UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of December 2018

Commission File Number 001-36866

 

 

SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

136a Eastern Avenue

Milton Park, Abingdon

Oxfordshire OX14 4SB

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

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On December 17, 2018, Summit Therapeutics plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with the Registrar of Companies of England and Wales (the “Company”) announced that it is convening a general meeting of shareholders (the “General Meeting”) to be held at 11:00 a.m. GMT on January 4, 2019 at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF in connection with the proposed subscription (the “Subscription”) by Mr. Robert W. Duggan (the “Investor”) of an aggregate of 15,625,000 of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), representing an aggregate of 78,125,000 ordinary shares, par value £0.01 per share, of the Company (the “New Ordinary Shares”) and to consider and, if thought fit, pass resolutions (the “Resolutions”) to, inter alia , approve the allotment and issue of the New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Subscription. Each ADS represents five (5) New Ordinary Shares.

The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K (the “Form 6-K”) and is incorporated herein by reference. The circular, including a notice convening the General Meeting, that will be sent to the Company’s shareholders is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 6-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Securities Purchase Agreement

On December 14, 2018, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with the Investor, pursuant to which the Investor agreed to subscribe for an aggregate of 15,625,000 ADSs, representing an aggregate of 78,125,000 New Ordinary Shares, in a private placement in the United States at a subscription price of $1.60 per ADS for an aggregate purchase price of $25.0 million.

The Subscription is expected to close on or about January 8, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions and the following additional conditions: (i) the Company’s shareholders shall have passed the Resolutions; and (ii) the New Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs shall have been admitted to trading on AIM pursuant to Rule 6 of the AIM Rules for Companies (the “AIM Rules”) as published from time to time by London Stock Exchange plc (such event, “Admission”). Upon the closing of the Subscription, the Investor is expected to beneficially own 15,657,641 ADSs, representing 78,288,205 ordinary shares of par value of £0.01 per share in the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), or approximately 48.81% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares.

Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Investor has agreed not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or any options, warrants or other securities or rights convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, subject to certain limited exceptions, until the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which (x) the ADSs cease to be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and (y) the Ordinary Shares cease to be listed on AIM; (ii) the date that is one year after the closing date of the Subscription (the “Closing Date”); and (iii) the date on which the Company and the Investor mutually agree in writing to terminate this restriction.


Based in part upon the representations of the Investor in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Subscription will be exempt from registration under Regulation D, as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The ADSs will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The sale of the securities will not involve a public offering and will be made without general solicitation or general advertising. The Investor represented that it is an accredited investor, as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, and that it is acquiring the ADSs for investment purposes only and not with a view to any resale or distribution of the ADSs in violation of the United States federal securities laws.

Registration Rights Agreement

Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to enter into, upon the Closing Date, a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company will agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file a registration statement covering the resale by the Investor of the ADSs purchased by the Investor in the Subscription (the “Registrable Securities”) promptly following the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date, but no later than 210 days after the Closing Date. Under such Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable and to keep such registration statement continuously effective, subject to certain limited exceptions, until the earliest of the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement have been sold or may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without restriction or the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date. Under such Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will agree to be responsible for all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, excluding underwriter discounts, commissions or fees, and each party will grant the other customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration and resale of the ADSs.

Relationship Agreement

Also on December 14, 2018, the Company entered into a relationship agreement (the “Relationship Agreement”) with the Investor and Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales with the Registrar of Companies of England and Wales, as the Company’s nominated adviser, to regulate the Company’s relationship with the Investor and to limit the Investor’s influence over the Company’s corporate actions and activities and the outcome of general matters pertaining to the Company. Pursuant to the Relationship Agreement, the Investor has agreed to, and has agreed to ensure that any of his associates (within the meaning of the definition of “related party” contained in the AIM Rules) and any person who holds shares of the Company on his behalf (together, his “affiliates”) shall among other things: (i) conduct all transactions with the Company on arm’s length terms and on a normal commercial basis, including in accordance with the related party rules set out in the AIM Rules; (ii) exercise his voting rights to ensure that the Company is capable of carrying on its business and making decisions independently of the Investor and his affiliates; and (iii) abstain from voting in respect of any resolution containing any transaction, agreement or arrangement involving the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings to which the Investor or any of his affiliates is a party. The obligations and restrictions on the Investor will terminate upon the Investor ceasing to be beneficially entitled to Ordinary Shares representing at least 20% of the voting rights attaching to Ordinary Shares or the Ordinary Shares ceasing to be admitted to trading on AIM and the ADSs ceasing to be admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. The Relationship Agreement will become effective upon Admission.


The foregoing descriptions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Relationship Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.

Cash Guidance

The Company believes that the anticipated net proceeds from the Subscription, along with its existing cash resources and funding arrangements, will be sufficient to enable it to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through January 31, 2020. The Company has based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and it could use its capital resources sooner than it currently expects. This estimate assumes, among other things, the approval by the shareholders of the Resolutions, the closing of the Subscription and that the Company does not obtain any additional funding through new grants and clinical trial support, collaboration agreements or equity or debt financings.

This Form 6-K, including the exhibits hereto, does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of offers to purchase or subscribe for, securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements in this Form 6-K about the Company’s future expectations, plans and prospects, including but not limited to, statements about whether or not the Company will consummate the Subscription and the anticipated use of the proceeds from the Subscription, the clinical and preclinical development of the Company’s product candidates, the therapeutic potential of the Company’s product candidates, the potential of the Discuva Platform, the potential commercialization of the Company’s product candidates, the sufficiency of the Company’s cash resources, the timing of initiation, completion and availability of data from clinical trials, the potential submission of applications for marketing approvals and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “would,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties inherent in the initiation of future clinical trials, availability and timing of data from ongoing and future clinical trials and the results of such trials, whether preliminary results from a clinical trial will be predictive of the final results of that trial or whether results of early clinical trials or preclinical studies will be indicative of the results of later clinical trials, expectations for regulatory approvals, laws and regulations affecting government contracts, availability of funding sufficient for the Company’s foreseeable and unforeseeable operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of filings that the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2018. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. In addition, any forward-looking statements included in this Form 6-K represent the Company’s views only as of the date of this Report and should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any subsequent date. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements included in this Form 6-K.


The information in this Form 6-K, including the exhibits hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

10.1    Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 14, 2018, by and among the Company and the Investor
10.2    Relationship Agreement, dated December 14, 2018, by and among the Company, the Investor and Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
99.1    Press Release, dated December 17, 2018
99.2    Shareholder Circular and Notice of General Meeting, dated December 17, 2018


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC
Date: December 17, 2018     By:  

/s/ Erik Ostrowski

     

Erik Ostrowski

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of December 14, 2018 by and among Summit Therapeutics plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with the Registrar of Companies of England and Wales, with its principal place of business at 136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4SB, United Kingdom (the “ Company ”), and the investor named on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Investor ”).

RECITALS

A. The Company and the Investor are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Regulation D, as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

B. The Investor wishes to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investor, upon the terms and subject to the conditions stated in this Agreement, American Depositary Shares (“ ADSs ”), each representing 5 ordinary shares, with a nominal value of £0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Ordinary Shares ”);

C. Contemporaneously with the sale of the Purchased ADSs (as defined below), the parties hereto will execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights in respect of the Purchased ADSs under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws; and a Relationship Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “ Relationship Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company and the Investor will agree to ensure, among other things, that transactions and relationships between the Company and the Investor are conducted at arm’s length and on normal commercial terms; and

D. The Investor acknowledges that upon completion of the acquisition of the ADSs pursuant to this Agreement, the Investor will, as a consequence be subject to certain U.K. regulatory obligations including, amongst others, pursuant to the City Code and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.

In consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions . For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Admission ” means admission of the Underlying Securities to trading on AIM pursuant to Rule 6 of the AIM Rules.

ADSs ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person


possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to control another Person if any of the following conditions is met: (i) in the case of corporate entities, direct or indirect ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the stock or shares having the right to vote for the election of directors, and (ii) in the case of non-corporate entities, direct or indirect ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interest with the power to direct the management and policies of such non-corporate entities.

Aggregate Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

AIM ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(e).

AIM Documents ” means the documents made publicly available by the Company by way of announcement via a Regulatory Information Service prior to the date hereof.

AIM Rules ” means the AIM Rules for Companies as published from time to time by London Stock Exchange plc.

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or United Kingdom public holiday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

City Code ” shall mean the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers as promulgated from time to time by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Company SEC Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(a).

Depositary ” means the Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, under that certain Deposit Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2015, by and among the Company, the Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and all owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder.

Disposition ” or “ Dispose of ” shall mean any (i) pledge, sale, contract to sell, sale of any option or contract to purchase, purchase of any option or contract to sell, grant of any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or other disposition of or transfer of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares, or any Ordinary Share Equivalents, including, without limitation, any “short sale” or similar arrangement, or (ii) swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the ADSs or the Ordinary Shares, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise.

Enforceability Exceptions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).

 

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Governmental Authority ” shall mean any court, agency, authority, department, regulatory body or other instrumentality of any government or country or of any national, federal, state, provincial, regional, county, city or other political subdivision of any such government or country or any supranational organization of which any such country is a member.

Group ” means the Company and its subsidiary undertakings (and “ Group Company ” shall be construed accordingly).

IFRS ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(d).

Investor ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Law ” or “ Laws ” shall mean all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, injunctions and/or ordinances of any Governmental Authority.

Lock-Up Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

Lock-Up Term ” shall mean the period from and after the Closing until the occurrence of any event set forth in Section 8.5.

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the legality or enforceability of this Agreement or (iii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

Nasdaq ” means The Nasdaq Stock Market.

Ordinary Share Equivalents ” shall mean any options, warrants or other securities or rights convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, whether directly or following conversion into or exercise or exchange for other options, warrants or other securities or rights, Ordinary Shares of the Company, including those represented by ADSs, or any swap, hedge or similar agreement or arrangement that transfers in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of, or voting or other rights of, the Ordinary Shares.

Ordinary Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Permitted Transferee ” shall mean (i) such Investor’s spouse or other member of such Investor’s immediate family, (ii) a custodian, trustee (including, without limitation, a trustee of a voting trust), executor or other fiduciary for the account of the Investor, the Investor’s spouse or members of such Investor’s immediate family, (iii) a charitable remainder trust, (iv) an organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provided in each such case, it shall be a condition to any proposed transfer of such securities by the Investor to such transferee that (a) such transfer be for bona fide estate planning purposes, (b) such transferee shall have executed documents assuming the obligations of Investor under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement and (c) the transferring Investor shall retain an irrevocable proxy to vote such securities. For the avoidance of doubt, any such transfer to a Permitted Transferee shall be without prejudice to the Investor’s obligations pursuant to Section 5.20.

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

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Press Release ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.7.

Purchased ADSs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

Registration Rights Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Regulatory Information Service ” shall have the same meaning set forth in the AIM Rules.

Relationship Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Relevant Accounting Standards ” shall mean generally accepted United Kingdom accounting policies, practices, principles and conventions using all relevant International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, including all IFRS, International Accounting Standards, Interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee and the Standing Interpretations Committee and all relevant statements and recommendations from professional accountancy bodies.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(g).

SEC ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Shareholder Approval ” means all necessary approvals of the Company’s shareholders required to be obtained in relation to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

Shareholder Circular ” means the circular (including the appended notice of general meeting) to be circulated by the Company to its shareholders in connection with the Shareholder Approval.

Short Sales ” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable Ordinary Shares or ADSs).

Third Party ” shall mean any Person, including a Governmental Authority, other than the Investor, the Company or any Affiliate of the Investor or the Company or any of their respective representatives.

Trading Day ” shall mean a day on which trading in the ADSs generally occurs on Nasdaq.

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Relationship Agreement and the Shareholder Circular.

Underlying Securities ” means the Ordinary Shares represented by the Purchased ADSs.

 

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1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

6-K Filing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.7.

2. Purchase and Sale of the ADSs . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, 15,625,000 ADSs (the “ Purchased ADSs ”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000 (the “ Aggregate Purchase Price ”).

3. Closing .

3.1. The completion of the purchase and sale of the Purchased ADSs (the “ Closing ”) shall occur automatically upon Admission (the “ Closing Date ”), provided that all of the conditions set forth in Section 6 shall have been (or shall be, as the case may be) satisfied or (where capable of waiver) waived at such time. The Closing shall occur remotely on the Closing Date via exchange of documents and signatures or at such place as the Company and the Investor may agree in writing.

3.2. Following the attainment of the Shareholder Approval and by not later than the Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the Aggregate Purchase Price via wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions delivered to the Investor by the Company after the date of this Agreement. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Purchased ADSs to the Investor.

4. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that, except as otherwise described in this Agreement, the Company SEC Documents and/or the AIM Documents, which qualify these representations and warranties in their entirety:

4.1. Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, and has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.2. Capitalization and Voting Rights .

(a) As of October 31, 2018, the issued share capital of the Company consists of 82,264,881 Ordinary Shares. The Company has also (i) granted outstanding options under the Company’s equity incentive plans over, in aggregate, 11,246,933 Ordinary Shares, (ii) granted restricted stock units under the Company’s directors’ remuneration policy over 121,950 Ordinary Shares and (iii) issued warrants for the purchase of nil Ordinary Shares, which are outstanding as of October 31, 2018. The issued share capital of the Company has been validly allotted and issued under due authority and is fully paid.

 

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(b) Except as described or referred to in Section 4.2(a) above and except as arising pursuant to or referred to in the Transaction Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any share capital or other equity interest in the Company, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any share capital of the Company, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options.

(c) Except as arising pursuant to the Transaction Documents, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the 1933 Act of any securities of the Company.

(d) The Company is not a party to or subject to any agreement or understanding relating to the voting of share capital of the Company or the giving of written consents by a stockholder or director of the Company.

(e) If the Company obtains the Shareholder Approval, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, will not result in the triggering of any anti-dilution rights, or otherwise increase the number of Ordinary Shares issuable or decrease the exercise or conversion price, under any warrant, option, convertible note or other instruments convertible or exchangeable for, any share capital or other equity interests in the Company (except for the issuance of the Purchased ADSs and the Underlying Securities).

4.3. Subsidiaries . All the outstanding share capital or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid 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.

4.4. Authorization .

(a) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing) to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken (including unanimous approval of the Company’s Board of Directors) for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing) the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken. Upon execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, the Company will have the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver such agreements and to perform its obligations thereunder; and all action required to be taken (including unanimous approval of the Company’s Board of Directors) for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of such agreements and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby will have been duly and validly taken.

 

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(b) This Agreement has been, and upon the execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, each such agreement will be, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, each such agreement will constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”).

(c) No stop order or suspension of trading of the Company’s equity securities has been imposed by AIM, Nasdaq, the SEC or any other Governmental Authority and remains in effect.

4.5. No Defaults . The Company is not (i) in violation of 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 or loan agreement to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject; (iii) 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 deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject (except for any agreements referred to in clause (ii) above); or (iv) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.6. No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing) performance of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Purchased ADSs and Underlying Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents 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, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage or loan agreement to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to, any deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject (except for any agreements referred to in clause (i) above), (iii) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association or similar organizational documents of the Company or (iv) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iv) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.7. No Governmental Authority or Consents . No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator, governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing) performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Relationship Agreement, or (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing) the issuance and sale of the Purchased ADSs and the Underlying Securities, except such filings as may be required to be made with the SEC or under any state securities laws, foreign securities laws, blue sky laws, the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006, or the rules and regulations of Nasdaq, the London Stock Exchange plc or AIM, which filings shall be made in a timely manner in accordance with all applicable Laws.

4.8. Valid Issuance of Purchased ADSs and Underlying Securities . When issued, sold and delivered at the Closing in accordance with the terms hereof for the Aggregate Purchase Price and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing, the Purchased ADSs shall be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid, free from any liens, encumbrances or restrictions on transfer, including preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights, other than as arising pursuant to this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, as a result of any action by the Investor or under U.K. securities Laws or U.S. federal or state securities Laws.

4.9. Litigation . There are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others.

4.10. Licenses and Other Rights; Compliance with Laws . The Company and its subsidiaries possess or are in the process of obtaining all 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 the Company SEC Documents, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has applied for or holds any product licenses or marketing authorizations for any pharmaceutical products.

4.11. United Kingdom FSMA and MAR . The Company has complied in all material respects with the U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, in each case to the extent that they apply in relation to the subscription of ADSs and/or Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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4.12. Company SEC Documents; AIM Documents; Financial Statements; Nasdaq Stock Market .

(a) Since February 1, 2018, the Company has timely filed all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein), and any required amendments to any of the foregoing, with the SEC (the “ Company SEC Documents ”). As of their respective filing dates, each of the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Documents, and no Company SEC Documents when filed, declared effective or mailed, as applicable, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) Since February 1, 2018, the Company has published documents required to be published by it under the AIM Rules. Each of the AIM Documents was published within the applicable timeframe prescribed by the AIM Rules. As of their respective dates, each of the AIM Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the AIM Rules.

(c) As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC or its staff.

(d) The financial statements of the Company included in its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018 present fairly 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 European Union and the International Accounting Standards Board (“ IFRS ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise disclosed therein and, in the case of unaudited, interim financial statements, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the exclusion of certain footnotes, and any supporting schedules included in the Company SEC Documents present fairly the information required to be stated therein.

(e) The issued Ordinary Shares of the Company as of the date hereof are admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by London Stock Exchange plc (“ AIM ”). The ADSs of the Company, representing Ordinary Shares, are listed on the Nasdaq, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the 1934 Act or delisting the ADSs from the Nasdaq or delisting the Ordinary Shares from AIM. The Company has not received any notification that the SEC, the Nasdaq or AIM, as applicable, is contemplating terminating such listing or registration.

(f) The Company and its subsidiaries have established systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the 1934 Act) that 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, including, but not limited to,

 

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internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(g) There is and has been no material 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 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.

4.13. Interim Financials . The published interim results of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the three months ended on April 30, 2018, the three and six months ended July 31, 2018 and the three and nine months ended October 31, 2018 have been prepared with all due care and attention (having regard to the fact that the results were made publicly available) and on accounting bases and assumptions consistent with those adopted in the preparation of the audited financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the financial year ended January 31, 2018 and the corresponding interim results of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries published in the immediately preceding financial year.

4.14. Absence of Certain Changes . Since the interim results of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the three and nine months ended on October 31, 2018 were prepared: the businesses of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have been carried on in the ordinary and usual course; there has been no significant adverse change in the financial or trading position of the Company taken as a whole or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, information and belief, prospects of the Company; the Company has not acquired or disposed of or agreed to acquire or dispose of any of its assets or businesses other than in the ordinary course of trading; the Company has not entered into any contract or commitment of an unusual, long-term and/or onerous nature or assumed any material liabilities (including contingent liabilities); the Company has not paid or made any payment or transfer to shareholders of any dividend, bonus, loan or distribution other than to the directors of the Company in their capacity as such directors in a manner consistent with the compensation of such directors as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents; and the Company has notified a Regulatory Information Service of all information required to be notified by it in accordance with the AIM Rules and has complied in all respects with all the requirements of the AIM Rules applicable to the Company (including the disclosure and notification requirements) and any requests for disclosure made by the London Stock Exchange.

4.15. Tax . All returns of each member of the Group for taxation purposes have been made for all periods up to and including January 31, 2018, and all such returns are correct, and are not the subject of any dispute with or claim by HM Revenue & Customs or other relevant taxation authority (other than routine audits) which would be material to the Company are not likely to result in any such dispute or claim.

4.16. Environmental . So far as the Company is aware, none of the Company nor any member of the Group has any material obligation or liability with respect to pollution, hazardous substances or environmental matters and there are no circumstances which the Company considers are likely to give rise to the same.

