0001104659-20-009792.txt : 20200203 0001104659-20-009792.hdr.sgml : 20200203 20200203163039 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-20-009792 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200131 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200203 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200203 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Aphria Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001733418 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEDICINAL CHEMICALS & BOTANICAL PRODUCTS [2833] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38708 FILM NUMBER: 20569056 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 TALBOT STREET W., SUITE 103 CITY: LEAMINGTON STATE: A6 ZIP: N8H 1N8 BUSINESS PHONE: (844) 427-4742 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 TALBOT STREET W., SUITE 103 CITY: LEAMINGTON STATE: A6 ZIP: N8H 1N8 6-K 1 a20-6338_26k.htm 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of February 2020

Commission File Number: 001-38708

 

APHRIA INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

98 TALBOT ST. W.
LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, N8H 1M8, CANADA
(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F

 

Form 20-F o        Form 40-F x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

 

 


 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 to this report on Form 6-K are hereby expressly incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-10 of Aphria Inc. (File No. 333-233426), as amended and supplemented, to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 3, 2020

APHRIA INC.

 

 

 

/s/ Carl Merton

 

Carl Merton

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

99.1

 

Securities Purchase Agreement, dated January 30, 2020, by and between Aphria Inc. and the investor

99.2

 

Warrant Indenture, dated January 30, 2020

99.3

 

Material Change Report

99.4

 

Consent of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

 

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EX-99.1 2 a20-6338_2ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

January 30, 2020

 

Aphria Inc.
98 Talbot Street West
Leamington, Ontario
Canada N8H 1M8

 

Attention: Irwin D. Simon, Interim Chief Executive Officer

 

The undersigned,                                                            (the “Investor”), understands that Aphria Inc. (the “Company” or the “Issuer”) proposes to issue and sell, and the Investor proposes to purchase as principal, up to 14,044,944 units (the “Offered Units”), at a price of $7.12 per Offered Unit (the “Purchase Price”), for aggregate gross proceeds of $100,000,001, subject to the terms and conditions set out below (the “Offering”).

 

The Investor further understands that the Company has prepared and filed: (i) the Shelf Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and that the Company has prepared and will file, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and in compliance with the requirements of NI 44-102 (as hereinafter defined), the Prospectus Supplement (as hereinafter defined) and all other necessary documents in order to qualify the Offered Units for distribution to the Investor in the Province of Ontario; and (ii) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), pursuant to the Canada/U.S. Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System adopted by the SEC, a registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-233426), which contains the Shelf Prospectus (the “U.S. Registration Statement”) and under which the Supplemented Prospectus will be filed, in each case with such modifications as permitted by the SEC.

 

Each Offered Unit shall be comprised of one Common Share (as hereinafter defined) (each, a “Unit Share”) and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share (each, a “Warrant Share”) at a price of $9.26 for a period of 24 months from the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined). The Warrants shall be issued on the applicable Closing Date pursuant to, and be governed by, a warrant indenture to be entered into with Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Warrant Indenture”), to be entered into on the Closing Date. To the extent there is any inconsistency between the description of the terms of the Warrants contained in this Agreement and the terms of the Warrants as set forth in the Warrant Indenture, the terms set forth in the Warrant Indenture shall govern.

 

This Agreement and the Warrant Indenture and the certificates evidencing the Securities are collectively referred to herein as the “Documents”, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are collectively referred to herein as the “Transactions.”

 

The additional terms and conditions of the agreement between the Company and the Investor are set forth below.

 

1.                                      Interpretation

 

1.1                               Definitions. In addition to any terms or phrases defined elsewhere in this Agreement, unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, for the purposes of this Agreement (including the Schedules hereto) capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings attributed to them as follows:

 

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affiliate”, “associate”, “distribution”, “distribution to the public”, “insider”, “misrepresentation”, “material fact” and “material change”, shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Ontario);

 

Agreement” means this securities purchase agreement and the Schedules hereto;

 

Amendment” means, as applicable, any amendment to the Supplemented Prospectus;

 

Applicable Agreements” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(v);

 

Applicable Law” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(v);

 

Applicable Securities Laws” means, collectively, all applicable securities laws in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and the respective rules, regulations, blanket orders and blanket rulings under such laws together with applicable published policies, policy statements and notices of the Securities Commissions;

 

Audit Committee” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(l);

 

Authorizations” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(xx);

 

Canadian Authorities” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(g);

 

Canadian Securities Laws” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(g);

 

CFPOA” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(rr);

 

CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.;

 

Charter Documents” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(v);

 

Closing” means the issuance, delivery and sale of the Offered Units on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

 

Closing Date” means January 30, 2020, or such other date as may be mutually agreed to by the Investor and the Company;

 

Closing Time” means 8:30 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Closing Date, or any other time on the Closing Date as may be mutually agreed to by the Investor and the Company;

 

Code” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(ccc);

 

Common Shares” means common shares in the capital of the Company;

 

Company Additional Written Communication” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(e);

 

Company’s Auditors” means PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP or such other firm of chartered accountants as the Company may have appointed or may from time to time appoint as auditors of the Company;

 

Company Financial Statements” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(i);

 

Distribution Period” means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Closing Date;

 

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Documents Incorporated by Reference” means all financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis, management information circulars, annual information forms, material change reports, business acquisition reports, marketing materials or other documents issued by the Company, whether before or after the date of this Agreement, that are required or deemed by Applicable Securities Laws to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus or any Supplementary Material;

 

ERISA” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(dd);

 

Employee Plans” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(ee);

 

Environmental Laws” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(hh);

 

Exchange” means each of the TSX and the NYSE;

 

Exchange Act” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(g);

 

FCPA” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(rr);

 

Financial Statements” means, collectively, (a) the audited financial statements of the Company for the years ended May 31, 2019 and 2018; and (b) the condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for the period ended November 30, 2019;

 

Governmental Authority” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(v);

 

HMT” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(tt);

 

IFRS” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(i);

 

Intellectual Property” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(cc);

 

Investment Company Act” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(nn);

 

IT Systems” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(ddd);

 

Liens” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(r);

 

marketing materials” has the meaning ascribed thereto in NI 41-101;

 

Material Adverse Change” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(n);

 

Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(q);

 

MI 11-102” means Multilateral Instrument 11-102 — Passport System;

 

Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(ss);

 

OFAC” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(tt);

 

NI 44-101” means National Instrument 44-101 — Short Form Prospectus Distributions; “NI 44-102” means National Instrument 44-102 — Shelf Distributions;

 

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NI 51-102” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(h);

 

NYSE” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(bbb);

 

Permits” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(z);

 

person” includes any individual, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company or association, joint venture association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, investment trust, society or other entity, organization, syndicate, whether incorporated or not, trustee, executor or other legal personal representative, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof;

 

PFIC” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(ccc);

 

Proceedings” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(y);

 

Prospectus Supplement” means the prospectus supplement of the Company which, together with the Shelf Prospectus, will qualify the distribution of the Offered Units in the Province of Ontario, prepared in connection with the qualification of the Offered Units and the Documents Incorporated by Reference or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference;

 

Public Disclosure Documents” means, collectively, all of the publicly available documents that have been filed by or on behalf of the Company since April 1, 2019 but prior to the Closing Time with the relevant securities regulators pursuant to the requirements of Canadian Securities Laws, all press releases, annual information forms, material change reports, financial statements, management’s discussion and analyses, information circulars, filing statements, business acquisition reports and other documents that have been publicly disclosed by the Company and posted on SEDAR, as applicable;

 

Qualifying Jurisdictions” means, collectively, each of the provinces and territories of Canada;

 

Regulatory Agencies” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(ww);

 

Securities” means the Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Offered Units and the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants;

 

Securities Commissions” means, collectively, the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions;

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

SEDAR” means the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval;

 

SEDI” means the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders;

 

Shelf Prospectus” means the (final) base shelf prospectus of the Company dated November 22, 2019, including the Documents Incorporated by Reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein;

 

Subsequent Disclosure Documents” means any financial statements, management information circulars, annual information forms, material change reports, business acquisition reports or other documents issued by the Company and filed with the Securities Commissions after the date of this Agreement which are incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Supplemented Prospectus;

 

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Subsidiaries” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(p);

 

Supplementary Material” means, collectively, any Amendment, or ancillary material required to be filed with any of the Securities Commissions in connection with the distribution of the Offered Units and any material incorporated therein by reference;

 

Supplemented Prospectus” means the Shelf Prospectus as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement;

 

TSX” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(bbb);

 

UNSC” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(tt);

 

United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of Columbia;

 

U.S. Person” means a “U.S. person” as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act; and

 

U.S. Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1.2                               Interpretation. The division of this Agreement into sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions are to sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions of this  Agreement,  and  words importing only the singular number include the plural and vice versa and words importing one gender include all genders.

 

1.3                               Currency. Except as otherwise indicated, all amounts expressed herein in terms of money refer to lawful currency of Canada and all payments to be made hereunder shall be made in such currency.

 

2.                                      Distribution of Offered Units

 

2.1                               The Company shall offer the Offered Units for sale to the Investor directly, only in compliance with Applicable Securities Laws and on the terms and conditions set forth herein. For purposes of this Agreement, the Investor shall be entitled to assume that the Offered Units are qualified for distribution in the Qualifying Jurisdictions. The offer and sale of the Offered Units shall be concurrently registered under the U.S. Securities Act through the U.S. Registration Statement.

 

2.2                               The Company shall deliver to the Investor prior to or contemporaneously, as nearly as practicable, with the filing with the Securities Commissions of the Prospectus Supplement, a copy of the following:

 

(a)                                 the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, as filed with the Securities Commissions, signed and certified as required by Applicable Securities Laws; and

 

(b)                                 all Documents Incorporated by Reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference, or containing information incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference, into the Prospectus Supplement, and any other document required to be filed by the Company prior to the filing of the Prospectus Supplement under the laws of the

 

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Qualifying Jurisdictions in compliance with Applicable Securities Laws in connection with the distribution of the Offered Units that are not publicly available on www.sedar.com, if such documents have not previously been delivered to the Investor, which documents may be delivered in electronic form.

 

2.3                               The delivery by the Company to the Investor of the Supplemented Prospectus and any Amendment shall constitute a representation and warranty to the Investor by the Company that:

 

(a)                                 the Documents Incorporated by Reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Supplemented Prospectus and any Amendment (except any information and statements relating solely to and provided in writing by the Investor) (i) are, at the date thereof, true and correct in all material respects, (ii) contain, as at that date, no misrepresentation and (iii) constitute, as at that date, full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the Company (on a consolidated basis) and to the Offered Units;

 

(b)                                 no fact or information is omitted from such disclosure (except facts or information which is modified or superseded by subsequent information as provided in the Supplemented Prospectus) which is required to be stated in such disclosure or is necessary to make the statement or information contained in such disclosure not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made; and

 

(c)                                  such documents comply as at the date of such documents with the requirements of Applicable Securities Laws.

 

2.4                               The Company shall also prepare and deliver promptly to the Investor signed and certified copies of all Amendments. The Company shall not file any Amendment or other documents (other than the Prospectus Supplement and documents that are required to be filed therewith) without first obtaining the approval of the Investor, after consultation with the Investor as to the form and content thereof, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Concurrently with the delivery of such Amendment, the Company shall deliver to the Investor, with respect to such Amendment, the documents required by Section 5.1, updated as appropriate.

 

2.5                               Prior to the filing of the Prospectus Supplement with the Securities Commissions, copies of correspondence demonstrating that the Company has applied for the listing and posting for trading on the Exchange of the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares, or if conditional approval has been received, that such approval is subject only to the satisfaction by the Company of such customary and standard conditions imposed by the Exchange in similar circumstances and set forth in a letter of the Exchange addressed to the Company (the “Standard Listing Conditions”);

 

2.6                               Unless required under Applicable Securities Law, the Company shall not disclose the name of the Investor in any press releases or other public disclosure relating to the Offering without the Investor’s prior written consent. Neither the Company nor the Investor shall make any public announcement in connection with the Offering, except if both the Company and the Investor has consented to such announcement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or the announcement is required by Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange rules. For certainty, during the period commencing on the date hereof and until completion of the Distribution Period, the Company will promptly provide to the Investor drafts of any press releases of the Company for review and comment by the Investor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) prior to issuance and the Company will incorporate in such press releases all reasonable comments of the Investor.

 

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3.                                      Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Purchaser

 

3.1                               The Investor represents, warrants and covenants to the Company, and acknowledges that the Company is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the Offering, that:

 

(a)                                 Organization and Qualification. The Investor is a corporation existing under the under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization.

 

(b)                                 Corporate Authorization. The Investor has the requisite power, authority and right to enter into and deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Investor, and no other approval or consent from, or filing with, or notice to, any other Person is required on the part of the Investor in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Execution and Binding Obligation. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Investor, and this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms subject only to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to equitable remedies generally.

 

(d)                                 Security Ownership. The Investor is not an insider of the Company and following completion of the Offering will not be an insider of the Company.

 

(e)                                  Canadian Securities Law.  The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that it qualifies  as an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in section 73.3 of the Securities Act (Ontario) or section 1.1 of National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions of the Canadian Securities Administrators (“NI 45-106”), as applicable, and was not created or is used solely to purchase or hold the Securities as an accredited investor as described in paragraph (m) of the definition of “accredited investor” in Section 1.1 of NI 45-106, are purchasing the Securities as principal or are deemed to be purchasing the Securities as principal pursuant to NI 45-106.

