. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, applicable national, federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to pollution or the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under any Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability or obligation under or relating to, or any actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (x) there is no proceeding that is pending, or that is known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceeding regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Company or its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
(ee) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Code would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no Plan has failed (whether or not waived), or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA) and no Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA is in “endangered status” or “critical status” (within the meaning of Sections 304 and 305 of ERISA) (v) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (vi) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (vii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing has occurred, to the knowledge of the Company, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; (viii) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (ix) none of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (A) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the Company or its Controlled Group affiliates in the current fiscal year of the Company and its Controlled Group affiliates compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company’s and its Controlled Group affiliates’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (B) a material increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year, except in each case with respect to the events or conditions set forth in (i) through (ix) hereof, as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ff) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to comply with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(gg) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have been designed to comply with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS as issued by the IASB and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any material off-balance sheet financing arrangement as defined in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB.
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(hh) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks generally maintained by similarly situated companies and which the Company reasonably believes are adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business as currently conducted.
(ii) Cybersecurity; Data Protection. The Company and its subsidiaries’ respective information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, and software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, in each case, to the knowledge of the Company, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards designed to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Data”)) used in connection with their businesses. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company and its subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to establish and maintain, and have established, maintained, implemented and complied with in all material respects, commercially reasonable information technology, information security, cybersecurity and data protection controls, policies and procedures that are designed to protect against and prevent any breach, destruction, loss, unauthorized distribution, use, access, disablement, misappropriation or modification, or other compromise or misuse of or relating to any IT System or Data used in connection with the operation of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses (“Breach”). To the knowledge of the Company, there has been no such Breach, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of, any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such Breach, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(jj) Privacy. The Company and its subsidiaries have materially complied, and are presently in material compliance with, all legally binding industry standards, applicable laws and applicable statutes, judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or other governmental or regulatory authority and any other legal obligations regarding the collection, use, transfer, import, export, storage, protection, disposal, disclosure or other processing by the Company and its subsidiaries of Data (“Data Security Obligations”). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received any notification of or complaint regarding, or is aware of any other facts that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably indicate non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body alleging non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation.
(kk) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, agent, affiliate or other persons associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment, the giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value or benefit, directly or indirectly, to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law (collectively, the “Anti-Corruption Laws”); or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit.
(ll) Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including, as far as applicable, those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the applicable money laundering statutes, rules and regulations of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”).
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(mm) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, officers, or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, agent, affiliate or other persons associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, or any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is, or whose government is, the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country, (iii) to fund or facilitate any money laundering or terrorist financing activities or (iv) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions. For the past ten years, the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not engaged in, are not now engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was, or whose government is or was, the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(nn) Outbound Investment Security Program. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a “covered foreign person”, as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. § 850.209. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries currently engages, or has plans to engage, directly or indirectly, in a “covered activity”, as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. § 850.208 (“Covered Activity”). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any joint ventures that engage in or plan to engage in any Covered Activity. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, holds a board seat on, has a voting or equity interest in, or has any contractual power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of any person or persons that engage or plan to engage in any Covered Activity.
(oo) Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. The Company and its subsidiaries have conducted and will conduct their businesses in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions, and no investigation, inquiry, action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Corruption Laws, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions, and with the representations and warranties contained herein.
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(pp) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s share capital or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(qq) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities.
(rr) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the offer and sale of the Offered Securities other than those that have been validly waived or satisfied.
(ss) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Offered Securities.
(tt) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(uu) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith and is accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying those factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statement.
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(vv) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(ww) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(xx) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Offered Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(yy) No Ratings. There are (and prior to the Closing Date, will be) no debt securities, convertible securities or preferred shares issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act.
(zz) Regulatory Matters. The Company (collectively with its subsidiaries): (i) has operated and currently operates its business in compliance in all material respects with applicable provisions of the Health Care Laws (as defined below), including the requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the Department of Health and Human Services, the European Medicines Agency, and any other applicable comparable foreign or regulatory authority (collectively, the “Applicable Regulatory Authorities”) to the extent such regulations are applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, storage, import, export or disposal of any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ product candidates manufactured or distributed by the Company; (ii) has not received any FDA Form 483, written notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other written notice from any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority alleging or asserting non-compliance with (A) any Health Care Laws or (B) any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, exemptions, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Health Care Laws (“Regulatory Authorizations”); (iii) possesses all material Regulatory Authorizations required to conduct its business as currently conducted, and such Regulatory Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect in all material respects and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Regulatory Authorizations; (iv) has not received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the Applicable Regulatory Authorities or any other third party alleging that any product candidate of the Company is in material violation of any Health Care Laws or Regulatory Authorizations and has no knowledge that the Applicable Regulatory Authorities or any other third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (v) has not received written notice that any of the Applicable Regulatory Authorities has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, revoke or materially modify any material Regulatory Authorizations and has no knowledge that any of the Applicable Regulatory Authorities is considering such action; (vi) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Health Care Laws or Regulatory Authorizations for the conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted and all such material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); (vii) is not a party to and does not have any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, plans of correction or similar agreements with or imposed by any Applicable Regulatory Authority; and (viii) along with its employees, officers and directors, has not, to the knowledge of the Company, been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any government health care program or human clinical research and, to the knowledge of the Company, is not subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion.
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The term “Health Care Laws” means, to the extent applicable, Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395-1395hhh (the Medicare statute); Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396-1396v (the Medicaid statute); the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b); the civil False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.; the criminal False Claims Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(a); any criminal laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. §§ 286 and 287 and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1320d et seq., (“HIPAA”); the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7a and 1320a-7b; the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h; the Exclusion Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7; HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 17921 et seq.; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.; the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq.; the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; licensure, quality, safety and accreditation requirements under applicable federal, state, local or foreign laws or regulatory bodies; the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws; and any comparable foreign, supranational, national, federal, state and local laws and regulations.
(aaa) Regulatory Filings. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has failed to file with the Applicable Regulatory Authorities any required filing, declaration, listing, registration, report or submission or failed to obtain any required approval with respect to the product candidates of the Company or its subsidiaries that are described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; all such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions, as applicable, were in material compliance with applicable laws when filed or subsequently corrected or supplemented; and no material deficiencies have been asserted in writing by any Applicable Regulatory Authority with respect to any such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions.
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(bbb) Clinical Trials and Preclinical Studies. (i) The clinical trials, preclinical studies and tests (collectively, “studies”) conducted by or, to the knowledge of the Company, on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or its subsidiaries that are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or the results of which are referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as applicable, were, and if still pending are, being conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols and procedures established for such studies and with all applicable statutes and all applicable rules and regulations of the Applicable Regulatory Authorities, as applicable; (ii) the descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of the results of such studies are accurate and complete descriptions in all material respects; (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge of any other studies not described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the results of which are materially inconsistent with or call into question the results described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries have provided the Underwriters with all material written notices and correspondence from the Applicable Regulatory Authorities related to such studies; and (v) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have received any written notices, correspondence or other written communications from the Applicable Regulatory Authorities or any other governmental agency requiring or threatening the termination, material modification or suspension of any studies that are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or the results of which are referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, other than ordinary course communications with respect to modifications in connection with the design and implementation of such studies and, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, there are no reasonable grounds for the same.
(ccc) Taxes. Except for any net income, capital gains or franchise taxes imposed on the Underwriters by the Kingdom of Belgium or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents) between the Underwriters and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, no stamp, issuance, transfer, capital, value-added, documentary, registration or other similar taxes or duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the Kingdom of Belgium, the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof in connection with (A) the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of the Transaction Documents, (B) the issuance of the Offered Shares and delivery of the Offered ADSs (or the ADRs evidencing Offered ADSs or the underlying Offered Shares) in the manner contemplated by this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, (C) issuance of the Offered Shares and the deposit of the Offered Shares with the Depositary, (D) the issuance of the Offered ADSs (or the ADRs evidencing Offered ADSs) by the Depositary, or (E) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Offered ADSs (or the ADRs evidencing Offered ADSs) as contemplated herein or in the Deposit Agreement except for (i) a Belgian stock exchange tax, if an Underwriter acts, for purposes of the Belgian stock exchange tax, as a professional intermediary on behalf of purchasers of Offered Securities with habitual residence, seat, or establishment in Belgium in relation to the purchase of Offered Securities (secondary market transaction) or if one of the Underwriters is resident in Belgium for tax purposes or carries on business through an establishment in Belgium (in both cases unless an exemption applies), (ii) a Belgian annual securities account tax, if one of the Underwriters holds the Offered Securities on a securities account with a Belgian financial intermediary or if one of the Underwriters is a resident in Belgium for tax purposes or carries on business through an establishment in Belgium (in both cases unless an exemption applies), (iii) documentary duties that could become due on deeds and certificates issued by Belgian officials (notaries, bailiffs and clerks) and banking institutions, ranging from EUR 0.15 to EUR 100, provided that such deeds and certificates are drawn up or executed in Belgium and (iv) a general, fixed registration tax of EUR 50 due on the voluntary registration in Belgium of any document. If applicable, and upon reasonable request, the Company shall provide to the Representatives evidence of such payment of taxes, duties or charges made to the relevant governmental authority within thirty (30) days thereof and shall also provide to the Representatives any official tax receipt or other documentation issued by the appropriate governmental authorities with respect to such payment.
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(ddd) No Immunity. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or their properties or assets has immunity under Belgian, U.S. federal or New York state law from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any Belgian, U.S. federal or New York state court, from service of process, attachment upon or prior to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court with respect to their respective obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection herewith; and, to the extent that the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which proceedings arising out of, or relating to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, may at any time be commenced, the Company has, pursuant to Section 17(e) of this Agreement, waived, and it will waive, or will cause its subsidiaries to waive, such right to the extent permitted by law.
(eee) Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon any of the Transaction Documents (a “Foreign Judgment”) would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of the Kingdom of Belgium, without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits, provided that (i) all legally required documents be submitted to the relevant Belgian courts in accordance with Article 24 of the Belgian International Private Law Code of 16 July 2004 (the “Belgian International Private Law Code”), (ii) the Foreign Judgment does not violate the conditions set forth in Article 25 of the Belgian International Private Law Code and (iii) none of the exclusions provided for in Articles 95, 115 and 121 of the Belgian International Private Law Code apply.
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(fff) Valid Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the Transaction Documents is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium and will be honored by the courts of the Kingdom of Belgium, subject to the restrictions described under the caption “Enforcement of civil liabilities” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 17(c) of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York state and United States federal court sitting in the City of New York and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in such court.
(ggg) Indemnification and Contribution. The indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in Section 7 hereof do not contravene Belgian law or public policy.
(hhh) [Reserved.]
(iii) Dividends. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no approvals are currently required in the Kingdom of Belgium in order for the Company to pay dividends or other distributions declared by the Company to the holders of Offered Shares. Under current laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Belgium and any political subdivision thereof, any amount payable with respect to the Offered Shares upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the Company may be paid by the Depositary in United States dollars or by the Company in euros and freely transferred out of the Kingdom of Belgium, without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the Kingdom of Belgium or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(jjj) Legality. The legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence of any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, this Agreement or the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction in which the Company is organized or does business is not dependent upon such document being submitted into, filed or recorded with any court or other authority in any such jurisdiction on or before the date hereof or that any tax, imposition or charge be paid in any such jurisdiction on or in respect of any such document.
(kkk) Legal Action. A holder of the Offered Securities and each Underwriter are each entitled to sue as plaintiff in the court of the jurisdiction of formation and domicile of the Company for the enforcement of their respective rights under this Agreement and the Offered Securities and such access to such courts will not be subject to any conditions which are not applicable to residents of such jurisdiction or a company incorporated in such jurisdiction except that plaintiffs not residing in the Kingdom of Belgium may be required to guarantee payment of a possible order for payment of costs or damages at the request of the defendant.
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(lll) Foreign Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Nothing in this Section 3 or otherwise in this Agreement shall be construed as a representation or warranty with respect to the Company’s status as a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act (and in any event prior to the Closing Date), will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, upon request of the Representatives and without charge, (i) to each Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Offered Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Offered Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, ADS Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.
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(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing (which may be by electronic mail), (i) when the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing-the-Waters Communication; (v) of the issuance by the Commission or any other governmental or regulatory authority (including stock exchange authorities) of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or suspending any such qualification of the Offered Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as reasonably possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
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(f) Blue Sky Compliance. If required by applicable law, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts, with the Underwriters’ cooperation, if necessary, to qualify the Offered Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will use its commercially reasonable efforts, with the Underwriters’ cooperation, if necessary, to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Offered Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon reasonably as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement; provided that the Company will be deemed to have made available to its security holders and the Representatives such statements to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”).
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or submit to, or file with, the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any Common Shares or Offered ADSs or any securities convertible into or exercisable or that represents the right to receive Common Shares or Offered ADSs, (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Shares or Offered ADSs or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares, Offered ADSs or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than any Offered Securities to be subscribed for hereunder.
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The restrictions described above do not apply to (i) the issuance of Common Shares or Offered ADSs or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Shares or Offered ADSs pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options (including net exercise) or the settlement of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) (including net settlement), in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement and described in the Prospectus; (ii) grants of stock options, stock awards, restricted stock, RSUs, or other equity awards and the issuance of Common Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares (whether upon the exercise of stock options or otherwise) to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ employees, officers, directors, advisors, consultants or other members of the personnel within the meaning of article 1:27 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code pursuant to the terms of an equity compensation plan in effect as of the Closing Date and described in the Prospectus, provided that such equity awards are not transferrable at any time during the 180-day restricted period referred to in this Section 4(h), and provided further that if such equity awards are exercisable at any time during the 180-day restricted period referred to in this Section 4(h), such recipients enter into a lock-up agreement with the Underwriters in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto with respect to the remainder of such 180-day period and that the Company agrees to enforce such transfer restrictions during such period; (iii) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to securities granted or to be granted pursuant to any plan in effect on the date of this Agreement and described in the Prospectus or any assumed benefit plan pursuant to an acquisition or similar strategic transaction; (iv) the issuance or entry into an agreement to sell or issue Common Shares, ADSs or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Shares or ADSs in connection with any mergers, acquisition of securities, businesses, property, technologies or other assets, joint ventures or strategic alliances, commercial relationships or other collaborations; provided that the aggregate number of Common Shares, ADSs or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Shares or ADSs (on an as-converted or as-exercised basis, as the case may be) that the Company may sell or issue or agree to sell or issue pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed 5% of the total number of Common Shares, including in the form of ADSs, issued and outstanding immediately following the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (determined on a fully-diluted basis and as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar events after the date hereof); and provided further, that each recipient of Common Shares, ADSs or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Shares pursuant to this clause (iv) shall, on or prior to such issuance, execute a lock-up letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto with respect to the remaining portion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in this Section 4(h) or (v) the issuance of any Common Shares upon conversion, exchange, redemption, exercise of other securities of the Company in connection with the Corporate Reorganization as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
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If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(p) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of proceeds”.
(j) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries or affiliates will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Offered Securities.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Offered ADSs on the Nasdaq.
(l) Reports. For a period of two years from the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Common Shares or Offered ADSs, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on EDGAR.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(n) Filings. The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(o) Emerging Growth Company; Foreign Private Issuer. The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company or a Foreign Private Issuer at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of Offered Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 4(h) hereof.
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(p) Transfer Taxes. The Company will indemnify and hold each Underwriter harmless against any documentary, registration, issue, capital, value-added, stamp, transfer or other similar taxes, duties or fees and any transaction levies, commissions or brokerage charges imposed by any government, or any political subdivisions or tax authority thereof or therein, including any interest and penalties (the “Transfer Taxes”), which are or may be required to be paid in connection with the creation, allotment, issuance, and initial transfer, delivery or sale of the Offered Securities to or by the Underwriters, including the issuance and delivery of ADSs by the Depositary, the deposit of the Offered Shares with the Custodian in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, and the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) Transfer Taxes shall include any Belgian stock exchange tax, and (ii) any subsequent Transfer Taxes arising after the period during which the initial purchasers engage in distribution of the Offered Securities and payable on any transfer subsequent to the delivery of the Offered Securities to the initial purchasers thereof shall not be the responsibility of the Company.
(q) Judgment and Approval. The Company agrees that following the consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities, it will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and maintain all approvals required in Belgium to pay and remit outside the Kingdom of Belgium all dividends declared by the Company and payable on the Common Shares (deducting applicable withholding taxes, if any), if any.
(r) Blocked Account Funds. The Company shall use it best efforts to cause the Blocked Account Bank to issue the Bank Certificate as soon as possible upon receipt of the funds in the Blocked Account on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. If, for any reason, the issuance of the Offered Shares does not occur on the Closing Date (or, as the case may be, the Additional Closing Date), the Company will promptly (and in any event on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be) give the instruction to the Blocked Account Bank to return, as soon as possible, to the account designated by the Representatives all funds wired to the Blocked Account by the Representatives for the purpose of the issuance of the Offered Shares on the Closing Date (or, as the case may be, the Additional Closing Date).
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show approved in advance by the Company), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
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(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Offered Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet and shall incorporate any comments to such term sheet as the Company may reasonably request be included.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten ADSs on the Closing Date or the Option ADSs on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein (with the exception, however, of the obligation set forth in Section 2 to wire the funds to the Blocked Account on the Payment Date or the Additional Payment Date, as the case may be) is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or ADS Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
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(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(i) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, acting on behalf of the Company, (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above.
(e) Comfort Letters. [(i)] On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, PwC Bedrijfsrevisoren BV/Reviseurs d’Entreprises SRL shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than two business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
[(ii) On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, of its chief financial officer with respect to certain financial data contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, providing “management comfort” with respect to such information, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.]
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(f) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of U.S. Counsel for the Company. Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(g) Opinion of Belgian Counsel for the Company. Baker McKenzie BV/SRL, as Belgian counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of U.S. IP Counsel for the Company. Arentfox Schiff LLP, intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of U.K. IP Counsel for the Company. Sagittarius Intellectual Property LLP, U.K. intellectual counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(j) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement, addressed to the Underwriters, of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, and an opinion, addressed to the Underwriters, of Clifford Chance LLP, Belgium counsel for the Underwriters, in each case, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(k) Opinion of Counsel for the Depositary. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, addressed to the Underwriters with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(l) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities.
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(m) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, reasonably satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions. For the purposes of this paragraph, “Good Standing” means that a company (i) has filed all documents required under applicable law in the relevant jurisdiction in order to be incorporated, own property, and do business in such jurisdiction (ii) has paid all taxes due, has filed all required tax returns in such jurisdiction, and (iii) has not resolved to enter into liquidation, filed an application for bankruptcy, filed an application for or been subject to proceedings for judicial reorganization or debt restructuring, or been adjudicated bankrupt or annulled as a legal entity.
(n) Exchange Listing. The Offered ADSs to be delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance.
(o) Corporate Reorganization. The Corporate Reorganization shall have occurred on substantially the terms as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(p) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Common Shares, ADSs or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(q) Irrevocable Payment Instruction. The Representatives shall have received on the day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a letter in a form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives from the Company irrevocably authorizing the Blocked Account Bank to deduct from the funds in the Blocked Account, the amounts equal to the fees, commissions, costs, expenses and other amounts payable by the Company to each of the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and which are unpaid on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and instructing the Representatives to pay the relevant amounts to the relevant Underwriters, in accordance with Section 2(d), fifth paragraph hereof.
(r) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
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7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, and its and its affiliates’ directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any Taxes (other than Taxes imposed on net income), withholding taxes and any related interest and penalties, including in circumstances where an Underwriter is held secondarily or jointly liable as payor or withholding agent, and including reasonably incurred and documented legal fees and other reasonably incurred and documented expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the ADS Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading and (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”) or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in paragraph (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, any Taxes (other than Taxes imposed on net income), withholding taxes and any related interest and penalties, including in circumstances where Company is held secondarily or jointly liable as payor or withholding agent, and including reasonably incurred and documented legal fees and other reasonably incurred and documented expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, Exchange Act or otherwise, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in the sixteenth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting.”
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(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses in such proceeding including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded based on advice from external counsel that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed upon notice as they are reasonably incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for reasonably incurred and documented fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Offered Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Offered Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonably incurred and documented legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Offered Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
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(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 paragraphs (a) through (e) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Securities, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by U.S. federal, New York State, European Union or relevant foreign country authorities, or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, the United Kingdom or any EEA Member State occurs; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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10. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Offered Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Offered Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Offered Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or Offered Securities to purchase the Offered Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Offered Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Offered Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Offered Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Offered Securities to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Offered Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Offered Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Offered Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Offered Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Offered Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Offered Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Offered Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof for any non-defaulting Underwriters and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect mutatis mutandis.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
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11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, and other than with respect to a defaulting Underwriter hereunder, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Offered Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the ADS Registration Statement, the Offered Securities, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Depositary and its counsel as agreed by the Company, (v) the fees and expenses of the Custodian (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Offered Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters not to exceed $10,000 (exclusive of filing fees) without the prior written consent of the Company); (vii) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (ix) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (in an amount not to exceed [$45,000] (exclusive of filing fees) without the prior written consent of the Company); (x) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors, provided, however, that the Underwriters shall pay all of the travel, lodging and other expenses of the Underwriters or any of their employees incurred by them in connection with the “road show,” provided further, however, the Company and Underwriters shall each pay 50% of the total costs of chartering any aircraft to be used in connection with any such “road shows”, provided further, however, that the Company shall approve of the cost of chartering any aircraft in writing in advance; and (xi) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Offered Securities on the Nasdaq.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Offered Shares for delivery to the Underwriters (other than by reason of a default by any Underwriter) or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Offered Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the Company will not pay or reimburse any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any Underwriter that defaults on its obligations to purchase the Offered Securities.
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12. Payment Free of Taxes. All sums payable by the Company to the Underwriters under this Agreement shall be paid without set-off or counterclaim, and free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (“Taxes”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. If any Taxes are required by law to be deducted or withheld in connection with such payments (other than any income Taxes, franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes imposed on any of the Underwriters by the law of the jurisdiction in which such Underwriter is or has been organized or has a present or former connection), the Company will pay such additional amounts as shall be required to ensure that the amount received by the relevant Underwriter will equal the full amount which would have been received by it had no such deduction or withholding been made.
