SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the month of July 2006
 
Commission File Number 000-51122
 
pSivida Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
Level 12 BGC Centre
28 The Esplanade
Perth WA 6000
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
 
Form 20-F x        Form 40-F o
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
 
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.
 
Yes o        No x
 
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ___.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant, pSivida Limited, has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
Date: July 31, 2006
     
  pSivida Limited
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/ Aaron Finlay
 
Aaron Finlay
Company Secretary
   
 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
EXHIBIT 99.1:
pSivida Quarterly Cashflow June 2006 Commentary and Highlights
EXHIBIT 99.2:
Appendix 4C - Quarterly report for entities admitted on the basis of commitments
EXHIBIT 99.3:
pSivida secures additional US$6.5m funding
EXHIBIT 99.4:
Management Changes
EXHIBIT 99.5:
Final Director’s Interest Notice

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psivida

ASX/Media RELEASE
 31 July 2006
 
pSivida Quarterly Cashflow June 2006
Commentary and Highlights
Focusing business around late-stage product portfolio  

 
Boston, MA. and Perth, Australia - Global bio-nanotech company pSivida Limited (ASX:PSD, NASDAQ:PSDV, Xetra:PSI) is pleased to release its quarterly cashflow statement for the period ended June 30, 2006.

Cash flow
 
The net operating cash outflow for the quarter was AU$7.4 million (US$5.5 million), of which AU$4.0 million (US$3.0 million) related directly to research and development.

Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation (NVS - NYSX) became a co-marketing partner for Bausch & Lomb (BOL - NYSX) for RetisertTM in the US late in the first quarter of this calendar year. The Company believes that RetisertTM revenues do not yet reflect the full impact of Novartis, as this co-marketing partnership was only recently signed. Royalty revenue for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 is expected to total approximately AU$336,000 (US$250,000). However, this amount is reduced by 50% in accordance with an advance royalty agreement the Company entered into with Bausch & Lomb in June 2005.

In the quarter ending September 30, 2006, the Company will redeem US$2.5 million of the Convertible Notes issued to Castlerigg Master Investments as more fully described in our ASX release dated July 17, 2006, in connection with an Amendment to the Convertible Note held by that entity. In a separate announcement today, the Company announced the new issue of new AU$8.5 million (US$6.5 million) Convertible Notes.

Operational Restructure
 
The Company is making operational changes to bring about significant cost savings to make more efficient use of resources by directing resources away from its earlier stage, higher risk research activities and reducing spending in these areas. To this end, the research operation located in our facilities in Malvern, UK is being reduced. The Company will move to reduce corporate overhead and reliance on external consultants as it moves its head office from Perth, Australia to Boston over the coming months.

MedidurTM
 
MedidurTM is in pivotal phase III clinical trials for diabetic macular edema (DME) and continues on schedule in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. The Company has partnered with Alimera Sciences to develop MedidurTM for DME. DME is the leading cause of blindness among Americans under the age of 65 affecting some 500,000 people and is characterized by a swelling of the retina and loss of vision. Currently, the only FDA approved treatment is laser therapy in which holes are burned into the macula with a laser. This treatment is often ineffective or generally provides only temporary benefit. There are no approved drug therapies for the treatment of DME.

MedidurTM is also being evaluated in other programmes funded by two of the five largest pharmas, one of the largest medical device companies and smaller biotech companies for the delivery of their respective proprietary compounds. Two of these programmes have entered key pre-clinical in vivo evaluation. The Company considers that the broader exploitation of this technology through funded collaborations potentially represents a fast-to-market solution for our pharma industry partners and a value-generating opportunity for the Company’s business.



Retisert™
 
Retisert™ is licensed to global eye care company, Bausch & Lomb, and co-marketed in the US by Novartis as a 30-month treatment for uveitis, a sight threatening condition that affects an estimated 175,000 Americans. We expect the co-promotion agreement between B&L and Novartis announced in February 2006 will increase the number of sales representatives dedicated to the promotion of Retisert™ which is covered by Medicare and Medicaid in the US and is priced at US$18,250. The Company receives royalties on all Retisert™ sales. Bausch & Lomb recently launched a website, www.retisert.com outlining important information about the product for both patients and providers.