 

(f)                                   Proceeds of Crime. To the Investor’s knowledge, after due inquiry, the funds representing the aggregate Purchase Price payable by the Investor are not proceeds of crime as defined in the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) (the “PCMLTFA”). To the Investor’s knowledge, after due inquiry, none of the funds representing the Purchase Price to be provided by the Investor (i) have been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of Canada or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) are being tendered on behalf of a person or entity (A) with whom the Investor would be prohibited from dealing with under applicable money laundering, terrorist financing, economic sanctions, criminal or other similar laws or regulations or (B) who has not been identified to the Investor.

 

4.                                      Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company

 

4.1                               The Company represents, warrants and covenants to the Investor, and acknowledges that the Investor is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the Offering, that:

 

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(a)                                 Qualification of Offered Units.  The Company has filed the Shelf Prospectus pursuant to MI 11-102 and obtained a receipt document from the Ontario Securities Commission in respect of each Qualifying Jurisdiction, and provided the Investor have taken all action required by them hereunder to permit the Company to do so, shall have taken all steps and proceedings that may be necessary in order to qualify the Offered Units for distribution pursuant to the Supplemented Prospectus in the Province of Ontario before close of business on January 30, 2020 (or such other date as may be agreed to in writing by the Company and the Investor).

 

(b)                                 Distribution Period.  During the Distribution Period, the Company will promptly notify the Investor in writing if, prior to termination of the Distribution Period, there shall occur any material change or change in a material fact (in either case, whether actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened and other than a change or change in fact relating solely to the Investor) or any event or development involving a prospective material change or a change in a material fact relating to the Company, on a consolidated basis, or any other change which is of such a nature as to result in, or could be considered reasonably likely to result in a misrepresentation in the Supplemented Prospectus or any Supplementary Material, as they exist immediately prior to such change, or could render any of the foregoing, as they exist immediately prior to such change, not in compliance with any of the Applicable Securities Laws.

 

(c)                                  Notice of Changes.  The Company will promptly notify the Investor in writing with full particulars of any such actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened change referred to in the preceding paragraph and the Company shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Investor, provided the Investor have taken all action required by them hereunder to permit the Company to do so, file promptly and, in any event, within all applicable time limitation periods with the Securities Commissions a new or amended Supplemented Prospectus or Supplementary Material, as the case may be, or material change report as may be required under Applicable Securities Laws and shall comply with all other applicable filing and other requirements under Applicable Securities Laws including any requirements necessary to qualify the issuance and distribution of the Offered Units in the Province of Ontario and shall deliver to the Investor as soon as practicable thereafter their reasonable requirements of conformed or commercial copies of any such new or amended Supplemented Prospectus or Supplementary Material, as applicable. The Company will not file any such new or amended disclosure documentation or material change report without first obtaining the approval of the form and content thereof by the Investor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(d)                                 Discussion of Changes.  The Company will in good faith discuss with the Investor as promptly as possible any circumstance or event which is of such a nature that there is or ought to be consideration given as to whether there may be a material change or change in a material fact or other change described in the preceding two paragraphs.

 

(e)                                  Limitation on Offering Materials.  The Company has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and will not, and will not cause or allow its agents or representatives to, prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities, or otherwise is prepared to market the Securities, other than (i) the Shelf Prospectus, (ii) the Prospectus Supplement and (iii) any Supplementary Materials or other written communications (and any corresponding filings under the U.S. Registration Statement with the SEC), in each case used in accordance with Section 4.1(c) hereof (each

 

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such communication by the Company or its agents or representatives described in this clause (iii), a “Company Additional Written Communication”).

 

(f)                                   No Material Misstatement or Omission.  (i) the Shelf Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, as of the date thereof, did not, and, at the Closing Date, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (ii) each Company Additional Written Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Shelf Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, and when taken together, did not, and, at the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except in each case that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4 do not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Investor and furnished to the Company in writing by the Investor expressly for use in the Prospectus Supplement. Any reference to the Shelf Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. No injunction or order has been issued that would prevent or suspend the issuance or sale of any of the Securities or the use of the Shelf Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement in any jurisdiction outside the U.S. or inside the U.S. under the U.S. Registration Statement, and no proceeding for either such purpose has commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated.

 

(g)                                  Documents Incorporated by Reference. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, at the time that they were or hereafter are filed with (i) the SEC, from and after the time that the Company commenced filing with the SEC, complied and will comply, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), (ii) with the securities commissions or other securities regulatory authorities of each of the applicable provinces and territories of Canada (collectively, the “Canadian Authorities”) in accordance with the applicable securities legislation, and published rules and regulations including national and multilateral or local instruments adopted by each of the provinces and territories of Canada (“Canadian Securities Laws”), or became effective, as applicable, complied and will comply, in all material respects with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Law, and did not or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in such incorporated documents or to be filed as exhibits to such incorporated documents which have not been described or filed as required.

 

(h)                                 Reporting Compliance.  The Company is subject to, and is in compliance in all material respects with, the reporting requirements of Section 13 and Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Exchange Act and with National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations (“NI 51-102”) and the policies, rules and regulations of the TSX.

 

(i)                                     Preparation of the Financial Statements.  The consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement (the “Company Financial Statements”) (i) have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as

 

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issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”), applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the notes thereto, (ii) contain no material misrepresentations and present fairly in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company on a consolidated basis as at the date thereof and the results of the operations and cash flows of the Company on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended and (iii) contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated material liabilities, expenses and losses of the Company on a consolidated basis that are required to be disclosed in such financial statements in accordance with IFRS.  There has been no material change in accounting policies or practices of the Company since May 31, 2019 other than as provided for under IFRS. The financial information of the Company contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement has been prepared on a basis materially consistent with the books and records of the Company and presents fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations, deficit and cash flow of the Company, respectively, as at the dates and for the periods indicated. Other than the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, no other financial statements or supporting schedules would have been required to be included in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under National Instrument 52-107 - Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards and NI 51-102 under the Canadian Securities Laws.

 

(j)                                    Forward-Looking Information. With respect to forward-looking information contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement: (i) the Company had a reasonable basis for the forward-looking information at the time the disclosure was made; (ii) all forward-looking information is identified as such, and all such documents caution users of forward-looking information that actual results may vary from the forward-looking information ; (iii) all future-oriented financial information and each financial outlook: (A) presents fully, fairly and correctly in all material respects the then-expected results of the operations for the periods covered thereby; and (B) is based on assumptions that are reasonable in the circumstances; and (iv) is limited, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, to a period for which the information in the future-oriented financial information or financial outlook can be reasonably estimated.

 

(k)                                 Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws) that (i) are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws and include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted under Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its certifying officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; (ii) have been evaluated by management of the Company for effectiveness in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws; and (iii) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.

 

(l)                                     Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements, including the related notes thereto,

 

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contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, are independent auditors with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries as required under applicable Canadian Securities Laws and within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the SEC and as required by the Securities Act. There has never been a reportable event (within the meaning of NI 51-102) between the Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The responsibilities and composition of the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Audit Committee”) comply with, and the audit committee operates in accordance with, National Instrument 52-110 - Audit Committees and the applicable requirements of the TSX.

 

(m)                             Certain Disclosure.  The statements set forth in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are, in all material respects, accurate and complete  summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

 

(n)                                 No Material Adverse Change.  Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is contained in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, (i) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, direct or contingent, including without limitation any losses or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, earthquakes, accident or other calamity,  whether or not covered by insurance, or from any strike, labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or has entered into any transactions material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company’s business and operations on a consolidated basis, not in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has not been any material decrease in the capital stock or any material increase in any short-term or long-term indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or any payment of or declaration to pay any dividends or any other distribution with respect to the Company, and (iii) there has not been any material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the properties, business, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Material Adverse Change”).

 

(o)                                 Rating Agencies.  No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as that term is used in Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act) (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) to retain any rating assigned to the Company or any of the wholly owned Subsidiaries or to any securities of  the Company or any of the wholly owned Subsidiaries or (ii) has indicated to the Company that it is considering (A) the downgrading, suspension, or withdrawal of, or any review (or of any potential or intended review) for a possible change in, any rating so assigned (including, without limitation, the placing of any of the foregoing ratings on credit watch with negative or developing implications or under review with an uncertain direction) or (B) any change in the outlook for any rating of the Company or any of the wholly owned Subsidiaries or any securities of the Company or any of the wholly owned Subsidiaries.

 

(p)                                 Subsidiaries. Each corporation, partnership or other entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly through any of its subsidiaries, owns more than fifty percent (50%) of any class of equity securities or interests is listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the

 

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Subsidiaries”).  Each Subsidiary that is a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary has an asterisk (“*”) next to its name on such Schedule. Other than the Subsidiaries, the Company has no direct or indirect subsidiary nor any investment in any person which is material to the business and affairs of the Company or which otherwise is required to be disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.

 

(q)                                 Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  The Company and each of the Subsidiaries (i) has been duly organized or formed, as the case may be, is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets as described in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or other entity as the case may be, authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of such businesses or the ownership or leasing of such properties requires such qualification, except, in each instance, where the failure to do so or to be so  would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on (A) the properties, business, prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to perform its obligations in all material respects under any Document, (C) the validity or enforceability of any of the Documents, or (D) the consummation of any of the Transactions (each material adverse effect described in clauses (A) - (D), a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 

(r)                                    Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters.  All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company and each of the wholly owned Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all applicable Canadian, and as applicable, U.S. federal securities laws, and were not issued in violation of, and are not subject to, any preemptive or similar rights.  The Unit Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares and all other outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof set forth in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon due exercise of the Warrants by all necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such exercise in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; no holder of the Warrant Shares will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon such exercise will not be subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.  None of the outstanding Common Shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or other similar rights granted by the Company to any securityholder of the Company.  All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the Subsidiaries are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of all liens, security interests, mortgages, pledges, charges, equities, claims or restrictions on transferability or encumbrances of any kind (collectively, “Liens”), other than those  Liens that would be materially adverse to the business and operations of the Company and those imposed by the U.S. Securities Act and the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of certain U.S. state or non-U.S. jurisdictions. Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, there are no outstanding (A) options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to purchase from the Company or any of the wholly owned Subsidiaries, (B) agreements, contracts, arrangements or other obligations of the Company or any of the wholly owned Subsidiaries to issue or (C) other rights to convert

 

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any obligation into or exchange any securities for, in the case of each of clauses (A) through (C), shares of capital stock of or other ownership or equity interests in the Company or any of the wholly owned Subsidiaries.

 

(s)                                   Legal Power and Authority.  The Company has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions.

 

(t)                                    This Agreement and the Warrant Indenture.  This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.  The Warrant Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.  When executed and delivered, this Agreement and the Warrant Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.

 

(u)                                 The Securities.  The Securities have each been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Investor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Warrant Indenture, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefit of the Warrant Indenture, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.  When executed and delivered, the Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and will be in the form contemplated by the Warrant Indenture.

 

(v)                                 Compliance with Existing Instruments and Law.  Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents (the “Charter Documents”); (ii) in violation of any U.S., Canadian or foreign federal, state, provincial, or local statute, law (including, without limitation, common law) or ordinance, or any judgment, decree, rule, regulation, order or injunction (collectively, “Applicable Law”) of any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, provincial, local or other governmental or regulatory authority, governmental or regulatory agency or body, court, arbitrator or self-regulatory organization (including Health Canada) or any comparable federal, provincial, state, municipal, local or foreign governmental bodies in Canada or any other country, in each case with jurisdiction over the Company or its Subsidiaries) (each, a “Governmental Authority”), applicable to any of them or any of their respective properties; or (iii) in breach of or default under any bond, debenture, note, loan or other evidence of indebtedness, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or any other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them or their respective property is bound (collectively, the “Applicable Agreements”), except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for such violations, breaches or defaults that would not,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  All Applicable Agreements are in full force and effect and are legal, valid and binding obligations, other than as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.  There exists no condition that, with the passage of time or otherwise, would constitute (a) a violation of such Charter Documents or Applicable Laws, (b) a breach of or default or a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” (as defined below) under any Applicable Agreement. As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties.

 

(w)                               No Conflicts.  Neither the execution, delivery or performance of the Documents nor the consummation of any of the Transactions (including the use of proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) will conflict with,  violate, constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under, or result in the imposition of a Lien on any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,  the imposition of any penalty or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under or pursuant to (i) the Charter Documents, (ii) any Applicable Agreement, (iii) any Applicable Law or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award binding upon or affecting the Company.

 

(x)                                 No Consents.  No consent, approval, authorization, order, filing, qualification or registration of or with any Governmental Authority or third party  is required for execution, delivery or performance of the Documents or the consummation of the Transactions, except such (i) those that have been granted or made, as the case may be, that are in full force and effect and (ii) as may be required under the Canadian Securities Laws or the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of U.S. state or non-U.S. jurisdictions or other non-U.S. laws applicable to the purchase of the Securities outside the U.S. in connection with the Transactions.