13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the persons, officers and directors, and any controlling parties referred to herein and the affiliates of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Offered Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
14. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters or the directors, officers, controlling persons or affiliates referred to in Section 7 hereof.
15. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
16. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
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17. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication including, for the avoidance of doubt, electronic mail. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (fax: (212) 622-8358); Attention Equity Syndicate Desk; c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; c/o Leerink Partners LLC, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Stuart R. Nayman, Esq.; c/o Kempen & Co. USA, Inc., 880 Third Avenue, 17th floor, New York, New York 10022; Attention: Equity Capital Markets. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at AgomAb Therapeutics NV, Posthoflei 1/6 2600 Antwerpen Belgium; Attention: Tim Knotnerus, with a copy to the Legal Department.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(c) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment. The Company irrevocably appoints Cogency Global, Inc., located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10168, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such authorized agent, and written notice of such service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in this Section 17, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that such authorized agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as such authorized agent for service of process. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such authorized agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
(d) Judgment Currency. The Company agrees to indemnify each Underwriter, its directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any loss incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such indemnified person is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by the indemnified person. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.
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(e) Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction of any court of (i) the Kingdom of Belgium, or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) the United States or the State of New York, (iii) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, set-off or otherwise) with respect to themselves or their respective property and assets or this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
(f) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(g) Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(i) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(ii) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
As used in this Section 17(g):
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
(i) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(j) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| AgomAb Therapeutics NV | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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Accepted: As of the date first written above
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Leerink Partners LLC
Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc.
For themselves and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Leerink Partners LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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Schedule 1
| Underwriter | Number of Underwritten ADSs | |||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | ||||
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | ||||
| Leerink Partners LLC | ||||
| Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc. | ||||
| Total |
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Annex A
a. Pricing Disclosure Package
[None]
b. Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters
Underwritten ADSs: [●]
Option ADSs: [●]
Public Offering Price per ADS: U.S.$ [●]
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Annex B
Written Testing-the-Waters Communications
Testing-the-Waters Presentation, dated July 2024
Testing-the-Waters Presentation, dated December 2025
Testing-the-Waters Presentation, dated January 2026
Testing-the-Waters Presentation, dated January 2026
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Annex C
AgomAb Therapeutics NV
Pricing Term Sheet
None.
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Exhibit A
Form of Waiver of Lock-up
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Leerink Partners LLC
VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN (USA) INC.
AgomAb Therapeutics
NV
Public Offering of American Depositary Shares
[●], 20[●]
[Name and Address of
Officer or Director
Requesting Waiver]
Dear Mr./Ms. [Name]:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the offering by AgomAb Therapeutics NV (the “Company”) of [●] American Depositary Shares, representing [●] common shares (the “Common Shares”), no par value, of the Company (the “ADSs” and, together with the Common Shares, the “Equity Securities”) and the lock-up letter dated [●], 2025 (the “Lock-up Letter”), executed by you in connection with such offering, and your request for a [waiver] [release] dated [●], 20[●], with respect to the Equity Securities.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc. hereby agree to [waive] [release] the transfer restrictions set forth in the Lock-up Letter, but only with respect to the Equity Securities, effective [●], 20[●]; provided, however, that such [waiver] [release] is conditioned on the Company announcing the impending [waiver] [release] by press release through a major news service at least two business days before effectiveness of such [waiver] [release]. This letter will serve as notice to the Company of the impending [waiver] [release].
Except as expressly [waived] [released] hereby, the Lock-up Letter shall remain in full force and effect.
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Yours very truly,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Leerink Partners LLC
VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN (USA) INC.
For themselves and on behalf of the
several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement.
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Leerink Partners LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN (USA) INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
cc: AgomAb Therapeutics NV
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Exhibit B
[Form of Press Release]
AgomAb Therapeutics NV
[●], 20[●]
AgomAb Therapeutics NV (the “Company”) announced today that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc., representatives of the underwriters in the Company’s recent public sale of [●] American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) representing [●] common shares (the “Common Shares” and, together with the ADSs, the “Equity Securities”), no par value, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [●] Equity Securities of the Company held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [●], 20[●], and the Equity Securities may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Exhibit C
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
November [●], 2025
J.P. MORGAN
SECURITIES LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Leerink Partners LLC
VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN (USA) INC.
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
c/o Leerink Partners LLC
1301 Avenue of the Americas, 5th floor
New York, NY 10019
c/o Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc.
880 Third Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Re: AgomAb Therapeutics NV --- Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), propose to enter into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with AgomAb Therapeutics NV, a Belgian limited liability company (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the Underwriters, of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), representing common shares of the Company, no par value (the “Common Shares” and, together with the ADSs, the “Equity Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
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In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Equity Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, and will not cause any direct or indirect affiliate to, during the period beginning on the date of this letter agreement (this “Letter Agreement”) and ending at the close of business 180 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”) (such period, the “Restricted Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Equity Securities (including without limitation, Equity Securities or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) (collectively with the Equity Securities, “Lock-Up Securities”), (2) enter into any hedging, swap or other agreement or transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Lock-Up Securities, or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing precludes the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale or disposition or transfer (whether by the undersigned or any other person) of any economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise. The undersigned further confirms that it has furnished the Representatives with the details of any transaction the undersigned, or any of its affiliates, is a party to as of the date hereof, which transaction would have been restricted by this Letter Agreement if it had been entered into by the undersigned during the Restricted Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may:
(a) transfer or dispose of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities:
(i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, as a charitable contribution or for bona fide estate planning purposes,
(ii) by will or intestacy or any other testamentary document,
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(iii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, or if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor, trustee (or co-trustee) in their capacity as trustee (or co-trustee, as applicable) or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, current or former marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin),
(iv) to a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, investment fund, or other entity (A) of which the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the undersigned are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding equity securities or similar interests or (B) controlled by, or under common control with, the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned,
(v) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (iv) above,
(vi) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity controlling, controlled by, managing or managed by or under common control with the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the undersigned is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership), or (B) as part of a distribution to limited partners, members or shareholders of the undersigned,
(vii) by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order, divorce settlement, divorce decree or separation agreement,
(viii) to the Company (or a person designated by the Company) from a member of the personnel (as such term is defined in article 1:27 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code) of the Company and its subsidiaries upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such member provided that such person designated by the Company shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this Letter Agreement,
(ix) as part of a sale of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities acquired in the Public Offering or acquired in open market transactions after the pricing date for the Public Offering provided that the undersigned is not an officer or director of the Company and no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (as defined below) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period in connection with subsequent sales of Equity Securities acquired in the Public Offering or in such open market transactions,
(x) to a third party in connection with the vesting, settlement, or exercise of restricted stock units, options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of Equity Securities (including, in each case, by way of “net” or “cashless” exercise), including for the payment of exercise price and tax and remittance payments due as a result of the vesting, settlement, or exercise of such restricted stock units, options, warrants or rights, provided that any such shares of Equity Securities received upon such exercise, vesting or settlement shall be subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement, provided further that such third party shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this Letter Agreement, and provided further that any such restricted stock units, options, warrants or rights are held by the undersigned pursuant to an agreement or equity awards granted under a stock incentive plan or other equity award plan, each such agreement or plan which is described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
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(xi) pursuant to (A) acceptance of a general tender offer for all or a substantial part of the share capital of the Company or (B) the giving of an irrevocable commitment to accept such a tender offer, each of which is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and made to all holders of the Company’s share capital involving a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company (for purposes hereof, “Change of Control” shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, squeeze out or other similar transactions), made in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons, of share capital if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company (or the surviving entity)); provided that in the event that such tender offer, offer, squeeze out or other similar transaction is not completed, the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities shall remain subject to the provisions of this Letter Agreement, or
(xii) to an immediate family member of the undersigned;
provided that (A) in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (xii), such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and each donee, devisee, transferee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this Letter Agreement, (B) in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (ix) and (xii), no filing by any party (donor, donee, devisee, transferor, transferee, distributer or distributee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on Form 5 or a filing required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder made after the expiration of the Restricted Period referred to above, or in the case of clause (a) (i) only, a filing required under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act which clearly indicates in the footnotes thereto the nature and conditions of such transfer) and (C) in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (a)(vii), (viii), (x) and (xi) it shall be a condition to such transfer that no public filing, report or announcement shall be voluntarily made and if any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, or other public filing, report or announcement reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Equity Securities in connection with such transfer or distribution shall be legally required during the Restricted Period, such filing, report or announcement shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto the nature and conditions of such transfer;
(b) exercise outstanding options, settle restricted stock units or other equity awards or exercise warrants pursuant to plans described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that any Lock-Up Securities received upon such exercise, vesting or settlement shall be subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement;
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(c) convert outstanding preferred shares, warrants to acquire preferred shares or convertible securities into Equity Securities or warrants to acquire Equity Securities; provided that any such shares of Equity Securities or warrants received upon such conversion shall be subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement;
(d) deposit Common Shares with the depositary, in exchange for the issuance of ADSs, or cancel ADSs in exchange for the issuance of Common Shares; provided that such ADSs or Common Shares issued pursuant to this clause (d) held by the undersigned shall remain subject to the terms of the Letter Agreement; and
(e) establish or modify trading plans pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Lock-Up Securities; provided that (1) such plans do not provide for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities during the Restricted Period and (2) no filing by any party under the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be made voluntarily in connection with such trading plan; provided that if a filing under the Exchange Act or other public announcement is required, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Lock-Up Securities may be made under such Rule 10b5-1 trading plan during the Restricted Period.
If the undersigned is not a natural person, the undersigned represents and warrants that no single natural person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the common equity interests, or 50% or more of the voting power, in the undersigned.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any Company-directed Equity Securities the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of Lock-Up Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such announcement. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration or that is to an immediate family member as defined in FINRA Rule 5130(i)(5) and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Letter Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
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In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the Underwriters solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Public Offering of the Equity Securities and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Representatives may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to the undersigned in connection with the Public Offering, the Representatives and the other Underwriters are not making a recommendation to the undersigned to enter into this Letter Agreement, and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Representatives or any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.
The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by March 31, 2026, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Equity Securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Letter Agreement may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com or www.echosign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
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| Very truly yours, | ||
| By: | ||
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Exhibit 4.2
AGOMAB THERAPEUTICS NV
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
As Depositary
AND
OWNERS AND HOLDERS OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
Deposit Agreement
[__________], 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS | 1 | |
| SECTION 1.1. | American Depositary Shares | 1 |
| SECTION 1.2. | Commission | 2 |
| SECTION 1.3. | Company | 2 |
| SECTION 1.4. | Custodian | 2 |
| SECTION 1.5. | Deliver; Surrender | 2 |
| SECTION 1.6. | Deposit Agreement | 3 |
| SECTION 1.7. | Depositary; Depositary’s Office | 3 |
| SECTION 1.8. | Deposited Securities | 3 |
| SECTION 1.9. | Disseminate | 3 |
| SECTION 1.10. | Dollars | 4 |
| SECTION 1.11. | DTC | 4 |
| SECTION 1.12. | Foreign Registrar | 4 |
| SECTION 1.13. | Holder | 4 |
| SECTION 1.14. | Owner | 4 |
| SECTION 1.15. | Receipts | 4 |
| SECTION 1.16. | Registrar | 4 |
| SECTION 1.17. | Replacement | 5 |
| SECTION 1.18. | Restricted Securities | 5 |
| SECTION 1.19. | Securities Act of 1933 | 5 |
| SECTION 1.20. | Shares | 5 |
| SECTION 1.21. | SWIFT | 5 |
| SECTION 1.22. | Termination Option Event | 5 |
| ARTICLE 2. FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SHARES, DELIVERY, TRANSFER AND SURRENDER OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES | 6 | |
| SECTION 2.1. | Form of Receipts; Registration and Transferability of American Depositary Shares | 6 |
| SECTION 2.2. | Deposit of Shares | 7 |
| SECTION 2.3. | Delivery of American Depositary Shares | 8 |
| SECTION 2.4. | Registration of Transfer of American Depositary Shares; Combination and Split-up of Receipts; Interchange of Certificated and Uncertificated American Depositary Shares | 9 |
| SECTION 2.5. | Surrender of American Depositary Shares and Withdrawal of Deposited Securities | 10 |
| SECTION 2.6. | Limitations on Delivery, Registration of Transfer and Surrender of American Depositary Shares | 11 |
| SECTION 2.7. | Lost Receipts, etc. | 12 |
| SECTION 2.8. | Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts; Cancellation of American Depositary Shares | 12 |
| SECTION 2.9. | DTC Direct Registration System and Profile Modification System | 12 |
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| ARTICLE 3. CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS AND HOLDERS OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES | 13 | |
| SECTION 3.1. | Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information | 13 |
| SECTION 3.2. | Liability of Owner for Taxes | 13 |
| SECTION 3.3. | Warranties on Deposit of Shares | 14 |
| SECTION 3.4. | Disclosure of Interests | 14 |
| ARTICLE 4. THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES | 15 | |
| SECTION 4.1. | Cash Distributions | 15 |
| SECTION 4.2. | Distributions Other Than Cash, Shares or Rights | 15 |
| SECTION 4.3. | Distributions in Shares | 16 |
| SECTION 4.4. | Rights | 17 |
| SECTION 4.5. | Conversion of Foreign Currency | 19 |
| SECTION 4.6. | Fixing of Record Date | 20 |
| SECTION 4.7. | Voting of Deposited Shares | 21 |
| SECTION 4.8. | Tender and Exchange Offers; Redemption, Replacement or Cancellation of Deposited Securities | 22 |
| SECTION 4.9. | Reports | 24 |
| SECTION 4.10. | Lists of Owners | 24 |
| SECTION 4.11. | Withholding | 24 |
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| ARTICLE 5. THE DEPOSITARY, THE CUSTODIANS AND THE COMPANY | 25 | |
| SECTION 5.1. | Maintenance of Office and Register by the Depositary | 25 |
| SECTION 5.2. | Prevention or Delay of Performance by the Company or the Depositary | 25 |
| SECTION 5.3. | Obligations of the Depositary and the Company | 26 |
| SECTION 5.4. | Resignation and Removal of the Depositary | 27 |
| SECTION 5.5. | The Custodians | 28 |
| SECTION 5.6. | Notices and Reports | 29 |
| SECTION 5.7. | Distribution of Additional Shares, Rights, etc. | 29 |
| SECTION 5.8. | Indemnification | 30 |
| SECTION 5.9. | Charges of Depositary | 32 |
| SECTION 5.10. | Retention of Depositary Documents | 33 |
| SECTION 5.11. | Exclusivity | 33 |
| SECTION 5.12. | Information for Regulatory Compliance | 33 |
| ARTICLE 6. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION | 33 | |
| SECTION 6.1. | Amendment | 33 |
| SECTION 6.2. | Termination | 34 |
| ARTICLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS | 35 | |
| SECTION 7.1. | Counterparts; Signatures; Delivery; Electronic Records | 35 |
| SECTION 7.2. | No Third Party Beneficiaries | 35 |
| SECTION 7.3. | Severability | 35 |
| SECTION 7.4. | Owners and Holders as Parties; Binding Effect | 36 |
| SECTION 7.5. | Notices | 36 |
| SECTION 7.6. | Appointment of Agent for Service of Process; Submission to Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver | 37 |
| SECTION 7.7. | Waiver of Immunities | 38 |
| SECTION 7.8. | Governing Law | 38 |
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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT dated as of [__________], 2026 among AGOMAB THERAPEUTICS NV, a company incorporated under the laws of Belgium (herein called the Company), THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation (herein called the Depositary), and all Owners and Holders (each as hereinafter defined) from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued hereunder.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide, as set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of Shares (as hereinafter defined) of the Company from time to time with the Depositary or with the Custodian (as hereinafter defined) under this Deposit Agreement, for the creation of American Depositary Shares representing the Shares so deposited and for the execution and delivery of American Depositary Receipts evidencing the American Depositary Shares; and
WHEREAS, the American Depositary Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as set forth in this Deposit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, it is agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Deposit Agreement:
SECTION 1.1. American Depositary Shares.
The term “American Depositary Shares” shall mean the securities created under this Deposit Agreement representing rights with respect to the Deposited Securities. American Depositary Shares may be certificated securities evidenced by Receipts or uncertificated securities. The form of Receipt annexed as Exhibit A to this Deposit Agreement shall be the prospectus required under the Securities Act of 1933 for sales of both certificated and uncertificated American Depositary Shares. Except for those provisions of this Deposit Agreement that refer specifically to Receipts, all the provisions of this Deposit Agreement shall apply to both certificated and uncertificated American Depositary Shares.
Each American Depositary Share shall represent the number of Shares specified in Exhibit A to this Deposit Agreement, except that, if there is a distribution upon Deposited Securities covered by Section 4.3, a change in Deposited Securities covered by Section 4.8 with respect to which additional American Depositary Shares are not delivered or a sale of Deposited Securities under Section 3.2 or 4.8, each American Depositary Share shall thereafter represent the amount of Shares or other Deposited Securities that are then on deposit per American Depositary Share after giving effect to that distribution, change or sale.
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SECTION 1.2. Commission.
The term “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States or any successor governmental agency in the United States.
SECTION 1.3. Company.
The term “Company” shall mean AgomAb Therapeutics NV, a company incorporated under the laws of Belgium, and its successors.
SECTION 1.4. Custodian.
The term “Custodian” shall mean ING Securities Services, Inc., as custodian for the Depositary in The Netherlands for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement, and any other firm or corporation the Depositary appoints under Section 5.5 as a substitute or additional custodian under this Deposit Agreement, and shall also mean all of them collectively.
SECTION 1.5. Deliver; Surrender.
(a) The term “deliver”, or its noun form, when used with respect to Shares or other Deposited Securities, shall mean (i) recordation of transfer of such Shares or other Deposited Securities in the share or other relevant register of the Company in the name of the person entitled to that delivery or, in the case of other Deposited Securities that are not securities of the Company, shall mean delivery of such Deposited Securities in such a way as is necessary under applicable law to effect record transfers of those Deposited Securities to the person entitled to that delivery or (ii) book-entry transfer of those Shares or other Deposited Securities (if and to the extent such Shares or other Deposited Securities are transferable by entries in records maintained by a depositary institution authorized under applicable law to effect transfers of those securities) to an account designated by the person entitled to that delivery or (iii) physical transfer of certificates evidencing those Shares or other Deposited Securities (in each case to the extent such certificates are permitted by applicable law and are available) registered in the name of, or duly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer to, the person entitled to that delivery.
(b) The term “deliver”, or its noun form, when used with respect to American Depositary Shares, shall mean (i) registration of those American Depositary Shares in the name of DTC or its nominee and book-entry transfer of those American Depositary Shares to an account at DTC designated by the person entitled to that delivery, (ii) registration of those American Depositary Shares not evidenced by a Receipt on the books of the Depositary in the name requested by the person entitled to that delivery and mailing to that person of a statement confirming that registration or (iii) if requested by the person entitled to that delivery, execution and delivery at the Depositary’s Office to the person entitled to that delivery of one or more Receipts evidencing those American Depositary Shares registered in the name requested by that person.
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(c) The term “surrender”, when used with respect to American Depositary Shares, shall mean (i) one or more book-entry transfers of American Depositary Shares to the DTC account of the Depositary, (ii) delivery to the Depositary at its Office of an instruction to surrender American Depositary Shares not evidenced by a Receipt or (iii) surrender to the Depositary at its Office of one or more Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares.
SECTION 1.6. Deposit Agreement.
The term “Deposit Agreement” shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 1.7. Depositary; Depositary’s Office.
The term “Depositary” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, and any successor as depositary under this Deposit Agreement. The term “Office”, when used with respect to the Depositary, shall mean the office at which its depositary receipts business is administered, which, at the date of this Deposit Agreement, is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286.
SECTION 1.8. Deposited Securities.
The term “Deposited Securities” as of any time shall mean Shares at such time deposited or deemed to be deposited under this Deposit Agreement, including without limitation, Shares that have not been successfully delivered upon surrender of American Depositary Shares, and any and all other securities, property and cash received by the Depositary or the Custodian in respect of Deposited Securities and at that time held under this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 1.9. Disseminate.
The term “Disseminate,” when referring to a notice or other information to be sent by the Depositary to Owners, shall mean (i) sending that information to Owners in paper form by mail or another means or (ii) with the consent of Owners, another procedure that has the effect of making the information available to Owners, which may include (A) sending the information by electronic mail or electronic messaging or (B) sending in paper form or by electronic mail or messaging a statement that the information is available and may be accessed by the Owner on an Internet website and that it will be sent in paper form upon request by the Owner, when that information is so available and is sent in paper form as promptly as practicable upon request.
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SECTION 1.10. Dollars.
The term “Dollars” shall mean United States dollars.
SECTION 1.11. DTC.
The term “DTC” shall mean The Depository Trust Company or its successor.
SECTION 1.12. Foreign Registrar.
SECTION 1.13. The term “Foreign Registrar” shall mean the entity (as the case may be) that carries out the duties of registrar for the Shares and any other agent of the Company for the transfer and registration of Shares, including, without limitation, any securities depository for the Shares. Holder.
The term “Holder” shall mean any person holding a Receipt or a security entitlement or other interest in American Depositary Shares, whether for its own account or for the account of another person, but that is not the Owner of that Receipt or those American Depositary Shares.
SECTION 1.14. Owner.
The term “Owner” shall mean the person in whose name American Depositary Shares are registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for that purpose.
SECTION 1.15. Receipts.
The term “Receipts” shall mean the American Depositary Receipts issued under this Deposit Agreement evidencing certificated American Depositary Shares, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 1.16. Registrar.
The term “Registrar” shall mean any corporation or other entity that is appointed by the Depositary to register American Depositary Shares and transfers of American Depositary Shares as provided in this Deposit Agreement.
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SECTION 1.17. Replacement.
The term “Replacement” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.8.
SECTION 1.18. Restricted Securities.
The term “Restricted Securities” shall mean Shares that (i) are “restricted securities,” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, except for Shares that could be resold in reliance on Rule 144 without any conditions, (ii) are beneficially owned by an officer, director (or person performing similar functions) or other affiliate of the Company, (iii) otherwise would require registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the public offer and sale thereof in the United States or (iv) are subject to other restrictions on sale or deposit under the laws of Belgium, a shareholder agreement or the articles of association or similar document of the Company.
SECTION 1.19. Securities Act of 1933.