 

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4.17. Insurance . The Company and each member of the Group maintain such insurance coverage against fire and other risks upon all their assets and such public and employers’ liability as the directors of each such company consider appropriate, taking into account the nature and scale of their activities, the provisions of agreements binding upon it, such insurance is now in force. The Company is not aware of any fact or matter which would lead to any such insurance being vitiated or repudiated, there is no material claim pending or outstanding and all premiums in respect of such insurances are duly paid.

4.18. Intellectual Property .

(a) Each member of the Group has (i) acted reasonably in seeking professional advice with regard to filing patent applications in respect of material new inventions; (ii) adopted commercially reasonable and prudent practices with regard to the protection, prosecution and maintenance of its portfolio of patents, patent applications and trademarks and other material intellectual property and the payment of renewal fees in respect thereof; (ii) adopted commercially reasonable and prudent practices to capture intellectual property rights in respect of material new inventions; and (iv) used commercially reasonable practices to protect the confidentiality of all material non-patented know how. None of the intellectual property relating to the business of any member of the Group is the subject of any claim, opposition, assertion, infringement, attack, right, action or other restriction or arrangement of whatsoever nature which does or may impinge upon the validity, enforceability or ownership of the same or the utilization thereof by any member of the Group to an extent which is material in the context of the Group. So far as the Company is aware, and not having obtained freedom to operate opinions in respect of all of its intellectual property rights, none of the activities of any member of the Group infringes in any material respect any right of any other person relating to intellectual property or gives rise to a material liability for any royalty or similar payment.

(b) The intellectual property used or enjoyed by each member of the Group in connection with its business at the date of this Agreement, and which is material to such business, is either legally and beneficially owned by that member of the Group, or licensed to, or used under the authority of the owner by, that member of the Group and are not subject to any mortgage, charge, lien or other security interest in favor of any third party save as registered with the Registrar of Companies.

4.19. Offering . Subject to the accuracy of the Investor’s representations set forth in Section 5, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased ADSs (including the Underlying Securities) to be issued in conformity with the terms of this Agreement constitute transactions which are exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and from all applicable state registration or qualification requirements.

4.20. No Integration . The Company has not, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the 1933 Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Purchased ADSs or the Underlying Securities in a manner that would require registration of such securities under the 1933 Act.

 

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4.21. Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

4.22. No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Purchased ADSs by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Purchased ADSs for sale only to the Investor.

4.23. Foreign Corrupt Practices . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or made by any person acting on its or their behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable non-U.S. anti-bribery Law.

4.24. Regulation M Compliance . The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of any of its securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the Purchased ADSs.

4.25. Investment Company . The Company is not required to be registered as, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be required to register as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

4.26. Disclosures . After giving effect to the anticipated disclosure regarding the notification of the resignation of the Company’s chief financial officer, the Company SEC Documents, when considered together, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, other than with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and except as will be disclosed pursuant to Section 10.7.

5. Representations and Warranties of the Investor . The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

5.1. Authority . The Investor is an individual with power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and to carry out its obligations thereunder, and to invest in the Purchased ADSs pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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5.2. Authorization . This Agreement has been, and upon the execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, each such agreement will be, duly executed and delivered by the Investor, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement, each such agreement will constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

5.3. No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of the this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents 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, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Investor pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Investor is subject, or (ii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Investor except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Investor’s ability to perform its obligations or consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

5.4. Purchase Entirely for Own Account . The Purchased ADSs to be received by the Investor hereunder will be acquired for the Investor’s own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the 1933 Act, and the Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the 1933 Act, without prejudice, however, to such Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Purchased ADSs (including the Underlying Securities), including to a Permitted Transferee, in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws . The Investor is not a broker-dealer registered with the SEC under the 1934 Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered.

5.5. Investment Experience . The Investor acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in the Purchased ADSs and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment contemplated hereby.

5.6. Disclosure of Information . The Investor has had an opportunity to receive, review and understand all information related to the Company requested by it and to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company, its business and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Purchased ADSs, and has conducted and completed its own independent due diligence. The Investor acknowledges that copies of the Company SEC Documents are available on the SEC’s EDGAR system. Based on the information the Investor has deemed appropriate and the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4 of this Agreement, and without reliance upon any other party, it has independently made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Purchased ADSs.

 

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5.7. Restricted Securities . The Investor understands that the Purchased ADSs (and the Underlying Securities) are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act only in certain limited circumstances.

5.8. Legends . It is understood that, except as provided below, certificates or book entry positions evidencing the Purchased ADSs may bear the following or any similar legend:

(a) “The securities represented hereby have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the securities commission of any state in reliance upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, accordingly, may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.”

(b) If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of sale of the Purchased ADSs, the legend required by such state authority.

5.9. Accredited Investor . The Investor is (a) an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the 1933 Act and has executed and delivered to the Company a questionnaire in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Investor Questionnaire ”), which such Investor represents and warrants is true, correct and complete. The Investor is (b) a sophisticated institutional investor with sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in private equity transactions to properly evaluate the risks and merits of its purchase of the Purchased ADSs. Such Investor has determined based on its own independent review and such professional advice as it deems appropriate that its purchase of the Purchased ADSs and participation in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (i) are fully consistent with its financial needs, objectives and condition, (ii) comply and are fully consistent with all investment policies, guidelines and other restrictions applicable to such Investor, (iii) have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action, (iv) do not and will not violate or constitute a default under any law, rule, regulation, agreement or other obligation by which such Investor is bound and (v) are a fit, proper and suitable investment for such Investor, notwithstanding the substantial risks inherent in investing in or holding the Purchased ADSs.

5.10. No General Solicitation . The Investor did not learn of the investment in the Purchased ADSs as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising.

5.11. Brokers and Finders . No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or the Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Investor.

 

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5.12. Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior to the Date Hereof . Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Investor has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company or directly or indirectly engaged in any action designed to, or which might be reasonably expected to, cause or result in any manipulation of the price of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Investor was first contacted by the Company or any other Person regarding the transactions contemplated hereby and ending immediately prior to the date hereof. The Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available securities to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

5.13. No Government Recommendation or Approval . The Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency, or similar agency of any other country, has reviewed, approved, passed upon, or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Company or the purchase of the Purchased ADSs.

5.14. No Intent to Effect a Change of Control . The Investor has no present intent to effect a “change of control” of the Company as such term is understood under the rules promulgated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act.

5.15. No Rule 506 Disqualifying Activities . The Investor has not taken any of the actions set forth in, and is not subject to, the disqualification provisions of Rule 506(d)(1) of the 1933 Act.

5.16. Offshore Resales . The Investor understands and is aware that Rule 904 of Regulation S under the 1933 Act regarding “Offshore Resales” is not applicable to “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) of the Company.

5.17. Acquiring Person . As of the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to the Closing, neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates beneficially owns, or will beneficially own (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act without regard for the number of days in which a Person has the right to acquire such beneficial ownership, and without regard to Investor’s rights under this Agreement), any securities of the Company, except (a) for securities that may be owned by employee benefit plans of the Investor or any of its Affiliates and (b) for 32,641 ADSs (representing 163,205 Ordinary Shares) which are owned by the Investor and its Affiliates as of the date hereof.

5.18. Residency . The Investor is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

5.19. Financial Assurances . As of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, the Investor has and will have access to cash in an amount sufficient to pay to the Company the Aggregate Purchase Price.

5.20. City Code . The Investor understands, is aware of and will comply with the obligations of the City Code in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the consequences of further acquisitions of securities of the Company following such transactions. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Investor shall not, and shall procure that any other person who is not an

 

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Independent Shareholder (as such term is defined in the Shareholder Circular) shall not, vote on the resolution (numbered three on the notice of general meeting that is appended to the Shareholder Circular) to approve the waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers of the obligations that would otherwise arise on the Investor to make a general offer to the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 9 of the City Code.

6. Conditions to Closing .

6.1. Conditions to the Investor s Obligations . The obligation of the Investor to purchase the Purchase ADSs at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the Investor’s satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which (save for the attainment of Shareholder Approval and the attainment of Admission) may be waived by the Investor with the agreement of the Company:

(a) The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and on the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(b) The Company shall have obtained any and all consents, permits, approvals (including the Shareholder Approval), registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased ADSs and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, all of which shall be in full force and effect.

(c) The Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.

(d) The Company shall have executed and delivered the Relationship Agreement.

(e) No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any Governmental Authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any Governmental Authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(f) The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in subsections (a), (b), (e), (i) and (j) of this Section 6.1.

(g) The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Purchased ADSs (including the Underlying Securities), certifying the current versions of the articles of association of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement and related documents on behalf of the Company.

 

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(h) The Investor shall have received (i) an opinion from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the Company’s U.S. counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit D hereto and (ii) an opinion from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, the Company’s U.K. counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit E hereto.

(i) No stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by the Nasdaq, the SEC or any other governmental or regulatory body with respect to public trading in the ADSs.

(j) Admission shall have been attained on or prior to January 31, 2019, or such later date as the parties shall mutually agree in writing.

6.2. Conditions to Obligations of the Company . The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Purchase ADSs at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which (save for the attainment of Shareholder Approval and the attainment of Admission) may be waived by the Company with the agreement of the Investor:

(a) The attainment of the Shareholder Approval.

(b) The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date. The Investor shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement and the Investor Questionnaire.

(d) The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Relationship Agreement.

(e) The Investor shall have paid in full the Aggregate Purchase Price to the Company.

(f) Admission shall have been attained on or prior to January 31, 2019, or such later date as the parties shall mutually agree in writing.

6.3. Termination of Obligations to Effect Closing; Effects .

(a) The obligations of the Company, on the one hand, and the Investor, on the other hand, to effect the Closing shall terminate as follows:

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(ii) By the Company if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been (where capable of waiver) waived;

(iii) By the Investor if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been (where capable of waiver) waived; or

(iv) By either the Company or the Investor if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to the day that is sixty (60) days following the date of this Agreement;

provided, however, that, except in the case of clause (i) above, the party seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing shall not then be in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement if such breach has resulted in the circumstances giving rise to such party’s seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing.

(b) Nothing in this Section 6.3 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Relationship Agreement or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under such agreements.

7. Covenants and Agreements of the Company .

7.1. No Conflicting Agreements . The Company will not take any action, enter into any agreement or make any commitment that would conflict or interfere in any material respect with the Company’s obligations to the Investor under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement.

7.2. Nasdaq Listing . The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of its ADSs on Nasdaq and, in accordance, therewith, will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such market or exchange, as applicable.

7.3. AIM Admission . The Company shall make or cause to be made an application to AIM for Admission. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain Admission on or before the close of business on the third Business Day after receipt of the Shareholder Approval and will, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to supply or cause to be supplied all such information, give all such undertakings, execute all such documents and take or cause to be taken all such action as may be required by AIM, in accordance with such application.

7.4. Shareholders’ Meeting . The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, within thirty (30) days of the date hereof, convene and hold a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of obtaining the Shareholder Approval.

7.5. Shareholder Circular . The Investor consents to the use of its name in the Shareholder Circular in the form and context in which it appears.

 

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7.6. Termination of Covenants . The provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.2 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the date on which the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to register or maintain the effectiveness of any registration covering the Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall terminate.

7.7. Removal of Legends .

(a) In connection with any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Purchased ADSs by the Investor pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to any other exemption under the 1933 Act such that the purchaser acquires freely tradable shares and upon compliance by the Investor with the requirements of this Agreement, if requested by the Investor, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Depositary to remove any restrictive legends related to the book entry account holding such Purchased ADSs and make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry Purchased ADSs sold or disposed of without restrictive legends, provided that the Company has received from the Investor customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company in connection therewith and, if necessary, otherwise sufficient to support any required legal opinion with respect thereto.

(b) Subject to receipt from the Investor by the Company and the Depositary of customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Depositary in connection therewith and, if necessary, otherwise sufficient to support any required legal opinion with respect thereto, upon the earliest of such time as the Purchased ADSs (i) have been sold or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) have been sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) are eligible for resale under Rule 144(b)(1) or any successor provision (such earliest date, the “ Effective Date ”), the Company shall (A) deliver to the Depositary irrevocable instructions that the Depositary shall make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry ADSs, and (B) cause its counsel to deliver to the Depositary one or more opinions to the effect that the removal of such legends in such circumstances may be effected under the 1933 Act if required by the Depositary to effect the removal of the legend in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 7.7, it will, following the delivery by the Investor to the Company or the Depositary of a certificate representing ADSs issued with a restrictive legend, use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor a certificate representing such ADSs that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Depositary that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 7.7. ADSs subject to legend removal hereunder may be transmitted by the Depositary to the Investor by crediting the account of the Investor’s prime broker with the DTC System as directed by such Investor. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of the Depositary and all DTC fees associated with such issuance.

(c) Subject to the restrictions on dispositions pursuant to Section 8.1 of this agreement, the Investor agrees with the Company (i) that the Investor will sell any Purchased ADSs pursuant to either the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, (ii) that if Purchased ADSs are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein and (iii) that if, after the Effective Date of the registration statement covering the resale of the Purchased ADSs, such registration statement is not then effective and the Company has provided notice to such Investor to that effect, such Investor will sell Purchased ADSs only in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.

 

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7.8. Subsequent Equity Sales . The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the 1933 Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Purchased ADSs in a manner that would require the registration under the 1933 Act of the sale of the Purchased ADSs to the Investor, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Purchased ADSs for purposes of the rules and regulations of any trading market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

7.9. Short Sales and Confidentiality After the Date Hereof . The Investor covenants that neither it nor any Affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of such time as (i) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced or (ii) this Agreement is terminated in full. The Investor covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company, the Investor will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). The Investor understands and acknowledges that the SEC currently takes the position that coverage of Short Sales of securities “against the box” prior to effectiveness of a resale registration statement with securities included in such registration statement would be a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act, as set forth in Item 239.10 of the Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.

8. Restrictions on Dispositions .

8.1. Lock-Up . During the Lock-Up Term, without the prior approval of the Company, the Investor shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, Dispose of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents of the Company; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Investor from transferring any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents to a Permitted Transferee. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that it shall be a condition to any proposed transfer of such securities by the Investor to any Permitted Transferee during the Lock-Up Term that such Permitted Transferee shall before such transfer is effected agree in writing to be subject to and bound by all restrictions and obligations set forth in this Agreement.

8.2. Certain Tender Offers . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8, this Section 8 shall not prohibit or restrict any Disposition of ADSs, Ordinary Shares and/or Ordinary Share Equivalents by the Investor or any of its Affiliates into (a) a tender offer by a Third Party which is not opposed by the Company’s Board of Directors (but only after the Company’s filing of a press release or other public notice with the SEC disclosing the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to such tender offer), (b) an issuer tender offer by the Company, (c) in connection with either: (i) the acceptance of a general offer for more than 50% of the ordinary share capital of the Company (or any part of it) made in accordance with the City Code or (ii) the provision of an irrevocable undertaking to accept an offer referred to in clause (i) above, (d) in connection

 

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with (i) any compromise or arrangement under Part 26 of the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006 providing for the acquisition by any person (or group of persons acting in concert) of more than 50% of the Ordinary Shares in issue and which compromise or arrangement is recommended by the Company’s Board of Directors, agreed by the requisite majorities of the members of the Company and sanctioned by the U.K. High Court; or (ii) the provision of an irrevocable undertaking to vote in favor of a compromise or arrangement referred to in clause (i) above, or (e) pursuant to any sale, transfer or arrangement under section 110 of the United Kingdom Insolvency Act 1986 in relation to the Company.

8.3. Offering Lock-Up . The Investor shall, if requested by the Company and an underwriter of equity securities of the Company in connection with any public offering involving an underwriting of equity securities of the Company, agree not to Dispose of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares and/or Ordinary Share Equivalents for a specified period of time, such period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days (a “ Lock-Up Agreement ”), provided that such agreement shall not restrict the Investor’s ability to Dispose of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares and/or Ordinary Share Equivalents in accordance with Section 8.2. The Investor shall not be obligated to enter into a Lock-Up Agreement more than twice in any 12-month period. Any Lock-Up Agreement shall be in writing in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the underwriter(s) in such offering. The Company may impose stop transfer instructions with respect to the ADSs, Ordinary Shares and/or Ordinary Share Equivalents subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of the specified period of time.

8.4. Insider Trading . In addition to the restrictions in this Agreement on the Disposition of ADSs, Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Share Equivalents of the Company, the Investor hereby acknowledges that it is aware that the United States, the United Kingdom and other applicable securities laws prohibit any person who has material, non-public information about a company obtained directly or indirectly from that company from purchasing or selling securities of such company or from communicating such information to any other person, including under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities.

8.5. Termination of Lock-Up Term . This Section 8 shall terminate and have no further force or effect upon the earliest to occur of:

(a) the date on which (x) the ADSs cease to be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act and (y) the Ordinary Shares cease to be listed on AIM;

(b) the date that is one year after the Closing Date; and

(c) the date on which the Company and the Investor mutually agree in writing to terminate this Section 8.

9. Survival . The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for the applicable statute of limitations.

10. Miscellaneous .

10.1. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement may not be assigned by a party hereto without the prior written consent of the Company or the Investor, as applicable. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties.

 

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10.2. Counterparts; Faxes; E-mail . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile or electronic mail, which shall be deemed an original.

10.3. Titles and Subtitles . The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

10.4. Notices . Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile or electronic mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three Business Days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one Business Day after delivery to such carrier. All notices shall be addressed to the party to be notified at the address as follows, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party:

If to the Company:

Summit Therapeutics plc

136a Eastern Avenue

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

OX14 4SB

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Fax: +44 (0)1235 443 999

With a copy to:

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

Attention: Brian A. Johnson

Fax: (212) 230-8888

With a copy to:

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Cannon Place

78 Cannon Street, London

EC4N 6AF, United Kingdom

Attention: Gary Green and James Parkes

Fax: +44 (0)20 7367 2000

 

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If to the Investor:

to the address set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

10.5. Expenses . The parties hereto shall pay their own costs and expenses in connection herewith regardless of whether the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated; it being understood that each of the Company and the Investor has relied on the advice of its own respective counsel.

10.6. Amendments and Waivers . Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7. Publicity . Except as set forth below, no public release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by the Investor without the prior consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as such release or announcement may be required by law or the applicable rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities market, in which case the Investor shall allow the Company, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance. The Company shall not include the name of the Investor in any press release or public announcement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any filing with the SEC) without the prior written consent of the Investor, except as otherwise required by law or the applicable rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities market, in which case the Company shall allow the Investor, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance. By 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately following the date this Agreement is executed, the Company shall issue a press release disclosing all material terms of transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Press Release ”) and make an announcement thereof (including the name of the Investor) to a Regulatory Investment Service. No later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Business Day following the date this Agreement is executed, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 6-K (the “ 6-K Filing ”) attaching the press release described in the foregoing sentence as well as copies of the Transaction Documents. In addition, the Company will make such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the SEC, Nasdaq or AIM. The parties acknowledge that from and after the issuance of the Press Release, the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby that is not disclosed in the Press Release. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide the Investor with any such material, nonpublic information regarding the Company from and after the filing of the Press Release without the express prior written consent of such Investor.

10.8. Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

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10.9. Entire Agreement . This Agreement, including the signature pages and Exhibits hereto, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Relationship Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereof with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, other than with respect to the Nondisclosure Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2018, by and between the Company and the Investor, which shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the subject matters thereof.

10.10. Further Assurances . The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

10.11. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:     SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC
    By:  

/s/ Glyn Edwards

      Name: Glyn Edwards
      Title: Chief Executive Officer


INVESTOR:

 

By:  

/s/ Robert W. Duggan

  Name: Robert W. Duggan


EXHIBIT A

Investor

 

Investor Information

    
Name:    Robert W. Duggan
Contact Person:   
Address:   
City:   
State:   
Zip Code:   
Telephone:   
Facsimile:   
Email:   
Tax ID # or Social Security #:   
Name in which ADSs should be issued:   

 


EXHIBIT B

Registration Rights Agreement


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of [ ], 2019 by and among Summit Therapeutics plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with the Registrar of Companies of England and Wales (the “ Company ”), and the “ Investor ” named in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Investor (the “ Purchase Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

The parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions .

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Investors ” means the Investor identified in the Purchase Agreement and any Permitted Transferee of the Investor who is a subsequent holder of Registrable Securities.

Prospectus ” means (i) the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

Register ,” “ registered ” and “ registration ” refer to a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the 1933 Act (as defined below), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document.

Registrable Securities ” means (i) the Purchased ADSs and (ii) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for such Purchased ADSs, whether by merger, charter amendment or otherwise ; provided, that, a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon (A) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or a valid exemption under the 1933 Act, or (B) such security becoming eligible for sale without restriction by the Investors pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Ordinary Shares of the Company (including the Underlying Securities) shall be Registrable Securities.

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company under the 1933 Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

Required Investors ” means the Investor (or Investors) holding a majority of the Registrable Securities outstanding from time to time.


SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

2. Registration .

(a) Registration Statement . Promptly following the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, but no later than two hundred ten (210) days after the Closing Date (the “ Filing Deadline ”), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC one Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities. Subject to any SEC comments, such Registration Statement shall include the plan of distribution attached hereto as Exhibit  A ; provided, however, that no Investor shall be named as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the Investor’s prior written consent. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional ADSs resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Ordinary Shares underlying the Registrable Securities. Such Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Investors prior to its filing or other submission.

(b) Expenses . The Company will pay all expenses associated with each Registration Statement, including filing and printing fees, the Company’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws and listing fees, but excluding discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold.

(c) Effectiveness .

(i) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have each Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable. The Company shall notify the Investors by facsimile or e-mail as promptly as practicable, and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours, after any Registration Statement is declared effective and shall simultaneously provide the Investors with copies of any related Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby.

(ii) For not more than sixty (60) consecutive days or for a total of not more than one hundred five (105) days in any twelve (12) month period, the Company may suspend the use of any Prospectus included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Section in the event that the Company determines in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company, (B) amend or supplement the affected Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (C) permit the Company to conduct a sale of securities or other financing that is not a sale of Registrable Securities or (D) file a


replacement Registration Statement covering the resale of Registrable Securities in connection with the expiration or anticipated expiration of an effective Registration Statement (an “ Allowed Delay ”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (a) notify each Investor in writing of the commencement of an Allowed Delay, but shall not (without the prior written consent of an Investor) disclose to such Investor any material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (b) advise the Investors in writing to cease all sales under such Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable.

(d) Rule  415; Cutback . If at any time the SEC takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or requires any Investor to be named as an “underwriter,” the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to persuade the SEC that the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is a valid secondary offering and not an offering “by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule 415 and that none of the Investors is an “underwriter.” The Investors shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any registration or matters pursuant to this Section 2(d), including participation in any meetings or discussions with the SEC regarding the SEC’s position and to comment on any written submission made to the SEC with respect thereto, which counsel shall be designated by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities. No such written submission with respect to this matter shall be made to the SEC to which the Investors’ counsel reasonably objects. In the event that, despite the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 2(d), the SEC refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from such Registration Statement such portion of the Registrable Securities (the “ Cut Back Shares ”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities as the SEC may require to assure the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule 415 (collectively, the “ SEC Restrictions ”); provided, however, that the Company shall not agree to name any Investor as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Investor. Any cut-back imposed on the Investors pursuant to this Section 2(d) shall be allocated among the Investors on a pro rata basis and shall be applied first to any of the Registrable Securities of such Investor as such Investor shall designate, unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require or provide or the Investors otherwise agree. From and after such date as the Company is able to effect the registration of such Cut Back Shares, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file a Registration Statement relating to such Cut Back Shares and to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC.

3. Company Obligations . The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the earliest of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as amended from time to time, have been sold, (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act, and (iii) the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Effectiveness Period ”), and advise the Investors promptly in writing when the Effectiveness Period has expired;


(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus promptly after the receipt of any SEC comments to the Registration Statement and as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act with respect to the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby;

(c) provide copies to and permit any counsel designated by the Investors to review each Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (but excluding any documents incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, amendments or supplements that are available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (or any successor system)) no fewer than three (3) days prior to their filing with the SEC and not file any document to which such counsel reasonably objects;

(d) furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, if requested by the Investor, one (1) copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) such number of copies of a Prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as each Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor that are covered by such Registration Statement;

(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and, (ii) if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest practical moment;

(f) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Investors and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for the offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions requested by the Investors and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(f), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject but for this Section 3(f), or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;


(g) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(h) promptly notify the Investors, at any time prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly prepare, file with the SEC and furnish to such holder a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(i) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the 1933 Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, promptly inform the Investors in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Investors are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder; and

(j) with a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell the ADSs to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (A) six months after such date as all of the Registrable Securities may be sold without restriction by the holders thereof pursuant to Rule 144 or any other rule of similar effect or (B) such date as all of the Registrable Securities shall have been resold; (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1934 Act; and (iii) furnish to each Investor upon request, as long as such Investor owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Investor of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that a Registration Statement may expire pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC on the date that is three years following the date it is declared effective by the SEC and that in such case either prior to or


promptly following such expiration time, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare, file and caused to be declared effective a replacement Registration Statement. It is agreed that the expiration of a Registration Statement pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC shall not represent a violation or breach of any of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement; provided that in such case the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to file and caused to be declared effective a replacement Registration Statement.

4. Obligations of the Investors .

(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any Investor that such Investor furnish in writing to the Company information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities, and such Investor shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires from such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. An Investor shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if such Investor elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement.

(b) Each Investor, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii) or (ii) the happening of an event pursuant to Section 3(h) hereof, such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until the Investor is advised by the Company that such dispositions may again be made.

(d) Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement.

5. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification by the Company . The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and its officers, directors, members, employees and agents, successors and assigns, and each other person, if any, who controls such Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or


liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus or final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof; (ii) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company specifically for that purpose or based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Registrable Securities under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information herein called a “ Blue Sky Application ”); (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state in a Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) any violation by the Company or its agents of any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act applicable to the Company or its agents and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with such registration; or (v) any failure to register or qualify the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement in any state where the Company or its agents has affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company will undertake such registration or qualification on an Investor’s behalf and will reimburse such Investor, and each such officer, director or member and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Investor or any such controlling person in writing specifically for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the use by an Investor of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Investor in writing that such Prospectus is outdated or defective, (iii) an Investor’s failure to send or give a copy of the Prospectus or supplement (as then amended or supplemented), if required (and not exempted) to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities or (iv) the disposition of any Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement or Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities during an Allowed Delay.

(b) Indemnification by the Investors . Each Investor agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees, stockholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Investor to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of an Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expense paid by such Investor in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Investor upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.


(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

(d) Contribution . If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act shall be entitled to contribution from any person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

6. Miscellaneous .

(a) Amendments and Waivers . This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Company and the Required Investors. The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Investors.


(b) Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as set forth in Section 10.4 of the Purchase Agreement.

(c) Assignments and Transfers by Investors . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Investors and their respective successors and assigns. An Investor may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more Affiliates its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable Securities by such Investor to such Affiliate, provided that such Investor complies with all laws applicable thereto, and the provisions of the Purchase Agreement, and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected, and such Affiliate agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein.

(d) Assignments and Transfers by the Company . This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Investors, provided, however, that in the event that the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar business combination transaction in which the Purchased ADSs (or the Underlying Securities) are converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder, the term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the term “Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to include the securities received by the Investors in connection with such transaction unless such securities are otherwise freely tradable by the Investors after giving effect to such transaction.

(e) Benefits of the Agreement . The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

(f) Counterparts; Faxes . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile, which shall be deemed an original.

(g) Titles and Subtitles . The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

(h) Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.


(i) Further Assurances . The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

(j) Entire Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

(k) Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:   

            

  SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC
     By:  

 

       Name: Glyn Edwards
       Title: Chief Executive Officer


INVESTOR:

 

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Exhibit A

Plan of Distribution

The selling ADS holders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling ADSs or interests in ADSs received after the date of this prospectus from a selling ADS holder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their ADSs or interests in ADSs on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the ADSs are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.

The selling ADS holders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of ADSs or interests therein:

 

   

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

   

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the ADSs as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

   

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

   

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

   

privately negotiated transactions;

 

   

short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC;

 

   

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

   

broker-dealers may agree with the selling ADS holders to sell a specified number of such ADSs at a stipulated price per ADS;

 

   

a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

   

any other method permitted by applicable law.

The selling ADS holders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the ADSs owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the ADSs, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling ADS holders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling ADS holders under this prospectus. The selling ADS holders also may transfer the ADSs in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.


In connection with the sale of ADSs or interests therein, the selling ADS holders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the ADSs in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling ADS holders may also sell ADSs short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the ADSs to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling ADS holders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of ADSs offered by this prospectus, which ADSs such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

The aggregate proceeds to the selling ADS holders from the sale of the ADSs offered by them will be the purchase price of the ADSs less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling ADS holders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of ADSs to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.

The selling ADS holders also may resell all or a portion of the ADSs in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.

The selling ADS holders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the ADSs or interests therein may be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the ADSs may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling ADS holders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

To the extent required, the ADSs to be sold, the names of the selling ADS holders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the ADSs may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the ADSs may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.

We have advised the selling ADS holders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of ADSs in the market and to the activities of the selling ADS holders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling ADS holders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling ADS holders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the ADSs against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.


We have agreed to indemnify the selling ADS holders against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the ADSs offered by this prospectus.

We have agreed with the selling ADS holders to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earliest of (1) such time as all of the ADSs covered by this prospectus have been disposed of pursuant to and in accordance with such registration statement, (2) the date on which all of the ADSs may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act or (3) the date that is five years after the date the ADSs were first sold to the selling ADS holders.


EXHIBIT C

Investor Questionnaire


EXHIBIT D

Form of Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP


EXHIBIT E

Form of Opinion of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP


EXHIBIT F

Form of Relationship Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

 

LOGO

DATE: DECEMBER 14, 2018

 

 

RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT RELATING TO SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC

 

 

Between

SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC

and

ROBERT W. DUGGAN

and

CAIRN FINANCIAL ADVISERS LLP

 

 

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Cannon Place

78 Cannon Street

London EC4N 6AF

T +44 20 7367 3000

F +44 20 7367 2000

cms.law


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.

  Definitions and Interpretation      1  

2.

  Conditions      3  

3.

  Duration and Termination      3  

4.

  Undertakings      4  

5.

  Notices      5  

6.

  Confidentiality      5  

7.

  Announcements      6  

8.

  Deed of Adherence      7  

9.

  Remedies and Waivers      7  

10.

  Miscellaneous      8  

11.

  Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999      8  

12.

  Governing Law and Jurisdiction      9  


RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT

DATE December 14, 2018

PARTIES

 

(1)

SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC (incorporated and registered in England and Wales under registration number 05197494), the registered office of which is at 136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4SB (the “ Company ”);

 

(2)

ROBERT W. DUGGAN , of [**] (the “ Investor ”); and

 

(3)

CAIRN FINANCIAL ADVISERS LLP (incorporated and registered in England and Wales under registration number OC351689, the registered office of which is at Cheyne House, Crown Court, 62 – 63 Cheapside, London EC2V 6AX) (the “ Nomad ”).

RECITALS

 

(A)

Application will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM.

 

(B)

The Investor will control approximately 48.81 per cent of the issued Ordinary Shares following Admission.

 

(C)

The parties have entered into this agreement to record certain matters agreed between them in anticipation and facilitation of Admission and to regulate the continuing relationship between them after Admission.

IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

In this agreement, the following words and expressions have the following meanings:

Admission ” means admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM becoming effective (pursuant to Rule 6 of the AIM Rules);

Adviser ” means a person’s financial or legal advisers or accountants or auditors;

Affiliate ” means in relation to the Investor:

 

  (a)

any person who holds shares (whether directly or indirectly) in the Company on behalf of the Investor; and

 

  (b)

any associates (within the meaning of the definition of “related party” contained in the AIM Rules) of the Investor;

AIM ” means the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange;

AIM Rules ” means the AIM Rules for Companies published by the London Stock Exchange (including any guidance notes or statements of practice) which govern the obligations and responsibilities of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on AIM, as amended from time to time;

Announcing Party ” has the meaning given to it in clause 7.1;

Articles of Association ” means the Company’s articles of association from time to time;

Business Day ” means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) on which banks are open for business in London;

 

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Companies Act ” means the Companies Act 2006;

Conditions ” has the meaning given to it in clause 2.1;

Confidential Information ” means any information of a confidential nature relating to the directors, employees, customers, business, assets or affairs of the Group or of the Investor or any of its Affiliates, as the case may be, which one party may have or have acquired prior to the date of this agreement or may have or acquire through the exercise of its rights or performance of its obligations under this agreement or otherwise and, in addition, in the case of the Investor, through its ownership of an interest in the Company;

Disclosing Party ” as given to it in clause 6.1;

FCA ” means the Financial Conduct Authority;

Group ” means the Company and its subsidiary undertakings from time to time, and references to a “ member of the Group ” (and derivations thereof) shall be construed accordingly;

London Stock Exchange ” means London Stock Exchange plc;

New Ordinary Shares ” means the 78,125,000 new Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company to be issued in connection with the Subscription;

Ordinary Shares ” means ordinary shares of one penny each in the capital of the Company having the rights set out in the Articles of Association (and any shares which are derived from them);

Panel ” means the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers;

Public Announcement ” has the meaning given to it in clause 7.1;

Recipient ” has the meaning given to it in clause 6.1;

Relevant Interest ” means an interest, whether held directly or indirectly, in 20 per cent or more of the aggregate Voting Rights in the Company from time to time;

Securities Purchase Agreement ” means the securities purchase agreement dated the same date as this agreement, entered into between the Company and the Investor;

Subscription ” means the proposed subscription of American Depositary Shares (“ ADS ”) (representing the New Ordinary Shares on the basis of 5 Ordinary Shares for each ADS) by the Investor pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement;

Voting Rights ” means in relation to any company, voting rights attaching to securities of the relevant company which are generally exercisable at meetings of shareholders of the relevant company;

Working Hours ” means 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on a Business Day.

 

1.2

In this agreement, unless otherwise specified:

 

  1.2.1

the contents page, headings and sub-headings in this agreement are for ease of reference only and do not affect the meaning of this agreement;

 

  1.2.2

words in the singular include the plural and vice versa;

 

  1.2.3

references to one gender include all genders;

 

  1.2.4

references to statutory provisions shall be construed as references to those provisions as respectively replaced, amended or re-enacted (whether before or after the date of this agreement) and shall include any provisions of which they are re-enactments (whether with or without modification) and any subordinate legislation made under those provisions;

 

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  1.2.5

a reference to “ a party ” is to a party to this agreement and includes the respective successors or permitted assigns of the original parties;

 

  1.2.6

general words do not have a restrictive meaning because they are preceded or followed by specific words indicating a particular type, class or category;

 

  1.2.7

any words following the terms “ include ” and “ including ” or any similar expression are illustrative and do not limit the meaning of the words preceding those terms;

 

  1.2.8

a reference to “ a clause ”, “ paragraph ” or “ schedule ” is to a clause or paragraph of or schedule to this agreement and a reference to this agreement includes its schedules and appendices;

 

  1.2.9

a reference to “ a company ” includes any company, corporation or any other body corporate (wherever incorporated);

 

  1.2.10

a person ” includes an individual, firm, partnership, company, association, organisation or trust (in each case whether or not having a separate legal personality); and

 

  1.2.11

holding company ”, “ subsidiary , parent undertaking or “ subsidiary undertaking ” have the same meaning as their respective definitions in the Companies Act.

 

2.

CONDITIONS

 

2.1

Other than the provisions of clauses 1, 2 and 5 to 12 (inclusive), which shall take immediate effect upon the signing of this agreement by the parties, the obligations of the parties under this agreement shall take effect on and from Admission provided that:

 

  2.1.1

Admission occurs no later than 8 a.m. on the date that is the sixtieth day after the date of this agreement, or such later date as may be agreed between the parties; and

 

  2.1.2

on or immediately following Admission, the Investor and/or any of his Affiliates holds (in aggregate) a Relevant Interest,

(together, the “ Conditions ”).

 

2.2

If either of the Conditions is not satisfied, this agreement shall terminate immediately.

 

3.

DURATION AND TERMINATION

 

3.1

Subject to clause 2.1, this agreement shall continue (and otherwise shall terminate immediately) for so long as either:

 

  3.1.1

the Investor and/or any of his Affiliates holds (in aggregate) a Relevant Interest; or

 

  3.1.2

the Ordinary Shares are admitted to trading on AIM and the ADS are admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

 

3.2

Any termination of this agreement (including in accordance with clause 2.2) shall be without prejudice to any provisions of this agreement which are expressed to continue in force thereafter and shall be without prejudice to any rights or obligations which may have accrued prior to the date on which this agreement terminates.

 

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4.

UNDERTAKINGS

 

4.1

The Investor undertakes to the Company, and (in respect of his Affiliates) shall insofar as is within his power or control procure, that:

 

  4.1.1

all transactions and arrangements between:

 

  (a)

the Investor or any of his Affiliates; and

 

  (b)

any member of the Group (including trading arrangements),

are conducted at arm’s length and on normal commercial terms (and the parties hereby acknowledge that this agreement has been concluded on such a basis) and in accordance with the related party transaction rules set out in rule 13 of the AIM Rules;

 

  4.1.2

he and his Affiliates shall not take any action that would have the effect of preventing the Company from carrying on its business independently of the Investor and his Affiliates provided that, for the avoidance of doubt and subject to the remaining provisions of clause 4.1, this clause 4.1.2 shall not restrict the Investor from lawfully exercising his Voting Rights or other rights as a holder of ADS and/or Ordinary Shares;

 

  4.1.3

he and his Affiliates shall not propose or procure the proposal of a resolution of the shareholders of the Company (or any class thereof) which is intended or appears to be intended to circumvent compliance with the AIM Rules;

 

  4.1.4

the provisions of this agreement are properly and promptly observed and given full force and effect according to the spirit and intention of this agreement; and

 

  4.1.5

he shall not and shall procure that none of his Affiliates shall:

 

  (a)

influence or seek to influence the day-to-day running of the Company or any member of the Group at an operational level;

 

  (b)

exercise his Voting Rights in respect of any resolution relating to a transaction, agreement or arrangement involving any member of the Group to which the Investor or any of his Affiliates is a party; or

 

  (c)

exercise his Voting Rights to procure or seek to procure any amendment to the Articles of Association which would be inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement.

 

4.2

The Investor’s obligations in clause 4.1 shall not operate so as to restrict the Investor or any of his Affiliates from discussing with the executive management from time to time strategic or operational matters pertaining to the Group.

 

4.3

The Investor’s obligations to satisfy his undertakings in clause 4.1 shall include exercising, causing the exercise or, as applicable, preventing the exercise of all shareholder rights in the Company exercisable by him or, insofar as is within his power or control, any of his Affiliates from time to time in the manner required to give effect to his obligations under clause 4.1.

 

4.4

Notwithstanding clause 4.1 nothing in this agreement shall prevent the Company, or any member of the Group, from contracting with the Investor, or any of his Affiliates, at arm’s length and on normal commercial terms.

 

4.5

The Investor undertakes that he shall not and shall procure that any of his Affiliates shall not solicit or entice any senior employee from the Group.

 

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5.

NOTICES

 

5.1

A notice under this agreement shall only be effective if it is in writing (which shall include, for the purposes of this Clause 5, by email).