 

(y)                                 No Material Applicable Laws or Proceedings.  (i) No Applicable Law shall have been enacted, adopted or issued shall have been passed or issued, (ii) no stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Securities in any jurisdiction shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been commenced or, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, be pending or contemplated as of the applicable Closing Date and (iii) there is no action, claim, suit, demand, hearing, notice of violation or deficiency, or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, after due inquiry,  threatened or contemplated by Governmental Authorities or threatened in writing by others (collectively, “Proceedings”) that, with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (A) would restrain, enjoin, prevent or interfere with the consummation of the Offering or any of the Transactions or (B) would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(z)                                  All Necessary Permits.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries possess all licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all Governmental Authorities (including Health Canada), presently required or necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as now conducted as described in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement (“Permits”), except where the failure to possess

 

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such Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect to any such Permits, except where the failure to have fulfilled or performed such Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination of any such Permit or has resulted, or after notice or lapse of time would, except where such revocation, termination or impairment would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect result, in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any  Permit; and none of the Company or the Subsidiaries has received or has any reason to believe it will receive any notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any Permit, except, in each instance, as described in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement or except where such revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(aa)                          Title to Properties.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good, marketable and valid title to all real property owned by it and good title to all personal property owned by it and good and valid title to all leasehold estates in real and personal property being leased by it and, as of the applicable Closing Date, will be free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement or as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to materially adversely affect the value of such property or interfere with the use thereof. All Applicable Agreements to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound are valid and enforceable against each of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, and are valid and enforceable against the other party or parties thereto and are in full force and effect (A) with only such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and (B) except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up, arrangement, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

(bb)                          Tax Law Compliance.  All Tax (as hereinafter defined) returns required to be filed by the Company and each of the Subsidiaries have been filed and all such returns are true, complete and correct in all material respects.  All material Taxes that are due from the Company and the Subsidiaries have been paid other than those (i) currently payable without penalty or interest or (ii) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate accruals have been established in accordance with IFRS, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. To the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, there are no actual or proposed Tax assessments against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The accruals on the books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of any material Tax liability for any period not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments of Tax for any such period. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Tax” and “Taxes” shall mean all U.S., Canadian and other non-U.S. federal, state, provincial, local and taxes, and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

(cc)                            Intellectual Property Rights.  Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, to the Company’s knowledge: (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries

 

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own, or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, the inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks, trade names, service names, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property described in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement as being owned or licensed by them (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of its business in all material respects; and (ii) there is no U.S. or Canadian patent that to the knowledge of the Company contains claims that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property or that interfere with any such Intellectual Property except, in the case of clause (ii), as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, the Company is not obligated to pay a material royalty grant or license, or provide other material consideration to any third party in connection with the Intellectual Property. Other than trademark oppositions which arise in the normal course of trademark prosecution and except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others: (A) challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual Property; (B) challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any Intellectual Property; or (C) asserting that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates, or would, upon the commercialization of any product or service described in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement as under development, infringe or violate, any patent, trademark, trade name, service name, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied, in all material respects, with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company or any Subsidiary, and all such agreements are in full force and effect.

 

(dd)                          ERISA Matters.  Neither the Company, nor the Subsidiaries is subject to the standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) with respect to each “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), which the Company, the Subsidiaries sponsors or maintains, or with respect to which it has (or within the last three years had) any obligation to make contributions.

 

(ee)                            Employee Plans.  Each material plan for bonus, stock purchase, profit sharing, stock option, deferred compensation, severance or termination pay, insurance, medical, hospital, dental, vision care, drug, sick leave, disability, salary continuation, legal benefits, unemployment benefits, vacation, incentive or otherwise contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or its Subsidiaries for the benefit of any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable (the “Employee Plans”), has been maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms in all material respects and with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations that are applicable to such Employee Plans.

 

(ff)                              Labor Matters.  (i) The Company is not party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement with any labor organization; (ii) there is no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Company, and, to the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, no union organizing activities are taking place that, could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, no union organizing or decertification efforts are underway or threatened against the Company; (iv) no labor strike, work stoppage, slowdown or other material labor dispute is pending against the Company, or, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, threatened against the Company; (iv) there is no worker’s compensation liability, experience or matter that could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (v) except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement,

 

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there is no human rights or employment-related charge, complaint, grievance, investigation, unfair labor practice claim or inquiry of any kind, pending before any Governmental Authority against the Company that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, no employee or agent of the Company has committed any act or omission giving rise to liability for any violation identified in subsection (v) and (vi) above, other than such acts or omissions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(gg)                            Material Transactions. Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is currently party to any agreement in respect of (i) the purchase of any material property or assets or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property or assets currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or the Subsidiaries whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise or (ii) the change of control of the Company or the Subsidiaries (whether by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries or otherwise).

 

(hh)                          Compliance with Environmental Laws.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is (i) in compliance with any and all applicable Canadian federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to health and safety, or the pollution or the protection of the environment or hazardous or toxic substances of wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received and is in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its respective businesses and (iii) has not received notice of, and is not aware of, any actual or potential liability for damages to natural resources or the investigation or remediation of any disposal, release or existence of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, in each case except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive and comply with required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been named as a potentially responsible party under Canadian Environmental Laws requiring the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to investigate or remediate any pollutants or contaminants, except where such requirements would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.

 

(ii)                                  Insurance.  Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and in respect of the U.S. claims that are uninsured, and to the extent offered or available in the market, each of the Company and the Subsidiaries are insured against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are commercially reasonable, prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged.  All policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are, in full force and effect.  The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects, and there are no claims by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(jj)                                Accounting System.  The Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting and other controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS and that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries; (ii) are designed to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS; (iii) are designed to provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of the Company and the Subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iv) are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of an unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries that could have a material effect on the annual consolidated financial statements or interim consolidated financial statements of the Company. Except as permitted by applicable rules and regulations or laws or except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, the Company believes that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined under Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws) is effective. Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there have been no new significant deficiencies or material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company is in compliance with the certification requirements under National Instrument 52-109 - Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings with respect to the Company’s annual and interim filings with the Canadian Authorities.

 

(kk)                          Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall utilize the net proceeds of the Offering as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.

 

(ll)                                  No Price Stabilization or Manipulation.  Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates (as hereinafter defined) has and, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities or otherwise, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities other than pursuant to this Agreement, or (iii) except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.  For the purposes of this agreement, “Affiliate” means as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with, such first-mentioned Person. For the purposes of the definition of “Affiliate”, “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust, association, unincorporated entity or organization of any kind, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind.

 

(mm)                  No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights.  Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities of the Company or any “Affiliate”

 

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registered for sale under a registration statement, except for rights as have been duly waived.

 

(nn)                          Investment Company Act.  The Company has been advised of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”); as of the date hereof and, after giving effect to the Offering and the use of proceeds of the Offering, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not and will not be, individually or on a consolidated basis, an “investment company” that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.

 

(oo)                          No Brokers.  Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has engaged any broker, finder, commission agent or other person in connection with the Offering or any of the Transactions, and neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with such Transactions.

 

(pp)                          No Restrictions on Payments of Dividends.  Except as otherwise disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and subject to the right of the Windsor Family Credit Union to approve any dividends while any amounts are outstanding under their loan agreement with the Company, there is no encumbrance or restriction on the ability of the Company (x) to pay dividends or make other distributions on the Company’s capital stock or to pay any indebtedness to the Company or any Subsidiary, (y) to make loans or advances or pay any indebtedness to, or investments in, the Company or any Subsidiary or (z) to transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(qq)                          Sarbanes-Oxley.  There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and the Subsidiaries or any of the officers and directors of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, in their capacities as such, to comply with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

 

(rr)                                Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  None of the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee or any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any Subsidiary (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any domestic government official, “foreign official” (as defined in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “FCPA”) or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation, of  any provision of the FCPA, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) or any other or any applicable non-U.S. anti-bribery statute or regulation; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any domestic government official, such foreign official or employee; and the Company and the Subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Company, its and their other affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and CFPOA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

(ss)                              Money Laundering.  The operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and

 

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regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or the Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, threatened.

 

(tt)                                Sanctions.  Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or other person acting on their behalf is currently subject to any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), Canadian government, the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that currently is the subject to any Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction whether as initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

(uu)                          Company Activities.  Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement regarding prior operations, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director or officer of the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any Subsidiary, cultivated, produced, processed, imported or distributed, or since becoming subject to reporting obligations with the SEC, has had any intention to cultivate, produce, process, import or distribute, any cannabis or cannabinoid product or has otherwise engaged, or has had any intention to otherwise engage in any direct or indirect dealings or transactions, in each case, involving the purchase or sale of cannabis or cannabinoid product by the Company or any of its controlled Subsidiaries in or to the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia or any other federal, provincial, state, municipal, local or foreign jurisdiction where such activity is illegal locally or on a federal or country basis. The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintained policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the Company and its Subsidiaries do not carry on any activities in, or distribute any products to, any jurisdiction where such activities or products do not comply with all Applicable Laws.

 

(vv)                          U.S. Criminal Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any direct or indirect dealings or transactions in violation of U.S. federal or state criminal laws, including, without limitation, the Controlled Substances Act, the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act or the Travel Act. No action, suit or proceeding by or before any U.S. court or Governmental Authority involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to U.S. federal or Applicable Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(ww)                      Regulatory Compliance. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of Health Canada or

 

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any federal, provincial, state, municipal, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority in Canada or any other country with similar authority, performing similar functions and having jurisdiction over Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their businesses or property (collectively, the “Regulatory Agencies”).

 

(xx)                          Compliance with Health Care Laws. Except as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, each of the Company, the Subsidiaries and to the knowledge of the Company, their respective directors, officers and employees: (A) is in full compliance with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, decrees and guidances including, without limitation, the Food and Drugs Act R.S.C. 1985, c. F-27, the Cannabis Act (Canada); (B) has not received any correspondence or notice from any Governmental Authority (including Health Canada) alleging or asserting material unrectified noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licences, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (collectively, “Authorizations”); (C) possesses all Authorizations required for the conduct of its business in the markets in which it operates, and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect, and the Company, the Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, all directors, officers and employees of each are not in violation of any term of any such Authorization; (D) has not received notice of any pending or threatened claim, suit, proceeding, charge, hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority (including Health Canada) alleging that any operation or activity of the Company, the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their directors, officers and/or employees is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no reason to believe that any such Governmental Authority is considering any such claim, suit, proceeding, charge, hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration or other action; (E) has not received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking, or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations and has no reason to believe that any such Governmental Authority is considering taking or would have reasonable grounds to take such action; and (F) has, or has had on its behalf, filed, declared, obtained, maintained or submitted all reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and to keep its licenses that are described or referred to in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement in good standing and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission). Other than as disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice or communication from Health Canada (or similar Governmental Authority) alleging a material unrectified defect, an issue requiring an unrectified recall or quarantine of product (whether voluntary, required or otherwise) or claim in respect of any products supplied or sold by the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no circumstances that would give rise to any reports, recalls, public disclosure, announcements or customer communications that are required to be made by the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any products supplied or sold by the Company or any Subsidiary. All product research and development activities, quality assurance, quality control, testing, and research and analysis activities, conducted by the Company and each Subsidiary in connection with their business is conducted in accordance Applicable Laws. Each individual employed by or associated with Company and the Subsidiaries in a key position required to hold security clearance under the Cannabis Act (Canada) and Cannabis Regulations thereunder in order to maintain any

 

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material Authorizations holds such clearance and in the event of any failure by any such individual to obtain a required security clearance, the Company will ensure the prompt removal of such individual from the applicable key position.

 

(yy)                          Related Party Transactions.  No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, member, stockholder, customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the U.S. Securities Act to be disclosed by the Company under Applicable Laws, which is not so disclosed in the Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any affiliate of the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any of their respective family members.

 

(zz)                            Corporate Records. The minute books and records of the Company to the date hereof are all of the minute books and records of the Company and contain copies of all significant proceedings of the shareholders, the boards of directors of the Company and the Audit Committee of the board of directors of the Company for such period and there have not been any other formal meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders, boards of directors of the Company or the Audit Committee of the board of directors of the Company to the date hereof not reflected in such minute books and other records other than those respect of which no material corporate matter or business was approved or transacted.

 

(aaa)                   Stamp Taxes.  There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Securities.

 

(bbb)                   Listing.  The Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), and other than in connection with possibly transferring its U.S. listing to Nasdaq, the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Shares from the NYSE or the TSX.  Except as described in the Company’s periodic filings under the Exchange Act or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, the Company has not received any notification that the SEC or the NYSE or TSX is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

 

(ccc)                      PFIC Status.  The Company was not a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) as defined in Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for its most recently completed taxable year and, based on the Company’s current projected income, assets and activities, the Company does not expect to be classified as a PFIC for any subsequent taxable year.

 

(ddd)                   Security Measures.  Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has reasonable security measures and safeguards in place to protect personal information it collects customers from illegal or unauthorized access or use by its personnel or third parties or access or use by its personnel or third parties in a manner that violates the privacy rights of third parties.  The Company and the Subsidiaries have complied, in all material respects, with all applicable privacy legislation and none has collected, received, stored, disclosed, transferred, used, misused or permitted unauthorized access to any information protected by privacy laws,

 

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whether collected directly or from third parties, in an unlawful manner.  The Company and the Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable steps to protect personal information against loss or theft and against unauthorized access, copying, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse. The information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases utilized by the Company and the Subsidiaries (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is, to its knowledge, aware of any security breach or unauthorized disclosure of information collected from customers.

 

(eee)                      Certificates. Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, delivered to the Investor shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or any such Subsidiary (and not individually by such officer) to the Investor with respect to the matters covered thereby.

 

(fff)                         Transfer Agent. Computershare Investor Services Inc., at its principal office in Toronto, Ontario, has been duly appointed as registered transfer agent in respect of the Common Shares.