BrachySilTM
 
Development of the BioSiliconTM delivery platform will focus on the leading clinical product BrachySilTM which is in multicentre phase IIb trials for primary liver cancer. The trial is being reset to optimise the protocol following valuable clinical experience and feedback gained in the first planned patient cohort. The study has provided essential clinical data to support determination of the optimum dose for the product and its effective delivery to larger tumours. Regulatory filing is expected in late 2009.

In parallel, the Company reports the successful preparation and approvals for the initiation of the planned European phase IIa trial of BrachySilTM in pancreatic cancer, a disease of high unmet clinical need and a significant potential market opportunity for this targeted oncology therapy.

The Company is presently in negotiation with potential licensees to share the cost of both the liver and pancreatic cancer trials now that these trials have entered more advanced stages of the development process.

BioSiliconTM
 
The application of BioSiliconTM for drug delivery applications will focus on partner-funded R&D programmes, where the Company is negotiating additional evaluation agreements.

The BioSiliconTM platform has been further enhanced by the demonstration of adjuvant properties as described in an announcement during the quarter as well the demonstration of key imaging properties by our subsidiary, AION Diagnostics.

The Company continues to seek partners for the development of non-core areas particularly in the area of wound management.

pSiNutria
 
The Company has been reducing to practice key technology to support potentially promising products in the food and nutraceutical area following upon the review conducted with Lux Research Inc. of New York.

AION Diagnostics
 
The Company is considering strategic alternatives with respect to its interest in AION, including a partial sale of its interest to raise additional cash. Additionally, the Company stands to receive potential revenue from its license to AION of BioSiliconTM technology for use in diagnostic products.

SEC Registration
 
The Company is preparing registration statements related to resales of shares issued or issuable pursuant to the August 2005 PIPE, the November 2005 Convertible Note and the December 2005 acquisition of Control Delivery Systems (CDS) and progressing through the SEC comment process. The timing of this process has been affected by Australia’s migration from Australian equivalent Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (A-GAAP) to the requirement that historical financial statements be reported using Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (A-IFRS) and the SEC’s requirement that the Company’s reports be reconciled to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (US GAAP). No shares may be offered or sold by selling shareholders until the registration statements are declared effective or pursuant to an exemption from registration.



Share Registry
 
The share ownership has become more concentrated in the June quarter with the Top 10 shareholders reaching 76.5% of total shares on issue. European and US based shareholdings continue to grow and combined represent a majority of the share register.  
 
External Consultants
 
The Company has renewed a mandate with Bio IB in New York for assistance in licensing agreements including advancing current material evaluation agreements to the next stage as well as assisting in the potential sale of certain intellectual property assets to maximize returns on our R&D platform.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in the US have been mandated on up to a 9 month term to assist in restructuring the Company as a US entity to remove the current dual reporting structure in US GAAP and A-IFRS and its associated accounting overhead as well as assisting with additional financing. Janney Montgomery Scott will also collaborate with Bio IB.

The Company has appointed London based Navigator Asset Management Ltd on a 10 month term on a monthly retainer, payable in advance and a one-off issue of warrants over ADSs to advise on strategies to manage the potential restructuring, redemption and/or repayment of the Company’s Convertible Notes, if any, and to advise on any capital market products the Company may be offered.

Shareholder Extraordinary Meeting
 
The Company intends to call an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in Perth, Australia, in the first half of September to obtain shareholder approval of the issue of shares underlying the ADS conversion and Warrant issues under the new US$6.5 million Convertible Note separately announced today, and to ratifying the future issue of additional shares underlying the revised ADS conversion and Warrant issue under the existing Convertible Notes. If the shareholders approve both issues, the Company’s 15% pool of shares available for future issuance will be restored.

