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EXHIBIT 7.1

PENGROWTH CORPORATION

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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA


AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST INDENTURE
Pengrowth Energy Trust


Trust Units

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

                 
ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION
    2  
1.01
  Definitions     2  
1.02
  Definitions in Royalty Indenture     6  
1.03
  References to Acts Performed by the Fund     6  
1.04
  Gender     6  
1.05
  Headings for Reference Only     7  
1.06
  Day Not a Business Day     7  
1.07
  Time of the Essence     7  
1.08
  Governing Law     7  
1.09
  References     7  
ARTICLE II DECLARATION OF TRUST
    7  
2.01
  Trust Agreement     7  
2.02
  Initial Contribution     7  
2.03
  Name of Fund     8  
2.04
  Use of Name     8  
2.05
  Head Office     8  
2.06
  Nature of the Fund     8  
2.07
  Liability of Trust Unitholder     8  
2.08
  Contracts of the Fund     8  
ARTICLE III ISSUE OF TRUST UNITS
    9  
3.01
  Trust Units     9  
3.02
  Limit of Issue     9  
3.03
  Form and Terms of Trust Units     9  
3.04
  Ranking of Trust Units     10  
3.05
  Trust Units Non-Assessable     10  
3.06
  Fractional Trust Units     10  
3.07
  Legal Ownership of Assets of the Fund     10  
3.08
  Purchase of Initial Unit by Fund     10  
3.09
  Transferability of Trust Units     11  
3.10
  Rights, Warrants and Options     11  
3.11
  Non-Resident Unitholders     11  
ARTICLE IV INVESTMENTS OF TRUST FUND
    11  
4.01
  Initial Investments     11  
4.02
  Other Investments     11  
ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS
    12  
5.01
  Distributions     12  
5.02
  Crown Obligations     12  
5.03
  Income of the Fund     12  
5.04
  Method of Payment of Distributions     13  
5.05
  Distributions Deemed as to Net Income or Capital     13  

 


 

                 
5.06
  Obligations of Corporation     13  
ARTICLE VI EXCHANGE OF ROYALTY UNITS
    14  
6.01
  Exchange Right     14  
6.02
  Exercise of Exchange Right     14  
6.03
  Issue of Royalty Unit Certificates     15  
ARTICLE VII REDEMPTION OF TRUST UNITS
    15  
7.01
  Redemption of Trust Units     15  
7.02
  Payment of Redemption Price     15  
7.03
  Distribution in Specie     15  
ARTICLE VIII APPOINTMENT, RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
    16  
8.01
  Trustee's Term of Office     16  
8.02
  Resignation of Trustee     16  
8.03
  Removal of Trustee     16  
8.04
  Appointment of Successor to Trustee     17  
8.05
  Failure to Appoint Successor     17  
8.06
  Qualifications of Trustee     17  
ARTICLE IX CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
    17  
9.01
  Powers of the Trustee     17  
9.02
  Specific Powers and Authorities     18  
9.03
  Restriction on Powers     21  
9.04
  Voting of Royalty Units Held by the Fund     21  
9.05
  Banking     21  
9.06
  Standard of Care     22  
9.07
  Fees and Expenses     22  
9.08
  Limitations on Liability of Trustee     22  
9.09
  Indemnification of Trustee     23  
9.10
  Environmental Indemnity     23  
ARTICLE X DELEGATION OF POWERS
    24  
10.01
  The Manager     24  
10.02
  The Corporation     24  
10.03
  Power of Attorney     25  
10.04
  Liability of Trustee     25  
10.05
  Performance of Obligations     25  
10.06
  Certificate of Compliance     26  
ARTICLE XI AMENDMENT
    26  
11.01
  Amendment     26  
11.02
  Notification of Amendment     27  
ARTICLE XII MEETINGS OF TRUST UNITHOLDERS
    27  
12.01
  Annual and Special Meetings of Trust Unitholders     27  
12.02
  Notice of Meetings     27  

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12.03
  Quorum     28  
12.04
  Voting Rights of Trust Unitholders     28  
12.05
  Resolutions Binding the Trustee     28  
12.06
  Meaning of  “Extraordinary Resolution”  and “Ordinary Resolution”     29  
12.07
  Record Date for Voting     30  
12.08
  Appointment of Inspector     30  
12.09
  Resolutions in Writing     31  
ARTICLE XIII CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF TRUST UNITS
    31  
13.01
  Nature of Trust Units     31  
13.02
  Certificates     31  
13.03
  Contents of Certificate     31  
13.04
  Register of Trust Unitholders     32  
13.05
  Successors of Trust Unitholders     32  
13.06
  Trust Units Held Jointly or in a Fiduciary Capacity     33  
13.07
  Performance of Trust     33  
13.08
  Lost Certificates     33  
13.09
  Death of a Trust Unitholder     34  
13.10
  Unclaimed Interest or Distribution     34  
ARTICLE XIV TERMINATION
    34  
14.01
  Termination Date     34  
14.02
  Termination by Trustee with the Approval of Trust Unitholders     34  
14.03
  Procedure Upon Termination     35  
14.04
  Powers of the Trustee upon Termination     35  
14.05
  Sale of Investments     35  
14.06
  Distribution of Proceeds     35  
14.07
  Redemption and Termination by Other Disposition     36  
14.08
  Further Notice to Trust Unitholders     36  
14.09
  Responsibility of Trustee after Sale and Conversion     36  
ARTICLE XV SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
    36  
15.01
  Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes     36  
ARTICLE XVI GENERAL
    37  
16.01
  Notices     37  
16.02
  Failure to Give Notice     37  
16.03
  Joint Holders     38  
16.04
  Service of Notice     38  
16.05
  Information Available to Trust Unitholders     38  
16.06
  Income Tax: Obligations of the Trustee     38  
16.07
  Income Tax: Designations     38  
16.08
  Income Tax: Deductions     39  
16.09
  Fiscal Year     39  

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ARTICLE XVII AUDITORS
    39  
17.01
  Qualification of Auditors     39  
17.02
  Appointment of Auditors     39  
17.03
  Change of Auditors     39  
17.04
  Reports of Auditors     39  
ARTICLE XVIII MISCELLANEOUS
    39  
18.01
  Successors and Assigns     39  
18.02
  Counterparts     40  
18.03
  Severability     40  
18.04
  Notice to Trustee     40  
18.05
  Notice to Corporation     40  

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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST INDENTURE — PENGROWTH ENERGY TRUST

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST INDENTURE is made as of the 23rd day of April, 2002, and is an amendment and restatement of the Trust Indenture dated December 2, 1988 as amended by ten successive Supplemental Trust Indentures.

BETWEEN:

  PENGROWTH CORPORATION, a body corporate incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta with offices in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

AND

  COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, a trust company incorporated under the laws of Canada, with offices in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter called the “Trustee”)

     WITNESSETH THAT:

     WHEREAS the Corporation has agreed with the Trustee to create and issue Royalty Units pursuant to the Royalty Indenture;

     WHEREAS the Corporation has granted to the Royalty Unitholders the Royalty pursuant to the Royalty Indenture;

     WHEREAS the Corporation desires to create a trust for the purpose of facilitating an indirect investment in Permitted Investments by certain investors;

     WHEREAS for the purpose of settling the Fund, the Corporation has paid to the Trustee an amount of ten dollars in lawful money of Canada;

     WHEREAS the Trustee has agreed to hold the Initial Contribution and all amounts subsequently received under this Indenture in trust;

     WHEREAS the Corporation and the Trustee desire that the beneficiaries of the Fund, other than the Corporation with respect to the Initial Contribution, shall be the holders of Trust Units (evidenced by certificates therefor as hereinafter provided), each of which shall rank equally in all respects with every other Trust Unit;

     WHEREAS it is intended that the Fund shall invest the proceeds of the amounts subscribed for the purchase of Trust Units in Permitted Investments;

     WHEREAS the Corporation and the Trustee desire that the Fund shall qualify as a “unit trust” and as a “mutual fund trust” under the provisions of subsections 108(2) and 132(6) of the

 


 

Income Tax Act, respectively, and the Corporation intends to use its best efforts to take such action and make such provisions as may be required to effect and maintain such qualification;

     WHEREAS it is intended to offer the Trust Units for sale to members of the public and for that purpose the Corporation and the Fund have caused to be prepared and intend to cause to be filed the Prospectus;

     WHEREAS the Corporation and the Trustee desire to declare the trusts, terms and conditions upon which the Trustee agrees to hold the Initial Contribution and all future property acquired by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture; and

     WHEREAS the parties hereto desire to set out certain additional agreements, terms and conditions which shall govern their mutual and respective rights, powers and obligations with respect to the settlement and the administration of the Fund;

     NOW THEREFORE THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that, in consideration of the premises and the mutual and respective covenants and agreements contained herein, the Trustee covenants and agrees with the Corporation and the Corporation covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:

ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION

1.01 Definitions

     In this Indenture and in the Trust Units, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

a)   Administrator” means the Person referred to in Article X;
 
b)   Agency Agreement” means an agreement between the Corporation, the Fund and a dealer or underwriter whereby the dealer or underwriter agrees to sell Royalty Units and Trust Units to the public for and on behalf of the Corporation and the Fund and to which others may be a part (the dealer or underwriter being referred to herein as the “Agent”);
 
c)   Amended Tax Ruling” means, collectively, the advance income tax rulings dated December 15, 1988 and December 15, 1998 received by legal counsel to the Corporation and the Fund from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (formerly named Revenue Canada);
 
d)   Auditors” means KPMG LLP or such other firm of chartered accountants as may be appointed as auditor or auditors of the Fund, by or in accordance with Article XVII;
 
e)   Available Redemption Funds” means, in respect of the Redemption Payment Date, the sum of:

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  i)   all amounts received by the Fund in respect of the distributions on or in respect of the Royalty Units since the immediately preceding Redemption Payment Date, and
 
  ii)   all other income received by the Fund since the immediately preceding Redemption Payment Date,
 
      less the sum of
 
  iii)   without duplication, all expenses paid or incurred in respect of the administration of the Fund, including without limitation the fees earned by the Trustee in connection with the administration of its duties hereunder or under the Royalty Indenture, incurred since the immediately preceding Redemption Payment Date;

f)   Business Day” means any day other than a day on which the main office of the Trustee in the City of Calgary is not open for business;
 
g)   Counsel” means a law firm (who may be counsel to the Corporation) acceptable to the Trustee;
 
h)   Closing Market Price” means the amount equal to the closing price of the Trust Units if there was a trade on the date and the exchange or market provides a closing price; an amount equal to the average of the highest and lowest prices of Trust Units if there was trading on the date and the exchange or other market provides only the highest and lowest prices of Trust Units traded on a particular day; or the average of the last bid and last ask prices of the Trust Units if there was not trading on the date;
 
i)   Date of Closing” means the day that may be agreed upon by the Corporation, the Trustee and the Agent upon the closing of any authorized issuance of Royalty Units and Trust Units pursuant to an Agency Agreement and the “Original Date of Closing” means the “Date of Closing” with respect to the first issuance of Trust Units pursuant to this Trust Indenture;
 
j)   Distributable Income” means, for any particular period, all income received by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Unitholders in respect of the Trust Fund, including without limitation, (a) all amounts received by the Trustee in respect of a Royalty, (b) all ARC received by the Trustee on behalf of the Fund, and (c) all other income received by the Trustee from the investments of the Trust Fund, less the sum of (i) all Reimbursed Crown Charges paid by the Fund by way of set off or otherwise, (ii) any other amounts (including without limitation, taxes) required by law to be deducted, withheld or paid, and (iii) without duplication of any other amount already deducted from the Royalty or otherwise in determining Distributable Income, all general and administrative expenses, management fees, debt repayments and or other expenses of the Fund;
 
k)   Extraordinary Resolution” has the meaning attributed to it in subsection 12.06(a);
 
l)   Fund” means Pengrowth Energy Trust;

