POWER OF ATTORNEY
Published on January 3, 2025
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Megan Boston, Matthew O'Loughlin, and Louis
Rambo, or either of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution
and re-substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each
of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the
"Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power to act for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:
1. Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or
considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or
regulation of the SEC;
2. Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, Benitec Biopharma Inc. (the
"Company"), and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company's
securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto)
the undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the
Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section
16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule
144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144"), with respect to the any
security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, and Forms 144; and
3. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities
from any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby
authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the
Attorney-in-Fact.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
a) This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to
such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;
b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section
16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned
for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
d) This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting
requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary
or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority
of this Power of Attorney.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Forms 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all
previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power
of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney as of December 18, 2024.
/s/ Sophie Mukadam
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Name: Sophie Mukadam