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Announcement of Full-Year Results
Appendix 4E
2019 Annual Report

PolyNovo Limited 
ABN 96 083 866 862 
22 August 2019

Announcement of Full-Year Results
22 August 2019

FY19 was a pivotal year for the Group with 
sales from NovoSorb BTM increasing 435% 
on the prior year. Our investment in 
expanding the sales teams has produced 
significant growth not only in sales but also 
in the rate of customer acquisition. Surgeons 
continue to be impressed with the robust 
nature of NovoSorb BTM evident by 
recurring and increasing sales.

PolyNovo Limited reported revenue for year 
ended 30 June 2019 of $13.683 million an 
increase of 128% from FY18 $5.989 million.  
Sales of goods revenue was $9.348 million 
up 435% from FY18 $1.747 million.  
The net loss after tax of $3.190 million  
for FY19 was a decrease of $2.784 million 
from the prior year’s $5.974 million.

The Group loss has reduced by 46.6% on 
the prior year, despite operating expenses 
increasing as planned, due to the rising 
revenue generated by NovoSorb BTM sales 
in multiple markets. The Group expects  
to break even in FY20 however cash flows 
will continue to be reinvested to drive 
growth. Cash on hand at 30 June 2019  
is $13.9 million.

Our US sales infrastructure has expanded 
with the addition of new sales and 
marketing people. As at the end of August 
2019 the PolyNovo Group has 20 sales 
people and 5 marketers. PolyNovo has a 
greater geographic reach and adjacency to 
our customers and an increasing customer 
referral network. We anticipate further 
sales roles to be added in the UK and 
Ireland and US as sales grow.

In the period we gained approval to sell 
NovoSorb BTM to the US Department  
of Defence and Veteran Affairs.

In the year ahead we expect to see 
accelerated revenues from our direct 
marketing in the US, Australia, New Zealand 
and UK and Ireland. India and SE Asia  
also represent promising opportunities. 
NovoSorb BTM European market entry  
is  imminent and we have a distributor  
waiting for Germany.

In the past year we have entered India 
through a distribution arrangement  
with Myovatec. We announced on  
8 August 2019 Regulatory approval  
for Singapore and in January 2019 we 
announced regulatory approval in Malaysia.

NovoSorb BTM USA Sales ($AUD ‘000)
10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

USA FY19

USA FY18

NovoSorb BTM Global Sales ($AUD ‘000)
10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Total FY19

Total FY18

Our Australia/European burn trial has been 
completed and we will publish the results  
of this study by the end of CY 2019. Our 
BARDA trials are progressing well and full 
details can be found within the Annual 
Report. BARDA is committed to continuing 
the funding support of these trials as we 
move into the Pivotal phase of the program.

The new Hernia products have progressed 
to commercial scale up. PolyNovo purchased 
the adjacent factory which will enable the 
building of the plant and equipment for 
commercial manufacture of these devices. 
We have filed additional patents for the 
NovoSorb family of products.

The new breast product line is being 
developed in partnership with 
Establishment Labs. In the coming year  
we will monitor the evolving regulatory 
requirements and work towards finalising 
our regulatory and clinical strategies and 
finalise product design. The regulatory  
and clinical aspects of this program are  
the responsibility of Establishment Labs.

Further details of the product pipeline  
can be found in the Annual Report.

Further information
Paul Brennan 
Chief Executive Officer  
Mobile +61 427 662 317

David Williams 
Chairman  
Mobile: +61 414 383 593

About NovoSorb® 
NovoSorb is a novel range of bio-resorbable 
polymers that can be produced in many 
formats including, film, fibre, foam, and 
coatings. NovoSorb’s unique properties 
provide excellent biocompatibility, control 
over physical properties, and programmable 
bio-resorption profile.NovoSorb BTM  
is registered for use in: USA, Australia,  
New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia, India, 
Israel and Saudi Arabia.

About PolyNovo®
PolyNovo is an Australian based medical 
device company that designs, develops  
and manufactures dermal regeneration 
solutions (NovoSorb BTM) using its 
patented NovoSorb biodegradable  
polymer technology. Our development 
program covers Breast Sling, Hernia,  
and Orthopaedic applications. For further 
information and market presentations  
see www.polynovo.com.au

Appendix 4E – Rule 4.3A 

Preliminary Final report
PolyNovo Limited
ABN 96 083 866 862

1. Details of the reporting period and the previous corresponding period

Reporting Period:

Previous Corresponding Period:

Year ended 30 June 2019

Year ended 30 June 2018

2. Results for announcement to the market

2.1.  Total revenue

2.2.  Loss after tax 

2.3.  Loss after tax attributable to members

2.4.  Dividends

2.5.  Record date for dividend entitlement

2.6.  Brief explanation of figures in 2.1 to 2.3: 

Change from 2018

up

down

down

128.4%

46.6%

46.6%

to

to

to

2019

$13,683,323

($3,189,893)

($3,189,893)

No dividend paid or declared in either period

Not applicable

Refer to (i) the enclosed announcement by the Chairman 
and Chief Executive Officer and (ii) the Chairman’s and  
Chief Executive’s Report and separate Directors’ Report 
contained in the enclosed 2019 Annual Report.

3. Net tangible assets 

Net tangible asset backing per ordinary security

4.  Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Financial Position,  
Changes in Equity and Cash Flow are contained in the enclosed 2019  
Annual Report.

5. Details of control gained or lost over entities during the period

6. Details of individual dividends and payment dates

7. Details of dividend reinvestment plans

8.  Details of associates and joint venture entities

9. For foreign entities, which set of accounting standards is

9.  This report is based on accounts which have been audited. The audit report,  

which is unmodified is contained in the enclosed 2019 Annual Report.

Date: 22 August 2019

Jan Gielen 
Company Secretary

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

$0.039

$0.042

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

International Financial  
Reporting Standards

 
 
 
 
 
 
Annual Report
2019

Improving outcomes.
Changing lives.

Contents

Malcolm’s Story 

Noah’s Story 

Global Expansion 

Chairman and CEO Report 

Directors’ Report 

Corporate Governance 

Remuneration Report 

Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 

Notes to the Financial Statements 

Directors’ Declaration 

Independent Auditor’s Report 

Additional Information Required by ASX 

Corporate Directory 

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“PolyNovo’s principal activity is the 
development of innovative medical 
devices for a number of applications, 
utilising the patented bioabsorbable 
polymer technology NovoSorb®.”

Paul Brennan
Chief Executive Officer

Cover: Doctor – Jeffrey E. Carter, MD; Patient – Noah Wilson
Page 3: Patient – Malcolm Leflore
Page 5: Patient – Noah Wilson

PolyNovo Limited  ABN 96 083 866 862

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019“

“The idea at the time was to 
proceed with a below knee 
amputation… We looked at  
his foot and said I don’t think 
this is something a biologic  
is going to do well on. I would 
like to try a new form of 
dermal substitute… BTM.”

Dr Jeff Carter’s assessment  
of Malcolm Leflore’s injury

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Malcolm 
Train crash survivor

After the train crushed his foot, 
Malcolm was told a below the knee 
amputation was the only solution. 
That outcome wasn’t acceptable  
to Malcolm or his surgeon. 
NovoSorb BTM helped to re-cover 
his exposed structures so his body 
could heal. Today he stands tall 
despite the injury that knocked him 
down. Learn more about Malcolm.

Scan to hear  
my story

l.ead.me/Leg-Trauma-Testimonial

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 20193

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019“

“About a month after I got  
out of hospital I had complete 
range of movement…  
I know if it wasn’t for BTM  
I wouldn’t be how I am today…  
I know that for sure.”

Noah 
Burns survivor

Noah Wilson

Noah doesn’t remember the  
sound of the explosion. But he  
does remember waking up on  
fire as the flames burned through 
his gasoline-soaked skin. Noah 
received full thickness burns to  
over half of his body potentially 
altering the trajectory of this  
young man’s life. Thanks to the 
capable hands of his surgeon  
and NovoSorb BTM, Noah fully 
recovered and walked out of  
the hospital 51 days later. Learn 
more about his incredible story.

Scan to hear  
my story

l.ead.me/Noah-Burn-Testimonial

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 20195

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Global Expansion

PolyNovo had very strong initial commercial success with NovoSorb BTM  
and there are significant and tangible sales opportunities ahead. We are 
well advanced in our Hernia repair device development and anticipate  
US market entry in early FY21. The factory build, fit out and validation 
processes will be a major task for the year ahead.

The past year has been characterised by 
a significant organisational expansion with 
corresponding growth in our skills and 
depth of talent. This ensures we can 
deliver growth whilst we continue to 
deliver in full on time for our customers. 
Our sales are strong and accelerating with 

FY20 set to deliver increased sales 
through our existing markets as well as 
opening new global markets. In FY20  
the Company is expected to breakeven  
at the EBITDA line however we still plan 
to invest cash flows in expanding the 
Company and bringing forward research 

and development programs that will 
commercialise new products. This 
medium-term diversification of our 
income streams will ensure we are able to 
transform from a dermal focused device 
company to a multi-focused medical 
device manufacturer and marketer.

PolyNovo has invested in four key strategic areas

1. Sales Team

In the past year we have expanded the direct sales teams in Australia,  
New Zealand, USA and UK and Ireland. Our sales leaders in the USA business bring  
a high level of strategic sales planning and accountability to the team/business.

Five year share price 
growth (as at 30 June)

$1.54

2. Research and Development 

Team expansion has enabled considerable advancement of both Breast  
and Hernia devices.

Research and Development will see accelerated focus on the drug elution 
subcutaneous depot. These depots could improve chronic disease 
management and medication compliance.

3. Organisational Talent Building

The depth and quality of the supporting teams has been essestial to service  
the growth of the business and capacity to generate revenue.

We have been able to attract excellent management talent in our Chief Financial 
Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Sales Managers in America. These roles enable 
us to provide a higher level of support to our sales and marketing teams and 
develop our people to assume greater role diversity as the organisation grows.

We will continue to reinvest in our sales and marketing capacity in response  
to growing customer demand and the introduction of our Hernia range.

4.Infrastructure/Capital

The purchase of the adjacent building in Port Melbourne to our Head Office 
and hernia/breast manufacturing equipment in preparation for commercial 
production of these devices. The associated office space expansion will also 
allow for the growth of the business teams into the coming years. PolyNovo 
remains debt free and these assets add to the wealth of the Company.

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$0.54

$0.28

$0.21

$0.09

FY15

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Our Performance

$9.3M

Sales Revenue of NovoSorb BTM

435%

Growth in sales of NovoSorb BTM  
on prior year

128%

Growth in total revenue (excluding R&D 
tax benefit) on prior year

$3.2M

Research and development costs 
for continued innovation

$4.9M

Purchased adjacent property to meet 
production demands from increased sales 
growth and development of new products

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Total headcount increased from 38 on 
prior period to drive and support growth

$13.9M

Cash on hand

-51%

Decrease in net cash outflow from 
operating activities (from $6.9M in 
FY18 to $3.4M)

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 20198

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Global Expansion continued

Australia

New Zealand

We have had a very successful year with 
NovoSorb BTM having been used in all 
states and territories except the ACT.  
We have increased our sales team from  
1 to 3 and may add further to this in the 
year ahead. Our marketing organisation 
will grow in response to geographical 
expansion and in development of global 
support programs.

The acquisition of the adjacent factory  
in Port Melbourne, for Hernia and  
Breast product manufacturing, also 
provides expanded office facilities  
and staff amenities.

PolyNovo’s direct sales model  
has proved to be an excellent 
choice. We have established  
close, direct customer 
relationships and we have seen 
the start of a change in clinical 
management made possible by 
NovoSorb BTM. Many patients  
are benefitting through reduced 
scarring, improved functional 
outcomes and potentially less 
long-term revision surgery.  
This is saving patients pain,  
cost and improving their quality  
of life. For the New Zealand  
Health System BTM is realising 
significant health economic benefits. 

Europe

PolyNovo displayed NovoSorb BTM  
at the British Burn Association 
meeting held in Leeds during May 
2019. We have a full marketing and 
sales program in place ready for sales 
upon receiving our CE Certification. 
Expansion of our direct UK and Ireland 
sales team will occur through FY20  
as we generate sales. 

Germany, Austria and Switzerland 
(DACH) will be distributed by our 
partner PMI. There are several key 
marketing events scheduled to 
promote sales in the region with  
FY20 looking promising.

Once we establish the UK and Ireland 
and DACH countries, further  
European countries will be examined  
in considering our commercial 
expansion options. The options include 
both direct and partner models.

Expanding into  
the Middle East

Al Mofadaly as our distributor for Saudi 
Arabia is active in promoting NovoSorb 
BTM and have completed several cases. 
This market will grow sales in FY20.

Our Israel distributor AMI Technologies 
has been slow to initiate sales. Whilst 
Israel is a small market, we see this  
as a key market for health technology 
adoption and remain committed to 
penetrating this market.

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US Market 
Penetration

The US market is PolyNovo’s single 
largest market and in the past year 
we have established many key 
hospital accounts. Surgeons continue 
to be impressed with the robust 
nature of NovoSorb BTM and the 
ability to utilise it for indications  
that they normally would not use  
a dermal matrix/scaffold. 

Our BARDA program continues with 
the pivotal phase of the Burns trial 
commencing in FY20. Our DAPA/
FSS/VA contract approval offers 
considerable scope for sales growth 
and demonstrates our ability to 
disrupt existing market paradigms.

Our sales roles have increased to  
16 and we anticipate that we will  
add further sales roles in FY20 as  
we generate further sales demand.  
FY20 will also be an important launch 
planning period for our Hernia devices.

South Africa

Our partners in South Africa, 
Ascendis Medical, continue to  
be an excellent partner. The market 
however is currently limited by 
insurance coverage.

We have several surgeon champions 
for NovoSorb BTM and we see 
South Africa as an important long 
term market where NovoSorb BTM 
can provide significant quality of life 
improvement for a large population. 
The publication of the CE Burns trial 
results in late 2019, will support 
private health insurance 
reimbursement process.

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Chairman and CEO Report

Dear Shareholder,

In the past year PolyNovo demonstrated 
that we can grow sales of NovoSorb  
BTM and build a direct scalable 
commercial enterprise.

NovoSorb BTM is delivering outstanding 
clinical results with leading US, New 
Zealand and Australian surgeons now 
using the device regularly and several 
surgeons stating they no longer use 
biologic based scaffolds. Many surgeons 
have presented clinical papers at 
conferences throughout FY19 endorsing 
NovoSorb BTM’s effectiveness and 
improved outcomes.

Our financial position is strong, sales 
revenues continue to increase and we are 
debt free. We are on track for the Company 
to potentially breakeven in FY20. 

We will continue to reinvest in expanding 
the business to service the demands of 
customers and bring new products to 
market. FY19 has delivered significant 
revenues, market penetration and key 
opinion leader advocates supporting 
NovoSorb BTM. We have a strong 
foundation for rapid growth in the  
year ahead.

Markets
United States of America
Our sales trajectory is strong and the 
expansion of our sales team has enabled 
us to service an expanding customer 
base. The year ahead will see further 
sales team and geographic expansion. 

NovoSorb BTM has been used in the  
US for surgical wounds, limb salvage, 
reconstruction, trauma, necrotising 
fasciitis and burn cases. In all areas,  
we have seen the NovoSorb BTM 
continue to perform well with the  
healed areas being supple, flexible and 
demonstrating low levels of scarring. 
Surgeons are impressed by the 
‘robustness’ of NovoSorb BTM, it’s ease  
of use and excellent clinical outcomes. 

NovoSorb BTM is becoming the standard 
dermal scaffold of choice in some 
hospitals with the word spreading that  
it is outperforming the established 
biological based products.

NovoSorb BTM is having a direct impact 
improving the clinical outcomes of our patients.  
(See patient testimonial stories within this 
report via the QR code links).

US key opinion leaders (KOLs) presented 
NovoSorb BTM cases and posters at 
several conferences including Boswick, 
North America Burns Association and 
American Burn Association Conferences. 
The growing body of published evidence 
on NovoSorb BTM is exciting and adding 
gravitas to the effectiveness of a 
resorbable synthetic scaffold based on 
NovoSorb polymer. We also had the first 
publications of NovoSorb BTM in the 
treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and 
venous leg ulcer chronic wounds through 
Wake Forest University. NovoSorb BTM 
demonstrated excellent wound closure. 

Further clinical studies in chronic wounds 
will be conducted in the year ahead to 
build the health economic data to  
support reimbursement process for  
the non-hospital market segments.  
This is a 2-3 year program to achieve 
unique reimbursement codes for the  
out-patient market segment.

FY20 promises to be an exciting year  
for PolyNovo. We have new sales 
management in place and an  
expanded sales team in place.

Australia and Other Markets
Australia and New Zealand
We have had excellent sales post 
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) 
registration in August 2018. This was 
achieved by one salesperson and the 
support of our head office team. We 
recently expanded the sales team to 
three giving us the capacity to rapidly 
service our customers and drive  
market penetration. 

Surgeons have addressed resurfacing of 
body areas for scar management, complex 
trauma where limbs have been degloved, 
burns up to 90% total body surface area 
(TBSA) and many other challenging large 
wounds. A wide range of applications and 
success shows the potential of NovoSorb 
BTM and the capacity to positively impact 
patients’ lives.

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Israel
Our distributor in Israel has been slow  
to initiate sales. We are working with them 
to address our performance in this market.

Saudi Arabia
Al Mofadaly are our exclusive distributor 
for Saudi Arabia. They have had some 
successful NovoSorb BTM surgeries with 
positive acceptance by some surgeons. 
This is a market with good potential in  
the year ahead. We will also look at entry 
into other markets in the Middle East 
during FY20.

India
We had a very successful launch in  
New Delhi, Dec 18, and our first order 
from our distributor Myovatec has been 
supplied. There are several surgeons in 
India with Australian experience of BTM 
so the surgeon to surgeon support 
network is well established. India is a 
growth market and we are looking for 
solid growth in this market during FY20. 

BARDA
Our BARDA funded US clinical program 
for full thickness burns indication is 
progressing well. On 2 August 2018  
we announced the last patient recruited 
into the feasibility trial. The full year 
post-implant follow up of the last patient  
is in progress to close out the first phase 
of this trial. The six US trial sites are:

•  Wake Forest Baptist Health,  

Winston-Salem

•  University of Tennessee Medical 

Centre, Memphis

•  University of California Davis Medical 

Centre, Sacramento

•  Tampa General Hospital, Tampa

•  Arizona Burn Center, Phoenix

•  Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown

Our relationship with BARDA is strong 
and the addition of a clinical trial  
manager based in the US has added  
value to the research sites through 
PolyNovo’s direct interaction.

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019The next phase of the trial program  
will be the ‘pivotal phase’ which BARDA  
has indicated will be funded through  
an extension of the existing contract  
and further funds committed. We are  
in the process of US FDA protocol 
submission/approval and this process  
will determine the final budget. Further 
announcements on these milestones  
will be made in the coming months.  
We anticipate beginning patient 
recruitment before the end of 2019. 