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m)   Initial Contribution” means the amount of ten dollars in lawful money of Canada paid by the Corporation to the Trustee on the 2nd day of December, 1988 for the purpose of settling the Fund;
 
n)   Initial Unit” means the beneficial interest in the Fund acquired by the Corporation by virtue of making the Initial Contribution;
 
o)   Inspector” has the meaning set out in Section 12.08 hereof;
 
p)   Management Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Management Agreement made and in force from time to time among the Corporation, the Fund, the Trustee and Pengrowth Management Limited;
 
q)   Manager” means the Person referred to in Article X;
 
r)   Market Price” means the amount equal to the simple average of the closing price of the Trust Units for each of the ten trading days on the principal market on which the Trust Units are quoted for trading and on which there was a closing price; provided that if the applicable exchange or market does not provide a closing price but only provides the highest and lowest prices of the Trust Units traded on a particular day, then the “closing price” shall be an amount equal to the simple average of the highest and lowest prices for that trading day if there was a trade; and provided further that if there was a trade on the applicable exchange or market for fewer than five of the ten trading days, then the Market Price shall be the simple average of the Closing Market Price on each of the ten trading days;
 
s)   Material Contracts” means this Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement and the Royalty Indenture;
 
t)   Ordinary Resolution” has the meaning attributed to it in subsection 12.06(b);
 
u)   Permitted Investments” means all property, assets and rights which may be held from time to time by a “mutual fund trust” under the provisions of subsection 132(6) of the Act, including without limitation:

  i)   the Initial Contribution;
 
  ii)   all funds realized from the sale of Trust Units;
 
  iii)   all Royalty Units from time to time delivered to the Trustee or held for its account;
 
  iv)   all rights in respect of Royalty Agreements or Royalties and other royalties to the extent they are permitted investments of a mutual fund trust under the provisions of subsection 132(6) of the Act;
 
  v)   shares in the capital of corporations and interests in partnerships whether general or limited;

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  vi)   debt or debt instruments issued by any issuer;
  vii)   rights in and to any real property;
  viii)   any proceeds of disposition of any of the foregoing property; and
 
  ix)   all income, interest, profit, gains and accretions and additional rights arising from or accruing to such foregoing property or such proceeds of disposition;

v)   “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock property, joint venture, association, company, limited liability company, trust, bank, trust company or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and government authority;
 
w)   pro rata share” of any particular amount in respect of a Trust Unitholder at any time shall be the product obtained by multiplying the number of Trust Units that are outstanding and are owned by that Trust Unitholder at that time by the amount obtained when the particular amount is divided by the total number of all Trust Units that are issued and outstanding at that time;
 
x)   Redemption Payment Date” means, in respect of any calendar month in which the Fund receives the redemption request and other documents specified in Section 7.01, the last day of the following month;
 
y)   Redemption Price” means the lesser of: (i) 95% of the Market Price of the Trust Units on the principal market on which the Trust Units are quoted for trading during the 10 trading day period commencing immediately after the date on which the Trust Units are surrendered for redemption; and (ii) the Closing Market Price on the principal market on which the Trust Units are quoted for trading on the date that the Trust Units are surrendered for redemption;
 
z)   Royalty” means the interest in the Royalty Income held by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Unitholders pursuant to a Royalty Agreement whether by virtue of holding Royalty Units or otherwise;
 
aa)   Royalty Agreements” means the Royalty Indenture and subsequent royalty indentures or royalty agreements pursuant to which the Trustee may receive royalty income on behalf of the Trust Unitholders;
 
bb)   Royalty Income” in respect of income to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Unitholders arising in respect of the Royalty Indenture has the meaning attributed thereto in the Royalty Indenture, and in respect of income arising under a Royalty Agreement other than the Royalty Indenture means royalty income arising under such Royalty Agreement;
 
cc)   Royalty Indenture” means the Amended and Restated Royalty Indenture made as of the date hereof between the Corporation, the Trustee on behalf of the Royalty Unitholders and the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Unitholders providing for the creation of the Royalty and issue of the Royalty Units;

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dd)   Royalty Units” means royalty units of the Corporation issued and certified under the Royalty Indenture;
 
ee)   Royalty Unitholders” means the holders from time to time of one or more Royalty Units;
 
ff)   Royalty Unit Certificates” means definitive certificates evidencing Royalty Units;
 
gg)   Time of Closing” means 8:00 o’clock in the morning (Calgary time) on the Date of Closing or such other time on such date as the Corporation, the Trustee and the Agents may agree upon;
 
hh)   Trust Certificate” means the definitive certificate evidencing Trust Units;
 
ii)   Trust Fund”, at any time, shall mean the Permitted Investments that are at such time held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Unitholders and for the purposes of the Fund under this Trust Indenture;
 
jj)   Trust Units” means the Trust Units of the Fund created, issued and certified hereunder;
 
kk)   Trust Unitholders” means the holders from time to time of one or more Trust Units;
 
ll)   Unanimous Shareholder Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Unanimous Shareholder Agreement made the date hereof among the Pengrowth Management Limited, the Fund, the Corporation and the Trustee;
 
mm)   year” means a calendar year; and
 
nn)   this Trust Indenture”, “this Indenture”, “hereto”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereby”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this instrument and not to any particular Article, section or portion hereof, and include any and every instrument supplemented or ancillary hereto or in implement hereof.

1.02 Definitions in Royalty Indenture

     Unless the context otherwise requires, where terms defined in the Royalty Indenture are used herein without definition the definitions set out in the Royalty Indenture shall apply to this Agreement.

1.03 References to Acts Performed by the Fund

     For greater certainty, where any reference is made in this Indenture to an act to be performed by the Fund, such reference shall be construed and applied for all purposes as if it referred to an act to be performed by the Trustee on behalf of the Fund.

1.04 Gender

     In this Indenture, unless herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number only shall include the plural, and vice-

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versa, and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and words importing persons shall include an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator or legal representative.

1.05 Headings for Reference Only

     The division of this Indenture into Articles and Sections, the provision of a Table of Contents and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Indenture.

1.06 Day Not a Business Day

     In the event that any day on or before which any amount is to be determined or any action is required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then such amount shall be determined or such action shall be required to be taken at or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

1.07 Time of the Essence

     Time shall be of the essence in this Indenture.

1.08 Governing Law

     This Indenture and the Trust Certificates shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein and shall be treated in all respects as Alberta contracts. The parties hereto do hereby irrevocably submit and attorn to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Alberta.

1.09 References

     Unless otherwise specified herein, reference herein to any contract, agreement, legislation, regulation or rule shall be a reference to such contract, agreement, legislation, regulation or rule as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF TRUST

2.01 Trust Agreement

     The Trustee hereby declares that it agrees to, and agrees with the Corporation that it will, hold the Trust Fund in trust for the use and benefit of the Trust Unitholders, their permitted assigns and personal representatives upon the trusts and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter declared and set forth.

2.02 Initial Contribution

     The Corporation hereby pays the Initial Contribution to the Trustee for the purpose of settling the Fund.

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2.03 Name of Fund

     The Fund shall be known and designated as “Pengrowth Energy Trust” and, whenever lawful and convenient, the affairs of the Fund shall be conducted and transacted under that name.

2.04 Use of Name

     If the Trustee determines that the use of the name “Pengrowth Energy Trust” is not practicable, legal or convenient, it may use such other designation or it may adopt such other name for the Fund as it deems appropriate and the Fund may hold property and conduct its activities under such other designation or name.

2.05 Head Office

     The head office of the Fund hereby created shall be located at Suite 700, 112 – 4th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0H3, or such other place or places as the Trustee may from time to time designate.

2.06 Nature of the Fund

     The Fund is an unincorporated investment trust established for the purpose of purchasing, holding and dealing with Permitted Investments. The Fund is not and is not intended to be, shall not be deemed to be and shall not be treated as a general partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, association, joint venture, company, corporation or joint stock company nor shall the Trustee or the Trust Unitholders or any of them or any Person be, or be deemed to be, treated in any way whatsoever liable or responsible hereunder as partners, or joint venturers. The Trustee shall not be, or be deemed to be, an agent of the Trust Unitholders. The relationship of the Trust Unitholders to the Trustee shall be solely that of beneficiaries of the Fund and their rights shall be limited to those conferred upon them by this Trust Indenture.

2.07 Liability of Trust Unitholder

     No Trust Unitholder shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any Person in connection with Fund property or the obligations or the affair of the Fund nor shall any Trust Unitholder be liable to indemnify the Trustee or any other Person with respect to any such liability or liabilities and all such Persons shall look solely to the Fund property for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising out of or in connection therewith and the Fund property only shall be subject to levy or execution.

2.08 Contracts of the Fund

     Every contract entered into by or on behalf of the Fund, whether by the Trustee, the Manager, the Administrator or otherwise, shall (except as the Trustee, the Manager or the Administrator may otherwise expressly agree in writing with respect to their own personal liability) include a provision substantially to the following effect:

       “The parties hereto acknowledge that the (Trustee) (Manager) (Administrator) is entering into this agreement solely in its capacity as

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  (Trustee) (Manager) (Administrator) on behalf of the Fund and the obligations of the Fund hereunder shall not be personally binding upon the (Manager) (Trustee) (Administrator) or any of the Unitholders of the Fund and that any recourse against the Fund the (Trustee) (Manager) (Administrator) or any Unitholder in any manner in respect of any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the Fund arising hereunder or arising in connection herewith or from matters to which this agreement relates, in any, including without limitation claims based on negligence or otherwise tortuous behaviour, shall be limited to, and satisfied only out of, the Trust Fund as defined in the Trust Indenture.”

     The omission of such a provision from any such written instrument shall not operate to impose personal liability on the Trustee, the Manager, the Administrator or any Unitholder.

ARTICLE III
ISSUE OF TRUST UNITS

3.01 Trust Units

     The beneficial interests in the trust shall be divided into interests of one or more class, described and designated as Trust Units, which shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the limitations, restrictions and conditions set out herein and which may be represented by instalment receipts. Subject to subsection 104(7.1) of the Act, the Fund shall be entitled to issue Trust Units in different classes with each class having the rights, conditions and privileges attached thereto as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the time of issuance provided that the Fund shall have obtained such opinions or advice as the Board of Directors may consider appropriate from legal, accounting or investment advisors to the effect that the issuance of different classes of Trust Units will not materially adversely affect existing Unitholders nor adversely affect the application of the Amended Tax Ruling.

3.02 Limit of Issue

     The aggregate number of Trust Units which may be authorized and issued hereunder is limited to 500,000,000 Trust Units.

3.03 Form and Terms of Trust Units

a)   Trust Units are issuable only in fully registered form, evidencing Trust Units authorized pursuant to Section 3.02, shall forthwith be executed by the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee and shall thereupon be certified by and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be delivered by the Trustee to or upon the written order of the Corporation.
 
b)   Pursuant to the Agency Agreement, the Agents thereunder are to be appointed as the exclusive agents for the Corporation to solicit purchasers of the Trust Units. The Trust Units are to be offered for sale in those jurisdictions in Canada, or elsewhere, in which all legal requirements for the distributions of Trust Units have been fulfilled.

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c)   The closing of the sale of Trust Units shall take place at the Time of Closing at the place or places stipulated in the Agency Agreement.
 
d)   The definitive form of the Trust Units and the certificate of the Trustee endorsed thereon shall be in the English language only, shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto, shall be dated as of the Date of Closing (including all replacements issued in accordance with this indenture), shall include such distinguishing letters and numbers as the Corporation, with the approval of the Trustee, may prescribe, and shall be issuable in Unit denominations.

3.04 Ranking of Trust Units

     Each Trust Unit represents an equal fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Fund provided however that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may cause the issuance of different classes of Trust Units and set priorities in respect of capital and income for such classes.