 

5.2

Notices under this agreement shall be sent to a party to this agreement at its address (or email address, as applicable) and for the attention of the individual set out below:

 

Party

  

Address

The Company   

136a Eastern Avenue
Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire OX14 4SB

 

Attention: Erik Ostrowski, Melissa Strange and Richard Pye

The Investor    [**]
The Nomad   

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
Cheyne House Crown Court
62-63 Cheapside
London EC2V 6AX
United Kingdom

 

Attention: Tony Rawlinson and Liam Murray

provided that a party may change its notice details on giving notice to the other parties of the change in accordance with this clause 5.

 

5.3

Any notice given under this agreement shall, in the absence of earlier receipt, be deemed to have been duly given as follows:

 

  5.3.1

if delivered by hand, on delivery;

 

  5.3.2

if sent by first class post, two clear Business Days after the date of posting; and

 

  5.3.3

if sent by email, at the time that the email was sent provided that no error message indicating failure to deliver has been received by the sender and provided further that a hard copy of the communication signed by or on behalf of the sender, and any attachments, is also delivered by hand or sent by first class pre-paid post within two Business Days of transmission.

 

5.4

Any notice given under this agreement outside Working Hours in the place to which it is addressed shall be deemed not to have been given until the start of the next period of Working Hours in such place.

 

6.

CONFIDENTIALITY

 

6.1

Subject to the remainder of this clause 6, any Confidential Information received or acquired by a party (the “ Recipient ”) from another party (the “ Disclosing Party ”) shall be treated by the Recipient in confidence and shall not be used or disclosed by the Recipient to any other person (except as provided by this agreement or any other agreement with the Disclosing Party) without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, and no information about the relationship or agreements between the parties (including the existence of this agreement) shall be disclosed by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties.

 

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6.2

A Recipient may disclose any Confidential Information to its Advisers without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, provided that the Recipient procures that any such Adviser shall agree and undertake to keep such information confidential as if bound by this clause 6.

 

6.3

The Investor may disclose Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Company to those persons who require it for the exercise of their functions within the Investor or any of his Affiliates, provided that the Investor procures that any such persons shall agree and undertake to keep such information confidential as if bound by this clause 6.

 

6.4

Clause 6.1 shall not apply to information which:

 

  6.4.1

is in, or comes into, the public domain otherwise than as a result of a breach of this agreement or any other agreement between the parties or as a result of any breach of any other duty of confidence owed by the Recipient to the Disclosing Party;

 

  6.4.2

is in the possession of the Recipient prior to its receipt from the Disclosing Party;

 

  6.4.3

is independently received from a person who, so far as the Recipient is aware, is in possession of it otherwise than as a result of any breach by any person of a duty of confidentiality;

 

  6.4.4

the Recipient is bound by applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction to disclose including, in the case of the Company, by the AIM Rules in relation to Admission (and the parties hereby agree that the existence of this agreement and a description of its contents may be disclosed by the Company for the purpose of compliance with the AIM Rules in relation to Admission) and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; or

 

  6.4.5

the Recipient is required to disclose pursuant to its public, statutory, legal or regulatory obligations or requirements, but, where the Investor is required to disclose Confidential Information or make any announcement relating to the same, the Investor shall promptly notify the Company as soon as practicable and, where lawful to do so, before such disclosure or announcement occurs, consult with the Company regarding the timing and content of such disclosure or announcement and/or regarding such other action which the Company may reasonably choose to take to challenge the validity of such requirement or limit the extent of such disclosure.

 

6.5

The Recipient shall remain responsible for any breach of this clause 6 by the person to whom that Confidential Information is disclosed.

 

6.6

The provisions of this clause 6 shall continue to apply after termination of this agreement for a period of 5 years, except with regard to trade secret information which shall extend until such time as such information is no longer trade secret information.

 

7.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

7.1

Subject to clause 7.2, if the Company or the Investor (such party being the “ Announcing Party ”) wishes to make any public announcement or communication (including social media) which refers to:

 

  7.1.1

this agreement or the subject matter of it; or

 

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  7.1.2

any matter in the context of the Investor being a shareholder of the Company,

(a “ Public Announcement ”), such Public Announcement shall not be made without the prior consent of the party that is not the Announcing Party (the “ Other Party ”) and, in seeking such consent, the Announcing Party shall as soon as reasonably practicable before the time at which it proposes to make the Public Announcement, and in any event not less than 48 hours before such time, submit a draft of the relevant Public Announcement to the Other Party.

 

7.2

The provisions of clause 7.1 shall not apply to any Public Announcement if and to the extent that it:

 

  7.2.1

is required by law or by the regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission, the FCA or any relevant stock exchange or the Panel, provided that:

 

  (a)

where practicable, prior to the making or despatch thereof, the Company or the Investor, as the case may be, shall use all reasonable endeavours to consult with the Investor or the Company, as applicable, as to the content, timing and manner of making or despatch thereof; and

 

  (b)

to the extent practicable, the Company or the Investor, as applicable, shall take into account all reasonable requirements of the other in relation thereto;

 

  7.2.2

is required in relation to Admission or otherwise forms part of that process; or

 

  7.2.3

is commercial marketing and/or advertising material issued in the ordinary course of business by a party.

 

8.

DEED OF ADHERENCE

 

8.1

The Investor may transfer any interest in any of the Ordinary Shares to any of his Affiliates, provided that the Company shall not register any such transfer unless and until the proposed transferee has entered into a deed (in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Nomad) pursuant to which it agrees to adhere to and be bound by the provisions of this agreement, and to perform the obligations imposed on the proposed transferor by this agreement, in each case as if named in this agreement as the Investor.

 

8.2

Subject to the proposed transferee executing a deed of adherence in accordance with clause 8.1, the Company and the Nomad shall be deemed to agree that such proposed transferee shall have become a party and shall have all of the rights of the Investor under this agreement.

 

8.3

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause 8 shall prejudice any obligation of the Investor under the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

9.

REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

 

9.1

No delay or omission by any party to this agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this agreement or any other documents referred to in it shall:

 

  9.1.1

affect that right, power or remedy; or

 

  9.1.2

operate as a waiver thereof.

 

9.2

The single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this agreement shall not preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

 

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9.3

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, the rights, powers and remedies provided in this agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers and remedies provided by law.

 

9.4

The Investor agrees that if he should be in breach of any of the obligations in this agreement, damages would be an inadequate remedy and that an order for specific performance would be the appropriate remedy for such breach, without prejudice to any other rights which the other parties may have.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1

This agreement may only be varied in writing signed by each of the parties.

 

10.2

The parties shall not assign, or purport to assign, all or any part of the benefit of, or its rights or obligations under, this agreement, provided that the Investor may transfer his rights and obligations under this agreement to an Affiliate.

 

10.3

If at any time any provision of this agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, that shall not affect or impair:

 

  10.3.1

the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this agreement; or

 

  10.3.2

the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this agreement.

 

10.4

The Investor shall (at its own expense) promptly execute and deliver such documents and perform such acts as the Company and the Nomad may each require from time to time for the purpose of giving full effect to this agreement.

 

10.5

Except as otherwise stated in any other provision of this agreement, the Company shall pay the costs and expenses in relation to the preparation, execution and carrying into effect of this agreement and all other documents referred to in, or ancillary to, this agreement.

 

10.6

The parties may execute this agreement in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered will be an original but all of which when taken together will constitute one agreement.

 

10.7

This agreement supersedes all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the parties in relation to the subject matter of this agreement and contains the whole agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter of this agreement to the exclusion of any terms implied by law which may be excluded by contract, provided that in the event of any inconsistency between any term of this agreement and any term of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement shall prevail with respect to that term.

 

10.8

Nothing in this agreement and no action taken by the parties under this agreement shall constitute a partnership, association, joint venture or other co-operative entity between the parties.

 

11.

CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999

 

11.1

Except as expressly stated in this agreement, a person who is not a party to this agreement may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

 

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12.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

12.1

This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by the law of England and Wales.

 

12.2

The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

Executed and delivered by the parties as a deed on the date first written above.

 

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Executed as a deed by    )   
SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC    )   
on being signed by    )    /s/ Glyn Edwards                                    
Glyn Edwards    )    Director
in the presence of:    )   
Name of witness:                         Stuart Kingstone
Signature of witness:                    /s/ Stuart Kingstone                   
Address:                                                                                            
                                                                                                           
Occupation:                                 Retired
Executed as a deed by    )   
ROBERT W. DUGGAN    )   
on being signed by    )    /s/ Robert W. Duggan                            
Robert W. Duggan    )   
in the presence of:    )   
Name of witness:                        Ryan Flake
Signature of witness:                    /s/ Ryan Flake                      
Address:                                                                                       
                                                                                                     
Occupation:                                  CFO

 

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Executed as a deed by    )    /s/ Liam Murray                                  
CAIRN FINANCIAL ADVISERS LLP    )    Member
acting by    )   
Liam Murray    )   
and    )   
Sandy Jamieson    )    /s/ Sandy Jamieson                              
each a member, in the presence of:    )    Member
Name of witness:                         David Cuffman
Signature of witness:                    /s/ David Cuffman                
Address:                                                                                       
                                                                                                      
Occupation:                                 Chartered Accountant

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THE APPENDICES) AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, OR INTO ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR AN INVITATION TO ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES. YOUR ATTENTION IS ALSO DRAWN TO THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Summit Therapeutics plc

(“Summit”, the “Company” or the “Group”)

Summit Therapeutics Announces a Proposed Subscription to Raise $25.0 million and Notice of General Meeting

Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, MA, US, 17  December 2018 - Summit Therapeutics plc (AIM: SUMM, NASDAQ: SMMT), a leader in new mechanism antibiotic innovation, announces that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement for the sale of $25 million of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), representing its ordinary shares, in a private placement which is subject to certain shareholder approvals being obtained and certain customary closing conditions being satisfied.

Highlights

 

   

$25.0 million (before expenses) to be raised through a subscription of 78,125,000 new ordinary shares of one penny each in the Company (“New Ordinary Shares”) in the form of 15,625,000 ADSs at a subscription price of $1.60 per ADS (the “Subscription”).

 

   

The subscription price of $1.60 per ADS represents a premium of 32% to the Nasdaq closing ADS price on 14 December 2018.

 

   

The Directors believe that following the closing, the net proceeds of the Subscription, together with the Company’s existing cash resources and funding agreements, will extend its cash runway through 31 January 2020. The Company expects to use these funds to support the following activities:

 

   

Initiation and commencement of patient enrolment into the Phase 3 clinical programme of ridinilazole for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection.

 

   

Completion of IND-enabling studies for SMT-571 for the treatment of gonorrhoea.

 

   

Accelerate the development of the Company’s discovery assets including its programme targeting the ESKAPE pathogens.

 

   

General corporate purposes.

 

   

The Subscription is being made by Mr Robert W. Duggan, a US citizen who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Duggan Investments, a private investment firm. Mr Duggan was previously the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pharmacyclics, Inc., which was sold to AbbVie Inc., in 2015 and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors for Pulse Biosciences, Inc.. Mr Duggan’s investment focus is on patient-friendly breakthrough therapies to the resolution of complex healthcare situations, including the urgent need to develop new antibiotic treatments for the benefit of patients. Mr Duggan holds Summit’s management team and the Company’s strategy for developing innovative antibiotics for patients with serious infectious diseases in high-regard.

 


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The Subscription is not being underwritten and is conditional (amongst other things) upon the passing of a resolution to approve a waiver (the “Rule 9 Waiver”), which has been granted by the Takeover Panel, of certain obligations that would otherwise arise on Mr Duggan in connection with the Subscription pursuant to rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “City Code”) and shareholder authority for the disapplication of pre-emptive rights. Shareholder approval of these resolutions (the “Resolutions”) will be sought at a general meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AF, at 11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019 (the “General Meeting”).

A circular, including notice of the General Meeting, setting out (amongst other things) further details on the Subscription and the Resolutions to be proposed at the general meeting (the “Circular”) is expected to be uploaded to the Company’s website and posted to shareholders on 17 December 2018.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Assuming the Resolutions are passed, admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM is expected to occur on or around 8.00 a.m. on 8 January 2019 (“Admission”).

Glyn Edwards, Chief Executive Officer of Summit, said : “ Mr Duggan is a seasoned healthcare entrepreneur and investor whose proposed investment into our Company speaks volumes about the potential that our new mechanism antibiotics have in addressing serious infectious diseases. We are thrilled with his commitment to Summit and look forward to advancing our programmes targeting infections caused by C. difficile , N. gonorrhoeae and ESKAPE pathogens and showing significant advantages over current standards of care.

Recommendation

The Board is of the opinion that the Subscription, the Rule 9 Waiver and the Resolutions are fair and in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.

Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of each of the Resolutions (to the extent they are entitled to), as the Directors intend to do in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings.

Important Information on Rule 9 Waiver

Mr Duggan is currently a beneficial holder of approximately 0.2% of the Company’s current issued share capital. Mr Duggan has agreed to subscribe for 78,125,000 New Ordinary Shares in the form of 15,625,000 ADSs. This is an amount that would increase his percentage holding of the Company following completion of the Subscription to over 30%, which, without a waiver of the obligations under Rule 9 of the City Code, would oblige Mr Duggan to make a general offer to Summit shareholders under Rule 9 of the Code (“Rule 9 Offer”).

It is expected that Mr Duggan will have a shareholding of approximately 48.81% of the total voting rights of the Company immediately following completion of the Subscription.

The Company has applied for a waiver of the requirements for Mr Duggan to make a Rule 9 Offer. The Takeover Panel has agreed to such a waiver, subject to the passing of a resolution by a poll of Independent Shareholders at the general meeting of shareholders.


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About Summit Therapeutics

Summit Therapeutics is a leader in antibiotic innovation. Our new mechanism antibiotics are designed to become the new standards of care for the benefit of patients and create value for payors and healthcare providers. We are currently developing new mechanism antibiotics for infections caused by C. difficile , N. Gonorrhoeae and ESKAPE pathogens and are using our proprietary Discuva Platform to expand our pipeline. For more information, visit www.summitplc.com and follow us on Twitter @summitplc.

For more information, please contact:

 

Summit   
Glyn Edwards / Richard Pye (UK office)    Tel: +44 (0)1235 443 951
Erik Ostrowski / Michelle Avery (US office)    +1 617 225 4455
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated Adviser)   
Liam Murray / Tony Rawlinson    Tel: +44 (0)20 7213 0880
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker)   
Aubrey Powell / Jen Boorer, Corporate Finance   
Tom Salvesen, Corporate Broking    Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
Bryan Garnier  & Co Limited (Joint Broker)   
Phil Walker / Dominic Wilson    Tel: +44 (0)20 7332 2500
MSL Group (US)    Tel: +1 781 684 6557
Jon Siegal    summit@mslgroup.com
Consilium Strategic Communications (UK)   
Mary-Jane Elliott / Sue Stuart /    Tel: +44 (0)20 3709 5700
Jessica Hodgson / Lindsey Neville    summit@consilium-comms.com

This Announcement should be read in its entirety. In particular, you should read and understand the information provided in the “Important Notices” section of this Announcement.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Forward Looking Statements

Any statements in this Announcement about the Company’s future expectations, plans and prospects, including but not limited to, whether or not the Company will consummate the Subscription and the anticipated use of proceeds from the Subscription, the clinical and preclinical development of the Company’s product candidates, the therapeutic potential of the Company’s product candidates, the potential of the Discuva Platform, the potential commercialisation of the Company’s product candidates, the sufficiency of the Company’s cash resources, the timing of initiation, completion and availability of data from clinical trials, the potential submission of applications for marketing approvals and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “would,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the risk that the Company’s shareholders do not approve the Subscription, the risk that the other closing conditions to the Subscription are not satisfied, the ability of BARDA or CARB-X to terminate the Company’s contract for convenience at any time, the uncertainties inherent in the initiation of future clinical trials, availability and timing of data from ongoing and future clinical trials and the results of such trials, whether preliminary results from a clinical trial will be predictive of the final results of that trial or whether results


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of early clinical trials or preclinical studies will be indicative of the results of later clinical trials, expectations for regulatory approvals, laws and regulations affecting government contracts, availability of funding sufficient for the Company’s foreseeable and unforeseeable operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of filings that the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2018. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. In addition, any forward-looking statements included in this Announcement represent the Company’s views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any subsequent date. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements included in this Announcement.

Inside Information

This Announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (“MAR”). In addition, market soundings (as defined in MAR) were taken in respect of the Subscription with the result that certain persons became aware of inside information (as defined in MAR), as permitted by MAR. This inside information is set out in this Announcement. Therefore, those persons that have received inside information in a market sounding are no longer in possession of such inside information relating to the Company and its securities. The person responsible for arranging for the release of this Announcement on behalf of the Company is Richard Pye, Senior Director, Corporate Affairs and Communications.

US Securities Act

The ADSs, representing ordinary shares, to be sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable U.S. state securities laws, and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws.

This Announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

APPENDIX I

BACKGROUND TO THE SUBSCRIPTION

Introduction

The Company today announced that it proposes to raise a total of approximately $25 million (before expenses) by means of a Subscription by Mr Robert W. Duggan for 15,625,000 ADSs at a price of $1.60 per ADS. Each ADS represents five Ordinary Shares meaning that 78,125,000 new ordinary shares are proposed to be issued pursuant to the Subscription.

The subscription price represents a premium of approximately 32 per cent. to the Nasdaq closing ADS price on 14 December 2018, being the last trading day prior to the announcement of the Subscription by the Company.

Completion of the Subscription is subject to the granting of a Rule 9 Waiver in respect of Mr Duggan. Further details relating to the Rule 9 Waiver and the Takeover Code will be contained in the Circular, to be posted to shareholders and made available via the Company’s website on 17 December 2018.


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Information on Summit

Summit is a leader in antibiotic innovation. The Company’s new mechanism antibiotics are designed to become the new standards of care for serious infectious diseases.

Due to the increase in antibiotic resistance, bacterial infectious diseases are one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development according to the World Health Organization (“WHO”). The WHO has stated that antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world, that new resistance mechanisms are emerging and spreading globally that threaten the ability to treat common infectious diseases, and that without urgent action the world is heading for a post-antibiotic era in which common infections and minor injuries can once again kill. Today, it is estimated that approximately 700,000 people die of resistant infections every year. The 2016 O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance stated that by 2050, an estimated 10 million lives a year with a cumulative $100 trillion of economic output are at risk due to the rise of antibiotic resistant infections.

Summit’s strategy is to develop new mechanism antibiotics that can show significant advantages over current standards of care in clinical trials and offer a compelling value proposition to payors. Through these collective efforts, Summit believes it can position its new mechanism antibiotics for commercial success and help combat the threat from antibiotic resistance.

Summit’s pipeline currently includes new mechanism antibiotics for the treatment of infections associated with Clostridium difficile , Neisseria gonorrhoeae and ESKAPE pathogens. In addition, Summit’s proprietary Discuva Platform is being used for the discovery and development of new mechanism antibiotics to support the expansion of the Company’s pipeline.

Ridinilazole for the treatment of C. difficile infection

Summit’s strategy in antibiotic development is exemplified by ridinilazole, the Company’s novel-class, Phase 3-ready precision antibiotic in development for the front-line treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (“CDI”).

CDI is a bacterial infection of the colon that produces toxins causing inflammation of the colon and severe diarrhoea. CDI can also result in more serious disease complications, including pseudomembranous colitis, bowel perforation, toxic megacolon, sepsis and death. It is estimated that there are over one million cases of CDI annually in the United States and Europe, with CDI associated with approximately 29,000 deaths per year in the United States alone. The community of microorganisms that make up the natural gut flora, commonly referred to as the “microbiome”, is known to play an important role in protecting against CDI. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”) classifies C. difficile as one of three bacteria that pose an urgent healthcare threat, the highest warning level.

Based on clinical trial results to date, ridinilazole selectively targets C. difficile bacteria without causing collateral damage to the gut microbiome, and therefore has the potential to be a front-line therapy that treats not only the initial CDI infection, but importantly reduces the rate of CDI recurrence.