The term “Securities Act of 1933” shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933, as from time to time amended.
SECTION 1.20. Shares.
The term “Shares” shall mean ordinary shares of the Company that are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and that were not issued in violation of any pre-emptive or similar rights of the holders of outstanding securities of the Company; provided, however, that, if there shall occur any change in nominal or par value, a split-up or consolidation or any other reclassification or, upon the occurrence of an event described in Section 4.8, an exchange or conversion in respect of the Shares of the Company, the term “Shares” shall thereafter also mean the successor securities resulting from such change in nominal value, split-up or consolidation or such other reclassification or such exchange or conversion.
SECTION 1.21. SWIFT.
The term “SWIFT” shall mean the financial messaging network operated by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or its successor.
SECTION 1.22. Termination Option Event.
The term “Termination Option Event” shall mean any of the following events or conditions:
(i) the Company institutes proceedings to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, files a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable law in respect of bankruptcy or insolvency, consents to the filing of any petition of that kind or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or other similar official) of it or any substantial part of its property or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or if information becomes publicly available indicating that unsecured claims against the Company are not expected to be paid;
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(iii) the American Depositary Shares are delisted from a stock exchange in the United States on which the American Depositary Shares were listed and, 30 days after that delisting, the American Depositary Shares have not been listed on another stock exchange in the United States, nor is there a symbol available for over-the-counter trading of the American Depositary Shares in the United States;
(iv) the Depositary has received notice of facts that indicate, or otherwise has reason to believe, that the American Depositary Shares have become, or with the passage of time will become, ineligible for registration on Form F-6 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(v) an event or condition that is defined as a Termination Option Event in Section 4.1, 4.2 or 4.8.
ARTICLE 2. FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SHARES, DELIVERY, TRANSFER AND SURRENDER OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
SECTION 2.1. Form of Receipts; Registration and Transferability of American Depositary Shares.
Definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as permitted under this Deposit Agreement. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless that Receipt has been (i) executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary or (ii) executed by the facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary and countersigned by the manual signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary or the Registrar or a co-registrar. The Depositary shall maintain books on which (x) each Receipt so executed and delivered as provided in this Deposit Agreement and each transfer of that Receipt and (y) all American Depositary Shares delivered as provided in this Deposit Agreement and all registrations of transfer of American Depositary Shares, shall be registered. A Receipt bearing the facsimile signature of a person that was at any time a proper officer of the Depositary shall, subject to the other provisions of this paragraph, bind the Depositary, even if that person was not a proper officer of the Depositary on the date of issuance of that Receipt.
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The Receipts and statements confirming registration of American Depositary Shares may have incorporated in or attached to them such legends or recitals or modifications not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or the Company or required to comply with any applicable law or regulations thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which American Depositary Shares may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts and American Depositary Shares are subject by reason of the date of issuance of the underlying Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall notify the Company as promptly as practicable if it imposes any legends, recitals or modifications under this paragraph outside of the ordinary course of business.
American Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt, when the Receipt is properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer, shall be transferable as certificated registered securities under the laws of the State of New York. American Depositary Shares not evidenced by Receipts shall be transferable as uncertificated registered securities under the laws of the State of New York. The Depositary, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, may treat the Owner of American Depositary Shares as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distribution of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes, and neither the Depositary nor the Company shall have any obligation or be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any Holder of American Depositary Shares (but only to the Owner of those American Depositary Shares).
SECTION 2.2. Deposit of Shares.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, Shares or evidence of rights to receive Shares may be deposited under this Deposit Agreement by delivery thereof to any Custodian, accompanied by any appropriate instruments or instructions for transfer, or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Custodian.
As conditions of accepting Shares for deposit, the Depositary may require (i) any certification required by the Depositary or the Custodian in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, (ii) a written order directing the Depositary to deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in that order American Depositary Shares representing those deposited Shares, (iii) evidence satisfactory to the Depositary that those Shares have been re-registered in the books of the Company or the Foreign Registrar in the name of the Depositary, a Custodian or a nominee of the Depositary or a Custodian, (iv) evidence satisfactory to the Depositary that any necessary approval for the transfer or deposit has been granted by any governmental body in each applicable jurisdiction and (v) an agreement or assignment, or other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, that provides for the prompt transfer to the Custodian of any dividend, or right to subscribe for additional Shares or to receive other property, that any person in whose name those Shares are or have been recorded may thereafter receive upon or in respect of those Shares, or, in lieu thereof, such agreement of indemnity or other agreement as shall be satisfactory to the Depositary.
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The Depositary will refuse to accept Shares for deposit if the Depositary has received a written notice from the Company that deposit of such Shares would violate applicable laws, rules or regulations or the articles of association or similar organizational document of the Company.
At the request and risk and expense of a person proposing to deposit Shares, and for the account of that person, the Depositary may receive certificates for Shares (to the extent such certificates permitted by applicable law) to be deposited, together with the other instruments specified in this Section, for the purpose of forwarding those Share certificates to the Custodian for deposit under this Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary shall instruct each Custodian that, upon each delivery to a Custodian of a certificate or certificates (to the extent such certificates permitted by applicable law) for Shares to be deposited under this Deposit Agreement, together with the other documents specified in this Section, that Custodian shall, as soon as transfer and recordation can be accomplished, present that certificate or those certificates to the Company or the Foreign Registrar, if applicable, for transfer and recordation of the Shares being deposited in the name of the Depositary or its nominee or that Custodian or its nominee.
Deposited Securities shall be held by the Depositary or by a Custodian for the account and to the order of the Depositary or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine.
SECTION 2.3. Delivery of American Depositary Shares.
The Depositary shall instruct each Custodian that, upon receipt by that Custodian of any deposit pursuant to Section 2.2, together with the other documents or evidence required under that Section, that Custodian shall notify the Depositary of that deposit and the person or persons to whom or upon whose written order American Depositary Shares are deliverable in respect thereof. Upon receiving a notice of a deposit from a Custodian, or upon the receipt of Shares or evidence of the right to receive Shares by the Depositary, or to the extent there are insufficient outstanding American Depositary Shares in respect of the amount of Shares on deposit with the Custodian as a result of a decrease in the number of Shares represented by one American Depositary Share, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall deliver, without unreasonable delay, to or upon the order of the person or persons entitled thereto, the number of American Depositary Shares issuable in respect of that deposit or change in the ratio of Shares per American Depositary Share, but only upon payment to the Depositary of the fees and expenses of the Depositary for the delivery of those American Depositary Shares as provided in Section 5.9, and of all taxes and governmental charges and fees payable in connection with that deposit and the transfer of the deposited Shares. However, the Depositary shall deliver only whole numbers of American Depositary Shares.
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SECTION 2.4. Registration of Transfer of American Depositary Shares; Combination and Split-up of Receipts; Interchange of Certificated and Uncertificated American Depositary Shares.
The Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall register a transfer of American Depositary Shares on its transfer books upon (i) in the case of certificated American Depositary Shares, surrender of the Receipt evidencing those American Depositary Shares, by the Owner or by a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer or (ii) in the case of uncertificated American Depositary Shares, receipt from the Owner of a proper instruction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, instructions through DRS and Profile as provided in Section 2.9), and, in either case, duly stamped as may be required by the laws of the State of New York and of the United States of America. Upon registration of a transfer, the Depositary shall deliver the transferred American Depositary Shares to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.
The Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts for any authorized number of American Depositary Shares requested, evidencing the same aggregate number of American Depositary Shares as the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
The Depositary, upon surrender of certificated American Depositary Shares for the purpose of exchanging for uncertificated American Depositary Shares, shall cancel the Receipt evidencing those certificated American Depositary Shares and send the Owner a statement confirming that the Owner is the owner of the same number of uncertificated American Depositary Shares. The Depositary, upon receipt of a proper instruction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, instructions through DRS and Profile as provided in Section 2.9) from the Owner of uncertificated American Depositary Shares for the purpose of exchanging for certificated American Depositary Shares, shall cancel those uncertificated American Depositary Shares and register and deliver to the Owner a Receipt evidencing the same number of certificated American Depositary Shares.
The Depositary may appoint one or more co-transfer agents for the purpose of effecting registration of transfers of American Depositary Shares and combinations and split-ups of Receipts at designated transfer offices on behalf of the Depositary, and the Depositary shall notify the Company of any such appointment as promptly as practicable. In carrying out its functions, a co-transfer agent may require evidence of authority and compliance with applicable laws and other requirements by Owners or persons entitled to American Depositary Shares and will be entitled to protection and indemnity to the same extent as the Depositary.
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SECTION 2.5. Surrender of American Depositary Shares and Withdrawal of Deposited Securities.
Upon surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of the Deposited Securities represented thereby and payment of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares as provided in Section 5.9 and payment of all taxes and governmental charges payable in connection with that surrender and withdrawal of the Deposited Securities, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Owner of those American Depositary Shares shall be entitled to delivery (to the extent delivery can then be lawfully and practicably made), to or as instructed by that Owner, of the amount of Deposited Securities at the time represented by those American Depositary Shares, but not any money or other property as to which a record date for distribution to Owners has passed (since money or other property of that kind will be delivered or paid on the scheduled payment date to the Owner as of that record date), and except that the Depositary shall not be required to accept surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal to the extent it would require delivery of a fraction of a Deposited Security. That delivery shall be made, as provided in this Section, without unreasonable delay.
As a condition of accepting a surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities, the Depositary may require (i) that each surrendered Receipt be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer in blank and (ii) that the surrendering Owner execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order directing the Depositary to cause the Deposited Securities being withdrawn to be delivered to or upon the written order of a person or persons designated in that order.
Thereupon, the Depositary shall direct the Custodian to deliver, subject to Sections 2.6, 3.1 and 3.2, the other terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement and local market rules and practices and applicable laws and regulations, to the surrendering Owner or to or upon the written order of the person or persons designated in the order delivered to the Depositary as above provided, the amount of Deposited Securities represented by the surrendered American Depositary Shares, and the Depositary may charge the surrendering Owner a fee and its expenses for giving that direction by cable (including SWIFT) or facsimile transmission. The Company agrees not to prevent, hinder or unreasonably delay any lawful delivery or registration of transfer of Deposited Securities upon surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal.
If Deposited Securities are delivered physically (to the extent such delivery is permitted by applicable law) upon surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal, that delivery will be made at the Custodian’s office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of an Owner surrendering American Depositary Shares for withdrawal of Deposited Securities, and for the account of that Owner, the Depositary shall direct the Custodian to forward any cash or other property comprising, and forward a certificate or certificates, if applicable (and to the extent such certificates are permitted by applicable law), and other proper documents of title, if any, for, the Deposited Securities represented by the surrendered American Depositary Shares to the Depositary for delivery at the Depositary’s Office or to another address specified in the order received from the surrendering Owner.
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SECTION 2.6. Limitations on Delivery, Registration of Transfer and Surrender of American Depositary Shares.
As a condition precedent to the delivery, registration of transfer or surrender of any American Depositary Shares or split-up or combination of any Receipt or withdrawal of any Deposited Securities, the Depositary, Custodian or Registrar may require payment from the depositor of Shares or the presenter of the Receipt or instruction for registration of transfer or surrender of American Depositary Shares not evidenced by a Receipt of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or other governmental charge and any stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge and fee with respect to Shares being deposited or withdrawn) and payment of any applicable fees as provided in this Deposit Agreement, may require the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and may also require compliance with any regulations the Depositary may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 2.6.
The Depositary may refuse to accept deposits of Shares for delivery of American Depositary Shares or to register transfers of American Depositary Shares in particular instances, or may suspend deposits of Shares or registration of transfer generally, whenever it or the Company considers it necessary or advisable to do so. The Depositary may refuse surrenders of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities in particular instances, or may suspend surrenders for the purpose of withdrawal generally, but, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Deposit Agreement, only for (i) temporary delays caused by closing of the Depositary’s register or the register of holders of Shares maintained by the Company or the Foreign Registrar, or the deposit of Shares, in connection with voting at a shareholders’ meeting or the payment of dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and similar charges, (iii) compliance with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations relating to the American Depositary Shares or to the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities or (iv) any other reason that, at the time, is permitted under paragraph I(A)(1) of the General Instructions to Form F-6 under the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor to that provision.
The Depositary shall not knowingly accept for deposit under this Deposit Agreement any Shares that, at the time of deposit, are Restricted Securities or for which the Depositary has received written instructions from the Company that the deposit of those Shares would violate applicable law or regulation or the articles of association or similar document of the Company.
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SECTION 2.7. Lost Receipts, etc.
If a Receipt is mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary shall deliver to the Owner the American Depositary Shares evidenced by that Receipt in uncertificated form or, if requested by the Owner, execute and deliver a new Receipt of like tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, upon surrender and cancellation of that mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for that destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt. However, before the Depositary will deliver American Depositary Shares in uncertificated form or execute and deliver a new Receipt, in substitution for a destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, the Owner must (a) file with the Depositary (i) a request for that replacement before the Depositary has notice that the Receipt has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser and (ii) a sufficient indemnity bond and (b) satisfy any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Depositary.
SECTION 2.8. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts; Cancellation of American Depositary Shares.
The Depositary shall cancel all Receipts surrendered to it. The Depositary may destroy cancelled Receipts. The Depositary may cancel American Depositary Shares, upon notice to the Owners, in accordance with Section 4.8 or to the extent there are insufficient deposited Shares in respect of the outstanding American Depositary Shares as a result of an increase in the number of Shares each American Depositary Share represents. If the Depositary cancels American Depositary Shares under the preceding sentence, it shall also call for surrender of the outstanding Receipts to be replaced with new Receipts evidencing the numbers of American Depositary Shares held by the Owners after that cancellation. Surrenders and cancellations of American Depositary Shares shall incur fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9, and the Depositary may also require Owners or former Owners to pay taxes and governmental charges payable in connection therewith.
SECTION 2.9. DTC Direct Registration System and Profile Modification System.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.4, the parties acknowledge that DTC’s Direct Registration System (“DRS”) and Profile Modification System (“Profile”) apply to the American Depositary Shares upon acceptance thereof to DRS by DTC. DRS is the system administered by DTC that facilitates interchange between registered holding of uncertificated securities and holding of security entitlements in those securities through DTC and a DTC participant. Profile is a required feature of DRS that allows a DTC participant, claiming to act on behalf of an Owner of American Depositary Shares, to direct the Depositary to register a transfer of those American Depositary Shares to DTC or its nominee and to deliver those American Depositary Shares to the DTC account of that DTC participant without receipt by the Depositary of prior authorization from the Owner to register that transfer.
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(b) In connection with DRS/Profile, the parties acknowledge that the Depositary will not determine whether the DTC participant that is claiming to be acting on behalf of an Owner in requesting a registration of transfer and delivery as described in paragraph (a) above has the actual authority to act on behalf of that Owner (notwithstanding any requirements under the Uniform Commercial Code). For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Sections 5.3 and 5.8 apply to the matters arising from the use of the DRS/Profile. The parties agree that the Depositary’s reliance on and compliance with instructions received by the Depositary through the DRS/Profile system and otherwise in accordance with this Deposit Agreement shall not constitute negligence or bad faith on the part of the Depositary.
ARTICLE 3. CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS AND HOLDERS OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
SECTION 3.1. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information.
Any person presenting Shares for deposit or any Owner or Holder may be required from time to time to file with the Depositary or the Custodian such proof of citizenship or residence, exchange control approval, or such information relating to the registration on the books of the Company or the Foreign Registrar, if applicable, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties, as the Depositary may deem necessary or proper. The Depositary may withhold the delivery or registration of transfer of American Depositary Shares, the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or of the proceeds thereof or the delivery of any Deposited Securities until that proof or other information is filed or those certificates are executed or those representations and warranties are made.
Upon the reasonable written request and at the expense of the Company, the Depositary shall, as promptly as practicable, provide to the Company copies of any information or other materials that it receives pursuant to this Section 3.1, to the extent that disclosure is permitted under applicable law. Each Owner and Holder agrees to provide any information reasonably requested by the Company or the Depositary pursuant to this Section 3.1. Neither the Company nor the Depositary is responsible for monitoring the Owners’ or the Holders’ compliance with applicable laws and regulations or their legal right to acquire Shares or American Depositary Shares.
SECTION 3.2. Liability of Owner for Taxes.
If any tax or other governmental charge shall become payable by the Custodian or the Depositary with respect to or in connection with any American Depositary Shares or any Deposited Securities represented by any American Depositary Shares or in connection with a transaction to which Section 4.8 applies, that tax or other governmental charge shall be payable by the Owner of those American Depositary Shares to the Depositary. The Depositary may refuse to register any transfer of those American Depositary Shares or any withdrawal of Deposited Securities represented by those American Depositary Shares until that payment is made, and may withhold any dividends or other distributions or the proceeds thereof, or may sell for the account of the Owner any part or all of the Deposited Securities represented by those American Depositary Shares and apply those dividends or other distributions or the net proceeds of any sale of that kind in payment of that tax or other governmental charge but, even after a sale of that kind, the Owner of those American Depositary Shares shall remain liable for any deficiency. The Depositary shall distribute any net proceeds of a sale made under this Section that are not used to pay taxes or governmental charges to the Owners entitled to them in accordance with Section 4.1. If the number of Shares represented by each American Depositary Share decreases as a result of a sale of Deposited Securities under this Section, the Depositary may call for surrender of the American Depositary Shares to be exchanged on a mandatory basis for a lesser number of American Depositary Shares and may sell American Depositary Shares to the extent necessary to avoid distributing fractions of American Depositary Shares in that exchange and distribute the net proceeds of that sale to the Owners entitled to them.
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SECTION 3.3. Warranties on Deposit of Shares.
Every person depositing Shares under this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to represent and warrant that those Shares and each certificate therefor, if applicable (and to the extent such certificate is permitted by applicable law), are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of the holders of outstanding securities of the Company and that the person making that deposit is duly authorized so to do. Every depositing person shall also be deemed to represent that the Shares, at the time of deposit, are not Restricted Securities. All representations and warranties deemed made under this Section shall survive the deposit of Shares and delivery of American Depositary Shares.
SECTION 3.4. Disclosure of Interests.
When required in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations or the articles of association or similar document of the Company, the Company may from time to time request each Owner and Holder to provide to the Depositary information relating to: (a) the capacity in which it holds American Depositary Shares, (b) the identity of any Holders or other persons or entities then or previously interested in those American Depositary Shares and the nature of those interests and (c) any other matter where disclosure of such matter is required for that compliance. Each Owner and Holder agrees to provide all information known to it in response to a request made pursuant to this Section. Each Holder consents to the disclosure by the Depositary and the Owner or any other Holder through which it holds American Depositary Shares, directly or indirectly, of all information responsive to a request made pursuant to this Section relating to that Holder that is known to that Owner or other Holder. The Depositary agrees to use reasonable efforts to comply with written instructions requesting that the Depositary forward any request authorized under this Section to the Owners and to forward to the Company any responses it receives in response to that request. The Depositary may charge the Company a fee and its expenses for complying with requests under this Section 3.4.
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ARTICLE 4. THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES
SECTION 4.1. Cash Distributions.
Whenever the Depositary receives any cash dividend or other cash distribution on Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4.5, convert that dividend or other distribution into Dollars and distribute the amount thus received (net of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9) to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares representing those Deposited Securities held by them respectively; provided, however, that if the Custodian or the Depositary shall be required to withhold and does withhold from that cash dividend or other cash distribution an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges, the amount distributed to the Owners of the American Depositary Shares representing those Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly. However, the Depositary will not pay any Owner a fraction of one cent, but will round each Owner’s entitlement to the nearest whole cent.
The Company or its agent will remit to the appropriate governmental agency in each applicable jurisdiction all amounts withheld and owing to such agency
If a cash distribution would represent a return of all or substantially all the value of the Deposited Securities underlying American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may, after consultation with the Company to the extent practicable:
(i) require payment of or deduct the fee for surrender of American Depositary Shares (whether or not it is also requiring surrender of American Depositary Shares) as a condition of making that cash distribution; or
(ii) sell all Deposited Securities other than the subject cash distribution and add any net cash proceeds of that sale to the cash distribution, call for surrender of all those American Depositary Shares and require that surrender as a condition of making that cash distribution.
If the Depositary acts under this paragraph, that action shall also be a Termination Option Event.
SECTION 4.2. Distributions Other Than Cash, Shares or Rights.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.11 and 5.9, whenever the Depositary receives any distribution other than a distribution described in Section 4.1, 4.3 or 4.4 on Deposited Securities (but not in exchange for or in conversion or in lieu of Deposited Securities), the Depositary shall cause the securities or property received by it to be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto, after deduction or upon payment of any fees and expenses of the Depositary and any taxes or other governmental charges, in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares representing such Deposited Securities held by them respectively, in any manner that the Depositary deems equitable and practicable for accomplishing that distribution (which may be a distribution of depositary shares representing the securities received); provided, however, that if in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among the Owners entitled thereto, or if for any other reason (including, but not limited to, any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges or that securities received must be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 in order to be distributed to Owners or Holders) the Depositary deems such distribution not to be lawful and feasible, the Depositary may, after consultation with the Company to the extent practicable, adopt such other method as it may deem equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including, but not limited to, the public or private sale of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, and distribution of the net proceeds of any such sale (net of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9) to the Owners entitled thereto, all in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.1. The Depositary may withhold any distribution of securities under this Section 4.2 if it has not received reasonably satisfactory assurances from the Company that the distribution does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, an amount of securities or other property it would otherwise distribute under this Section 4.2 that is sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in respect of that distribution.
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If a distribution to be made under this Section 4.2 would represent a return of all or substantially all the value of the Deposited Securities underlying American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may:
(i) require payment of or deduct the fee for surrender of American Depositary Shares (whether or not it is also requiring surrender of American Depositary Shares) as a condition of making that distribution; or
(ii) sell all Deposited Securities other than the subject distribution and add any net cash proceeds of that sale to the distribution, call for surrender of all those American Depositary Shares and require that surrender as a condition of making that distribution.
If the Depositary acts under this paragraph, that action shall also be a Termination Option Event.
SECTION 4.3. Distributions in Shares.