As a requirement of the US FDA 
Premarket Approval (PMA) process,  
we are also conducting a 2-year 
toxicology study funded by BARDA.  
This program is well advanced and will 
provide us a detailed degradation profile 
of the NovoSorb BTM from implantation 
to full resorbsion.

CE Mark & Trial
The CE Mark burn trial results will be 
published late CY19. The initial results 
show excellent “take” of BTM and all 
Australian sites involved in the trial are 
using NovoSorb BTM post trial. We 
achieved TGA approval through the 
innovative technology pathway. PolyNovo 
was the first company to do so and the 
first approval for use not tied to a defined 
list of indications rather for use wherever 
there has been significant dermal loss 
regardless of cause.

PolyNovo’s Conformity Assessment 
submission has been impacted by Brexit 
workflow demands on the regulatory 
authority however our submission and 
site audits are complete and we await  
the issue of our certification. 

We employed our first UK and Ireland 
sales person in September 2018 to begin 
the pre-sales work in advance of the CE 
Mark certification. This has been an 
excellent investment with several major 
NHS Trusts indicating they are ready to 
evaluate NovoSorb BTM. Our DACH 
region distributor has been trained and 
we have visited many of their key 
surgeons and hospitals in preparation of 
the launch. We expect the UK and Ireland 
and DACH regions to realise sales soon 
after CE approval is received, which is 
expected in early FY20.

Hernia
Our Hernia devices will be in two formats 
to address the specific needs of surgeons 
repairing hernias in different abdominal 

wall tissue planes. Our panel of surgeon 
advisors insights have informed the 
design to address the unmet clinical 
needs. The NovoSorb polymer is a 
significant advancement on current 
technologies in use.

The manufacturing process for hernia  
will bring some efficiency benefits to 
NovoSorb BTM making positive impact 
towards our gross margins. New 
manufacturing machines have been 
ordered and delivery will be circa 
February 2020. We anticipate filing for 
US FDA 510(k) towards the end of FY20.

Breast
Product development with Establishment 
Labs continues with initial product 
concepts performing well in laboratory 
testing. The regulatory environment for 
breast products has heightened the need 
for devices to demonstrate safety and 
efficacy. Our NovoSorb polymer offers 
many advantages however the path 
forward may require the development  
of new test protocols and evidence to 
support applications. We are proactive  
in our approach and will monitor the 
evolving regulatory requirements. 

Beta-Cell Diabetes 
application
Beta-Cell (a non-related commercial 
entity) has successfully conducted swine 
studies demonstrating Islet cells live and 
function well within a NovoSorb BTM 
dermal implant. Further work is now in 
progress using stem cell derived islet cells 
verses cadaver donor cells. Human trials 
are anticipated in 2020.

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Manufacturing
Our current cleanroom production facility 
has been fully audit inspected by US FDA, 
Australian TGA and EU TUV-SUD. We are 
a fully accredited medical device 
manufacturing facility with significant 
production capacity for NovoSorb BTM. 
Following the acquisition of the adjacent 
facility to our head office, we will be 
commissioning an additional production 
facility for the production of hernia and 
breast devices in FY20. This facility will 
also add to our polymer and foam 
production capacities and bring further 
cost reductions to NovoSorb BTM.

Summary
•  Significant expansion of sales of BTM  
in the US, Australia and New Zealand.

•  Expansion of sale territories in FY20.

•  Exciting new product pipeline in breast 

and hernia.

•  Increasing manufacturing capacity  

in FY20.

David Williams
Chairman

Paul Brennan
Chief Executive Officer

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Directors’ Report

The Directors of PolyNovo Limited 
(PolyNovo) present the Directors’  
Report, together with the Financial 
Report, of the Company and its 
controlled entities (the Group) for  
the year ended 30 June 2019  
and the related Auditor’s Report.

Board of Directors and 
Senior Management
The details of Directors and Senior 
Management during the year and  
until the date of this report are set out 
below. Directors were in office for the 
entire period unless otherwise stated.

Mr David Williams
(B.Ec (Hons), M.Ec, FAICD)

Non-executive Chairman
Mr Williams was appointed as a Non-
executive Director on 28 February 2014 
and Chairman on 13 March 2014.  
Mr Williams is an experienced Director 
and investment banker with a proven 
track record in business development  
and strategy, as well as in mergers  
and acquisitions and capital raising.  
He possesses 35 years’ experience 
working with and advising ASX-listed 
companies in the food, medical device 
and pharmaceutical sectors. 

Mr Williams is currently Chairman of 
ASX-listed Medical Developments 
International Ltd (ASX: MVP), Chairman 
of RMA Global Limited and is Managing 
Director of corporate advisory firm  
Kidder Williams Ltd. Mr Williams resigned 
as Non-executive Director of IDT  
(ASX: IDT) on 19 May 2015.

Mr Bruce Rathie 
(B.Comm, LLB, MBA, FAIM, FAICD, FGIA)

Non-executive Director
Mr Rathie is an experienced Company 
Director with a finance and legal 
background.

He practised as a partner in a large legal 
firm and acted as Senior Corporate 
Counsel to Bell Resources Limited in its 
early years. He then studied for his MBA 
in Geneva and embarked on his 15 year 
investment banking career. When Head  
of the Industrial Franchise Group at 
Salomon Smith Barney he led Salomon’s 
roles in the Federal Government’s 
privatisation of Qantas, Commonwealth 
Bank (CBA3) and Telstra (T1). He now 
has over 17 years’ experience as a full 
time professional Non-executive Director. 
He is currently Chairman of Capricorn 
Mutual Limited and a Non-executive 
Director of Capricorn Society Limited  
and Australian Meat Processors Limited. 
In the medical device space, he was 
previously Chairman of ASX listed Anteo 
Diagnostics Limited and a Director of 
Compumedics Limited and USCOM 
Limited. He has been a Non-executive 
Director of PolyNovo since  
February 2010.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Dr David Mcquillan
(PhD)

Non-executive Director
Dr McQuillan was appointed a Director  
of PolyNovo on 6 August 2012. He has 
extensive technical, medical, scientific 
and regulatory knowledge, as well as 
merger and acquisition expertise.
Previously he was a Fogerty Fellow at  
the NIH (Bethesda, MD), an NH&MRC 
Fellow at the University of Melbourne, 
and Associate Professor at Texas A&M 
University (Houston, TX) where he 
studied Tissue Engineering, Regenerative 
Medicine, and Biochemistry of the 
Extracellular Matrix. Dr McQuillan was 
with LifeCell Inc/Kinetic Concepts Inc 
(KCI) for 12 years, holding a number of 
senior roles, including Vice President for 
Research and Development at LifeCell 
and Senior Vice President of Advanced 
Research and Technology at KCI. He was 
Chief Science Officer for TELA Bio,  
a VC-funded development- stage 
biotechnology company from 2013 to 
2015. He is currently a Non-Executive 
Director for Cell Care Therapeutics Inc  
(a privately held stem cell company
based in Monrovia, CA) and Non-
executive Director and Co-Founder of 
ECM Technologies Inc (a privately held 
biotechnology company based in 
Houston, TX).

Mr Max Johnston
Non-executive Director
Mr Johnston was appointed a Director of 
PolyNovo on 13 May 2014. Mr Johnston 
held the position of President and Chief 
Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson 
Pacific, a division of the world’s largest 
medical, pharmaceutical and consumer 
healthcare company for 11 years. Prior to 
joining Johnson & Johnson, Mr Johnston’s 
career also included senior roles with 
Diageo and Unilever in Europe.  
Mr Johnston has also held several 
prominent industry roles as a past 
President of ACCORD Australasia Limited, 
a former Vice Chairman of the Australian 
Food and Grocery Council and a former 
member of the board of ASMI.  
Mr Johnston has had extensive overseas 
experience during his career in leading 
businesses in both Western and Central- 
Eastern Europe and Africa as well as the 
Asia-Pacific region. Mr Johnston is 
currently a Non-executive Director of 
Medical Developments International Ltd 
(ASX;MVP), CannPal Limited (ASX:CP1), 
BARD1 Life Sciences Ltd (ASX:BD1)  
and was a former Non-executive Director 
of Enero Group Limited (ASX: EGG),  
and Non-executive Chairman of 
Probiotec Ltd (ASX: PBP).

Mr Philip Powell 
(B.Comm (Hons), ACA, F.Fin, MAICD)

Non-executive Director
Mr Powell was appointed a Director  
of PolyNovo on 13 May 2014 and  
was Acting Managing Director from
15 July 2014 to 13 February 2015.  
Mr Powell has many years’ experience in 
investment banking specialising in capital 
raisings, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), 
mergers and acquisitions and other 
successful corporate finance assignments 
across a diverse range of sectors including 
utilities, IT, pharma, financial services, 
food and agriculture. He spent 10 years 
in senior financial roles at OAMPS Ltd,  
a former ASX- listed financial services 
group, and 10 years in audit with Arthur 
Andersen & Co in Melbourne, Sydney  
and Los Angeles. Mr Powell is currently  
a Non-executive Director of Medical 
Developments International Ltd (ASX: 
MVP), BARD1 Life Sciences Ltd (ASX: 
BD1) and RMA Global Ltd (ASX: RMY). 
He is also an alternate Director of the 
Nature’s Dairy Australia group.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Directors’ Report continued

Mr Leon Hoare 
(GradDipBus, AssocDipAppSc(Ortho), 
GAICD)

Non-executive Director
Mr Hoare was appointed a Director of 
PolyNovo on 27 January 2016. He is  
the Managing Director of Lohmann & 
Rauscher, Australia & New Zealand (ANZ), 
a private EU based medical device 
company. Previously he was Managing 
Director of Smith & Nephew ANZ (all 
divisions) until the end of 2015, one  
of Smith & Nephew’s largest global 
subsidiaries outside the USA. He served 
as President of Smith & Nephew’s 
Asia-Pacific Advanced Wound 
Management (AWM) businesses for  
5 years and was a member of the Global 
Executive Management for the AWM 
Division. In his 24 years with Smith & 
Nephew, he also held roles in marketing, 
divisional and general management.  
His career also included a senior role at 
Bristol-Myers Squibb in surgical products, 
and as Vice Chair of Australia’s peak 
medical device body, Medical Technology 
Association of Australia. He is currently  
a Non-Executive Director of Medical 
Developments International Ltd  
(ASX: MVP).

Mr Paul Brennan
(MBA, BSc (Nursing) RN RM)

Mr Jan Gielen
(CA, Bachelor Bus (Acc))

Chief Executive Officer
Mr Brennan was appointed Chief 
Executive Officer (CEO) of PolyNovo Ltd 
on 13 February 2015. Mr Brennan has 
extensive knowledge, exposure and 
understanding of the health system 
through his clinical background and 
commercial exposure with various 
multinational companies. He has co-
ordinated the marketing, global strategy 
development, new product development 
and regulatory processes for the 
Asia-Pacific region for industry-leading 
organisations in relation to medical 
products and devices. Mr Brennan has an 
intimate knowledge of the manufacturing 
and production processes.
Previously he was Marketing Director 
Australia and New Zealand and Sales 
Director New Zealand for Smith & 
Nephew Healthcare from 2008 to his 
commencement with PolyNovo in 
February 2015. Mr Brennan holds  
a MBA from Swinburne University,  
a Bachelor of Science (Nursing) from  
the University of New England in NSW, 
Certificate in Midwifery Central Coast 
Area Health Service NSW, and General 
Nursing certificate from St Vincent’s 
Hospital Darlinghurst NSW.

Chief Financial Officer and  
Company Secretary
Mr Gielen joined PolyNovo on  
12 December 2018. Mr Gielen holds  
a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) 
degree from Monash University,  
is a member of the Institute of Chartered 
Accountants and commenced his career 
with Pitcher Partners. Since then  
Mr Gielen has held senior finance roles  
for various businesses across a range  
of industries such as retail, ICT, logistics 
(3PL) & medical, both locally and 
internationally. Mr Gielen has extensive 
experience in CFO and Finance Director 
roles for fast growing PE and VC backed 
businesses and played an important part 
in expanding these businesses globally, 
both from a financial and operational 
perspective. Mr Gielen had a long 
involvement from inception with ICIX,  
a leading SaaS platform supporting global 
retailers and manufacturers where he 
served as Finance Director in Silicon 
Valley. Mr Gielen’s most recent role was 
CFO of CardioScan for 6 years, Australia’s 
largest cardiac reporting provider, which 
during his tenure the business expanded 
to HK, Singapore & North America.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Mr Greg Lewis
(MBA, FPIPA, MAICD)

COO, CFO and Company Secretary
Mr Lewis was appointed CFO, COO and 
Company Secretary on 24 January 2018 
and left the Group on 7 December 2018. 

Mr Ashok Srinivasan
(BEng (Mechanical),  
MSc (Industrial Eng)

Chief Operating Officer
Mr Srinivasan joined PolyNovo on  
6 May 2019. Mr Srinivasan holds 
Engineering qualifications and a  
Master of Science in Manufacturing  
and Industrial Engineering. He began  
his career almost 25 years ago in  
Indiana, before being invited in 2003  
to spearhead a joint venture with  
Biomet Inc (USA) in Jinhua, China.  
He was responsible for starting  
a green-field plant manufacturing 
orthopaedic surgical instruments  
and orthopaedic implants for the US  
and EU markets. This plant employed 
more than 300 people. 

From 2008 to 2013 Mr Srinivasan was 
Vice President of Biomet’s Asia Pacific 
Operations in Shanghai. He then moved 
to Europe as Vice President of European 
Operations including responsibility for  
its Global Supply Chain and Distribution 
Centre in the Netherlands.

In 2015, Mr Srinivasan left Biomet to 
return to the US as Chief Operating 
Officer of Merical/ GHI Inc, a 
supplements company in Anaheim, 
California, before moving to Melbourne  
in January 2019.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Directors’ Report continued

Review of Operations 
Corporate and Organisational 
structure
PolyNovo Limited, the ultimate parent 
entity of the PolyNovo Group, is a public 
company listed on the Australian Securities 
Exchange. As at 30 June 2019, PolyNovo 
Limited had six wholly owned subsidiaries: 
PolyNovo Biomaterials Pty Limited, 
NovoSkin Pty Ltd, NovoWound Pty Ltd, 
PolyNovo NZ, PolyNovo UK, and PolyNovo 
North America LLC (PNA LLC). Three 
subsidiary companies are Australian 
proprietary companies whilst PNA LLC  
is the trading and employment entity  
for our US commercial operations and 
PolyNovo UK will be both the employing 
and sales entity for UK and Ireland. 
PolyNovo NZ is the registered entity  
for the New Zealand business.

Principal Activities  
and Operations
PolyNovo’s principal activity is the 
development of innovative medical 
devices for a number of medical 
applications, utilising the patented 
bioabsorbable polymer technology 
NovoSorb.

NovoSorb is a family of proprietary 
medical grade polymers that can be 
utilised to manufacture novel medical 
devices designed to support tissue repair 
and which then bio reabsorb in a defined 
fashion in-situ to harmless by-products. 
NovoSorb has significant advantages  
over competitor bioabsorbable polymers 
in terms of its design flexibility and 
biocompatibility. PolyNovo can manufacture 

NovoSorb polymer devices with the 
ability to elute drugs, antimicrobials  
as well as be expressed in a variety  
of physical formats including: 

•  Films

•  Foam

•  Coatings/sprays

•  Fibres

•  Plastic structures

•  Biologic carrier

NovoSorb is currently covered by 47 
patents all fully owned by PolyNovo. 
PolyNovo has no royalty or licence 
obligations to any other parties nor  
any debt finance.

A summary of PolyNovo’s lead projects  
is set out below:

NovoSorb BTM
NovoSorb Biodegradable Temporising 
Matrix (BTM) is used in a fully debrided 
clean surgical wound to physiologically 
‘close the wound’. With the BTM scaffold 
in place the dermal layer is regenerated 
within the scaffold. Once fully integrated, 
the outer layer is delaminated and the 
wound closes through secondary intention 
(smaller wounds) or through application  
of a split skin graft. The BTM is 
commercially sold in Australia, USA,  
New Zealand, South Africa, India, Saudi 
Arabia, and Israel. New markets in FY20  
will be UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, 
Switzerland, Singapore and Malaysia. 
Further markets may be added to this list.

Key attributes of the NovoSorb 
technology include an unparalleled  
range of mechanical properties  
and bio reabsorption times, excellent 
biocompatibility and safety profile  
and harmless degradants. 

Publications and videos relating to 
NovoSorb BTM applications can be found 
on our website: www.polynovo.com.au.

In the past year we have seen a 
significant number of podium 
presentations, clinical posters and peer 
reviewed publications of NovoSorb BTM. 
Its role as a clinical agent of change is 
being demonstrated through the diverse 
and challenging clinical applications.

NovoSorb BTM indication for 
full thickness burns
NovoSorb BTM is an innovative treatment 
for any loss of the dermis. NovoSorb BTM 
is indicated for full thickness/ third degree 
burns in markets outside of the USA.

Full thickness burns treatment for US  
FDA regulatory ‘claim’ requires additional 
clinical evidence generation (trials). 
These trials are in progress and funded  
by BARDA. 

The pathway for US FDA regulatory 
approval of the NovoSorb BTM, for full 
thickness burn claims, requires extensive 
clinical trials that are being funded through 
a BARDA contract. These trials will lead to 
a Premarket Approval (PMA) application 
with the US FDA. An outline of this clinical 
trial process is set out below.

Australia: Head Office Team celebrating the milestones of achieving $1 share price and over $1 million in global sales in a month.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019USA Burns Trial – BARDA
Our Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (BARDA) contract, 
funded by the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services (Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness  
and Response) commenced on  
28 September 2015. This is a non-
dilutive contract that supports the 
feasibility trial and the pivotal trial. 
Patient recruitment in the feasibility 
phase has closed and the results of this 
study are due to be published in FY20. 

The pivotal trial will be funded by BARDA 
through an extension of the existing 
contract. The final value for the Pivotal 
trial will be announced once the protocol 
has been finalised and approved by the 
US FDA. This is anticipated for late 
September 2019.

Successful completion of the pivotal trial 
will lead to a PMA application with the  
US FDA and the use of our scaffold in full 
thickness acute burns. The contract is  
a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract.

The finalised list of trial hospitals/
institutions will be published via an  
ASX announcement later in the year.

In addition, PolyNovo is on track to 
complete the swine toxicology study 
mapping the full degradation pathway  
of the NovoSorb BTM during FY20.  
The data generated in this study will 
support our PMA application and add  
to the body of evidence demonstrating 
the mode of action of NovoSorb BTM.

CE Mark Certification
PolyNovo is currently awaiting CE Mark 
approval of NovoSorb BTM with all 
documents submitted and TUV-SUD  
site audit completed. This certification 
enables sales throughout Europe 
 and supportive evidence for most  
of South East Asia.

TGA approval
PolyNovo announced in August 2018 
that it achieved Therapeutic Goods 
Administration of Australia approval  
as a class III medical device through the 
‘Priority Review Designation’ pathway. 
We are proud to be the first company  
to achieve approval via this pathway.