In a Phase 2 proof of concept clinical trial, ridinilazole demonstrated clinical and statistical superiority in sustained clinical response (“SCR”) over vancomycin, the current standard of care. SCR is a combined endpoint that measured cure of the initial infection and whether patients had disease recurrence 30 days after completing treatment. In the Phase 2 trial, ridinilazole achieved a SCR rate of 66.7% compared to 42.4% for vancomycin.

Ridinilazole is expected to enter Phase 3 clinical trials in the first quarter of 2019. The Phase 3 programme has been designed to be similar to the Phase 2 clinical trial. The programme will comprise two global Phase 3 clinical trials that will enrol approximately 700 patients each. The trials will be randomised and double blind with half of patients to be dosed with ridinilazole, and the other half with vancomycin. The design of the Phase 3 trials also includes various health economic outcome measures that are expected to support the commercialisation of ridinilazole. Top-line data are expected to be reported in the second half of 2021.


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The ongoing clinical and regulatory development of ridinilazole is being supported by a contract with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”), an agency of the United States government, which potentially provides up to $62 million in non-dilutive funding. To date, total committed BARDA funding under this contract is $44 million, including a $12 million option that was exercised by BARDA in August 2018. These committed funds from BARDA are expected to be drawn down during the course of the Phase 3 clinical trials and for drug manufacturing activities required for the submission of marketing approval applications and other regulatory activities.

SMT-571 for the treatment of gonorrhoea

It is estimated by the WHO that there are approximately 78 million new cases of gonorrhoea globally per year. Neisseria gonorrhoeae has consistently developed resistance to each class of antibiotics recommended for treatment and there is now only one treatment recommended by the CDC, a combination of two antibiotics. The WHO ranks as “High” the priority of R&D investment into the search for antibiotics which are effective against N. gonorrhoeae and in August 2018, the CDC stated that in light of increased problems with resistance, additional treatment options were urgently required.

SMT-571 is Summit’s preclinical development candidate for the treatment of gonorrhoea. SMT-571 has a new mechanism of action that targets cell division and which has shown high potency for a range of N. gonorrhoeae strains in in vitro studies, including those that are multi-drug resistant. SMT-571 is now in investigational new drug (“IND”) enabling studies with Summit expecting to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial of SMT-571 in the second half of 2019.

In July 2018, Summit was awarded up to $4.5 million in non-dilutive funding from CARB-X, a public-private partnership dedicated to accelerating antibacterial research and development to address the rising global threat of drug-resistant bacteria. The funding is supporting the preclinical and Phase 1 clinical development of SMT-571 if certain development milestones are met.

ESKAPE programme

Summit’s third area of focus was announced in September 2018. This is a discovery programme targeting a group of bacteria called ESKAPE pathogens ( Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus , Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp. ). The ESKAPE pathogens together represent the leading cause of hospital acquired infections around the world and are subject to increasing rates of resistance to existing antibiotic classes.

Discuva Platform

The development of Summit’s pipeline of new mechanism antibiotics is underpinned by its proprietary Discuva Platform. From discovery through the selection of optimised clinical candidates, the Discuva Platform has the potential to deliver antibiotics with new mechanisms of action and a low likelihood of resistance development combined with a targeted spectrum of activity. The Discuva Platform utilises proprietary libraries of a wide range of bacteria that can be used to generate new mechanism antibiotics against bacteria that are classified as urgent or high-risk threats by the CDC and WHO. The Discuva Platform was used in the discovery and development of Summit’s gonorrhoea and ESKAPE pathogen programmes, as well as in a collaboration with Roche using the Discuva Platform for the discovery and development of new antibiotic compounds.

Relationship agreement

Immediately upon Admission, Mr Duggan is expected to hold approximately 48.81 per cent. of the enlarged share capital. The Company and Cairn have therefore entered into a Relationship Agreement with Mr Duggan to regulate his relationship with the Company from Admission and to limit his influence over the Board’s corporate actions and activities and the outcome of general matters pertaining to the Group.


LOGO

 

Expected timetable of principal events

 

Publication of Circular and Form of Proxy    17 December 2018
Latest time and date for receipt of the Form of Proxy    11:00 a.m. on 2 January 2019
General Meeting    11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019
Result of General Meeting announced via RIS    4 January 2019
Expected date for Admission    8 January 2019

Action to be taken

A notice convening the General Meeting, to be held at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AF at 11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019, will be included in the Circular which is expected to be posted to Shareholders and uploaded to the Company’s website on 17 December 2018.

Recommendation

The Board is of the opinion that the Subscription, the Rule 9 Waiver and the resolutions are fair and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole.

Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that shareholders vote in favour of each of the resolutions (to the extent they are entitled to), as the Directors intend to do in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings.

-END-

Exhibit 99.2

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt about the contents of this Document or what action you should take, you should immediately consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor or other independent financial adviser authorised under FSMA if you are in the United Kingdom or, if not, another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser.

If you have sold or otherwise transferred, or you sell or otherwise transfer, all of your holding of ordinary shares in Summit Therapeutics PLC please send this Document together with the accompanying Form of Proxy at once to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through or by whom the sale or transfer was or is effected, for onward delivery to the purchaser or transferee.

The whole of this Document should be read. Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Chairman of the Company, which is set out in Part I of this Document and which recommends that, to the extent you are entitled to do so, you vote in favour of the Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting.

This Document does not constitute an offer of transferable securities to the public within the meaning of section 102B of FSMA. The issue of the New Ordinary Shares does not constitute an offer to the public requiring an approved prospectus under section 85 of FSMA. This Document does not constitute a prospectus for the purpose of the Prospectus Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority or an admission document for the purpose of the AIM Rules. Accordingly, this Document has not been, and will not be, reviewed or approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (in its capacity as UK Listing Authority or otherwise) pursuant to sections 85 and 87 of FSMA, the London Stock Exchange or any other authority or regulatory body and has not been approved for the purposes of Section 21 of FSMA. In addition, this Document shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Copies of this Document are available free of charge during normal business hours on any weekday (except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) from Summit Therapeutics PLC’s registered office from the date of this Document to the date of admission of the New Ordinary Shares.

Application will be made for the underlying New Ordinary Shares, which are represented by ADSs, to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. Subject to certain conditions being satisfied, including the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting, it is expected that admission to trading on AIM and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on or around 8 January 2019.

 

 

Summit Therapeutics PLC

(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under number 05197494)

Proposed Subscription of 78,125,000 New Ordinary Shares in the form of 15,625,000 ADSs at a price of $1.60 per ADS

Approval of a waiver of obligations under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code

and

Notice of General Meeting

 

 

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is acting for the Company and for no one else in connection with the Subscription and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its customers or for affording advice in relation to the matters referred herein. Cairn Financial Advisers LLP does not accept any liability whatsoever for the accuracy or opinions contained in this Document (or for omission of any material information) and shall not be responsible for the contents of this Document.


No person should construe the contents of this Document as legal, tax or financial advice and recipients of this Document should consult their own advisers as to the matters described in this Document. The contents of the Company’s website or any website directly or indirectly linked to the Company’s website do not form part of this Document.

Notice of a General Meeting of Summit Therapeutics PLC to be held at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF at 11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019 is set out at the end of this Document. Shareholders will find enclosed with this Document a Form of Proxy for use at the General Meeting. If you do not intend on being present at the General Meeting, please complete the Form of Proxy in accordance with the instructions thereon and return it as soon as possible but, in any event, so as to be received by Link Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU at least 48 hours before the time appointed for the General Meeting.

None of the New Ordinary Shares, the Form of Proxy, this Document or any other document connected with the Subscription have been or will be approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission or by the securities commissions of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or any other regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities or any securities commission passed comment upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the New Ordinary Shares, the Form of Proxy, or the accuracy or adequacy of this Document or any other document connected with the Subscription. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence. The distribution of this Document and the Form of Proxy in jurisdictions other than the UK may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this Document and/or the Form of Proxy come should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws or regulations of such jurisdictions.

The New Ordinary Shares have not been registered under the US Securities Act 1933 (as amended) (the “Securities Act”) or under the applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or any of the other “Restricted Jurisdictions” (such jurisdictions being the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan and any other jurisdiction where the extension or availability of the Subscription would breach any applicable law). The New Ordinary Shares may not be offered, sold, taken up, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within, into or in the United States, or any Restricted Jurisdiction or to any national resident or citizen of, or any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organised under the laws of any Restricted Jurisdiction, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws of any relevant state or other jurisdiction of the United States and any relevant Restricted Jurisdiction. The New Ordinary Shares are being offered and sold to an accredited investor pursuant to an exemption from registration under Regulation D of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the New Ordinary Shares in the United States.

Notice to overseas persons

None of the New Ordinary Shares have been registered under the Securities Act or under the securities legislation of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States.

The distribution of this Document in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this Document comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

It is the responsibility of any person receiving a copy of this Document outside the United Kingdom to satisfy himself as to the full observance of the laws and regulatory requirements of the relevant territory in connection therewith, including obtaining any governmental or other consents which may be required or observing any other formalities required to be observed in such territory and paying any other issue, transfer or other taxes due in such other territory.

 

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Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements

This Document contains certain statements about Summit Therapeutics PLC and certain of its current plans, goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition and performance and which involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The Company cautions readers that no forward-looking statements are a guarantee of future performance and that actual results could differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Document including statements about the completion of the proposed sale of ADSs representing the New Ordinary Shares, development and potential commercialisation of Summit Therapeutics PLC product candidates, the therapeutic potential of Summit Therapeutics PLC preclinical and clinical product candidates, the timing of initiation, completion and availability of data from clinical trials, the potential of the Discuva Platform, the potential benefits and future operation of the collaborations with Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., Eurofarma Laboratórios SA, the awards from BARDA and CARB-X, including any potential future payments thereunder, any other potential third-party collaborations and expectations regarding the sufficiency of our cash balance and any proceeds from the sale of the ADSs representing the New Ordinary Shares to fund operating expenses and capital expenditures, and other statements preceded or followed by, or that include, the words ‘‘targets’’, ‘‘plans’’, ‘‘believes’’, ‘‘expects’’, ‘‘aims’’, ‘‘intends’’, ‘‘will’’, ‘‘may’’, ‘‘should’’, ‘‘anticipates’’, ‘‘estimates’’, ‘‘projects’’ or words or terms of similar substance or the negative thereof, are or may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include statements relating to the following: (i) future capital expenditures, expenses, revenues, earnings, synergies, economic performance, indebtedness, financial condition, dividend policy, losses and future prospects and (ii) business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of the operations of Summit Therapeutics PLC. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and have not been reviewed by the auditors of Summit Therapeutics PLC. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors (a number of which are beyond the Company’s control) which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of any such person, or industry results, to be materially different from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. (These factors are discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of filings that Summit Therapeutics PLC makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2018.) These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions regarding the present and future business strategies of Summit Therapeutics PLC and the environment in which it will operate in the future. Investors should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements and, save as is required by law or regulation (including to meet the requirements of the AIM Rules, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and/or the Prospectus Rules), Summit Therapeutics PLC does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements (including to reflect any change in expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based). All subsequent oral or written forward-looking statements attributed to Summit Therapeutics PLC or any persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statement above. All forward-looking statements contained in this Document are based on information available to the Directors of Summit Therapeutics PLC at the date of this Document, unless some other time is specified in relation to them, and the posting or receipt of this Document shall not give rise to any implication that there has been no change in the facts set forth herein since such date.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

Definitions

     5  

Directors, Secretary and Advisers

     8  

Expected Timetable of Principal Events

     9  

Subscription Statistics

     9  

Part I – Letter from Chairman of Summit Therapeutics PLC

     10  

Part II – Information on the Investor

     19  

Part III – Further Disclosure Required by the Takeover Code

     21  

Part IV – Financial Information Incorporated by Reference

     27  

Part V – Additional Information

     29  

Notice of General Meeting

     40  


DEFINITIONS

 

“Act”    the Companies Act 2006, as amended from time to time
“Admission”    admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM, such admission becoming effective in accordance with the AIM Rules
“ADS”    one American Depositary Share, representing five Ordinary Shares
“AIM”    the market of the same name operated by the London Stock Exchange
“AIM Rules”    the AIM rules for companies and their nominated advisers, published by the London Stock Exchange (as amended from time to time)
“Articles”    the articles of association of the Company as adopted by special resolution passed on 19 February 2015 and as amended by a special resolution passed on 14 July 2015
“Business Day”    a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business in London, England
“Cairn”    Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, nominated adviser and financial adviser to the Company pursuant to Rule 3 of the Takeover Code
“Company” or “Summit”    Summit Therapeutics PLC, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05197494 and registered office at 136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4SB, United Kingdom
“CREST”    the electronic settlement system for paperless settlement of trades of UK and Irish securities operated by Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited
“Directors” or “Board”    the directors of the Company as at the date of this Document, whose details are set out on page 8 of this Document
“Document”    this document, including the Notice of General Meeting appended to it
“Enlarged Share Capital”    the Existing Ordinary Shares and the New Ordinary Shares in issue immediately following Admission
“Existing Ordinary Shares”    each Ordinary Share in issue as at the date of this Document
“Form of Proxy”    the form of proxy accompanying this Document for use at the General Meeting
“FSMA”    the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended from time to time

 

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“General Meeting” or “GM”    the general meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AF at 11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019, notice of which is set out at the end of this Document
“Group”    the Company and its subsidiary undertakings
“Independent Shareholders”    the holders of Existing Ordinary Shares other than the Investor
“Investor”    Mr Robert W. Duggan
“Link” or “Registrars”    Link Asset Services, a trading name for Link Market Services Limited, being the Company’s registrars
“London Stock Exchange”    London Stock Exchange PLC
“New Ordinary Shares”    the underlying 78,125,000 new Ordinary Shares to be issued and allotted pursuant to the Subscription
“Notice of General Meeting”    the notice of General Meeting set out at the end of this Document
“Ordinary Shares”    ordinary shares of one penny each in the capital of the Company
“Panel”    the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers
“Registration Rights Agreement”    the registration rights agreement to be entered into between the Company and the Investor, further details of which are set out in paragraph 5(b) of Part V of this Document
“Relationship Agreement”    the conditional agreement dated 14 December 2018, between the Company, Cairn and the Investor, further details of which are set out in paragraph 4 of Part I and paragraph 5(c) of Part V of this Document
“Resolutions”    the resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting, as set out in the Notice of General Meeting
“RIS”    a regulatory information service operated by the London Stock Exchange as defined in the AIM Rules
“Rule 9”    Rule 9 of the Takeover Code
“Rule 9 Waiver” or “Waiver”    the waiver of Rule 9 that would otherwise be applicable in respect of the Subscription as agreed by the Panel and to be approved by the Independent Shareholders
“Shareholders”    holders of Ordinary Shares
“Subscription”    the proposed subscription by the Investor of the ADSs that represent the New Ordinary Shares, according to the terms of the Subscription Agreement
“Subscription Agreement”    the securities purchase agreement dated 14 December 2018 between the Investor and the Company relating to the Subscription, further details of which are set out in paragraph 5(a) of Part V of this Document
“Subscription Price”    $1.60 per ADS
“Takeover Code” or “Code”    the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers issued by the Panel

 

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“UK” or “United Kingdom”    the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
“£” or “pounds”    Great British pounds, the basic unit of currency in the United Kingdom
“$” or “dollars”    United States dollars, the basic unit of currency in the United States of America

 

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DIRECTORS, SECRETARY AND ADVISERS

 

Directors   

Frank Armstrong, Non-executive Chairman

Glyn Edwards, Chief Executive Officer

Leopoldo Zambeletti, Non-executive Director

Valerie Andrews, Non-executive Director

David Wurzer, Non-executive Director

Company Secretary    Melissa Strange
Nominated Adviser and financial adviser pursuant to Rule 3 of the Code to the Company   

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP

Cheyne House, Crown Court

62-63 Cheapside

London EC2V 6AX

United Kingdom

UK legal adviser to the Company   

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Cannon Place

78 Cannon Street

London EC4N 6AF

United Kingdom

US legal adviser to the Company   

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10007

United States of America

Joint Brokers   

Bryan, Garnier & Co. Limited

Beaufort House

15 St Botolph Street

London EC3A 7BB

United Kingdom

 

N+1 Singer

One Bartholomew Lane

London EC2N 2AX

United Kingdom

Registrars   

Link Asset Services

34 Beckenham Road

Beckenham

Kent, BR3 4TU

United Kingdom

Website    www.summitplc.com

 

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EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS

 

Announcement of the Subscription    17 December 2018
Publication of this Document and the Form of Proxy    17 December 2018
Latest time and date for receipt of the Form of Proxy    11:00 a.m. on 2 January 2019
General Meeting    11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019
Result of General Meeting announced via RIS    4 January 2019
Expected date for Admission and commencement of dealings in New Ordinary Shares on AIM    8 January 2019

Notes:

 

(1)

References to times in this Document are to Greenwich Mean Time (unless otherwise stated).

 

(2)

The dates and timing of the events in the above timetable and in the rest of this Document are indicative only and may be subject to change.

 

(3)

If any of the above times or dates should change, the revised times and/or dates will be notified by an announcement through an RIS.

 

(4)

The Company’s LEI code is 213800NRW8AOMYMTBD89 and ISIN code is GB00BN40HZ01.

SUBSCRIPTION STATISTICS

 

Subscription Price per ADS

   $ 1.60  

Number of Existing Ordinary Shares in issue

     82,264,881  

Number of New Ordinary Shares being issued

     78,125,000  

Enlarged Share Capital*

     160,389,881  

Number of New Ordinary Shares as a percentage of the Enlarged Share Capital

     48.71

Gross Proceeds of the Subscription

   $ 25,000,000  

Estimated net proceeds pursuant to the Subscription

   $ 24,587,500  

 

*

Assumes no further issuances of Ordinary Shares other than as outlined in this Document and excluding the exercise of any outstanding options over Ordinary Shares.

For the convenience of the reader, the gross proceeds of the Subscription translated into Great British pounds are £20 million, and the estimated net proceeds are £19,670,000, using an exchange rate of $1.25 to £1.00.

 

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PART I

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC

(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered no. 05197494)

 

Directors   Registered office:
Frank Armstrong, Non-executive Chairman   136a Eastern Avenue
Glyn Edwards, Chief Executive Officer   Milton Park
Leopoldo Zambeletti, Non-executive Director   Abingdon
Valerie Andrews, Non-executive Director   Oxfordshire
David Wurzer, Non-executive Director   OX14 4SB UK
  17 December 2018

To all Shareholders and to the holders of ADSs and options over Ordinary Shares

Dear Shareholder,

Proposed Subscription of 78,125,000 New Ordinary Shares in the form of 15,625,000 ADSs at a price of $1.60 per ADS

Rule 9 Waiver

and Notice of General Meeting

 

1.

Introduction

The Company announced on 17 December 2018 that it proposed to raise a total of approximately $25 million (before expenses) by means of a Subscription by the Investor for 15,625,000 ADSs at a price of $1.60 per ADS. Each ADS represents five Ordinary Shares meaning that 78,125,000 New Ordinary Shares are proposed to be issued pursuant to the Subscription. The Investor currently holds 32,641 ADSs, representing 163,205 Existing Ordinary Shares, which in turn amounts to approximately 0.2 per cent. of the Existing Ordinary Shares.

The Subscription Price represents a premium of approximately 32.2 per cent. to the last reported sale price of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Market on 14 December 2018, being the day prior to the announcement of the Subscription by the Company.

Completion of the Subscription is subject to the granting of a Rule 9 Waiver in respect of the Investor. Further details relating to the Rule 9 Waiver and the Takeover Code are given in paragraph 8 of Part I of this Document.

Assuming that the Resolutions are passed at the General Meeting, and all other conditions relating to the Subscription are satisfied or (where capable of waiver) waived, immediately following Admission, the Investor will be beneficially interested in a total of 78,288,205 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 48.81 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital. Further information on the Investor is set out at paragraph 3 of this Part I, and Part II of this Document.