Whenever the Depositary receives any distribution on Deposited Securities consisting of a dividend in, or free distribution of, Shares, the Depositary may, and, if so requested in writing by the Company, shall, deliver to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares representing those Deposited Securities held by them respectively, an aggregate number of American Depositary Shares representing the amount of Shares received as that dividend or free distribution, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement with respect to the deposit of Shares and issuance of American Depositary Shares, including withholding of any tax or governmental charge as provided in Section 4.11 and payment of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 (and the Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, an amount of the Shares received (or American Depositary Shares representing those Shares) sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in respect of that distribution). In lieu of delivering fractional American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may sell the amount of Shares represented by the aggregate of those fractions (or American Depositary Shares representing those Shares) and distribute the net proceeds, all in the manner and subject to the conditions described in Section 4.1. If and to the extent that additional American Depositary Shares are not delivered and Shares or American Depositary Shares are not sold, each American Depositary Share shall thenceforth also represent the additional Shares distributed on the Deposited Securities represented thereby.
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If the Company declares a distribution in which holders of Deposited Securities have a right to elect whether to receive cash, Shares or other securities or a combination of those things, or a right to elect to have a distribution sold on their behalf, the Depositary may, after consultation with the Company, make that right of election available for exercise by Owners in any manner the Depositary considers to be lawful and practical. As a condition of making a distribution election right available to Owners, the Depositary may require reasonably satisfactory assurances from the Company that doing so does not require registration of any securities under the Securities Act of 1933 that has not been effected.
SECTION 4.4. Rights.
(a) If rights are granted to the Depositary in respect of deposited Shares to purchase or subscribe for additional Shares or other securities, the Company and the Depositary shall endeavor to consult as to the actions, if any, the Depositary should take in connection with that grant of rights. The Depositary may, to the extent deemed by it to be lawful and practical (i) if requested in writing by the Company, grant to all or certain Owners rights to instruct the Depositary to purchase or subscribe for the securities to which the rights relate and deliver those securities or American Depositary Shares representing those securities to Owners, (ii) if requested in writing by the Company, deliver the rights to or to the order of certain Owners, or (iii) sell the rights to the extent practicable and distribute the net proceeds of that sale to Owners entitled to those proceeds. To the extent rights are not exercised, delivered or disposed of under (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Depositary shall permit the rights to lapse unexercised.
(b) If the Depositary will act under (a)(i) above, the Company and the Depositary will enter into a separate agreement setting forth the conditions and procedures applicable to the particular offering. Upon instruction from an applicable Owner in the form the Depositary specified and upon payment by that Owner to the Depositary of an amount equal to the purchase or subscription price of the securities to be received upon the exercise of the rights and any other charges as set forth in such securities, the Depositary shall, on behalf of that Owner, exercise the rights and purchase or subscribe for the securities. The purchased or subscribed securities shall be delivered to, or as instructed by, the Depositary. The Depositary shall (i) deposit the purchased or subscribed Shares under this Deposit Agreement and deliver American Depositary Shares representing those Shares to that Owner or (ii) deliver or cause the purchased or subscribed Shares or other securities to be delivered to or to the order of that Owner. The Depositary will not act under (a)(i) above unless the offer and sale of the securities to which the rights relate are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Depositary has received an opinion of United States counsel that is satisfactory to it to the effect that those securities may be sold and delivered to the applicable Owners without registration under the Securities Act of 1933. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Deposit Agreement shall create any obligation on the part of the Company to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to rights or the underlying securities or to endeavor to have such a registration statement declared effective.
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(c) If the Depositary will act under (a)(ii) above, the Company and the Depositary will enter into a separate agreement setting forth the conditions and procedures applicable to the particular offering. Upon (i) the request of an applicable Owner to deliver the rights allocable to the American Depositary Shares of that Owner to an account specified by that Owner to which the rights can be delivered and (ii) receipt of such documents as the Company and the Depositary agreed to require to comply with applicable law, the Depositary will deliver those rights as requested by that Owner.
(d) If the Depositary will act under (a)(iii) above, the Depositary will use reasonable efforts to sell the rights in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by the applicable Owners and pay the net proceeds to the Owners otherwise entitled to the rights that were sold, upon an averaged or other practical basis without regard to any distinctions among such Owners because of exchange restrictions or the date of delivery of any American Depositary Shares or otherwise.
(e) Payment or deduction of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 and payment or deduction of the expenses of the Depositary and any applicable taxes or other governmental charges shall be conditions of any delivery of securities or payment of cash proceeds under this Section 4.4.
(f) The Depositary and the Company shall not be responsible for any failure to determine that it may be lawful or feasible to make rights available to or exercise rights on behalf of Owners in general or any Owner in particular, or to sell rights.
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SECTION 4.5. Conversion of Foreign Currency.
Whenever the Depositary or the Custodian receives foreign currency, by way of dividends or other distributions or the net proceeds from the sale of securities, property or rights, and if at the time of the receipt thereof the foreign currency so received can in the judgment of the Depositary be converted on a reasonable basis into Dollars and the resulting Dollars transferred to the United States, the Depositary or one of its agents or affiliates or the Custodian shall convert or cause to be converted by sale or in any other manner that it may determine that foreign currency into Dollars, and those Dollars shall be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto. A cash distribution may be made upon an averaged or other practicable basis without regard to any distinctions among Owners based on exchange restrictions, the date of delivery of any American Depositary Shares or otherwise and shall be net of any expenses of conversion into Dollars incurred by the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9.
If a conversion of foreign currency or the repatriation or distribution of Dollars can be effected only with the approval or license of any government or agency thereof, the Depositary may, but will not be required to, file an application for that approval or license.
If the Depositary determines that in its judgment any foreign currency received by the Depositary or the Custodian is not convertible on a reasonable basis into Dollars transferable to the United States, or if any approval or license of any government or agency thereof that is required for such conversion is not filed or sought by the Depositary or is not obtained within a reasonable period as determined by the Depositary, the Depositary may distribute the foreign currency received by the Depositary to, or in its discretion may hold such foreign currency uninvested and without liability for interest thereon for the respective accounts of, the Owners entitled to receive the same.
If any conversion of foreign currency, in whole or in part, cannot be effected for distribution to some of the Owners entitled thereto, the Depositary may in its discretion make that conversion and distribution in Dollars to the extent practicable and permissible to the Owners entitled thereto and may distribute the balance of the foreign currency received by the Depositary to, or hold that balance uninvested and without liability for interest thereon for the account of, the Owners entitled thereto.
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The Depositary may convert currency itself or through any of its affiliates, or the Custodian or the Company may convert currency and pay Dollars to the Depositary. Where the Depositary converts currency itself or through any of its affiliates, the Depositary acts as principal for its own account and not as agent, advisor, broker or fiduciary on behalf of any other person and earns revenue, including, without limitation, transaction spreads, that it will retain for its own account. The revenue is based on, among other things, the difference between the exchange rate assigned to the currency conversion made under this Deposit Agreement and the rate that the Depositary or its affiliate receives when buying or selling foreign currency for its own account. The Depositary and Company make no representation that the exchange rate used or obtained by it or its affiliate in any currency conversion under this Deposit Agreement will be the most favorable rate that could be obtained at the time or that the method by which that rate will be determined will be the most favorable to Owners, subject to the Depositary’s obligations under Section 5.3. The methodology used to determine exchange rates used in currency conversions made by the Depositary is available upon request. Where the Custodian converts currency, the Custodian has no obligation to obtain the most favorable rate that could be obtained at the time or to ensure that the method by which that rate will be determined will be the most favorable to Owners, and the Depositary and Company make no representation that the rate is the most favorable rate and will not be liable for any direct or indirect losses associated with the rate. In certain instances, the Depositary may receive dividends or other distributions from the Company in Dollars that represent the proceeds of a conversion of foreign currency or translation from foreign currency at a rate that was obtained or determined by or on behalf of the Company and, in such cases, the Depositary will not engage in, or be responsible for, any foreign currency transactions and neither it nor the Company makes any representation that the rate obtained or determined by the Company is the most favorable rate and neither it nor the Company will be liable for any direct or indirect losses associated with the rate.
SECTION 4.6. Fixing of Record Date.
Whenever a cash dividend, cash distribution or any other distribution is made on Deposited Securities or rights to purchase Shares or other securities are issued with respect to Deposited Securities (which rights will be delivered to or exercised or sold on behalf of Owners in accordance with Section 4.4) or the Depositary receives notice that a distribution or issuance of that kind will be made, or whenever the Depositary receives notice that a meeting of holders of Shares will be held in respect of which the Company has requested the Depositary to send a notice under Section 4.7, or whenever the Depositary will assess a fee or charge against the Owners, or whenever the Depositary causes a change in the number of Shares that are represented by each American Depositary Share, or whenever the Depositary otherwise finds it necessary or convenient, the Depositary shall fix a record date, which shall be the same as, or as near as practicable to, any corresponding record date set by the Company with respect to Shares, (a) for the determination of the Owners (i) who shall be entitled to receive the benefit of that dividend or other distribution or those rights, (ii) who shall be entitled to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at that meeting, (iii) who shall be responsible for that fee or charge or (iv) for any other purpose for which the record date was set, or (b) on or after which each American Depositary Share will represent the changed number of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.1 through 4.5 and to the other terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Owners on a record date fixed by the Depositary shall be entitled to receive the amount distributable by the Depositary with respect to that dividend or other distribution or those rights or the net proceeds of sale thereof in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by them respectively, to give voting instructions or to act in respect of the other matter for which that record date was fixed, or be responsible for that fee or charge, as the case may be.
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SECTION 4.7. Voting of Deposited Shares.
(a) Upon receipt of notice of any meeting of holders of Shares at which holders of Shares will be entitled to vote, if requested in writing by the Company, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, Disseminate to the Owners a notice, the form of which shall be in the sole discretion of the Depositary, that shall contain (i) all of the information contained in the notice of meeting received by the Depositary from the Company, (ii) a statement that the Owners as of the close of business on a specified record date will be entitled, subject to any applicable provision of Belgian law and of the articles of association or similar documents of the Company, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Shares represented by their respective American Depositary Shares, (iii) a statement as to the manner in which those instructions may be given, and (iv) the last date (to be determined after consultation with the Company) on which the Depositary will accept instructions (the “Instruction Cutoff Date”).
(b) Upon the written request of an Owner of American Depositary Shares, as of the date of the request or, if a record date was specified by the Depositary, as of that record date, received on or before any Instruction Cutoff Date established by the Depositary, the Depositary may, and if the Depositary sent a notice under the preceding paragraph shall, endeavor, in so far as practicable and permitted under applicable law, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the articles of association of the Company and the provisions of the Deposited Securities, to vote or cause to be voted the amount of deposited Shares represented by those American Depositary Shares in accordance with the instructions set forth in that request. The Depositary shall not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote that attaches to the deposited Shares other than in accordance with instructions received by it from Owners or represent deposited Shares for which it has not received instructions from Owners for the purpose of establishing a quorum.
(c) There can be no assurance that Owners generally or any Owner in particular will receive the notice described in paragraph (a) above in time to enable Owners to give instructions to the Depositary, or otherwise take action in a timely manner, prior to the Instruction Cutoff Date.
(d) In order to give Owners a reasonable opportunity to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of voting rights relating to Shares, if the Company will request the Depositary to Disseminate a notice under paragraph (a) above, the Company shall give the Depositary notice of the meeting, details concerning the matters to be voted upon and copies of materials to be made available to holders of Shares in connection with the meeting not less than 30 days prior to the meeting date.
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(e) The Depositary agrees, upon the request of Company, to provide to the Company copies of the voting instructions it receives (in the case of voting instructions received from Owners by any electronic means, a tabulation of such voting instructions) as promptly as practicable after the Instruction Cutoff Date and, in any event, prior to the meeting date.
(f) Owners who have delivered voting instructions agree that such voting instruction may, at the request of the Company, be disclosed by the Company, for purposes of compliance with Belgian law, in connection with any meeting of the holders of the Shares, whether prior, during or after such meeting.
(g) Notwithstanding anything else contained in the Deposit Agreement or any Receipt to the contrary, and to the extent not prohibited by law or regulations, the Depositary and the Company may, by agreement between them, with notice to the Owners, modify, amend or adopt additional voting procedures from time to time as they determine may be necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law or regulation.
SECTION 4.8. Tender and Exchange Offers; Redemption, Replacement or Cancellation of Deposited Securities.
(a) The Depositary shall not tender any Deposited Securities in response to any voluntary cash tender offer, exchange offer or similar offer made to holders of Deposited Securities, except when instructed in writing to do so by an Owner surrendering American Depositary Shares and subject to any conditions or procedures the Depositary may require.
(b) If the Depositary receives a written notice that Deposited Securities have been redeemed for cash or otherwise purchased for cash in a transaction that is mandatory and binding on the Depositary as a holder of those Deposited Securities (a “Redemption”), the Depositary, at the expense of the Company, shall (i) if required, surrender Deposited Securities that have been redeemed to the issuer of those securities or its agent on the redemption date, (ii) Disseminate a notice to Owners (A) notifying them of that Redemption, (B) calling for surrender of a corresponding number of American Depositary Shares and (C) notifying them that the called American Depositary Shares have been converted into a right only to receive the money received by the Depositary upon that Redemption and those net proceeds shall be the Deposited Securities to which Owners of those converted American Depositary Shares shall be entitled upon surrenders of those American Depositary Shares in accordance with Section 2.5 or 6.2 and (iii) distribute the money received upon that Redemption to the Owners entitled to it upon surrender by them of called American Depositary Shares in accordance with Section 2.5 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, Owners shall not be entitled to receive that money under Section 4.1). If the Redemption affects less than all the Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall call for surrender a corresponding portion of the outstanding American Depositary Shares and only those American Depositary Shares will automatically be converted into a right to receive the net proceeds of the Redemption. The Depositary shall allocate the American Depositary Shares converted under the preceding sentence among the Owners pro-rata to their respective holdings of American Depositary Shares immediately prior to the Redemption, except that the allocations may be adjusted so that no fraction of a converted American Depositary Share is allocated to any Owner. A Redemption of all or substantially all of the Deposited Securities shall be a Termination Option Event.
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(c) If the Depositary is notified of or there occurs any change in nominal value or any subdivision, combination or any other reclassification of the Deposited Securities or any recapitalization, reorganization, sale of assets substantially as an entirety, merger or consolidation affecting the issuer of the Deposited Securities or to which it is a party that is mandatory and binding on the Depositary as a holder of Deposited Securities and, as a result, securities or other property have been or will be delivered in exchange, conversion, replacement or in lieu of, Deposited Securities (a “Replacement”), the Depositary shall, if required, surrender the old Deposited Securities affected by that Replacement of Shares and hold, as new Deposited Securities under this Deposit Agreement, the new securities or other property delivered to it in that Replacement. However, the Depositary may elect to sell those new Deposited Securities if in the opinion of the Depositary it is not lawful or not practical for it to hold those new Deposited Securities under this Deposit Agreement because those new Deposited Securities may not be distributed to Owners without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or for any other reason, at public or private sale, at such places and on such terms as it deems proper and proceed as if those new Deposited Securities had been Redeemed under paragraph (b) above. A Replacement shall be a Termination Option Event.
(d) In the case of a Replacement where the new Deposited Securities will continue to be held under this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may call for the surrender of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing the new Deposited Securities and the number of those new Deposited Securities represented by each American Depositary Share. If the number of Shares represented by each American Depositary Share decreases as a result of a Replacement, the Depositary may call for surrender of the American Depositary Shares to be exchanged on a mandatory basis for a lesser number of American Depositary Shares and may sell American Depositary Shares to the extent necessary to avoid distributing fractions of American Depositary Shares in that exchange and distribute the net proceeds of that sale to the Owners entitled to them.
(e) If there are no Deposited Securities with respect to American Depositary Shares, including if the Deposited Securities are cancelled, or the Deposited Securities with respect to American Depositary Shares have become apparently worthless, the Depositary may call for surrender of those American Depositary Shares or may cancel those American Depositary Shares, upon notice to Owners, and that condition shall be a Termination Option Event.
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SECTION 4.9. Reports.
The Depositary shall make available for inspection by Owners at its Office any reports and communications, including any proxy solicitation material, received from the Company which are both (a) received by the Depositary as the holder of the Deposited Securities and (b) made generally available to the holders of those Deposited Securities by the Company. The Company shall furnish reports and communications, including any proxy soliciting material to which this Section applies, to the Depositary in English, to the extent those materials are required to be translated into English pursuant to any regulations of the Commission.
SECTION 4.10. Lists of Owners.
As promptly as practicable upon written request by the Company, the Depositary shall, at the expense of the Company, furnish to it a list, as of a recent date, of the names, addresses and American Depositary Share holdings of all Owners.
SECTION 4.11. Withholding.
If the Depositary determines that any distribution received or to be made by the Depositary (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) is subject to any tax or other governmental charge that the Depositary is obligated to withhold, the Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, all or a portion of the distributed property (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) in the amounts and manner the Depositary deems necessary and practicable to pay those taxes or charges, and the Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of that sale, after deduction of those taxes or charges, to the Owners entitled thereto in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by them respectively.
Services for Owners and Holders that may permit them to obtain reduced rates of tax withholding at source or reclaim excess tax withheld, and the fees and costs associated with using services of that kind, are not provided under, and are outside the scope of, this Deposit Agreement.
Each Owner and Holder agrees to indemnify the Company, the Depositary, the Custodian and their respective directors, employees, agents and affiliates for, and hold each of them harmless against, any claim by any governmental authority with respect to taxes, additions to tax, penalties or interest arising out of any refund of taxes, reduced withholding at source or other tax benefit received by it.
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ARTICLE 5. THE DEPOSITARY, THE CUSTODIANS AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.1. Maintenance of Office and Register by the Depositary.
Until termination of this Deposit Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Depositary shall maintain facilities for the delivery, registration of transfers and surrender of American Depositary Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary shall keep a register of all Owners and all outstanding American Depositary Shares, which shall be open for inspection by the Owners at the Depositary’s Office during regular business hours, but only for the purpose of communicating with Owners regarding the business of the Company or a matter related to this Deposit Agreement or the American Depositary Shares.
The Depositary may close the register for delivery, registration of transfer or surrender for the purpose of withdrawal from time to time as provided in Section 2.6.
If any American Depositary Shares are listed on one or more stock exchanges, the Depositary shall act as Registrar or appoint a Registrar or one or more co-registrars for registration of those American Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of that exchange or those exchanges.
The Company shall have the right, at all reasonable times, to inspect the transfer and registration records of the Depositary relating to the American Depositary Shares, to make copies thereof and to request the Depositary and the Registrar in writing to supply, at the Company’s expense, copies of such portions of such records as the Company may reasonably request.
SECTION 5.2. Prevention or Delay of Performance by the Company or the Depositary.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder:
(i) if by reason of (A) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or other act or action of the government of the United States, any State of the United States or any other state or jurisdiction, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange; (B) (in the case of the Depositary only) any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof; or (C) any event or circumstance, whether natural or caused by a person or persons, that is beyond the ability of the Depositary or the Company, as the case may be, to prevent or counteract by reasonable care or effort (including, but not limited to, earthquakes, floods, severe storms, fires, explosions, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, criminal acts or outbreaks of infectious disease; interruptions or malfunctions of utility services, Internet or other communications lines or systems; unauthorized access to or attacks on computer systems or websites; or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware or software or other systems or equipment), the Depositary or the Company is, directly or indirectly, prevented from, forbidden to or delayed in, or could be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing and therefore does not do or perform, any act or thing that, by the terms of this Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities, it is provided shall be done or performed;
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(ii) for any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement (including any determination by the Depositary to take, or not take, any action that this Deposit Agreement provides the Depositary may take);
(iii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of this Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or Holders; or
(iv) for any special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of this Deposit Agreement.
Where, by the terms of a distribution to which Section 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 applies, or an offering to which Section 4.4 applies, or for any other reason, that distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners, and the Depositary may not dispose of that distribution or offering on behalf of Owners and make the net proceeds available to Owners, then the Depositary shall not make that distribution or offering available to Owners, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.
SECTION 5.3. Obligations of the Depositary and the Company.
Neither the Company nor any of its directors, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any obligation nor shall any of them be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Holder, except that the Company agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith.
Neither the Depositary nor any of its directors, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any obligation nor shall any of them be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Holder (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except that the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith, and the Depositary shall not be a fiduciary or have any fiduciary duty to Owners or Holders.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person.
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Each of the Depositary and the Company may rely, and shall be protected in relying upon, any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable for any action or non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information.
The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable for the acts or omissions of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or otherwise.
In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote.
The Depositary shall have any duty to make any determination or provide any information as to the tax status of the Company. Neither the Company nor the Depositary shall have any liability for any tax consequences that may be incurred by Owners or Holders as a result of owning or holding American Depositary Shares. Neither the Company nor the Depositary nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable for the inability or failure of an Owner or Holder to obtain the benefit of a foreign tax credit, reduced rate of withholding or refund of amounts withheld in respect of tax or any other tax benefit.
SECTION 5.4. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary.
The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by written notice of its election so to do delivered to the Company, to become effective upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of that appointment as provided in this Section. The effect of resignation if a successor depositary is not appointed is provided for in Section 6.2.
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The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by 90 days’ prior written notice of that removal, to become effective upon the later of (i) the 90th day after delivery of the notice to the Depositary and (ii) the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of its appointment as provided in this Section.
If the Depositary resigns or is removed, the Company shall use its best efforts to appoint a successor depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. Every successor depositary shall execute and deliver to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its appointment under this Deposit Agreement. If the Depositary receives notice from the Company that a successor depositary has been appointed following its resignation or removal, the Depositary, upon payment of all sums due it from the Company, shall deliver to its successor a register listing all the Owners and their respective holdings of outstanding American Depositary Shares and shall deliver the Deposited Securities to or to the order of its successor. When the Depositary has taken the actions specified in the preceding sentence (i) the successor shall become the Depositary and shall have all the rights and shall assume all the duties of the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement and (ii) the predecessor depositary shall cease to be the Depositary and shall be discharged and released from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement, except for its duties under Section 5.8 with respect to the time before that discharge. A successor Depositary shall notify the Owners of its appointment as soon as practical after assuming the duties of Depositary.
Any corporation or other entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged or consolidated shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act.
SECTION 5.5. The Custodians.