 

4.2                               The Company covenants and agrees with the Investor that the Company:

 

(a)                                 will during the Distribution Period advise the Investor, promptly after receiving notice or obtaining knowledge of: (i) the issuance by any Securities Commission of any order suspending or preventing the use of the Shelf Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or any Supplementary Material or suspending or seeking to suspend the trading of the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares; (ii) the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Units for offering or sale in the Province of Ontario; (iii) the institution, threatening or contemplation of any proceeding for any such purposes; or (iv) any requests made by any Securities Commission for amending or supplementing the Shelf Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or any Supplementary Material or for additional information, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order or any suspension respectively referred to in (i) or (ii) above and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof promptly or if any such suspension occurs, to promptly remedy such suspension in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its status as a “reporting issuer” (or the equivalent thereof) not in default of the requirements of the Applicable Securities Laws of each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions which have such a concept and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all of its obligations under Applicable Securities Laws for a period of 24 months following the Closing Date, provided that this covenant shall not prevent the Company from completing any transaction which would result in the Company ceasing to be a “reporting issuer” so long as the holders of Common Shares receive securities of an entity which is listed on a stock exchange in Canada or the United States, cash or a combination thereof;

 

(c)                                  will use its commercially reasonable efforts (including, without limitation, making application to the Securities Commissions of each Qualifying Jurisdiction for all consents, orders and approvals necessary) to maintain the listing of the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares on the Exchange or such other recognized stock exchange or quotation system as

 

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the Investor may approve, acting reasonably, for a period of 24 months following the Closing Date, provided that this covenant shall not prevent the Company from completing any transaction which would result in the Common Shares ceasing to be listed so long as the holders of Common Shares receive securities of an entity which is listed on a stock exchange in Canada or the United States, cash or a combination thereof;

 

(d)                                 will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares are, when issued, listed and posted for trading on the Exchange upon their respective dates of issuance;

 

(e)                                  will apply the net proceeds from the issue and sale of the Offered Units in accordance with the disclosure set out under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus Supplement, except for circumstances where, for sound business reasons, a reallocation of the net proceeds may be necessary or advisable;

 

(f)                                   prior to the Closing Time, will promptly do, make, execute, deliver or cause to be done, all such acts, documents and thing, as applicable, as the Investor may reasonably require from time to time for the purpose of giving effect to the Offering and take all such steps as may be reasonably required within its power to implement to the full extent of the provisions, and to satisfy the conditions, of this Agreement as it relates to the sale and issuance of Offered Units;

 

(g)                                  will on or before the time of filing the Prospectus Supplement provide to the Investor a copy of the application for conditional listing approval of the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares on the Exchange;

 

(h)                                 will forthwith notify the Investor of any breach of any covenant of this Agreement or the Warrant Indenture by the Company, or upon the Company becoming aware that any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Warrant Indenture was untrue or inaccurate in any material respect at the time such representation or warranty was made;

 

(i)                                     will not, at any time prior to the Closing of the Offering, halt the trading of the Common Shares on the Exchange without the prior written consent of the Investor, acting reasonably, unless otherwise required under Applicable Securities Laws;

 

(j)                                    will fulfill all legal requirements to permit the creation and issuance of the Unit Shares and the Warrants at the Closing Time and the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, all as contemplated by this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Prospectus Supplement, as applicable;

 

(k)                                 will duly execute and deliver the Warrant Indenture at the Closing Time and comply with and satisfy all terms, conditions and covenants therein contained to be complied with or satisfied by the Company;

 

(l)                                     will ensure that, at the Closing Time, the Warrants shall be validly created and issued and shall have attributes corresponding in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Warrant Indenture;

 

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(m)                             will ensure that at all times prior to the expiry of the Warrants, a sufficient number of Warrant Shares are allotted and reserved for issuance upon the due exercise of the Warrants, in accordance with the term of the Warrant Indenture;

 

(n)                                 will ensure that the Warrant Shares upon the due exercise of the Warrants shall be duly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares of the Company on payment of the purchase price therefor;

 

(o)                                 will execute and file with the Securities Commissions all forms, notices and certificates relating to the Offering required to be filed pursuant to the Applicable Securities Laws in the time required by Applicable Securities Laws, including, for greater certainty, all forms, notices and certificates set forth in the opinions delivered to the Investor pursuant  to this Agreement required to be filed by the Company;

 

(p)                                 will subject to Applicable Law, obtain the prior approval of the Investor, acting reasonably, as to the content and form of any press release relating to the Offering;

 

(q)                                 duly appoint Computershare Trust Company of Canada as warrant agent under the Warrant Indenture at or prior to the Closing Time;

 

(r)                                    will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number assigned for the Warrants on or prior to the Closing Date to be made eligible, and take all other necessary actions, to permit the Warrants to be deposited with CDS not later than ten (10) business days following the Closing Date; and

 

(s)                                   will use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) file a Registration Statement on Form F-3, or other applicable form, with the SEC within twenty-five (25) business days after the Closing Date to register the issuance of the Warrant Shares under the U.S. Securities Act, and (ii) consequent thereon clear such Form F-3 Registration Statement for effectiveness with the SEC within forty-five (45) business days after the Closing Date.

 

5.                                      Conditions Precedent

 

5.1                               The following are conditions of the Investor’ obligations to close the purchase of the Offered Units from the Company as contemplated hereby, which conditions the Company covenants to exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to have fulfilled on or prior to the Closing Date, which conditions may be waived in writing in whole or in part by the Investor:

 

(a)                                 the Supplemented Prospectus and any Amendments shall have been filed with the Securities Commissions in accordance with Applicable Securities Laws;

 

(b)                                 the Company will have made or obtained the necessary filings, approvals, consents and acceptances to or from, as the case may be, the Securities Commissions required to be made or obtained by the Company in connection with the Offering, on terms which are acceptable to the Company and the Investor, acting reasonably, prior to the Closing Date, it being understood that the Investor will do all that is reasonably required to assist the Company to fulfil this condition;

 

(c)                                  written confirmation from the Exchange in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor that the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares are to be listed and posted for trading on the

 

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Exchange on the Closing Date subject only to the satisfaction of customary and standard post-closing conditions imposed by the Exchange in similar circumstances;

 

(d)                                 the Company’s board of directors will have duly and validly authorized and approved this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture, the creation, sale and issuance of the Offered Units, the Unit Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares and all matters relating to the foregoing;

 

(e)                                  the Company shall have delivered to the Investor an executed copy of the Warrant Indenture in form and substance acceptable to the Investor, acting reasonably;

 

(f)                                   the Investor shall have received at the Closing Time a certificate dated the Closing Date, signed by an officer of the Company (without any personal liability) and addressed to the Investor, with respect to the constating documents of the Company, all resolutions of the Company’s board of directors relating to the Offering and an incumbency with specimen signatures of officers of the Company who sign the any documents in respect of the Offering;

 

(g)                                  the Company will deliver a certificate of the Company and signed on behalf of the Company, but without personal liability, by the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company or such other senior officers of the Company as may be acceptable to the Investor, acting reasonably, addressed to the Investor and their counsel and dated the Closing Date, in form and content satisfactory to the Investor’ counsel, acting reasonably, certifying that:

 

(i)                                     no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Company or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Units or any of the Company’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are pending or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened;

 

(ii)                                  to the knowledge of such officers, there has been no adverse material change relating to the Company, on a consolidated basis, since the date hereof which has not been generally disclosed;

 

(iii)                               since the date hereof, no material change relating to the Company, on a consolidated basis, except for the Offering, has occurred with respect to which the requisite material change statement or report has not been filed and no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis;

 

(iv)                              the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (a) qualified by materiality (or Material Adverse Event or similar qualifications), are true and correct and (b) not so qualified are true and correct in all material respects, in each case at the Closing Time with the same force and effect as if made by the Company as at the Closing;

 

(v)                                 the Company has complied with all the covenants and satisfied (or will satisfy) all the terms and conditions of this Agreement on its part to be complied with or satisfied, other than conditions which have been waived by the Investor, at or prior to the Closing Time; and

 

(vi)                              such other matters in relation to this Offering as the Company and the Investor shall agree prior to the Closing Time;

 

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(h)                                 the Investor receiving at each Closing Time favourable legal opinions in form and substance acceptable to the Investor, acting reasonably, dated as of the applicable Closing Date addressed to the Investor, and the Investor’ counsel from Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, counsel to the Company, which counsel may rely as to matters of fact, on certificates of the officers of the Company, public and stock exchange officials and other documentation standard for legal opinions in transactions of a similar nature, and as to this Agreement and the Offering, including:

 

(i)                                     the Company is a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of Ontario and has the corporate capacity and power to own property and to carry on business;

 

(ii)                                  the Company has the corporate capacity and power to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Warrant Indenture and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder;

 

(iii)                               the Offered Units have been validly issued and are outstanding;

 

(iv)                              as to the authorized and issued and outstanding share capital of the Company;

 

(v)                                 all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the creation, issuance and sale of the Offered Units; provided that the Company shall have received payment of the required consideration therefore;

 

(vi)                              the Unit Shares have been validity issued as fully-paid and non-assessable Common Shares;

 

(vii)                           the Warrant Shares issued upon the due exercise of the Warrants have been authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon their issuance in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Indenture, will have been validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;

 

(viii)                        this Agreement and the Warrant Indenture and the certificates, if any, representing the Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and are a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;

 

(ix)                              all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Warrant Indenture and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder;

 

(x)                                 the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Warrant Indenture and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Supplemented Prospectus and compliance by the Company with its obligations under this Agreement and the Warrant Indenture do not and will not conflict with and do not and will not result in a breach of, and do not and will not create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both will result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the constating documents of the Company, or (ii) laws of general application in Ontario;

 

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(xi)                              all necessary documents have been filed, all requisite proceedings have been taken and all other legal requirements have been fulfilled under the laws of each of the Province of Ontario to qualify the distribution and sale of the Offered Units and to permit the offering of Offered Units in the Province of Ontario pursuant to the Supplemented Prospectus;

 

(xii)                           the reporting issuer status of the Company in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions;

 

(xiii)                        eligibility of the Common Shares for investment under the Income Tax Act (Canada);

 

(xiv)                       the attributes and characteristics of the Offered Units, the Unit Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares conform in all material respects with the descriptions thereof in the Supplemented Prospectus; and

 

(xv)                          such other matters in relation to this Offering as the Company and the Investor shall agree prior to the Closing Time;

 

(i)                                     the Investor shall have received a certificate from Computershare Investor Services Inc. confirming its appointment as registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares;

 

(j)                                    the Investor shall have received a certificate from Computershare Investor Services Inc., as to the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date;

 

(k)                                 the Investor shall have received a certificate from Computershare Trust Company of Canada confirming its appointment as warrant agent for the Warrants under the Warrant Indenture;

 

(l)                                     the Investor shall have received confirmation of the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number assigned for the Warrants; and

 

(m)                             the Investor shall have received a certificate of status (or the equivalent) with respect to the Company and each Canadian Subsidiary dated within one Business Day of the Closing Date.

 

6.                                      Closing

 

6.1                               The Offering will be completed at the offices of the Company’s counsel in Toronto, Ontario at the Closing Time or such other place, date or time as may be mutually agreed to.

 

6.2                               At the Closing Time the Company shall:

 

(a)                                 deliver the Offered Units to the Investor as follows:

 

(i)                                     the Offered Shares to or for the account of the Investor electronically with CDS or its nominee (as non-certificated inventory in accordance with the rules and procedures of CDS) or through the direct registration system (DRS), as the Investor, shall have directed; and

 

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(ii)                                  the Warrants by way of a physical certificate representing the Warrants issued under the terms of the Warrant Indenture and bearing the applicable Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number assigned to the Warrants;

 

(b)                                 the requisite legal opinions and certificates as contemplated in Section 5.1; and

 

(c)                                  such further documentation as may be contemplated herein or as counsel to the Investor or the Securities Commissions may reasonably require;

 

against payment of the aggregate purchase price for the Offered Units by wire transfer.

 

7.                                      Termination of Obligations

 

7.1                               Without limiting any of the other provisions of this Agreement, the Investor will be entitled, at its option, to terminate and cancel, without any liability on its part or on the part of the Investor, its obligations under this Agreement, by giving written notice to the Company at any time through to the Closing Time in the following circumstances:

 

(a)                                 Disaster Out. If, prior to the Closing Time, there should develop, occur or come into effect or existence any event, action, state, condition (including without limitation, terrorism or accident) or major financial occurrence of national or international consequence or a new or change in any law or regulation which in the sole opinion of the Investor, seriously adversely affects or involves or may seriously adversely affect or involve the financial markets or the business, operations or affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the market price or value of the securities of the Company, (ii) any inquiry, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether formal or informal) is commenced, announced or threatened in relation to the Company or any one of the officers or directors of the Company where wrong-doing is alleged or any order is made by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality including without limitation the Exchange or Securities Commissions which involves a finding of wrong-doing, or (iii) any order, action or proceeding which cease trades or otherwise operates to prevent or restrict the trading of the Common Shares or any other securities of the Company is made or threatened by a securities regulatory authority;

 

(b)                                 Material Adverse Change. If, prior to the Closing Time, there is a material change or a change in a material fact or new material fact shall arise or there should be discovered any previously undisclosed material fact required to be disclosed in the Supplemented Prospectus, in each case, that has or would be expected to have, in the reasonable opinion of the Investor, a significant adverse change or effect on the business or affairs of the Company or on the market price or the value of the Common Shares; or

 

(c)                                  Breach. If, at any time prior to the Closing Time, the Company is in breach of a material term, condition or covenant of this Agreement or any representation or warranty given by the Company in this Agreement becomes or is false in any material respect,

 

the occurrence or non-occurrence of any of the foregoing events or circumstances to be determined in the sole discretion of the Investor, acting reasonably.

 

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7.2                               The Investor shall make reasonable efforts to give notice to the Company (in writing or by other means) of the occurrence of any of the events referred to in this section; provided that neither the giving nor the failure to give such notice shall in any way affect the Investor’ entitlement to exercise this right at any time through to the Closing Time.

 

7.3                               The Investor’ rights of termination contained in this section are in addition to any other rights or remedies they may have in respect of any default, act or failure to act or non-compliance by the Company in respect of any of the matters contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise. In the event of any such termination pursuant to this Section 7, there shall be no further liability or obligation on the part of the Investor to the Company or on the part of the Company to the Investor except in respect of any liability or obligation under any of Section 11 which will remain in full force and effect.