Due to the size of his holding in the Company following Admission, the Investor has agreed to enter into the Relationship Agreement with the Company and Cairn. The Relationship Agreement, which is conditional on Admission, contains provisions to regulate the Investor’s dealings with the Company. Further details of the Relationship Agreement are set out in paragraph 4 of this Part I and paragraph 5(c) of Part V of this Document.

 

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In addition to providing you with information about the Subscription and the Rule 9 Waiver, this letter explains why the Board considers that the Subscription, the Rule 9 Waiver and the Resolutions are fair and reasonable and in the best interests of Summit and Shareholders as a whole.

The Subscription and the Rule 9 Waiver are conditional, inter alia , on the passing of all of the Resolutions at the General Meeting, which is being convened at 11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019.

If all of the Resolutions are not passed by Shareholders at the General Meeting, the Subscription would not proceed.

As previously disclosed, the Board expects that the Company’s existing cash and funding arrangements will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through 30 September 2019.

The funds raised from the Subscription will be used to support the further advancement of Summit’s pipeline of new mechanism antibiotics that have the potential to become the new standards of care in the treatment of serious infectious diseases.

The Directors believe that the terms of the Subscription are favourable to all Shareholders and will provide Summit with a stronger basis to execute its strategy, and enhance the Company’s ability to secure additional funds including licensing arrangements, collaborations, strategic alliances, grants from government entities, philanthropic, non-government and not for profit organisations and equity financings. If the Subscription does not proceed, the Directors believe that securing future funding from any of these options is likely to be on terms that will be less favourable to Shareholders.

 

2.

Information on Summit

Summit is a leader in antibiotic innovation. The Company’s new mechanism antibiotics are designed to become the new standards of care for serious infectious diseases.

Due to the increase in antibiotic resistance, bacterial infectious diseases are one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development according to the World Health Organization (“WHO”). The WHO has stated that antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world, that new resistance mechanisms are emerging and spreading globally that threaten the ability to treat common infectious diseases, and that without urgent action the world is heading for a post-antibiotic era in which common infections and minor injuries can once again kill. Today, it is estimated that approximately 700,000 people die of resistant infections every year. The 2016 O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance stated that by 2050 an estimated 10 million lives a year with a cumulative $100 trillion of economic output are at risk due to the rise of antibiotic resistant infections.

Summit’s strategy is to develop new mechanism antibiotics that can show significant advantages over current standards of care in clinical trials and offer a compelling value proposition to payors. Through these collective efforts, Summit believes it can position its new mechanism antibiotics for commercial success and help combat the threat from antibiotic resistance.

Summit’s pipeline currently includes new mechanism antibiotics for the treatment of infections associated with Clostridium difficile , Neisseria gonorrhoeae and ESKAPE pathogens. In addition, Summit’s proprietary Discuva Platform is being used for the discovery and development of new mechanism antibiotics to support the expansion of the Company’s pipeline.

 

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Ridinilazole for the treatment of C. difficile infection

Summit’s strategy in antibiotic development is exemplified by ridinilazole, the Company’s novel-class, Phase 3-ready precision antibiotic in development for the front-line treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (“CDI”).

CDI is a bacterial infection of the colon that produces toxins causing inflammation of the colon and severe diarrhoea. CDI can also result in more serious disease complications, including pseudomembranous colitis, bowel perforation, toxic megacolon, sepsis and death. It is estimated that there are over one million cases of CDI annually in the United States and Europe, with CDI associated with approximately 29,000 deaths per year in the United States alone. The community of microorganisms that make up the natural gut flora, commonly referred to as the “microbiome”, is known to play an important role in protecting against CDI. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”) classifies C. difficile as one of three bacteria that pose an urgent healthcare threat, the highest warning level.

Based on clinical trial results to date, ridinilazole selectively targets C. difficile bacteria without causing collateral damage to the gut microbiome, and therefore has the potential to be a front-line therapy that treats not only the initial CDI infection, but importantly reduces the rate of CDI recurrence.

In a Phase 2 proof of concept clinical trial, ridinilazole demonstrated clinical and statistical superiority in sustained clinical response (“SCR”) over vancomycin, the current standard of care. SCR is a combined endpoint that measured cure of the initial infection and whether patients had disease recurrence 30 days after completing treatment. In the Phase 2 trial, ridinilazole achieved a SCR rate of 66.7% compared to 42.4% for vancomycin.

Ridinilazole is expected to enter Phase 3 clinical trials in the first quarter of 2019. The Phase 3 programme has been designed to be similar to the Phase 2 clinical trial. The programme will comprise two global Phase 3 clinical trials that will enrol approximately 700 patients each. The trials will be randomised and double blind with half of patients to be dosed with ridinilazole, and the other half with vancomycin. The design of the Phase 3 trials also includes various health economic outcome measures that are expected to support the commercialisation of ridinilazole. Top-line data are expected to be reported in the second half of 2021.

The ongoing clinical and regulatory development of ridinilazole is being supported by a contract with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”), an agency of the United States government, which potentially provides up to $62 million in non-dilutive funding. To date, total committed BARDA funding under this contract is $44 million, including a $12 million option that was exercised by BARDA in August 2018. These committed funds from BARDA are expected to be drawn down during the course of the Phase 3 clinical trials and for drug manufacturing activities required for the submission of marketing approval applications and other regulatory activities.

SMT-571 for the treatment of gonorrhoea

It is estimated by the WHO that there are approximately 78 million new cases of gonorrhoea globally per year. Neisseria gonorrhoeae has consistently developed resistance to each class of antibiotics recommended for treatment and there is now only one treatment recommended by the CDC, a combination of two antibiotics. The WHO ranks as “High” the priority of R&D investment into the search for antibiotics which are effective against N gonorrhoeae and in August 2018, the CDC stated that in light of increased problems with resistance, additional treatment options were urgently required.

SMT-571 is Summit’s preclinical development candidate for the treatment of gonorrhoea. SMT-571 has a new mechanism of action that targets cell division and which has shown high potency for a range of N. gonorrhoeae strains in in vitro studies, including those that are multi-drug resistant. SMT-571 is now in investigational new drug (“IND”) enabling studies with Summit expecting to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial of SMT-571 in the second half of 2019.

 

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In July 2018, Summit was awarded up to $4.5 million in non-dilutive funding from CARB-X, a public-private partnership dedicated to accelerating antibacterial research and development to address the rising global threat of drug-resistant bacteria. The funding is supporting the preclinical and Phase 1 clinical development of SMT-571 if certain development milestones are met.

ESKAPE programme

Summit’s third area of focus was announced in September 2018. This is a discovery programme targeting a group of bacteria called ESKAPE pathogens ( Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp. ). The ESKAPE pathogens together represent the leading cause of hospital acquired infections around the world and are subject to increasing rates of resistance to existing antibiotic classes.

Discuva Platform

The development of Summit’s pipeline of new mechanism antibiotics is underpinned by its proprietary Discuva Platform. From discovery through the selection of optimised clinical candidates, the Discuva Platform has the potential to deliver antibiotics with new mechanisms of action and a low likelihood of resistance development combined with a targeted spectrum of activity. The Discuva Platform utilises proprietary libraries of a wide range of bacteria that can be used to generate new mechanism antibiotics against bacteria that are classified as urgent or high-risk threats by the CDC and WHO. The Discuva Platform was used in the discovery and development of Summit’s gonorrhoea and ESKAPE pathogen programmes, as well as in a collaboration with Roche using the Discuva Platform for the discovery and development of new antibiotic compounds.

 

3.

Information on and intentions of the Investor

Information on the Investor is set out in Part II of this Document.

Save as disclosed in this Document, the Investor has no intention of making any changes to the business of the Group (including its research and development functions), nor to the continued employment of employees and management of the Group (including any material changes in conditions of employment or in the balance of the skills and functions of the employees and management), strategic plans, including repercussions on employment, the locations of the Group’s places of business including any headquarters. The Investor has no intention of making any changes to the employer contributions made into any Group pension scheme (including with regard to current arrangements for the funding of any scheme deficit), the accrual of benefits for existing members and the admission of new members. The Investor has no intention of making any changes with regard to the deployment of the Group’s fixed assets and the maintenance of the Company’s existing trading facility on AIM or Nasdaq. The Investor confirms that it supports the continued delegation of responsibilities and authorities to the Company’s executive management team to develop the business in line with the Board’s stated strategy. The Investor confirms that it is pursuing the Subscription on the terms outlined in this Document on the basis of the long term commercial justification set out in paragraph 5 of this Part I of the Document.

 

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4.

Relationship Agreement

Immediately upon Admission, the Investor is expected to hold approximately 48.81 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital. The Company and Cairn have therefore entered into the Relationship Agreement with the Investor to regulate his relationship with the Company from Admission and to limit his influence over the Board’s corporate actions and activities and the outcome of general matters pertaining to the Group. The obligations and restrictions on the Investor will terminate on the Investor ceasing to be beneficially entitled to Ordinary Shares representing at least 20 per cent. of the voting rights attaching to Ordinary Shares issued by the Company or the Ordinary Shares ceasing to be admitted to trading on AIM. Further information regarding the Relationship Agreement is provided in paragraph 5(c) of Part V of this Document. The Relationship Agreement will become effective upon Admission.

 

5.

Reasons for the Subscription and Use of Funds

The Investor believes there is a world-wide crisis in antibiotic resistance and an urgent need to develop new antibiotic treatments for the benefit of patients. The Investor sees the antibacterial marketplace as vital to human healthcare and at the same time holds promise for future innovation. He therefore seeks to make investments into research and development that has the potential to bring forward new, effective treatments for infectious diseases.

The Investor holds in high-regard Summit’s management team and the Company’s strategy for bringing new and innovative antibiotics to patients with serious infectious diseases. This investment will support the progression of the Company’s strategy and the advancement of its clinical and preclinical drug programmes.

The Directors believe that the net proceeds of the Subscription, together with the Company’s existing cash resources and funding agreements will extend its cash runway through 31 January 2020. The Company expects to use these funds to support the following activities:

 

   

Initiation and commencement of patient enrolment into the Phase 3 clinical programme of ridinilazole for the treatment of CDI.

 

   

Completion of IND-enabling studies for SMT-571 for the treatment of gonorrhoea.

 

   

Accelerate development of the Company’s discovery assets including the programme targeting the ESKAPE pathogens.

 

   

General corporate purposes.

 

6.

Details of the Subscription

The Company has conditionally raised a total of $25,000,000 (circa £20,000,000) (before expenses) by way of the Subscription by the Investor of 15,625,000 ADSs at the Subscription Price. Each ADS represents five Ordinary Shares, meaning that 78,125,000 New Ordinary Shares are proposed to be issued in connection with the Subscription. Accordingly, a total of 15,625,000 ADSs are proposed to be issued as part of the Subscription. Upon Admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Enlarged Share Capital is expected to be 160,389,881 Ordinary Shares. On that basis, the New Ordinary Shares will represent approximately 48.71 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital.

In connection with the Subscription, the Company and the Investor have entered into the Subscription Agreement, further details of which are contained in paragraph 5(a) of Part V of this Document.

 

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The Subscription will be completed by the payment of cash by the Investor to the Company. No debt facility or other type of instrument will be used to finance the Subscription.

The New Ordinary Shares will, when issued and fully paid, rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after Admission.

The Subscription will have no effect on the earnings, assets and liabilities of the Company, save that following Admission the assets of the Company will be increased by the proceeds received pursuant to the Subscription, net of expenses.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM. Assuming that all of the Resolutions are passed, it is expected that Admission of the New Ordinary Shares will become effective and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence at 8:00 a.m. on 8 January 2019.

The Ordinary Shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “SUMM” and on the Nasdaq Global Market in the form of ADSs under the symbol “SMMT”.

 

7.

Current trading for Summit and prospects for the Group

On 11 December 2018, Summit published its financial results for the nine months ended 31 October 2018, a summary of which is set out below:

 

   

Revenues of £42.5 million (exchange rate of $1.2779 to £1.00 on 31 October 2018) for the nine months ended 31 October 2018 compared to £9.1 million for the nine months ended 31 October 2017. Revenues related primarily to the Group’s licence and collaboration agreement with Sarepta. The increase in revenues was driven by the recognition of all remaining deferred revenue related to the Sarepta licence and collaboration agreement during the nine months ended 31 October 2018, due to the Group’s decision to discontinue development of ezutromid for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This recognition of deferred revenues did not impact the Group’s cash flows.

 

   

The Group recorded a profit for the nine months ended 31 October 2018 due to the recognition of all the remaining deferred revenue related to the Sarepta licence and collaboration agreement following the Group’s decision to discontinue development of ezutromid. The total comprehensive profit for the nine months ended 31 October 2018 was £12.7 million compared to a loss of £8.9 million for the nine months ended 31 October 2017.

 

   

The net cash outflow from operating activities for the nine months ended 31 October 2018 was £22.4 million compared to a net cash outflow of £8.9 million for the nine months ended 31 October 2017. Capital expenditure was £0.06 million for the nine months ended 31 October 2018 compared to £0.4 million for the nine months ended 31 October 2017.

 

   

Cash, cash equivalents and bank deposits totalled £13.0 million (31 January 2018: £20.1 million).

The interim results for the six months ended 31 July 2018 and 31 July 2017, the financial results for the financial year ended 31 January 2018 and 31 January 2017, along with the financial results for the nine months ended 31 October 2018, are incorporated by reference in Part IV of this Document.

The Group is focussed on progressing its pipeline of new mechanism antibiotics for the treatment of infectious diseases as outlined in paragraph 2 of this Part I of this Document. It expects to advance its lead programme into Phase 3 clinical trials in the first quarter of 2019 and continue to develop its earlier-stage pipeline, including advancing its preclinical candidate SMT-571 for the treatment of gonorrhoea towards human clinical trials.

 

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8.

Takeover Code and Rule 9 Waiver

The Takeover Code applies to the Company and governs, inter alia , transactions which may result in a change of control of a company to which the Takeover Code applies. Under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code, any person who acquires, whether by a series of transactions over a period of time or not, an interest (as defined in the Takeover Code) in shares which, taken together with shares in which he is already interested, or in which persons acting in concert with him are interested, carry 30 per cent. or more of the voting rights of a company which is subject to the Takeover Code, is normally required to make a general offer to all the remaining Shareholders to acquire their shares.

Similarly, Rule 9 of the Takeover Code also provides that when any person, together with persons acting in concert with him, is interested in shares which, in aggregate, carry more than 30 per cent. of the voting rights of such company, but does not hold shares carrying 50 per cent. or more of such voting rights, a general offer will normally be required if any further interest in shares is acquired by any such person.

An offer under Rule 9 must be in cash and must be at the highest price paid by the person required to make the offer, or any person acting in concert with him, for any interest in shares of the company in question during the 12 months prior to the announcement of the offer.

Shareholders should be aware that, under the Takeover Code, if a person (or group of persons acting in concert) holds interests in shares carrying more than 50 per cent. of the company’s voting rights, that person (or any person(s) acting in concert with him) will normally be entitled to increase their holding or voting rights without incurring any further obligations under Rule 9 to make a mandatory offer, although the Investor (and any person acting in concert with him) will not be able to increase his percentage shareholding through or between a Rule 9 threshold without Panel consent.

Persons acting in concert include persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), co-operate to obtain or consolidate control of a company.

Maximum potential controlling position

The Investor currently holds 163,205 Existing Ordinary Shares (represented by ADSs). Immediately following the Subscription, the Investor will hold in aggregate 78,288,205 New Ordinary Shares (represented by ADSs), representing approximately 48.81 per cent. of the Enlarged Ordinary Share Capital. The Investor’s subscription for New Ordinary Shares would, without the Waiver, oblige the Investor to make a general offer to Shareholders under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code.

Whether or not the Rule 9 Waiver is approved, the Investor will not be restricted from making an offer for the Company.

The Investor’s shareholding in the Company following the Subscription is set out in Part II of this Document.

The Company has applied to the Panel for the Waiver in order to permit the Subscription without triggering an obligation on the part of the Investor to make a general offer to Shareholders.

The Panel has agreed, subject to Resolution 3 at the General Meeting being passed on a poll of Independent Shareholders, to waive the requirement which might otherwise arise as a result of the Subscription, for the Investor to make a general offer to all Shareholders. Accordingly, Shareholders should be aware that, following completion of the Subscription, the Investor will hold more than 30 per cent. and less than 50 per cent. of the Company’s voting share capital, and will not be able to increase his holdings in the Company without incurring an obligation under Rule 9 to make a mandatory offer to the other Shareholders.

 

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9.

General Meeting

The Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting are, in summary, as follows:

 

1)

an ordinary resolution, to grant the Directors authority to allot the New Ordinary Shares in connection with the Subscription;

 

2)

a special resolution, to dis-apply pre-emption rights granted under the Act, in respect of the allotment of the New Ordinary Shares in connection with the Subscription; and

 

3)

an ordinary resolution to approve the Rule 9 Waiver, which will be taken on a poll and in respect of which only Independent Shareholders will be entitled to vote.

The authorities set out in Resolutions 1 and 2 are in addition to the existing authorities conferred on the Directors by Shareholders at the Company’s annual general meeting held on 7 June 2018. Resolutions 1 and 3 are ordinary resolutions and in order to be approved, require a simple majority of those voting in person or by proxy to vote in favour. Resolution 2 is a special resolution and, in order to be approved, requires approval by not less than 75 per cent. of the votes cast to be in favour. As described above, only Independent Shareholders may vote on Resolution 3. All votes at the General Meeting will be taken on a poll.

 

10.

Action to be taken

The Notice of General Meeting to be held at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AF at 11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019, is set out at the end of this Document. A Form of Proxy for use by Shareholders in connection with the General Meeting is also enclosed with this Document.

Whether or not you propose to attend the General Meeting in person, you are requested to complete the Form of Proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it and to return it to the Company’s registrars, by post or by hand (during normal business hours only) to Link Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU, United Kingdom, as soon as possible and in any event so as to arrive no later than 11:00 a.m. on 2 January 2019. Completion and return of the Form of Proxy will not preclude you from attending the General Meeting and voting in person should you so wish.

 

11.

Overseas Shareholders

The distribution of this Document and the Form of Proxy in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this Document and/or accompanying documents come, should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws or regulations of such jurisdictions.

 

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12.

Financial information

The most recently published audited accounts of the Group are for the twelve-month period ending on 31 January 2018 (the “last accounts”) and the most recently published interim and quarterly financial statements of the Group are for the six month period ended 31 July 2018 and the nine month period ended 31 October 2018. Electronic copies of the last accounts and the interim and quarterly financial statements are available from the Company’s website www.summitplc.com . Further details in relation to financial information is set out in Part IV of this Document.

 

13.

Recommendation

The Directors, having been so advised by Cairn Financial Advisers LLP as to the financial terms of the Subscription and the Rule 9 Waiver, consider the terms of the Subscription, the Rule 9 Waiver and Resolution 3 in the Notice of General Meeting to be fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the Independent Shareholders and the Company as a whole. In providing its advice to the Directors, Cairn has taken into account the Directors’ commercial assessments.

The Board is of the opinion that all of the Resolutions are in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.

Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of each of the Resolutions (to the extent they are entitled to), as the Directors intend to do in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings, which amount in aggregate to 616,762 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.75 per cent. of the Existing Ordinary Shares.

Yours sincerely,

Frank Armstrong, FRCPE, FFPM

Non-executive Chairman

 

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PART II

INFORMATION ON THE INVESTOR

 

1

Mr Robert W. Duggan

Mr Robert W. Duggan is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Duggan Investments, a private investment firm. Mr Duggan is also Chairman of the Board of Directors for Pulse Biosciences, Inc. He was previously a substantial shareholder in and the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pharmacyclics, Inc., which was sold to AbbVie Inc., in 2015. Previously, he was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Computer Motion, Inc., which later merged with Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

His investments have primarily focused on patient-friendly breakthrough therapies to the resolution of complex healthcare situations. Mr Duggan believes there is a world-wide crisis in antibiotic resistance and an urgent need to develop new antibiotic treatments for the benefit of patients. Mr Duggan sees the antibacterial marketplace as vital to human healthcare and at the same time holds promise for future innovation. He therefore seeks to make investments into research and development that has the potential to bring forward new, effective treatments for infectious diseases.