Post Quarter Highlights and Announcements

pSivida amends subordinated convertible debentures
 
The Company signed an agreement with Sandell Asset Management Corporation, investment advisor to Castlerigg Master Investments (the Note Holder) to revise the terms of the Note Holder’s US$15,000,000 subordinated convertible debentures Subject to the completion of mutually satisfactory documentation
 
BioSilicon demonstrates Adjuvant properties for delivery of Vaccines
 
The novel drug delivery platform, BioSilicon has demonstrated the capability to act as an adjuvant when delivered with an antigen. BioSilicon alone does not stimulate the immune system. The BioSilicon-antigen combinations resulted in an enhanced immune response based on in vivo antibody responses. This finding opens up the potential for exploiting BioSilicon not only for the delivery of vaccines, but also enhancing the immune response to those vaccines. The global market for vaccines is estimated at $8 billion.

Voluntary Lock-up Period Expires On Acquisition Shares
 
The voluntary lock up period applied to the American Depositary Shares (ADSs) issued by the Company on the acquisition of CDS terminated on July, 1 2006. The termination did not apply to certain employee-held, non-vested ADSs which may not be sold for additional periods. The Company filed a registration statement on Form F-3 to register the resale of the ADSs issued in relation to the CDS acquisition with the Securities Exchange Commission and expects that the registration statement will be declared effective in the near future. The ADSs issued in the acquisition may only be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption from registration.



Highlights and Announcements for the Quarter

pSivida Rights Issue Closure
 
Proceeds of AU$6,309,487 (US$4,795,209) before costs were raised through the issue of 10,515,811 new ordinary shares at an issue price of AU$0.60 per share. This represents a subscription of 22% of the total shares available for subscription under the Rights Issue,. A large number of shareholders reside outside Australia and were therefore ineligible to participate. US holders who were ineligible to participate own approximately 45% of the Company. Eligible Directors of the Company exercised their right to subscribe for ordinary shares. The Company elected not to place the shortfall subscription shares due to current US market conditions.

BioSilicon Breakthrough for pSivida's AION Diagnostics
 
Wholly owned US subsidiary, AION Diagnostics Inc, discovered a novel new property to pSivida’s nanotechnology platform, BioSiliconTM. The biomaterial was shown to be effectively visualized on four key imaging modalities; x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI. This discovery could eventually lead to AION Diagnostics being competitively positioned in the multi-billion dollar imaging agent market.

Medidur™ DME Programme: Government Approvals for International Phase III Trials
 
pSivida Limited and Alimera Sciences jointly announced that regulatory agencies in the UK, Canada and India have approved the commencement of Phase III clinical trials of the Medidur™ device for treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). These international clinical sites were opened in conjunction with the sites already underway in the US. The Medidur development plan was already granted Fast Track status in the US by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

BrachySil™ Pancreatic Program: Regulatory Approval for European Human Trial
 
The Regulatory Agency in the UK (The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency or MHRA) granted approval to proceed with the first human study of BrachySil™ in pancreatic cancer through a phase IIa clinical trial. The six month clinical study in patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer will be undertaken at two leading centres of cancer treatment, Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital in London (UK) and Singapore General Hospital. The trial represents the “first-in-Man” safety study for BrachySil™ in this indication and is designed to enrol a total of 15 patients. The primary objective is to determine the safety of the targeted imaged-guided implantation of pSivida’s BrachySil™ product. Efficacy, as determined by CT scanning of the tumour size and overall survival, will be secondary endpoints. The findings will provide a platform for further multicentre efficacy and safety trials.

Boston based CFO and General Counsel appointed
 
Mr Michael J. Soja was appointed Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, and Ms Lori H Freedman was appointed Vice President, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary. Both Mr Soja and Ms Freedman remain based at pSivida’s Boston facility in the US. Mr Aaron Finlay, who has served as pSivida’s Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary remains in Australia to continue as the Company Secretary while pSivida is still an Australian company.

