BLAKE DAWSON WALDRON
 
L A W Y E R S
 
Contractor Agreement
 
 
pSivida Limited
 
ACN 009 232 026
 
Viaticus Capital Pty Ltd
 
ACN 094 512 973
2 The Esplanade
Perth WA 6000
Telephone: (08) 9366 8000
Fax: (08) 9366 8111
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17 August 2006
Ref: DFP STJL 09 1395 3581
 
 

 
CONTENTS
 
 
1.
 
INTERPRETATION
 
1
 
2.
 
TERM OF AGREEMENT
 
4
 
3.
 
PROVISION OF SERVICES
 
4
 
4.
 
CONTRACT FEE
 
5
 
5.
 
INVOICES
 
5
 
6.
 
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
 
6
 
7.
 
PRIVACY
 
6
 
8.
 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
 
6
 
9.
 
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
 
7
 
10.
 
TAXATION
 
7
 
11.
 
TERMINATION
 
8
 
12.
 
AMENDMENT
 
8
 
13.
 
GENERAL
 
9
 

 
CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
 
DATE August 2006
 
PARTIES
 
pSivida Limited ACN 009 232 026 of Level 12, BGC Centre, 28 The Esplanade, Perth WA, 6000 (Principal)
 
Viaticus Capital Pty Ltd ACN 065 198 316 of Level 12, BGC Centre, 28 The Esplanade Perth WA, 6000 (Contractor)
 
RECITALS
 
A.  
Mr Gavin Rezos (Rezos) provided Services to the Principal on behalf of the Contractor as managing director of the Principal and a director of the Principal in accordance with a consultancy agreement between the Principal, the Contractor and Aymon Pacific Pty Ltd (ACN 065 198 316) (Aymon Pacific), a related body corporate of the Contractor (the Arrangement).
 
B.  
The Arrangement terminated on 31 July 2006 (the Termination).
 
C.  
Rezos, the Principal, Aymon Pacific and the Contractor executed a Deed of Release with respect to the Arrangement and the Termination (the Deed).
 
D.  
Rezos has intimate knowledge of the business, trade secrets, functions and work performed by employees of the Principal, customers and clients and processes and operations (among other things) of the Principal. As a condition precedent to completion of the Deed, the Principal and the Contractor agreed that the Principal will engage the Contractor as a Contractor to provide Rezos' personal Services to the Principal in accordance with this Agreement.
 
E.  
The Contractor has agreed to accept the appointment as a Contractor to the Principal and to provide Rezos to provide Services to the Principal as and when required by the Principal in accordance with this Agreement.
 
OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
 
1.  
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1  
Definitions
 
The following definitions apply in this Agreement.
 
Agreement means this agreement as amended from time to time in writing and signed by the Parties.
 
Commencement Date means 1 August 2006.
 
Confidential Information means (a) during the term, all information marked as confidential or advised in writing as being confidential in any form or medium concerning any past, present or future business, operations or affairs of the Principal, or of any

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customer of the Principal and (b) after the term, for so long as the Principal provides the Contractor with the use of the Principals Perth office as described in Section 3.3, all information described in (a) above whether or not so marked. Confidential Information includes but is not limited to:
 
(a)  
all technical or non-technical data, formulae, patterns, programs, devices, methods, techniques, plans, drawings, models and processes, source and object code, software and computer records;
 
(b)  
all business and marketing plans and projections, details of agreements and arrangements with third parties, and customer and supplier information and lists;
 
(c)  
all financial information, pricing schedules and structures, product margins, remuneration details and investment outlays;
 
(d)  
all information concerning any employee, customer, Contractor or agent of the Principal;
 
(e)  
the Principal's policies and procedures; and
 
(f)  
all information contained in this Agreement,
 
but Confidential Information excludes information that has come into the public domain other than by a breach of this Agreement.
 
Contract Fee is defined in clause 4.
 
Contractor means Viaticus Capital Pty Ltd ACN 094 512 973.
 
Execution Date means the date that this agreement is properly executed by both parties.
 
GST means the same as in the GST Law.
 