Mr Duggan holds in high-regard Summit’s management team and the Company’s strategy for bringing new and innovative antibiotics to patients with serious infectious diseases. This investment will support the progression of the Company’s strategy and the advancement of its clinical and preclinical drug programmes.

 

2

Disclosure of the Investor’s interests and dealing in shares in Summit

Mr Duggan is currently interested in 163,205 Ordinary Shares (held in the form of ADSs) representing approximately 0.2 per cent. of the Existing Ordinary Shares and has agreed to subscribe for an additional 78,125,000 Ordinary Shares (also to be held as ADSs) representing approximately 48.71 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital, for an aggregate sum of $25 million in cash.

The relevant interests of the Investor in Summit and his maximum potential controlling position, as at 14 December 2018, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Document and following completion of the Subscription are as follows:

 

Name

  

Number of
Existing
Ordinary Shares

    

Percentage of
Existing
Ordinary Shares

    

Number of
Ordinary Shares
held following
Subscription

    

Percentage of
Enlarged Share
Capital

 

Robert W. Duggan

     163,205      0.2        78,288,205        48.81  

 

*

The Ordinary Shares are held in the form of ADSs

 

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3

Market dealings in relevant Summit securities by the Investor

The following is a list of all dealings by Mr Duggan in the form of ADSs:

 

Date (dd/mm/yy)

  

Nature of
Transaction

  

ADSs

acquired

    

Cost
(USD)

    

Entity

10/01/17

   Purchase      1,551        15,376      Robert W. Duggan

10/01/17

   Purchase      9,295        100,551      Robert W. Duggan

15/09/17

   Purchase      5,000        61,980      Robert W. Duggan

15/09/17

   Purchase      5,000        62,000      Robert W. Duggan

15/09/17

   Purchase      4,800        59,520      Robert W. Duggan

15/09/17

   Purchase      200        2,478      Robert W. Duggan

15/09/17

   Purchase      5,000        62,000      Robert W. Duggan

22/09/17

   Purchase      1,000        12,720      Robert W. Duggan

19/03/18

   Purchase      500        6,543      Robert W. Duggan

19/03/18

   Purchase      295        3,862      Robert W. Duggan
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

        32,641        387,029     

 

4

There have been no dealings in Ordinary Shares by or on behalf of the Investor’s family and connected persons.

 

5

Material contracts of the Investor

Save as set out in paragraph 5 of Part V of this Document, the Investor has not entered into any material contract (outside the ordinary course of business) that may be relevant to the business of the Company.

 

6

Financial information on the Investor

There is no published financial information on the Investor.

Save as disclosed in this Part II or otherwise in this Document, there has been no known significant change in the financial or trading position of the Investor since 14 December 2018.

 

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PART III

FURTHER DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY THE TAKEOVER CODE

 

1.1

No person has made a public takeover bid for the Company’s issued share capital in the financial period to 31 January 2018 nor in the current financial year.

 

1.2

As at the date of this Document, the Investor is interested in 163,205 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.2 per cent. of the total voting rights in the Company.

 

1.3

Save as disclosed in this Document, there is no agreement, arrangement or understanding (including compensation arrangements) between the Investor and any of the Directors, the recent directors of the Company, the Shareholders or recent shareholders of the Company or any person interested or recently interested in Ordinary Shares, having any connection with or dependence on the Subscription.

 

1.4

The Directors and the Investor have confirmed that, save as set out in paragraph 4 of Part I of this Document, they are not proposing any changes that would affect: (i) the future business of the Company, including in respect of research and development; (ii) the employment conditions or rights, including any pension rights of the employees or the management of the Company; (iii) the strategic plans for the Company; (iv) the redeployment of fixed assets of the Company; (v) the Company’s places of business; and (vi) the maintenance of any trading facilities for the Ordinary Shares or ADSs.

 

1.5

There is no agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Investor and any other person pursuant to which any Ordinary Shares which the Investor will acquire pursuant to the Subscription are to be transferred.

 

1.6

The payment of interest on, repayment of, or security for, any liability (contingent or otherwise) will not depend to any significant extent on the business of the Company.

 

1.7

As at the close of business on 14 December 2018, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Document, save as disclosed in this Document, neither the Investor nor any members of his immediate family, any related trust, nor any connected persons (within the meaning of section 252 of the Act), nor any person acting in concert with such persons, owns or controls, or has borrowed or lent, or is interested in, or has any right to subscribe for, or any arrangement concerning, directly or indirectly, any relevant securities, nor has any such person dealt therein during the disclosure period or has any short position (whether conditional or absolute and whether in the money or otherwise), including a short position under a derivative, any agreement to sell or any delivery obligation in respect of any right to require any person to purchase or take delivery of, any relevant securities.

 

1.8

Save as disclosed in paragraph 4 of Part V of this Document, as at the date of this Document neither:

 

  1.8.1

the Company;

 

  1.8.2

the Directors;

 

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  1.8.3

any of their immediate families or related trusts;

 

  1.8.4

the pension funds of the Company or its subsidiary undertakings;

 

  1.8.5

any employee benefit trust of the Company or its subsidiary undertakings;

 

  1.8.6

any connected adviser to the Company or its subsidiary undertakings or any person acting in concert with the Directors;

 

  1.8.7

any person controlling, controlled by or under the same control as any connected adviser falling within paragraph 1.8.6 above (except for an exempt principal trader or an exempt fund manager); nor

 

  1.8.8

any other person acting in concert with the Company,

owns or controls, or has borrowed or lent (or entered into any financial collateral arrangement of the kind referred to in Note 4 on Rule 4.6 of the Takeover Code), or is interested in, or has any right to subscribe for, or any arrangement concerning, directly or indirectly, any relevant securities, nor has any such person any short position (whether conditional or absolute or whether in the money or otherwise), including a short position under a derivative, any agreement to sell or any delivery obligation or right to require another person to purchase or take delivery of any relevant securities.

 

1.9

Save as disclosed in this Document, no Director has any interest, direct or indirect, in any assets which have been or are proposed to be acquired or disposed of by, or leased to, the Company and no contracts or arrangements exist in which a Director is materially interested and which is significant in relation to the business of the Company.

 

1.10

Save as disclosed in this Document, there are no outstanding loans made or guarantees provided by any member of the Company or its subsidiary undertakings for the benefit of any of the Directors, nor are there any guarantees provided by any of the Directors for any member of the Company or its subsidiary undertakings.

 

1.11

Save as disclosed in this Document, there are no personal, financial or commercial relationships, arrangements or undertakings between the Investor and any of the Directors, their close relatives and related trusts.

 

1.12

No agreement, arrangement or understanding exists whereby the beneficial ownership of any New Ordinary Shares to be acquired by the Investor will be transferred to any other person.

 

1.13

There are no financing arrangements in place in relation to the Subscription whereby repayment or security is dependent on the Company.

 

1.14

The Investor has confirmed that no changes are envisaged to be introduced to the Company’s business as a result of completion of the Subscription.

 

1.15

No incentivisation arrangements have been entered into and no proposals as to any incentivisation arrangements have reached an advanced stage between the Company and the Directors.

 

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1.16

In this paragraph 1:

 

“acting in concert”

  

has the meaning attributed to it in the Takeover Code; persons acting in concert comprise persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), co-operate to obtain or consolidate control (as defined below) of a company or to frustrate the successful outcome of an offer for a company. A person and each of its affiliated persons will be deemed to be acting in concert all with each other. Without prejudice to the general application of this definition, the following persons will be presumed to be persons acting in concert with other persons in the same category unless the contrary is established:

 

(1)   a company, its parent, subsidiaries and fellow subsidiaries, and their associated companies, and companies of which such companies are associated companies, all with each other (for this purpose ownership or control of 20 per cent. or more of the equity share capital of a company is regarded as the test of associated company status);

 

(2)   a company with its directors (together with their close relatives and the related trusts of any of them);

 

(3)   a company with any of its pension schemes and the pension schemes of any company described in (1) above;

 

(4)   a fund manager (including an exempt fund manager) with any investment company, unit trust or other person whose investments such fund manager manages on a discretionary basis, in respect of the relevant investment accounts;

 

(5)   a person, the person’s close relatives, and the related trusts of any of them, all with each other;

 

(6)   the close relatives of a founder of a company to which the Takeover Code applies, their close relatives, and the related trusts of any of them, all with each other;

 

(7)   a connected adviser with its client and, if its client is acting in concert with an offeror or the offeree company, with that offeror or offeree company respectively, in each case in respect of the interests in shares of that adviser and persons controlling, controlled by or under the same control as that adviser (except in the capacity of an exempt fund manager or an exempt principal trader);

 

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(8)   directors of a company which is subject to an offer or where the directors have reason to believe a bona fide offer for their company may be imminent; and

 

(9)   shareholders in a private company who sell their shares in that company in consideration for the issue of new shares in a company to which the Takeover Code applies, or who, following the re-registration of that company as a public company in connection with an initial public offering or otherwise, become shareholders in a company to which the Takeover Code applies;

“arrangement”

   includes any indemnity or option arrangements, and any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, of whatever nature, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing;

“connected adviser”

   has the meaning attributed to it in the Takeover Code;

“connected person”

   has the meaning attributed to it in sections 252 to 255 of the Act;

“control”

   means an interest, or interests, in relevant securities carrying in aggregate 30 per cent. or more of the voting rights attributable to the share capital of a company which are currently exercisable at a general meeting, irrespective of whether such interest or interests give de facto control;

“dealing” or “dealt”

  

includes the following:

 

(a)   the acquisition or disposal of relevant securities, of the right (whether conditional or absolute) to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting rights attaching to relevant securities, or of general control of relevant securities;

 

(b)   the taking, granting, acquisition, disposal, entering into, closing out, termination, exercise (by either party) or variation of an option (including a traded option contract) in respect of any relevant securities;

 

(c)   subscribing or agreeing to subscribe for relevant securities;

 

(d)   the exercise or conversion, whether in respect of new or existing relevant securities, of any relevant securities carrying conversion or subscription rights;

 

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(e)   the acquisition of, disposal of, entering into, closing out, exercise (by either party) of any rights under, or variation of, a derivative referenced, directly or indirectly, to relevant securities;

 

(f)   entering into, terminating or varying the terms of any agreement to purchase or sell relevant securities;

 

(g)   the redemption or purchase of, or taking or exercising an option over, any of its own relevant securities by the Company or the Investor; and

 

(h)   any other action resulting, or which may result, in an increase or decrease in the number of relevant securities in which a person is interested or in respect of which he has a short position;

“derivative”

   includes any financial product whose value in whole or in part is determined directly or indirectly by reference to the price of a underlying security;

“disclosure date”

   means 14 December 2018, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Document;

“disclosure period”

   means the period commencing on 17 December 2017, being the date 12 months prior to the publication of this Document and ending on the disclosure date;

“exempt principal trader” or “exempt fund manager”

   has the meaning attributed to it in the Takeover Code;

“interest”

  

a person who has long economic exposure, whether absolute or conditional, to changes in the price of relevant securities will be treated as interested in those relevant securities. A person who only has a short position in relevant securities will not be treated as interested in those relevant securities. In particular, a person will be treated as being interested in relevant securities if:

 

(a)   he owns;

 

(b)   has the right (whether conditional or absolute) to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting rights attaching to them or has general control of them;

 

(c)   by virtue of any agreement to purchase, option or derivative he has the right or option to acquire them or call for their delivery or is under an obligation to take delivery of them, whether the right, option or obligation is conditional or absolute and whether it is in the money or otherwise;

 

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(d)   is party to any derivative whose value is determined by reference to its price and which results, or may result, in his having a long position in it; or

 

(e)   has received an irrevocable commitment in respect of the relevant securities;

“relevant securities”

   means Ordinary Shares and securities convertible into or rights to subscribe for Ordinary Shares; and

“short position”

   means any short position (whether conditional or absolute and whether in the money or otherwise) including any short position under a derivative, any agreement to sell or any delivery obligation or right to require another person to purchase or take delivery.

Mid-market Quotations

Set out below are the closing middle-market quotations for an Ordinary Share and for an ADS as derived from the London Stock Exchange’s Daily Official List and the Nasdaq Stock Exchange for the first dealing day of each of the six months immediately preceding the date of this Document and the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Document.

 

Date

   Price per ADS (USD)      Price per Ordinary share (p)  

2 July 2018

     2.48        34.5  

1 August 2018

     2.33        35.5  

3 September 2018

     US Public holiday – Labor Day        37.5  

4 September 2018

     2.33        37.5  

1 October 2018

     2.12        34.0  

1 November 2018

     1.68        27.5  

3 December 2018

     1.32        20.0  

14 December 2018

     1.21        18.0  

 

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PART IV

FINANCIAL INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

As required under the rules of the Takeover Code, the information listed below relating to Summit is hereby incorporated by reference into this Document. In addition, the financial results for the nine months ended 31 October 2018 that were released on 11 December 2018 are also incorporated by reference into this Document.

 

No

  

Document

  

Sections

  

Source of
information

1.    Unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended 31 July 2018   

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

   Page 11
  

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

 

   Page 12
  

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 

   Page 13
  

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

 

   Page 14
  

Notes to the Financial Information

 

   From Page 15
  

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2.    Annual Report and Accounts for the Financial Year ended 31 January 2018 (Audited)    Independent Auditors’ Report    Page 56
  

 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

  

 

Page 61

  

 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

  

 

Page 62

  

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

  

 

Page 63

  

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

  

 

Page 64

  

 

Notes to the Financial Information

 

-    Including accounting policies, critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

  

 

From Page 65

  

 

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3.    Unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended 31 July 2017   

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

   Page 7
  

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

 

   Page 8
  

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 

   Page 9
  

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

 

   Page 10
  

Notes to the Financial Information

 

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4.    Annual Report and Accounts for the Financial Year ended 31 January 2017 (Audited)   

Independent Auditors’ Report

 

   Page 54
  

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

   Page 56
  

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

 

   Page 57
  

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 

   Page 58
  

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

 

   Page 59
  

Notes to the Financial Information

 

-    Including accounting policies, critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

 

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5.    Unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the nine months ended 31 October 2018   

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

   Page 8
  

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

 

   Page 9
  

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 

   Page 10
  

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

 

   Page 11-12
  

Notes to the Financial Information

 

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PART V

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

1

Responsibility Statements

The Company and the Directors, whose names are set out at paragraph 2.1 below, accept responsibility for the information contained in this Document, including any expression of opinion, (other than the information for which responsibility is accepted by the Investor pursuant to this paragraph 1 of this Part V). To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Company and the Directors (who have each taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Document is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

The Investor accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Document, including any expression of opinion, relating to himself. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Investor (who has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Document for which he is responsible is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

In connection with this Document and/or the Subscription, no person is authorised to give any information or make any representation other than as contained in this Document and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been so authorised.

 

2

Directors of Summit

 

2.1

The Directors of Summit and their respective functions are as follows:

 

Directors                      Position
Frank Armstrong    Non-executive Chairman
Glyn Edwards    Chief Executive Officer
Leopoldo Zambeletti    Non-executive Director
Valerie Andrews    Non-executive Director
David Wurzer    Non-executive Director

 

2.2

The registered office of the Company is at 136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SB United Kingdom. The principal place of business of the Company and the business address for each Director is 136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SB United Kingdom.

 

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3

Directors’ Service Contracts

 

3.1

The amount of remuneration paid (including any contingent or deferred compensation), and benefits in kind granted to each Director by the Group for services in all capacities to the Group in respect of the financial year ended 31 January 2018, together with total amounts set aside or accrued by the Group to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits to each Director, were as follows:

 

Year ended 31 January 2018

   Salaries and
fees

£
     Taxable
benefits

£
     Short-term
incentives

£
     Restricted
Stock
Units

£
     Pension
contributions

£
     Total
2017/18

£
 

Executive

                 

Glyn Edwards

     304,500        1,359        304,500        —          18,270        628,629  

Non-executive

                 

Frank Armstrong

     75,000        2,804        —          145,005        —          222,809  

Leopoldo Zambeletti

     36,805        587        —          67,670        —          105,062  

Valerie Andrews

     58,587        2,108        —          67,670        —          128,365  

David Wurzer

     50,978        2,483        —          67,670        —          121,131  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     525,870        9,431        304,500        348,015        18,270        1,205,996  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Details of the Directors’ service contracts or appointment letters, all of which are between each individual Director and Summit, are as follows. Save as disclosed, none of the Directors’ service contracts has been amended during the past six months:

 

(a)

Frank Armstrong

Dr Armstrong is engaged as a Non-executive Director of the Company and has held the position of Non-executive Chairman since June 2013 pursuant to the terms of his letter of appointment dated 6 June 2013. Dr Armstrong’s appointment will continue until terminated by mutual agreement of the parties but can be terminated without notice by either party. All Directors are subject to re-election by shareholders in accordance with the Company’s Articles. If a resolution to re-elect a Non-executive Director is not passed by shareholders, their appointment will be terminated. The Chairman is paid a flat fee to include attendance at meetings, Committee memberships, and all other related activities. Dr Armstrong receives a fee of £75,000 per annum. The Company will also reimburse Dr Armstrong for all expenses reasonably incurred in the proper performance of his duties and that are in line with the Company’s expense policy. In addition to cash fees, Non-executive Directors also receive an annual grant of restricted stock units (‘RSUs’). The RSUs have a one-year vesting period and no performance conditions. The RSUs are granted in the form of nominal-cost options and carry no risk of forfeiture.

 

(b)

Glyn Edwards

Mr Edwards was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer by a service agreement dated 4 April 2012, and amended on 19 June 2018, which continues unless terminated by the Company with twelve months’ written notice or by Mr Edwards with twelve months’ written notice. The Company may also terminate the agreement with immediate effect by paying a sum in lieu of notice equal to the basic fixed salary which Mr Edwards would have been entitled to receive during the notice period (and which shall not include payment

 

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in respect of benefits). The Company may otherwise terminate the agreement with immediate effect at any time without notice or payment in lieu of notice for certain circumstances including material breach of the agreement, serious misconduct, serious incompetence or negligence, criminal convictions or bankruptcy. The agreement includes a garden leave clause for a maximum of twelve months and there is no provision for compensation in addition to the contractual notice period. Mr Edwards’ salary is £313,635 per annum, subject to annual review. Mr Edwards’ service agreement also provides for a monthly pension contribution equal to 7.0% of salary, private medical cover (including cover for his spouse) and life assurance (for four times his gross salary). Mr Edwards has been awarded share options in accordance with the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan. The options have a three-year vesting period and are subject to the completion of performance conditions. If the performance conditions are not met, the awards lapse at the end of the three-year vesting period. Under his service agreement, Mr Edwards is prohibited from engaging in any type of business in competition with the business of the Company, procuring orders from or doing business with any person who has done or proposed to do business with the Company, and endeavouring to entice away from the Company any senior manager or director engaged by the Company, for a period of twelve months from the date of termination of his agreement. Mr Edwards is also subject to confidentiality and protection of intellectual property provisions.