The Custodian shall be subject at all times and in all respects to the directions of the Depositary and shall be responsible solely to it. The Depositary in its discretion may at any time appoint a substitute or additional custodian or custodians, each of which shall thereafter be one of the Custodians under this Deposit Agreement. If the Depositary receives notice that a Custodian is resigning and, upon the effectiveness of that resignation there would be no Custodian acting under this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall, as promptly as practicable after receiving that notice, appoint a substitute custodian or custodians, each of which shall thereafter be a Custodian under this Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall require any Custodian that resigns or is removed to deliver all Deposited Securities held by it to another Custodian. The Depositary shall notify the Company of the appointment of a substitute or additional Custodian as promptly as practicable upon the effectiveness of that appointment.
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SECTION 5.6. Notices and Reports.
If the Company takes or decides to take any corporate action of a kind that is addressed in Sections 4.1 to 4.4, or 4.6 to 4.8, or that effects or will effect a change of the name or legal structure of the Company, or that effects or will effect a change to the Shares, the Company shall notify the Depositary and the Custodian of that action or decision as soon as it is lawful and practical to give that notice. The notice shall be in English and shall include all details that the Company is required to include in any notice to any governmental or regulatory authority or securities exchange or is required to make available generally to holders of Shares by publication or otherwise.
The Company will arrange for the translation into English, if not already in English, to the extent required pursuant to any regulations of the Commission, and the prompt transmittal by the Company to the Depositary and the Custodian of all notices and any other reports and communications which are made generally available by the Company to holders of its Shares. If requested in writing by the Company, the Depositary will Disseminate, at the Company’s expense, those notices, reports and communications to all Owners or otherwise make them available to Owners in a manner that the Company specifies as substantially equivalent to the manner in which those communications are made available to holders of Shares and compliant with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the American Depositary Shares are listed. The Company will timely provide the Depositary with the quantity of such notices, reports, and communications, as requested by the Depositary from time to time, in order for the Depositary to effect that Dissemination.
The Company represents, continuously, that the statements in Article 11 of the form of Receipt appearing as Exhibit A to this Deposit Agreement or, if applicable, most recently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the Company’s obligation to file periodic reports under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or its qualification for exemption from registration under that Act pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under that Act, as the case may be, are true and correct. The Company agrees to promptly notify the Depositary upon becoming aware of any change in the truth of any of those statements or if there is any change in the Company’s status regarding those reporting obligations or that qualification.
SECTION 5.7. Distribution of Additional Shares, Rights, etc.
If the Company or any affiliate of the Company determines to make any issuance or distribution of (1) additional Shares, (2) rights to subscribe for Shares, (3) securities convertible into Shares, or (4) rights to subscribe for such securities (each a “Distribution”), the Company shall notify the Depositary in writing in English as promptly as practicable and in any event before the Distribution starts and, if requested in writing by the Depositary, the Company shall promptly furnish to the Depositary either (i) evidence satisfactory to the Depositary that the Distribution is registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or (ii) a written opinion from U.S. counsel for the Company that is reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary, stating that the Distribution does not require, or, if made in the United States, would not require, registration under the Securities Act of 1933.
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The Company agrees with the Depositary that neither the Company nor any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company will at any time deposit any Shares that, at the time of deposit, are Restricted Securities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed to oblige the Company to file any registration statement with the Commission in respect of any proposed transaction. To the extent the Company in its sole discretion deems it necessary or advisable in order to avoid any requirement to register securities under the Securities Act of 1933, it may prevent Owners in the United States from purchasing securities and may instruct the Depositary not to accept certain Shares reasonably identified in such instruction for deposit for such period of time following the issuance of such additional securities or to adopt such other specific measures as the Company may reasonably request.
SECTION 5.8. Indemnification.
The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, employees, agents and affiliates and each Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any documented fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the documented reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with this Deposit Agreement and the American Depositary Shares, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates.
The indemnities contained in the preceding paragraph shall not extend to any losses arising out of information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as the case may be, furnished in writing by the Depositary to the Company expressly for use in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any other offering documents relating to the American Depositary Shares, the Shares or any other Deposited Securities (it being acknowledged that, as of the date of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary has not furnished any information of that kind).
The Depositary agrees to indemnify the Company, its directors, employees, agents and affiliates and hold them harmless from any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any documented fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the documented reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary or any Custodian or their respective directors, employees, agents and affiliates due to their negligence or bad faith.
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If an action, proceeding (including, but not limited to, any governmental investigation), claim or dispute (collectively, a “Proceeding”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought by either party is brought or asserted against the other party, the party seeking indemnification (the “Indemnitee”) shall promptly (and in no event more than ten (10) days after receipt of notice of such Proceeding) notify the party obligated to provide such indemnification (the “Indemnitor”) of such Proceeding. The failure of the Indemnitee to so notify the Indemnitor shall not impair the Indemnitee’s ability to seek indemnification from the Indemnitor (but only for costs, expenses and liabilities incurred after such notice) unless such failure adversely affects the Indemnitor’s ability to adequately oppose or defend such Proceeding. Upon receipt of such notice from the Indemnitee, the Indemnitor shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, to the extent that it shall so desire and provided no conflict of interest exists as specified in subparagraph (b) below and there are no other defenses available to Indemnitee as specified in subparagraph (d) below, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee (in which case all attorney’s fees and expenses shall be borne by the Indemnitor and the Indemnitor shall in good faith defend the Indemnitee). The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by the Indemnitee unless (a) the Indemnitor agrees in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (b) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably and in good faith concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action, (c) the Indemnitor fails, within ten (10) days prior to the date the first response or appearance is required to be made in such Proceeding, to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee or (d) there are legal defenses available to Indemnitee that are different from or are in addition to those available to the Indemnitor. No compromise or settlement of such Proceeding may be effected by either party without the other party’s consent unless (i) there is no finding or admission of any violation of law and no effect on any other claims that may be made against such other party and (ii) the sole relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by the party seeking the settlement and for which the Indemnitee will not seek reimbursement of such amount from the Indemnitor. Neither party shall have any liability with respect to any compromise or settlement effected without its consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Indemnitor shall have no obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee from any loss, expense or liability incurred by the Indemnitee as a result of a default judgment entered against the Indemnitee unless such judgment was entered after the Indemnitor agreed, in writing, to assume the defense of such Proceeding.
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SECTION 5.9. Charges of Depositary.
The following charges shall be incurred by any party depositing or withdrawing Shares or by any party surrendering American Depositary Shares or to whom or from whom American Depositary Shares are delivered or cancelled (including, without limitation, issuance pursuant to a stock dividend or stock split declared by the Company or an exchange of stock regarding the American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or a delivery of American Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.3), or by Owners, as applicable: (1) taxes and other governmental charges, (2) such registration fees as may from time to time be in effect for the registration of transfers of Shares generally on the Share register of the Company or Foreign Registrar and applicable to transfers of Shares to or from the name of the Depositary or its nominee or the Custodian or its nominee on the making of deposits or withdrawals hereunder, (3) such cable (including SWIFT) and facsimile transmission fees and expenses as are expressly provided in this Deposit Agreement, (4) such expenses as are incurred by the Depositary in the conversion of foreign currency pursuant to Section 4.5, (5) a fee of $10.00 or less per 100 American Depositary Shares (or portion thereof) for the delivery of American Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 2.3, 4.3 or 4.4 or the cancellation or surrender of American Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 2.5, 2.8, 4.8 or 6.2, (6) a fee of $.10 or less per American Depositary Share for any cash distribution made pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, including, but not limited to Sections 4.1 through 4.4 and Section 4.8, (7) a fee for the distribution of securities pursuant to Section 4.2 or of rights pursuant to Section 4.4 (where the Depositary will not exercise or sell those rights on behalf of Owners), such fee being in an amount equal to the fee for the execution and delivery of American Depositary Shares referred to above which would have been charged as a result of the deposit of such securities under this Deposit Agreement (for purposes of this item 7 treating all such securities as if they were Shares) but which securities are instead distributed by the Depositary to Owners, (8) in addition to any fee charged under item 6 above, fees for depositary services, which (i) may be assessed against Owners from time to time, (ii) in the aggregate shall not exceed $.10 per American Depositary Share during any calendar year, and (iii) shall be payable as provided in item 9 below, and (9) any other charges payable by the Depositary or the Custodian, any of the Depositary's or Custodian’s agents or the agents of the Depositary's or Custodian’s agents, in connection with the servicing of Shares or other Deposited Securities (which charges shall be assessed against Owners as of the date or dates set by the Depositary in accordance with Section 4.6 and shall be payable at the sole discretion of the Depositary by billing those Owners for those charges or by deducting those charges from one or more cash dividends or other cash distributions).
The Depositary may collect any of its fees by deduction from any cash distribution payable, or by selling a portion of any securities to be distributed, to Owners that are obligated to pay those fees.
In performing its duties under this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may use brokers, dealers, foreign currency dealers or other service providers that are owned by or affiliated with the Depositary and that may earn or share fees, spreads or commissions.
The Depositary may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in American Depositary Shares.
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SECTION 5.10. Retention of Depositary Documents.
The Depositary is authorized to destroy those documents, records, bills and other data compiled during the term of this Deposit Agreement at the times permitted by the laws or regulations governing the Depositary, unless the Company requests in writing, sufficiently prior to any such destruction, that such papers be retained, at the Company’s expense, for a longer period or turned over to the Company.
SECTION 5.11. Exclusivity.
Without prejudice to the Company’s rights under Section 5.4, the Company agrees not to appoint any other depositary for issuance of depositary shares, depositary receipts or any similar securities or instruments so long as The Bank of New York Mellon is acting as Depositary under this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 5.12. Information for Regulatory Compliance.
Each of the Company and the Depositary shall provide to the other, as promptly as practicable, information from its records or otherwise available to it that is reasonably requested by the other to permit the other to comply with applicable law or requirements of governmental or regulatory authorities.
ARTICLE 6. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
SECTION 6.1. Amendment.
The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary without the consent of Owners or Holders in any respect that they may deem necessary or desirable. Any amendment that would impose or increase any fees or charges (other than taxes and other governmental charges, registration fees, cable (including SWIFT) or facsimile transmission costs, delivery costs or other such expenses), or that would otherwise prejudice any substantial existing right of Owners, shall, however, not become effective as to outstanding American Depositary Shares until the expiration of 30 days after notice of that amendment has been Disseminated to the Owners of outstanding American Depositary Shares. Every Owner and Holder, at the time any amendment so becomes effective, shall be deemed, by continuing to hold American Depositary Shares or any interest therein, to consent and agree to that amendment and to be bound by this Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. Upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the form of Receipt, including a change in the number of Shares represented by each American Depositary Share, the Depositary may call for surrender of Receipts to be replaced with new Receipts in the amended form or call for surrender of American Depositary Shares to effect that change of ratio. In no event shall any amendment impair the right of the Owner to surrender American Depositary Shares and receive delivery of the Deposited Securities represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law.
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SECTION 6.2. Termination.
(a) The Company may initiate termination of this Deposit Agreement by notice to the Depositary. The Depositary may initiate termination of this Deposit Agreement if (i) at any time 60 days shall have expired after the Depositary delivered to the Company a written resignation notice and a successor depositary has not been appointed and accepted its appointment as provided in Section 5.4 or (ii) a Termination Option Event has occurred. If termination of this Deposit Agreement is initiated, the Depositary shall Disseminate a notice of termination to the Owners of all American Depositary Shares then outstanding setting a date for termination (the “Termination Date”), which shall be at least 90 days after the date of that notice, and this Deposit Agreement shall terminate on that Termination Date.
(b) After the Termination Date, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary under Sections 5.8 and 5.9.
(c) At any time after the Termination Date, the Depositary may sell the Deposited Securities then held under this Deposit Agreement and may thereafter hold uninvested the net proceeds of any such sale, together with any other cash then held by it hereunder, unsegregated and without liability for interest, for the pro rata benefit of the Owners of American Depositary Shares that remain outstanding, and those Owners will be general creditors of the Depositary with respect to those net proceeds and that other cash. After making that sale, the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement, except (i) to account for the net proceeds and other cash (after deducting, in each case, the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares, any expenses for the account of the Owner of such American Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges), (ii) for its obligations under Section 5.8 and (iii) to act as provided in paragraph (d) below.
(d) After the Termination Date, the Depositary shall continue to receive dividends and other distributions pertaining to Deposited Securities (that have not been sold), may sell rights and other property as provided in this Deposit Agreement and shall deliver Deposited Securities (or sale proceeds) upon surrender of American Depositary Shares (after payment or upon deduction, in each case, of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares, any expenses for the account of the Owner of those American Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges). After the Termination Date, the Depositary shall not accept deposits of Shares or deliver American Depositary Shares. After the Termination Date, (i) the Depositary may refuse to accept surrenders of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities (that have not been sold) or reverse previously accepted surrenders of that kind that have not settled if in its judgment the requested withdrawal would interfere with its efforts to sell the Deposited Securities, (ii) the Depositary will not be required to deliver cash proceeds of the sale of Deposited Securities until all Deposited Securities have been sold and (iii) the Depositary may discontinue the registration of transfers of American Depositary Shares and suspend the distribution of dividends and other distributions on Deposited Securities to the Owners and need not give any further notices or perform any further acts under this Deposit Agreement except as provided in this Section.
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ARTICLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.1. Counterparts; Signatures; Delivery; Electronic Records.
This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of those counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and shall be open to inspection by any Owner or Holder during regular business hours.
This Deposit Agreement may be executed by manual or electronic signatures, including images of manually executed signatures, DocuSign, AdobeSign or a similar agreed-upon electronic signature system, and may be delivered by exchange of copies of this Deposit Agreement by email including a pdf or similar bit-mapped image of the signature pages. The parties to this Deposit Agreement represent and agree that if it has been executed or delivered electronically as provided in the preceding sentence or subsequently stored in and retrieved from an electronic record-keeping system, it shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed agreement maintained in a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, and that they shall not argue to the contrary.
SECTION 7.2. No Third Party Beneficiaries.
This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the Company, the Depositary, the Owners and the Holders and their respective successors and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim whatsoever to any other person.
SECTION 7.3. Severability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in a Receipt should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or that Receipt shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
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SECTION 7.4. Owners and Holders as Parties; Binding Effect.
The Owners and Holders from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts by acceptance of American Depositary Shares or any interest therein.
SECTION 7.5. Notices.
Any and all notices to be given to the Company shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by domestic first class or international air mail or air courier or sent by facsimile transmission or email attaching a pdf or similar bit-mapped image of a signed writing, addressed to AgomAb Therapeutics NV, Posthoflei 1/6, 2600 Antwerpen, Belgium, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, with copy to legal@agomab.com, or any other place to which the Company may have transferred its principal office, person or email, with notice to the Depositary.
Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if in English and personally delivered or sent by first class domestic or international air mail or air courier or sent by facsimile transmission or email attaching a pdf or similar bit-mapped image of a signed writing, addressed to The Bank of New York Mellon, 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Depositary Receipt Administration, email: bnydepositarynotices@bny.com or any other place to which the Depositary may have transferred its Office, person or email, with notice to the Company.
Delivery of a notice to the Company or Depositary by mail or air courier shall be deemed effected when deposited, postage prepaid, in a post-office letter box or received by an air courier service. Delivery of a notice to the Company or Depositary sent by facsimile transmission or email shall be deemed effected when the recipient acknowledges receipt of that notice.
A notice to be given to an Owner shall be deemed to have been duly given when Disseminated to that Owner. Dissemination in paper form will be effective when personally delivered or sent by first class domestic or international air mail or air courier, addressed to that Owner at the address of that Owner as it appears on the transfer books for American Depositary Shares of the Depositary, or, if that Owner has filed with the Depositary a written request that notices intended for that Owner be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in that request. Dissemination in electronic form will be effective when sent in the manner consented to by the Owner to the electronic address most recently provided by the Owner for that purpose.
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SECTION 7.6. Appointment of Agent for Service of Process; Submission to Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver.
The Company hereby (i) designates and appoints the person named in Exhibit A to this Deposit Agreement as the Company's authorized agent in the United States upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Shares or Deposited Securities, the American Depositary Shares, the Receipts or this Deposit Agreement (a “Proceeding”), (ii) consents and submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the State of New York in which any Proceeding may be instituted and (iii) agrees that service of process upon said authorized agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any Proceeding. The Company agrees to deliver to the Depositary, upon the execution and delivery of this Deposit Agreement, a written acceptance by the agent named in Exhibit A to this Deposit Agreement of its appointment as process agent. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue that designation and appointment in full force and effect, or to appoint and maintain the appointment of another process agent located in the United States as required above, and to deliver to the Depositary a written acceptance by that agent of that appointment, for so long as any American Depositary Shares or Receipts remain outstanding or this Deposit Agreement remains in force. In the event the Company fails to maintain the designation and appointment of a process agent in the United States in full force and effect, the Company hereby waives personal service of process upon it and consents that a service of process in connection with a Proceeding may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to the Company at its address last specified for notices under this Deposit Agreement, and service so made shall be deemed completed five (5) days after the same shall have been so mailed.
EACH PARTY TO THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT (INCLUDING, FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, EACH OWNER AND HOLDER) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE COMPANY AND/OR THE DEPOSITARY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SHARES OR OTHER DEPOSITED SECURITIES, THE AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES OR THE RECEIPTS, THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, OR THE BREACH HEREOF OR THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY QUESTION REGARDING EXISTENCE, VALIDITY OR TERMINATION (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY) AND ANY CLAIM BASED ON U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS.
No disclaimer of liability under the United States federal securities laws or the rules and regulations thereunder is intended by any provision of this Deposit Agreement, inasmuch as no person is able to effectively waive the duty of any other person to comply with its obligations under those laws, rules and regulations.
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SECTION 7.7. Waiver of Immunities.
To the extent that the Company or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to it, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any duty of performance under this Deposit Agreement, claim, legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any respect thereof, from setoff or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution or judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with the Shares or Deposited Securities, the American Depositary Shares, the Receipts or this Deposit Agreement, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any immunity of that kind and consents to relief and enforcement as provided above.
SECTION 7.8. Governing Law.
This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts shall be interpreted in accordance with and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, any Receipt or any present or future provisions of the laws of the State of New York, the rights of holders of Shares and of any other Deposited Securities and the obligations and duties of the Company in respect of the holders of Shares and other Deposited Securities, as such, shall be governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (or, if applicable, such other laws as may govern the Deposited Securities).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AGOMAB THERAPEUTICS NV and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first set forth above and all Owners and Holders shall become parties hereto upon acceptance by them of American Depositary Shares or any interest therein.
| AGOMAB THERAPEUTICS NV | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, | ||
| as Depositary | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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EXHIBIT A [TO BE CONFORMED]
| AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES | |
| (Each American Depositary Share represents | |
| [one] deposited Share) |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FOR ORDINARY SHARES OF
AGOMAB THERAPEUTICS NV
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF BELGIUM)
The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary (hereinafter called the “Depositary”), hereby certifies that_________________________________________, or registered assigns IS THE OWNER OF _____________________________
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
representing deposited ordinary shares (herein called “Shares”) of AgomAb Therapeutics NV, incorporated under the laws of Belgium (herein called the “Company”). At the date hereof, each American Depositary Share represents [one] Share deposited or subject to deposit under the Deposit Agreement (as such term is hereinafter defined) with a custodian for the Depositary (herein called the “Custodian”) that, as of the date of the Deposit Agreement, was ING Securities Services, Inc. located in The Netherlands. The Depositary's Office and its principal executive office are located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. 10286.
THE DEPOSITARY'S OFFICE ADDRESS IS
240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10286
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| 1. | THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. |
This American Depositary Receipt is one of an issue (herein called “Receipts”), all issued and to be issued upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Deposit Agreement dated as of [__________], 2026 (herein called the “Deposit Agreement”) among the Company, the Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder, each of whom by accepting American Depositary Shares agrees to become a party thereto and become bound by all the terms and conditions thereof. The Deposit Agreement sets forth the rights of Owners and Holders and the rights and duties of the Depositary in respect of the Shares deposited thereunder and any and all other securities, property and cash from time to time received in respect of those Shares and held thereunder (those Shares, securities, property, and cash are herein called “Deposited Securities”). Copies of the Deposit Agreement are on file at the Depositary's Office in New York City and at the office of the Custodian.
The statements made on the face and reverse of this Receipt are summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are qualified by and subject to the detailed provisions of the Deposit Agreement, to which reference is hereby made. Capitalized terms defined in the Deposit Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Deposit Agreement.
| 2. | SURRENDER OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES AND WITHDRAWAL OF SHARES; CANCELLATION OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES. |
Upon surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of the Deposited Securities represented thereby and payment of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement and payment of all taxes and governmental charges payable in connection with that surrender and withdrawal of the Deposited Securities, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, the Owner of those American Depositary Shares shall be entitled to delivery (to the extent delivery can then be lawfully and practicably made), to or as instructed by that Owner, of the amount of Deposited Securities at the time represented by those American Depositary Shares, but not any money or other property as to which a record date for distribution to Owners has passed (since money or other property of that kind will be delivered or paid on the scheduled payment date to the Owner as of that record date), and except that the Depositary shall not be required to accept surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal to the extent it would require delivery of a fraction of a Deposited Security. The Depositary shall direct the Custodian with respect to delivery of Deposited Securities and may charge the surrendering Owner a fee and its expenses for giving that direction by cable (including SWIFT) or facsimile transmission. The Depositary may cancel American Depositary Shares, upon notice to the Owners, in accordance with Section 4.8 of the Deposit Agreement, or to the extent there are insufficient deposited Shares in respect of the outstanding American Depositary Shares as a result of an increase in the number of Shares each American Depositary Share represents. Surrenders and cancellations of American Depositary Shares shall incur fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement and payment of all taxes and governmental charges payable in connection therewith. The Company agrees not to prevent, hinder or unreasonably delay any lawful delivery or registration of transfer of Deposited Securities upon surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal. If Deposited Securities are delivered physically (to the extent such delivery is permitted by applicable law) upon surrender of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal, that delivery will be made at the Custodian’s office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the surrendering Owner, and for the account of that Owner, the Depositary shall direct the Custodian to forward any cash or other property comprising, and forward a certificate or certificates, if applicable, and other proper documents of title, if any, for, the Deposited Securities represented by the surrendered American Depositary Shares to the Depositary for delivery at the Depositary’s Office or to another address specified in the order received from the surrendering Owner.