Positive European trial results for RetisertTM for Uveitis
 
Two year results from Bausch & Lomb’s European clinical trial of Retisert for the treatment of chronic non-infectious posterior segment uveitis showed the recurrence rate for uveitis was significantly lower in eyes receiving Retisert than in eyes receiving standard of care (systemic corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive agents). The study involved 146 patients across ten countries in Europe and the Middle East. These results were presented at the prestigious 6th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Berlin that commenced on March 30, 2006.



pSivida signs new evaluation agreements for cardiovascular drug delivery
 
pSivida entered into an evaluation agreement with an undisclosed large medical device company to evaluate cardiovascular delivery of drugs using pSivida’s drug delivery technologies. The agreement demonstrated that pSivida’s drug delivery technologies are being evaluated in areas beyond ophthalmology and oncology treatments and follows recent announcements that pSivida had signed evaluation agreements with various companies, including large global pharmaceutical companies, to evaluate pSivida’s proprietary platform technology for their developmental compounds. pSivida has licensing agreements with Bausch & Lomb, Alimera Sciences and Beijing Med-Pharm and evaluation agreements with three of the five largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Retisert slows progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in DME trials
 
Additional two year trial results of Bausch & Lomb’s two randomized trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the RetisertTM implant in releasing fluocinolone acetonide in the management of Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) demonstrated that 30% of eyes receiving standard of care (repeat laser treatment) had a worsening of their Diabetic Retinopathy compared with only 10% of eyes receiving a RetisertTM implant. This was statistically significant. RetisertTM also reduced retinal thickening involving the fovea (the centre most part of the macula responsible for sharp, central vision) and led to a statistically significant three line improvement in vision. The trial results were presented at the prestigious 6th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Berlin that commenced on the March 30, 2006.

-ENDS-

Released by:

pSivida Limited
Brian Leedman
Investor Relations
pSivida Limited
Tel: + 61 8 9226 5099
brianl@psivida.com
US Public Relations
Beverly Jedynak
President
Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc
Tel: +1 (312) 943 1100 ext. 12
bjedynak@janispr.com
European Public Relations
Eva Reuter
Tel: +49 (254) 393 0740
e.reuter@e-reuter-ir.com



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 the 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: the failure of the Novartis co-marketing partnership to have a positive effect on Retisert revenues; the failure of the Company to come to agreement with its note holder on terms of an amendment; the failure of the company to successfully close a new issue of convertible notes; the failure of the Company to obtain the requisite shareholder approval to issue the new Convertible Notes; failure to obtain shareholder approval for the issue of shares underlying the ADS conversion and the Warrant issues under the new Convertible Note; the failure to complete the SEC review process and or obtain have its registration statements declared effective prior to the deadline for effectiveness or at all; the failure of the operational changes or restructuring changes to result in significant cost savings and efficiencies; the clinical trials for Medidur do not produce anticipated results and the Company is unable to secure funded collaborations for the product; the Company fails to reach agreement in its negotiations with potential licensees to share the cost of both the liver and pancreatic cancer trials, the Company’s failure to develop products in the food and nutraceutical areas and the Company’s inability to find a buyer for part of its interest in AION to raise additional cash; our inability to raise additional funds at favourable terms or any terms; our inability to repay the amended debentures; 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.


 
Appendix 4C
Quarterly report for entities
admitted on the basis of commitments

 
Rule 4.7B
 
Appendix 4C

Quarterly report
for entities admitted
on the basis of commitments
 
Introduced 31/3/2000. Amended 30/9/2001

Name of entity
pSivida Limited

ABN
 
Quarter ended (“current quarter”)
78 009 232 026
 
30 June 2006

Consolidated statement of cash flows

Cash flows related to operating activities
 
Current quarter $A’000
 
Year to date (12 months) $A’000
1.1
Receipts from customers
 
775
 
1,789
1.2
Payments for (a) staff costs
 (b) advertising and marketing
 (c) research and development
 (d) leased assets
 (e) other working capital
 
(2,151)
-
(3,986)
-
(1,232)
 
(3,270)
-
(12,420)
-
(6,653)
1.3
Dividends received
 
-
 
-
1.4
Interest and other items of a similar nature received
 
139
 
567
1.5
Interest and other costs of finance paid
 
(928)
 