GST Law means the same as "GST law" means in A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
 
Intellectual Property Rights means all present and future rights conferred by statute, common law or equity in or in relation to copyright, trade marks, designs, patents, circuit layouts, plant varieties, business and domain names, inventions and confidential information, and other results of intellectual activity in the industrial, commercial, scientific, literary or artistic fields whether or not registrable, registered or patentable.
 
These rights include:
 
a)  
all rights in all applications to register these rights;
 
b)  
all renewals and extensions of these rights; and
 
c)  
all rights in the nature of these rights, such as Moral Rights.
 
Materials means works, ideas, concepts, designs, inventions, developments, improvements, systems or other material or information, created, made or discovered by the Contractor (either alone or with others and whether before or after the Commencement Date) in the course of the Contractor's engagement or as a result of using the resources of the Principal, or in any way relating to any business of the Principal.
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Moral Rights means rights of integrity of authorship, rights of attribution of authorship, rights not to have authorship falsely attributed and rights of a similar nature, that exist, or may come to exist, anywhere in the world in all Materials made or to be made by the Contractor in the course of the Contractor's engagement.
 
Party means a party to this Agreement.
 
Principal means pSivida Limited ACN 009 232 026.
 
Rezos means Gavin Rezos.
 
Services means the services the Principal and the Contractor agree from time to time as relevant to the Principal's operations and that are within the scope of the Contractor's competence.
 
Term means 6 months from the Commencement Date or such other period as the Principal and the Contractor may agree in writing.
 
1.2  
Rules for interpreting this Agreement
 
Headings are for convenience only, and do not affect interpretation. The following rules apply in interpreting this Agreement, except where the context makes it clear that a rule is not intended to apply.
 
(a)  
A reference to:
 
(i)  
any legislation (including subordinate legislation) is to that legislation as amended, re-enacted or replaced, and includes any subordinate legislation issued under it;
 
(ii)  
a policy, document or agreement, or a provision of a policy, document or agreement, is to that policy, document, agreement or provision as amended, supplemented, replaced or novated;
 
(iii)  
a Party to this Agreement or to any other document or agreement includes a permitted substitute or a permitted assign of that Party;
 
(iv)  
a person includes any type of entity or body of persons, whether or not it is incorporated or has a separate legal identity, and any executor, administrator or successor in law of the person; and
 
(v)  
anything (including a right, obligation, or concept) includes each part of it.
 
(b)  
A singular word includes the plural, and vice versa.
 
(c)  
A word which suggests one gender includes the other gender.
 
(d)  
If a word is defined, another part of speech has a corresponding meaning.
 
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(e)  
If an example is given of anything (including a right, obligation or concept), such as by saying it includes something else, the example does not limit the scope of that thing.
 
(f)  
A reference to dollars or $ is to an amount in Australian currency.
 
2.  
TERM OF AGREEMENT
 
This Agreement commences on the Commencement Date and will continue for the Term unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement.
 
3.  
PROVISION OF SERVICES
 
3.1  
Services
 
(a)  
The Contractor will ensure the Services are provided in a proper and efficient manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
(b)  
The Contractor will ensure that the Services are performed diligently, competently, with care and skill in a proper and professional manner.
 
3.2  
Provision of the Services
 
The Contractor will provide the Services at such reasonable times as the Principal and Contractor agree.
 
3.3  
Location and facilities
 
(a)  
For so long as the Principal maintains a Perth office, whether during the Term or after the Term:
 
(i)  
The Contractor will provide the Services from the Principal's Perth office;
 
(ii)  
The Principal will provide the Contractor use of a laptop computer, desktop computer, office, car space and secretarial services at the Principal's Perth office, subject to the Principal's executives being given preference over the Contractor in relation to the provision of secretarial services.
 
(b)  
If at any time the Principal ceases to maintain a Perth office, the Contractor will be entitled to retain the laptop computer and the desktop computer provided by the Principal for the Contractor's use under clause 3.3(a), subject to the return of all Confidential Information to the Principal.
 
3.4  
Warranty
 
The Principal does not warrant that the Contractor has preference or priority in providing any service to the Principal.

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3.5  Services to be provided by Rezos on behalf of the Contractor
 
(a)  
Rezos is required to provide the Services to the Principal on behalf of the Contractor. The Services are not to (and cannot) be provided through any other person (e.g. an employee, contractor or agent of the Contractor).
 