Dr Marcus Wagstaff is acting as PolyNovo 
Medical Director overseeing the clinical 
conduct of PolyNovo trials and providing 
valuable clinical support for our global 
medical teams. 

Hernia Repair
PolyNovo is currently building the factory 
and equipment for the manufacture  
of NovoSorb hernia products. Our first 
market will be the USA in FY21. We have 
acquired the adjacent factory to our  
Head Office this year to enable 
manufacturing of these hernia products. 
The facility expansion builds significant 
earning capacity and diversification  
of our market segments.

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US: Sales and Marketing Team.

Breast Device Developments
PolyNovo is developing a range of breast 
augmentation and reconstructive products 
in partnership with Establishment Labs. 
Establishment Labs will undertake the 
clinical trials, regulatory processes, sales 
and marketing activities related to this 
product range. PolyNovo will undertake  
all the development and manufacturing 
processes with the products sold under 
the Motiva brands globally by 
Establishment Labs.

The past year has seen various laboratory 
tests, product design inputs and early 
manufacturing scale up being completed.

NovoSorb Dermal Beta  
Cell Implant 
PolyNovo is collaborating with Beta  
Cell Technologies Pty Ltd, on a research 
project exploring the potential of 
integrated NovoSorb BTM to host 
pancreatic islets in the skin. It is 
anticipated that human trials will begin  
in the next year. 

Initial swine studies are being repeated 
utilising stem cell derived Islet cells  
within a dermal depot of NovoSorb BTM. 
The next phase will be to conduct human 
trials in 2020. PolyNovo will supply 
NovoSorb BTM in specific sizes and 
specifications for the trials with the 
long-term view to establishing commercial 
sales for this indication and treatment.

BetaCell with funding supported by the 
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 
(JDRF, US) will manage the trial program.

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Directors’ Report continued

NovoSorb Drug Elution  
Depot (pellet)
PolyNovo produced polymers with up to 
45% of the weight being a bound drug. 
Our initial work is focused on low 
temperature extrusion for optimal  
drug stabilisation. Further development 
will continue in the coming year with  
the aim to develop a comprehensive 
technical dossier in preparation of clinical 
trials. PolyNovo is likely to license this 
technology to a pharmaceutical partner 
once we have established robust evidence 
to support the mode of action and 
stability of drug elution rates.

Bone Void Filler
PolyNovo has a licence agreement with 
Smith & Nephew for the use of NovoSorb 
two-part polymer for bone void filler  
in orthopaedic applications. Smith & 
Nephew have not progressed this 
product through the commercial phase. 
Our current focus is on areas of greater 
financial returns for the Company.

Capital investment
PolyNovo is currently commissioning the 
fit out of our Hernia and Breast factory  
in Port Melbourne. We anticipate having 
this facility fully commissioned in FY20. 
Various production machines have been 
ordered with delivery of these machines 
scheduled through to February 2020.

Waste reduction initiatives:

•  Our total facility has moved to  

LED lighting 

•  implemented a waste tracking program

•  actively recycle

•  uses environmental accredited waste 

disposal contractors

•  looking to install solar panels on the 

new factory facility.

PolyNovo is investing in the upgrade of 
our Enterprise Resource Planning system 
and Client Relationship Management tool 
to actively manage the business and 
customer needs across multiple countries. 
The ERP system will be complete by the 
publication of this report.

PolyNovo is investing in the upgrade of our 
Enterprise Resource Planning system and Client 
Relationship Management tool to actively 
manage the business and customer needs 
across multiple countries. The ERP system will  
be complete by the publication of this report.

•  support the BetaCell expansion of 

NovoSorb BTM use as a dermal depot 
for Type I diabetes

•  commence pivotal burn trial in US  

with BARDA funding support

•  Partner with The Alfred Hospital and 

Monash University in the development 
of cultured epithelial cells utilising  
a NovoSorb foam substrate

•  Continue the partnership with Skin  
TE on their Cultured Skin Composite 
utilising NovoSorb foam substrate 
within a bioreactor.

Significant Events after  
the Balance date
The Directors are not aware of any other 
matters or circumstances since the end 
of the financial year other than those 
described above, nor otherwise dealt 
with in this report, which have significantly 
affected, or may significantly affect, the 
operations of the Group, the results of 
those operations or the state of affairs  
of the Group in subsequent financial years.

Announcements released by the Company  
after the balance date include:

•  1 August 2019 – Trading Update  

and Sales Run Rate.

•  8 August 2019 – Singapore  

Regulatory Approval.

In FY20 we will also migrate our Quality 
Management System from paper based 
to electronic processes. This will improve 
data tracking, add pace to our ability to 
adopt change and improvements and 
reduce our environmental impact.

Significant Changes in the 
State of Affairs
Except as otherwise set out in this 
report, the Directors are unaware of  
any significant changes in the principal 
activities of PolyNovo during the year 
ended 30 June 2019. 

Strategic Overview and 
Likely Developments
PolyNovo’s focus over the next twelve 
months will be to:

•  accelerate of commercial NovoSorb 
BTM sales in the existing markets  
of US, Australia, New Zealand, South 
Africa, India, Saudi Arabia and Israel.

•   Drive new sales revenue from entry  

to UK and Ireland, Germany and Austria  
and Switzerland (DACH), Singapore and 
Malaysia and select areas of Europe 
and SE Asia

•  finalise commercial partnerships for  
the BTM product in markets where 
regulatory approval can be achieved 
within the year

•  publish CE Mark burn trial  

medical report 

•   file hernia 510(k) application with  

US FDA

•  advance the breast product portfolio 
development with Establishment Labs

•  further develop NovoSorb drug  

eluting depot

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Loss Per Share

In Australian dollars $

Basic loss per share - cents

Diluted loss per share - cents

Cents

(0.48)

(0.48)

As the Group made a loss for the year 
ended 30 June 2019, potential ordinary 
shares, being options or performance 
rights to acquire ordinary shares, are 
considered non-dilutive and therefore  
not included in the diluted earnings  
per share calculation.

Dividends
No amounts have been recommended  
by the Directors to be paid by way of 
dividend during the current financial year. 
No cash dividends have been paid or 
declared by Polynovo since the beginning 
of the financial year. 

Indemnification and 
Insurance of Directors  
and Officers
During the year ended 30 June 2019,  
the Company indemnified its Directors,
Company Secretary and Executive 
Officers in respect of any acts or 
omissions giving rise to a liability to 
another person (other than the Company 
or a related party) unless the liability 
arose out of conduct involving a lack  
of good faith. In addition, the Company 
indemnified the Directors and the 
Company Secretary against any liability 
incurred by them in their capacity  
as Directors or Company Secretary in 
successfully defending civil or criminal 
proceedings in relation to the Company. 
No monetary restriction was placed  
on this indemnity.

The Company has insured its Directors, 
Company Secretary and Executive 
Officers for the period under review. 
Under the Company’s Directors’ and 
Officers’ Liability Insurance Policy, the 
Company shall not release to any third 
party or otherwise publish details of the 
nature of the liabilities insured by the 
policy or the amount of the premium. 
Accordingly, the Company relies on 
section 300(9) of the Corporations Act 
2001 to exempt it from the requirement 
to disclose the nature of the liability 
insured against and the premium amount 
of the relevant policy.

Financial results
PolyNovo Limited reported revenue  
for the year ended 30 June 2019  
of $13,683,323 an increase of 
$7,693,565 from the prior year’s 
$5,989,758. The net loss after tax of 
$3,189,893 for FY19 was a decrease  
of $2,784,239 from the prior year’s 
$5,974,132. A number of factors 
contributed to the improvement  
on the prior year’s result as follows:

•  Revenue from the sale of commercial 
products for FY19 increased by 435% 
to $9,348,226 from the prior year’s 
$1,747,102

•  Revenue from BARDA for FY19 

increased by 5% to $4,000,994  
from the prior year’s $3,827,016

•  Employee related expenses increased 
by 51% to $8,549,240 as PolyNovo 
increased headcount to drive 
marketing, sales and meet the resource 
requirements to service our growing 
customer base and clinical programs.

•  Included in revenue is interest income 

for FY19 of $334,103 which is 
$58,800 higher than prior year’s 
$275,303. 

•  Depreciation and amortisation 

increased by $127,710 attributable  
to 12 months amortisation of 
intangible assets.

R&D Tax Incentives
During the 2019 financial year, the 
Company submitted an application  
for the Research and Development  
(R&D) Tax Incentive scheme managed  
by AusIndustry and the Australian 
Taxation Office (ATO).

In October 2018, the Company applied 
to claim eligible FY18 R&D expenditure 
and early the following month received  
a 43.5% refundable tax offset of 
$794,256 (cash). PolyNovo has 
submitted its application to the 
Department of Industry, Innovation  
and Science to claim eligible expenditure 
for 2019 R&D activities and expects  
to receive a 43.5% refundable tax offset 
of $694,602, as disclosed in the notes  
to the financial statements. 

Closing share price

30 June 2016

30 June 2017

30 June 2018 

30 June 2019

$0.28 

$0.21 

$0.54

$1.54

A high of $1.56 was reached on  
24 June 2019.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Directors’ Report continued

Indemnification of Auditors
To the extent permitted by law, the 
Company has agreed to indemnify its 
auditors, Ernst & Young Australia, as part 
of the terms of its engagement agreement 
against claim by third parties arising from 
the audit (for an unspecified amount).  
No payment has been made to indemnify 
Ernst & Young Australia during or since  
the financial year.

Inherent Risks of Investment 
in Biotechnology Companies
There are many inherent risks associated 
with the development of pharmaceutical 
and medical products to a marketable 
stage. The clinical trial process is designed 
to assess the safety and efficacy of  
a drug or medical device prior to 
commercialisation and a significant 
proportion of drugs and medical devices 
fail one or both of these criteria. Other 
risks include uncertainty of patent 
protection and proprietary rights, 
whether patent applications and issued 
patents will offer adequate protection  
to enable product development,  
the obtaining of necessary regulatory 
authority approvals and difficulties caused 
by the rapid advancements in technology.

Companies such as PolyNovo are 
dependent on the success of their 
research projects and their ability  
to attract funding to support these 
activities. Investment in research and 
development projects cannot be assessed 
on the same fundamentals as other 
trading enterprises and access to capital 
and funding for the Group and its projects 
going forward cannot be guaranteed. 
Investment in companies specialising  
in research projects, such as PolyNovo, 
should be regarded as highly speculative. 
PolyNovo strongly recommends that 
professional investment advice be  
sought prior to individuals making  
such investments.

Forward-looking statements 
Certain statements in this Annual Report 
contain forward-looking statements
regarding the Company’s business and 
the therapeutic and commercial potential 
of its technologies and products in 
development. Any statement describing 
the Company’s goals, expectations, 

NovoSorb has 
significant advantages 
over competitor 
biodegradable 
polymers in terms  
of its design flexibility 
and biocompatibility.

intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking 
statement and should be considered an 
at-risk statement. Such statements are 
subject to certain risks and uncertainties, 
particularly those risks or uncertainties 
inherent in the process of discovering, 
developing and commercialising drugs 
and medical devices that can be proven 
to be safe and effective for use in humans, 
and in the endeavour of building a 
business around such products and 
services. PolyNovo undertakes no 
obligation to publicly update any 
forward-looking statement, whether  
as a result of new information, future 
events, or otherwise. Actual results could 
differ materially from those discussed in 
this Annual Report. As a result readers  
of this report are cautioned not to rely  
on forward-looking statements.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Board and Committee Meetings
Details of the number of meetings of the Board of Directors and Board committees, and Directors’ attendance at those meetings, 
during the year under review are set out in the table below.

Full Board

Audit and Risk 
Committee

Remuneration 
Committee

Meetings 
attended

Meetings 
eligible to 
attend

Meetings 
attended

Meetings 
eligible to 
attend

Meetings 
attended

Meetings 
eligible to 
attend

12

2

1

10

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

-

2

-

2

2

-

-

2

-

2

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

Directors

Role

Total number  
of meetings held

Mr David Williams

Non-Executive Director

Mr Bruce Rathie

Non-Executive Director

Dr David McQuillan

Non-Executive Director

Mr Philip Powell*

Non-Executive Director

Mr Max Johnston

Non-Executive Director

Mr Leon Hoare**

Non-Executive Director

*  Mr Philip Powell is Chair of the Audit Committee.
** Mr Leon Hoare is Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Directors’ Shareholdings and Declared Interests
At 30 June 2019, the Directors of PolyNovo collectively hold 25,850,187 shares in the Company.

As at the date of this report the interests of the Directors in the Company’s shares are:

Name Directors

Mr David Williams

Mr Bruce Rathie

Dr David McQuillan

Mr Max Johnston

Mr Philip Powell

Mr Leon Hoare

Total

Shares held 
directly

-

-

1,162,000

-

-

-

Shares held 
indirectly

16,778,305

3,555,555

39,718

1,711,111

1,266,667

1,336,831

1,162,000

24,688,187

As at 30 June 2019 and as at the date of this report, no Director has an interest in any contract or proposed contract with PolyNovo 
other than disclosed below or in the Groups 2019 Annual Report. Further details of the equity interests of Directors can be found in 
the Remuneration Report.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Directors’ Report continued

Auditor
Ernst & Young (EY) continues in office in accordance with section 327b(2) of the Corporations Act 2001.

Non-audit Services
During the year ended 30 June 2019, the amount received, or due and receivable for non-audit services provided by PolyNovo’s 
auditor Ernst & Young were:

Tax compliance services

Advice on mileage and petrol reimbursements in the USA

Other compliance services supporting GST and importer registrations in NZ

111,422

6,958 

950

Auditor’s Independence Declaration
The auditor has provided a written declaration that no professional engagement for the Group has been carried out during the financial 
year that would impair Ernst & Young’s independence as auditor. The declaration is set out on page 31.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Corporate Governance

Overview
The Board of PolyNovo is responsible  
for the corporate governance of the 
Group and guides and monitors the 
business on behalf of its shareholders. 
The Board has strived to reach a balance 
between industry best practice and 
appropriate policies for PolyNovo in terms 
of its size, stage of development and  
role in the biotechnology industry. 
PolyNovo performed a review of its Board 
policies and governance practices with 
reference to the eight Principles of Good 
Corporate Governance (Principles) and 
the Best Practice Recommendations 

(Recommendations) established by  
the ASX Corporate Governance Council.
The Recommendations are not mandatory 
and cannot, in themselves, prevent 
corporate failure or poor corporate 
decision-making. They are intended to 
provide a reference point for companies 
regarding their corporate governance 
structures and practices.

The Directors have considered each of 
the core Principles and Recommendations 
applicable for the year ended 30 June 2019.  
There are instances where the Group 
would not benefit from compliance with 
the Recommendations, and in some 

instances the Group has not had the 
resources to comply. The Recommendations  
that were not adopted are discussed in 
the Corporate Governance Statement 
located on the Company’s website.

PolyNovo’s Corporate Governance 
Statement, which summarises the 
Group’s corporate governance practices 
and incorporates the disclosures  
required by the ASX Principles, can be 
viewed on the Company’s website at 
www.polynovo.com.au/company

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Remuneration Report – Audited

The Directors’ of PolyNovo present the Remuneration Report prepared in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001
for the Company and its controlled entities (the Group) for the year ended 30 June 2019. This Remuneration Report is audited.

This Remuneration Report forms part of the Directors’ Report and includes details of the Group’s remuneration strategy and 
arrangements for the 2019 financial year.

This report outlines the compensation arrangements for the key management personnel of PolyNovo and explains how these 
arrangements are linked to Company performance.

Key Management Personnel
Key management personnel are those persons who are responsible for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group. 
The Board has determined that the key management personnel of the Group are the Non-executive Directors and Senior Managers 
(Executives) of PolyNovo, whose details are set out below. The following are considered to be Key Management Personnel during  
the period unless otherwise stated.

Non-executive Directors
•  Mr David Williams – Non-executive Chairman (appointed as Non-executive Director on 28 February 2014 and Non-executive 

Chairman on 13 March 2014)

•  Mr Bruce Rathie – Non-executive Director (appointed 18 February 2010)

•  Dr David McQuillan – Non-executive Director (appointed 6 August 2012)

•  Mr Max Johnston – Non-executive Director (appointed 13 May 2014)

•  Mr Philip Powell – Non-executive Director (appointed 13 May 2014)

•  Mr Leon Hoare – Non-executive Director (appointed 27 January 2016)

Senior Managers
•  Mr Paul Brennan – Chief Executive Officer (appointed 13 February 2015)

•  Mr Jan Gielen – Chief Financial Officer/Company Secretary (appointed 12 December 2018)

•  Mr Ashok Srinivasan – Chief Operating Officer (appointed 6 May 2019)

•  Mr Greg Lewis – Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer/Company Secretary (resigned 7 December 2018)

Remuneration Strategy
PolyNovo has designed its compensation policies to ensure significant linkage between rewards and specific achievements that  
are intended to improve shareholder wealth. In assessing the link between Group performance and compensation policy, it must  
be recognised that biotechnology companies generally do not make a profit until a drug or device is licensed or commercialised,  
either of which takes a number of years.

Furthermore, the biotechnology sector as a whole is highly volatile, significantly driven by market sentiment and inherently high risk. 
Therefore, the direct correlation of compensation policy and key financial performance measures such as total shareholder return 
(TSR), net earnings per share or Company earnings, in the view of the Board, are inappropriate. As an alternative, key milestones  
are a more meaningful measure of performance to correlate levels of compensation. These milestones are discrete achievements  
that can be used to evaluate PolyNovo’s progress towards commercialising its various projects.

PolyNovo’s annual expenditure has predominantly been driven by research and development activities. The Group has not made a profit 
and therefore no dividends have been declared, nor has there been a return of capital. The Group’s performance is based on its key 
milestones and with more of the Group’s activities slanted towards the commercialisation stage, additional milestones in relation to  
the achievement of product sales and production targets will be added to the traditional clinical trials and licensing deals milestones. 
Such milestones are directly linked to performance conditions set within the short-term incentives that form a significant proportion 
of Senior Management compensation. The Board continues to review the Group’s compensation policy to ensure competitive and 
appropriate rewards that endeavour to result in greater shareholder wealth.

PolyNovo’s compensation policy for key management personnel is designed to provide competitive and appropriate rewards that  
are transparent and fully aligned to shareholder interests. In accordance with corporate governance best practice, the Company  
has a compensation policy for Non-executive Directors and a separate policy for Senior Managers.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Non-executive Director Remuneration
The compensation of Non-executive Directors is based on market practice, Directors’ duties and the level of Director accountability. 
The compensation policy is designed to attract and retain competent and suitably qualified Non-executive Directors and aims to align 
Directors’ interests with the interests of shareholders. Non-executive Directors are paid a set fee plus statutory superannuation,  
where appropriate, and are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, as medium-and long-term incentives, Non-executive 
Directors may be invited to participate in the PolyNovo Employee Share Option Plan. Non-executive Directors are encouraged to own 
shares in PolyNovo.

