Common use of FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT Clause in Contracts

FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT. Each Party shall maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount of Development and Manufacture costs to be reimbursed, royalty payments and other amounts payable under this Agreement. Upon reasonable prior notice, such records shall be open during regular business hours for a period of [ * ] from the creation of individual records for examination by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits may occur no more often than [ * ]. Such auditor shall not disclose the audited Party’s Confidential Information to the auditing Party, except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments to or by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid and in need of refund, shall be paid or refunded (as the [ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. case may be) within [ * ] after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 5.4) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by the audited Party). The auditing Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment to, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from a discrepancy in the financial report provided by the audited Party for the audited period, which underpayment or overpayment is more than [ * ] of the amount set forth in such report, in which case the audited Party shall reimburse the auditing Party for the costs for such audit.

FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT. Each Throughout the Term and the **** year period thereafter, each Party shall (and shall ensure that its Affiliates and Sublicensees will) maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount of Development and Manufacture costs to be reimbursed, all royalty payments and other amounts payable under this Agreement and to verify the achievement (or non-achievement) of milestone events under this Agreement. Upon reasonable at least **** prior notice, such records shall be open for examination, during regular business hours hours, for a period of [ **** ] Axovant Fiscal Years or Benitec Fiscal Years from the creation end of individual the Axovant Fiscal Year or Benitec Fiscal Year, respectively, to which such records for examination pertain, and not more often than once each Axovant Fiscal Year or Benitec Fiscal Year, as applicable, by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing one Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party other Party, for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party Benitec or Axovant, as applicable, the accuracy of the financial Confidential material omitted and filed separately with the Commission 44 reports and invoices furnished by the audited either Party pursuant to under this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited either Party pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits may occur no more often than [ * ]. Such auditor The independent certified public accountant shall not disclose to the requesting Party only whether the audited Party’s Confidential Information reports are correct or incorrect and the specific details concerning any discrepancies. No other information shall be provided to the auditing requesting Party. The requesting Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an underpayment by the other Party of more than ****of the amount actually due for any Axovant Fiscal Year or Benitec Fiscal Year, except as applicable, being audited, in which case the other Party shall reimburse the requesting Party for the reasonable costs for such audit. A Party shall pay to the extent other Party any underpayment or refund any overcharge discovered by such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments to or by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid and in need of refund, shall be paid or refunded (as the [ audit within **** ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. case may be) within [ * ] after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 5.48.8 (Late Payments)) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by date. If the audited Party). The auditing Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment toby Axovant, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from then Axovant may take a discrepancy in the financial report provided by the audited Party for the audited period, which underpayment or overpayment is more than [ * ] of the amount set forth in such report, in which case the audited Party shall reimburse the auditing Party for the costs credit for such auditoverpayment against any future payments due to Benitec.

FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT. Each Party shall maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount of Development and Manufacture costs to be reimbursed, royalty payments and other amounts payable under this Agreement. Upon reasonable prior notice, such records shall be open during regular business hours for a period of [ * [*] years from the creation of individual records for examination by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits may occur no more often than [ * [*]. Such auditor shall not disclose the audited Party’s Confidential Information to the auditing Party, except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments to or by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid and in need of refund, shall be paid or refunded (as the [ * case may be) within [*] days after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 9.6) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by the audited Party). The auditing Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment to, or an underpayment [*] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. case may be) within [ * ] after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 5.4) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by the audited Party). The auditing Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment to, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from a discrepancy in the financial report provided by the audited Party for the audited period, which underpayment or overpayment is more than [ * [*] of the amount set forth in such report, in which case the audited Party shall reimburse the auditing Party for the costs for such audit.

FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT. Each Throughout the Term and the [***] year period thereafter, each Party shall (and shall ensure that its Affiliates and Sublicensees will) maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount of Development and Manufacture costs to be reimbursed, all royalty payments and other amounts payable under this Agreement and to verify the achievement (or non-achievement) of milestone events under this Agreement. Upon reasonable at least [***] prior notice, such records shall be open for examination, during regular business hours hours, for a period of [ * [***] Axovant Fiscal Years or Benitec Fiscal Years from the creation end of individual the Axovant Fiscal Year or Benitec Fiscal Year, respectively, to which such records for examination pertain, and not more often than once each Axovant Fiscal Year or Benitec Fiscal Year, as applicable, by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing one Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party other Party, for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party Benitec or Axovant, as applicable, the accuracy of the financial reports and invoices furnished by the audited either Party pursuant to under this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited either Party pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits may occur no more often than [ * ]. Such auditor The independent certified public accountant shall not disclose to the requesting Party only whether the audited Party’s Confidential Information reports are correct or incorrect and the specific details concerning any discrepancies. No other information shall be provided to the auditing requesting Party. The requesting Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an underpayment by the other Party of more than [***] of the amount actually due for any Axovant Fiscal Year or Benitec Fiscal Year, except as applicable, being audited, in which case the other Party shall reimburse the requesting Party for the reasonable costs for such audit. A Party shall pay to the extent other Party any underpayment or refund any overcharge discovered by such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments to or by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid and in need of refund, shall be paid or refunded (as the [ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. case may be) audit within [ * [***] after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 5.48.8 (Late Payments)) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by date. If the audited Party). The auditing Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment toby Axovant, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from then Axovant may take a discrepancy in the financial report provided by the audited Party for the audited period, which underpayment or overpayment is more than [ * ] of the amount set forth in such report, in which case the audited Party shall reimburse the auditing Party for the costs credit for such audit.overpayment against any future payments due to Benitec. [***] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED

FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT. Each Party shall maintain complete keep full, true and accurate records in sufficient detail and books of account containing all particulars that may be necessary for the purpose of confirming the accuracy of, and calculating, as applicable, all royalty payments and other amounts due to permit MEI hereunder (including records of Net Sales), Development Costs, U.S. Commercialization Costs, Net Profit or Loss, and the other elements thereof required to prepare the reports or calculate payments required under this Agreement and the Reconciliation Procedures, and any other payments under this Agreement, during the Term and for [*CONFIDENTIAL*] thereafter or such longer period as required by Applicable Laws. Each Party shall have a right to request [*CONFIDENTIAL*] audit of the other Party [*CONFIDENTIAL*] throughout the Term in order to confirm the accuracy of the amount foregoing (an “Audit”); provided, that, such [*CONFIDENTIAL*] audit per Calendar Year limitation shall not apply in the event of Development and Manufacture costs to be reimbursed, royalty payments and other amounts payable under this Agreementany subsequent “for cause” audit. Upon reasonable prior noticethe written request by a Party to Audit the other Party, such records auditing Party shall have the right to engage an independent, internationally recognized accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the other Party and which will be open subject to appropriate written obligations of confidentiality, to perform a review as is reasonably necessary to enable such accounting firm to calculate or otherwise confirm the accuracy of any of the foregoing for the Calendar Year(s) requested by such auditing Party. The audited Party, shall make personnel reasonably available during regular business hours to answer queries on all such books and records required for the purpose of the Audit. The accountants shall deliver a period copy of [ * their findings to each of the Parties within [*CONFIDENTIAL*] from of the creation completion of individual records for examination the review, and, in the absence of fraud or manifest error, the findings of such accountant shall be final and binding on each of the Parties. Any underpayments by an independent certified public accountant selected a Party shall be paid to the other Party within [*CONFIDENTIAL*] of notification of the results of such Audit. Any overpayments made by a Party shall be refunded by the other Party within [*CONFIDENTIAL*] of notification of the results of such Audit. The cost of the accountants shall be the responsibility of the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable unless the accountants’ calculation shows that the actual royalties payable, Net Sales and/or any other applicable amount Audited hereunder (in the aggregate with respect to the audited Party for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement or of any payments made, or required entire period audited) to be madedifferent, by or to more than [*CONFIDENTIAL*], than the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits may occur no more often than [ * ]. Such auditor shall not disclose the audited Party’s Confidential Information to the auditing Party, except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments to or by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid as paid and in need of refund, shall be paid or refunded (as the [ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. case may be) within [ * ] after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 5.4) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by the audited Party). The auditing Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment to, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from a discrepancy in the financial report provided reported by the audited Party for the audited period, which underpayment or overpayment is more than [ * ] of period subject to the amount set forth in such reportAudit, in which case the audited Party shall reimburse the auditing Party for bear the costs of the accountants. Any information obtained during such audit shall be treated as Confidential Information of the audited Party. In the event that a Party has a good faith basis, which shall be shared with the other Party, for believing that a Sublicensee of such other Party is not accurately reporting Net Sales (and thus that such other Party is not making appropriate royalty payments hereunder), then at the inquiring Party’s request, the other Party shall enforce its audit rights with respect to any such Sublicensee and such other Party shall report back to the inquiring Party regarding the outcome of any such audit.

FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT. Each Party shall maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount of Development and Manufacture costs to be reimbursed, royalty payments and other amounts payable under this Agreement. Upon reasonable prior notice, such records shall be open during regular business hours for a period of [ * [*] years from the creation of individual records for examination by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement. Such audits may occur no more often than [ * [*]. Such auditor shall not disclose the audited Party’s Confidential Information to the auditing Party, except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments to or by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid and in need of refund, shall be paid or refunded (as the [ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. case may be) within [ * [*] days after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 5.49.6) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by the audited Party). The auditing Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment to, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from a discrepancy in the financial report provided by the audited Party for the audited period, which underpayment or overpayment is more than [ * [*] of the amount set forth in such report, in which case the audited Party shall reimburse the auditing Party for the costs for such audit.