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| 3. | REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES; COMBINATION AND SPLIT-UP OF RECEIPTS; INTERCHANGE OF CERTIFICATED AND UNCERTIFICATED AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES. |
The Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, shall register a transfer of American Depositary Shares on its transfer books upon (i) in the case of certificated American Depositary Shares, surrender of the Receipt evidencing those American Depositary Shares, by the Owner or by a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer or (ii) in the case of uncertificated American Depositary Shares, receipt from the Owner of a proper instruction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, instructions through DRS and Profile as provided in Section 2.9 of that Agreement), and, in either case, duly stamped as may be required by the laws of the State of New York and of the United States of America. Upon registration of a transfer, the Depositary shall deliver the transferred American Depositary Shares to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.
The Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, shall upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts for any authorized number of American Depositary Shares requested, evidencing the same aggregate number of American Depositary Shares as the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
The Depositary, upon surrender of certificated American Depositary Shares for the purpose of exchanging for uncertificated American Depositary Shares, shall cancel the Receipt evidencing those certificated American Depositary Shares and send the Owner a statement confirming that the Owner is the owner of the same number of uncertificated American Depositary Shares. The Depositary, upon receipt of a proper instruction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, instructions through DRS and Profile as provided in Section 2.9 of the Deposit Agreement) from the Owner of uncertificated American Depositary Shares for the purpose of exchanging for certificated American Depositary Shares, shall cancel those uncertificated American Depositary Shares and register and deliver to the Owner a Receipt evidencing the same number of certificated American Depositary Shares.
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As a condition precedent to the delivery, registration of transfer, or surrender of any American Depositary Shares or split-up or combination of any Receipt or withdrawal of any Deposited Securities, the Depositary, the Custodian, or Registrar may require payment from the depositor of the Shares or the presenter of the Receipt or instruction for registration of transfer or surrender of American Depositary Shares not evidenced by a Receipt of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or other governmental charge and any stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge and fee with respect to Shares being deposited or withdrawn) and payment of any applicable fees as provided in the Deposit Agreement, may require the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and may also require compliance with any regulations the Depositary may establish consistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary may refuse to accept deposits of Shares for delivery of American Depositary Shares or to register transfers of American Depositary Shares in particular instances, or may suspend deposits of Shares or registration of transfer generally, whenever it or the Company considers it necessary or advisable to do so. The Depositary may refuse surrenders of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities in particular instances, or may suspend surrenders for the purpose of withdrawal generally, but, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Deposit Agreement, only for (i) temporary delays caused by closing of the Depositary’s register or the register of holders of Shares maintained by the Company or the Foreign Registrar, or the deposit of Shares, in connection with voting at a shareholders’ meeting or the payment of dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and similar charges, (iii) compliance with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations relating to the American Depositary Shares or to the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities or (iv) any other reason that, at the time, is permitted under paragraph I(A)(1) of the General Instructions to Form F-6 under the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor to that provision.
The Depositary shall not knowingly accept for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Shares that, at the time of deposit, are Restricted Securities.
| 4. | LIABILITY OF OWNER FOR TAXES. |
If any tax or other governmental charge shall become payable by the Custodian or the Depositary with respect to or in connection with any American Depositary Shares or any Deposited Securities represented by any American Depositary Shares or in connection with a transaction to which Section 4.8 of the Deposit Agreement applies, that tax or other governmental charge shall be payable by the Owner of those American Depositary Shares to the Depositary. The Depositary may refuse to register any transfer of those American Depositary Shares or any withdrawal of Deposited Securities represented by those American Depositary Shares until that payment is made, and may withhold any dividends or other distributions or the proceeds thereof, or may sell for the account of the Owner any part or all of the Deposited Securities represented by those American Depositary Shares, and may apply those dividends or other distributions or the net proceeds of any sale of that kind in payment of that tax or other governmental charge but, even after a sale of that kind, the Owner shall remain liable for any deficiency. The Depositary shall distribute any net proceeds of a sale made under Section 3.2 of the Deposit Agreement that are not used to pay taxes or governmental charges to the Owners entitled to them in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Deposit Agreement. If the number of Shares represented by each American Depositary Share decreases as a result of a sale of Deposited Securities under Section 3.2 of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may call for surrender of the American Depositary Shares to be exchanged on a mandatory basis for a lesser number of American Depositary Shares and may sell American Depositary Shares to the extent necessary to avoid distributing fractions of American Depositary Shares in that exchange and distribute the net proceeds of that sale to the Owners entitled to them.
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| 5. | WARRANTIES ON DEPOSIT OF SHARES. |
Every person depositing Shares under the Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to represent and warrant that those Shares and each certificate therefor (to the extent such certificate is permitted by applicable law), if applicable, are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of the holders of outstanding securities of the Company and that the person making that deposit is duly authorized so to do. Every depositing person shall also be deemed to represent that the Shares, at the time of deposit, are not Restricted Securities. All representations and warranties deemed made under Section 3.3 of the Deposit Agreement shall survive the deposit of Shares and delivery of American Depositary Shares.
| 6. | FILING PROOFS, CERTIFICATES, AND OTHER INFORMATION. |
Any person presenting Shares for deposit or any Owner or Holder may be required from time to time to file with the Depositary or the Custodian such proof of citizenship or residence, exchange control approval, or such information relating to the registration on the books of the Company or the Foreign Registrar, if applicable, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties, as the Depositary may deem necessary or proper. The Depositary may withhold the delivery or registration of transfer of any American Depositary Shares, the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or of the proceeds thereof or the delivery of any Deposited Securities until that proof or other information is filed or those certificates are executed or those representations and warranties are made. As conditions of accepting Shares for deposit, the Depositary may require (i) any certification required by the Depositary or the Custodian in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, (ii) a written order directing the Depositary to deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in that order, the number of American Depositary Shares representing those deposited Shares, (iii) evidence satisfactory to the Depositary that those Shares have been re-registered in the books of the Company or the Foreign Registrar in the name of the Depositary, a Custodian or a nominee of the Depositary or a Custodian, (iv) evidence satisfactory to the Depositary that any necessary approval has been granted by any governmental body in each applicable jurisdiction and (v) an agreement or assignment, or other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, that provides for the prompt transfer to the Custodian of any dividend, or right to subscribe for additional Shares or to receive other property, that any person in whose name those Shares are or have been recorded may thereafter receive upon or in respect of those Shares, or, in lieu thereof, such agreement of indemnity or other agreement as shall be satisfactory to the Depositary. The Depositary will refuse to accept Shares for deposit if the Depositary has received a written notice from the Company that deposit of such Shares would violate applicable laws, rules or regulations or the articles of association or similar organizational document of the Company. The Depositary shall not knowingly accept for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Shares required to be registered under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, unless a registration statement is in effect as to such Shares. The Depositary will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with reasonable written instructions of the Company that the Depositary shall not accept for deposit hereunder any Shares specifically identified in such instructions at such times and under such circumstances as may reasonably be specified in such instructions in order to facilitate the Company's compliance with the securities laws in the United States or Belgium.
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| 7. | CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY. |
The following charges shall be incurred by any party depositing or withdrawing Shares or by any party surrendering American Depositary Shares or to whom or from whom American Depositary Shares are delivered or cancelled (including, without limitation, delivery pursuant to a stock dividend or stock split declared by the Company or an exchange of stock regarding the American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or a delivery of American Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement), or by Owners, as applicable: (1) taxes and other governmental charges, (2) such registration fees as may from time to time be in effect for the registration of transfers of Shares generally on the Share register of the Company or Foreign Registrar and applicable to transfers of Shares to or from the name of the Depositary or its nominee or the Custodian or its nominee on the making of deposits or withdrawals hereunder, (3) such cable (including SWIFT) and facsimile transmission fees and expenses as are expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement, (4) such expenses as are incurred by the Depositary in the conversion of foreign currency pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Deposit Agreement, (5) a fee of $10.00 or less per 100 American Depositary Shares (or portion thereof) for the delivery of American Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 2.3, 4.3 or 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement or the cancellation or surrender of American Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 2.5, 2.8. 4.8 or 6.2 of the Deposit Agreement, (6) a fee of $0.10 or less per American Depositary Share for any cash distribution made pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, including, but not limited to Sections 4.1 through 4.4 and 4.8 of the Deposit Agreement, (7) a fee for the distribution of securities pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement or of rights pursuant to Section 4.4 of that Agreement (where the Depositary will not exercise or sell those rights on behalf of Owners), such fee being in an amount equal to the fee for the execution and delivery of American Depositary Shares referred to above which would have been charged as a result of the deposit of such securities under the Deposit Agreement (for purposes of this item 7 treating all such securities as if they were Shares) but which securities are instead distributed by the Depositary to Owners, (8) in addition to any fee charged under item 6 above, fees for depositary services, which (i) may be assessed against Owners from time to time, (ii) in the aggregate shall not exceed $.10 per American Depositary Share during any calendar year, and (iii) shall be payable as provided in item 9 below, and (9) any other charges payable by the Depositary or the Custodian, any of the Depositary's or Custodian’s agents or the agents of the Depositary's or Custodian’s agents, in connection with the servicing of Shares or other Deposited Securities (which charges shall be assessed against Owners as of the date or dates set by the Depositary in accordance with Section 4.6 of the Deposit Agreement and shall be payable at the sole discretion of the Depositary by billing those Owners for those charges or by deducting those charges from one or more cash dividends or other cash distributions).
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The Depositary may collect any of its fees by deduction from any cash distribution payable, or by selling a portion of any securities to be distributed, to Owners that are obligated to pay those fees.
The Depositary may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in American Depositary Shares and may use brokers, dealers, foreign currency dealers or other service providers that are owned by or affiliated with the Depositary and that may earn or share fees, spreads or commissions.
From time to time, the Depositary may make payments to the Company to reimburse the Company for costs and expenses generally arising out of establishment and maintenance of the American Depositary Shares program, waive fees and expenses for services provided by the Depositary or share revenue from the fees collected from Owners or Holders. In performing its duties under the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may use brokers, dealers, foreign currency dealers or other service providers that are owned by or affiliated with the Depositary and that may earn or share fees, spreads or commissions.
| 8. | DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS. |
When required in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations or the articles of association or similar document of the Company, the Company may from time to time request each Owner and Holder to provide to the Depositary information relating to: (a) the capacity in which it holds American Depositary Shares, (b) the identity of any Holders or other persons or entities then or previously interested in those American Depositary Shares and the nature of those interests and (c) any other matter where disclosure of such matter is required for that compliance. Each Owner and Holder agrees to provide all information known to it in response to a request made pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Deposit Agreement. Each Holder consents to the disclosure by the Depositary and the Owner or other Holder through which it holds American Depositary Shares, directly or indirectly, of all information responsive to a request made pursuant to that Section relating to that Holder that is known to that Owner or other Holder.
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| 9. | TITLE TO AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES. |
It is a condition of the American Depositary Shares, and every successive Owner and Holder of American Depositary Shares, by accepting or holding the same, consents and agrees that American Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt, when the Receipt is properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer, shall be transferable as certificated registered securities under the laws of the State of New York, and that American Depositary Shares not evidenced by Receipts shall be transferable as uncertificated registered securities under the laws of the State of New York. The Depositary, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, may treat the Owner of American Depositary Shares as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distribution of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes, and neither the Depositary nor the Company shall have any obligation or be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Holder of American Depositary Shares, but only to the Owner.
| 10. | VALIDITY OF RECEIPT. |
This Receipt shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless this Receipt shall have been (i) executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary or (ii) executed by the facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary and countersigned by the manual signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary or the Registrar or a co-registrar.
| 11. | REPORTS; INSPECTION OF TRANSFER BOOKS. |
The Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly, files certain reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those reports will be available for inspection and copying through the Commission’s EDGAR system or at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.
The Depositary will make available for inspection by Owners at its Office any reports, notices and other communications, including any proxy soliciting material, received from the Company which are both (a) received by the Depositary as the holder of the Deposited Securities and (b) made generally available to the holders of those Deposited Securities by the Company. The Company shall furnish reports and communications, including any proxy soliciting material to which Section 4.9 of the Deposit Agreement applies, to the Depositary in English, to the extent such materials are required to be translated into English pursuant to any regulations of the Commission.
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The Depositary will maintain a register of American Depositary Shares and transfers of American Depositary Shares, which shall be open for inspection by the Owners at the Depositary’s Office during regular business hours, but only for the purpose of communicating with Owners regarding the business of the Company or a matter related to the Deposit Agreement or the American Depositary Shares.
| 12. | DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. |
Whenever the Depositary receives any cash dividend or other cash distribution on Deposited Securities, the Depositary will, if at the time of receipt thereof any amounts received in a foreign currency can in the judgment of the Depositary be converted on a reasonable basis into Dollars transferable to the United States, and subject to the Deposit Agreement, convert that dividend or other cash distribution into Dollars and distribute the amount thus received (net of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Article 7 hereof and Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement) to the Owners entitled thereto; provided, however, that if the Custodian or the Depositary is required to withhold and does withhold from that cash dividend or other cash distribution an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges, the amount distributed to the Owners of the American Depositary Shares representing those Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly.
If a cash distribution would represent a return of all or substantially all the value of the Deposited Securities underlying American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may:
(i) require payment of or deduct the fee for surrender of American Depositary Shares (whether or not it is also requiring surrender of American Depositary Shares) as a condition of making that cash distribution; or
(ii) sell all Deposited Securities other than the subject cash distribution and add any net cash proceeds of that sale to the cash distribution, call for surrender of all those American Depositary Shares and require that surrender as a condition of making that cash distribution.
If the Depositary acts under this paragraph, that action shall also be a Termination Option Event.
Subject to the provisions of Section 4.11 and 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement, whenever the Depositary receives any distribution other than a distribution described in Section 4.1, 4.3 or 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement on Deposited Securities (but not in exchange for or in conversion or in lieu of Deposited Securities), the Depositary will cause the securities or property received by it to be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto, after deduction or upon payment of any fees and expenses of the Depositary and any taxes or other governmental charges, in any manner that the Depositary deems equitable and practicable for accomplishing that distribution (which may be a distribution of depositary shares representing the securities received); provided, however, that if in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among the Owners entitled thereto, or if for any other reason the Depositary deems such distribution not to be lawful and feasible, the Depositary may, after consultation with the Company to the extent practicable, adopt such other method as it may deem equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including, but not limited to, the public or private sale of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, and distribution of the net proceeds of any such sale (net of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Article 7 hereof and Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement) to the Owners entitled thereto all in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary may withhold any distribution of securities under Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement if it has not received satisfactory assurances from the Company that the distribution does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, an amount of securities or other property it would otherwise distribute under this Article that is sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in respect of that distribution.
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If a distribution to be made under Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement would represent a return of all or substantially all the value of the Deposited Securities underlying American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may:
(i) require payment of or deduct the fee for surrender of American Depositary Shares (whether or not it is also requiring surrender of American Depositary Shares) as a condition of making that distribution; or
(ii) sell all Deposited Securities other than the subject distribution and add any net cash proceeds of that sale to the distribution, call for surrender of all those American Depositary Shares and require that surrender as a condition of making that distribution.
If the Depositary acts under this paragraph, that action shall also be a Termination Option Event.
Whenever the Depositary receives any distribution consisting of a dividend in, or free distribution of, Shares, the Depositary may deliver to the Owners entitled thereto, an aggregate number of American Depositary Shares representing the amount of Shares received as that dividend or free distribution, subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement with respect to the deposit of Shares and issuance of American Depositary Shares, including the withholding of any tax or other governmental charge as provided in Section 4.11 of the Deposit Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Article 7 hereof and Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement (and the Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, an amount of Shares received (or American Depositary Shares representing those Shares) sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in respect of that distribution). In lieu of delivering fractional American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may sell the amount of Shares represented by the aggregate of those fractions (or American Depositary Shares representing those Shares) and distribute the net proceeds, all in the manner and subject to the conditions described in Section 4.1 of the Deposit Agreement. If and to the extent that additional American Depositary Shares are not delivered and Shares or American Depositary Shares are not sold, each American Depositary Share shall thenceforth also represent the additional Shares distributed on the Deposited Securities represented thereby.
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If the Company declares a distribution in which holders of Deposited Securities have a right to elect whether to receive cash, Shares or other securities or a combination of those things, or a right to elect to have a distribution sold on their behalf, the Depositary may, after consultation with the Company, make that right of election available for exercise by Owners in any manner the Depositary considers to be lawful and practical. As a condition of making a distribution election right available to Owners, the Depositary may require satisfactory assurances from the Company that doing so does not require registration of any securities under the Securities Act of 1933 that has not been effected.
If the Depositary determines that any distribution received or to be made by the Depositary (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) is subject to any tax or other governmental charge that the Depositary is obligated to withhold, the Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, all or a portion of the distributed property (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) in the amounts and manner the Depositary deems necessary and practicable to pay those taxes or charges, and the Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of that sale, after deduction of those taxes or charges, to the Owners entitled thereto in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by them respectively.
Each Owner and Holder agrees to indemnify the Company, the Depositary, the Custodian and their respective directors, employees, agents and affiliates for, and hold each of them harmless against, any claim by any governmental authority with respect to taxes, additions to tax, penalties or interest arising out of any refund of taxes, reduced withholding at source or other tax benefit received by it. Services for Owners and Holders that may permit them to obtain reduced rates of tax withholding at source or reclaim excess tax withheld, and the fees and costs associated with using services of that kind, are not provided under, and are outside the scope of, the Deposit Agreement.
| 13. | RIGHTS. |
(a) If rights are granted to the Depositary in respect of deposited Shares to purchase additional Shares or other securities, the Company and the Depositary shall endeavor to consult as to the actions, if any, the Depositary should take in connection with that grant of rights. The Depositary may, to the extent deemed by it to be lawful and practical (i) if requested in writing by the Company, grant to all or certain Owners rights to instruct the Depositary to purchase the securities to which the rights relate and deliver those securities or American Depositary Shares representing those securities to Owners, (ii) if requested in writing by the Company, deliver the rights to or to the order of certain Owners, or (iii) sell the rights to the extent practicable and distribute the net proceeds of that sale to Owners entitled to those proceeds. To the extent rights are not exercised, delivered or disposed of under (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Depositary shall permit the rights to lapse unexercised.
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(b) If the Depositary will act under (a)(i) above, the Company and the Depositary will enter into a separate agreement setting forth the conditions and procedures applicable to the particular offering. Upon instruction from an applicable Owner in the form the Depositary specified and upon payment by that Owner to the Depositary of an amount equal to the purchase price of the securities to be received upon the exercise of the rights, the Depositary shall, on behalf of that Owner, exercise the rights and purchase the securities. The purchased securities shall be delivered to, or as instructed by, the Depositary. The Depositary shall (i) deposit the purchased Shares under the Deposit Agreement and deliver American Depositary Shares representing those Shares to that Owner or (ii) deliver or cause the purchased Shares or other securities to be delivered to or to the order of that Owner. The Depositary will not act under (a)(i) above unless the offer and sale of the securities to which the rights relate are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Depositary has received an opinion of United States counsel that is satisfactory to it to the effect that those securities may be sold and delivered to the applicable Owners without registration under the Securities Act of 1933. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the Deposit Agreement shall create any obligation on the part of the Company to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to rights or the underlying securities or to endeavor to have such a registration statement declared effective.
(c) If the Depositary will act under (a)(ii) above, the Company and the Depositary will enter into a separate agreement setting forth the conditions and procedures applicable to the particular offering. Upon (i) the request of an applicable Owner to deliver the rights allocable to the American Depositary Shares of that Owner to an account specified by that Owner to which the rights can be delivered and (ii) receipt of such documents as the Company and the Depositary agreed to require to comply with applicable law, the Depositary will deliver those rights as requested by that Owner.
(d) If the Depositary will act under (a)(iii) above, the Depositary will use reasonable efforts to sell the rights in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by the applicable Owners and pay the net proceeds to the Owners otherwise entitled to the rights that were sold, upon an averaged or other practical basis without regard to any distinctions among such Owners because of exchange restrictions or the date of delivery of any American Depositary Shares or otherwise.
(e) Payment or deduction of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement and payment or deduction of the expenses of the Depositary and any applicable taxes or other governmental charges shall be conditions of any delivery of securities or payment of cash proceeds under Section 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement.
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(f) The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to determine that it may be lawful or feasible to make rights available to or exercise rights on behalf of Owners in general or any Owner in particular , or to sell rights.
| 14. | CONVERSION OF FOREIGN CURRENCY. |
Whenever the Depositary or the Custodian receives foreign currency, by way of dividends or other distributions or the net proceeds from the sale of securities, property or rights, and if at the time of the receipt thereof the foreign currency so received can in the judgment of the Depositary be converted on a reasonable basis into Dollars and the resulting Dollars transferred to the United States, the Depositary or one of its agents or affiliates or the Custodian shall convert or cause to be converted by sale or in any other manner that it may determine that foreign currency into Dollars, and those Dollars shall be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto. A cash distribution may be made upon an averaged or other practicable basis without regard to any distinctions among Owners based on exchange restrictions, the date of delivery of any American Depositary Shares or otherwise and shall be net of any expenses of conversion into Dollars incurred by the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement.
If a conversion of foreign currency or the repatriation or distribution of Dollars can be effected only with the approval or license of any government or agency thereof, the Depositary may, but will not be required to, file an application for that approval or license.
If the Depositary determines that in its judgment any foreign currency received by the Depositary or the Custodian is not convertible on a reasonable basis into Dollars transferable to the United States, or if any approval or license of any government or agency thereof that is required for such conversion is not filed or sought by the Depositary or is not obtained within a reasonable period as determined by the Depositary, the Depositary may distribute the foreign currency received by the Depositary to, or in its discretion may hold such foreign currency uninvested and without liability for interest thereon for the respective accounts of, the Owners entitled to receive the same.
If any conversion of foreign currency, in whole or in part, cannot be effected for distribution to some of the Owners entitled thereto, the Depositary may in its discretion make that conversion and distribution in Dollars to the extent practicable and permissible to the Owners entitled thereto and may distribute the balance of the foreign currency received by the Depositary to, or hold that balance uninvested and without liability for interest thereon for the account of, the Owners entitled thereto.