3.05 Trust Units Non-Assessable

     No Trust Units shall be issued other than as fully paid and non-assessable provided, however, that Trust Units may be issued and sold on an instalment basis, and in such case the Fund may take a security interest in any Trust Units so issued as security for unpaid instalments. No Person shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any Trust Unit except in accordance with the provisions hereof. There are no pre-emptive rights attaching to the Trust Units.

3.06 Fractional Trust Units

     Fractional Trust Units may be issued.

3.07 Legal Ownership of Assets of the Fund

     The legal ownership of the assets of the Fund and the right to manage the investments of the Fund are vested exclusively in the Trustee, and the Trust Unitholders shall have no interest therein other than the beneficial interest in the Trust Fund conferred by their Trust Units issued hereunder and they shall have no right to compel any partition, division, dividend or distribution of the Trust Fund or any of the assets of the Fund. The Trust Units shall be personal property and shall confer upon the holders thereof only the interest and rights specifically set forth in this Trust Indenture. No Trust Unitholder has or is deemed to have any right of ownership in any of the assets of the Fund.

3.08 Purchase of Initial Unit by Fund

     On the Original Date of Closing, the Fund will purchase the Initial Unit from the Corporation, and the Corporation shall sell the Initial Unit to the Fund, for a purchase price of ten dollars in lawful money of Canada and, upon the completion of such purchase and sale, the Initial Unit shall thereupon be canceled and shall be no longer outstanding for any of the purposes of this Indenture.

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3.09 Transferability of Trust Units

     The Trust Units are transferable.

3.10 Rights, Warrants and Options

     The Trustee may create and issue rights, warrants or options to subscribe for Trust Units, which rights, warrants or options may be exercisable at such subscription price or prices and at such time or times as the Trustee may determine. Any rights, warrants or options so created may be issued for no consideration or for such consideration as the Trustee may determine. A right, warrant or option shall not be a Trust Unit and a holder thereof shall not be a Trust Unitholder.

3.11 Non-Resident Unitholders

     At no time may the Fund be established or maintained primarily for the benefit of nonresidents of Canada (“non-residents”) within the meaning of the Act. If at any time the Trustee becomes aware, as a result of requiring declarations as to beneficial ownership, that the beneficial owners of 49% of the Trust Units then outstanding are or may be non-residents or that such a situation is imminent, the Trustee may make a public announcement thereof and shall not accept a subscription for Trust Units from or issue or register a transfer of Trust Units to a Person unless the Person provides a declaration that the Person is not a non-resident. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee determines that a majority of the Trust Units are held by non-residents, the Trustee may send a notice to non-resident holders of Trust Units, chosen in inverse order to the order of acquisition or registration or in such other manner as the Trustee may consider equitable and practicable, requiring them to sell their Trust Units or a specified portion thereof, within a specified period of not less than 60 days. If the Unitholders receiving such notice have not within such period sold the specified number of Trust Units or provided the Trustee with satisfactory evidence that they are not non-residents, the Trustee may on behalf of such Unitholders sell such Trust Units and, in the interim, shall suspend the voting and distribution rights attached to such Trust Units. Any sale shall be made on any stock exchange on which the Trust Units are then listed and, upon such sale, the affected holders shall cease to be holders of Trust Units and their rights shall be limited to receiving the net proceeds of sale upon surrender of the Certificates representing such Trust Units.

ARTICLE IV
INVESTMENTS OF TRUST FUND

4.01 Initial Investments

     The Trustee shall invest the net proceeds from the sale and issuance of the Trust Units in Permitted Investments.

4.02 Other Investments

     Any funds within the Trust Fund that are not required to be distributed to Trust Unitholders shall be used by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Unitholders only to acquire Permitted Investments as directed by the Manager in writing from time to time or, in the absence

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of such direction, shall be deposited by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Unitholders and the Trustee is hereby authorized to invest such monies in debt obligations of or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or a province of Canada and in short term paper and certificates of deposit issued or guaranteed by a Canadian chartered bank whose securities are listed and posted for trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange or the Province of Alberta Treasury Branches and in an interest-bearing account in a Canadian chartered bank whose securities are listed and posted for trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange or in an interest bearing account of the Trustee or the Province of Alberta Treasury Branches provided that under no circumstances shall the Trustee purchase any investment which is defined as “foreign property” under any provision of the Act without obtaining from the Corporation an appropriate tax opinion or other advice that such acquisition will not adversely effect the Amended Tax Ruling and at no time will the cost amount to the trust of all foreign property held by it exceed the amount prescribed by regulation 5000 to the regulations to the Act.

ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS

5.01 Distributions

     Subject to Section 5.03, the Trustee shall distribute the Distributable Income on:

a)   the 15th day of each February, May, August and November in each year; or
 
b)   if so directed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, on the 15th day of each calendar month;

to Trust Unitholders of record as of the close of business on the tenth Business Day preceding the then current distribution date (each, a “Record Date”) in accordance with the pro rata share of each Trust Unitholder (provided that the Trustee may deduct or withhold amounts required by law from any Trust Unitholders’ distributions). A Unitholder shall have the right to enforce the payment of its share of such distributions on any such distribution date.

5.02 Crown Obligations

     The Trustee shall be obligated to (i) apply for ARC, and (ii) reimburse the Corporation for Reimbursed Crown Charges paid by the Corporation except to the extent that the Corporation has elected to waive its right to reimbursement, in accordance with the Royalty Indenture.

5.03 Income of the Fund

     The Trustee shall not be required to distribute to Trust Unitholders any proceeds from the sale of the Royalty if the provisions of the Royalty Indenture provide that such proceeds may be applied to the purchase of the Royalty in respect of Replacement Properties. Any such proceeds received by the Trustee in a calendar year that are not expended on a Royalty in the calendar year shall be distributed on February 15 of the following year to Trust Unitholders of record as of the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding such distribution date. The Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, distribute any such proceeds received or receivable,

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on or prior to December 31 of the calendar year to the extent that such distribution is required to reduce the taxable income of the Fund to nil.

5.04 Method of Payment of Distributions

     All distributions shall be calculated in Canadian currency. A distribution in respect of a Trust Unit shall be paid by cheque to the order of the Person in whose name the Trust Unit is registered and mailed by ordinary mail, postage prepaid to such Person at his last address appearing on the register of Trust Unitholders on the applicable Record Date. The forwarding of such cheque shall satisfy and discharge the liability for a distribution to the extent of the sums represented thereby (plus the amount of any tax deducted) unless such cheque shall not be paid on presentation; provided that if such cheque is not received by the registered Trust Unitholder, or is lost or destroyed, the Trustee (upon being furnished with reasonable evidence of such non-receipt, loss or destruction and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it) shall issue or cause to be issued to such registered Trust Unitholder a replacement cheque in the same amount.

5.05 Distributions Deemed as to Net Income or Capital

     All distributions made in respect to Trust Units shall be deemed to be made first from the net income of the Trust, if any, as of the Record Date to which the distribution relates provided however that the directors of the Corporation may cause the issuance of Trust Units of different classes with different priorities as to the receipt of net income or capital from the Trust, subject to subsection 104(7.1) of the Act. The net income of the Trust or the repayment of capital from the Trust shall be allocated, as the case may be, for the purpose of the Act, to the Trust Unitholders of each class of Trust Units in accordance with the prorata share of each Trust Unitholder in the Trust in such class on the Record Date.

5.06 Obligations of Corporation

a)   On the dates in each year in which the Board of Directors of the Corporation elects to make Cash Distributions in accordance with section 1.01(j) of the Royalty Indenture, the Corporation will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee and to the Royalty Unitholders or Trust Unitholders of record on the tenth business day immediately preceding each of such dates, on behalf of the Trustee, payment to each Trust Unitholder of his respective share of the Cash Distribution plus ARC, plus any interest earned by the Fund.
 
b)   Not later than 140 days after December 31 in each calendar year, the Corporation will forward to the Trustee and to the Unitholders of record consolidated annual financial statements of the Fund. The Corporation will also forward the interim consolidated unaudited financial statements of the Fund to the Trustee and to the Unitholders of record within the periods prescribed by applicable corporate and securities legislation, if it is not exempted from such reporting requirements.

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ARTICLE VI
EXCHANGE OF ROYALTY UNITS

6.01 Exchange Right

     A holder of Royalty Units (other than the Trustee) shall have the right, at his option, to exchange any or all such Royalty Units for a number of Trust Units having a value on the date of exchange equal to the value of such Royalty Units as conclusively determined by the Corporation. Such exchange may be made at any time so long as there are Trust Units outstanding, and subject to the foregoing, such exchange shall occur on the terms and conditions set forth below and in the Royalty Indenture.

6.02 Exercise of Exchange Right

a)   The holder of Royalty Units desiring to exchange such Royalty Units in whole or in part for Trust Units shall surrender his Royalty Unit Certificate to the Trustee at its principal office in any of the cities of Calgary, Vancouver or Toronto, together with the exchange form on the back of such Royalty Unit Certificate or any other written notice in a form satisfactory to the Trustee, in either case duly executed by the holder or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and executed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee, exercising his right to exchange such Royalty Units in accordance with the provisions of this Article and the Royalty Indenture. Thereupon such Royalty Unitholder and/or, subject to payment of all applicable stamp or security transfer taxes or other governmental charges and compliance with all reasonable requirements of the Trustee, his nominee(s) or assignee(s) shall be entitled:

  i)   to be entered in the books of the Fund as at the Date of Exchange (or such later date as is specified in subsection 6.02(b)) as the holder of the number of Trust Units into which such Royalty Units are exchangeable in accordance with the provisions of this Article and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the Trustee shall deliver to such Royalty Unitholder and/or, subject as aforesaid, his nominee(s) or assignee(s) a certificate or certificates for such Trust Units; and
 
  ii)   to receive from the Trustee a Royalty Unit Certificate representing those Royalty Units (if any) which were not exchanged for Trust Units.
 
      Thereupon, the Trustee shall be entitled to be entered into the books of the Corporation as the holder of the number of Royalty Units which are so exchanged.

b)   For the purposes of this Article, Royalty Units shall be deemed to be surrendered for exchange on the date (herein called the “Date of Exchange”) on which they are so surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Article and, in the case of Royalty Units surrendered by post or other means of transmission, on the date on which they are received by the Trustee at one of its offices specified in subsection 6.02(a); provided that if Royalty Units are surrendered for exchange on a day which is not a Business Day, the Person entitled to receive Trust Units shall become the holder or holders of record of such Trust Units as at the date on which such registers are next reopened.

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6.03 Issue of Royalty Unit Certificates

     All Royalty Unit Certificates representing Royalty Units exchanged under the provisions of this Article shall be forthwith delivered to and, if necessary, cancelled and destroyed by the Trustee and Royalty Unit Certificates representing the Royalty Units exchanged for Trust Units shall be delivered to or, if necessary, issued to the Trustee as trustee under the Trust Indenture. Royalty Unit Certificates representing the Royalty Units not so exchanged shall be issued to the Royalty Unitholder.

ARTICLE VII
REDEMPTION OF TRUST UNITS

7.01 Redemption of Trust Units

     Trust Units are redeemable at any time on demand by the Unitholder upon delivery to the Fund of the certificate or certificates representing such Trust Units accompanied by a duly completed and properly executed notice requesting redemption. Upon receipt of the redemption request by the Fund all rights to and under the Trust Units tendered for redemption shall be surrendered and the Unitholder shall be entitled to receive the Redemption Price, subject to Sections 7.02 and 7.03.