 

7.4                               The execution of any Supplementary Material in respect of any material change and the continued offering of the Offered Units thereafter by the Investor shall not constitute a waiver of the termination rights provided for in Section 7.1.

 

7.5                               If the obligations of the Investor are terminated under this Agreement pursuant to the termination rights provided for in Section 7.1, the Company’s liabilities to the Investor shall be limited to the Company’s obligations under the indemnity, contribution and expense provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.                                      Indemnity

 

8.1                               The Company (the “Indemnitor”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and each of their subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, securityholders and agents (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” and each, an “Indemnified Party”), to the full extent lawful, from and against all expenses, fees, losses, claims, actions, damages, obligations and liabilities, joint or several, of any nature (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their respective counsel and other expenses, but not including any amount for lost profits or consequential damages) (collectively, “Losses”) that are incurred in investigating, defending or settling any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or claim that may be made or threatened against any Indemnified Party (collectively, the “Claims”) or to which an Indemnified Party may become subject or otherwise involved in any capacity insofar as the Claims arise out of or are based upon, directly or indirectly, this Agreement or the Transaction contemplated herein together with any Losses that are incurred in enforcing this indemnity. This indemnity shall not be available to an Indemnified Party in respect of Losses incurred where a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment that has become non-appealable determines that such Losses resulted solely from the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties.

 

8.2                               The Indemnitor agrees to waive any right it may have of first requiring an Indemnified Party to proceed against or enforce any other right, power, remedy or security or claim payment from any other person before claiming under this indemnity. The Indemnitor also agrees that no Indemnified Party shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Company or any person asserting Claims on behalf of or in right of the Company for or in connection with the Offering except to the extent of the amount of any Losses suffered by the Company are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment that has become non-appealable to have resulted solely from fraud, the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Indemnified Party.

 

8.3                               If for any reason (other than a determination as to any of the events referred to immediately above) this indemnity is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless in respect of any Claim, the Indemnitor shall contribute to the Losses paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Claim in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Indemnitor on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other hand

 

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but also the relative fault of the Indemnitor and the Indemnified Party as well as any relevant equitable considerations.

 

8.4                               The Indemnitor agrees that in case any legal proceeding shall be brought against, or an investigation is commenced in respect of, the Indemnitor or an Indemnified Party and an Indemnified Party or its personnel are required to testify in connection therewith or shall be required to respond to procedures designed to discover information regarding, in connection with or by reason of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in connection therewith, and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel as well as the reasonable costs (including an amount to reimburse the Indemnified Party for time spent by its personnel in connection therewith at their normal per diem rates together with such disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the personnel of the Indemnified Party in connection therewith) shall be paid by the Indemnitor as they occur.

 

8.5                               The Indemnified Party will notify the Indemnitor promptly in writing after receiving notice of any Claim against the Indemnified Party or receipt of notice of the commencement of any investigation which is based, directly or indirectly, upon any matter in respect of which indemnification may be sought from the Indemnitor, stating the particulars thereof, will provide copies of all relevant documentation to the Indemnitor and, unless the Indemnitor assumes the defence thereof, will keep the Indemnitor advised of the progress thereof and will discuss all significant actions proposed. The omission to so notify the Indemnitor shall not relieve the Indemnitor of any liability which the Indemnitor may have to an Indemnified Party except only to the extent that any such delay in giving or failure to give notice as  herein required materially prejudices the defence of such Claim or results in any material increase in the liability under this indemnity which the Indemnitor would otherwise have incurred had the Indemnified Party not so delayed in giving, or failed to give, the notice required hereunder.

 

8.6                               The Indemnitor shall be entitled, at its own expense, to participate in and, to the extent it may wish to do so, assume the defence of any Claim, provided such defence is conducted by counsel of good standing acceptable to the Indemnified Party. Upon the Indemnitor notifying the Indemnified Party in writing of its election to assume the defence and retaining counsel, the Indemnitor shall not be liable to an Indemnified Party for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by it in connection with such defence. If such defence is not assumed by the Indemnitor, the Indemnified Parties, throughout the course thereof, shall provide copies of all relevant documentation to the Indemnitor, shall keep the Indemnitor advised of the progress thereof and shall discuss with the Indemnitor all significant actions proposed. If such defence is assumed by the Indemnitor, the Indemnitor throughout the course thereof will provide copies of all relevant documentation to the Indemnified Party, will keep the Indemnified Party advised of the progress thereof and will discuss with the Indemnified Party all significant actions proposed.

 

8.7                               Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, any Indemnified Party shall have the right, at the Indemnitor’s expense, to separately retain counsel of such Indemnified Party’s choice, in respect of the defence of any Claim if: (i) the employment of such counsel has been authorized by the Indemnitor; (ii) the Indemnitor has not assumed the defence and employed counsel therefor promptly after receiving notice of such Claim; or (iii) counsel retained by the Indemnitor or the Indemnified Party has advised the Indemnified Party that representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate for any reason, including for the reason that there may be legal defences available to the Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnitor or that there is a conflict of interest between the Indemnitor and the Indemnified Party or the subject matter of the Claim may not fall within the indemnity set forth herein (in any of which events the Indemnitor shall not have the right to assume or direct the defence on such Indemnified Party’s behalf), provided that the Indemnitor shall not be responsible for the fees or expenses of more than one legal firm in any single jurisdiction for all of the Indemnified Parties.

 

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8.8                               No admission of liability, no settlement of any Claim, no compromise nor any consent to the entry of any judgement shall be made by either party without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

8.9                               The Indemnitor hereby acknowledges that the Investor acts as trustee for the other Indemnified Parties of the Indemnitor’s covenants under this indemnity and the Investor agrees to accept such trust and to hold and enforce such covenants on behalf of such persons.

 

8.10                        The indemnity and contribution obligations of the Indemnitor hereunder shall be in addition to any liability which the Indemnitor may otherwise have (including under this Agreement and the transaction contemplated herein), shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to the Indemnified Parties and shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of any successors, permitted assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Indemnitor, the Investor and any other Indemnified Party. The foregoing provisions shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

9.                                      Expenses

 

9.1                               Whether or not the transactions herein contemplated shall be completed, all expenses of the Company related to, or incidental to, the creation, authorization, issue, delivery and sale of the Offered Units and of or incidental to all other matters in connection with the transactions herein set out shall be borne by the Company, including, without limitation, expenses payable in connection with the qualification of the Offered Units for sale to the public, the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, all costs incurred in connection with the preparation, translation, printing and delivery of the Supplemented Prospectus and any Supplementary Materials, of the definitive certificates representing or documents constituting the Offered Units, any stock exchange listing fees. All fees and expenses of the Investor in connection with the Offering shall be borne by the Investor whether or not the Offering is completed.

 

10.                               Conditions

 

10.1                        All of the material terms and conditions contained in this Agreement to be satisfied by the Company prior to the Closing Time shall be construed as conditions, and any breach or failure by the Company to comply with any of such terms and conditions in any material respect shall entitle any of the Investor to terminate their obligations under this Agreement by written notice to that effect given to the Company prior to the Closing Time. It is understood and agreed that the Investor may waive, in whole or in part, or extend the time for compliance with, any of such terms and conditions or any other or subsequent breach or non-compliance; provided, however, that to be binding on the Investor, any such waiver or extension must be in writing and signed by the Investor. If the Investor elects to terminate the Investor’s obligations under this Agreement as aforesaid, whether the reason for such termination is within or beyond the control of the Company, the liability of the Company hereunder shall be limited to the indemnity referred to in Section 8 hereof.

 

11.                               Survival of Warranties, Representations, Covenants and Agreements

 

11.1                        All warranties, representations, covenants and agreements of the Company and the Investor herein contained or contained in documents submitted or required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the sale of the Offered Units in the Offering and shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the other party regardless of the closing of the sale of the Offered Units and regardless of any investigation which may be carried on by the Investor or on their behalf. Such warranties, representations, covenants and agreements shall survive for a period of two years following the Closing Date. For greater certainty, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the provisions contained in this Agreement in any way related to the indemnification of the Investor by the Company or the contribution obligations of the Investor or those of the Company shall survive and continue in full force and effect, indefinitely.

 

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12.                               Further Offerings

 

In the event that the Offering is completed, the Company agrees not to offer, nor to announce the offering of, nor to make any agreement to issue, including without limitation, any filings or announcements with respect to any at the market offering, any additional securities or securities convertible or exercisable into securities of the Company (other than for purposes of any equity incentive plans or to satisfy existing convertible securities outstanding as at the date hereof and any previously announced specific financings) for a period commencing on the hereof and until 45 days from the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of the Investor.

 

13.                               Voting Arrangements

 

In the event that the Offering is completed, the Investor hereby agrees in favour of the Company that, for a period of 24 months following the Closing Date, it:

 

(a)         shall vote all of its Common Shares (including any Common Shares issued upon the exercise of the Warrants or any subsequently acquired Common Shares), held directly or indirectly by the Investor or in which the Investor exercises control or management over, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company, including in respect of a shareholder meeting of the Company;

 

(b)         shall not participate in or in any way advise, encourage or assist (including financial assistance) any other Person to effect or seek, offer, continue to offer, agree or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect or cause to participate in any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) or consents to vote or otherwise with respect to any voting securities of the Company, regardless of whether or not such solicitation is pursuant to exemptions from the requirement to deliver a proxy circular in connection therewith, or otherwise seek to advise or influence any other Person with respect to the voting of any voting securities of the Company; or the submission of any shareholder proposal in respect of the Company pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario); and

 

(c)          shall not form, join or in any way participate in a group or act jointly or in concert with any person with respect to voting securities of the Company or securities convertible into voting securities of the Company.

 

14.                               Notice.

 

14.1                        Any notice or other communication to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by delivery or by email, as follows:

 

 

(a)

if to the Company:

 

 

 

 

 

Aphria Inc.

 

 

98 Talbot Street West

 

 

Leamington, Ontario

 

 

Canada N8H 1M8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Carl A. Merton, Chief Financial Officer /

 

 

 

Christelle Gedeon, Chief Legal Officer

 

 

Email:

carl.merton@aphria.com / christelle.gedeon@aphria.com

 

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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice to the Company):

 

 

 

 

 

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

 

 

333 Bay Street, Suite 2400

 

 

Toronto, Ontario

 

 

M5H 2TC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Grant McGlaughlin / Alex Nikolic

 

 

Email:

gmcglaughlin@fasken.com / anikolic@fasken.com

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

if to the Investor:

 

 

 

 

 

                                                          

 

 

                                                          

 

 

                         

 

 

                                    

 

 

                              

 

 

             

 

 

 

 

 

                   

                            

 

 

            

                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice to the Investor):

 

 

 

 

 

                        

 

 

                             

 

 

                                               

 

 

                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   

                            

 

 

            

                                               

 

The Company or any of the Investor may change its address for notice by notice given in the manner aforesaid. Any such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been given on the day on which it was delivered or sent by email if received during normal business hours; otherwise it shall be deemed to have been received by 9:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the next business day.

 

15.                               Entire Agreement.

 

15.1                        This Agreement and the other documents herein referred to constitute the entire agreement between the Investor and the Company relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements between the Investor and the Company with respect to their respective rights and obligations in respect of the Offering.

 

16.                               Time of Essence.

 

16.1                        Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

 

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17.                               Governing Law.

 

17.1                        This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein and the courts of such province shall have non- exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute hereunder.

 

18.                               Severability.

 

18.1                        The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect or limit the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

19.                               Successors and Assigns.

 

19.1                        The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Company, the Investor and the Purchasers and their respective executors, heirs, successors and permitted assigns; provided that, except as provided herein, this Agreement shall not be assignable by any party without the written consent of the others.

 

20.                               Further Assurances.

 

20.1                        Each of the parties hereto shall do or cause to be done all such acts and things and shall execute or cause to be executed all such documents, agreements and other instruments as may reasonably be necessary or desirable for the purpose of carrying out the provisions and intent of this Agreement.

 

21.                               Language.

 

21.1                        The parties hereby acknowledge that they have expressly required this Agreement and all notices, statements of account and other documents required or permitted to be given or entered into pursuant hereto to be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties reconnaissent avoir expressment demandées que la présente Convention ainsi que tout avis, tout état de compte et tout autre document à être ou pouvant être donné ou conclu en vertu des dispositions des présentes, soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement.

 

22.                               Counterparts.

 

22.1                        This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

- signature page follows -

 

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If the Company is in agreement with the foregoing terms and conditions, please so indicate by executing a copy of this Agreement where indicated below and delivering the same to the Investor.

 

Yours very truly,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted and agreed to as of January 30, 2020.

 

 

 

 

APHRIA INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per:

/s/ Carl Merton

 

 

Name:

Carl Merton

 

 

Title:

CFO

 


 

SCHEDULE “A”

 

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

 

Entity Name

 

Jurisdiction of Formation

 

 

 

Aphria (Arizona) Inc.

 

 

Arizona

Nuuvera Holdings Ltd.

 

 

Ontario

ARA — Avanti Rx Analytics Inc.

 

 

Ontario

Nuuvera Israel Ltd.

 

 

Israel

Nuuvera Deutschland GmbH

 

 

Germany

Aphria Deutschland GmbH

 

 

Germany

FL-Group

 

 

Italy

Broken Coast Cannabis Ltd.

 

 

British Colombia

Goodfields Supply Co. Ltd.

 

 

United Kingdom

LATAM Holdings Inc.

 

 

British Colombia

MMJ Colombia Partners Inc.

 

 

Ontario

Marigold Acquisitions Inc.

 

 

British Colombia

Hampstead Holdings Ltd.