Non-executive Directors’ fees are determined within an aggregate Directors’ fee pool limit, which is approved by shareholders.  
This limit has been set at $400,000.

Total Non-executive Directors’ fees (including superannuation but excluding share-based payments and consulting fees) for the year 
ended 30 June 2019 were $369,227. The Directors’ fees are considered within the average range for similar sized companies in the 
biotechnology industry and are reviewed periodically.

Executive Remuneration
PolyNovo’s compensation policy for its senior managers is determined by the Board and is designed to link performance and retention 
strategies to ensure that:

•  the balance between fixed and variable (performance) components for each position is appropriate in light of internal and external 

factors;

•  the objectives set for each person will result in sustainable beneficial outcomes for PolyNovo;

•  all variable (performance) components are appropriately linked to measurable personal, business unit or Company outcomes; and

•  total compensation (the sum of fixed and variable components) for each Senior Manager is fair, reasonable and market competitive.

Generally, there are two components of Senior Management compensation, as follows:

1.  Fixed annual compensation comprising salary and benefits, superannuation and non-monetary benefits.

2.  Medium-and long-term incentives, through participation in the PolyNovo Employee Share Option Plan (‘the Plan’) with share price 

thresholds to be achieved.

Fixed Annual Compensation
Senior Managers are offered a market competitive base salary, which reflects their competencies, job description as well as the size  
of the Group. Base salaries are reviewed against market data for comparable positions. Adjustments to base salary are made based  
on significant role responsibility changes, pay relativities to market and relative performance in the role.

Medium and Long Term Incentives
PolyNovo’s medium and long term incentive policy for Senior Managers encourages high-quality performance and long-term retention. 
Carefully designed and performance linked equity incentive plans are widely recognised as an effective way of providing performance 
incentives.

Service Contracts
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Paul Brennan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PolyNovo Limited on 13 February 2015.

The key terms of his contract are as follows:

•  a salary of $300,000 per annum inclusive of superannuation.

•  a long term incentive plan in the form of equity interest. Details of the options package and the fair value of options and other 

compensation are included in the ‘CEO Performance Incentives’ section of the Remuneration Report and in Tables A, B, C and D below;

•  no fixed employment term; and

•  the Group may terminate the employment contract by providing three months’ notice or payment in lieu of notice. In the event  

of resignation, a notice period of three months is required.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Remuneration Report continued

Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Mr Jan Gielen was appointed CFO and Company Secretary on 12 December 2018. The terms of his contract are as follows:

•  a salary of $182,648 per annum;

•  superannuation of 9.50%;

•  a long term incentive plan in the form of equity interest. Details of the options package and the fair value of options and other 

compensation are included in the ‘CFO Performance Incentives’ section of the Remuneration Report and in Tables A, B, C and D below;

•  no fixed employment term; and

•  the Group may terminate the employment contract by providing three months’ notice or payment in lieu of notice. In the event  

of resignation, a notice period of three months is required.

Company Secretary, Chief Operating Oficer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
On 7 November 2018, Mr Greg Lewis resigned as Company Secretary, COO and CFO and was replaced by Mr Jan Gielen.

Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Mr Ashok Srinivasan was appointed COO on 6 May 2019. The terms of his contract are as follows:

•  a salary of $180,000 per annum;

•  superannuation of 9.50% (on salary only);

•  a bonus incentive of up to 20% of salary after 12 months service, dependent upon performance against objectives and targets, 

including detailed KPIs;

•   a long term incentive plan in the form of equity interest, the details of which are yet to be agreed. 

•  no fixed employment term; and

•  the Group may terminate the employment contract by providing one months’ notice or payment in lieu of notice. In the event  

of resignation, a notice period of one month is required. 

CEO Performance Incentives
The performance evaluation of the Chief Executive Officer is conducted by the Board.

On 6 August 2015, PolyNovo issued an options package compromising three tranches of 4,185,095 share options (a total of 
12,555,285 options), to the CEO, Mr Paul Brennan.

The vesting hurdle for the options is linked to the PolyNovo volume weighted average market price. The vesting hurdles for each 
tranche were as follows:

•  $0.18 per share for tranche 1;

•  $0.25 per share for tranche 2; and

•  $0.35 per share for tranche 3.

The share price must be sustained over a period of at least 90 consecutive calendar days. Any vested options are exercisable at $0.09 
and may be exercised within 90 days of vesting. The options package had an expiry date of 5 August 2018.

The first tranche of options vested and were exercised in April 2016. The second tranche of options vested and were exercised in two 
transactions – 3,368,200 shares on October 2016 and 816,895 shares in December 2016. The third tranche of options vested and 
were exercised in May 2018 and remained in escrow until May 2019.

All shares issued under the incentive scheme are escrowed for a period of 12 months commencing on the date of issue. The Board 
approved a waiver to this policy for the 816,895 shares issued in December 2016, which Mr Brennan donated to Giant Steps with 
300,000 of these shares to not be subject to the 12-month escrow period.

The expense relating to the incentive scheme shares during the financial year was $0 as the options vested in previous periods.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019CFO Performance Incentives
The performance evaluation of the Chief Financial Officer is conducted by the Board.

On 6 March 2019, PolyNovo issued an options package comprising three tranches totaling 1,000,000 options to the CFO,  
Mr Jan Gielen. Details of the three tranches are set out below.

The vesting hurdle for the options is linked to Mr Gielen’s length of employment and the PolyNovo volume weighted average market 
price. The vesting hurdles are as follows:

•  First hurdle – 12 months of employment with the Company; and

•  Second hurdle – a share price of 90 cents must be sustained over a period of at least 90 consecutive calendar days.

Once vested, the options can be exercised in three tranches as follows:

•  Tranche 1: 300,000 options – not to be exercised before 31 December 2020 and not later than 30 June 2021;

•  Tranche 2: 300,000 options – not to be exercised before 31 December 2021 and not later than 30 June 2022; and

•  Tranche 3: 400,000 options – not to be exercised before 31 December 2022 and not later than 30 June 2023.

The options whether they have vested or not will be cancelled on the date of termination or cessation of employment.

The exercise price is $0.60 per option tranche.

All shares issued under the incentive scheme are escrowed for a period of 12 months from date of issue. Sixty percent (60%) of the 
shares issued on the exercise of options are restricted shares subject to rule 9 of the Employee Option Plan for a period of 12 months 
from the date of issue.

The fair value of the options relating to the incentive scheme shares was $321,700. The expense relating to the incentive scheme 
shares during the financial year was $56,913.

Former CFO Incentives
As disclosed, Mr Greg Lewis resigned from the group on 7 November 2018 and left the Group on 7 December 2018. Mr Lewis 
participated in the Company share options scheme. On departure from the Company on 7 December 2018, 1,000,000 share options 
were forfeited. No share based payment expense has been recognised during the current financial period.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Remuneration Report continued

Remuneration of Key Management Personnel
Details of the remuneration for key management personnel for the years ended 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2018 are set out  
in Table A below.

Short term

Post 
employ-
ment

Leave 
allow-
ances1

Cash 
salary & 
fees
$

Cash 
bonus 
$

Consul-
ing fees3
$

Superan- 
nuation
$

Annual 
and long 
service
$

Termina- 
tion 
benefits2
$

Share- 
based 
payments 

Options 
and
perfor- 
mance 
rights 
$

%
perfor-
mance 
based

Total
$

Key management personnel

Table A

Non-Directors
Mr David Williams
(Chairman/Non-executive 
Director)

Mr Bruce Rathie
(Non-executive Director)

Dr David McQuillan
(Non-executive Director)

Mr Max Johnston
(Non-executive Director)

Mr Philip Powell
(Non-executive Director)

Mr Leon Hoare
(Non-executive Director)

Subtotal compensation
for Non-Executive 
Directors

Mr Paul Brennan  
(CEO)

Mr Jan Gielen
(CFO/Company Secretary)

Mr Ashok Srinivasan  
(COO)

Mr Greg Lewis
(CFO/Company Secretary)

Ms Andrea Goldie
(CFO/Company Secretary)

Mr Gavin Smith
(Interim CFO/Company 
Secretary)

Subtotal compensation 
for other key 
management personnel

Total compensation for 
all key management 
personnel

2019 81,850

2018 75,000

2019 51,850
2018 45,000

2019 52,500
2018 45,000

2019 51,850
2018 45,000

2019 51,850
2018 45,000

2019 51,850
2018 45,000

-

-

-
-

-

-

-
-

- 69,912
50,517
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

7,776

7,125

4,926
4,275

-
-

4,926
4,275

4,926
4,275

4,926
4,275

2019 341,750

- 69,912

27,480

2018 300,000

- 50,517

24,225

-

-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-

-

2019 264,840
2018 246,575

2019 101,627
-
2018

2019 26,862
-
2018

2019 83,144
2018 88,388

2019
2018

2019

-
-

-

2018 52,534

2019 476,473

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

 -

-

-

-
-

 -
-

 -
-

 -
-

-
-

-

25,160 25,871
21,291
23,425

9,655
-

2,552
-

7,259
7,971

-
-

-

8,275
-

2,272
-

6,334
6,221

-
-

-

-

82,680

4,991

-

44,626 42,752

-

-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-

-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
68,458

-

-

-

-

-

-
-

89,626

82,125

56,776
49,275

- 122,412
95,517
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

56,776
49,275

56,776
49,275

56,776
49,275

- 439,142

- 374,742

 - 315,871
347,094

55,803

56,913 176,470
-

-

-
-

31,686
-

(2,827)
2,827

93,910
105,407

-
-

-

-

-
68,458

-

140,205

54,086 617,937

2018 387,497

- 82,680

36,387 27,512

68,458

58,630 661,164

2019 818,223

- 69,912

72,106 42,752

-

54,086 1,057,079

2018 687,497

-  133,197 60,612 27,512

68,458

58,630 1,035,906

-

-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

-

-

-
16%

32%
-

-
-

-
3%

-
-

-

-

9%

9%

5%

6%

1.  Leave allowances: annual and long service: Reflects the employees’ entitlement for the 2019 financial year.
2.   Ms Andrea Goldie: termination benefits: Due to a company position restructure, Ms Goldie received a redundancy payment reflective of her years of employment.
3.   Mr David McQuillan: consulting fees: Services provided in relation to product development for the hernia project. The consulting fees are excluded from  

the aggregate Directors’ fee pool limit.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Options Granted as Part of Remuneration
During the year ended 30 June 2019, 1,000,000 options (2018: 1,000,000) were granted, no options were cancelled (2018: nil), 
and 1,000,000 options were forfeited (2018: nil). These options were issued pursuant to the PolyNovo Employee Share Option Plan.

Details of the share-based payment component included in total remuneration in Table B are set out below.

Table B

Average 
fair value 
per option 
at grant 
date
$

Fair 
value of 
options 
granted 
during 
the year
$

2019
financial
year

Grant date

Grant 
number

Mr Leon Hoare

Value of 
options 
for- 
feited/ 
lapsed 
during 
the
year
$

Value of 
options 
exercised 
during 
the year
$

Number 
of shares 
issued 
upon
exercise 
of options

Value of 
shares 
received 
upon 
exercise 
of 
options
$

Value of 
options 
yet to be 
exercised
$

Fair value 
of options 
included in 
remunera-
tion during 
the year
$

% compen-
sation 
consisting 
of options
during the 
year

Options 18-Nov-16

500,000 $0.12000

Options 18-Nov-16

500,000 $0.09800

-

-

- 165,000 500,000 302,500

- 125,000 500,000 302,500

-

-

-

-

Mr Jan Gielen

Options 6-Mar-19

300,000 $0.23600 70,800

Options 6-Mar-19

300,000 $0.31100 93,300

Options 6-Mar-19

400,000 $0.39400 157,600

-

-

-

Mr Greg Lewis

Options 20-Nov-17 1,000,000 $0.09400

- 94,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

70,800

18,880

93,300

16,736

- 157,600

21,297

-

-

-

Total

3,000,000

321,700 94,000 290,000 1,000,000 605,000 321,700

56,913

-

-

13%

11%

14%

-

-

Options granted in year ended 30 June 2019
The fair value of options granted during the year, as included in Table B, was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation based pricing 
model due to it analysing options where the exercise condition is dependent on outcomes associated with factors other than or  
in addition to, the share price. The fair value of options included in remuneration during the year was $56,913. This represents  
32% allocation to the year ended 30 June 2019 as the options have not yet vested.

Options granted in year ended 30 June 2018
The fair value of options granted during the year, as included in Table B, was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation based pricing 
model due to it analysing options where the exercise condition is dependent on outcomes associated with factors other than or in 
addition to, the share price. The fair value of options granted during the year was $94,000. However, management determined at 
balance date, the likelihood of achieving the first vesting hurdle of $12 million in sales by 28 February 2019 to be 10%. As a result, 
the fair value of the options expensed and included in remuneration is $2,827. No expense has been recognised in the period as the 
share option was forfeited on resignation of the former COO/CFO, Greg Lewis.

Options expiry dates

Participant

Mr Jan Gielen

•  Tranche 1

•  Tranche 2

•  Tranche 3

Other terms of the share options include:

Date

30 June 2021

30 June 2022

30 June 2023

•  Vesting hurdles – 12 months of employment with the Company and a share price of 90 cents must be sustained over a period  

of at least 90 consecutive calendar days.

•  Exercise price – $0.60 per option tranche.

•  Escrow period – 12 months from date of issue with sixty percent (60%) of the shares issued on the exercise of options are 

restricted shares subject to rule 9 of the Employee Option Plan for a period of 12 months from the date of issue.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Remuneration Report continued

Key Management Personnel Disclosures
Movements in shares of the Company
The movement during the reporting period in the number of shares in the Company held either directly or indirectly by each of the key 
management personnel, including their related parties, is set out in the table below:

Balance at  
1 July 2018

Granted as 
compen-
sation

On exercise 
of options

Net change 
other1

Balance at 
30 June 
2019

Balance at 
end of year 
– directly 
held

Balance at 
end of year 
– indirectly 
held

Table C 

Directors

Mr David Williams 

Mr Bruce Rathie

Dr David McQuillan

Mr Max Johnston

Mr Philip Powell

Mr Leon Hoare

15,980,457 

2,737,290 

1,038,518

1,711,111

1,266,667

336,831

Other key management personnel

Mr Paul Brennan 

10,955,542 

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

-

-

-

-

-

1,000,000

797,848 16,778,305 

818,265

3,555,555

- 16,778,305

-

3,555,555 

163,200

1,201,718

1,162,000

39,718

-

-

-

1,711,111

1,266,667

1,336,831

-

-

-

 1,711,111

1,266,667

1,336,831

- 

(722,115) 10,233,427 

5,915,872

4,317,555 

1.  ‘Net Change Other’ reflects shares privately acquired or disposed during the period.

Options and performance rights of key management personnel
The option holdings of key management personnel for the year ended 30 June 2019 are set out in the following table.

Balance at 
1 July 
2018

Granted as 
compen-
sation

Options 
exercised

Net change 
other

Balance at 
30 June 
2019

Total 
vested  
at end  
of year

Total 
exercisable 
at end  
of year

Total not 
exercisable 
at end  
of year

Total 
vested 
during 
year

Table D

Directors

Mr Leon Hoare 1,000,000

- 1,000,000

-

-

Other key management personnel

Mr Jan Gielen

- 1,000,000

Mr Greg Lewis

1,000,000

-

-

-

- 1,000,000

(1,000,000)*

-

Total

2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 (1,000,000) 1,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1,000,000

-

-

- 1,000,000

-

-

-

-

* The net change reflects share options forefeited in the period by the former CFO.

Loans to Key Management Personnel
No loans have been made to Directors of PolyNovo or to any other key management personnel, including their personally related entities.

Other Key Management Personnel Transactions
No other transactions between the Group and any of the Directors of PolyNovo or any other key management personnel have  
been identified.

This Directors’ Report, incorporating the Corporate Governance Statement and Remuneration Report, has been signed in accordance 
with a Resolution of the Directors made on 22 August 2019.

Mr David Williams
Chairman
22 August 2019

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Auditor’s Independence Declaration

Ernst & Young 
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Auditor’s independence declaration to the Directors of PolyNovo 
Limited 

As lead auditor for the audit of the financial report of PolyNovo Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 
2019, I declare to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been: 

a)  no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation 

to the audit; and   

b)  no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. 

This declaration is in respect of PolyNovo Limited and the entities it controlled during the financial year. 