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The Depositary may convert currency itself or through any of its affiliates, or the Custodian or the Company may convert currency and pay Dollars to the Depositary. Where the Depositary converts currency itself or through any of its affiliates, the Depositary acts as principal for its own account and not as agent, advisor, broker or fiduciary on behalf of any other person and earns revenue, including, without limitation, transaction spreads, that it will retain for its own account. The revenue is based on, among other things, the difference between the exchange rate assigned to the currency conversion made under the Deposit Agreement and the rate that the Depositary or its affiliate receives when buying or selling foreign currency for its own account. The Depositary makes no representation that the exchange rate used or obtained by it or its affiliate in any currency conversion under the Deposit Agreement will be the most favorable rate that could be obtained at the time or that the method by which that rate will be determined will be the most favorable to Owners, subject to the Depositary’s obligations under Section 5.3 of that Agreement. The methodology used to determine exchange rates used in currency conversions made by the Depositary is available upon request. Where the Custodian converts currency, the Custodian has no obligation to obtain the most favorable rate that could be obtained at the time or to ensure that the method by which that rate will be determined will be the most favorable to Owners, and the Depositary makes no representation that the rate is the most favorable rate and will not be liable for any direct or indirect losses associated with the rate. In certain instances, the Depositary may receive dividends or other distributions from the Company in Dollars that represent the proceeds of a conversion of foreign currency or translation from foreign currency at a rate that was obtained or determined by or on behalf of the Company and, in such cases, the Depositary will not engage in, or be responsible for, any foreign currency transactions and neither it nor the Company makes any representation that the rate obtained or determined by the Company is the most favorable rate and neither it nor the Company will be liable for any direct or indirect losses associated with the rate.
| 15. | RECORD DATES. |
Whenever a cash dividend, cash distribution or any other distribution is made on Deposited Securities or rights to purchase Shares or other securities are issued with respect to Deposited Securities (which rights will be delivered to or exercised or sold on behalf of Owners in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement) or the Depositary receives notice that a distribution or issuance of that kind will be made, or whenever the Depositary receives notice that a meeting of holders of Shares will be held in respect of which the Company has requested the Depositary to send a notice under Section 4.7 of the Deposit Agreement, or whenever the Depositary will assess a fee or charge against the Owners, or whenever the Depositary causes a change in the number of Shares that are represented by each American Depositary Share, or whenever the Depositary otherwise finds it necessary or convenient, the Depositary shall fix a record date, which shall be the same as, or as near as practicable to, any corresponding record date set by the Company with respect to Shares, (a) for the determination of the Owners (i) who shall be entitled to receive the benefit of that dividend or other distribution or those rights, (ii) who shall be entitled to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at that meeting, (iii) who shall be responsible for that fee or charge or (iv) for any other purpose for which the record date was set, or (b) on or after which each American Depositary Share will represent the changed number of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.1 through 4.5 of the Deposit Agreement and to the other terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, the Owners on a record date fixed by the Depositary shall be entitled to receive the amount distributable by the Depositary with respect to that dividend or other distribution or those rights or the net proceeds of sale thereof in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by them respectively, to give voting instructions or to act in respect of the other matter for which that record date was fixed, or be responsible for that fee or charge, as the case may be.
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| 16. | VOTING OF DEPOSITED SHARES. |
(a) Upon receipt of notice of any meeting of holders of Shares at which holders of Shares will be entitled to vote, if requested in writing by the Company, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, Disseminate to the Owners a notice, the form of which shall be in the sole discretion of the Depositary, that shall contain (i) all of the information contained in the notice of meeting received by the Depositary from the Company, (ii) a statement that the Owners as of the close of business on a specified record date will be entitled, subject to any applicable provision of Belgian law and of the articles of association or similar documents of the Company, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Shares represented by their respective American Depositary Shares, (iii) a statement as to the manner in which those instructions may be given, and (iv) the last date (to be determined after consultation with the Company) on which the Depositary will accept instructions (the “Instruction Cutoff Date”).
(b) Upon the written request of an Owner of American Depositary Shares, as of the date of the request or, if a record date was specified by the Depositary, as of that record date, received on or before any Instruction Cutoff Date established by the Depositary, the Depositary may, and if the Depositary sent a notice under the preceding paragraph shall, endeavor, in so far as practicable and permitted under applicable law, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the articles of association of the Company and the provisions of the Deposited Securities, to vote or cause to be voted the amount of deposited Shares represented by those American Depositary Shares in accordance with the instructions set forth in that request. The Depositary shall not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote that attaches to the deposited Shares other than in accordance with instructions received by it from Owners or represent deposited Shares for which it has not received instructions from Owners for the purpose of establishing a quorum.
(c) There can be no assurance that Owners generally or any Owner in particular will receive the notice described in paragraph (a) above in time to enable Owners to give instructions to the Depositary, or otherwise take action in a timely manner, prior to the Instruction Cutoff Date.
(d) In order to give Owners a reasonable opportunity to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of voting rights relating to Shares, if the Company will request the Depositary to Disseminate a notice under paragraph (a) above, the Company shall give the Depositary notice of the meeting, details concerning the matters to be voted upon and copies of materials to be made available to holders of Shares in connection with the meeting not less than 30 days prior to the meeting date.
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(e) The Depositary agrees, upon the request of Company, to provide to the Company copies of the voting instructions it receives (in the case of voting instructions received from Owners by any electronic means, a tabulation of such voting instructions) as promptly as practicable after the Instruction Cutoff Date and, in any event, prior to the meeting date.
(f) Owners who have delivered voting instructions agree that such voting instruction may, at the request of the Company, be disclosed by the Company, for purposes of compliance with Belgian law, in connection with any meeting of the holders of the Shares, whether prior, during or after such meeting.
(g) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Deposit Agreement or any Receipt to the contrary, and to the extent not prohibited by law or regulations, the Depositary and the Company may, by agreement between them, with notice to the Owners, modify, amend or adopt additional voting procedures from time to time as they determine may be necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law or regulation.
| 17. | TENDER AND EXCHANGE OFFERS; REDEMPTION, REPLACEMENT OR CANCELLATION OF DEPOSITED SECURITIES. |
(a) The Depositary shall not tender any Deposited Securities in response to any voluntary cash tender offer, exchange offer or similar offer made to holders of Deposited Securities, except when instructed in writing to do so by an Owner surrendering American Depositary Shares and subject to any conditions or procedures the Depositary may require.
(b) If the Depositary receives a written notice that Deposited Securities have been redeemed for cash or otherwise purchased for cash in a transaction that is mandatory and binding on the Depositary as a holder of those Deposited Securities (a “Redemption”), the Depositary, at the expense of the Company, shall (i) if required, surrender Deposited Securities that have been redeemed to the issuer of those securities or its agent on the redemption date, (ii) Disseminate a notice to Owners (A) notifying them of that Redemption, (B) calling for surrender of a corresponding number of American Depositary Shares and (C) notifying them that the called American Depositary Shares have been converted into a right only to receive the money received by the Depositary upon that Redemption and those net proceeds shall be the Deposited Securities to which Owners of those converted American Depositary Shares shall be entitled upon surrenders of those American Depositary Shares in accordance with Section 2.5 or 6.2 of the Deposit Agreement and (iii) distribute the money received upon that Redemption to the Owners entitled to it upon surrender by them of called American Depositary Shares in accordance with Section 2.5 of that Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, Owners shall not be entitled to receive that money under Section 4.1 of that Agreement). If the Redemption affects less than all the Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall call for surrender a corresponding portion of the outstanding American Depositary Shares and only those American Depositary Shares will automatically be converted into a right to receive the net proceeds of the Redemption. The Depositary shall allocate the American Depositary Shares converted under the preceding sentence among the Owners pro-rata to their respective holdings of American Depositary Shares immediately prior to the Redemption, except that the allocations may be adjusted so that no fraction of a converted American Depositary Share is allocated to any Owner. A Redemption of all or substantially all of the Deposited Securities shall be a Termination Option Event.
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(c) If the Depositary is notified of or there occurs any change in nominal value or any subdivision, combination or any other reclassification of the Deposited Securities or any recapitalization, reorganization, sale of assets substantially as an entirety, merger or consolidation affecting the issuer of the Deposited Securities or to which it is a party that is mandatory and binding on the Depositary as a holder of Deposited Securities and, as a result, securities or other property have been or will be delivered in exchange, conversion, replacement or in lieu of, Deposited Securities (a “Replacement”), the Depositary shall, if required, surrender the old Deposited Securities affected by that Replacement of Shares and hold, as new Deposited Securities under the Deposit Agreement, the new securities or other property delivered to it in that Replacement. However, the Depositary may elect to sell those new Deposited Securities if in the opinion of the Depositary it is not lawful or not practical for it to hold those new Deposited Securities under the Deposit Agreement because those new Deposited Securities may not be distributed to Owners without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or for any other reason, at public or private sale, at such places and on such terms as it deems proper and proceed as if those new Deposited Securities had been Redeemed under paragraph (b) above. A Replacement shall be a Termination Option Event.
(d) In the case of a Replacement where the new Deposited Securities will continue to be held under the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may call for the surrender of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing the new Deposited Securities and the number of those new Deposited Securities represented by each American Depositary Share. If the number of Shares represented by each American Depositary Share decreases as a result of a Replacement, the Depositary may call for surrender of the American Depositary Shares to be exchanged on a mandatory basis for a lesser number of American Depositary Shares and may sell American Depositary Shares to the extent necessary to avoid distributing fractions of American Depositary Shares in that exchange and distribute the net proceeds of that sale to the Owners entitled to them.
(e) If there are no Deposited Securities with respect to American Depositary Shares, including if the Deposited Securities are cancelled, or the Deposited Securities with respect to American Depositary Shares have become apparently worthless, the Depositary may call for surrender of those American Depositary Shares or may cancel those American Depositary Shares, upon notice to Owners, and that condition shall be a Termination Option Event.
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| 18. | LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. |
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder:
(i) if by reason of (A) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or other act or action of the government of the United States, any State of the United States or any other state or jurisdiction, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange; (B) (in the case of the Depositary only) any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof; or (C) any event or circumstance, whether natural or caused by a person or persons, that is beyond the ability of the Depositary or the Company, as the case may be, to prevent or counteract by reasonable care or effort (including, but not limited to earthquakes, floods, severe storms, fires, explosions, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, criminal acts or outbreaks of infectious disease; interruptions or malfunctions of utility services, Internet or other communications lines or systems; unauthorized access to or attacks on computer systems or websites; or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware or software or other systems or equipment), the Depositary or the Company is, directly or indirectly, prevented from, forbidden to or delayed in, or could be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing and therefore does not do or perform, any act or thing that, by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities, it is provided shall be done or performed;
(ii) for any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement (including any determination by the Depositary to take, or not take, any action that the Deposit Agreement provides the Depositary may take);
(iii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or Holders; or
(iv) for any special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement.
Where, by the terms of a distribution to which Section 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement applies, or an offering to which Section 4.4 of that Agreement applies, or for any other reason, that distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners, and the Depositary may not dispose of that distribution or offering on behalf of Owners and make the net proceeds available to Owners, then the Depositary shall not make that distribution or offering available to Owners, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.
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Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be a fiduciary or have any fiduciary duty to Owners or Holders. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable for any action or non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary and the Company may rely, and shall be protected in relying upon, any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable for the acts or omissions of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or otherwise. In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote. The Depositary shall have noy duty to make any determination or provide any information as to the tax status of the Company. Neither the Company nor the Depositary shall have any liability for any tax consequences that may be incurred by Owners or Holders as a result of owning or holding American Depositary Shares. Neither the Company nor the Depositary shall be liable for the inability or failure of an Owner or Holder to obtain the benefit of a foreign tax credit, reduced rate of withholding or refund of amounts withheld in respect of tax or any other tax benefit.
| 19. | RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITARY; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR CUSTODIAN. |
The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary under the Deposit Agreement by written notice of its election so to do delivered to the Company, to become effective upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as provided in the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by 90 days’ prior written notice of that removal, to become effective upon the later of (i) the 90th day after delivery of the notice to the Depositary and (ii) the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of its appointment as provided in the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary in its discretion may at any time appoint a substitute or additional custodian or custodians.
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| 20. | AMENDMENT. |
The form of the Receipts and any provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary without the consent of Owners or Holders in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable. Any amendment that would impose or increase any fees or charges (other than taxes and other governmental charges, registration fees, cable (including SWIFT) or facsimile transmission costs, delivery costs or other such expenses), or that would otherwise prejudice any substantial existing right of Owners, shall, however, not become effective as to outstanding American Depositary Shares until the expiration of 30 days after notice of that amendment has been Disseminated to the Owners of outstanding American Depositary Shares. Every Owner and Holder, at the time any amendment so becomes effective, shall be deemed, by continuing to hold American Depositary Shares or any interest therein, to consent and agree to that amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. Upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the form of Receipt, including a change in the number of Shares represented by each American Depositary Share, the Depositary may call for surrender of Receipts to be replaced with new Receipts in the amended form or call for surrender of American Depositary Shares to effect that change of ratio. In no event shall any amendment impair the right of the Owner to surrender American Depositary Shares and receive delivery of the Deposited Securities represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law.
| 21. | TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. |
(a) The Company may initiate termination of the Deposit Agreement by notice to the Depositary. The Depositary may initiate termination of the Deposit Agreement if (i) at any time 90 days shall have expired after the Depositary delivered to the Company a written resignation notice and a successor depositary has not been appointed and accepted its appointment as provided in Section 5.4 of that Agreement or (ii) a Termination Option Event has occurred. If termination of the Deposit Agreement is initiated, the Depositary shall Disseminate a notice of termination to the Owners of all American Depositary Shares then outstanding setting a date for termination (the “Termination Date”), which shall be at least 90 days after the date of that notice, and the Deposit Agreement shall terminate on that Termination Date.
(b) After the Termination Date, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary under Sections 5.8 and 5.9 of that Agreement.
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(c) At any time after the Termination Date, the Depositary may sell the Deposited Securities then held under the Deposit Agreement and may thereafter hold uninvested the net proceeds of any such sale, together with any other cash then held by it hereunder, unsegregated and without liability for interest, for the pro rata benefit of the Owners of American Depositary Shares that remain outstanding, and those Owners will be general creditors of the Depositary with respect to those net proceeds and that other cash. After making that sale, the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement, except (i) to account for the net proceeds and other cash (after deducting, in each case, the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares, any expenses for the account of the Owner of such American Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges), (ii) for its obligations under Section 5.8 of that Agreement and (iii) to act as provided in paragraph (d) below.
(d) After the Termination Date, the Depositary shall continue to receive dividends and other distributions pertaining to Deposited Securities (that have not been sold), may sell rights and other property as provided in the Deposit Agreement and shall deliver Deposited Securities (or sale proceeds) upon surrender of American Depositary Shares (after payment or upon deduction, in each case, of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares, any expenses for the account of the Owner of those American Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges). After the Termination Date, the Depositary shall not accept deposits of Shares or deliver American Depositary Shares. After the Termination Date, (i) the Depositary may refuse to accept surrenders of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities (that have not been sold) or reverse previously accepted surrenders of that kind that have not settled if in its judgment the requested withdrawal would interfere with its efforts to sell the Deposited Securities, (ii) the Depositary will not be required to deliver cash proceeds of the sale of Deposited Securities until all Deposited Securities have been sold and (iii) the Depositary may discontinue the registration of transfers of American Depositary Shares and suspend the distribution of dividends and other distributions on Deposited Securities to the Owners and need not give any further notices or perform any further acts under the Deposit Agreement except as provided in Section 6.2 of that Agreement.
| 22. | DTC DIRECT REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND PROFILE MODIFICATION SYSTEM. |
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.4 of the Deposit Agreement, the parties acknowledge that DTC’s Direct Registration System (“DRS”) and Profile Modification System (“Profile”) apply to the American Depositary Shares upon acceptance thereof to DRS by DTC. DRS is the system administered by DTC that facilitates interchange between registered holding of uncertificated securities and holding of security entitlements in those securities through DTC and a DTC participant. Profile is a required feature of DRS that allows a DTC participant, claiming to act on behalf of an Owner of American Depositary Shares, to direct the Depositary to register a transfer of those American Depositary Shares to DTC or its nominee and to deliver those American Depositary Shares to the DTC account of that DTC participant without receipt by the Depositary of prior authorization from the Owner to register that transfer.
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(b) In connection with DRS/Profile, the parties acknowledge that the Depositary will not determine whether the DTC participant that is claiming to be acting on behalf of an Owner in requesting registration of transfer and delivery as described in paragraph (a) above has the actual authority to act on behalf of that Owner (notwithstanding any requirements under the Uniform Commercial Code). For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Sections 5.3 and 5.8 of the Deposit Agreement apply to the matters arising from the use of the DRS/Profile. The parties agree that the Depositary’s reliance on and compliance with instructions received by the Depositary through the DRS/Profile system and otherwise in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, shall not constitute negligence or bad faith on the part of the Depositary.
| 23. | APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES. |
The Company has (i) appointed Cogency Global Inc., 122 E. 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10168, as the Company's authorized agent in the United States upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Shares or Deposited Securities, the American Depositary Shares, the Receipts or the Deposit Agreement, (ii) consented and submitted to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the State of New York in which any such suit or proceeding may be instituted, and (iii) agreed that service of process upon said authorized agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding.
EACH PARTY TO THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT (INCLUDING, FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, EACH OWNER AND HOLDER) THEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE COMPANY AND/OR THE DEPOSITARY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SHARES OR OTHER DEPOSITED SECURITIES, THE AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES OR THE RECEIPTS, THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, OR THE BREACH HEREOF OR THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY QUESTION REGARDING EXISTENCE, VALIDITY OR TERMINATION (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY) AND ANY CLAIM BASED ON U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS.
No disclaimer of liability under the United States federal securities laws or the rules and regulations thereunder is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement, inasmuch as no person is able to effectively waive the duty of any other person to comply with its obligations under those laws, rules and regulations.
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To the extent that the Company or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to it, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any duty of performance under the Deposit Agreement, claim, legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any respect thereof, from setoff or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution or judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with the Shares or Deposited Securities, the American Depositary Shares, the Receipts or the Deposit Agreement, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any such immunity and consents to such relief and enforcement.
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Exhibit 5.1
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Baker McKenzie BV/SRL
Bolwerklaan 21 Avenue du Boulevard - box 1
Tel: +32 2 639 36 11 Fax: +32 2 639 36 99 www.bakermckenzie.com |
29 January 2026
AgomAb Therapeutics NV
Posthoflei 1 (box 6)
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
Dear all,
| RE: | AGOMAB THERAPEUTICS NV – INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES |
| 1. | Introduction |
| (a) | We have acted as external Belgian legal advisers to AgomAb Therapeutics NV of Posthoflei 1 (box 6), 2600 Antwerp, Belgium and registered under company number 0674.527.310 RLP Antwerp (division Antwerp) (the "Company"), on certain Belgian law matters in connection with the Company's registration statement (the "Registration Statement") on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in respect of the proposed initial public offering by the Company of American Depositary Shares (the "ADSs"), representing new ordinary shares without nominal value (the "New Shares") of the Company, with admission to trading and listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Market, covered by the Registration Statement to which this opinion is an exhibit (the "Initial Public Offering"). The New Shares will comprise: |
| (i) | up to 12,500,000 new ordinary shares in registered form without nominal value to be issued by the Company pursuant to a capital increase resolved by the extraordinary shareholders' meeting of the Company on 15 January 2026; |
| (ii) | up to 1,875,000 new ordinary shares in registered form without nominal value to be issued by the Company at the option of the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) in order to cover over-allotments. |
Partners Koen VANHAERENTS1* Jean-François VANDENBERGHE1,9* Roel MEERS1,9* Luc MEEUS1,5,9* Fiona CARLIN1,3,9 * Kurt HAEGEMAN1,9* Dominique MAES1,9* Michael VAN ACKER1,9* Géry BOMBEKE1,9* Elisabeth DEHARENG1,9 Geert BOVY1,9* Gavin BUSHELL1,4,9* Gregory LEBRUN1,9* Dimitri VAN UYTVANCK1,9*
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Davinia MARTENS1,9 Julie PERMEKE1 Joren JANSSEUNE1,9 Arne NAERT1,9 David HAVERBEKE1,9 Wouter VANDORPE1,9
Senior Counsels & Counsels Jozef SLOOTMANS1,9 Pascal MALLIEN2,9 Alain HUYGHE1,9 Philippe LION1,9 Stéphane MARTIN9 Olivier VAN BAELEN1,9 Els JANSSENS1,9 Kim STAS1,9 Bram HOORELBEKE1,9 |
Veerle LERUT1 Benjamin PIRLET1,9 Jérôme DE RUYVER1,9 Sebastian TYTGAT1,9 Nastassja WALSCHOT1,9 William-James KETTLEWELL1,9 Ellen DEVLOO1,9 Pieter-Jan DENYS1,9 Kristoff COX1,9 Lisa WEINERT7,9 Nicolas CELIS1,9 Associates Mario DEKETELAERE2 Olivier VAN DEN BROEKE2,9 Lien WILLEMS1,9
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Ellen HERINCKX1 Laura DECLERCQ1 Amaranta RUTZ1 Younes SEBBARH1,9 Eva CLAEYS1 Stéphanie DE POTTER1 Anne-Sophie CORNE1,9 Inès SILVESTRINI1,9 Arnaud FLAMAND1,9 Marie KRUG1,9 Clémence ROUMA1 Eline KEGELS1 Stephanie VAN LAETHEM1 Anne-Marie GÜLGER1 Caroline MOUCHET1 Caroline SERBANESCU1 |
Katia DEHON1 Raphaël HENDRICKX1 Dieter GEUENS1 Tim MEYNEN1 Guillian BACLIN1 Associated with the Brussels Bar E-List Victor SAINT-CAST7
B-List Tom JENKINS4,8,9 Roma MCCOOL4 |
1 – Advocaat / Avocat, Member of the Brussels Bar | 2 – Advocaat, Member of the Antwerp Bar | 3 – Barrister, Inn of Court, Northern Ireland | 4 – Solicitor (England and Wales) | 5 – Attorney, Member of the New York Bar | 6 – Rechtsanwalt, Member of the Düsseldorf Bar | 7 – Avocat, Member of the Lille Bar | 8 – Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong | 9 – BV/SRL | * – Shareholder/Director of Baker McKenzie BV/SRL
Baker McKenzie BV/SRL. Vennootschap van advocaten/Société d'avocats. BTW/TVA: BE 0426.100.511 RPR Brussel/RPM Bruxelles.