 

 

Bermuda

MMJ International Investments Inc.

 

 

Ontario

ABP, S.A.

 

 

Argentina

CC Pharma GmbH

 

 

Germany

CC Pharma Research and Development GmbH

 

 

Germany

Marigold Projects Jamaica Limited

 

 

Jamaica

Nuuvera Malta Ltd.

 

 

Malta

ASG Pharma Ltd.

 

 

Malta

QSG Health Ltd.

 

 

Malta

ColCanna S.A.S.

 

 

Colombia

CC Pharma Nordic ApS

 

 

Denmark

1974568 Ontario Ltd.

 

 

Ontario

Aphria Terra S.R.L.

 

 

Italy

Aphria Italy S.p.A.

 

 

Italy

CannInvest Africa Ltd.

 

 

South Africa

Verve Dynamics Incorporated (Pty) Ltd.

 

 

South Africa

 


EX-99.2 3 a20-6338_2ex99d2.htm EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

APHRIA INC.

 

- and -

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 

COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT INDENTURE

 

Providing for the Issue of
up to 7,022,472 Common Share Purchase Warrants

 

January 30, 2020

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

2

 

 

1.1

Definitions

2

1.2

Words Importing the Singular

7

1.3

Interpretation not Affected by Headings

7

1.4

Day not a Business Day

7

1.5

Time of the Essence

7

1.6

Governing Law

7

1.7

Meaning of “outstanding” for Certain Purposes

7

1.8

Currency

7

1.9

Termination

7

1.10

Calculations

8

 

 

ARTICLE 2 APPOINTMENT OF WARRANT AGENT

8

 

 

2.1

Appointment of Warrant Agent

8

 

 

ARTICLE 3 ISSUE OF WARRANTS

8

 

 

3.1

Issue of Warrants

8

3.2

Form and Terms of Warrants

8

3.3

Signing of Warrant Certificates

9

3.4

Authentication or Certification by the Warrant Agent

9

3.5

Warrantholder not a Shareholder, etc.

10

3.6

Issue in Substitution for Lost Warrant Certificates

10

3.7

Warrants to Rank Pari Passu

11

3.8

Registration and Transfer of Warrants

11

3.9

Registers Open for Inspection

12

3.10

Exchange of Warrant Certificates

12

3.11

Ownership of Warrants

12

3.12

Book-Based System Warrants

13

3.13

Adjustment of Exchange Basis

14

3.14

Rules Regarding Calculation of Adjustment of Exchange Basis

18

3.15

Postponement of Subscription

20

3.16

Notice of Adjustment

20

3.17

No Action after Notice

21

3.18

Optional Purchases by the Company

21

3.19

Protection of Warrant Agent

21

 

 

ARTICLE 4 EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

22

 

 

4.1

Method of Exercise of Warrants

22

4.2

No Fractional Warrant Shares

23

4.3

Effect of Exercise of Warrants

23

4.4

Cancellation of Warrants

24

4.5

Subscription for less than Entitlement

24

4.6

Expiration of Warrant

24

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

Page

4.7

Restrictions Related to U.S. Securities Laws

24

 

 

ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS

25

 

 

5.1

General Covenants of the Company

25

5.2

Cannabis Compliance

26

5.3

Securities Qualification Requirements

29

5.4

Warrant Agent’s Remuneration and Expenses

29

5.5

Performance of Covenants by Warrant Agent

29

 

 

ARTICLE 6 ENFORCEMENT

30

 

 

6.1

Suits by Warrantholders

30

6.2

Limitation of Liability

30

 

 

ARTICLE 7 MEETINGS OF WARRANTHOLDERS

30

 

 

7.1

Right to Convene Meetings

30

7.2

Notice

30

7.3

Chairman

31

7.4

Quorum

31

7.5

Power to Adjourn

31

7.6

Show of Hands

31

7.7

Poll and Voting

32

7.8

Regulations

32

7.9

Company, Warrant Agent and Counsel may be Represented

32

7.10

Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution

33

7.11

Meaning of “Extraordinary Resolution”

34

7.12

Powers Cumulative

34

7.13

Minutes

35

7.14

Instruments in Writing

35

7.15

Binding Effect of Resolutions

35

7.16

Holdings by the Company or Subsidiaries of the Company Disregarded

35

 

 

ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND SUCCESSOR COMPANIES

36

 

 

8.1

Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes

36

8.2

Successor Companies

37

 

 

ARTICLE 9 CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT

37

 

 

9.1

Indenture Legislation

37

9.2

Rights and Duties of Warrant Agent

37

9.3

Evidence, Experts and Advisers

38

9.4

Securities, Documents and Monies Held by Warrant Agent

40

9.5

Actions by Warrant Agent to Protect Interests

40

9.6

Warrant Agent not Required to Give Security

40

9.7

Protection of Warrant Agent

40

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

Page

9.8

Replacement of Warrant Agent

42

9.9

Conflict of Interest

43

9.10

Acceptance of Duties and Obligations

43

9.11

Warrant Agent not to be Appointed Receiver

43

9.12

Authorization to Carry on Business

44

9.13

Securities Exchange Commission Certification

44

 

 

ARTICLE 10 GENERAL

44

 

 

10.1

Notice to the Company and the Warrant Agent

44

10.2

Notice to the Warrantholders

45

10.3

Privacy

46

10.4

Third Party Interests

46

10.5

Discretion of Directors

46

10.6

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

47

10.7

Provisions of Indenture and Warrants for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Warrantholders

47

10.8

Ownership of Warrants

47

10.9

Indenture to Prevail

47

10.10

Assignment

47

10.11

Counterparts and Formal Date

48

10.12

Force Majeure

48

10.13

Severability

48

10.14

Rights of Rescission and Withdrawal for Holders

48

 

 

SCHEDULE A FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE

A-1

 

 

SCHEDULE B FORM OF DECLARATION FOR REMOVAL OF LEGEND

B-1

 

 

SCHEDULE C FORM OF U.S. WARRANTHOLDER CERTIFICATION UPON EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

C-1

 

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THIS WARRANT INDENTURE dated as of January 30, 2020

 

B E T W E N:

 

APHRIA INC.
a corporation continued under the laws of Ontario

 

(hereinafter called the “Company”)

 

A N D

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
a trust company continued under the laws of Canada and registered to carry on business in the Province of Ontario

 

(hereinafter called the “Warrant Agent”)

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.                                    The Company is proposing to issue up to a maximum of 7,022,472 Warrants pursuant to this Indenture, which are issuable in connection with an offering of 14,044,94 Units of the Company (the “Offering”) by way of a prospectus supplement to the (final) short form base shelf prospectus of the Company dated as of November 22, 2019 filed in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

 

B.                                    Each whole Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase, subject to adjustment in certain events, one Warrant Share at a price of $9.26 at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on January 30, 2022, subject to earlier expiry in accordance with this Indenture;

 

C.                                    For such purpose the Company deems it necessary to create and issue Warrants and Warrant Certificates to be constituted and issued in the manner hereinafter set forth;

 

D.                                    The Company is duly authorized to create and issue the Warrants to be issued as herein provided;

 

E.                                     All things necessary have been done and performed by the Company to make the Warrants, when Authenticated or certified by the Warrant Agent and issued as provided in this Indenture, legal, valid and binding upon and obligations of the Company that are entitled to the benefits of and subject to the terms of this Indenture;

 

F.                                      The foregoing recitals are made as statements of fact by the Company and not by the Warrant Agent;

 


 

G.                                    The Warrant Agent has agreed to enter into this Indenture and to hold all rights, interests and benefits contained herein for and on behalf of those persons who become holders of Warrants issued pursuant to this Indenture from time to time;

 

NOW THEREFORE THIS INDENTURE WITNESSES that for good and valuable consideration mutually given and received, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed and declared as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                                                                               Definitions

 

In this Indenture, unless there is something in the subject matter or context inconsistent therewith:

 

Applicable Legislation” means the provisions of the statutes of Canada and its provinces and the regulations under those statutes relating to warrant indentures and/or the rights, duties or obligations of issuers and warrant agents under warrant indentures as are from time to time in force and applicable to this Indenture;

 

Approved Bank” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 9.4;

 

Authenticated” means with respect to the issuance of an Uncertificated Warrant, that all Internal Procedures required to be completed by the Warrant Agent have been so completed such that the particulars of such Uncertificated Warrant are entered in the register of Warrantholders, and “Authenticate”, “Authenticating” and “Authentication” have the appropriate correlative meanings;

 

Beneficial Owner” means a person that has a beneficial interest in a Warrant;

 

Book-Based System” means the book-based securities system administered by CDS in accordance with its operating rules and procedures in force from time to time;

 

Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which banks are closed or which is a civic or statutory holiday in the City of Toronto, Ontario;

 

Cannabis Permits” means all permits or licences of any nature held by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation, as of the date of this Indenture or thereafter, under Canadian federal, provincial and territorial law, and regulations made thereunder, that are necessary to lawfully conduct or maintain, directly or indirectly, its cannabis-related activities and interests;

 

Capital Reorganization” has the meaning ascribed to that term in subsection 3.13(4);

 

CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. and its successors in interest;

 

CDS Participant” means a person recognized by CDS as a participant;

 

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Common Shares” means the common shares in the capital of the Company;

 

Common Share Reorganization” has the meaning ascribed to that term in subsection 3.13(1);

 

Company” means Aphria Inc., a corporation continued under the laws of Ontario, and its lawful successors from time to time;

 

Company’s Auditors” means the chartered (professional) accountant or firm of chartered (professional) accountants duly appointed as auditor or auditors of the Company from time to time;

 

Confirmation” means that CDS shall deliver to the Warrant Agent confirmation of its intention to exercise Warrants in a manner acceptable to the Warrant Agent, including by electronic means through the Book-Based System;

 

counsel” means a barrister and solicitor or lawyer or a firm of barristers and solicitors or lawyers (who may be counsel to the Company), in both cases acceptable to the Warrant Agent;

 

Current Market Price” means, at any date, the volume weighted average price per share at which the Common Shares have traded:

 

(i)                                     on the TSX;

 

(ii)                                  if the Common Shares are not listed on the TSX, on any stock exchange upon which the Common Shares are listed as may be selected for this purpose by the board of directors of the Company, acting reasonably; or

 

(iii)                               if the Common Shares are not listed on any stock exchange, on any over-the-counter market on which the Common Shares are trading, as may be selected for this purpose by the board of directors of the Company, acting reasonably;

 

during the 10 consecutive trading days ending the third trading day before such date and the weighted average price shall be determined by dividing the aggregate sale price of all Common Shares sold in board lots on the exchange or market, as the case may be, during the 10 consecutive trading days by the number of Common Shares sold or, if not traded on any recognized exchange or market, as determined by the directors of the Company, acting reasonably;

 

director” means a member of the board of directors of the Company for the time being, and unless otherwise specified herein, reference to “action by the board of directors” means action by the board of directors of the Company as a board or, whenever duly empowered, action by a committee of the board;

 

Exchange Basis” means, at any time, the number of Warrant Shares or other classes of shares or securities which a Warrantholder is entitled to receive upon the exercise of the rights attached to the Warrants pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, as the number may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.13 hereof, such number being equal to one Warrant Share per Warrant as of the date hereof;

 

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Exercise Date” with respect to any Warrant means the date on which such Warrant is duly surrendered for exercise in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 hereof;

 

Exercise Price” means $9.26 for each Warrant Share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

extraordinary resolution” has the meaning ascribed to that term in sections 7.11 and 7.14;

 

Governmental Authority” or “Governmental Authorities” means any of the governments of Canada, the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether provincial, state, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank, fiscal or monetary authority or other authority regulating financial institutions, and any other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government;

 

Internal Procedures” means in respect of the making of any one or more entries to, changes in or deletions of any one or more entries in the register of Warrantholders at any time (including without limitation, original issuance or registration of transfer of ownership) the minimum number of the Warrant Agent’s internal procedures customary at such time for the entry, change or deletion made to be complete under the operating procedures followed at the time by the Warrant Agent;

 

NCI” has the meaning ascribed to that term in subsection 3.12(1);

 

Offering” the public offering in Canada by the Company of up to an aggregate of 14,044,944 Units;

 

person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a syndicate, a trustee or any unincorporated organization and words importing persons that are intended to have a similarly extended meaning;

 

Purchaser” means a purchaser of Units;

 

“Regulation D” means Regulation D as promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act;

 

“Regulation S” means Regulation S as promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act;

 

Rights Offering” has the meaning ascribed to that term in subsection 3.13(2);

 

Rights Offering Price” has the meaning ascribed to that term in subsection 3.14(9);

 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A as promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act;

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

Securities Laws” means, collectively, the applicable securities laws of each of the provinces of Canada, the United States and each of the states of the United States, as applicable, and the respective regulations made and forms prescribed thereunder together with all applicable

 

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published rules, policy statements, notices and blanket orders and rulings of the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada;

 

shareholder” means an owner of record of one or more Common Shares or shares of any other class or series of the Company;

 

Special Distribution” has the meaning ascribed to that term in subsection 3.13(3);

 

Subsidiary” means a corporation, a majority of the outstanding voting shares of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more subsidiaries of the Company and, as used in this definition, “voting shares” means shares of a class or classes ordinarily entitled to vote for the election of the majority of the directors of a corporation irrespective of whether or not shares of any other class or classes shall have or might have the right to vote for directors by reason of the happening of any contingency;

 

successor company” has the meaning ascribed to that term in section 8.2;

 

this Indenture”, “herein”, “hereby” and similar expressions mean or refer to this common share purchase warrant indenture and any indenture, deed or instrument supplemental or ancillary hereto; and the expressions “Article”, “section”, “subsection” or “paragraph” followed by a number or letter mean and refer to the specified Article, section, subsection or paragraph of this Indenture;