 

(c)

Leopoldo Zambeletti

Mr Zambeletti is engaged as a Non-executive Director of the Company pursuant to the terms of his letter of appointment dated 30 May 2014. Mr Zambeletti’s appointment will continue until terminated by mutual agreement of the parties but can be terminated without notice by either party. All Directors are subject to re-election by shareholders in accordance with the Company’s Articles. If a resolution to re-elect a Non-executive Director is not passed by shareholders, their appointment will be terminated. Non-executive Directors are paid a basic fee. In addition to the basic fee, Committee fees are paid for chairmanship or membership of a Board Committee. Mr Zambeletti currently receives a basic fee of £35,000 per annum and in addition Mr Zambeletti receives an additional £5,000 per annum for being a member of the Audit Committee and a further £5,000 per annum for being a member of the Remuneration Committee. The Company will also reimburse Mr Zambeletti for all expenses reasonably incurred in the proper performance of his duties and that are in line with the Company’s expense policy. In addition to cash fees, Non-executive Directors also receive an annual grant of RSUs. The RSUs have a one-year vesting period and no performance conditions. The RSUs are granted in the form of nominal-cost options and carry no risk of forfeiture.

 

(d)

Valerie Andrews

Ms Andrews is engaged as a Non-executive Director of the Company pursuant to the terms of her letter of appointment dated 18 September 2014. Ms Andrews’ appointment will continue until terminated by mutual agreement of the parties but can be terminated without notice by either party. All Directors are subject to re-election by shareholders in accordance with the Company’s Articles. If a resolution to re-elect a Non-executive Director is not passed by shareholders, their appointment will be terminated. Non-executive Directors are paid a basic fee. In addition to the basic fee, Committee fees are paid for chairmanship or membership of a Board Committee. Ms Andrews currently receives a fee of $77,000 per annum for her services as Non-executive Director and for her services as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and for her services as a member of the Remuneration Committee. The Company will also reimburse Ms Andrews for all expenses reasonably incurred in the proper performance of her duties and that are in line with the Company’s expense policy. In addition to cash fees, Non-executive Directors also receive an annual grant of RSUs. The RSUs have a one-year vesting period and no performance conditions. The RSUs are granted in the form of nominal-cost options and carry no risk of forfeiture.

 

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(e)

David Wurzer

Mr Wurzer is engaged as a Non-executive Director of the Company pursuant to the terms of his letter of appointment dated 20 February 2015. Mr Wurzer’s appointment will continue until terminated by mutual agreement of the parties but can be terminated without notice by either party. All Directors are subject to re-election by shareholders in accordance with the Company’s Articles. If a resolution to re-elect a Non-executive Director is not passed by shareholders, their appointment will be terminated. Non-executive Directors are paid a basic fee. In addition to the basic fee, Committee fees are paid for chairmanship or membership of a Board Committee. Mr Wurzer currently receives a fee of $67,000 per annum for his services as Non-executive Director and for his services as Chair of the Audit Committee. The Company will also reimburse Mr Wurzer for all expenses reasonably incurred in the proper performance of his duties and that are in line with the Company’s expense policy. In addition to cash fees, Non-executive Directors also receive an annual grant of RSUs. The RSUs have a one-year vesting period and no performance conditions. The RSUs are granted in the form of nominal-cost options and carry no risk of forfeiture.

 

4

Directors’ interests in Ordinary Shares (including interests of Directors’ families and their connected persons as required)

The Directors are not participating in the Subscription. The Directors’ shareholdings in the Company as at the date of this Document are as follows:

 

     Shares      Percentage
of Enlarged
Share
Capital
    Share
options
     Restricted
Stock Units
(RSUs)
     Total  

Executives

             

Glyn Edwards

     383,333        0.24     2,785,268        —          3,168,601  

Non-executives

             

Frank Armstrong

     122,204        0.08     37,500        36,585        196,289  

Leopoldo Zambeletti

     15,979        0.01     —          17,073        33,052  

Valerie Andrews

     49,123        0.03     —          17,073        66,196  

David Wurzer

     46,123        0.03     —          17,073        63,196  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     616,762        0.39     2,822,768        87,804        3,527,344  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5

Material Contracts

The following material contracts, not being contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business have been entered into by a member of the Group within the two years immediately preceding the date of this Document:

 

(a)

Securities Purchase Agreement

Mr Duggan has agreed to purchase 15,625,000 ADSs pursuant to the Subscription in accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and Mr Duggan on 14 December 2018. The offering to Mr Duggan was conducted pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act 1933 under Regulation D of such Act.

 

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The obligations of Mr Duggan to purchase the ADSs that represent the New Ordinary Shares under the Securities Purchase Agreement are conditional on, inter alia , the following:

 

  (i)

the Resolutions having been passed;

 

  (ii)

the accuracy of warranties of the Company at the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement and as at Admission;

 

  (iii)

execution by the Company of the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

  (iv)

execution by the Company of the Relationship Agreement; and

 

  (v)

Admission occurring on or before 31 January 2019 (or such later date as the Company and the Investor may agree in writing).

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the ADSs that represent the New Ordinary Shares under the Securities Purchase Agreement is conditional on, inter alia , the following:

 

  (i)

the Resolutions having been passed;

 

  (ii)

payment to the Company of the purchase price for the ADSs that represent the New Ordinary Shares;

 

  (iii)

the accuracy of warranties of Mr Duggan at the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement and as at Admission;

 

  (iv)

execution by Mr Duggan of the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

  (v)

execution by Mr Duggan of the Relationship Agreement; and

 

  (vi)

Admission occurring on or before 31 January 2019 (or such later date as the Company and the Investor may agree in writing).

The completion of the purchase of the ADSs that represent the New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement will automatically occur on Admission, if the conditions on Mr Duggan and the conditions on the Company have been satisfied or (where capable of waiver) waived at or prior to Admission.

The Securities Purchase Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to completion of the ADSs that represent the New Ordinary Shares in the following circumstances:

 

  (i)

by mutual consent of the Company and Mr Duggan;

 

  (ii)

by either the Company or Mr Duggan if any of the conditions to be fulfilled by the other has become incapable of fulfilment and shall not have been (where capable of waiver) waived; or

 

  (iii)

in the event that Admission has not occurred on or prior to the date falling 60 days following the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, each of the Company and the Investor gave certain customary warranties to the other.

The Investor has also agreed to a lock-up period of one year from Admission during which time Mr Duggan (and his affiliates) may not dispose of any securities in the Company (including ADSs) without the prior approval of the Company. The lock-up is subject to certain customary exceptions including, amongst others, disposals made to permitted transferees and in connection with certain tender offers made by third parties or the Company.

 

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If the Securities Purchase Agreement is terminated, the Company and Mr Duggan will remain liable to each other for any breaches of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Relationship Agreement and this Document occurring prior to termination.

 

(b)

Registration Rights Agreement

Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement with Mr Duggan prior to Admission pursuant to which the Company will agree to (i) file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission covering the resale of the ADSs that represent the New Ordinary Shares (together, and as may be reduced by securities sold in a registered offering or those sold pursuant to an exemption from registration without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, the “ Registrable Securities ”) pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act 1933 (a “ Registration Statement ”) on a date falling between 180 and 210 days following Admission, (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter and (iii) maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement until the earlier of all of the Registrable Securities being sold, all of the securities registered thereby ceasing to constitute Registrable Securities or the fifth anniversary of Admission.

The Company expects to give customary indemnities to Mr Duggan and his employees and agents, successors and assigns, regarding inter alia any untrue statement or omission of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement unless provided by Mr Duggan. Mr Duggan has also indemnified the Company regarding any untrue statement or omission of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement furnished to the Company by him.

All expenses of registration shall be paid by the Company other than discounts and commissions to be paid to the underwriters of any such offering, and brokerage or similar fees.

 

(c)

Relationship Agreement

Following Admission, Mr Duggan is expected to control approximately 48.81% of the Enlarged Share Capital. The Company, Cairn and Mr Duggan will therefore enter into the Relationship Agreement to regulate the Company’s relationships with Mr Duggan and to limit his influence over the Group’s corporate actions and the outcome of general matters pertaining to the Group from Admission.

Pursuant to the Relationship Agreement, Mr Duggan has agreed to, and has agreed to procure that any of his associates (within the meaning of the definition of “related party” contained in the AIM Rules) and any person who holds Shares (whether directly or indirectly) in the Company on his behalf (together, “ his associates ”) shall (amongst other things):

 

  (i)

conduct all transactions with the Group on arm’s length terms and on a normal commercial basis, including in accordance with the related party rules set out in the AIM Rules;

 

  (ii)

exercise his, her or its voting rights so as to ensure that the Company is capable of carrying on its business and making decisions independently of Mr Duggan and his associates; and

 

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  (iii)

abstain from voting in respect of any resolution containing any transaction, agreement or arrangement involving any member of the Group to which Mr Duggan or any of his associates is a party.

The obligations of the parties under the Relationship Agreement shall automatically terminate upon:

 

  (i)

Mr Duggan and/or any of his associates ceasing to control at least 20% of the voting rights in the Company; or

 

  (ii)

the Ordinary Shares ceasing to be admitted to trading on AIM and the ADSs ceasing to be admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

 

(d)

The placing agreement between Summit, N+1 Singer and Panmure Gordon

On 27 March 2018, NPlus 1 Singer Advisory LLP, Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited and the Company entered into a placing agreement (the “ Placing Agreement ”), whereby each of NPlus 1 Singer Advisory LLP and Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited were appointed agents of the Company for the purposes of managing the placing of 8,333,333 Ordinary Shares and using their reasonable endeavours to procure placees to subscribe for such Ordinary Shares at the price of 180 pence per Ordinary Share. Pursuant to the Placing Agreement, the Company gave certain customary warranties and indemnities to NPlus 1 Singer Advisory LLP and Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited regarding, inter alia , the accuracy of the information in the Placing Agreement. Under the Placing Agreement, the Company agreed to pay each of NPlus 1 Singer Advisory LLP and Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited a fee based on the aggregate proceeds raised from the placing of such Ordinary Shares.

 

(e)

Acquisition of Discuva Limited

On 23 December 2017, the Company and the shareholders of Discuva Limited (“ Discuva ”) (the “ Discuva Sellers ”) entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the “ Discuva SPA ”), pursuant to which the Company acquired the entire issued share capital of Discuva for a consideration of £5,000,000 and £5,000,000 of Ordinary Shares at a price of 170.4 pence per Ordinary Share. The Company also agreed to pay the Discuva Sellers fifty per cent. of the economic benefit of any payments that the Company may receive from F. Hoffmann – La Roche Limited (“ Roche ”) pursuant to the terms of a collaboration agreement between Discuva and Roche, whereby Roche makes specified payments to Discuva relating to certain developments made under the Roche platform. In addition, the Discuva Sellers are entitled to receive contingent payments based on the receipt by Discuva of potential research and development tax credits for the period from 1 April 2015 to the date of the Discuva SPA.

The Discuva SPA also contained certain restrictions with respect to Ordinary Shares, pursuant to which each of the Discuva Sellers agreed not to sell or dispose of any interests in or rights over any Ordinary Shares for a (now expired) period. For a further period expiring on 23 September 2019, the Discuva Sellers have agreed that they will sell or dispose of their interests in or rights over their Ordinary Shares subject to certain orderly market restrictions.

 

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(f)

Underwriting agreement between Canaccord, JMP Securities and Summit

On 13 September 2017, Canaccord Genuity Inc. and JMP Securities LLC, each as representatives of the underwriters, and the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), in respect of the underwriting of the public offering of 1,459,000 ADSs, in aggregate, representing 7,295,000 Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $12.00 per ADS. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the underwriters acquired such ADSs from the Company and exercised in full the option, available within 30 days of the date of the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase, at the public offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions, up to an additional 218,850 ADSs.

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company gave certain warranties and indemnities to Canaccord Genuity Inc. and JMP Securities LLC regarding, inter alia , the due incorporation and valid existence of each member of the Group. Each of Canaccord Genuity Inc. and JMP Securities LLC received sums in respect of the public offering of the relevant ADSs based on the public offering price per ADS.

 

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6

No known significant change

Save as disclosed in this Document, there has been no known significant change in the financial or trading position of the Group since 31 July 2018, the date to which the Group’s latest interim results statement for the six months ended 31 July 2018 that are incorporated by reference in Part IV of this Document were prepared. On 11 December 2018, the Group released its unaudited financial results for the nine months ended 31 October 2018 to further confirm that there has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the Group.

 

7

Consent

Cairn has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the issue of this Document with the inclusion of the recommendation in it and of references to its name in the form and context in which they appear.

 

8

Documents available for inspection

Copies of the following documents will be available for inspection until Admission during normal business hours on any Business Day at the Company’s registered office, 136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SB United Kingdom and may be viewed on the Company’s website, www.summitplc.com :

 

(a)

the Articles of the Company;

 

(b)

the audited consolidated accounts of the Group for the two financial years ended 31 January 2018 and 31 January 2017, and the unaudited interim financial statements for the six months ended 31 July 2018 and 31 July 2017, and the nine months ended 31 October 2018;

 

(c)

the material contracts of the Group referred to in paragraph 6 of this Part V, to the extent entered into in connection with the Subscription;

 

(d)

the material contracts of the Investor referred to in paragraph 5 of Part V;

 

(e)

a copy of this Document; and

 

(f)

the written consent referred to in paragraph 7 of this Part V.

 

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Electronic publication of this Document

Hard copies of this Document will not be sent to those Shareholders who have previously elected to receive documents electronically. Those Shareholders who wish to receive a hard copy of this Document (who have previously elected to receive documents electronically) should request this by contacting the Company Secretary, Summit Therapeutics PLC, 136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SB, United Kingdom or by telephone to +44 (0) 1235 443 939.

Each person to whom a copy of this Document has been delivered may request that all future documents, announcements and information sent to them in relation to the Waiver should be sent in hard copy form (using the contact details above).

Date: 17 December 2018

 

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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05197494)

(the “Company”)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Meeting of the Company will be held at the offices of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AF at 11:00 a.m. on 4 January 2019, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions. Resolutions numbered 1 and 3 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 2 as a special resolution.

Only Independent Shareholders may vote on resolution 3.

In this Notice, words and defined terms shall have the same meanings as words and defined terms on the Document to which this Notice is attached.

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

 

1.

THAT the directors of the Company be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in addition to any such authority previously granted and which has not expired, to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any securities into shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £781,250 in connection with the Subscription. This authority shall expire (unless previously varied as to duration, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting) 18 months after the date of the passing of this resolution, except that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or such rights to be granted after such expiry and the directors of the Company may allot shares or grant such rights in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred by this authority had not expired.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

 

2.

THAT , subject to and conditional upon the passing of resolution 1, the directors of the Company be and are hereby empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred on them by resolution 1 as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be in addition to existing powers and shall be limited to any such allotment having, in the case of ordinary shares, an aggregate nominal value or, in the case of other equity securities, giving the right to subscribe for or convert into ordinary shares having an aggregate nominal value, not exceeding the sum of £781,250. This authority shall expire, unless previously revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting, at such time as the authority conferred on the directors of the Company by resolution 1 expires, except that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors of the Company may allot equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.

 

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ORDINARY RESOLUTION

 

3.

THAT the waiver granted by the Panel of the obligations that would otherwise arise on the Investor to make a general offer to Shareholders pursuant to Rule 9 of the Takeover Code as a result of the allotment and issuance to it of the ADSs representing the New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Subscription, be and is hereby approved.

By order of the Board

Melissa Strange

Company Secretary

Dated 17 December 2018

Registered office:

136a Eastern Avenue

Milton Park

Abingdon

Oxfordshire OX14 4SB

United Kingdom

 

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NOTES TO THE NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

 

1.

ENTITLEMENT TO ATTEND AND VOTE

Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001, the Company specifies that only those members registered on the Company’s register of members at:

 

   

close of business on 2 January 2019; or,

 

   

if this General Meeting is adjourned, at the close of business on the day two days prior to the adjourned meeting, shall be entitled to attend and vote at the meeting.

 

2.

APPOINTMENT OF PROXIES

If you are a member of the Company at the time set out in note 1 above, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights to attend, speak and vote at the General Meeting and you should have received a proxy form with this notice of meeting. You may appoint a proxy only using the procedures set out in these notes and the notes to the proxy form.

A proxy does not need to be a member of the Company but must attend the meeting to represent you. Details of how to appoint the Chairman of the meeting or another person as your proxy using the proxy form are set out in the notes to the proxy form. If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf at the meeting you will need to appoint your own choice of proxy (not the Chairman) and give your instructions directly to them.

You may appoint more than one proxy provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights attached to different shares. You may not appoint more than one proxy to exercise rights attached to any one share. To appoint more than one proxy, you may photocopy the proxy form provided and submit all such forms to Link Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU.

To appoint one or more proxies or to give an instruction to a proxy (whether previously appointed or otherwise) via the CREST system, CREST messages must be received by the issuer’s agent (ID number RA10) by 11:00 a.m. on 2 January 2019. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp generated by the CREST system) from which the issuer’s agent is able to retrieve the message. The Company may treat as invalid a proxy appointment sent by CREST in the circumstances set out in regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.

To direct your proxy how to vote on the resolutions, mark the appropriate box with an “X”. A vote “withheld” is not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes “For” or “Against” the resolution. If no voting indication is given, your proxy will vote or abstain from voting at his or her discretion. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as he or she thinks fit in relation to any other matter which is put before the meeting.

 

3.

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY USING HARD COPY PROXY FORM

The notes to the proxy form explain how to direct your proxy how to vote on each resolution or withhold their vote.

To appoint a proxy using the proxy form, the form must be:

 

   

completed and signed;

 

   

sent or delivered to Link Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU; and

 

   

received by Link Asset Services no later than 11:00 a.m. on 2 January 2019.

In the case of a member which is a company, the proxy form must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the company or an attorney for the company. Any corporation which is a member may also appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all of its powers as a member provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.

Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the proxy form is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the proxy form.

 

4.

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY BY JOINT MEMBERS

In the case of joint holders, where more than one of the joint holders purports to appoint a proxy, only the appointment submitted by the most senior holder will be accepted. Seniority is determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders appear in the Company’s register of members in respect of the joint holding (the first-named being the most senior).

 

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5.

CHANGING PROXY INSTRUCTIONS

To change your proxy instructions simply submit a new proxy appointment using the methods set out above. Note that the cut-off time for receipt of proxy appointments (see above) also apply in relation to amended instructions; any amended proxy appointment received after the relevant cut-off time will be disregarded.

Where you have appointed a proxy using the hard-copy proxy form and would like to change the instructions using another hard-copy proxy form, please contact Link Asset Services.

If you submit more than one valid proxy appointment, the appointment received last before the latest time for the receipt of proxies will take precedence. If the Company is unable to determine which appointment was last validly received, none of them shall be treated as valid in respect of that share.

Any alterations made to the proxy form should be initialled.

 

6.

TERMINATION OF PROXY APPOINTMENTS

In order to revoke a proxy instruction you will need to inform the Company by sending a signed hard copy notice clearly stating your intention to revoke your proxy appointment as above. In the case of a member which is a company, the revocation notice must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the company or an attorney for the company. Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the revocation notice is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the revocation notice.

The revocation notice must be received by Link Asset Services no later than the commencement of the meeting or any adjourned meeting. If you attempt to revoke your proxy appointment but the revocation is received after the time specified then, subject to the paragraph directly below, your proxy appointment will remain valid.

Appointment of a proxy does not preclude you from attending the meeting and voting in person. If you have appointed a proxy and attend the meeting in person, your proxy appointment will automatically be terminated.

 

7.

ISSUED SHARES AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

As at the close of business on 14 December 2018, the Company’s issued ordinary share capital comprised 82,264,881 ordinary shares of one penny each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote at the General Meeting of the Company and, therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at close of business on 14 December 2018 is 82,264,881.

 

8.

COMMUNICATION

Except as provided above, members who have general queries about the meeting should call the shareholder helpline of Link Asset Services on +44 (0) 871 664 0300. Calls cost 12p per minute plus your telephone company’s access charge. If you are outside the United Kingdom, please call +44 371 664 0300. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. Lines are open between 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales (no other methods of communication will be accepted).

You may not use any electronic address provided either in this Notice of General Meeting or any related documents to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.

 

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