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ASX RELEASE
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19
September,
2006
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Results
of General Meeting
held
19th
September, 2006
Boston,
MA. and Perth, Australia - Global bio-nanotech company pSivida Limited (ASX:PSD,
NASDAQ:PSDV, Xetra:PSI) held a General Meeting today at 3.00pm WST at Level
2,
QV1, 250 St George’s Terrace, Perth WA 6000.
All
resolutions were passed unanimously by shareholders as follows:
Resolution
1 - Ratification of Issue of Additional Warrants in respect of American
Depositary Shares and ratification of amendments to the terms of the
Notes
That,
for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4 of the Listing Rules of Australian Stock
Exchange Limited, and for all other purposes, the Company
ratifies:
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the
issue of Additional Warrants in respect of American Depositary Shares;
and
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the
amendment to the terms of the Notes,
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in
each case on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum
accompanying this Notice.
Resolution
2 - Approval of the Issue of US$6,500,000 in Subordinated Convertible New Notes
and New Warrants in respect of 2,925,000 American Depositary
Shares
That,
for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.1 of the Listing Rules of Australian Stock
Exchange Limited, and for all other purposes, the Company approves the issue
of:
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US$6,500,000
in Subordinated Convertible New Notes;
and
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New
Warrants in respect of 2,925,000 American Depositary
Shares,
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in
each case on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum
accompanying this Notice.
Results
of the Resolutions
Each
resolution was passed unanimously by a show of hands.
The
results of the proxy votes received were as follows:
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Resolution
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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1
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Ratification
of Issue of Additional Warrants in respect of American Depositary
Shares
and ratification of amendments to the terms of the Notes
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112,380,463
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1,003,614
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28,000
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Approval
of the Issue of US$6,500,000 in Subordinated Convertible New Notes
and New
Warrants in respect of 2,925,000 American Depositary
Shares
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112,379,463
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1,004,614
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28,000
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Note
that
the proxy votes received represent 28.5% of voting shares on issue
This
announcement does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any securities issued may not
be
or have not been registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and
may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from registration requirements.
-ENDS-
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pSivida
Limited
Brian
Leedman
Investor
Relations
pSivida
Limited
Tel:
+ 61 8 9226 5099
brianl@psivida.com
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US
Public Relations
Beverly
Jedynak
President
Martin
E. Janis & Company, Inc
Tel:
+1 (312) 943 1100 ext. 12
bjedynak@janispr.com
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European
Public Relations
Accent
Marketing Limited
Eva
Reuter
Tel:
+49 (254) 393 0740
e.reuter@e-reuter-ir.com
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NOTES
TO EDITORS:
pSivida
is a global bio-nanotech company committed to the biomedical sector and the
development of drug delivery products. Retisert™ is FDA approved for the
treatment of uveitis. Vitrasert® is FDA approved for the treatment of
AIDS-related CMV Retinitis. Bausch & Lomb own the trademarks Vitrasert® and
Retisert™. pSivida has licensed the technologies underlying both of these
products to Bausch & Lomb. The technology underlying Medidur™, a treatment
for diabetic macular edema, is licensed to Alimera Sciences and is in Phase
III
clinical trials.
pSivida
owns the rights to develop and commercialise a modified form of silicon
(porosified or nano-structured silicon) known as BioSilicon™, which has
applications in drug delivery, wound healing, orthopaedics, and tissue
engineering. pSivida’s subsidiary, AION Diagnostics Limited is developing
diagnostic products and the subsidiary pSiNutria is developing food technology
products both using BioSilicon™.
pSivida’s
intellectual property portfolio consists of 70 patent families, 74 granted
patents and over 290 patent applications.
pSivida
conducts its operations from offices and facilities near Boston in the United
States, Malvern in the United Kingdom, Perth in Australia and Singapore.
pSivida
is listed on NASDAQ (PSDV),
the
Australian Stock Exchange (PSD)
and on
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the XETRA system (German Symbol:
PSI. Securities Code (WKN) 358705).
pSivida is a founding member of the NASDAQ Health Care Index and the Merrill
Lynch Nanotechnology Index.
The
Company's largest shareholder and a strategic partner is QinetiQ, a leading
international defence, security and Technology Company, formed in 2001 from
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UK Government's Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (DERA). QinetiQ (QQ.)
was instrumental in discovering BioSiliconTM
and
pSivida’s strong relationship with QinetiQ includes access to its cutting edge
research and development facilities.
This
document contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. The statements reference potential products, applications and
regulatory approvals. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in
such forward-looking statements are reasonable at this time, we can give no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Given these
uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to many important factors
including: our inability to raise additional funds at favourable terms or any
terms; our inability to repay the amended notes; issues relating to share
registration in the U.S. that may delay our registration; our inability to
develop proposed products, including without limitation, in the drug delivery,
wound healing, orthopaedics, and tissue engineering, diagnostics and food
technology fields; failure of our evaluation agreements to result in license
agreements; failure to develop applications for BioSilicon™ due to regulatory,
scientific or other issues; failure to complete negotiations for new centers
for
the BrachySil™ phase IIb clinical trial for inoperable primary liver
cancer; failure of our discussions with the FDA for BrachySil™ to continue or to
lead to FDA approval; failure of the BrachySil™ phase IIb clinical trial
for inoperable primary liver cancer to determine the optimal dose, provide
key
safety data or support future pivotal efficacy trials or product registration
or
approval; failure of the BrachySil™ primary liver programme that is in
phase IIb clinical trials to provide a valuable platform for the
development and commercialisation of BrachySil™ for pancreatic cancer and other
indications; failure to commence phase IIa BrachySilTM trials for the
treatment of pancreatic cancer; failure of the findings of the pancreatic
cancer phase IIa trial to provide a platform for further multicentre
efficacy and safety trials; failure of there to be optimisation and
standardisation between our two pancreatic cancer study centres;
failure of the results of the Retisert™ for DME trial to be a good indicator of
the results of pSivida’s ongoing phase III Medidur™ for DME trial; failure
of the Medidur™ trials in DME to show a very similar improvement in visual
acuity and diabetic retinopathy severity score as Retisert™ for DME; failure of
Medidur™ to release fluocinolone acetonide at the same rate as Retisert™; our
inability to recruit patients for the phase III Medidur™ for DME trial.
Other reasons are contained in cautionary statements in the Annual Report on
Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including,
without limitation, under Item 3.D, "Risk Factors" therein. We do not undertake
to update any oral or written forward-looking statements that may be made by
or
on behalf of pSivida.