(1,563)
1.6
Income taxes paid
 
-
 
-
1.7
Other - other income
- income received in advance
 
-
-
 
68
494
 
Net operating cash flows
 
(7,383)
 
(20,988)


+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
 
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admitted on the basis of commitments



     
Current quarter $A’000
 
Year to date (12 months) $A’000
1.8
Net operating cash flows (carried forward)
 
(7,383)
 
(20,988)
 
 
Cash flows related to investing activities
       
1.9
Payment for acquisition of:
(a) businesses (item 5)
(b) equity investments
(c) intellectual property
(d) physical non-current assets
(e) other non-current assets
 
 
-
(87)
-
(500)
-
 
 
-
(4,734)
-
(1,479)
-
1.10
Proceeds from disposal of:
(a) businesses (item 5)
(b) equity investments
(c) intellectual property
(d) physical non-current assets
(e) other non-current assets
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
1.11
Loans to other entities
 
-
 
-
1.12
Loans repaid by other entities
 
-
 
-
1.13
Other - costs of acquisition not capitalised
 
-
 
(1,868)
 
 
Net investing cash flows
 
 
(587)
 
 
(8,081)
1.14
Total operating and investing cash flows
 
(7,970)
 
(29,069)
 
 
Cash flows related to financing activities
       
1.15
Proceeds from issues of shares, options, etc.
 
6,309
 
11,945
1.16
Proceeds from sale of forfeited shares
 
-
 
-
1.17
Proceeds from borrowings
 
-
 
19,927
1.18
Repayment of borrowings
 
-
 
-
1.19
Dividends paid
 
-
 
-
1.20
Other - share issue costs
- other financing costs
 
(249)
-
 
(718)
(92)
 
Net financing cash flows
 
6,060
 
31,062
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash held
 
 
(1,910)
 
 
1,993
1.21
Cash at beginning of quarter/year to date
 
17,384
 
12,892
1.22
Exchange rate adjustments to item 1.20
 
14
 
603
1.23
Cash at end of quarter
 
15,488
 
15,488


+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
 
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Appendix 4C
Quarterly report for entities
admitted on the basis of commitments

 
Payments to directors of the entity and associates of the directors
 
Payments to related entities of the entity and associates of the related entities

   
Current quarter $A'000
 
1.24
 
Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.2
 
265
 
1.25
 
Aggregate amount of loans to the parties included in item 1.11
 
-
 
1.26
 
Explanation necessary for an understanding of the transactions
 
1.1  1.2(a) Staff costs include consultants and directors’ fees paid by pSivida.
 
1.2(c)          Research and development costs include all expenditure incurred by pSiMedica and pSiOncology.
 
Non-cash financing and investing activities
 
2.1
Details of financing and investing transactions which have had a material effect on consolidated assets and liabilities but did not involve cash flows
 
 
N/A

2.2
Details of outlays made by other entities to establish or increase their share in businesses in which the reporting entity has an interest
 
 
N/A
 

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
 
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Appendix 4C
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admitted on the basis of commitments

 
Financing facilities available
Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position. (See AASB 1026 paragraph 12.2).

     
Amount available
$A’000
 
Amount used
$A’000
3.1
Loan facilities
 
-
 
20,545
3.2
Credit standby arrangements
 
-
 
-

Reconciliation of cash

Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows) to the related items in the accounts is as follows.
 
Current quarter
$A’000
 
Previous quarter
$A’000
4.1
Cash on hand and at bank
 
15,242
 
4,685
4.2
Deposits at call
 
246
 
12,699
4.3
Bank overdraft
 
-
 
-
4.4
Other (provide details)
 
-
 
-
 
Total: cash at end of quarter (item 1.22)
 
15,488
 
17,384

Acquisitions and disposals of business entities

   
Acquisitions
(Item 1.9(a))
 
Disposals
(Item 1.10(a))
5.1
Name of entity
 
N/A
 
N/A
5.2
Place of incorporation or registration
       
5.3
Consideration for acquisition or disposal
       
5.4
Total net assets
       
5.5
Nature of business
       
 

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
 
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Appendix 4C
Quarterly report for entities
admitted on the basis of commitments

 
Compliance statement

1
This statement has been prepared under accounting policies which comply with accounting standards as defined in the Corporations Act (except to the extent that information is not required because of note 2) or other standards acceptable to ASX.