7.02 Payment of Redemption Price

     The aggregate cash Redemption Price payable by the Fund in respect of any Trust Units surrendered for redemption during any calendar month shall be paid from Available Redemption Funds and be satisfied by way of a cash payment on the Redemption Payment Date; provided that the entitlement of Unitholders to receive cash upon the redemption of their Trust Units is subject to the limitations and conditions that: (i) the total amount payable by the Fund in respect of such Trust Units and all other Trust Units tendered for redemption in the same calendar month shall not exceed $25,000, provided that such limitation may be waived at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation; (ii) at the time such Trust Units are tendered for redemption the outstanding Trust Units of the Fund shall be listed for trading on a stock exchange or traded or quoted on any other market which the Board of Directors of the Corporation consider, in their sole discretion, provides representative fair market value prices for the Trust Units; and (iii) the normal trading of Trust Units is not suspended or halted on any stock exchange on which the Trust Units are listed (or, if not listed on a stock exchange, on any market on which the Trust Units are quoted for trading) on the date that the Trust Units are surrendered for redemption or for more than five trading days during the ten day trading period commencing immediately after the date on which the Trust Units are surrendered for redemption.

7.03 Distribution in Specie

     If a Unitholder is not entitled to receive the cash Redemption Price as a result of the limitation set out in section 7.02, then the Redemption Price for such Trust Units shall be the fair market value thereof as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and shall, subject to any applicable regulatory approvals, be paid and satisfied by way of a distribution in specie of a pro rata share of Royalty Units and other assets (excluding facilities, pipelines or

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other assets associated with oil and natural gas production) held by the Fund at such time. No fractional securities will be distributed and where the number of securities to be received by a Unitholder includes a fraction, such number shall be rounded to the next lowest whole number. The Fund shall be entitled to all redemption proceeds or distributions paid or declared payable on the Trust Units on or before the date of the distribution in specie. The holders of securities will be subject to the provisions of all agreements that relate to such securities.

ARTICLE VIII
APPOINTMENT, RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE

8.01 Trustee’s Term of Office

     Subject to Sections 8.02 and 8.03, Computershare Trust Company of Canada is hereby appointed for an initial term of office which shall expire immediately upon the second annual meeting of Trust Unitholders. Thereafter, a decision to reappoint, or to appoint a successor to, a Trustee shall be made at each second annual meeting of Trust Unitholders following any reappointment or any appointment is made. Any such reappointment or appointment shall be made either by a resolution approved by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting of Trust Unitholders or shall be made in the manner set out in Section 8.04 and 8.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Trustee is not reappointed at the meeting of Trust Unitholders held immediately before the term of office of such Trustee expires and if no successor to such Trustee is appointed at that meeting, such Trustee shall continue to hold the office of Trustee under this Indenture until a successor has been appointed under Section 8.04 or 8.05.

8.02 Resignation of Trustee

     The Trustee may resign from the office of Trustee hereunder on giving not less than 60 days’ notice in writing delivered to the Corporation but no such resignation shall be effective until the appointment of, and acceptance of such appointment by, a new Trustee in the place of the resigning Trustee.

8.03 Removal of Trustee

     The Trustee shall be removed by notice in writing delivered by the Corporation to the Trustee in the event that, at any time, the Trustee shall no longer satisfy all of the requirements in Section 8.06 or shall be declared bankrupt or insolvent or shall enter into liquidation, whether compulsory or voluntary, and not being merely a voluntary liquidation for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction, or if the assets of the Trustee shall otherwise become liable to seizure or confiscation by any public or governmental authority or if the Trustee shall otherwise become incapable of performing its responsibilities under this Indenture. The Trustee may be removed at any time for any other reason if such removal of the Trustee is approved by an Extraordinary Resolution of Trust Unitholders at a meeting duly called for that purpose. No decision to remove a Trustee under this Section 8.03 shall become effective until the appointment of, and acceptance of such appointment by, a new Trustee under Section 8.04 or Section 8.05 in the place of the Trustee to be removed.

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8.04 Appointment of Successor to Trustee

a)   The Corporation may appoint a successor to any Trustee who has been removed by the Corporation under Section 8.03. In the event of any removal or resignation of a Trustee, the Corporation shall promptly appoint a successor or promptly recommend a successor for appointment by Trust Unitholders.
 
b)   A successor to a Trustee whose term of office has expired and who has not been reappointed under Section 8.01, who has resigned under Section 8.02 or who has been removed at a meeting of Trust Unitholders under Section 8.03 may be appointed by a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of Trust Unitholders duly called for that purpose.
 
c)   When a successor to a Trustee has been appointed under subsection 8.04(a) or under subsection 8.04(b) in consequence of the resignation or the removal of the Trustee, the successor to such Trustee shall hold office only for the balance of the term of office of such Trustee.

8.05 Failure to Appoint Successor

     In the event that no successor to a Trustee whose term of office has expired, who has delivered a notice of resignation in accordance with Section 8.02, or who has received notice of removal in accordance with Section 8.03, has accepted an appointment under Section 8.01 or 8.04 within 60 days after the expiration of such term or the delivery of such notice, the Trustee or the Corporation may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the Trustee to hold office for the term referred to in Section 8.01 or 8.04, as the case may be. The appointment of such successor by such court shall not require the approval of Trust Unitholders.

8.06 Qualifications of Trustee

     The Trustee and any successor to the Trustee appointed under this Article VIII shall be a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or of a province thereof and shall be resident in Canada for the purpose of the Act. Such corporation must at all times when it is the Trustee be registered under the laws of the Province of Alberta to carry on the business of a trust company, must not be an Affiliate of the Corporation and must have undertaken in writing to discharge all of the obligations and responsibilities of the Trustee under this Indenture.

ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

9.01 Powers of the Trustee

     Subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture, the Trustee may exercise from time to time in respect of the assets of the Fund, any and all rights, powers and privileges that could be exercised by a beneficial owner thereof.

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9.02 Specific Powers and Authorities

     Subject only to the express limitations contained in this Indenture and in addition to any powers and authorities conferred by this Indenture or which the Trustee may have by virtue of any present or future statute or rule of law, the Trustee without any action or consent by the Trust Unitholders shall have and may exercise at any time and from time to time the following powers and authorities which may or may not be exercised by it in its sole judgment and discretion and in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as it may from time to time deem proper:

a)   to review and accept subscriptions for Trust Units received by the Fund and to issue Trust Units pursuant thereto;
 
b)   to subscribe for Royalty Units of the Corporation;
 
c)   to issue Trust Units in exchange for Royalty Units tendered to the Trustee in accordance with Article VI;
 
d)   to maintain records and provide timely reports to Trust Unitholders;
 
e)   to effect payment of the Cash Distributions, Special Distributions, interest income and to file for and collect ARC, on behalf of the Fund and the Trust Unitholders;
 
f)   to deposit funds of the Fund in interest-bearing accounts in banks, trust companies, the Province of Alberta Treasury Branches and other depositories, including the Trustee, the same to be subject to withdrawal on such terms and in such manner and by such person or persons (including any one or more officers, agents or representatives) as the Trustee may determine;
 
g)   to possess and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges appertaining to the ownership of all or any mortgages, or securities, issued or created by, or interest in, any Person, forming part of the assets of the Fund, to the same extent that an individual might, unless otherwise limited herein, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to vote or give any consent, request or notice, or waive any notice, either in person or by proxy or power or attorney, with or without power of substitution, to one or more Persons, which proxies and powers of attorney may be for meetings or action generally or for any particular meeting or action and may include the exercise of discretionary power;
 
h)   where reasonably required, to engage or employ any Persons as agents, representatives, employees or independent contractors (including, without limitation, investment advisers, registrars, underwriters, accountants, lawyers, appraisers, brokers or otherwise) in one or more capacities;
 
i)   except as prohibited by law, to delegate any of the powers and duties of the Trustee to any one or more agents, representatives, officers, employees, independent contractors or other Persons without liability to the Trustee except as provided in this Indenture;
 
j)   to collect, sue for and receive all sums of money coming due to the Fund, and to engage in, intervene in, prosecute, join, defend, compromise, abandon or adjust, by arbitration or

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    otherwise, any actions, suits, proceedings, disputes, claims, demands or other litigation relating to the Trust, the assets of the Fund or the Fund’s affairs, to enter into agreements therefor, whether or not any suit is commenced or claim accrued or asserted and, in advance of any controversy, to enter into agreements regarding the arbitration, adjudication or settlement thereof;
 
k)   to arrange for insurance contracts and policies insuring the assets of the Fund against any and all risks and insuring the Fund and/or any or all of the Trustee or the Trust Unitholders against any and all claims and liabilities of any nature asserted by any Person arising by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by the Fund or by the Trustee or Trust Unitholders;
 
l)   to cause legal title to any of the assets of the Fund to be held by and/or in the name of the Trustee, or except as prohibited by law, by and/or in the name of the Fund or any other Person, on such terms, in such manner, with such powers in such Person as the Trustee may determine and with or without disclosure that the Fund or Trustee is interested therein, provided however that should legal title to any of the assets of the Fund be held by and/or in the name of any Person or Persons other than the Trustee, the Trustee shall require such Person or Persons to execute a trust agreement acknowledging that legal title to such assets is held in trust for the benefit of the Fund;
 
m)   to do all such other acts and things as are incidental to the foregoing, and to exercise all powers which are necessary or useful to carry on the business of the Fund, to promote any of the purposes for which the Fund is formed and to carry out the provisions of this Indenture;
 
n)   to use its best efforts to ensure that the Fund complies at all times with the requirements of subsections 108(2) and 132(6) of the Act;
 
o)   to acquire facilities, pipelines or other assets associated with oil and natural gas production, provided they are permitted investments of a mutual fund under the provisions of subsection 132(6) of the Act;
 
p)   to purchase, otherwise acquire, hold, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with any and all Permitted Investments;
 
q)   to borrow, incur indebtedness or give a guarantee on behalf of the Fund or any other Person;
 
r)   to cause the Fund, to the extent of the Trust Fund, to indemnify those directors of the Corporation which the Unitholders cause to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with the terms of the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement;
 
s)   to possess and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges pertaining to the ownership of all or any part of the assets of the Fund, to the same extent that an individual might, unless otherwise limited herein, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to vote or give any consent, request or notice, or waive any notice, either in person or by proxy or power of attorney, with or without power of substitution, to one or more

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    Persons, which proxies and powers of attorney may be for meetings or actions generally or for any particular meeting or action and may include the exercise of discretionary power and the Trustee shall ensure that the directors of the Corporation be elected or appointed (or re-elected or re-appointed, as the case may be) at intervals not exceeding eighteen months;
 
t)   when reasonably required, to engage or employ any Persons as agents, representatives, employees or independent contractors (including, without limitation, investment advisers, registrars, underwriters, accountants, lawyers, appraisers, brokers or otherwise) in one or more capacities;
 
u)   to accept, hold, renew or extend or participate in the acceptance, holding, renewal or extension of any security upon such terms as may be deemed advisable, and to agree to a reduction in the rate of interest on any security or to any other modification or change in the terms of any security or of any guarantee pertaining thereto, in any manner and to any extent that it may deem advisable; to waive any default in the performance of any covenant or condition of any security or in the performance of any guarantee, or to enforce the rights in respect of any such default in such manner and to such extent as it may deem advisable; to exercise and enforce any and all rights of foreclosure, to bid on property on sale or foreclosure, to take a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure with or without paying any consideration therefor and in connection therewith to relieve the obligation on the covenants secured by such security and to exercise and enforce in any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity any rights or remedies with respect to any such security or guarantee;
 
v)   to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all deeds, contracts, waivers, releases or other documents of transfer and any and all other instruments in writing necessary or proper for the accomplishment of any of the powers herein granted;
 
w)   except as prohibited by law, to delegate any or all of the management and administrative powers and duties of the Trustee to the Corporation, the Manager or any one or more agents, representatives, officers, employees, independent contractors or other Persons without liability to the Trustee except as provided in this Trust Indenture;
 
x)   to charge, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or grant any security interest over or with respect to all or any assets of the Fund as may be requested from time to time by lenders in respect of borrowings required by the Fund or the Corporation;
 
y)   to accept subscriptions for Trust Units received by the Fund and to issue additional Trust Units from time to time in accordance with offering documents and/or as provided in this Trust Indenture, as directed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and, on the request of the Manager therefor, in satisfaction of the obligation to issue Trust Units to the Manager as compensation as provided for in the Management Agreement; and
 
z)   to enter into a subordination agreement with any lender or lenders to the Corporation pursuant to which the Fund agrees to subordinate its right to be paid the Royalty by the Corporation to the right of any such lender or lenders to be paid obligations owing to it

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    by the Corporation, and which agreement may further provide, without limitation, that in the event of a default by the Corporation to any of its lenders, including any such default in connection with credit facilities, swap or hedging agreements or otherwise, the Corporation will not make any further payments in respect of the Royalty to the Fund, or that the Fund will not make any further distributions to Trust Unitholders, or that in the event any such lenders realize against the assets of the Corporation (including, without limitation, Properties) in connection with collecting upon any of the obligations owing by the Corporation to any of such lenders, whether pursuant to any security granted by the Corporation or otherwise, the Trustee shall release the Royalty on the assets realized upon and the lenders shall be entitled to realize on the assets of the Corporation free and clear of the Royalty.