Ernst & Young 

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Partner 
22 August 2019 

A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited 
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation 

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Revenue from contracts with customers

Other income

Research and development tax benefit

Interest income 

Total revenue

Changes in inventories of finished goods and work in progress

Operating Leases

Employee-related expenses

Research and development expenses

Depreciation and amortisation expense

Corporate, administrative and overhead expenses

Net loss for the period before tax

Income tax benefit

Net loss for the period after tax

Other comprehensive income

Loss on translation of foreign operation

Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the period

Loss for the period is attributable to:

Owners of the parent

Total comprehensive loss for the period attributable to:

Owners of the parent

Loss attributable to members of the parent

Loss per share

Basic loss per share – cents

Diluted loss per share – cents

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Notes

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

4(a)

13,349,220

5,714,455

4(f)

4(b)

694,602

334,103

839,397

275,303

14,377,925

6,829,155

(1,294,146)

(193,597)

(632,859)

(190,768)

4(c)

(8,549,240)

(5,656,333)

4(d)

4(e)

(3,248,426)

(3,806,108)

(309,600)

(181,890)

(3,972,809)

(2,335,329)

(3,189,893)

(5,974,132)

5

-

-

(3,189,893)

(5,974,132)

16(b)

(216,639)

(159,300)

(3,406,532)

(6,133,432)

(3,189,893)

(3,189,893)

(5,974,132)

(5,974,132)

(3,406,532)

(3,406,532)

(6,133,432)

(6,133,432)

7

7

(0.48) cents  

(0.95) cents 

(0.48) cents  

(0.95) cents 

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
As at 30 June 2019

Notes

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

8

9

10

22

12

13

11

13,920,695

1,215,450

4,405,047

310,321

50,000

3,147,081

1,083,586

2,679,675

164,766

19,050,000

19,901,513

26,125,108

6,008,219

2,148,016

170,767

1,139,665

2,395,864

161,288

8,327,002

3,696,817

28,228,515

29,821,925

14

15(a)

1,751,829

312,172

942,719

275,698

2,064,001

1,218,417

15(b)

47,738

17,297

65,035

29,287

115,251

144,538

2,129,036

1,362,955

26,099,479

28,458,970

16(a)

16(b)

139,070,502

138,120,502

(6,511,909)

(6,392,311)

16(c)

(106,459,114)

(103,269,221)

26,099,479

28,458,970

26,099,479

28,458,970

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Inventories

Receivables and contract assets

Prepayments

Other financial assets

Total current assets

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment

Intangible assets

Other assets

Total non-current assets

Total assets

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Provisions

Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Provisions

Deferred rent liability

Total non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity

Contributed equity

Reserves

Accumulated losses

Parent interests

Total equity

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Contributed 
equity 
$

Other 
reserves 
$

Acquisition 
of non-
controlling 
interest 
reserves 
$

Retained 
earnings 
$

Owners of 
the parent 
$

Total 
$

As at 30 June 2017

114,476,370 2,925,541 (9,293,956)

(97,295,089) 10,812,866 10,812,866

Loss for the period

-

Issue of shares on exercise of options

1,416,659

Issue of shares on capital raise

22,227,473

-

-

-

Share-based payments

Translation of foreign operation

-

-

135,404

(159,300)

-

-

-

-

-

(5,974,132)

(5,974,132)

(5,974,132)

-

(1,416,659)

1,416,659

- 22,227,473 22,227,473

-

-

135,404

135,404

(159,300)

(159,300)

As at 30 June 2018

138,120,502 2,901,645 (9,293,956) (103,269,221) 28,458,970 28,458,970

Loss for the period

-

Issue of shares on exercise of options

950,000

-

-

Share-based payments 

Translation of foreign operation

-

-

97,041

(216,639)

-

-

-

-

(3,189,893)

(3,189,893)

(3,189,893)

-

-

-

950,000

950,000

97,041

97,041

(216,639)

(216,639)

As at 30 June 2019

139,070,502 2,782,047 (9,293,956) (106,459,114) 26,099,479 26,099,479

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Cash flows from operating activities

Receipts from customers

Receipts from BARDA reimbursements

Receipts of research and development income tax credit 

Receipts from royalty revenue

Receipts from licence revenue

Payments to suppliers and employees

Net cash outflows from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Interest received

Payments for purchase of property, plant and equipment 

Term deposits classified as other assets

Transferred to cash and cash equivalents

Net cash outflows used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Net cash flows from financing activities

Notes

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

7,768,050

4,323,872

794,256

245

-

1,467,117

3,016,578

878,268

2,699

130,109

(16,256,156)

(12,372,732)

8

(3,369,733)

(6,877,961)

581,566

(6,520,204)

36,753

(219,979)

-

(19,000,000)

19,000,000

-

13,061,362

(19,183,226)

Proceeds from the issue of share capital (net of costs)

16(a)

-

22,227,473

Proceeds from the exercise of options

Cash flows from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

950,000

1,416,659

950,000

23,644,132

10,641,629

(2,417,055)

3,147,081

5,496,609

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalent

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

131,985

67,527

8

13,920,695

3,147,081

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2019

1. Corporate Information
The Financial Report of PolyNovo Limited (the Company) and its controlled entities (the Group) for the year ended 30 June 2019  
was authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 22 August 2019.

PolyNovo Limited, a for-profit entity, is a Company incorporated in Australia, whose shares are publicly traded on ASX Limited  
(ASX code: PNV). The Company operates predominantly in the medical device and healthcare industry and has operations in Australia,  
New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Basis of preparation
The Financial Report is a general-purpose Financial Report, which has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the
Corporations Act 2001, applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements.

The Financial Report has been prepared on a historical cost basis. The Financial Report is presented in Australian dollars.

The financial statements have been prepared in compliance with Legislative Instrument 2016/191 ‘ASIC Corporations (Rounding  
in Financial/ Directors’ Reports)’ and rounded to the nearest dollar.

The financial statements of the Group have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Group’s operations are subject to major risks 
due primarily to the nature of the research, development and commercialisation to be undertaken. These risks may materially impact 
the financial performance and position of the Group, including the value of recorded assets and the future value of its shares, options 
and performance rights. The financial statements take no account of the consequences, if any, of the effects of unsuccessful research, 
development and commercialisation of the Group’s projects.

(b) Statement of compliance
The Financial Report complies with Australian Accounting Standards as issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and 
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

The Group has adopted all applicable new and amended Australian Accounting Standards and AASB Interpretations that apply as of  
1 July 2018. Those Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations that have recently been issued or amended but are not yet 
effective, have not been adopted. Details of the new and amended Standards adopted, along with a summary of the new and amended 
Standards that are not yet effective, are set out below.

(c) Changes in accounting policy, disclosures, standards and interpretations
The Group has adopted the following new and amended Australian Accounting Standards and AASB Interpretations as of 1 July 2018.

•  AASB 9 Financial Instruments (AASB 9)

•   AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (AASB 15)

AASB 15 Revenue from contracts with customers
As from 1 July 2018, the Group has adopted AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers in respect to Revenue Recognition. 
The Group recognises revenue in accordance with the core principles of AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. AASB 15 
replaces all existing revenue requirements in Australian Accounting Standards (AASB 111 Constructions Contracts, AASB 118 
Revenue) and applies  to all revenue arising from contracts with customers.

The new standard establishes a five-step model to account for revenue arising from contacts with customers. Under AASB 15 Revenue 
from contracts with customers, revenue is recognised at an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be 
entitled in exchange for transferring goods or services to a customer. The Group complies with AASB 15 Revenue from contracts with 
customers in that contract income is only recognised as revenue as or when performance obligations pursuant to that contract are 
satisfied by the Group. The standard also specifies the accounting for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract and the costs 
directly related to fulfilling a contract. 

The Group has applied the modified retrospective method of adoption and has elected to apply that method to all contracts that were 
not completed at the date of initial application. The impact of these new standards has been assessed by management and determined 
the application of the new standards does not have a material impact on the previous period financial statements therefore there will 
not be any disclosures that outline any impact to the comparative period and there will not be a cumulative catch-up adjustment that 
will be recognised in the statement of change in equity for the year ending 30 June 2019. Under this method of initial application, 
disclosures for the comparative period in the notes to the financial report remain under the previous revenue recognition accounting 
requirements applicable to that period. 

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019The Group has identified the following main categories of revenue:

Commercial product sales 
The group revenue primarily consists of the sale of its NovoSorb BTM product. Revenue is recorded when the customer takes possession 
of the product. All contracts with customers are standardised and satisfy the criteria of transaction approval, identification of each 
party’s rights, payment terms, commercial substance, and probable collection based on the customer’s ability and intention to pay. 
Revenue is  recognised at a point in time when control over the product transfers to the customer, which is assessed to be at the time 
of receipt  of goods by the customer.

Distribution sales
The group sells its BTM product in certain overseas territories via a distributor model. The sales are made direct to a distributor being 
the customer of PolyNovo Limited, with the distributor permitted to resell the BTM product to an end user. The group has assessed 
these arrangements to consider that control passes to the distributor at the point the distributor takes possession of the product.  
The group consider themselves to be acting as principal in the sale of goods to distributors and recognise revenue on a gross basis.

All contracts with distributors are standardised, and satisfy the criteria of transaction approval, identification of each party’s rights, 
payment terms, commercial substance, and probable collection based on the customer’s ability and intention to pay. Revenue is recognised 
at a point in time when control over the product transfers to the distributor as the customer, which is assessed to be at the time of 
receipt of goods by the customer.

BARDA revenue
The BARDA arrangement requires the group to provide to BARDA a solution for severe thermal burns, with the performance obligation 
as defined in the terms of the arrangement being to perform research and development for specific clinical and trial tasks to support 
the product development of Biodegradable Temporal Matrix (‘BTM’) for severe thermal burns. Judgement has been applied to consider 
that the license of intellectual property and research and development activities are not distinct. Revenue is recognised over time 
based on input measures of specified costs, with the performance obligations being achieved through delivery to BARDA of the 
contracted clinical studies and trial tasks to support the development the BTM product for severe thermal burns.

BARDA is considered a customer in accordance with AASB 15 as the nature of services performed by PolyNovo are considered part  
of the group’s licence of intellectual property and normal research and development operating activities and in exchange, consideration  
is to be paid as the group progresses  with its research and development of a mass scalable severe thermal burns product. 

Licence revenue
The Group entered into a fixed term licence arrangement with a customer to provide use of to specific intellectual property owned by 
the group to permit certain research and development activity to be performed by the customer with the objective to develop new 
commercial products. The arrangement’s performance condition is satisfied on delivery of the licence, with no further requirements  
to enhance the intellectual property. The revenue recognised reflects the consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled to 
for transfer of the licence, and is recognised on a point in time basis, based on control of the licence being transferred and there being 
no further ongoing obligations required over the licence term.

The Group is entitled to further revenue from the delivery of the licence upon the customer’s achievement of certain milestones. 
However, given there is uncertainty as to whether these milestones will be achieved, revenue is currently constrained and will be 
recognised when uncertainty is resolved.

Contract Balances
Contract asset
A contract asset is the right to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to the customer. If the Group performs  
by transferring goods or services to a customer before the customer pays consideration or before payment is due, a contract asset is 
recognised for the earned consideration that is conditional. As at 30 June 2019, the Group has disclosed in Note 4(a) contract assets. 
The Group did not recognise any contract liabilities as at 30 June 2019.

Trade receivables
A receivable represents the Group’s right to an amount of consideration that is unconditional (i.e. only the passage of time is required 
before payment of the consideration is due).

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies continued
(c) Changes in accounting policy, disclosures, standards and interpretations continued
AASB 9 Financial Instruments
AASB 9 replaced AASB 139: Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (‘AASB 139’) for the period beginning on 1 July 2018, 
bringing together all three aspects of the accounting for financial instruments: classification and measurement; impairment; and hedge 
accounting. There was no material transition impact, with $27,076 recognised in the period related to expected credit losses. 

Classification and measurement
Except for certain trade receivables, under AASB 9, the group initially measures a financial asset at its fair value. 

Under AASB 9, financial assets are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss (FVPL), amortised cost, or fair 
value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI). The classification is based on two criteria: The Group’s business model for managing 
the assets; and whether the instruments’ contractual cash flows represent ‘solely payments of principal and interest’ on the principal 
amount outstanding (the ‘SPPI criterion’).

The accounting for the Group’s financial liabilities remains largely the same as it was under AASB 139. 

Impairment
The adoption of AASB 9 has included a review of the Group’s accounting for impairment losses for financial assets by replacing AASB 
139’s incurred loss approach with a forward looking expected credit loss (‘ECL’) approach. ECLs are based on the difference between 
the contractual cash flows due in accordance with the contract and all the cash flows that the Group expects to receive. The shortfall 
is then discounted  at an approximation to the asset’s original effective interest rate. For trade and other receivables, the Group has 
applied the standard’s simplified approach and has calculated ECLs based on lifetime expected credit losses. The Group has established 
a provision matrix that is based on  the Group’s historical credit loss experience, adjusted for forward looking factors specific to the 
debtors and the economic environment.

For trade receivables and contract assets, the Group applies a simplified approach in calculating ECLs. Therefore, the Group does not 
track changes in credit risk, but instead recognises a loss allowance based on lifetime ECLs at each reporting date. The Group uses  
a provision matrix to calculate ECLs for trade receivables and contract assets. The provision rates are based on days past due for 
groupings of various customer segments that have similar loss patterns.

The provision matrix is initially based on the Group’s historical observed default rates. The Group calibrates the matrix to adjust the 
historical credit loss experience. The provision rates are based on days past due to grouping of various customer segments with similar 
loss patterns which is by geographical region and customer type. The calculation reflects the reasonable supportable information 
available that at the reporting date including customer credit reports to assess customer credit quality, customer historical defaults, 
current conditions and forecasts of future economic conditions. At every reporting date, the historical observed default rates are 
updated and changes in the forward-looking estimates are analysed. Generally, trade receivables are written off if past due for more 
than one year. The total expected credit loss is disclosed in note 10.

The assessment of the correlation between historical observed default rates, forecast economic conditions and ECLs is a significant 
estimate. The amount of ECLs is sensitive to changes in circumstances and of forecast economic conditions. The Group’s historical 
credit loss experience and forecast of economic conditions may also not be representative of customer’s actual default in the future.
The Group has applied AASB retrospectively with the initial application date being 1 July 2018.

The following new Australia Accounting Standards have been issued by the AASB but are not yet effective for the period ended  
30 June 2019.

AASB 16 Leases
•  The Group is required to adopt AASB 16 Leases from 1 July 2019. AASB 16 Leases supersedes AASB 117 Leases, Interpretation 

IFRIC 4 Determining whether an arrangement contains a lease, Interpretation 115 Operating Leases – Incentives and  
Interpretation 127 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease.

•  The Group will recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for its current operating lease at its Port Melbourne headquarters  

in Australia and San Diego premises in the US. The nature of the expense related to those leases will now change because the Group 
will recognise a depreciation charge for the right-to-use assets and interest expense on lease liabilities instead of rent expense.  
The Group continues to consider other leases such as office and other equipment. There will be an impact on the Group’s Balance 
Sheet and Income Statement to reflect this accounting with the transitional impact currently being finalised. 

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019(d) Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Group and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2019.  
The Group controls an investee if and only if the Group has:

•  power over the investee (that is, rights that give it the ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee);

•  exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and

•  the ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns.

When the Group has less than a majority of the voting or similar rights of an investee, the Group considers all relevant facts  
and circumstances in assessing whether it has power over an investee, including:

•  the contractual arrangement with the other vote holders of the investee;

•  rights arising from other contractual arrangements; and

•  the Group’s voting rights and potential voting rights.

The Group re-assesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate a change in one or more of the three 
elements of control. Consolidation of a subsidiary commences when the Group obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when 
the Group loses control of the subsidiary. The assets, liabilities, income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed of during  
the year are included in the Statement of Comprehensive Income from the date the Group gains control until the date the Group 
ceases to control the subsidiary.

Items of profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income (OCI) are attributed to the equity holders of the parent 
Company and to the non-controlling interests, even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance. When 
necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with the Group’s 
accounting policies. All intra- group assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows relating to transactions between 
members of the Group are eliminated in full on consolidation.

A change in the ownership interest of a subsidiary, without a loss of control, is accounted for as an equity transaction. If the Group 
loses control over a subsidiary, it:

•  de-recognises the assets (including goodwill) and liabilities of the subsidiary;

•  de-recognises the carrying amount of any non-controlling interests;

•  de-recognises the cumulative translation differences recorded in equity;

•  recognises the fair value of the consideration received;

•  recognises the fair value of any investment retained;

•  recognises any surplus or deficit in profit or loss; and

•  reclassifies the parent’s share of components previously recognised in OCI to profit or loss or retained earnings, as appropriate,  

as would be required if the Group had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities.

(e) Business combinations
Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the aggregate of  
the consideration transferred measured at acquisition date fair value and the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree.  
For each business combination, the Group elects whether to measure the non-controlling interests in the acquiree at fair value or  
at the proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred and included  
in administrative expenses.

If the business combination is achieved in stages, any previously held equity interest is re-measured at its acquisition date fair value 
and any resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss. It is then considered in the determination of goodwill.

(f) Intangible assets
Intangible assets acquired separately or in a business combination are initially measured at cost. The cost of an intangible asset acquired
in a business combination is its fair value as at the date of acquisition. The intangible assets carried by the Group, being intellectual 
property assets had an initial indefinite useful life on acquisition. In the prior period, and following the first commercial sales of 
NovoSorb BTM, amortisation was recognised across the finite life of the intangible assets. See Note 13 for further detail.

Internally generated intangible assets are not capitalised and expenditure is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income 
(profit or loss) in the year in which the expenditure is incurred.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies continued
(g) Impairment of intangible and other assets
Intangible assets that have an indefinite useful life are not subject to amortisation. They are tested annually for impairment or more 
frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that they might be impaired. Other assets including definite lived intangible 
assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

The Group conducts an annual impairment assessment review of asset values, which is used as a source of information to assess for 
any indicators of impairment. External factors, such as changes in expected future processes, technology and economic conditions,  
are also monitored to assess for indicators of impairment. If any indication of impairment exists, an estimate of the asset’s recoverable 
amount is calculated which is based on – higher of its fair value less cost of disposal and its ‘value-in-use’. Value-in-use is calculated 
by discounting, the estimated future cash flows derived from use of the asset, using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current 
market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset.

(h) Share-based payments
The Group provides benefits to employees in the form of share-based payment transactions, whereby employees render services  
in exchange for shares or rights over shares.

The PolyNovo Employee Share Option Plan was in place for the year ended 30 June 2019. Information relating to this Plan is set out  
in Note 6 and in the Remuneration Report section of the Directors’ Report.

The cost of share-based payments under the terms of the Share Option Plan is measured by reference to the fair value of options  
at the date at which they are granted. The fair value of options granted is determined by using the Monte Carlo simulation model  
or the binomial option valuation model. The assumptions and models used for estimating fair value for share-based payment 
transactions are disclosed in the Remuneration Report, and/or Note 6. All option arrangements are settled in equity.

The fair value of options is recognised as an employee benefit expense with a corresponding increase in equity. The fair value is 
measured at grant date and recognised over the vesting period. The employee benefit expense recognised each period takes into 
account the most recent estimate of the number of options that are expected to vest.

(i) Plant and equipment
Plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and any impairment in value. Depreciation is calculated  
on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset as follows:

Property

Office equipment

Laboratory plant and equipment

Leasehold improvements

40 years

3 to 10 years

3 to 13.33 years

3 to 10 years

(j) Plant and equipment impairment
Impairment
The carrying values of plant and equipment are reviewed for impairment at each reporting date, when events or changes in circumstances 
indicate that the carrying value may be impaired. An asset is impaired when its carrying value exceeds its estimated recoverable 
amount. In this instance, the asset is written down to its recoverable amount and the impairment loss recognised in the Statement  
of Comprehensive Income.

For impairment testing purposes, the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated as the higher of its fair value less cost of disposal 
and its ‘value-in-use’. Value-in-use is calculated by discounting, the estimated future cash flows derived from use of the asset, using  
a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset.

Disposal
Plant and equipment is de-recognised upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected to arise from the continued 
use of the asset. Any gain or loss arising on de-recognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal 
proceeds and the carrying amount of the item) is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019(k) Research and development costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. An intangible asset arising from development expenditure on an individual 
project is recognised only when the Group can demonstrate the technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will  
be available-for- use or sale. No development expenditure has been capitalised.

(l) Cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and short-term deposits are stated at nominal value. Cash at bank and short-term deposits are amounts with a maturity 
of three months or less. If greater than three months, these amounts are recognised within ‘other financial assets’. 

(m) Employee leave benefits
Liabilities for wages, salaries and annual leave expected to be settled within 12 months of the reporting date and pro-rata long service 
leave for employees with over seven years of service, are recognised in current liabilities. Wages, salaries, annual leave and long service 
leave are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled.

Liabilities for pro-rata long service leave for employees with less than seven years of service are recognised in non-current liabilities 
and are measured as the present value of the expected future payments to be made.

(n) Operating leases
The minimum lease payments of operating leases, where the lessor retains substantially all of the risks and benefits of ownership of 
the leased items, are recognised as an expense in the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

(o) Interest income
Interest income is recognised when the Group has the right to receive the interest payment using the effective interest rate method. 