2
This statement does give a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.



Sign here:    __________________________   Date: 31 July 2006
(Company secretary)

Print name:  Aaron Finlay

Notes

1.
The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity’s activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash position. An entity wanting to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes attached to this report.

2.
The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 107: Cash Flow Statements apply to this report except for the paragraphs of the Standard set out below.
 
·  
6.2- reconciliation of cash flows arising from operating activities to operatingprofit or loss
·  
9.2- itemised disclosure relating to acquisitions
·  
9.4- itemised disclosure relating to disposals
·  
12.1(a)- policy for classification of cash items
·  
12.3- disclosure of restrictions on use of cash
·  
13.1- comparative information

3.
Accounting Standards. ASX will accept, for example, the use of International Accounting Standards for foreign entities. If the standards used do not address a topic, the Australian standard on that topic (if any) must be complied with.
 

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
 
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psivida

ASX/MEDIA RELEASE
 31 July 2006
    
pSivida secures additional US$6.5m funding 

 
Boston, MA. and Perth, Australia - Global bio-nanotech company pSivida Limited (ASX:PSD, NASDAQ:PSDV, Xetra:PSI) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with the Absolute Europe Catalyst Fund, Absolute Octane Fund and Australian IT Investments Ltd, subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, to purchase US$6.5m (AU$8.5m) of Subordinated Convertible Debentures convertible into pSivida American Depository Shares (ADSs) at an initial conversion price of US$2.00 per ADS (AU$0.27 per ordinary share).

The debentures will mature three years from the date of closing and will bear 8% interest payable quarterly in arrears and/or ADSs at an 8% discount to 10-day VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price). The Company shall issue to the Investors warrant exercisable for a number of ADSs equal to 90% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding New Notes divided by the Conversion Price with an exercise price of US$2.00 and a term of 5 years. The Company may redeem the Notes at any time by payment of 108% of the face value and may force conversion when the ADR price remains above US$4.00 for a set period of 25 days.

ADSs issued upon conversion of the debentures or exercise of the warrants will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 to permit resale in the United States within 180 days from the date of the agreement. The issue of shares underlying the ADSs and Warrants are subject to receipt of shareholder approval for the issuance at a Shareholders Extraordinary Meeting to be called in August and held in early September. The closing is anticipated to occur by September 15, 2006.

The US financing market for Biotech Companies has recently seen growing use of Convertible Note transactions. Mercury Investments Limited arranged the financing.

This announcement does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. The securities offered will not be or have not been registered under the U.S. 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-
 
pSivida Limited
Brian Leedman
Investor Relations
pSivida Limited
Tel: + 61 8 9226 5099
brianl@psivida.com
US Public Relations
Beverly Jedynak
President
Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc
Tel: +1 (312) 943 1100 ext. 12
bjedynak@janispr.com
European Public Relations
Eva Reuter
Tel: +49 (254) 393 0740
e.reuter@e-reuter-ir.com
 
 
 

 

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 the 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.

For more information, visit www.psivida.com

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 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.

 
 

 
 


psivida

 
ASX/MEDIA RELEASE
 31 July 2006
   
Management Changes
pSivida Limited CEO steps down
Senior Management Team Now Mainly US Based 

 
Boston, MA. and Perth, Australia - Global bio-nanotech company pSivida Limited (ASX:PSD, NASDAQ:PSDV, Xetra:PSI) has today announced that Mr Gavin Rezos will be stepping down for personal/family reasons as Managing Director and CEO of the Company and its subsidiaries.
 