 

Time of Expiry” means 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on January 30, 2022, or 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on such earlier date as may be established by the in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

trading day” means a day on which the TSX (or such other exchange on which the Common Shares are listed and which forms the primary trading market for such shares) is open for trading, and if the Common Shares are not listed on a stock exchange, a day on which an over-the-counter market where such shares are traded is open for business;

 

transaction instruction” means a written order signed by the holder or CDS, entitled to request that one or more actions be taken, or such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Warrant Agent, requesting one or more such actions to be taken in respect of an Uncertificated Warrant;

 

Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent or agents for the time being for the Common Shares;

 

TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange;

 

“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as that term is defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S;

 

“U.S. Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

“U.S. Warrantholder” means any (a) Warrantholder that (i) is a U.S. Person, (ii) is in the United States, (iii) received an offer to acquire Warrants while in the United States, or (iv) was in

 

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the United States at the time such Warrantholder’s buy order was made or such Warrantholder executed or delivered its purchase order for the Warrants or (b) person who acquired Warrants on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. Person or any person in the United States;

 

Uncertificated Warrant” means any Warrant which is issued under the Book-Based System;

 

Unit Share” means a Common Share comprising part of each Unit;

 

“United States” means the United States as that term is defined in Rule 902(l) of Regulation S;

 

Units” means the units of the Company, each Unit being comprised of one Unit Share and one-half of one Warrant;

 

Warrant Agent” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada, a trust company existing under the laws of Canada, or any lawful successor thereto including through the operation of section 9.8;

 

Warrant Certificates” means the certificates representing Warrants substantially in the form attached as Schedule A hereto or such other form as may be approved by the Company and the Warrant Agent;

 

Warrant Shares” means the Common Shares or other securities or property issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants as a result of any adjustment to the subscription rights pursuant to Section 3.13 hereof;

 

Warrantholders” or “holders” means the persons whose names are entered for the time being in the register maintained pursuant to section 3.8;

 

Warrantholders’ Request” means an instrument, signed in one or more counterparts by Warrantholders representing, in the aggregate, at least 25% of the aggregate number of Warrants then outstanding, which requests the Warrant Agent or the Company to take some action or proceeding specified therein;

 

Warrants” means the common share purchase warrants of the Company issued and Authenticated hereunder as Uncertificated Warrants or to be issued and countersigned in the form of Warrant Certificates, in either case, entitling the holders thereof to purchase Warrant Shares on the basis of one Warrant Share for each whole Warrant upon payment of the Exercise Price at any time prior to the Time of Expiry; provided that in each case the number and/or class of shares or securities receivable on the exercise of the Warrants may be subject to increase or decrease or change in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof; and

 

written direction of the Company”, “written request of the Company”, “written consent of the Company” and “certificate of the Company” and any other document required to be signed by the Company, means, respectively, a written direction, request, consent, certificate or other document signed in the name of the Company by any executive officer or director and may consist of one or more instruments so executed.

 

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1.2                                                                               Words Importing the Singular

 

Unless elsewhere otherwise expressly provided, or unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders.

 

1.3                                                                               Interpretation not Affected by Headings

 

The division of this Indenture into Articles, sections, subsections and paragraphs, 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.

 

1.4                                                                               Day not a Business Day

 

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

 

1.5                                                                               Time of the Essence

 

Time shall be of the essence in all respects of this Indenture and the Warrants issued hereunder.

 

1.6                                                                               Governing Law

 

This Indenture and the Warrants issued hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein and shall be treated in all respects as Ontario contracts.

 

1.7                                                                               Meaning of “outstanding” for Certain Purposes

 

Every Warrant Authenticated or certified by the Warrant Agent hereunder shall be deemed to be outstanding until it shall be cancelled or delivered to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, exercised pursuant to section 4.1 or until the Time of Expiry; provided that where a new Warrant Certificate has been issued pursuant to section 3.6 hereof to replace one which is lost, mutilated, stolen or destroyed, the Warrants represented by only one of such Warrant Certificates shall be counted for the purpose of determining the aggregate number of Warrants outstanding.

 

1.8                                                                               Currency

 

Unless otherwise stated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Indenture are in Canadian dollars.

 

1.9                                                                               Termination

 

This Indenture shall continue in full force and effect until the earlier of: (a) the Time of Expiry; and (b) the date that no Warrants are outstanding hereunder; provided that this

 

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Indenture shall continue in effect thereafter, if applicable, until the Company and the Warrant Agent have fulfilled all of their respective obligations under this Indenture.

 

1.10                                                                        Calculations

 

All calculations called for hereunder including, without limitation, calculations of Current Market Price shall be as determined by the Company or, at the Warrantholders Request, such firm of independent chartered accountants as may be selected by the directors of the Company, acting reasonably, and in good faith in their sole discretion for these purposes. Such calculations made in good faith and, absent manifest error, shall be final and binding on holders and the Warrant Agent. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the holders and the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification.

 

ARTICLE 2
APPOINTMENT OF WARRANT AGENT

 

2.1                                                                               Appointment of Warrant Agent

 

The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent as the warrant agent and registrar for the Warrants and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to enter into this Indenture and to hold all rights, interests and benefits contained herein for and on behalf of those persons who become holders of Warrants issued pursuant to this Indenture from time to time.

 

ARTICLE 3
ISSUE OF WARRANTS

 

3.1                                                                               Issue of Warrants

 

(1)             A maximum of 7,022,472 Warrants are hereby created and authorized to be issued hereunder entitling the registered holders thereof to acquire an aggregate of 7,022,472 Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 3.13) at the Exercise Price upon the terms and conditions herein set forth. Uncertificated Warrants shall be Authenticated by the Warrant Agent and deposited in CDS and Warrant Certificates evidencing the Warrants, if any, shall be executed by the Company, certified by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent and delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company, as applicable, in accordance with a written direction of the Company, all in accordance with sections 3.3 and 3.4. Subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, each of the Warrants issued hereunder shall entitle the holder thereof to receive from the Company, upon payment of the Exercise Price, the number of Warrant Shares equal to the Exchange Basis in effect on the Exercise Date.

 

3.2                                                                               Form and Terms of Warrants

 

(1)             The Warrants may be issued in either certificated or uncertificated form. The Warrant Certificates shall be substantially in the form attached as Schedule A hereto and dated as of the date of issue, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, with such additions, variations and changes as may be required or permitted by the terms of this Indenture, and to give effect to

 

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any Warrants not being issued as Uncertificated Warrants, and which may from time to time be agreed upon by the Warrant Agent and the Company, and shall have such distinguishing letters and numbers as the Company may, with the approval of the Warrant Agent, prescribe. Except as hereinafter provided in this Article 3, all Warrants shall, save as to denominations, be of like tenor and effect. The Warrant Certificates may be engraved, printed, lithographed, photocopied or be partially in one form or another, as the Company may determine. No change in the form of the Warrant Certificate shall be required by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Article 3 in the number and/or class of securities or type of securities or other property that may be acquired pursuant to the exercise of Warrants.

 

(2)             Each Warrant authorized to be issued hereunder shall entitle the registered holder thereof to acquire (subject to sections 3.13, 3.14 and 3.15) upon due exercise and upon the transaction instruction or due execution of the exercise form endorsed on the Warrant Certificate, as applicable, or other instrument of exercise in such form as the Warrant Agent and/or the Company may from time to time prescribe and upon payment of the Exercise Price, one Warrant Share or such other kind and amount of shares or securities or property, calculated pursuant to the provisions of sections 3.13 and 3.14, as the case may be, at any time after the date of issuance of such Warrants and prior to the Time of Expiry, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

(3)             Fractional Warrants shall not be issued or otherwise provided for and shall be disregarded for all purposes and no cash amount will be payable in lieu thereof. If the exercise of any Warrant would result in a fraction of a Common Share being issued to any person, any such fraction shall be rounded down to the next whole number of Common Shares and no cash amount will be payable in lieu thereof.

 

3.3                                                                               Signing of Warrant Certificates

 

Warrant Certificates shall be signed by any one of the directors or executive officers of the Company and may, but need not be under the corporate seal of the Company or a reproduction thereof. The signature of any such director or officer may be mechanically reproduced in facsimile or other electronic format and Warrant Certificates bearing such facsimile or other electronic format signatures shall be binding upon the Company as if they had been manually signed by such director or officer. Notwithstanding that the person whose manual or electronic signature appears on any Warrant Certificate as a director or executive officer may no longer hold office at the date of issue of the Warrant Certificate or at the date of certification or delivery thereof, any Warrant Certificate signed as aforesaid shall, subject to section 3.4, be valid and binding upon the Company and the registered holder thereof will be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

3.4                                                                               Authentication or Certification by the Warrant Agent

 

(1)             No Warrant Certificate shall be issued or, if issued, shall be valid for any purpose or entitle the registered holder to the benefit hereof or thereof until it has been certified by manual signature by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent and such certification by the Warrant Agent shall be conclusive evidence as against the Company that the Warrant so certified has been duly issued hereunder and the holder is entitled to the benefits hereof.

 

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(2)             No NCI deposit in the Book-Based System shall be made or, if made, shall be valid for any purposes or entitle the holder to the benefits hereof and thereof until it has been Authenticated by the Warrant Agent and such Authentication shall be conclusive evidence as against the Company that the NCI deposit so made has been duly issued hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits hereof and thereof.

 

(3)             The certification of the Warrant Agent on the Warrant Certificates issued hereunder, or the Authentication of the Warrant Agent of the NCI deposit in the Book-Based System made hereunder, as applicable, shall not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Warrant Agent as to the validity of this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates (except the due certification thereof) or the NCI deposit (except the due Authentication thereof) as applicable, and the Warrant Agent shall in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Warrant Certificate or NCI deposit, as applicable, or any of them or of the consideration therefor except as otherwise specified herein.

 

(4)             The register shall be final and conclusive evidence as to all matters relating to Uncertificated Warrants with respect to which this Indenture requires the Warrant Agent to maintain records or accounts.  In case of differences between the register at any time and any other time, the register at the later time shall be controlling, absent manifest error and such Uncertificated Warrants are binding on the Company.

 

3.5                                                                               Warrantholder not a Shareholder, etc.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or the holding of a Warrant evidenced by a Warrant Certificate shall be construed as conferring upon a Warrantholder any right or interest whatsoever as a shareholder, including but not limited to the right to vote at, to receive notice of, or to attend meetings of shareholders or any other proceedings of the Company, nor entitle the holder to any right or interest in respect thereof except as herein and in the Warrants expressly provided.

 

3.6                                                                               Issue in Substitution for Lost Warrant Certificates

 

(1)             If any Warrant Certificates issued and certified under this Indenture shall become mutilated or be lost, destroyed or stolen, the Company, subject to applicable law, and subsection 3.6(2), shall issue and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall certify and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like denomination, date and tenor as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for, in place of and upon cancellation of such mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Warrant Certificate, and the substituted Warrant Certificate shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule A hereto and Warrants evidenced by it will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits hereof and shall rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Warrant Certificates issued or to be issued hereunder.

 

(2)             The applicant for the issue of a new Warrant Certificate pursuant to this section 3.6 shall bear the reasonable cost of the issue thereof and in the case of mutilation shall, as a condition precedent to the issue thereof, deliver to the Warrant Agent the mutilated Warrant Certificate, and in the case of loss, destruction or theft shall, as a condition precedent to the

 

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issue thereof, furnish to the Company and to the Warrant Agent such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the Warrant Certificate so lost, destroyed or stolen as shall be satisfactory to the Company and to the Warrant Agent in their sole discretion and such applicant may be required to furnish an indemnity and surety bond in amount and form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent in their sole discretion and shall pay the reasonable charges of the Company and the Warrant Agent in connection therewith.

 

3.7                                                                               Warrants to Rank Pari Passu

 

All Warrants shall rank pari passu with all other Warrants, whatever may be the actual date of issue of the Warrants.

 

3.8                                                                               Registration and Transfer of Warrants

 

(1)                                       The Warrant Agent will create and keep at the principal office of the Warrant Agent in the City of Toronto, Ontario:

 

(a)                                 a register of holders in which shall be entered in alphabetical order the names and addresses of the holders of Warrants and particulars of the Warrants held by them and the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely on such register in connection with the exchange, transfer or exercise of any Warrant(s) pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the terms thereof; and

 

(b)                                 a register of transfers in which all transfers of Warrants and the date and other particulars of each such transfer shall be entered.

 

(2)                                       No transfer of any Warrant will be valid unless entered on the register of transfers referred to in subsection 3.8(1), and, in the case of a Warrant Certificate, upon surrender to the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, and a duly completed and executed transfer form endorsed on the Warrant Certificate executed by the registered holder or his executors, administrators or other legal representatives or his attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, if applicable, and, upon compliance with such requirements and such other reasonable requirements as the Warrant Agent may prescribe, such transfer will be recorded on the register of transfers by the Warrant Agent.

 

(3)                                       In the case of a Warrant Certificate, the transferee of any Warrant will, after surrender to the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant as required by subsection 3.8(2) and upon compliance with all other conditions in respect thereof required by this Indenture or by law, be entitled to be entered on the register of holders referred to in subsection 3.8(1) as the owner of such Warrant free from all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Company and the transferor or any previous holder of such Warrant, except in respect of equities or rights of which the Company is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(4)                                       The Company will be entitled, and may direct the Warrant Agent, to refuse to recognize any transfer, or enter the name of any transferee, of any Warrant on the registers referred to in subsection 3.8(1), if such transfer would constitute a violation of the Securities

 

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Laws of any applicable jurisdiction or the rules, regulations or policies of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction. The Warrant Agent is entitled to assume compliance with all applicable Securities Laws unless otherwise notified in writing by the Company. No duty shall rest with the Warrant Agent to determine compliance of the transferee or transferor of any Warrant with applicable Securities Laws.