(p) Inventory
Inventory is measured at cost for raw materials and packaging materials. A standard cost has been derived for finished goods and 
semi- finished goods. The standard cost includes an allocation of materials, direct labour and manufacturing overheads. The value  
of finished goods and semi-finished goods may include an allocation of manufacturing variances incurred during the period if it is 
determined that the relevant production remains in inventory at balance date.

(q) Government grants
Government grants are recognised at their fair value when the grant is received and all attaching conditions have been complied with. 
Research and development income tax revenue is recognised when there is reasonable assurance of receipt.

(r) Trade and other payables
Trade and other payables are carried at amortised cost. They represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior  
to the end of the financial year that are unpaid. The amounts are unsecured and are normally settled on 30-day terms. Due to the 
short-term nature of these payables amortised cost equates to fair value.

(s) Income tax
Deferred income tax is provided on all temporary differences at balance date, calculated as the difference between the tax cost base  
of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes.

Deferred income tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit 
will be available against which the deductible temporary differences can be utilised. The same criteria apply for recognition of tax 
assets relating to unused tax losses.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the year when the asset is realised 
or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) effective at balance date.

Income taxes relating to items recognised directly in equity are recognised in Other Comprehensive Income (equity) and not in the 
Statement of Comprehensive Income (profit and loss).

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies continued
(t) Significant accounting, estimates and assumptions
Deferred tax liability
The deferred tax liability (DTL) arising from the carrying value of PolyNovo’s intangible assets is offset by deferred tax assets (DTAs) 
recognised for unused tax losses, where the continuity of ownership test is satisfied. Significant management judgement is required  
to determine the amount of the DTA that can be used to offset the impact of the DTL. Further details on deferred taxes are disclosed 
in Note 5.

Share-based payments
Estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions requires selection of the most appropriate valuation model, which in turn  
is dependent on the terms and conditions of the share-based payment granted. Determination of the most appropriate inputs to  
the valuation model, including the expected life of the share option, volatility and dividend yield, is also required. The models and 
related assumptions used for estimating the fair value of share-based payment transactions are disclosed in Note 6 and in the 
Remuneration Report.

Impairment of intangibles
Impairment exists when the carrying value of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount. PolyNovo considers indicators of impairment 
and if an indicator exists, will determine the recoverable amount of the intangible asset. An estimate is provided on the useful life of 
the current intangible asset based on the existing patent period. The assessment for the current period is further explained in Note 13.

(u) Goods and services tax (GST)
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of GST except:

•  where the GST incurred on purchase of goods and services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in which case the GST  

is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense item as applicable; and

•  receivables and payables, which are stated with the amount of GST (if any) included.

The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of receivables or payables in  
the Statement of Financial Position. Cash flows are included in the Cash Flow Statement on a gross basis (that is, including GST)  
and the GST component of cash flows arising from investing and financing activities, which is recoverable from, or payable to,  
the taxation authority are classified as operating cash flows. Commitments and contingencies are disclosed exclusive of the amount  
of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority.

(v) Earnings per share (EPS)
Basic EPS is calculated as the net profit/(loss) attributable to shareholders, adjusted to exclude costs of servicing equity (other than 
dividends), divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares.

Diluted EPS is calculated as the net profit/(loss) attributable to members, adjusted for:

•  the costs of servicing equity (other than dividends);

•  the after-tax effect of dividends and interest associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares that have been recognised  

as expenses; and

•  other non-discretionary changes in revenues or expenses during the period that would result from the dilution of potential  
ordinary shares. The resultant net profit/(loss) is divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares and dilutive  
potential ordinary shares.

(w) Contributed equity
Ordinary shares are classified as equity and recognised at the fair value of the consideration received by the Company. Any transaction 
costs arising on the issue of ordinary shares are recognised directly in equity as a reduction of the share proceeds received.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019(x) Foreign currency translation
The functional currency of each of the entities in the Group must reflect the primary economic environment in which the entity 
operates. Accordingly, the relevant functional currencies are Australian dollars for Australian entities and US dollars for the US entity. 
Foreign currency items are translated to Australian currency on the following basis.

•  Transactions are converted at exchange rates approximating those in effect at the date of the transaction.

•  On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of the foreign operation are translated into Australian dollars at the rate of exchange 
prevailing at the reporting date except for retained earnings which is translated at a historic rate of exchange pertaining to the 
relevant financial year. The Statement of Comprehensive Income is translated at an average exchange rate over the financial year.

•  The exchange difference arising on translation for consolidation are recognised in the balance sheet as a foreign currency translation 

reserve. On disposal of a foreign operation, the reserve is reclassified to profit or loss.

(y) Comparatives
Where necessary, comparatives have been reclassified and repositioned for consistency with current year disclosures.

(aa) Security deposits
Security deposits are recorded at amortised cost in the Statement of Financial Position.

3. Segment Information
Business Segment
PolyNovo has only one business segment being the development of the NovoSorb technology for use in a range of biodegradable 
medical devices.

The chief operating decision-maker is the Chief Executive Officer of PolyNovo Limited.

The chief operating decision-maker reviews the results of the business on a single entity basis.

For financial results refer to the Statement of Comprehensive Income and Statement of Financial Position.

The chief operating decision maker monitors the operating results of the Group for the purpose of making decisions about resource 
allocation in order to progress the commercialisation of the PolyNovo technology.

During the period, sales to BARDA in the United States of America, represented 30% of total sales revenue from contracts  
with customers.

Revenue from contracts with customers

Geographical areas

United States of America

Australia and New Zealand

Rest of World

Non-current assets

Geographical areas

United States of America

Australia and New Zealand

43

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

11,729,101

1,572,088

48,031

5,207,741

376,605

130,109

13,349,220

5,714,455

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

72,907

8,254,095

8,327,002

33,779

3,663,038

3,696,817

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

4. Revenues and Expenses
(a) Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Below is set out the disaggregation of group revenue from contracts with customers.

Commercial product sales

Sale of materials

Licenses revenue

BARDA revenue

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

9,348,226

1,747,102

-

-

10,228

130,109

4,000,994

3,827,016

13,349,220

5,714,455

The comparative period has not been restated on adoption of AASB 15 because this is not done under the modified  
retrospective approach.

(b) Finance revenue (net)

Term deposit interest

Bank account interest

Other

(c) Employee-related expenses

Wages and salaries (including sales commission)

Superannuation

Share-based payments (expense)(see Note 6)

Other

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

341,392

-

(7,289)

236,557

38,746

-

334,103

275,303

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

(6,494,587)

(4,002,385)

(355,097)

(97,040)

(267,013)

(135,404)

(1,602,516)

(1,251,531)

(8,549,240)

(5,656,333)

Included in other employee related expenses are directors’ fees of $369,230 (2018:$324,225) and payroll taxes of $300,985 
(2018: $214,556). 

(d) Depreciation and amortisation expense

Depreciation – property, plant and equipment

Amortisation – intangible assets

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment is also included in the cost of inventory.

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

(61,752)

(247,848)

(309,600)

(57,966)

(123,924)

(181,890)

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019(e) Corporate, administrative and overhead expenses

Insurances

Accounting and audit fees

Investor relations and share registry expenses

Consultants and contractors

Travel

Marketing costs

Communication expenses

Foreign exchange gain

Other

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

(613,934)

(365,531)

(203,618)

(300,520)

(1,321,801)

(828,463)

(82,251)

345,216

(601,907)

(338,094)

(199,396)

(157,797)

(436,240)

(747,035)

(268,733)

(110,772)

233,766

(311,028)

(3,972,809)

(2,335,329)

Included in other administrative expenses are software licences $150,484 (2018: $31,177) and 3PL fees $114,019 (2018: $80,555).

(f) Research and development tax benefit
Research and development tax benefit income of $694,602 (2018: $839,397) was recognised as other income in the Statement of 
Comprehensive Income. $694,602 (2018: $794,255) is receivable, as recognised in the Statement of Financial Position, with respect 
to the year ended 30 June 2019.

5. Income Tax
(a) Income tax benefit/(income tax expense)

Current income tax

Current income tax charge

Deferred income tax

Relating to origination and reversal of temporary differences

Income tax benefit/(income tax expense)

Income tax recognised directly in equity

Deferred tax expense

Available-for-sale asset

Reconciliation of income tax expense to prima facie tax payable

Net loss before income tax expense

Prima facie tax calculated at 27.5% (2018: 27.5%)

Tax effect of amounts which are not included in accounting loss:

Research and development

Non-assessable R&D income tax credit

Tax effect of amounts which are not deductible:

Share-based payments

Current year tax losses not brought to account

Current year temporary differences not brought to account

Income tax benefit/(income tax expense)

45

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,189,893

5,974,132

(877,220)

(1,642,886)

439,116

(191,016)

502,115

(230,834)

26,686

37,236

(602,434)

(1,334,369)

778,965

(176,531)

-

1,597,423

(263,053)

-

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

5. Income Tax continued
(b) Deferred tax assets and liabilities

Deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities

Net deferred tax assets/(liabilities)

Deferred tax balances reflects temporary differences attributable to:

Amounts recognised in profit and loss

Recognised tax losses

Recognised on temporary differences

Amount recognised due to acquisition of PolyNovo

Net deferred tax assets/(liabilities)

Movement in temporary differences during the year:

Balance as of 1 July

Credit to profit and Loss

Charged to equity

Net deferred tax assets/(liabilities) as 30 June

(c) Deferred tax assets not brought to account

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

435,521

(435,521)

-

411,203

(411,203)

-

201,724

233,797

147,266

263,937

(435,521)

(411,203)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

Unrecognised, unconfirmed tax losses for which no deferred tax asset has been recognised

92,462,871

91,718,206

Deductible temporary differences – no deferred tax asset has been recognised

Potential tax benefit at 27.5%

641,934

93,104,805

25,603,821

956,558

92,674,764

25,485,560

The availability of the tax losses in future periods is uncertain and will be dependent on the Group satisfying strict requirements with 
respect to continuity of ownership and the same business test, imposed by income tax legislation. The recoupment of available tax 
losses as at 30 June 2019 is contingent upon the following:

•  the Group deriving future assessable income of a nature and of an amount sufficient to enable the benefit from the losses to be realised;

•  the conditions for deductibility imposed by tax legislation continuing to be complied with; and

•  there being no changes in tax legislation that would adversely affect the Group from realising the benefit from the losses.

Given the Group’s history of recent losses (with the exceptions of the benefit noted in (d) below) the Group has not recognised  
a net deferred tax asset with regard to unused tax losses, as it has not been determined that the Group will generate sufficient taxable 
profit against which the unused tax losses can be utilised.

In a prior year, consideration was given to PolyNovo’s ability to satisfy the tax loss recoupment tests for losses incurred in 2003  
and earlier income years. Based on re-assessment, tax losses of approximately $26 million were forfeited.

(d) Income tax benefit
The income tax benefit arises due to the recording of deferred tax assets that are available in the current year to offset against 
deferred tax liabilities from temporary differences.

46

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 20196. Share-Based Payments
(a) Employee share-based payment plans
The Company provides benefits to employees and Non-executive Directors in the form of share-based payment transactions, whereby 
employees and Non-executive Directors render services in exchange for shares or rights over shares.

The expense recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income for the years ended 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2018 were 
$97,040 and $138,231 respectively.

(b) Share-based payments for the year ended 30 June 2019
During the 2019 financial year, 1,000,000 options were issued and 3,000,000 were exercised. Details of the share options granted 
pursuant to the terms of the PolyNovo Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP) are as follows:

•  On 6 March 2019, the Company granted employee share options to Mr Jan Gielen. He was granted 1,000,000 options exercisable 
at $0.60. The options vest upon 12 months of employment with the Company and a share price of $0.90 being sustained over a 
period of 90 consecutive calendar days. Once vested, the options can be exercised as follows:

• Tranche 1: not to be exercised before 31 December 2020 and not later than 30 June 2021.

• Tranche 2: not to be exercised before 31 December 2021 and not later than 30 June 2022.

• Tranche 3: not to be exercised before 31 December 2022 and not later than 30 June 2023.

If not exercised the options become void. The options package will expire on 30 June 2023. The expense relating to the options 
package during the year was $56,913. Should the CFO leave employment prior to the exercise date, the share options will be forfeited 
and option expenses will be reversed.

The weighted average share price of the options exercised in the period was $0.32.

The expense relating to the incentive scheme shares recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income during the 2019 financial 
year was $97,041.

Balance at
1 July
2018

Granted as 
compen-
sation

Options 
exercised

2019

Net change 
other 
(forfeited, 
lapsed, 
expired)*

Total 
vested 
at end 
of year

Total 
exer-
cisable
at end 
of year

Total not 
exercisable
at end of 
year

Balance at 
30 June
2019

Directors
Mr Leon Hoare 1,000,000

- 1,000,000

-

-

Other key management personnel
Mr Jan Gielen

- 1,000,000

Mr Greg Lewis 1,000,000

-

-

- (1,000,000)

- 1,000,000
-

Other 
employees

2,000,000

- 2,000,000

-

-

Total

4,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 (1,000,000) 1,000,000

* The net change reflects share options forfeited in the period by the former CFO.

-

-

-

-

-

Share- 
based 
pay-
ments 
expense
$

Total 
vested 
during  
year

-

-

-

-

56,913

-

-

-

- 1,000,000

-

-

-

- (2,000,000) 40,128

- 1,000,000 (2,000,000) 97,041

The fair value of options granted during 2019, as included in the above table, were determined using a Monte Carlo simulation-based 
model. A Monte Carlo simulation-based model simulates the path of the share price according to a probability distribution assumption. 
After a large number of simulations, the arithmetic average of the outcomes, discounted to the valuation date, is calculated to represent 
the option value. This model can accommodate complex exercise conditions when the number of options exercised depends on some 
function of the whole path followed by the share price.

Mr Lewis options were forfeited upon cessation of his employment on 7 December 2018. 

Options issued during the period

Grant date

Number of 
options

Exercise 

Price Vesting hurdle

Risk-free 
interest rate

6 March 2019 1,000,000

$0.60 12 months service 
period and 3 months 
share price exceeds 
$0.90

T1 1.67%

T2 1.60%

T3 1.65%

Volatility

Expiry*

45.9% 30-Jun-21

54.8% 30-Jun-22

59.7% 30-Jun-23

Dividend 
yield

Average 
fair value 
per option

-

-

-

$0.236

$0.311

$0.394

* Each tranche must be exercised by the expiry date and 31 December of the preceding year otherwise they become void.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

6. Share-Based Payments continued
(b) Share-based payments for the year ended 30 June 2019 continued
Options issued during the period continued
Key valuation assumptions for the Employee Share Options:

Assumptions

Parameters
Valuation date Grant Date
Share price
Expected life
Risk-free 
interest rate
Dividend yield

Expected 
volatility

Closing share price as at the valuation Date – Source: Bloomberg.
Assumed Share Appreciation Rights will be exercised at the first opportunity i.e. as early as possible.
The risk free interest rates are derived from the Australian Government Bonds as at Valuation Date. The terms  
to maturity have been selected to align with the expected life of the options.
The dividend yield is the rate of dividend expressed as a continually compounded percentage of the share price.  
In determining an appropriate dividend yield, forecasted dividend information provided by the management  
of Polynovo Limited has been relied upon.
A share’s volatility measure captures the charateristics of fluctuations in the share’s price.

The value of options is extremely sensitive to the volatility measure and as a result great care should be taken in 
determining the appropriate volatility percentage. To accurately value options, a volatility measure should be selected 
that is most likely to represent the future volatility of the shares during the life of the options: the implied volatility.

Other

Accordingly, in determining the expected volatility, the historical market volatility has been taken into account.
Other assumptions that have not been incorporated into our valuation model include:

(i)   any change of control events and reorganisation of capital during the relevant performance periods  

or service periods.

(ii)   any dilution effect from the issue of options noting that they will not likely have a material impact  

on the Polynovo Limited security price.

During the period, one further option arrangement was issued to an employee who subsequently left the group in the same period. 
The options did not vest during this period and were forfeited on resignation from the Group. As a consequence of the options being 
forfeited, no option expense was recorded with respect to this arrangement.

(c) Share-based payments for the year ended 30 June 2018
During the 2018 financial year, 1,000,000 options were issued and 4,185,095 were exercised. Details of the share options granted 
pursuant to the terms of the PolyNovo Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP) are as follows:

•  On 23 November 2017, the Company granted employee share options to Mr Greg Lewis, the former CFO. He was granted 1,000,000 
options exercisable at $0.35. The options vest first upon a sales target of $12 million being achieved by 28 February 2019 and then upon 
a share price of $0.50 being sustained over a period of 90 consecutive calendar days. The options package expired on 30 June 2019.  
The expense relating to the option package during the year was $2,827. Management assessed the probability of achieving the first hurdle 
to be 10%. Mr Lewis ceased employment with the Company on 7 December 2018 and consequently forfeited his options package.

The expense relating to the incentive scheme shares recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income during the 2018 financial 
year was $138,231.

Balance at 
1 July 
2017

Granted 
as 
compen-
sation

Options 
exercised

2018

Net
change 
other 
(forfeited, 
lapsed 
expired)

Balance at 
30 June 
2018

Total 
vested at 
end of 
year

Total 
exercis-
able at 
end of 
year

Total not 
exercis-
able at 
end of 
year

Total 
vested 
during year

Share-
based 
pay-
ments 
expense
$

Directors
Mr Leon 
Hoare

1,000,000 -

-

- 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000

Other key management personnel
Mr Paul 
Brennan 4,185,095

-

(4,185,095)

Mr Greg 
Lewis

Other employees

- 1,000,000

2,000,000

-

-

-

Total

7,185,095 1,000,000 (4,185,095)

-

-

- 1,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(4,185,095) $55,803

- 1,000,000

-

$2,827

- 2,000,000
- 4,000,000 1,000,0001,000,0003,000,000 (4,185,095) $138,231

- 2,000,000

79,601

-

-

48

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019The fair value of options granted during 2018, as included in the above table, was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation-based 
model. A Monte Carlo simulation-based model simulates the path of the share price according to a probability distribution assumption. 
After a large number of simulations, the arithmetic average of the outcomes, discounted to the valuation date, is calculated to represent 
the option value. This model can accommodate complex exercise conditions when the number of options exercised depends on some 
function of the whole path followed by the share price.

7. Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Basic EPS amounts are calculated by dividing the net loss for the year by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding 
during the year.

Diluted EPS amounts are calculated by dividing the net loss for the year by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding 
during the year plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential 
ordinary shares into ordinary shares.

Basic EPS:

30 June 2019

Diluted EPS:

30 June 2019

(0.48) cents per share 30 June 2018

(0.95) cents per share

(0.48) cents per share 30 June 2018

(0.95) cents per share

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

The following reflects the income and share data used in the calculation of basic  
and diluted EPS:

Net loss used in calculating basic and diluted EPS attributable to equity holders of the parent entity

(3,189,893)

(5,974,132)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares on issue used in the calculation of basic EPS

659,663,386

627,887,135

Potential weighted average number of ordinary shares on issue plus all unexercised share options

used in the calculation of diluted EPS

660,663,386

630,887,135

At 30 June 2019 there existed share options that if vested, would result in the issue of additional ordinary shares over the period  
to FY2023. In the current period, these potential ordinary shares are considered antidilutive as their conversion to ordinary shares 
would reduce the loss per share. Accordingly, they have been excluded from the dilutive earnings per share calculation. There were  
no further transactions involving ordinary shares or potential ordinary shares between the reporting date and the date of completion 
of these financial statements.