(b)  
Rezos is made available by the Contractor to provide Services to the Principal pursuant to this Agreement. Rezos is solely the employee or sub-contractor of the Contractor and will not be construed to be the employee or sub-contractor of the Principal. Nor will the relationship between the Principal and Rezos be construed as one of employer and employee.
 
4.  
CONTRACT FEE
 
4.1  
Contract Fee
 
As full consideration for the provision of the Services for the Term, the Principal will pay the Contractor a total fee of $329,000 gross (the Contract Fee) due on the Execution Date. Subject to clause 11, the Contractor agrees that the Contract Fee may be paid in instalments of $54,833 with the first instalment being paid on the Execution Date and thereafter 5 monthly instalments commencing on the monthly anniversary of the Commencement Date. The Contract Fee is exclusive of GST.
 
4.2  
Reimbursement of expenses
 
The Contractor is not entitled to reimbursement by the Principal for any expenses incurred in providing the Services except with the Principal's prior written approval, save for expenses related to home broadband services and home phone and fax during the Term.
 
4.3  
Full payment for the Services
 
The Contractor agrees that payment of the amounts provided for in this clause constitute full payment for the provision of the Services, and the Principal is not liable to pay any other amount to the Contractor. 
 
5.  
INVOICES
 
5.1  
Invoice Period
 
The Contractor will issue an initial Invoice for the Contract Fee on the Execution Date and a monthly additional invoices detailing any pre-approved amounts claimed for reimbursement from the Execution Date (“Additional Invoice”).
 
5.2  
Payment of invoice
 
The Principal will pay each Additional Invoice within 7 days of receipt by the Principal of the Additional Invoice and any supporting documentation reasonably required by the Principal.

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5.3  Withholding of Contract Fee
 
The Principal may withhold any payment (or part of any payment) due to the Contractor under any Additional Invoice until the Contractor provides any supporting documentation reasonably required by the Principal (e.g. documentation supporting the reimbursement for expenses incurred).
 
6.  
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
 
6.1  
Confidential Information
 
The Contractor acknowledges that all Confidential Information of the Principal which has or may come into the possession of the Contractor remains the property of the Principal. 
 
6.2  
Non-disclosure
 
The Contractor must not, unless the Principal has first agreed in writing:
 
(a)  
disclose to anyone else, or
 
(b)  
use for a purpose other than the provision of the Services,
 
any of the Confidential Information either before or after the expiration or termination of the Term and/or this Agreement.
 
6.3  
Return of Confidential Information
 
On termination or expiry of this Agreement, the Contractor must immediately return or cause to be returned, all originals and copies of any Confidential Information in its possession.
 
7.  
PRIVACY
 
7.1  
The Contractor must comply with his obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
 
7.2  
The Contractor consents to the Principal (and its Officers Etc) and the Company (and its Officers Etc), collecting, using and disclosing information about the Contractor and the Services provided by the Contractor to the extent the Principal, its Officers Etc, the Company or its Officers Etc are carrying out its or their legitimate business. For example, that collection, use or disclosure may involve the Principal, its Officers Etc, the Company or its Officers Etc, collecting information from or disclosing information to its or their accountants, lawyers, staff, customers or suppliers, insurers and other third parties for business reasons.
 
8.  
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
 
8.1  
In this clause Intellectual Property means all present and future rights whether or not conferred by statute, common law or equity in or in relation to any copyright, trade marks (including service marks), designs, business and domain names, circuit layouts, trade secrets, inventions (including patents), Confidential Information and know how and other
 
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8.2  
results in the industrial, commercial, scientific, literary or artistic fields (whether registered or not and whether protected by statute or not).
 
8.3  
The Contractor as beneficial owner assigns to the Principal absolutely all Intellectual Property in any material, work, ideas, concepts, designs, developments, improvements, systems, software, agreements or other materials prepared or created by the Contractor in connection with this Agreement or the provision of the Services (the Materials).
 
8.4  
The Contractor must do all things necessary or desirable to give full effect to the assignment under this clause to the Principal.
 
8.5  
The Contractor warrants that:
 
(a)  
the Materials, or the use or reproduction of the Materials, will not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any person; and
 
(b)  
except as required by this clause, the Contractor will not assign, license or otherwise deal with the Materials.
 