The Senior Management Team is now mainly based in the US, as corporate functions have moved from Australia to the US. It remains, as previously announced, the intention of the Company to recruit a US-based CEO with appropriate experience. Interviews with prospective candidates are on-going. In the meantime, Dr Roger Brimblecombe, Non-executive Chairman of the Company and the former Chairman, Smith Kline & French Research Ltd and Vice-President R&D Europe, will assume the role of acting CEO and Executive Chairman.

The Company requires the CEO to spend the majority of time in Europe and the US given that most of the staff and facilities are located there as well as several significant institutional shareholders and business development partners. Mr. Rezos has advised for personal/family reasons that he is unable to continue to spend most of his time in the US and Europe.

The Company acknowledges the efforts of Mr. Rezos in growing the Company from a AU$1 million start-up to over AU$130m today as the founding CEO and as a founding shareholder. Under Mr Rezos, the Company was the best performing stock on the ASX for the financial year ended June 2004, listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and Frankfurt stock exchanges and acquired US based Control Delivery Systems, considered “2005 M&A Deal of the Year” by the influential Australian publication “Bioshares”.

The company recently announced the appointment of Boston based executives, Mr Michael Soja as CFO and Ms Lori Freedman as General Counsel and Company Secretary. Dr Paul Ashton as Executive Director of Strategy is based in Boston. Dr Mark Parry Billings based in the UK has been appointed Director Europe. Mr. Aaron Finlay, Company Secretary Australia, will manage the Australian operations of the Company.

Mr Rezos has agreed to make himself available in Australia as the Company may request his assistance to achieve its goals pending the appointment of a new US based CEO.

-ENDS-
 
pSivida Limited
Brian Leedman
Investor Relations
pSivida Limited
Tel: + 61 8 9226 5099
brianl@psivida.com
US Public Relations
Beverly Jedynak
President
Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc
Tel: +1 (312) 943 1100 ext. 12
bjedynak@janispr.com
European Public Relations
Eva Reuter
Tel: +49 (254) 393 0740
e.reuter@e-reuter-ir.com

 
 

 

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 the 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 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.

 
 

 
 

Appendix 3Z
Final Director’s Interest Notice 

Rule 3.19A.3

Appendix 3Z

Final Director’s Interest Notice

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.
 
Introduced 30/9/2001.

Name of entity
 
pSivida Limited
ABN
 
78 009 232 026

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.3 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of director
 
Mr Gavin Rezos
Date of last notice
 
13 June 2006
Date that director ceased to be director
 
31 July 2006

Part 1 - Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Number & class of securities

1,518,630
 
Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
600,000
 
Unlisted options for ordinary shares @ 80 cents expiring 31 March 2010
2,711,030
 
Unlisted options for ordinary shares @ 118 cent expiring 5 August, 2009

Part 2 - Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Name of holder & nature of interest
 
Number & class of securities
Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest
   
     
Joanne Rezos (spouse)
 
3,325,717
Ordinary Full Paid Shares
       
GJ & JE Rezos atf Rezos Family
Superannuation Fund
(Beneficial Owner)
 
3,059,333
Ordinary Full Paid Shares
       
Aymon Pacific Pty Ltd atf Jerezos
Discretionary Trust
(Beneficial Owner)
 
3,209,607
Ordinary Full Paid Shares


+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 
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Appendix 3Z
Final Director’s Interest Notice 


Viaticus Capital Pty Ltd atf Mr
Gavin Rezos
(Beneficial Owner)
 
376,995
Ordinary Full Paid Shares
       
Joanne Rezos (spouse)
 
600,000
Unlisted options for ordinary shares @ 92 cent expiring 30 September, 2010
       
Aymon Pacific Pty Ltd atf Jerezos
Discretionary Trust
(Beneficial Owner)
 
1,200,000
Unlisted options for ordinary shares @ 61 cent expiring 31 December, 2007

Part 3 - Director’s interests in contracts

Detail of contract
 
Mr Rezos is to provide advice and consultant services until a new US based CEO is appointed.
     
Nature of interest
   
     
Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)
   
     
No. and class of securities to which interest relates
   
 

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 
Appendix 3Z Page 2
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