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SEC Company Response from KAZIA THERAPEUTICS LTD (KZIA) (CIK 0001075880) (KZIA) — May 13, 2010

KAZIA THERAPEUTICS LTD (KZIA) (CIK 0001075880)
Date: May 13, 2010 · CIK: 0001075880 · Accession: 0000950123-10-048804

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File numbers found in text: 000-29962

Date
May 13, 2010
Author
NOVOGEN LIMITED
Form
CORRESP
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KAZIA THERAPEUTICS LTD (KZIA) (CIK 0001075880)

Letter

Re:

May 13, 2010

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Novogen Limited

Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009

Filed December 15, 2009

File No. 000-29962

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The following is the response of Novogen Limited (the “Company”) to the comments set forth in the letter, dated April 29, 2010, from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 (File No. 000-29962).

Set forth below is the Staff’s comment in italics followed by the Company’s response.

Income Statements, page 81

1.

Please refer to your response to comment one and your proposed revised disclosures. Please revise your disclosure to state that cost of sales includes only costs associated with the sale of goods and, as indicated in your response, the reason the percentage decrease in cost of sales is higher than the percentage decrease in revenues for 2007 compared to 2008.

Response:

We will revise our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 to state that cost of sales includes only costs associated with the sale of goods and the reason the percentage decrease in cost of sales is higher than the percentage decrease in revenues for the applicable periods.

Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Statement of Compliance, page 85

2.

Please refer to your response to comment two. Please revise the wording since you have not satisfied the requirement of Item 17(c) of Form 20-F to include an unreserved and explicit statement of compliance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. A US GAAP reconciliation is required if this statement is not included in the notes to the financial statements. In addition, please remove the disclosure on page 3 regarding compliance

with AIFRS and revise the disclosure to state that the financial statements do comply with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

Response:

We will revise our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 to include an unreserved and explicit statement of compliance with IFRS as issued by the IASB in Note 1 to the financial statements. Additionally we will remove the disclosure on page 3 regarding compliance with AIFRS and revise the disclosure to state that the financial statements comply with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

The Company acknowledges that:

•

the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure of the disclosure in the filings;

•

Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

•

the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the SEC or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Sincerely,
NOVOGEN LIMITED

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May 13, 2010

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

    Re:

    Novogen Limited

    Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009

    Filed December 15, 2009

    File No. 000-29962

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The following is the response of Novogen Limited (the “Company”) to the comments set forth in
the letter, dated April 29, 2010, from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2009 (File No. 000-29962).

     Set forth below is the Staff’s comment in italics followed by the Company’s response.

Income Statements, page 81

    1.

    Please refer to your response to comment one and your proposed revised disclosures. Please
revise your disclosure to state that cost of sales includes only costs associated with the
sale of goods and, as indicated in your response, the reason the percentage decrease in cost
of sales is higher than the percentage decrease in revenues for 2007 compared to 2008.

    Response:

    We will revise our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 to
state that cost of sales includes only costs associated with the sale of goods and the reason
the percentage decrease in cost of sales is higher than the percentage decrease in revenues
for the applicable periods.

Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Statement of Compliance, page 85

    2.

    Please refer to your response to comment two. Please revise the wording since you have not
satisfied the requirement of Item 17(c) of Form 20-F to include an unreserved and explicit
statement of compliance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. A US GAAP reconciliation is required
if this statement is not included in the notes to the financial statements. In addition,
please remove the disclosure on page 3 regarding compliance

    with AIFRS and revise the disclosure to state that the financial statements do comply with
IFRS as issued by the IASB.

    Response:

    We will revise our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 to
include an unreserved and explicit statement of compliance with IFRS as issued by the IASB in
Note 1 to the financial statements. Additionally we will remove the disclosure on page 3
regarding compliance with AIFRS and revise the disclosure to state that the financial
statements comply with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

The Company acknowledges that:

    •

    the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure of the
disclosure in the filings;

    •

    Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the
SEC from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

    •

    the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
SEC or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

    Sincerely,

NOVOGEN LIMITED

    By:
    /s/ David Seaton

    Name:
    David Seaton

    Title:
    Chief Financial Officer

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