8.6  
On termination or expiry of this Agreement the Contractor must immediately deliver to the Principal all originals and copies of Materials in its possession or Materials that it can otherwise reasonably obtain.
 
8.7  
Nothing in this Agreement prevents the Contractor from using any materials, software, formats and precedents that the Contractor owned or was licensed to use at the Commencement Date, whether or not the Principal has acquired rights under this Agreement (or otherwise) to any adaptation or reproduction of them through the Contractor's provision of the Services.
 
9.  
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
 
The Contractor must comply with occupational health and safety legislation and all occupational health and safety policies and procedures issued by the Principal from time to time.
 
10.  
TAXATION
 
10.1  
Definitions in this clause
 
Words defined in the GST Law have the same meaning in this clause, unless it is clear that a different meaning is intended.
 
10.2  
Payment of GST
 
In addition to paying the Contract Fee under clause 4 or other consideration (which is exclusive of GST) the Principal must:
 
(a)  
pay to the Contractor an amount equal to any GST payable for anything provided or supplied by the Contractor in connection with this Agreement; and
 
(b)  
make that payment as and when the Principal must pay or provide the Contract Fee or other consideration.
 
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10.3  
Tax invoice
 
The Contractor must issue a tax invoice (or an adjustment note) to the Principal for any supply for which the Contractor may recover GST from the Principal under this Agreement. 
 
10.4  
Overpayment
 
The Contractor must refund to the Principal any overpayment by the Principal for GST within 14 days of the Contractor becoming aware of the overpayment.
 
10.5  
Claim for a cost
 
If a Party has a claim for a cost on which the Party must pay GST, the claim is for the cost plus all GST (except any GST for which that Party is entitled to an input tax credit).
 
10.6  
Contractor must be registered for GST
 
The Contractor must be registered for GST purposes. If the Contractor is not registered for GST the Principal will have no obligation under this clause to pay GST to the Contractor. 
 
11.  
TERMINATION
 
11.1  
Expiry of Term
 
Save for the provisions of this Agreement which specify that they survive the termination of this Agreement, including clause 3.3 of this Agreement subject to its terms, this Agreement automatically ends on expiry of the Term.
 
11.2  
Early termination
 
At any time prior to the expiry of the Term:
 
(a)  
the Principal may terminate this Agreement on payment to the Contractor of the outstanding balance, if any, of the Contract Fee;
 
(b)  
the Contractor may terminate this Agreement by giving the Principal two month's written notice. If the Contractor terminates this Agreement in accordance with this paragraph (b), the Principal will pay to the Contractor the outstanding balance, if any, of the Contract Fee.
 
11.3  
No additional payment
 
The Contractor acknowledges that termination of this Agreement does not entitle it to any form of payment or compensation by the Principal, except for payment of any outstanding balance of the Contract Fee.

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12.  AMENDMENT 
 
This document can only be amended, supplemented or replaced by another document signed by the parties.
 
13.  
GENERAL
 
13.1  
Governing law
 
This document is governed by the law in force in Western Australia.
 
13.2  
Operation of this document
 
(a)  
This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter. Any previous understanding, agreement, representation or warranty relating to that subject matter is replaced by this document and has no further effect.
 
(b)  
Any provision of this Agreement which is unenforceable or partly unenforceable is, where possible, to be severed to the extent necessary to make this Agreement enforceable, unless this would materially change the intended effect of this Agreement.
 
13.3  
Inconsistency with other documents
 
If this Agreement is inconsistent with any other document or agreement between the parties, to the fullest extent permitted by law this Agreement prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
 
13.4  
Counterparts
 
This document may be executed in counterparts.

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EXECUTED as an agreement
 
 
EXECUTED by pSivida Limited
ACN 009 232 026:
   
     
         /s/ Aaron Finlay
Signature of director
 
Signature of director/secretary
     
       Aaron Finlay 
Name
 
Name
EXECUTED by Viaticus Capital Pty Ltd, by its sole director and sole company secretary:
 
/s/ Gavin Rezos
   
Signature of sole director and sole company secretary
     
     
   
Mr. Gavin Rezos
   
Name
 
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