| (b) | For the purposes of this Opinion Letter: |
| (i) | we have reviewed only the documents referred to in paragraph 3 (Documents Reviewed); and |
| (ii) | we have completed only the searches and enquiries referred to in paragraph 4 (Searches and Enquiries); |
and we have not examined any other documents relating to or affecting, and have not made any other searches or enquiries concerning, any party to the respective Agreements (as defined below).
| (c) | Nothing in this Opinion Letter should be construed as implying that we are familiar with, or have made independent review or investigation of factual matters such as, the affairs of any of the parties to the respective Agreements, and this Opinion Letter is based solely on the investigations and subject to the limits stated in this Opinion Letter. We do not assume any responsibility for advising you of the (subsequent) discovery of information not previously known to us with respect to any matters described in this Opinion Letter. |
| (d) | The opinion in this Opinion Letter is limited to the matters stated herein and does not extend to, and is not to be read as extending by implication to, any other matter in connection with the Initial Public Offering, the respective Agreements, the transactions to which the respective Agreements relate or otherwise. |
| 2. | Belgian Law Opinion |
| (a) | This Opinion Letter is limited to matters of Belgian law as in force, and as construed in published Belgian case law, as at the date of this Opinion Letter. Consequently: |
| (i) | we have made no investigation of foreign law, and do not express or imply any opinion on foreign law (including, but not limited to, the laws of the United States of America) or on European Union law as it affects any jurisdiction other than Belgium; |
| (ii) | we do not assume any responsibility for advising you of any changes in law or otherwise after the date of this Opinion Letter with respect to any matters described in this Opinion Letter; and |
| (iii) | we express no opinion on matters of taxation, matters of antitrust and competition, matters of fact or matters of accounting. |
| (b) | As Belgian law counsel we are not qualified or able to assess the true meaning and purport of the terms or any agreements, documents and legal acts (rechtshandelingen / actes juridiques) subject or expressed to be subject to any applicable law other than Belgian law, including, but not limited to, the Registration Statement (as defined below) and the Agreements (and the obligations of the parties thereto), and we have made no investigation of such meaning and purport. Our review of agreements, documents or legal acts (rechtshandelingen / actes juridiques) subject or expressed to be subject to any law other than Belgian law, including, but not limited to, the Registration Statement and the Agreements, has therefore been limited to the terms of such documents as they appear to us on their face. |
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| (c) | We do not admit we are "experts" within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement. |
| 3. | Documents Reviewed |
For the purposes of this Opinion Letter we have examined the following documents:
| (a) | an electronic version of a copy of the Registration Statement on Form F-1; |
| (b) | the form of underwriting agreement proposed to be entered into by the Company as issuer and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Leerink Partners LLC, and Van Lanschot Kempen (USA) Inc. as underwriters, filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the "Underwriting Agreement"); |
| (c) | the form of deposit agreement proposed to be entered into by the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon as depositary with respect to, among other things, the creation and administration of the ADSs, filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the "Deposit Agreement", and together with the Underwriting Agreement, the "Agreements"); |
| (d) | an excerpt of the deed of incorporation of the Company as published in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette on 18 April 2017 (the "Deed of Incorporation"); |
| (e) | an electronic version of a copy of the amended and restated articles of association of the Company as filed in the legal entity file (dossier van de rechtspersoon/dossier de la personne morale) on 14 November 2024, electronically certified by the Royal Federation of Belgian Notaries (Koninklijke Federatie van het Belgisch Notariaat/Fédération Royale du Notariat Belge) on 29 January 2026; |
| (f) | an electronic version of a signed copy of the following minutes of the meetings of the board of directors of the Company (together, the "Board Resolutions"): |
| (i) | the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 9 December 2025, authorising, approving and ratifying, as relevant, amongst other things, (A) the then current drafts of the reports of the board of directors of the Company referred to in paragraph 3(g), (B) the convening of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of the Company held on 15 January 2026 referred to in paragraph 3(h), and (C) the granting of special powers; |
| (ii) | the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 9 January 2026, authorising, approving and ratifying, as relevant, amongst other things, (A) the ratification of the reports of the board of directors of the Company referred to in paragraph 3(g), (B) the then current draft of the Agreements, the transactions contemplated therein, and certain other arrangements to which the Company is to be a party in relation to the Initial Public Offering, and (C) the granting of special powers; |
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| (g) | an electronic version of a signed copy of the following reports of the board of directors and the statutory auditor of the Company that were submitted to the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of the Company referred to in paragraph 3(h), and that were approved by the meeting of the board of directors referred to in paragraph 3(f)(ii): |
| (i) | the report of the board of directors of the Company in accordance with articles 7:155, 7:179 and 7:191 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code, dated 23 March 2019, as amended from time to time (the "Belgian Companies and Associations Code") in relation to (A) the proposed IPO Capital Increase (as defined in the Shareholders' Resolutions), and the proposed dis-application, in the interest of the Company, of the statutory preferential subscription right of the Company's existing shareholders and, as far as needed, of the Company's existing holders of subscription rights in connection therewith, (B) the proposed IPO Profit Certificate Conversion (as defined in the Shareholders' Resolutions) and the related creation of new shares in connection therewith, (C) the proposed IPO Share Conversion (as defined in the Shareholders' Resolutions), and (D) the proposed adoption of a new consolidated text of the articles of association of the Company in accordance with the draft articles of association, attached to the report referred to in this paragraph 3(g)(i), which report also describes, for information purposes, the proposed confirmation of the cancellation of the Anti-Dilution Warrants (as defined in the Shareholders' Resolutions) and the proposed IPO Stock Split (as defined in the Shareholders' Resolutions); |
| (ii) | the report of the statutory auditor of the Company in accordance with articles 7:155, 7:179 and 7:191 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code in relation to the report of the board of directors of the Company referred to in paragraph 3(g)(i) above; |
| (iii) | the special report of the board of directors of the Company in accordance with article 7:199 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code, with respect to the proposal, in light of the proposed IPO Capital Increase, to authorise the board of directors of the Company to increase the share capital of the Company within the framework of the authorised capital; |
| (iv) | the report of the board of directors of the Company in accordance with articles 7:180 and 7:191 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code, with respect to the proposal (A) to issue new subscription rights for shares of the Company (the "2026 ESOP Warrants"), pursuant to a share option plan named the "2026 Global Stock Option Plan", and (B) to dis-apply, in the interest of the Company, the statutory preferential subscription right of the Company's existing shareholders and, as far as needed, of the Company's existing holders of subscription rights, in to the benefit of the Beneficiaries (as defined in the report referred to in this paragraph 3(g)(iv)); and |
| (v) | the report of the statutory auditor of the Company in accordance with articles 7:180 and 7:191 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code in relation to the report of the board of directors of the Company referred to in paragraph 3(g)(iv) above. |
| (h) | a copy of the minutes of the extraordinary general shareholders' meeting of the Company held before notary public on 15 January 2026 (the "Shareholders' Resolutions"), authorising and approving, amongst other things, and subject to certain conditions, the IPO Capital Increase, the IPO Profit Certificate Conversion, the IPO Share Conversion, the confirmation of the cancellation of the Anti-Dilution Warrants, the IPO Stock Split, the adoption of new articles of association of the Company (including powers to the board of directors of the Company to increase the Company's share capital within the framework of the authorised capital), the confirmation of the cancellation of subscription rights under the "2024 (B) Global Stock Option Plan" of 4 November 2024, the issuance of the 2026 ESOP Warrants, the determination of the remuneration of the directors of the Company, and the appointment of an "IPO Committee" with special powers; |
| (i) | an electronic version of a signed copy of the following minutes of the meetings of the "IPO Committee", which was appointed by the extraordinary general shareholders' meetings referred to in paragraph 3(h) (together, the "IPO Committee Resolutions"): |
| (i) | the minutes of the meeting of the IPO Committee held on 16 January 2026, authorising, approving and ratifying, amongst other things, the public filing of the then current draft Registration Statement with the SEC, and certain other materials in relation to the Registration Statement and the Initial Public Offering.; and |
| (ii) | the minutes of the meeting of the IPO Committee held on 28 January 2026, authorising, approving and ratifying, amongst other things, the launch of the Initial Public Offering and the applicable price range, ADS ratio, and stock split ratio. |
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| 4. | Searches and Enquiries |
We have carried out the following searches and enquiries using the registration number of the Company with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises as it appears in this Opinion Letter:
| (a) | we obtained a "volledig uittreksel van de gegevens van een geregistreerde entiteit rechtspersoon" issued by the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises in relation to the Company and referring to the circumstances in existence on 28 January 2026 (the "CBE Excerpt"); |
| (b) | on 28 January 2026, we carried out an on-line search in the Central Insolvency Register available on www.regsol.be (the "Regsol Search") in relation to the Company which did not show any bankruptcy, public judicial reorganisation or transfer under judicial authority files opened in respect of the Company; |
| (c) | on 28 January 2026, we carried out an online search on the website of the Central register of directors bans (JustBan) (Centraal register voor bestuursverboden/Registre central des interdictions de gérer), www.justonweb.be/companies, from which it appeared that no director bans within the meaning of the Belgian Act of 4 May 2023 on the central register of director bans apply in respect of any director in the Company. |
| (d) | on 28 January 2026, we carried out an on-line search and review of the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette relating to the Company which shows any notices published up to 27 January 2026 (the "Publications"); and |
| (e) | on 29 January 2026, we conducted an online search in the database of articles of association maintained by the Royal Federation of Belgian Notaries (Koninklijke Federatie van het Belgisch Notariaat/Fédération Royale du Notariat Belge) available on https://statuten.notaris.be/costa_v1/enterprises/search (the "Fednot Database") in relation to the Company. |
| 5. | Assumptions |
For the purposes of this Opinion Letter, we have assumed (without making any investigation) that:
| (a) | all copy documents reviewed by us conform to the originals, and all originals are genuine, complete and up-to-date; |
| (b) | all signatures, stamps and seals on any documents submitted to us are genuine; |
| (c) | the executed documents submitted to us have been signed by the persons whose names are indicated thereon as being the names of the signatories and we have assumed the legal capacity (bekwaamheid/capacité) of the natural persons executing such documents; |
| (d) | in the case of draft versions or (or draft updates to) any of the documents reviewed by us, the final and executed versions of such documents are identical in all aspects to such drafts and are duly executed; |
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| (e) | the Registration Statement will become effective and will be filed in the form referred to in this Opinion Letter; |
| (f) | the Publications give a true, complete and not misleading summary of the matters reflected in the documents on which such excerpts are based and such matters have not been revoked or amended by subsequent decisions by the Company (or its board of directors, general shareholders' meeting, or any of its other competent bodies or representatives) which were not published in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette; |
| (g) | each of the respective Agreements accurately records all terms agreed between the parties to it, and has not been terminated, modified, superseded or varied and none of the parties to the Agreements is or will be seeking to achieve any purpose not apparent from the respective Agreements; |
| (h) | there have been, and there will be, no amendments or supplements to the documents referred to under paragraph 3 (Documents Reviewed) in the form as examined by us, such documents (or the matters documented therein and thereby) have not been or will not be terminated, rescinded, declared null and void, or revoked, and there are no and will not be dealings, agreements or arrangements, actions or events between, by or involving any of the parties to such documents which supersede any of such documents (or the matters documented therein and thereby), or which otherwise affect the opinion given in this Opinion Letter; |
| (i) | the Deed of Incorporation of the Company refers to a valid notary deed, of which the contents are complete and accurate, and which is not void or otherwise affected by any defects for which a court might dissolve the Company; |
| (j) | the seat (zetel/siège) of the Company is located in Belgium since its incorporation, and the Company's sole operational headquarters (exploitatiezetel/siège d'exploitation) are located at the place of its registered office; |
| (k) | the articles of association of the Company have not been amended since the restatement referred to in paragraph 3(e) (although not constituting conclusive evidence, this assumption is supported by the Fednot Database and the Publications), and accurately restate the original articles of association and the subsequent amendments thereto; |
| (l) | each of the minutes referred to in paragraph 3(f) (i) accurately record resolutions that were duly passed at a properly convened and quorate meeting of duly appointed directors of the Company, conducted in accordance with its articles of association and Belgian law, (ii) do not reflect any untruthful statements, and (iii) have not been amended, revoked, varied or declared null and void, and remain in full force and effect; |
| (m) | the directors of the Company who attended and voted at the board meetings referred to in paragraph 3(e) have complied with the applicable provisions of Article 7:96 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code (as well as Article 1.8, §6 of the Belgian Civil Code) dealing with conflicts of interest of directors (as the case may be); |
| (n) | each of the resolutions of the general shareholders' meetings of the Company referred to, set out or implied in the documents referred to under paragraph 3 (including the Shareholders' Resolutions) above (i) accurately record resolutions that were duly passed at a properly convened and quorate meeting of genuine shareholders of the Company, conducted in accordance with its articles of association and Belgian law and on the basis of reports of the board of directors (as applicable) duly approved by duly appointed directors, (ii) do not reflect any untruthful statements, and (iii) have not been amended, revoked, varied or declared null and void, and remain in full force and effect; |
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| (o) | the directors of the Company have satisfied themselves that the Initial Public Offering and Agreements were or will be entered into for the purpose of carrying out the business of the Company as set out in its articles of association and that entering into the respective Agreements is of benefit to the Company, and their conclusions in this respect are not unreasonable; |
| (p) | with respect to each party to the respective Agreements (other than the Company): |
| (i) | it has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a legal entity under all laws applicable to that party; |
| (ii) | it has all requisite power and capacity (corporate and otherwise) and, to the extent relevant, has all requisite corporate benefit, to enter into the respective Agreements to which it is a party, and to perform its obligations thereunder; |
| (iii) | no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental, administrative or other authority or court on behalf of or by such party is required in order to enable it to validly enter into, sign and perform under the respective Agreements to which it is a party; |
| (iv) | it has duly authorised and approved the respective Agreements to which it is a party, and will sign the Agreements to which it is a party; |
| (v) | each of the respective Agreement(s) to which it is a party constitutes a valid and binding agreement of said party, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement(s); and |
| (vi) | if it at any relevant time is carrying on, or purporting to carry on, banking services, investment services or other regulated activity in Belgium (including those banking services, investment services or other regulated activities as may be contemplated in the respective Agreements), it is at all relevant times an authorised person or an exempt person under the relevant laws of Belgium, and in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations made thereunder; |
| (q) | none of the parties to the Agreements is or will be subject to any contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by any court, arbitral panel or governmental, administrative or other authority that do not have general (erga omnes) application or similar restrictions binding upon it which would (i) restrict its ability to enter into or perform its obligations under the Initial Public Offering and/or the Agreements (except, in relation to the Company, as may be set out in its articles of association), or (ii) have any implication on the opinion given in this Opinion Letter; |
| (r) | each party to the respective Agreements has complied, and will continue to comply, with the requirements of good faith (goede trouw/bonne foi) and public policy (openbare orde/ordre public), and there has been and will be no mistake of fact (dwaling/erreur), fraud (bedrog/dol), duress (geweld/violence), or abuse of circumstances (misbruik van omstandigheden/abus de circonstances) in relation to the respective Agreements to which it is a party; |
| (s) | none of the parties to the respective Agreements is or will be seeking to achieve any purpose not apparent from the respective Agreements which might render any of the respective Agreements illegal or void, and the respective Agreements have been or will be entered into for bona fide commercial reasons and on arms' length terms by each of the parties thereto; |
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| (t) | the obligations of all parties under the respective Agreements are or will be binding and enforceable upon them under any applicable law (other than Belgian law), and the exercise and performance by any party to the respective Agreements of its rights and obligations thereunder is or will be lawful in any place of exercise or performance (other than Belgium); |
| (u) | any factual circumstances, statements and matters set out in or implied by any of the documents referred to in paragraph 3 (Documents Reviewed) are true, accurate and complete; |
| (v) | there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Belgium which would have any implication for the opinion given in this Opinion Letter and, insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction outside Belgium may be relevant, such laws have been or will be complied with; |
| (w) | no advertising or other materials in relation to the Initial Public Offering need to be approved in advance by the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (Autoriteit voor Financiële Diensten en Markten / Autorité des services et marchés financiers) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended from time to time (the "Prospectus Regulation"), and/or the Belgian act of 11 July 2018 on the offering of investment instruments to the public and the admission of investment instruments to the trading on a regulated market, as amended from time to time; |
| (x) | for the purpose of the opinion referred to in paragraph 6 in so far as it relates to the actual issue of the New Shares, (i) the subscription price for the New Shares will be duly paid up and contributed in full, (ii) the New Shares will be duly subscribed for, (iii) the issue of the New Shares and the corresponding capital increase will be duly recorded by means of a notarial deed before a notary public as required by Belgian law, (iv) such notarial deed and an excerpt therefrom are or will be duly filed and registered as required by Belgian law; and (v) in relation to the New Shares to be issued to cover over-allotments, if any, these New Shares will be delivered by the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement in order to cover short positions following over-allotments made upon allocation of New Shares under the Initial Public Offering; |
| (y) | (i) the New Shares and ADSs will be offered and placed, and will be allocated, and will (as relevant) be traded and listed in each case in the manner and form as described and contemplated in the Registration Statement and the respective Agreements, (ii) (without prejudice to the confirmation of any allocations upon pricing and closing of the books, in the manner as described in the Agreements, to the investors that subscribed for the New Shares or ADSs in the Initial Public Offering), no party was or will be guaranteed by or on behalf of the Company any allocation of New Shares or ADSs, and (iii) no public offering in respect of the New Shares or the ADSs has taken of will take place in Belgium, or elsewhere outside of the United States, as contemplated by the Prospectus Regulation or any other relevant rule or regulation; |
| (z) | the undertakings and agreements contained in the Agreements are or will be duly performed and complied with by all parties thereto; |
| (aa) | each of the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement is duly authorised to provide all of the intermediation, brokerage, investment and other services as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, and has complied and will comply with the relevant rules and regulations in relation to such intermediation, brokerage, investment and other services; and |
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| (bb) | the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement do not or will not require the publication of a prospectus in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation. |
| 6. | Opinion |
Based upon and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set out in this Opinion Letter, having regard to such legal considerations as we have deemed relevant, and subject to any matters, documents or events not disclosed to us, we express the following opinion insofar as Belgian law is concerned:
the New Shares, when duly authorized and sold, issued and fully paid as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Agreements, the Board Resolutions, the IPO Committee Resolutions, the Shareholders' Resolutions, will be validly issued, fully paid up and non-assessable (meaning that a holder of the relevant New Shares will not by reason of merely being such a holder, be subject to assessment or calls by the Company or its creditors for further payment on such securities).
| 7. | Qualifications |
The opinion expressed in this Opinion Letter are subject to the following qualifications:
| 7.1. | Reliance on searches and enquiries |
The searches and enquiries referred to in paragraph 4 (Searches and Enquiries) may not be up-to-date and do not constitute conclusive evidence of the matters stated therein.
| 7.2. | Construction of certain terms |
| (a) | In this Opinion Letter Belgian legal concepts which are expressed in English are to be construed in accordance with the Belgian legal concepts to which they refer. |
| (b) | When used in paragraph 6 (Opinion), the terms "legal" and "valid" are references to the legal character of the relevant obligation and the terms "binding" and "enforceable" mean that the relevant obligation or instrument is of a type and form enforced by Belgian courts. None of these means that such an obligation or instrument will be enforced in accordance with its terms in every circumstance, and they are not to be construed as a prediction of the outcome of litigation. |
| 7.3. | Excluded matters |
We do not express an opinion regarding:
| (a) | (i) any laws of any jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, Belgium and the European Union) imposing economic or trade sanctions or similar restrictive measures or regarding anti-terrorism, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery or anti-tax evasion measures, (ii) any regulations enacted, administered, imposed or enforced by any relevant sanctions authority or (iii) the extent, scope, legality or enforceability of any person's obligation to comply with any of such laws or regulations; and |
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| (b) | the accuracy or completeness of any statements or warranties of fact set out in the respective Agreements (except for the representations and warranties as to which we are expressing an opinion), which statements and warranties we have not independently verified; |
| 8. | Disclosure, Reliance and Liability |
| (a) | This Opinion Letter is issued by Baker McKenzie BV/SRL, a Belgian limited liability company (BV/SRL), and not by or on behalf of Baker & McKenzie International (a Swiss Verein) ("BMI") or any of its other member or associated firms (together with BMI, the "Other Baker McKenzie Entities"). In this Opinion Letter the expressions "we", "us", "our" and like expressions should be construed accordingly. |
| (b) | No Other Baker McKenzie Entity or any directors, shareholders, members, partners, lawyers, employees, contractors or consultants of Baker McKenzie BV/SRL or any Other Baker McKenzie Entity will be liable (whether contractually or non-contractually) to any person under or in connection with this Opinion Letter, the respective Agreements or the Initial Public Offering. |
| (c) | This Opinion Letter may only be relied upon by the Company in connection with the Registration Statement, and by the purchasers to which the ADSs have been allocated as part of the Initial Public Offering. This Opinion Letter is strictly limited to the matters stated in it and may not be read as extending by implication to any matters not specifically referred to in it. Nothing in this Opinion Letter should be taken as expressing an opinion in respect of any representations or warranties, or other information, contained in any document. |
| (d) | We consent to the filing of this Opinion Letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading "Legal Matters" in the prospectus, which is part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. |
| (e) | This Opinion Letter may only be relied upon, and be disclosed, on condition that it is construed in accordance with Belgian law and that any dispute arising out of or in connection with it is brought before a Belgian court. |
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Yours faithfully, | ||
| /s/ Michael Van Acker | /s/ Roel Meers | |
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Michael Van Acker Partner +32 2 639 36 11 Michael.VanAcker@bakermckenzie.com |
Roel Meers Partner +32 2 639 36 11 Roel.Meers@bakermckenzie.com | |
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form F-1 of AgomAb Therapeutics NV of our report dated October 27, 2025 relating to the financial statements of AgomAb Therapeutics NV, which appears in this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
Diegem, Belgium
January 29, 2026
PwC Bedrijfsrevisoren BV / Reviseurs d’Entreprises SRL
Represented by
| /s/ Didier Delanoye | |
| Statutory auditor |