9.03 Restriction on Powers

a)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may not under any circumstances whatsoever sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Royalty Units without the approval of the Trust Unitholders by Extraordinary Resolution at a meeting of Trust Unitholders called for that purpose.
 
b)   In respect of any obligations that the Fund is required to assume, the Trustee will use its best efforts to ensure that these are in writing and contain provisions to exempt the Trust Unitholders from any liability thereunder and to limit any such liability in respect of Fund assets.

9.04 Voting of Royalty Units Held by the Fund

     All Royalty Units held from time to time by the Trustee as part of the property of the Fund shall not be voted by the Trustee but shall be voted by Trust Unitholders at any and all meetings of Royalty Unitholders or any and all meetings of shareholders of the Corporation on the basis of one Royalty Unit for each Trust Unit owned or held. In order to facilitate such voting of the Royalty Units, the Trustee shall enter into the Royalty Indenture and the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement which shall provide, among other things, for the entitlement of the Trust Unitholders to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the Royalty Unitholders and the shareholders of the Corporation and to one vote per Trust Unit held on any ballot thereat. The Trustee shall vote all other securities held as part of the property of the Fund as directed by the Manager from time to time.

9.05 Banking

     The banking business of the Fund, or any part thereof, shall be transacted with such bank, trust company (including the Trustee), Province of Alberta Treasury Branches or other firm or corporation carrying on a banking business as the Trustee may designate, appoint or authorize from time to time and all such banking business, or any part thereof, shall be transacted on the Fund’s behalf by such one or more officers of the Trustee and/or other Persons as the Trustee may designate, appoint or authorize from time to time including, but without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the operation of the Fund’s accounts; the making, signing, drawing, accepting, endorsing, negotiation, lodging, depositing or transferring of any cheques, promissory

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notes, drafts, acceptances, bills of exchange and orders for the payment of money; the giving of receipts for and orders relating to any property of the Fund; the execution of any agreement relating to any property of the Fund; the execution of any agreement relating to any property of the Fund; the execution of any agreement relating to any such banking business and defining the rights and powers of the parties hereto; and the authorizing of any officer of such banker to do any act or thing on the Fund’s behalf to facilitate such banking business.

9.06 Standard of Care

     Subject to Article X hereof, the Trustee shall exercise its powers and carry out its functions hereunder as Trustee honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the Fund and the Trust Unitholders and, in connection therewith, shall exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. Unless otherwise required by law, the Trustee shall not be required to give bond, surety or security in any jurisdiction for the performance of any duties or obligations hereunder. The Trustee, in its capacity as trustee, shall not be required to devote its entire time to the business and affairs of the Fund.

9.07 Fees and Expenses

     The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such fees as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Manager and the Trustee. If the Trustee is affiliated with the Manager, the Trustee shall not be entitled to receive any fees for its services as Trustee and shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the Corporation of any of its expenses incurred in acting as Trustee. As part of General and Administrative Costs, the Corporation on behalf of the Trustee may pay or cause to be paid reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the administration and management of the Fund, including without limitation fees of auditors, lawyers, appraisers and other agents, consultants and professional advisers employed by or on behalf of the Fund and the cost of reporting or giving notices to Trust Unitholders. The Corporation on behalf of the Trustee may pay or cause to be paid brokerage commissions at prevailing rates in receipt of the acquisition and disposition of any securities acquired or disposed of by the Fund to brokers.

9.08 Limitations on Liability of Trustee

     The Trustee, its officers and agents shall not be liable to any Trust Unitholder for any action taken in good faith in reliance on any documents that are, prima facie, properly executed, for any depreciation of, or loss to, the Trust Fund incurred by reason of the sale of any security, for the disposition of monies or securities, or for any other action or failure to act (including, without limitation, the failure to compel in any way any former trustee to redress any breach of trust or any failure by the Corporation to perform its duties under this Agreement, the Royalty Indenture, the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement, the Management Agreement and the Agency Agreement) except in cases of wilful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or disregard of its obligations and duties or for a breach of its duties and responsibilities and its standard of care, diligence and skill as set out in Section 9.06. If the Trustee has retained an appropriate expert or advisor with respect to any matter connected with its duties under this Indenture or under the Royalty Indenture, the Trustee may act or refuse to act based on the advice of such expert or

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advisor and, notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture and the Royalty Indenture, including, without limitation, the standard of care, diligence and skill set out in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee shall not be liable for any action or refusal to act based on the advice of any such expert or advisor.

9.09 Indemnification of Trustee

     The Trustee and each of its officers and agents shall be entitled to be indemnified and reimbursed out of the Trust Fund in respect of any taxes, penalties or interest in respect of unpaid taxes or other governmental charges imposed upon the Trustee in consequence of its performance of its duties hereunder; provided that the Trustee, its officers, employees or agents shall not be indemnified out of the Trust Fund in respect of unpaid taxes or other governmental charges that arise out of or as a result or in the course of a breach of the standard of care, diligence and skill of the Trustee under Section 9.06. The Trustee or such officer or agent shall not be entitled to satisfy any right of indemnity or reimbursement granted herein, or otherwise existing under law, except out of the Trust Fund, and no Trust Unitholder shall be personally liable to any Person with respect to any claim for such indemnity or reimbursement as aforesaid.

9.10 Environmental Indemnity

     The Fund (to the extent of the Trust Fund) is liable to, and shall indemnify and save harmless, the Trustee, its directors, officers, employees, shareholders and agents, and all of their successors and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any loss, expense, claim, liability or asserted liability (including strict liability and costs and expenses of abatement and remediation of spills or releases of contaminants and liabilities of the Indemnified Parties to third parties (including governmental agencies) in respect of bodily injuries, property damage, damage to or impairment of the environment or any other injury or damage and including liabilities of the Indemnified Parties to third parties for the third parties’ foreseeable and unforeseeable consequential damages) incurred as a result of:

a)   the administration of the Fund created hereby, or
 
b)   the exercise by the Trustee of any rights or obligations hereunder, and which result from or relate, directly or indirectly, to,
 
c)   the presence or release or threatened presence or release of any contaminants, by any means or for any reason, on or in respect of any assets of the Corporation, whether or not such presence or release or threatened presence or release of the contaminants was under the control, care or management of the Fund or the Manager, or of a previous owner or operator of an asset,
 
d)   any contaminant present on or released from any property adjacent to or in the proximate area of an asset,
 
e)   the breach or alleged breach of any federal, provincial or municipal environmental law, regulation, by-law, order rule or permit by the Fund or the Manager or an owner or operator of an asset, or

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f)   any misrepresentation or omission of a known fact or condition made by the Manager or the Corporation relating to an asset.

     For purposes of this Section 9.10, “liability” shall include (i) liability of an Indemnified Party for costs and expenses of abatement and remediation of spills and releases of contaminants, (ii) liability of an Indemnified Party to a third party to reimburse the third party for bodily injuries, property damage and other injuries or damages which the third party suffers, including (to the extent, if any, that the Indemnified Party is liable therefor) foreseeable and unforeseeable consequential damages suffered by the third party, and (iii) liability of the Indemnified Party for damage to or impairment of the environment.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund shall not be liable to indemnify an Indemnified Party against any loss, expense, claim, liability or asserted liability to the extent resulting from the gross negligence, wilful default or fraud of the Indemnified Party.

ARTICLE X
DELEGATION OF POWERS

10.01 The Manager

     Except as prohibited by law, the Trustee may grant or delegate to a Person or Persons (the “Manager” or “Administrator” as the case may be) such authority as the Trustee may in its sole discretion deem necessary or desirable to effect the actual administration of the duties of the Trustee under this Indenture, without regard to whether such authority is normally granted or delegated by trustees. The Trustee may grant to the Manager or Administrator the broad discretion and authority to administer and regulate the day-to-day operations of the Fund, to act as agent for the Fund, to execute documents on behalf of the Trustee and to make decisions which conform to general policies and general principles established hereunder or previously established by the Trustee. The Trustee may enter into a contract or contracts with the Manager or Administrator relating to the Manager or Administrator’s authority, term of appointment, compensation and any other matters deemed desirable by the Trustee and the Corporation. The Corporation, the Trustee, Pengrowth Management Limited and the Fund shall enter into the Management Agreement pursuant to which Pengrowth Management Limited shall be appointed “Advisor” and assigned certain duties of the Manager.

10.02 The Corporation

     Pursuant to its ability to delegate in accordance with Section 10.01, the Trustee hereby delegates to the Corporation as administrator (the “Administrator”) responsibility for:

a)   any and all matters relating to an offering of Trust Units to prospective Trust Unitholders including:

  i)   ensuring compliance with all applicable laws;

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  ii)   all matters relating to the content of any documents prepared and issued in respect of such offering, the accuracy of the disclosure contained therein, and the certification thereof;
 
  iii)   all matters concerning the terms of and amendment from time to time of the Material Contracts and all other instruments, documents and agreements to be executed by the Fund pursuant to or in furtherance of transactions; and
 
  iv)   all matters concerning any Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of Trust Units or rights to acquire Units;

b)   any and all matters and decisions relating to the acquisition of facilities, interests or royalty interests or other assets by the Fund; and
 
c)   the determination of Distributable Income.

     The Corporation as Administrator accepts such delegation and agrees that, in respect of such matters, it shall carry out its functions honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the Fund and the Unitholders and, in connection therewith, shall exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. The Corporation may execute any agreements on behalf of the Fund as the Corporation shall have authorized within the scope of any authority delegated to it hereunder.

10.03 Power of Attorney

     Without limiting any of the other provisions of this Article X, the Trustee hereby delegates to the Corporation from time to time the full power and authority, and constitutes the Corporation its true and lawful attorney in fact, to sign on behalf of the Fund all prospectuses, annual information forms, management proxy circulars, other offering documents and any other documents ancillary or similar thereto required to be signed by the Fund from time to time.

10.04 Liability of Trustee

     The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for any matters delegated to the Corporation or the Manager hereunder or under any of the Material Contracts, and the Trustee, in relying upon the Corporation or the Manager and in entering into Material Contracts, shall be deemed to have complied with its obligations under Article IX and shall be entitled to the benefit of the indemnity provided in Article IX.

10.05 Performance of Obligations

     In the event that the Manager is unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the Management Agreement, or there is no Manager, the Trustee shall either perform all obligations of the Manager thereunder or shall be entitled to engage another Person that is duly qualified to perform such obligations.

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10.06 Certificate of Compliance

     The Corporation as Administrator shall, and shall cause the Manager to, furnish to the Trustee annually, within 120 days of the fiscal year end of the Fund, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Administrator and Manager, or such other officers of the Administrator and the Manager as may be acceptable to the Trustee certifying that the Administrator and the Manager are in compliance in all material respects of its covenants, duties or obligations under the Trust Indenture and Royalty Agreements relating to the business and affairs of the Fund, or if such is not the case, specifying the covenants, duties or obligations which have not been complied with and giving particulars of such non compliance.

ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT

11.01 Amendment

     The provisions of this Indenture except where specifically provided otherwise may only be amended by Extraordinary Resolution. Any of the provisions of this Indenture except where specifically provided otherwise may only be amended by the Trustee at any time or times, without the consent, approval or ratification of any of the Trust Unitholders or any other Person, for the purpose of:

a)   ensuring that the Fund will comply with any applicable laws or requirements of any governmental agency or authority of Canada or of any province;
 
b)   ensuring that the Fund will satisfy the provisions of each of subsections 108(2) and 132(6) of the Act;
 
c)   ensuring that such additional protection is provided for the interests of Trust Unitholders as the Trustee may consider expedient;
 
d)   removing any conflicts or inconsistencies between the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture and any prospectus filed with any regulatory or governmental body with respect to the Fund, or any applicable law or regulation of any jurisdiction, if, in the opinion of the Trustee, such an amendment will not be detrimental to the interests of the Trust Unitholders; or
 
e)   making any typographical or other non-substantive changes that Counsel may advise are necessary or desirable and which are not adverse to the interests of the Trustee or the Trust Unitholders for the purpose of curing or correcting any ambiguity or defective or inconsistent provisions or clerical omission, mistake or manifest error herein or in any supplemental indenture,

but notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment shall reduce the fractional undivided interest in the Trust Fund represented by any Trust Unit without the consent of the holder or such Trust Unit, and no amendment shall reduce the percentage of votes required to be cast at a

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meeting of the Trust Unitholders for the purpose of this Section 11.01 without the consent of the holders of all of the Trust Units then outstanding.

11.02 Notification of Amendment

     As soon as shall be practicable after the making of any amendment pursuant to this Article XI, the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Trust Unitholder.

ARTICLE XII
MEETINGS OF TRUST UNITHOLDERS

12.01 Annual and Special Meetings of Trust Unitholders

     Annual meetings of the Trust Unitholders shall be held, commencing in 1990, on a day, at a time and at a place to be set by the Trustee. The business transacted at such meetings shall include the transaction of such business as Trust Unitholders may be entitled to vote upon as hereinafter provided in this Article XII, or as the Trustee may determine. Special meetings of the Trust Unitholders may be called at any time by the Trust and shall be called by the Trustee upon a written request of Trust Unitholders holding in the aggregate not less than 5% of the Trust Units then outstanding, such request specifying the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is to be called. Meetings of Trust Unitholders shall be held in the City of Calgary, or at such other place within Alberta as the Trustee shall designate. To the extent permitted by applicable law, meetings of Trust Unitholders may be held partially or entirely by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility, including teleconferencing, video conferencing, computer link, webcasting and other similar means. The Chairman of any annual or special meeting shall be a person designated by the Trustee for the purpose of such meeting except that, on the motion of any Trust Unitholder, any person may be elected as Chairman by a majority of the votes cast at the meeting instead of such designated person or in the event that no person shall be designated by the Trustee.

12.02 Notice of Meetings

     Notice of all meetings of Trust Unitholders shall be given by unregistered mail postage prepaid addressed to each Trust Unitholder at his registered address, mailed at least twenty one (21) days and not more than fifty (50) days before the meeting. Such notice shall set the time when, and the place where, such meeting is to be held and shall specify the nature of the business to be transacted at such meeting in sufficient detail to permit a Trust Unitholder to form a reasonable judgement thereon, together with the text of any resolution, at the time of mailing of the notice, proposed to be passed. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. The accidental omission to give notice or the non-receipt of such notice by a Trust Unitholder shall not invalidate any resolution passed at any such meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a meeting of Trust Unitholders may be held at any time without notice if all the Trust Unitholders are present or represented thereat or those not so present or represented have waived notice. Any Trust Unitholders (or a duly appointed proxy of a Trust Unitholder) may waive any notice required to be given under the provisions of this paragraph,

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and such waiver, whether given before or after the meeting, shall cure any default in the giving of such notice.

12.03 Quorum

     At any meeting of the Trust Unitholders, subject as hereinafter provided, a quorum shall consist of two or more individuals present in person either holding personally or representing as proxies not less than 5% of the outstanding Trust Units. In the event of such quorum not being present at the appointed place on the date for which the meeting is called within one half (1/2) hour after the time fixed for the holding of such meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to such day being not less fourteen (14) days later and to such place and time as may be appointed by the Chairman of the meeting. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum as above defined is not present, the Trust Unitholders present either personally or by proxy shall form a quorum, and any business may be brought before or dealt with at such an adjourned meeting which might have been brought before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same.

12.04 Voting Rights of Trust Unitholders

     Only Trust Unitholders of record shall be entitled to vote and each Trust Unit shall entitle the holder or holders of that Trust Unit to one vote at any meeting of Trust Unitholders. At any meeting of Trust Unitholders, any holder of Trust Units entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy and a proxy need not be a Trust Unitholder, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Trustee, or with such agent of the Trustee as the Trustee may direct, for verification twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of such meeting. If approved by the Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the Trustee. When any Trust Unit is held jointly by several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Unit, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners of their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Trust Unitholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Trustee may from time to time make, vary or revoke such regulations as it shall think fit providing for and governing the depositing and tabulation of proxies by telephonic, electronic or other communication means. To the extent permitted by applicable law, a person entitled to vote at a meeting of Trust Unitholders may vote by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that the Trustee has made available for that purpose.

12.05 Resolutions Binding the Trustee

     Trust Unitholders shall be entitled to pass resolutions that will bind the Trustee only with respect to the following matters:

a)   the removal or appointment of the Trustee as provided in Section 8.03 or 8.04;
 
b)   approval of a change of auditors as provided in Section 17.03;
 
c)   the appointment of an Inspector as provided in Section 12.08;

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d)   consenting to any amendments of this Indenture as provided in Section 11.01;
 
e)   approval of subdivisions or consolidations of Trust Units;
 
f)   approval of any resolution of the Trustee to terminate the Fund as provided in Section 14.02;
 
g)   the sale of the property of the Trust Fund as an entirety or substantially as an entirety;
 
h)   authorizing and directing the Trustee to commence, defend, adjust or settle suits or legal proceedings in connection with the Fund and to represent the Fund in any such suits or legal proceedings (provided that the Trustee shall be obliged to comply with such authority and requirements only in the event that the Trustee has been provided with reasonable security for the payment of all costs which may be incurred in connection therewith); and
 
i)   authorizing and directing the Trustee to subordinate its rights to receive Royalty Income and all other sums and to distribute Distributable Income in circumstances where a default by the Corporation has occurred in respect of any of its obligations to pay any of the Corporation’s lenders, including a default in connection with any credit facility or in connection with any swap or hedging agreement, or to guarantee all or any of the obligations, liabilities or indebtedness of the Corporation to all or any of the Corporation’s lenders, including without limitation in respect of all or any of the obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of the Corporation to any or all of such lenders under, pursuant or relating to any credit facility, swap or hedging agreement or otherwise, or to any other Person or Persons.

     Except with respect to the above matters set out in this Section 12.05 no action taken by the Trust Unitholders or resolution of the Trust Unitholders at any meeting shall in any way bind the Trustee. Actions taken or resolutions passed in respect of matters described in subsection (a), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) shall be by Extraordinary Resolution. Any other action taken or resolution passed in respect of any matter at a meeting of Trust Unitholders shall be by Ordinary Resolution unless the contrary is otherwise expressly provided under any specific provision of this Indenture.

12.06 Meaning of “Extraordinary Resolution” and “Ordinary Resolution”

a)   The expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this indenture means, subject as hereinafter in this Article provided, a resolution proposed to be passed as an extraordinary resolution at a meeting of Trust Unitholders (including an adjourned meeting) duly convened for the purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article at which two or more holders of at least 5% of the aggregate number of Trust Units then outstanding are present in person or by proxy and passed by the affirmative votes of the holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the Trust Units represented at the meeting and voted on a poll upon such resolution.
 
b)   The expression “Ordinary Resolution” when used in this indenture means, subject as hereinafter in this Article provided, a resolution proposed to be passed as an ordinary

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    resolution at a meeting of Trust Unitholders (including an adjourned meeting) duly convened for the purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article at which two or more holders of at least 5% of the aggregate number of Trust Units then outstanding are present in person or by proxy and passed by the affirmative votes of the holders of more than 50% of the Trust Units represented at the meeting and voted on a poll upon such resolution.
 
c)   If, at any such meeting, the holders of 5% of the aggregate number of Trust Units outstanding are not present in person or by proxy within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, then the meeting, if convened by or on the requisition of Trust unitholders, shall be dissolved; but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to such date, being not less than 21 nor more than 60 days later, and to such place and time as may be appointed by the chairman. Not less than ten days’ prior notice shall be given of the time and place of such adjourned meeting in the manner provided in Section 12.02. Such notice shall state that at the adjourned meeting the Trust Unitholders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum but it shall not be necessary to set forth the purposes for which the meeting was originally called or any other particulars. At the adjourned meeting the Trust Unitholders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened and a resolution proposed at such adjourned meeting and passed by the requisite vote as provided in subsection (a) of this Section shall be an Extraordinary Resolution or an Ordinary Resolution within the meaning of this indenture, as the case may be, notwithstanding that the holders of less than 5% of the aggregate number of Trust Units then outstanding are present in person or by proxy at such adjourned meeting.
 
d)   Votes on an Extraordinary Resolution or an Ordinary Resolution shall always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll on an Extraordinary Resolution or an Ordinary Resolution shall be necessary.

12.07 Record Date for Voting

     For the purpose of determining the Trust Unitholders who are entitled to vote or act at any meeting or any adjournment thereof, the Trustee may fix a date not more than fifty (50) days and not less than twenty one (21) days prior to the date of any meeting of Trust Unitholders as a record date for the determination of Trust Unitholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, and any Trust Unitholder who was a Trust Unitholder at the time so fixed shall be entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof even though he has since that time disposed of hit Trust Units, and no Trust Unitholder becoming such after that time shall be so entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. In the event that the Trustee does not fix a record date for any meeting of Trust Unitholders, the record date for such meeting shall be the date upon which notice of the meeting is given as provided under Section 12.02.

12.08 Appointment of Inspector

     The Trustee shall call a meeting of Trust Unitholders upon the written request of Trust unitholders holding in the aggregate not less than 5% of the Trust Units then outstanding for the purpose of considering the appointment of an Inspector to investigate the performance by the

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Trustee of the responsibilities appointed at such meeting by a resolution approved by a majority of the votes cast at the meeting.

12.09 Resolutions in Writing

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, after due and proper prior notice to all Trust Unitholders, a resolution in writing executed by any number of Trust Unitholders at any time shall be as valid and binding for all purposes of this Indenture as if such Trust Unitholders had exercised at that time all of the voting rights to which they were then entitled under Section 12.04 in favour of such resolution at a meeting of Trust Unitholders duly called for the purpose.

ARTICLE XIII
CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF TRUST UNITS

13.01 Nature of Trust Units

     The nature of a Trust Unit and the relationship of a Trust Unitholder to the Trustee and the relationship of one Trust Unitholder to another is as described in Section 2.06 and 3.07 and the provisions of this Article XIII shall not in any way alter the nature of Trust Units or the said relationships of a Trust Unitholder to the Trustee and of one Trust Unitholder to another, but are intended only to facilitate the issuance of certificates evidencing the beneficial ownership of Trust Units and the recording of all such transactions whether by the Fund, securities dealers, stock exchanges, transfer agents, registrars of other Persons.