8. Cash and Cash Equivalents
Reconciliation of cash at the end of the year

Cash at bank(i)

Cash and cash equivalents are denominated in:

Australian dollars

US dollars

NZ dollars

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

13,920,695

3,147,081

10,464,990

3,233,959

221,746

1,435,669

1,694,839

16,573

13,920,695

3,147,081

(i) Cash at bank earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank deposit rates.

For the purpose of the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement cash and cash equivalents comprises cash at bank and investments  
in short-term deposits as listed above. The Group has no borrowings.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

8. Cash and Cash Equivalents continued
Reconciliation of net loss after income tax to net cash flow from operating activities

Net Loss

Adjustments for non-cash items:

Depreciation and amortisation

Share-based payment expense

Interest

Unrealised foreign exchange rate differences

Change in assets and liabilities during the financial year:

(Increase)/decrease in prepayments

(Increase)/decrease in trade receivables

(Increase)/decrease in inventory

(Increase)/decrease in other assets

Increase/(decrease) in payables

Increase/(decrease) in provisions

Increase/(decrease) in other liabilities

Net cash outflows from operating activities

9. Inventories
Inventories comprise of the following:

Finished goods

Provision for finished goods

Work in progress

Raw materials and other (at cost)

30 June 2019
$

(3,189,893)

30 June 2018
$
(5,974,132)

691,033

97,041

(247,463)

(348,625)

(145,556)

(1,007,641)

(962,522)

(131,864)

1,567,567

54,925

253,265

542,933

135,404

(272,066)

(226,828)

(102,759)

(984,141)

(102,474)

(127,514)

(84,399)

113,488

204,527

(3,369,733)

(6,877,961)

30 June 2019
$

947,926

30 June 2018
$
930,888

-

947,926

218,719

1,166,645

48,805

1,215,450

(3,596)

927,292

112,374

1,039,666

43,920

1,083,586

The total of inventory is held at lower of cost or net realisable value (NRV).

During the period, the Group has written off finished goods and work in progress for a total of $340,269 as a result of product expiry dates. 
The expired inventory was written off in the month of January 2019, being the balance of the excess stock manufactured in the lead up to 
commercial sales in the US market in 2017. 

10. Receivables and contract assets (Current)

Trade receivables

Contract assets

R&D tax concession

Interest receivable

GST recoverable

Sundry receivables

30 June 2019
$

2,483,424

30 June 2018
$
1,469,730

442,405

694,602

-

43,755

740,861

128,844

794,255

235,313

26,833

24,700

4,405,047

2,679,675

50

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Trade receivables and contract assets relates to invoices to customers for sale of goods and PolyNovo’s BARDA project representing 
invoiced and un-invoiced services for labour and sub-contractor expenses.

Sundry receivables includes $724,966 representing non-refundable deposits for manufacturing equipment purchased from suppliers. 
The significant changes in the balances of trade receivables and the information about the credit exposures are disclosed in Note 22(e).

Contract assets
Contract assets are initially recognised for revenue earned from the provision of research and development services as receipt of 
consideration is conditional on the acceptance by the customer. Upon completion of the milestone and acceptance by the customer, 
the amounts recognised as contract assets are reclassified to trade receivables.

As at 30 June 2019, the Group has contract assets of $448,457 (2018: $128,844). Amounts are invoiced in the month following 
satisfaction of the performance obligation. There are no significant expected credit losses related to the contract assets.

The Group has an agreement with BARDA to provide research and development services, which will run for 8 years. Under this agreement 
$3,593,072 revenue is expected to be recognised within the remaining life of the agreement which will be across the contract period 
through to its termination date in August 2020.

Based on the business failure rates by class of customers and Dun & Bradstreet credit score the Expected Credit Losses relating to 
trade receivables and contract assets the Group has recognised $27,076 as at 30 June 2019. No trade receivables or contract assets 
were written off during the period (2018: $nil).

As described in note 2(c), the Group uses a provision matrix to measure its expected credit loss. Set out below is information about 
the credit risk exposure on the Group’s trade receivables and contract assets using a provision matrix as at 30 June 2019:

Expected credit loss rate

Estimated total gross carrying amount at default

Expected credit loss

Trade Receivables

May  
30–60 Days 
$

Apr  
60–90 Days 
$

0.9%

313,350

2,936

3.2%

66,675

2,165

Mar+  
90+ Days 
$

16.1%

136,678

21,974

 Total 
$

2,483,424

27,076

Contract assets and trade receivables due in less than 30 days and other financial assets have an expected credit loss which are  
not significant.

11. Other Assets (Non-Current)
Non-current

Security deposit

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

170,767

161,288

The non-current security deposit relates predominantly to PolyNovo’s long-term lease of premises in Port Melbourne and San Diego.

12. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property
(i) Cost
Opening balance

Additions

Closing balance

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

-

4,894,863

4,894,863

-

 -

-

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

12. Property, Plant and Equipment continued

(ii) Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance

Depreciation for the year

Closing balance
Net book value – property

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

-

-
-
4,894,863

-

-
-
-

During the period, the group acquired the freehold property of a property in Port Melbourne for total cost $4,894,863 inclusive of non- 
refundable purchase taxes. Depreciation on the building has not commenced as it is currently being fitted out and is not available for use.

Office equipment
(i) Cost
Opening balance
Additions
Disposals

Closing balance
(ii) Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance
Depreciation for the year

Closing balance
Net book value – office equipment

Laboratory plant and equipment
(i) Cost
Opening balance
Additions

Closing balance
(ii) Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance
Depreciation for the year

Closing balance
Net book value – laboratory plant and equipment

Leasehold improvements
(i) Cost
Opening balance
Additions

Closing balance
(ii) Accumulated depreciation
Opening balance
Depreciation for the year

Closing balance
Net book value – leasehold improvements

Net book value – property, plant and equipment

52

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

509,733
54,991
(2,017)
562,707

(328,203)
(60,052)
(388,255)
174,452

428,502
81,231
-
509,733

(270,236)
(57,967)
(328,203)
181,530

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

1,386,301
295,607
1,681,908

1,363,120
23,181
1,386,301

(1,101,441)
(82,032)
(1,183,473)
498,435

(1,024,069)
(77,373)
(1,101,442)
284,859

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

1,936,560
65,519
2,002,079

1,934,652
1,908
1,936,560

(1,263,284)
(298,326)
(1,561,610)
440,469

(979,615)
(283,669)
(1,263,284)
673,276

6,008,219

1,139,665

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 201913. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets, comprising intellectual property, were acquired through the business combination with PolyNovo Biomaterials  
Pty Ltd on 17 December 2008. The acquired intangible assets were initially recognised at fair value.

Following the consistent commercial sales of NovoSorb BTM, amortisation of intangible assets commenced in FY2018 over the 
remaining finite life through to March 2028 being the remaining patent life period over which economic benefits will be consumed.  
No indicators of impairment related to the NovoSorb technology have been identified as at 30 June 2019.

Intangibles
(i) Cost
Opening balance

Additions

Closing balance
(ii) Accumulated amortisation
Opening balance

Amortisation for the year

Closing balance

Net book value 

14. Trade and Other Payables

Trade creditors and payables

Other payables

Total trade and other payables

Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 30-day terms.

15. Provisions
(a) Current provisions

Annual leave

Long service leave

Total current provisions

(b) Non-current provisions

Long service leave

Total non-current provisions

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

2,519,788

2,519,788

-

-

2,519,788

2,519,788

(123,924)

(247,848)

(371,772)

-

(123,924)

(123,924)

2,148,016

2,395,864

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

581,698

1,170,131

1,751,829

223,355

719,364

942,719

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

245,739

66,433

312,172

216,165

59,533

275,698

47,738

47,738

29,287

29,287

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

16. Contributed Equity and Reserves
(a) Movement in contributed equity

Contributed equity at beginning of year

Shares issued: capital raising

Costs of share issue

Exercise of options

Contributed equity at end of year

On issue at start of year

Shares issued: capital raising

Exercise of options

On issue at end of year

(b) Reserves

Share-based payments reserve (i)

Foreign currency translation reserve (ii)

Acquisition of non-controlling interest reserve (iii)

Balance at end of period

(i) Share-based payments reserve

Balance at beginning of period

Share-based payments movement

Balance at end of period

30 June 2019
$

138,120,502

-

-

950,000

30 June 2018
$
114,476,370

23,045,749

(818,276)

1,416,659

139,070,502

138,120,502

Number of Shares

658,088,044

563,049,010

–

85,353,939

3,000,000

9,685,095

661,088,044

658,088,044

30 June 2019
$

3,157,986 

(375,939)

(9,293,956)

(6,511,909)

30 June 2018
$
3,060,945

(159,300)

(9,293,956)

(6,392,311)

3,060,945

97,041

3,157,986

2,925,541

135,404

3,060,945

This reserve represents the nominal consideration paid for subscriber or employee options and the fair value of options and 
performance rights.

(ii) Foreign currency translation reserve
Opening balance

Translation of foreign operations

Balance at end of period

(159,300)

(216,639)

(375,939)

-

(159,300)

(159,300)

This reserve represents on consolidation, the translation of the foreign operation into Australian dollars. The exchange difference is 
recognised in the balance sheet as a reserve. Please refer to Note 2(y) for further information.

(iii) Acquisition of non-controlling interest reserve
Opening balance

Balance at end of year

(9,293,956)

(9,293,956)

(9,293,956)

(9,293,956)

This reserve represents the premium paid by PolyNovo Limited for the non-controlling interest in a previous period in subsidiary 
entities PolyNovo Biomaterials Pty Ltd, NovoSkin Pty Ltd and NovoWound Pty Ltd.

(c) Accumulated losses

Accumulated losses at beginning of year

Net loss attributable to members of the parent

Accumulated losses at end of financial year

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30 June 2019
$

(103,269,221)

30 June 2018
$
(97,295,089)

(3,189,893)

(5,974,132)

(106,459,114)

(103,269,221)

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 201917. Commitments and Contingencies
Operating lease commitments
The Group has entered into new commercial office and laboratory leases. The lease for the premises in Port Melbourne is for a term of 
10 years, from 2019 to 2029. The lease for the premises in San Diego is for a term of 3 years, from 2018 to 2021. Future minimum 
rentals payable under the non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

Not later than one year
Later than one year, but not later than five years
Later than 5 years

30 June 2019
$
311,385
1,166,854
1,527,138
3,005,377

30 June 2018
$
298,022
256,576
-
554,598

The operating lease commitments do not include any lease option extensions which may be available to the Group in the office lease contracts.

Manufacturing equipment commitments
The Group has entered into new contractual agreements with suppliers for the supply of manufacturing equipment. The equipment  
will be received in FY2020 and the remaining balance of $3,084,476 will be paid accordingly.

Contingencies
The Directors are not aware of any other contingent liabilities or contingent assets at 30 June 2019. There has been no change  
in this assessment up to the date of this report.

18. Related Party Disclosures
Related party transactions are disclosed under key management personnel (Note 23).

19. Events after the Balance Sheet Date
The Directors are not aware of any other matters or circumstances since the end of the financial year which have significantly  
affected, or may significantly affect, the operations of the Group, the results of those operations or the state of affairs of the Group  
in subsequent financial years.

20. Auditor’s Remuneration
The auditor of PolyNovo Limited is Ernst & Young. The amounts received or due and receivable by Ernst & Young for audit and other 
services were as follows:

An audit or review of the Financial Reports of the entity:
- Half-year and full-year audits
Other services in relation to the entity:
- Tax compliance services
- Other compliance services supporting GST and importer registrations into NZ
- Advice on mileage and petrol reimbursements in the USA
Total auditor’s remuneration

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

145,577

110,722

111,422
950
6,958
264,907

89,546
5,449
-
205,717

The Directors are satisfied that the provision of non-audit services during the current period is compatible with the general standard  
of independence for auditors imposed by the Corporations Act 2001. The nature and scope of each type of non-audit service provided 
means that auditor’s independence was not compromised.

21. Parent Entity Information

Current assets
Total assets
Current liabilities
Total liabilities
Issued capital
Retained earnings
Total reserves
Total shareholders’ equity
Loss of the parent entity
Total comprehensive loss of the parent entity

Details of operating leases entered into by PolyNovo Limited are provided in Note 17.

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30 June 2019
$
47,644,550
53,676,752
1,433,889
1,433,889
139,070,502
(84,021,405)
(2,806,234)
52,242,863
(491,215)
(491,215)

30 June 2018
$
45,863,400
51,900,336
213,298
213,298
138,120,502
(83,530,190)
(2,903,274)
51,687,038
(420,975)
(420,975)

PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

22. Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies
(a) Financial instruments
The Group’s financial instruments comprise cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables, trade and other payables and 
other financial assets.

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Other financial assets (at amortised cost)1,2

Trade and other payables

30 June 2019
$

30 June 2018
$

13,920,695

4,405,047

3,147,081

2,679,675

50,000

19,050,000

1,751,829

942,719

1.  At 30 June 2018, the carrying value of $19,000,000 held-to-maturity assets approximated fair value.
2.   At 30 June 2018, funds received from the capital raising in October 2017 had been transferred to a short-term deposit with a term of 180 days  

and an interest rate of 2.54% p.a. payable on maturity being 3rd July 2018.

(b) Risk management policy
The Group has a formal risk management policy and framework. The Group’s approach to risk management involves identifying, 
assessing and managing risk, including consideration of identified risks, in the context of the Group’s values, objectives and strategies. 
The Board is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the risk management system and reviews and assesses the effectiveness 
of the Group’s implementation of that system.

The Group seeks to ensure that its exposure to risks that are likely to impact its financial performance, continued growth and survival 
are minimised in a cost-effective manner.

(c) Significant accounting policies
Details of the significant accounting policies and methodologies adopted in respect of each class of financial asset, financial liability and 
equity instrument are disclosed in Note 2.

(d) Capital risk management
The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern and to maintain an 
optimal capital structure so as to maximise shareholder value. In order to maintain an optimal capital structure, the Group may issue 
new shares or reduce its capital, subject to the provisions of the Company’s Constitution and any relevant regulatory requirements. 
The capital structure of the Group consists of equity attributed to equity holders of the Group comprising contributed equity, reserves 
and accumulated losses as disclosed in Note 16. The Board monitors the need to raise additional equity from the equity markets based 
on its ongoing review of PolyNovo’s actual and forecast cash flows, which are provided by management.

(e) Financial risk management
The key financial risks the Group is exposed to through its operations are:

•  interest rate risk;

•  credit risk;

•  liquidity risk; and

•  foreign currency risk.

Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk arises when the value of a financial instrument fluctuates as a result of changes in market interest rates.

The Group is exposed to interest rate risks in relation to its holdings in cash and cash equivalents. The objective of managing interest 
rate risk is to minimise the Group’s exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. To manage this risk, the Group locks a portion of the 
Group’s cash and cash equivalents into term deposits. The required maturity period of term deposits is determined based on the 
Group’s cash flow forecast with particular focus on the timing of cash requirements. In addition, the Group considers the lower  
interest rate received on cash held in the Group’s operating account compared to placing funds on term deposit. Account is also  
taken of the costs associated with early withdrawal of a term deposit should access to cash and cash equivalents be required.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019The Group’s exposure to interest rate risk and the interest rates (current at the end of each year) on the Group’s financial assets  
and financial liabilities as at 30 June 2019, along with prior year comparatives, was as follows:

Weighted 
average 
effective 
interest 
rate

Floating 
interest 
rate 
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate 0 to 
90 days
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate 91 to 
365 days 
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate 1 to 5 
years
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate over 
5 years 
$

Non- 
interest 
bearing
$

Total 
$

2019

Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents

Other financial assets

Receivables

1.39% 13,920,695

2.64%

-

-

-

Total financial assets

- 13,920,695

Financial liabilities:

Trade and other payables

Total financial liabilities:

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50,000

-

50,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 13,920,695

-

50,000

- 3,680,081 3,680,081

- 3,680,081 17,50,776

- 1,751,829 1,751,829

- 1,751,829 1,751,829

Weighted 
average 
effective 
interest 
rate

Floating 
interest 
rate 
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate 0 to 
90 days
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate 91 to 
365 days 
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate 1 to 5 
years
$

Fixed 
interest 
rate over 
5 years 
$

Non- 
interest 
bearing
$

Total 
$

2018

Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents

Other financial assets

Receivables

1.23% 3,147,081

-

-

2.54%

-

- 19,000,000

50,000

-

-

-

Total financial assets

- 3,147,081 19,000,000

50,000

Financial liabilities:

Trade and other payables

Total financial liabilities:

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 3,147,081

- 19,050,000

- 2,679,675 2,679,675

- 2,679,675 24,876,756

-

-

942,719

942,719

942,719

942,719

There has been no change to the Group’s exposure to interest rate risk, other than the fact that cash holdings are lower than at the 
previous year’s end. As noted above, cash is invested in term deposits of varying maturity terms to maximise interest income as well  
as to meet the timing of operational cash flow requirements. All term deposits are with the NAB, to ensure market interest rates are 
achieved without compromising the security of funds on deposit. 

The Group had a large component of cash invested in fixed term deposits in the 2018 financial year as the Company received  
$22.2 million (net of costs) from a capital raising and $1.4 million from the exercise of employee share options. As the various fixed terms 
expired, the funds have been reinvested short-term in the expectation that cash is required to fund current operations but to a lesser 
extent due to the build in trade receivables commensurate with the increase in commercial product sales to hospitals and distributors. 

The analysis below details the impact on the Group’s loss after tax and equity if the interest rate associated with the closing balance  
of financial assets was to fluctuate by the margins below, assuming all other variables had remained constant:

+ 1% (100 basis points)

- 1% (100 basis points)

Loss (higher)/lower  
Equity higher/(lower)
2019
$

139,707

(139,707)

Loss (higher)/lower  
Equity higher/(lower)
2018
$

190,659

(190,659)

The range of +1%/-1% as an assumption is based on current macro-market economic conditions in which the group holds its cash  
and cash equivalent balances.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

22. Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies continued
(e) Financial risk management continued
Credit risk
Credit risk arises when a counterparty defaults on its contractual obligations, resulting in a financial loss to the Group.

The Group is exposed to credit risk via its cash and cash equivalents and receivables. To reduce risk exposure in relation to its holdings
of cash and cash equivalents, they are placed on deposit with the Group’s main bankers, the National Australia Bank (S&P Rating 
AA/A-1+, Moody’s rating Aa1/P-1). A change to the Group’s bankers requires Board approval.

In previous years the Group has had minimal trade and other receivables, with the majority of its cash being provided via  
shareholder investment.

