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Acquisition of Zavante
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Acquisition of Zavante  
Acquisition of Zavante

15.  Acquisition of Zavante

On July 24, 2018, the Company acquired Zavante. The acquisition was completed on July 24, 2018, or the Closing. In connection with the Closing, the Company issued 733,690 Company ordinary shares to former Zavante stockholders, which together with the 81,518 ordinary shares that were issued in July 2019 upon release of the Holdback Shares (as defined below) constitute approximately 19.9% of the Company ordinary shares outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing, or the Upfront Shares.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, former Zavante stockholders and other equity holders, in the aggregate and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, will also be entitled to receive from the Company up to $97.5 million in contingent consideration, of which $25.0 million would become payable upon the first approval of a NDA from the FDA for CONTEPO for any indication, or the Approval Milestone Payment, and an aggregate of up to $72.5 million would become payable upon the achievement of specified sales milestones, or theNet Sales Milestone Payments.

At the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in October 2018, the shareholders approved the issuance of the Company’s ordinary shares in settlement of potential milestone payment obligations that may become payable in the future to former Zavante stockholders, including the Approval Milestone Payment which will be settled in Company ordinary shares. The Company also now has the right to settle the Net Sales Milestone Payments in Company ordinary shares, except as otherwise provided in the Merger Agreement.

In addition, upon the Closing, the Company assumed certain liabilities and obligations, including contractual liabilities and obligations. Prior to the Acquisition, Zavante was obligated to make milestone payments to the former

stockholders of $3.0 million payable in cash upon marketing approval by the FDA with respect to any oral, intravenous or other form of fosfomycin, or the Zavante Products, and milestone payments of up to $26.0 million that may be settled in ordinary shares in the aggregate upon the occurrence of various specified levels of net sales with respect to the Zavante Products. In addition, Zavante is obligated to make annual royalty payments of a mid-single-digit percentage of net sales of Zavante Products, subject to adjustment based on net sales thresholds and with such percentage reduced to low single-digits if generic fosfomycin products account for half of the applicable market on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis. Zavante will also pay a mid-single-digit percentage of transaction revenue in connection with the consummation of the grant, sale, license or transfer of market exclusivity rights for a qualified infectious disease product (within the meaning of the 21st Century Cures Act, or the Cures Act) related to a Zavante Product.

The Company accounted for the acquisition of Zavante as an asset acquisition as the arrangement did not meet the definition of a business pursuant to the guidance prescribed in ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations because the transaction resulted in the acquisition of the exclusive rights to IV fosfomycin in the U.S. which is a single identifiable asset and represented substantially all the fair value of the assets acquired.

The Company expensed the acquired intellectual property as of the acquisition date as in- process research and development with no alternative future uses. The Company recorded an in-process research and development expense of $32.0 million which represents $26.9 million for the fair value of the Upfront Shares, $4.8 million of transaction costs and $0.2 million of net liabilities assumed.

In addition, the Company assumed certain liabilities and obligations, including contractual liabilities and obligations, that were assumed by the Company upon closing of the acquisition. See “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Acquisition of Zavante” for further information regarding the agreements that were assumed by the Company.