13.02 Certificates

     The form of certificate representing Trust Units, other than the form of certificate representing the Trust Units which is set out in Schedule “A” hereto, shall be such as is from time to time authorized by the Trustee. Each such certificate shall be signed manually on behalf of the Trustee. Any additional signature required to appear on such certificate by the Trustee may be printed, lithographed or otherwise mechanically reproduced thereon and, in such event, certificates so signed are as valid as if they had been signed manually. Any certificate which has one manual signature as hereinbefore provided shall be valid notwithstanding that one or more of the persons whose signature is printed, lithographed or mechanically reproduced no longer holds office at the date of issuance of such certificate.

13.03 Contents of Certificate

     Until otherwise determined by the Trustee, each certificate shall legibly set forth on the face thereof, inter alia, the following:

a)   the name of the Fund and the words “a trust created under the laws of the Province of Alberta by a Trust Indenture dated as of December 2, 1988” or words of like effect;
 
b)   the name of the Person to whom the certificate is issued as Trust Unitholder;

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c)   the number of Trust Units represented thereby and that the Trust Units represented thereby are fully paid;
 
d)   that the Trust Units represented thereby are transferable;
 
e)   “The Trust Units represented by this certificate are issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Trust Indenture, which Trust Indenture is binding upon all holders of Trust Units and, by acceptance of this certificate, the holder assents to the terms and conditions of the Trust Indenture. A copy of the Trust Indenture pursuant to which this certificate and the Trust Units represented thereby are issued may be obtained by and Trust Unitholder on demand and without fee from the head office of the Fund.” or words of like effect; and
 
f)   “For information as to personal liability of a Trust Unitholder, see the reverse side of this certificate.” or words of like effect.

     Until otherwise determined by the Trustee, each such certificate shall legibly set forth on the face or the reverse side thereof, inter alia, the following:

a)   “The Trust Indenture provides that no Trust Unitholder shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any person m connection with Fund property or the obligations or the affairs of the Fund and all such persons shall look solely to the Fund property for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising out of or in connection therewith and the Fund property only shall be subject to levy or execution.” or words of like effect;
 
b)   an appropriate form of notice of exercise of right of redemption.

     The Trust Unit Certificates may be engraved, printed or lithographed, or partly in one form and partly in another, as the Corporation may determine.

13.04 Register of Trust Unitholders

     A register shall be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, which register shall contain the names and addresses of the Trust Unitholders, the respective numbers of Trust Units held by them, the certificate numbers of the certificates representing such Trust Units and a record of all redemptions thereof. Only Trust Unitholders whose certificates are so recorded shall be entitled to receive distributions or to exercise or enjoy the rights of Trust Unitholders hereunder. The Trustee shall have the right to treat the Person registered as a Trust Unitholder on the register of the Fund as the owner of such Trust Units for all purposes, including, without limitation, payment of any distribution, giving notice to Trust Unitholders and determining the right to attend and vote at meetings of Trust Unitholders.

13.05 Successors of Trust Unitholders

     Any Person becoming entitled to any Trust Units shall be recorded as the holder of such Trust Units and shall receive a new certificate therefore upon production of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee thereof and delivery of the existing certificate to the Trustee, but until such record

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is made the Trust Unitholder of record shall continue to be and be deemed to be the holder of such Trust Units for all purposes whether or not the Trustee shall have actual or other notice of such death, or other event.

13.06 Trust Units Held Jointly or in a Fiduciary Capacity

     The Trustee may treat two or more Persons holding any Trust Units as joint owners of the entire interest therein unless their ownership is expressly otherwise recorded on the register of the Fund, but no entry shall be made in the register or on any certificate that any Person is in any other manner entitled to any future, limited or contingent interest in any Trust Units; provided, however, that any Person recorded as a Trust Unitholder may, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, be described in the register or on any certificate as a fiduciary of any kind and any customary words may be added to the description of the holder to identify the nature of such fiduciary relationship.

13.07 Performance of Trust

     The Trustee, the Trust Unitholders and any officer or agent of the Trustee shall not be bound to be responsible for or otherwise inquire into or ensure the performance of any trust, express, implied or constructive, or of any charge, pledge or equity to which any of the Trust Units or any interest therein are or may be subject, or to ascertain or enquire whether any transfer of any such Trust Units or interests therein by any such Trust Unitholder or by his personal representatives is authorized by such trust, charge, pledge, or equity, or to recognize any Person as having any interest therein except for the Person recorded as Trust Unitholder.

13.08 Lost Certificates

     In the event that any certificate for Trust Units is lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, the Trustee may authorize the issuances of a new certificate for the same number of Trust Units in lieu thereof. The Trustee may in its discretion, before the issuance of such new certificate, require the owner of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate, or the legal representative of the owner, to make an affidavit or statutory declaration setting forth such facts as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation as the Trustee may deem necessary, to surrender any mutilated certificate and may require the applicant to supply to the Fund a “lost certificate bond” or a similar bond in such reasonable sum as the Trustee may direct indemnifying the Trustee and its agent for so doing. The Trustee shall have the power to require from an insurer or insurers a blanket lost security bond or bonds in respect of the replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificates. The Trustee shall pay all premiums and other funds of money payable for such purpose out of the Trust Fund with such contribution, if any, by those insured as may be determined by the Trustee in its sole discretion. If such blanket lost security bond is required, the Trustee may authorize and direct (upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee may from time to time impose) any agent to whom the indemnity of such bond extends to take such action to replace any lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate without further action or approval by the Trustee.

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13.09 Death of a Trust Unitholder

     The death of a Trust Unitholder during the continuance of the Fund shall not terminate the Fund or any of the mutual or respective rights and obligations created by or arising under this Indenture nor give such Trust Unitholder’s personal representative a right to an accounting or take any action in court or otherwise against other Trust Unitholders or the Trustee or the Fund property, but shall merely entitle the personal representatives of the deceased Trust Unitholder to demand and receive, pursuant to the provisions hereof, a new certificate for Trust Units in place of the certificate held by the deceased Trust Unitholder, and upon the acceptance thereof such personal representatives shall succeed to all rights of the deceased Trust Unitholder under this Indenture.

13.10 Unclaimed Interest or Distribution

     In the event that the Trustee shall hold any amount of interest or other distributable amount which is unclaimed or which cannot be paid for any reason, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to invest or reinvest the same but shall only be obliged to hold the same in a current interest-bearing account pending payment to the Person or Persons entitled thereto. The Trustee shall, as and when required by law, and may at any time prior to such required time, pay all or part of such interest or other distributable amount so held to the Public Trustee (or other appropriate government official or agency) whose receipt shall be a good discharge and release of the Trustee.

ARTICLE XIV
TERMINATION

14.01 Termination Date

     Unless terminated earlier under Section 14.02 the Trustee shall commence to wind up the affairs of the Trust when there are no longer any Trust Units outstanding.

14.02 Termination by Trustee with the Approval of Trust Unitholders

a)   The Trust Unitholders may vote by Extraordinary Resolution to terminate the Fund at any meeting of Trust Unitholders duly called by the Trustee for the purpose of considering termination of the Fund, provided that such a vote may only be held if requested in writing by the holders of not less that 25% of the Trust Units, or if the Trust Units have become ineligible for investment by registered retirement savings plans, registered retirement income funds, deferred profit sharing plans or registered education savings plans, as those terms are defined in the Act.
 
b)   For the purpose of this Section and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.06(c), a quorum of 5% of the issued and outstanding Trust Units must be present or represented by proxy at the meeting at which the vote is taken.

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14.03 Procedure Upon Termination

     At least thirty (30) days before the day specified by the Extraordinary Resolution as the date of termination the Trustee shall give notice of the commencement of the winding-up of the affairs of the Fund and such notice of any resolution approved by Trust Unitholders under Section 14.02 shall designate the time or times at which Trust Unitholders may surrender their Trust Units for cancellation and the date at which the register of the Fund shall be closed.

14.04 Powers of the Trustee upon Termination

     After the date referred to in Section 14.01 or the date on which a resolution has been approved under Section 14.02, the Trustee shall carry on no activities except for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Fund as hereinafter provided and, for this purpose, the Trustee shall continue to be vested with and may exercise all or any of the powers conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture.

14.05 Sale of Investments

     After the date referred to in Section 14.04, the Trustee shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the Fund as soon as may be reasonably practicable and for such purpose shall sell and convert into money all investments and other assets comprising the Trust Fund in one transaction or in a series of transactions at public or private sale and do all other acts appropriate to liquidate the Trust Fund.

     If the Trustee is unable to sell all or any of the Royalty Units which comprise part of the Trust Fund by the date set for termination as set out herein, the Trustee may distribute the remaining Royalty Units directly to the Trust Unitholders on the same basis as the Royalty Units were acquired by the Trust Fund on behalf of the Trust Units.

14.06 Distribution of Proceeds

     After paying, retiring, discharging or making provision for the payment, retirement or discharge of all known liabilities and obligations of the Fund and providing for indemnity against any other outstanding liabilities and obligations, the Trustee shall distribute the remaining part of the proceeds of the sale of investment and other assets together with any cash forming part of the Trust Fund among the Trust Unitholders in the following manner:

a)   the Trustee shall allocate to each Trust Unitholder and each Trust Unitholder shall thereupon be entitled to enforce payment of his pro rata share of such part of all amounts that would otherwise be included in computing income of the Fund for the purposes of the Income Tax Act for the year and that are not payable to Trust Unitholders in the year by virtue of any provision of this Trust Indenture other than this Section 14.06;
 
b)   the remaining part, if any, of the said proceeds, other assets and cash shall be distributed among the Trust Unitholders in accordance with their pro rata shares.

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14.07 Redemption and Termination by Other Disposition

     If the Royalty Units which comprise part of the Trust Fund are redeemed or otherwise cease to exist, the Trustee will distribute to the Trust Unitholders on a pro rata basis the net proceeds of redemption or share of assets that a Royalty Unitholder is entitled to receive. If the balance of the other investments or assets comprising the Trust Fund are sold or otherwise disposed of, the Trustee will distribute to the Trust Unitholders on a pro rata basis the net proceeds from such disposition and the Fund shall terminate.

14.08 Further Notice to Trust Unitholders

     In the event that all of the Trust Unitholders shall not surrender their Trust Units for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in the notice or resolution referred to in Section 14.03 the Trustee shall give further notice to the remaining Trust Unitholders to surrender their Trust Units for cancellation and, if within one year after the further notice, all the Trust Units shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, such remaining Trust Units shall be deemed to be cancelled without prejudice to the rights of the holders of such Trust Units to receive their pro rata shares of the amounts referred to in Section 14.06 and the Trustee may either take appropriate steps, or appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact such Trust Unitholders (deducting all expenses thereby incurred from the amounts to which such Trust Unitholders are entitled as aforesaid) or, in the discretion of the Trustee, may pay such amounts into court.

14.09 Responsibility of Trustee after Sale and Conversion

     The Trustee shall be under no obligation to invest the proceeds of any sale of investments or other assets or cash forming part of the Trust Fund after the date referred to in Section 14.04 and, after such sale, the sole obligation of the Trustee under this Indenture shall be to hold such proceeds in trust for distribution under Section 14.06.