In 2019, the contract asset at 30 June 2019 includes $373,005 owing by BARDA, a US government agency. BARDA is contractually 
obliged to reimburse the Group for services provided and is considered to be a low credit risk customer.

In 2019, the trade receivables balance at 30 June 2019 includes $1,935,512 owing by customers. Trade receivables has grown 
significantly and this is expected to continue as commercial product sales to hospitals and distributors increase. The ageing analysis  
of trade and other receivables is as follows.

2019

Trade and other receivables

2,452,198

323,983

66,079

143,219

2,985,479

0-30 days
$

30-60 days
$

60-90 days
$

90+ day
$

Total
$

2018

Trade and other receivables

1,606,847

95,793

42,706

140,074

1,885,420

The above total trade and other receivable amounts as at 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2018 do not include the R&D tax credit receivable 
amounts of $694,602 and $794,255 respectively.

The Group considers the maximum credit risk from potential default of the counter party to be equal to the carrying amount of the 
asset. Receivable balances are monitored on an ongoing basis with the result that the Group’s exposure to credit loss is not significant.

Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk arises if the Group encounters difficulty in raising funds to meet its financial liabilities.

The Group is exposed to liquidity risk via its trade and other payables. Responsibility for managing liquidity risk rests with the Board, 
who regularly review liquidity risk by monitoring the undiscounted cash flow forecasts and actual cash flows provided to them by 
management. This process is undertaken to ensure that the Group continues to be able to meet its debts as and when they fall due. 
Contracts are not entered into unless the Board is satisfied that there is sufficient cash flow to fund the additional commitment. The 
Board determines when reviewing the undiscounted cash flow forecasts whether the Group needs to raise additional working capital 
from its existing shareholders, the equity capital markets or other available external sources. The Board may also review the timing  
of internal programs if necessary to moderate cash requirements.

A maturity analysis of trade and other payables is set out below:

2019

Trade and other payables

1,342,643

182,905

152,939

73,342

1,751,829

0-30 days
$

30-60 days
$

60-90 days
$

90+ day
$

Total
$

2018

Trade and other payables

942,226

74

34

385

942,719

Foreign currency risk
Foreign currency risk arises when foreign currency exchange rates fluctuate against the Australian dollar, resulting in a foreign currency 
exchange loss or gain to the Group.

The Group is exposed to foreign currency risk via its cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and trade payables as part of its 
normal business.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019 
The Group incurs foreign currency expenses predominantly in USD and NZD. To reduce foreign currency risk exposure, the Group 
maintains an amount of cash and cash equivalents in USD and NZD. The Group receives payment from its overseas customers in USD 
and NZD, and pays USD and NZD trade payables from its USD and NZD funds. EURO denominated payable balances carry some foreign 
currency risk, however these payable balances are typically infrequent and low in value and are therefore considered to expose the 
Group to minimal risk. At 30 June 2019 the Group had a EURO denominated prepaid balance of $672,209 representing a non-refundable 
deposit on R&D manufacturing equipment the Group will receive in FY20. The Company has subsequently opened a EURO bank account 
to mitigate foreign currency exposure. 

The holdings of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and trade payables analysed by nominated currency at 30 June 2019, 
along with prior year comparatives, were as follows.

2019

Financial assets

Denominated 
in AUD
$

Denominated 
in USD
$

Denominated 
in NZD
$

Denominated 
EURO
$

Denominated
In GBP 
$

Total
$

Cash and cash equivalents

10,464,990

3,233,959

221,746

-

Receivables

964,175

2,759,895

8,768

672,209 - 

13,920,695

4,405,047

Total financial assets

11,429,165

5,993,854

230,514

672,209

-

18,325,742

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

668,452

1,040,821

Total financial liabilities

668,452

1,040,821

27,436

27,436

-

-

15,120

15,120

1,751,829

1,751,829

A hypothetical 10% strengthening in the exchange rate of the Australian dollar against the US dollar (as at 30 June 2019) with  
all other variables held constant would have a $65,950 unfavourable effect on the loss and equity for the 2019 financial year.  
A 10% strengthening in the exchange rate has been applied based on current market economic conditions.

2018

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Receivables

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Total financial liabilities

Denominated  
in AUD 
$

Denominated  
in USD 
$

Denominated  
in NZD 
$

Total 
$

1,435,669

1,180,497

1,694,839

1,488,392

2,616,166

3,183,231

16,573

10,786

27,359

3,147,081

2,679,675

5,826,756

495,462

495,462

446,468

446,468

789

789

942,719

942,719

A hypothetical 10% strengthening in the exchange rate of the Australian dollar against the US dollar (as at 30 June 2018) with  
all other variables held constant would have a $191,402 unfavourable effect on the loss and equity for the 2018 financial year.  
A 10% strengthening in the exchange rate has been applied based on current market economic conditions.

23. Key Management Personnel Disclosures
The key management personnel compensation disclosures required by the Corporations Act 2001 are provided in the Remuneration 
Report in the Directors’ Report.

(a) Details of key management personnel
The key management personnel of the Group are those persons having the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and 
controlling the activities of the Group, directly or indirectly, during the 2019 and 2018 financial years. Unless otherwise indicated  
they were key management personnel during the whole of the financial years.

PolyNovo’s key management personnel are its Directors’ and members of the Senior Management team. Details of each Director  
and Senior Executive, who are classified as key management personnel, are provided in the Remuneration Report.

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019 
Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 30 June 2019

23. Key Management Personnel Disclosures continued

(b) Compensation by category: key management personnel

Short term

Post-employment – superannuation

Leave allowances

Share-based payments

Termination benefits

30 June 2019
$

888,135

72,106

42,752

54,086

-

30 June 2018
$
820,694

60,612

27,512

58,630

68,458

1,057,079

1,035,906

(c) Interests held by key management personnel
Share options held by key management personnel to purchase ordinary shares have the following expiry dates and exercise prices:

Issue date
2016

2016

2017

2019

2019

2019

Expiry date
01/02/19

Exercise price
$0.25

01/02/19

30/06/19

30/06/21

30/06/22

30/06/23

$0.33

$0.35

$0.60

$0.60

$0.60

2019 number 
outstanding

-

-

-

300,000

300,000

400,000

2018 number 
outstanding
500,000

500,000

1,000,000

-

-

-

1,000,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

(d) Loans to key management personnel
No loans have been made to Directors of PolyNovo or to any other key management personnel, including their personally related entities.

(e) Other transactions with Directors
There were transactions with Directors during the year ended 30 June 2019 as follows:

•  David McQuillan and Associates LLC, an entity associated with Dr David McQuillan, received payments in the amount of $69,912 
(2018: $50,517). These payments were in respect to consulting services provided to PolyNovo North America LLC in relation  
to advisory and consulting services for the hernia project. The transaction was entered into at arm’s length and under normal 
commercial terms.

No other transactions between the Group and any of the Directors of PolyNovo or any other key management personnel have  
been identified.

24. Controlled Entities
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities and results of the following subsidiaries in accordance with  
the accounting policy in Note 2:

Company:
PolyNovo Limited

Subsidiaries of PolyNovo Limited:
PolyNovo North America LLC

PolyNovo Biomaterials Pty Ltd

NovoSkin Pty Ltd

NovoWound Pty Ltd

PolyNovo NZ Limited

PolyNovo UK Limited

Country of incorporation

Australia

United States

Australia

Australia

Australia

New Zealand

United Kingdom

60

Percentage owned

30 June 2019
%

30 June 2018
%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

-

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Directors’ Declaration
For the year ended 30 June 2019

In accordance with a resolution of the Directors of PolyNovo Limited, I state that:

1. 

In the opinion of the Directors:

(a)  The Financial Report and the Remuneration Report included in the Directors’ Report, of the Company and of the Group are  

in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:

(i)  giving a true and fair view of the Company and the Group’s financial position as at 30 June 2019 and of their performance 

for the year ended on that date;

(ii)  complying with Australian Accounting Standards and Corporations Regulations 2001; and

(iii) complying with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

(b) There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company and the Group will be able to pay their debts as and when they 

become due and payable.

2.  This declaration has been made after receiving the declarations required to be made to Directors in accordance with section  

295A of the Corporations Act 2001 for the financial period ended 30 June 2019.

On behalf of the Board,

Mr David Williams 
Chairman

22 August 2019

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019Independent Auditor’s Report
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Ernst & Young 
8 Exhibition Street  
Melbourne  VIC  3000  Australia 
GPO Box 67 Melbourne  VIC  3001 

  Tel: +61 3 9288 8000 
Fax: +61 3 8650 7777 
ey.com/au 

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of PolyNovo Limited 

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report 

Opinion 

We have audited the financial report of PolyNovo Limited (the Company) and its subsidiaries 
(collectively the Group), which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 
June 2019, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes 
in equity and consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes to the financial 
statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, and the directors' declaration. 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial report of the Group is in accordance with the Corporations 
Act 2001, including: 

a) 

b) 

giving a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of the Group as at 30 June 
2019 and of its consolidated financial performance for the year ended on that date; and 

complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. 

Basis for Opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under 
those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial 
Report section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the auditor 
independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the 
Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional 
Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also 
fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.  

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis 
for our opinion. 

Key Audit Matters 

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in 
our audit of the financial report of the current year. These matters were addressed in the context of 
our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, but we do not provide 
a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit 
addressed the matter is provided in that context. 

We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the 
Financial Report section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit 
included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of 
material misstatement of the financial report. The results of our audit procedures, including the 
procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the 
accompanying financial report. 

A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited 
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation 

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PolyNovo Limited Annual Report 2019 
 
 
 
 
Recognition of revenue 

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

The Group has recognised revenue from the sale of 
commercial products and revenue from services 
performed in respect of research and development.   

For sales of commercial products, revenue is 
recognised upon delivery of the product to the 
customer.  The Group sells to customers in various 
territories.  Commercial product sales have 
significantly increased this financial year. 

The Group was required to consider the requirements 
of AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers 
with respect to its revenue streams as this standard 
became applicable for the first time this financial year.  

Notes 2, 3 and 4 of the financial statements outline 
the Company’s accounting policies with respect to 
revenue recognition and revenue disclosures. 

Revenue recognition was considered a key audit 
matter due to the increasing sales profile of the Group 
and the first time application of AASB 15. 

Our audit procedures with respect to the Group’s revenue 
recognition included: 

► 

reviewing contracts with customers for terms and 
conditions that could impact the timing of recognition 
and measurement of revenue; 

►  assessing the operating effectiveness of the Group’s 
controls by testing a sample of controls with respect 
to the initiation and recording of commercial sales 
transactions; 

►  assessing on a sample basis, whether revenue was 

correctly recognised based on the products delivered 
as at 30 June 2019 with reference to supporting 
documentation including contracts, purchase orders 
and proof of delivery; 

►  assessing the Group’s performance obligations under 

the services contract to check that revenue is 
recognised only for services provided during the year 
and at the contracted rate; 

►  assessing whether the Company’s revenue disclosures 
as outlined in Notes 2, 3 and 4 are complete and meet 
the requirements of Australian Accounting Standards. 

Existence and valuation of inventory 

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

At 30 June 2019, the Group held inventory of $1.2 
million which comprised raw materials, work in 
progress and finished goods.  

Material inventories were held at a central warehouse 
in Australia and by a third-party logistics provider in 
the United States of America (‘US’).  

The cost of inventory is determined based on the 
standard cost of production and capitalisable 
manufacturing variances. The net realisable value of 
the inventory is assessed at year end considering 
inventory sales, forecast usage and expiry dates of 
products. 

The existence and valuation of inventory was 
considered a key audit matter given the significance of 
the inventory balance at 30 June 2019 and the 
judgements required in determining the valuation of 
inventory at year end.       

Our procedures with respect to existence and valuation of 
inventory included:  

►  attending the inventory counts that occurred, 

reperforming the inventory counts and agreeing count 
results into the year end inventory listing; 

►  assessing that the nature of costs included in 
inventory including allocations of labour and 
manufacturing overheads, were consistent with the 
requirements of Australian Accounting Standards; 

►  agreed, on a sample basis, the  amount of costs 

capitalised in inventory  to supporting documentation; 

►  assessing and recalculating the Group’s judgement 

related to the stock turn used in capitalising 
manufacturing variances; and 

►  assessed the inventory net realisable values with 

reference to the ageing of inventory, expiry dates, 
gross margins achieved and sales forecasts.  

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Accounting for share based payment arrangements 

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

During the year, the Group issued options to certain 
employees, including the new Chief Financial Officer, 
under share based payment arrangements. The share 
based payment arrangements included both market 
based and non-market based vesting conditions. In 
determining the value of the new arrangement, the 
Group used the services of a third-party valuation 
specialist. 

The Group also has existing share based payment 
arrangements with the former Chief Financial & 
Operating Officer and other employees. 

Details of these share based payment arrangements 
are disclosed in Note 6 of the financial report and the 
Remuneration Report with respect to the 
arrangements with the Chief Financial Officers. 

There is judgement involved in determining the fair 
value of share based payment arrangements and the 
subsequent recording of the fair value as an expense 
over the estimated vesting period.  As a result, the 
audit of the share based payment arrangements was 
considered a key audit matter.     

Our procedures with respect to share based payment 
arrangements included: 

►  agreeing the terms of the share based payment 

arrangements issued during the period to contracts; 

►  assessing, in conjunction with our Valuation 

specialists, the appropriateness of the valuation 
methodology used by management’s specialist and 
the key input assumptions such as volatility rates, 
expected life and probability of achieving the market-
based performance condition; 

►  assessing the Group’s judgements in relation to the 

probability of achieving non-market based vesting 
conditions; 

► 

recalculating the share based payments expense 
recorded in the Statement of Comprehensive Income 
over the relevant vesting periods; and 

►  assessing the disclosures in Note 6 and the 

Remuneration Report in relation to the share based 
payment arrangements. 

Information Other than the Financial Report and Auditor’s Report Thereon 

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the 
information included in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report, but does not include the financial report 
and our auditor’s report thereon. 

Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and accordingly we do not 
express any form of assurance conclusion thereon, with the exception of the Remuneration Report 
and our related assurance opinion. 

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information 
and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial 
report or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.  

If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this 
other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. 

Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a 
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 
and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the 
financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to 
fraud or error. 

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In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to 
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relating to going concern and using the 
going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease 
operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is 
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that 
includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an 
audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material 
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material 
if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic 
decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report. 

As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional 
judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: 

• 

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• 

• 

• 

• 

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to 
fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit 
evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not 
detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from 
error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the 
override of internal control.    

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit 
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an 
opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control.  

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting 
estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.      

Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting 
and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to 
events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going 
concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in 
our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial report or, if such disclosures are 
inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up 
to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group 
to cease to continue as a going concern.     

Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the 
disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events 
in a manner that achieves fair presentation. 

Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities 
or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the financial report. We are 
responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely 
responsible for our audit opinion. 

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We communicate with the directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of 
the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we 
identify during our audit. 

We also provide the directors with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical 
requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other 
matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related 
safeguards. 

From the matters communicated to the directors, we determine those matters that were of most 
significance in the audit of the financial report of the current year and are therefore the key audit 
matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public 
disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter 
should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would 
reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication. 

Report on the Audit of the Remuneration Report 

Opinion on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 17 to 23 of the directors' report for the 
year ended 30 June 2019. 

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of PolyNovo Limited for the year ended 30 June 2019, 
complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

Responsibilities 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the 
Remuneration Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in 
accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. 

Ernst & Young 

Joanne Lonergan 
Partner Melbourne 
22 August 2019 

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Additional Information Required by ASX
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Additional information required by the Australian Securities Exchange is as follows:

Ordinary Shares
As at 12 August 2019 there were 661,088,044 ordinary shares on issue held by 10,313 shareholders. Each ordinary share carries 
one vote per share.

Top 20 Shareholders as at 12 August 2019

Shareholder

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

J P Morgan Nominees Australia Pty Limited

Moggs Creek Pty Ltd 

Merrill Lynch (Australia) Nominees Pty Limited

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited

National Nominees Limited

Lateral Innovations Pty Ltd 

Monash Investment Holdings Pty Ltd

The Trust Company (Australia) Limited 

Dr John Edward Greenwood 

Sandhurst Trustees Ltd 

Mr Anthony Shane Kittel + Mrs Michele Therese Kittel 

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd 

J A B Investments (SA) Pty Ltd 

Ms Simone Maree Beks

Mr Paul Gerard Brennan

Mr Laurent Fossaert

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Mr David Kenley

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd 

Total

No. of shares

58,830,306

33,667,129

16,000,000

14,962,331

14,626,121

11,368,395

10,924,103

9,607,520

9,500,000

9,457,864

7,890,796

7,620,000

5,788,011

5,055,555

4,185,095

4,185,095

4,110,694

4,081,250

3,860,000

3,850,330

%

8.90

5.09

2.42

2.26

2.21

1.72

1.65

1.45

1.44

1.43

1.19

1.15

0.88

0.76

0.63

0.63

0.62

0.62

0.58

0.58

239,570,595

36.24

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For the year ended 30 June 2019

Unquoted Securities
Options over unissued shares
As at 30 June 2019, a total of 1,000,000 options over ordinary shares are on issue held by one individual holder. There are no options 
on issue to Directors as at the date of this report. Options do not carry a right to vote.

PolyNovo issued 1,000,000 options during the year ended 30 June 2019. Details of the options issued to one individual are included 
in Note 6.

The range of shareholders based on number of shares held as at 12 August 2019 is as follows:

Range of units

1 – 1000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and over

Number of holders with less than a marketable parcel

No. of holders

No. of shares

1,517

3,162

1,688

3,162

784

332

929,040

9,175,896

13,485,032

107,312,704

530,185,372

32,305

Voting Rights
Clauses 45 to 54 of the Company’s Constitution stipulate the voting rights of members. In summary but without prejudice to the 
provisions of the Constitution, every member present in person or by representative, proxy or attorney shall have one vote on a show 
of hands and on a poll have one vote for each share held by the member.

Substantial Shareholders

Name of shareholding

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

J P Morgan Nominees Australia Pty Limited

No. of shares

58,830,306

33,667,129

Quotation of the Company’s Shares
PolyNovo has been granted official quotation for its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX Code: PNV).

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ABN 96 083 866 862

Non-executive Chairman
Mr David Williams

Non-executive Directors
Mr Bruce Rathie
Dr David McQuillan 
Mr Philip Powell 
Mr Max Johnston 
Mr Leon Hoare

Chief Executive Officer
Mr Paul Brennan

Company Secretary
Mr Jan Gielen

Registered Office 
Unit 2/320 Lorimer Street 
Port Melbourne
Victoria 3207

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Auditors 
Ernst & Young 
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Melbourne Victoria 3000

Website
www.polynovo.com.au

Australian Securities Exchange 
PolyNovo shares are quoted on ASX Limited 
(ASX Code: PNV)

PolyNovo and NovoSorb are registered trademarks 
of PolyNovo Biomaterials Pty Limited.

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