ARTICLE XV
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

15.01 Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes

     From time to time the Corporation (when authorized by a resolution of the directors) and the Trustee may, subject to the provisions hereof, and they shall, when so directed in accordance with the provisions hereof, execute and deliver by their proper officers, indentures or instruments supplemental hereto, which thereafter shall form part hereof, for any one or more or all of the following purposes:

a)   adding to the provisions hereof such additional covenants and enforcement provisions as, in the opinion of Counsel, are necessary or advisable in the premises, provided that the same are not in the opinion of the Trustee prejudicial to the interests of the Trust Unitholders;

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b)   giving effect to any Extraordinary Resolution or Ordinary Resolution passed as provided in Article XII;
 
c)   making such provisions not inconsistent with this Indenture as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder, provided that such provisions are not, in the opinion of the Trustee, prejudicial to the interests of the Trust Unitholders;
 
d)   adding to or altering the provisions hereon in respect of the exchange of Trust Unit Certificates, and making any modification in the form of Trust Unit Certificates which does not materially affect the substance thereof;
 
e)   modifying any of the provisions of this Indenture, including relieving the Corporation from any of the obligations, conditions or restrictions herein contained, provided that such modification or relief shall be or become operative or effective only if, in the opinion of the Trustee, such modification or relief in no way prejudices any of the rights of the Trustee Unitholders of the Trustee, provided further that the Trustee may in its sole discretion decline to enter into any such supplemental indenture which in its opinion may not afford adequate protection to the Trustee when the same shall become operative; and
 
f)   for any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, including the correction or rectification of any ambiguities, defective or inconsistent provisions, errors, mistakes or omissions herein, provided that in the opinion of the Trustee the rights of the Trustee and of the Trust Unitholders are not prejudiced thereby.

ARTICLE XVI
GENERAL

16.01 Notices

     Any notice required to be given under this Indenture shall be given to the Trust Unitholders by letter or circular sent through ordinary post addressed to each registered holder at his last address appearing on the register; provided that if there is a general discontinuance of postal service due to strike, lockout or otherwise, such notice may be given by publication twice in the National Edition of The Globe and Mail or any other newspaper having national circulation in Canada; provided further that if there is no newspaper having national circulation, then by publishing twice in a newspaper in each city where the register or a branch register is maintained. Any notice so given shall be deemed to have been given on the day following that on which the letter or circular was posted or, in the case of notice being given by publication, after publishing such notice twice in the designated newspaper or newspapers. In proving notice was posted, it shall be sufficient to prove that such letter or circular was properly addressed, stamped and posted.

16.02 Failure to Give Notice

     The failure by the Trustee, by accident or omission or otherwise unintentionally, to give any Trust Unitholder any notice provided for herein shall not affect the validity, effect, taking

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effect of any action referred to in such notice, and the Trustee shall not be liable to any Unitholder for any such failure.

16.03 Joint Holders

     Service of a notice or document on any one of several joint holders of Trust Units shall be deemed effective service on the other joint holders.

16.04 Service of Notice

     Any notice or document sent by post to or left at the address of a Trust Unitholder pursuant to this Article shall, notwithstanding the death or bankruptcy of such Trust Unitholder, and whether or not the Trustee has notice of such death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been fully served and such service shall be deemed sufficient service on all Persons interested in the Trust Units concerned.

16.05 Information Available to Trust Unitholders

     Each Trust Unitholder shall have the right to obtain, on demand and on payment of reasonable reproduction costs from the head office of the Fund, a copy of the Royalty Indenture, the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Trust Indenture and the supplemental indenture, if any, relating to Trust Units held by that Trust Unitholder and shall be entitled to inspect, and, on payment of a reasonable fee thereof, obtain a list of the Trust Unitholders for purposes connected with the Fund.

16.06 Income Tax: Obligations of the Trustee

     The Trustee shall satisfy, perform and discharge all obligations and responsibilities of the Trustee under the Act (including any obligations of the Fund under Part XIII of the said Act and responsibility to file for and collect ARC) and neither the Fund nor the Trustee shall be accountable or liable to any Trust Unitholder by reason of any act or acts of the Trustee consistent with any such obligations or responsibilities.

16.07 Income Tax: Designations

     In the return of its income under Part I of the Act for each year the Fund shall make such designations to Trust Unitholders with respect to any amounts distributed or payable to Trust Unitholders in the year including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, designations with respect to Reimbursed Crown Charges, to any taxable capital gains realized and distributed to Trust Unitholders by the Fund in the year, and to interest payable to Trust Unitholders in the year, as shall be permitted under the provisions of the Act and as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be reasonable and equitable. In the first tax year, in filing a return of income for the Fund, the Fund shall elect that the Fund be deemed to be a mutual fund trust for the entire year.

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16.08 Income Tax: Deductions

     The Trustee shall claim the maximum deductions available to the Fund for the purposes of computing its income pursuant to the provisions of the Act to the extent required to reduce the taxable income of the Fund to nil or to the extent desirable in the best interests of the Trust Unitholders.

16.09 Fiscal Year

     The fiscal year of the Fund shall end on December 31 of each year.

ARTICLE XVII
AUDITORS

17.01 Qualification of Auditors

     The Auditors shall be an independent recognized firm of chartered accountants which has an office within Alberta.

17.02 Appointment of Auditors

     The Trustee hereby appoints KPMG LLP as the Auditors of the Fund, to hold such office until the first annual meeting of the Trust Unitholders at such remuneration as may be approved by the Trustee. The Auditors will be selected at each annual meeting of Trust Unitholders.

17.03 Change of Auditors

     The Auditors may at any time be removed by the Trustee with the approval of a majority of the votes cast by Trust Unitholders at a meeting of Trust Unitholders duly called for the purpose and, upon the resignation or the removal of Auditors as aforesaid, new Auditors may be appointed by the Trustee with the approval of a majority of votes cast by Trust Unitholders at a meeting duly called for the purpose.

17.04 Reports of Auditors

     The Auditors shall audit the accounts of the Fund at least once in each year and a report of the Auditors with respect to the annual financial statements of the Fund shall be prepared on a consolidated basis with the Corporation and shall be provided to each Trust Unitholder with notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Fund.

ARTICLE XVIII
MISCELLANEOUS

18.01 Successors and Assigns

     The provisions of this Indenture shall enure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties and their successors and assigns.

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18.02 Counterparts

     This Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts, together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument, which shall be sufficiently evidenced by any such original counterparts.

18.03 Severability

     If any provision of this Indenture shall be held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision in such jurisdiction and shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction or any other provision of this Indenture in any jurisdiction.

18.04 Notice to Trustee

     Any written notice of written communication given to the Trustee shall be addressed to the attention of the Fund at the principal trust office of the Trustee in Calgary or to the attention of any employee or officer of the Trustee who shall be designated by the Trustee, and shall be deemed to have been duly given only on the earlier of the date:

a)   when the same is personally delivered to Suite 710 - 530 8th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3S8.; or
 
b)   in the case of dispatch by telegraph, telex or telecommunication device, three (3) hours after deposit for dispatch in a public office for origination of such telegram, telex message or similar telecommunication or three (3) hours after dispatch by means of a private telex or other telecommunication device, addressed as aforesaid; or
 
c)   in the case of mailing, five (5) days after deposit in the Canadian mails, unregistered with postage prepaid, addressed to the office (referred to above) of the party to whom notice is to be given.

18.05 Notice to Corporation

a)   Any notice to the Corporation under the provisions of this indenture shall be valid and effective if delivered or if given by registered letter, postage prepaid, addressed to the Corporation at Suite 700, 112 - 4th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0H3, Attention: the President or the Secretary, and shall be deemed to have been effectively given on the date of delivery or, if mailed, from the time when in the ordinary course of post the said letter should have reached its destination, which for the purpose of this Indenture shall be deemed to be five (5) days after posting.
 
b)   The Corporation may from time to time notify the Trustee in writing of a change of address which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address of the Corporation for all purposes of this Indenture.

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c)   If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Corporation could be reasonably considered unlikely to reach its destination, such notice shall be valid and effective only if it is delivered to the named officer of the Corporation, or if it is delivered to such party at the appropriate address provided in subsection 18.05(a), by cable, telegram, telex or other means of prepaid, transmitted and recorded communication.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the parties has caused these presents to be executed by its proper officers duly authorized in its behalf as of the 2nd day of December, 1988.

   
  PENGROWTH CORPORATION
 
  Per: -s- James S. Kinnear
 
  Per: -s- Gordon Andersen
 
  COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
 
  Per: -s- Stacie Moore
 
  Per: -s- Heather Morley

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SCHEDULE “A”

     To the annexed indenture dated as of April 23, 2002 and made between PENGROWTH CORPORATION and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

(Form of Trust Unit Certificate for the Trust Units)
TRUST UNITS Pengrowth Energy Trust

(a trust created under the laws of the Province of
Alberta by a Trust Indenture dated as of December 2, 1988)

     
No.
   
Trust Units
 
    CUSIP NO.                                                      

     THIS CERTIFIES THAT:

                         is the registered holder of fully paid Trust Units issued by Pengrowth Energy Trust.

     The Trust Units represented by this Certificate are transferable.

     The Trust Units represented by this Certificate are issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions of an indenture (which indenture together with all other instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto is herein referred to as the “Trust Indenture”) dated as of December 2, 1988 and made between Pengrowth Corporation and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Trustee”), which Trust Indenture is binding upon all holders of Trust Units and, by acceptance of this certificate, the holder assents to the terms and conditions of the Trust Indenture. Terms defined in the Trust Indenture have the same meaning when used herein.

     The Trust Indenture contains provisions for the holding of meetings of Trust Unitholders and rendering resolutions passed at such meetings and instruments in writing signed by the holders of a specific majority of the Trust Units outstanding binding upon all Trust Unitholders.

     A copy of the Trust Indenture pursuant to which this certificate and the Trust Units represented thereby are issued may be obtained by any Trust Unitholder on demand and on payment of reasonable reproduction costs from the head once of Pengrowth Energy Trust (the “Fund”).

     This Trust Unit Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Trustee under the Trust Indenture.


 

     For information as to personal liability of a Trust Unitholder and for information concerning exercise of the redemption right attaching hereto, see the reverse side of this certificate.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF Pengrowth Corporation has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and this Trust Unit Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers as of December 2, 1988.

   
  PENGROWTH CORPORATION
 
  Per: 
        President                                                            c/s
 
  Per: 
        Secretary

(FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE)

     This Trust Unit Certificate is one of the Trust Unit Certificates referred to in the Trust Indenture within mentioned.

   
  COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
 
  Per: 
        Authorized Officer
 
  Per: 
        Authorized Officer

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[Reverse of Trust Unit Certificate]

     The Trust Indenture provides that no Trust Unitholder shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any person in connection with Fund property or the obligations or the affairs of the Fund and all such persons shall look solely to the Fund property for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising out of or in connection therewith and the Fund property only shall be subject to levy or execution.

Exercise of Redemption Right

     A notice requiring the Trustee to redeem Trust Units shall be given during business hours on any Business Day to the Trustee at its principal office in the City of Calgary by delivery to the Trustee of a certificate that represents the Trust Units to be redeemed by the Trustee and that is either properly endorsed for transfer or accompanies by a properly executed written instrument or instruments of transfer and with the notice which appear below completed and properly executed. No such endorsement or form or manner of execution shall be sufficient unless the same is, in all respects, satisfactory to the Trustee and is accompanied by any further evidence that the Trustee may reasonably require with respect to the identity, capacity or authority of the person giving such notice.

     Upon receipt of a notice to redeem Trust Units the Trustee shall endeavour to sell one (1) Royalty Unit from the Fund for each Trust Unit in respect of which a notice of redemption has been duly given. The redemption amount will be equal to the proceeds of such sale, net of selling expenses and a amount considered by the Trustee to be necessary to compensate the Pengrowth Energy Trust and the remaining Trust Unitholders for the tax consequences of the redemption and sale of Royalty Units, which amount shall be paid upon receipt of the net proceeds of the sale by the Trustee. If the Redemption Amount is paid by cheque, the cheque will be drawn on a Canadian chartered bank, in lawful money of Canada, payable at par in Canada, to the order of the Trust Unitholder who has exercised his right of redemption.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee will not be obliged to redeem Trust Units in any number nor to any extent greater than the number of Royalty Units that the Trustee is able to sell.

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TRANSFER FORM

     For value received the undersigned hereby assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:

                   Trust Units

of Pengrowth Energy Trust represented by this Certificate.

     DATED this      day of                   , 198     .

     
 
Witness
   

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.