 

3.9                                                                               Registers Open for Inspection

 

The registers referred to in subsection 3.8(1) shall be open at all reasonable times during business hours on a Business Day for inspection by the Company or any Warrantholder. The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time when requested to do so in writing by the Company and upon payment of its reasonable fees, furnish the Company with a list of the names and addresses of holders of Warrants entered in the register of holders kept by the Warrant Agent and showing the number of Warrants held by each such holder.

 

3.10                                                                        Exchange of Warrant Certificates

 

(1)                                       Warrant Certificates may, upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Warrant Agent, be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in any other authorized denomination representing in the aggregate an equal number of Warrants as the number of Warrants represented by the Warrant Certificates being exchanged. The Company shall sign and the Warrant Agent shall certify, in accordance with sections 3.3 and 3.4, all Warrant Certificates necessary to carry out the exchanges contemplated herein.

 

(2)                                       Warrant Certificates may be exchanged only at the principal office of the Warrant Agent in the City of Toronto, Ontario or at any other place that is designated by the Company with the approval of the Warrant Agent. Any Warrant Certificates tendered for exchange shall be surrendered to the Warrant Agent and cancelled.

 

(3)                                       Except as otherwise herein provided, the Warrant Agent may charge Warrantholders requesting an exchange a reasonable sum for each Warrant Certificate issued; and payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Warrant Agent or the Company for any and all taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid shall be made by the party requesting such exchange as a condition precedent to such exchange.

 

3.11                                                                        Ownership of Warrants

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent and their respective agents may deem and treat the registered holder of any Warrant as the absolute owner of the Warrant represented thereby for all purposes and the Company and the Warrant Agent and their respective agents shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary except as required by statute or order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The holder of any Warrant shall be entitled to the rights evidenced by that Warrant free from all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Company and the original or any intermediate holder thereof and all persons may act accordingly and the receipt by any holder of the Warrant Shares or monies obtainable pursuant to the exercise of the Warrant shall be a good discharge to the Company and the Warrant Agent for the same and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be bound to inquire into the title of any holder.

 

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3.12                                                                        Book-Based System Warrants

 

(1)                                       Except as described above or as may be directed by the Company, registration of interests in and transfers of Warrants shall be made only through the Book-Based System. Other than as may be directed by the Company, the Warrants will be evidenced by a non-certificated inventory (“NCI”) deposit though the Book-Based System for an amount representing the aggregate number of such Warrants outstanding from time to time.

 

(2)                                       Transfers of beneficial ownership in any Warrant represented by an NCI deposit will be effected only (i) with respect to the interest of a CDS Participant, through records maintained by CDS or its nominee for such Warrants, and (ii) with respect to the interest of any person other than a CDS Participant, through records maintained by CDS Participants.

 

(3)                                       The rights of Beneficial Owners who hold security entitlements in respect of Warrants through the Book-Based System shall be limited to those established by applicable law and agreements between CDS and CDS Participants and between such CDS Participants and Beneficial Owners who hold security entitlements in respect of Warrants through the Book-Based System and must be exercised through a CDS Participant in accordance with the rules and procedures of CDS.

 

(4)                                       If any of the following events occurs:

 

(a)                                 CDS or the Company has notified the Warrant Agent that (A) CDS is unwilling or unable to continue as depository or (B) CDS ceases to be a clearing agency in good standing under applicable laws and, in either case, the Company is unable to locate a qualified successor depository within 90 days of delivery of such notice;

 

(b)                                 the Company has determined, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Book-Based System in respect of such Uncertificated Warrants and has communicated such determination to the Warrant Agent in writing;

 

(c)                                  the Company or CDS is required by applicable law to take the action contemplated in this subsection; or

 

(d)                                 the Book-Based System administered by CDS ceases to exist,

 

then one or more definitive fully registered Warrant Certificates shall be executed by the Company and certified and delivered by the Warrant Agent to CDS in exchange for the Uncertificated Warrants form held by CDS.

 

Fully registered Warrant Certificates issued and exchanged pursuant to this subsection shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as CDS shall instruct the Warrant Agent, provided that the aggregate number of Warrants represented by such Warrant Certificates shall be equal to the aggregate number of Uncertificated Warrants so exchanged. Upon exchange of Uncertificated Warrants for one or more Warrant Certificates in definitive form, such Uncertificated Warrants shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent.

 

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(5)                                       Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture in terms of an NCI deposit, neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent nor any agent thereof shall have any responsibility or liability for:

 

(a)                                 the records maintained by CDS relating to any ownership interests or any other interests in the Warrants or the depository system maintained by CDS, or payments made on account of any ownership interest or any other interest of any person in any Warrant represented by any NCI deposit (other than CDS or its nominee);

 

(b)                                 maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of CDS or any CDS Participant relating to any such interest; or

 

(c)                                  any advice or representation made or given by CDS or those contained in this Indenture that relate to the rules and regulations of CDS or any action to be taken by CDS on its own direction or at the direction of any CDS Participant.

 

(6)                                       Notwithstanding any provisions made in this Indenture with respect to expiry dates, payment dates or other acts that may be required to be done in connection with this Indenture, may be altered due to the internal procedures and processes with respect to cut-off times of CDS.  It is understood and agreed to by the parties hereto that the Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility in connection with any cut-off time imposed by CDS.

 

3.13                                                                        Adjustment of Exchange Basis

 

Subject to section 3.14, the Exchange Basis shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in the events and in the manner provided as follows:

 

(1)                                 If and whenever, at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Time of Expiry, the Company shall:

 

(i)                                     issue Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares to all or substantially all the holders of the Common Shares as a stock dividend or other distribution (other than a distribution of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants or pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of securities of the Company outstanding as of the date hereof), or

 

(ii)                                  subdivide, redivide or change its then outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares, or

 

(iii)                               reduce, combine or consolidate its then outstanding Common Shares into a lesser number of Common Shares,

 

(any of such events in these paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) being called a “Common Share Reorganization”), then the Exchange Basis in effect on the effective date of such subdivision, redivision or change, or reduction, combination or consolidation, or on the record date of such

 

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stock dividend or other distribution, as the case may be, shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exchange Basis in effect immediately prior to such effective or record date by a fraction:

 

(a)                                 the numerator of which shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such date immediately after giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization (including, in the case where securities exercisable, exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares are distributed, the number of Common Shares that would have been outstanding had such securities been exercised, or exchanged for or converted into Common Shares on such record date, assuming in any case where such securities are not then convertible, exercisable or exchangeable but subsequently become so, that they were convertible, exercisable or exchangeable on the record date on the basis upon which they first become convertible, exercisable or exchangeable), and

 

(b)                                 the denominator of which shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such date before giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization.

 

The resulting product, adjusted to the nearest 1/100th, shall thereafter be the Exchange Basis until further adjusted as provided in this Article 3.

 

Any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a partnership in which the Company is directly or indirectly a party to will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any computation. To the extent that any adjustment in the Exchange Basis occurs pursuant to this subsection 3.13(1) as a result of the fixing by the Company of a record date for the distribution of securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares and the Common Share Reorganization does not occur or any conversion, exercise or exchange rights are not fully converted, exercised or exchanged, the Exchange Basis shall be readjusted immediately after the expiry of any relevant exchange or conversion right or the termination of the Common Share Reorganization, as the case may be, to the Exchange Basis that would then be in effect, based upon the number of Common Shares actually issued and remaining issuable after such expiry and shall be further readjusted in such manner upon the expiry of any further such right.

 

(2)                                       If and whenever, at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Time of Expiry, the Company shall fix a record date for the distribution to all or substantially all of the holders of its outstanding Common Shares of rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, at a price per share to the holder (or at an exchange, exercise or conversion price per share) of less than 95% of the Current Market Price on such record date (any of such events being called a “Rights Offering”), then the Exchange Basis shall be adjusted effective immediately after such record date for the Rights Offering by multiplying the Exchange Basis in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction:

 

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(a)                                 the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares which would be outstanding after giving effect to the Rights Offering (assuming the exercise of all of the rights, options or warrants under the Rights Offering and assuming the exchange, exercise or conversion into Common Shares of all exchangeable, exercisable or convertible securities issued upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants, if any), and

 

(b)                                 the denominator of which shall be the aggregate of:

 

(i)                                     the total number of Common Shares outstanding as of the record date for the Rights Offering, and

 

(ii)                                  a number of Common Shares determined by dividing

 

(A)                               the amount equal to the aggregate consideration payable on the exercise of all of the rights, options and warrants under the Rights Offering plus the aggregate consideration, if any, payable on the exchange, exercise or conversion of the exchangeable or convertible securities issued upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants (assuming the exercise of all rights, options and warrants under the Rights Offering and assuming the exchange or conversion of all exchangeable or convertible securities issued upon exercise of such rights, options and warrants);

 

by

 

(B)                               the Current Market Price as of the record date for the Rights Offering.

 

The resulting product, adjusted to the nearest 1/100th, shall thereafter be the Exchange Basis until further adjusted as provided in this Article 3. Any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a partnership in which the Company is directly or indirectly a party to will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any computation. If, at the date of expiry of the rights, options or warrants subject to the Rights Offering, less than all the rights, options or warrants have been exercised, then the Exchange Basis shall be readjusted effective immediately after the date of expiry to the Exchange Basis which would have been in effect on the date of expiry if only the rights, options or warrants issued had been those exercised. If at the date of expiry of the rights of exchange, exercise or conversion of any securities issued pursuant to the Rights Offering less than all of such securities have been exchanged or exercised for, or converted into, Common Shares, then the Exchange Basis shall be readjusted effective immediately after the date of such expiry to the Exchange Basis which would have been in effect on the date of expiry if only the exchangeable, exercisable or convertible securities issued had been those securities actually exchanged or exercised for or converted into Common Shares.

 

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(3)                                       If and whenever, at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Time of Expiry, the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance or distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Shares of:

 

(i)                                     shares of the Company of any class other than Common Shares; or

 

(ii)                                  rights, options or warrants to acquire Common Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares; or

 

(iii)                               evidences of indebtedness; or

 

(iv)                              cash, securities or any property or other assets,

 

and if such issuance or distribution does not constitute a Common Share Reorganization or a Rights Offering (any of such non-excluded events being herein called a “Special Distribution”), the Exchange Basis shall be adjusted effective immediately after the record date for the Special Distribution by multiplying the Exchange Basis in effect on such record date by a fraction:

 

(a)                                 the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price on such record date, and

 

(b)                                 the denominator of which shall be:

 

(A)                               the product of the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date and the Current Market Price on such record date,

 

less

 

(B)                               the fair market value, as determined by action by the board of directors acting reasonably and in good faith (whose determination shall, absent manifest error, be conclusive), to the holders of the Common Shares of the shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or property or other assets issued or distributed in the Special Distribution,

 

provided that no such adjustment shall be made if the result of such adjustment would be to decrease the Exchange Basis in effect immediately before such record date. The resulting product, adjusted to the nearest 1/100th, shall thereafter be the Exchange Basis until further adjusted as provided in this Article 3. Any shares owned by or held for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries or a partnership of which the Company is directly or indirectly a party to shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation.

 

(4)                                       If and whenever, at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Time of Expiry, there shall be a reclassification of the Common Shares at any time outstanding or change or other event pursuant to which the Common Shares are changed or exchanged into or for other shares or into or for other securities and/or property (including cash) (other than a Common Share Reorganization), or a consolidation, amalgamation, plan of arrangement or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or other entity (other than a

 

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consolidation, amalgamation, plan of arrangement or merger which does not result in any reclassification of the outstanding Common Shares or a change or exchange of the Common Shares into or for other shares or into or for other securities and/or property (including cash)), or a transfer (other than to a Subsidiary) of the undertaking or assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another corporation or other entity (any of such events being herein called a “Capital Reorganization”), any Warrantholder who thereafter shall exercise his right to receive Warrant Shares pursuant to Warrant(s) shall be entitled to receive, and shall accept in lieu of the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder was theretofore entitled upon such exercise, the kind and amount of shares, other securities and/or other property (including cash) resulting from the Capital Reorganization which such holder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such Capital Reorganization if, on the effective date or record date thereof, as the case may be, the Warrantholder had been the registered holder of the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder was theretofore entitled upon exercise. If appropriate, adjustments shall be made as a result of any such Capital Reorganization in the application of the provisions set forth in this Article 3 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of Warrantholders to the end that the provisions set forth in this Article 3 shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable as nearly as may reasonably be in relation to any shares, other securities and/or other property (including cash) thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of any Warrant. Any such adjustment shall be made by and set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto approved by the directors and by the Warrant Agent and entered into pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and shall for all purposes be conclusively deemed to be an appropriate adjustment.

 

(5)                                       Any adjustment to the Exchange Basis as set forth herein (except resulting from a Capital Reorganization) shall also include a corresponding adjustment to the Exercise Price which shall be calculated by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction: (a) the numerator of which shall be the Exchange Basis prior to the adjustment, and (b) the denominator of which shall be the Exchange Basis after the adjustment.

 

3.14                                                                        Rules Regarding Calculation of Adjustment of Exchange Basis

 

For the purposes of section 3.13:

 

(1)                                       The adjustments provided for in section 3.13 shall be cumulative and such adjustments shall be made successively whenever an event referred to in section 3.13 shall occur, subject to the following subsections of this section 3.14.

 

(2)                                       No adjustment in the: (a) Exchange Basis shall be required unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 0.01 of a Warrant Share based on the prevailing Exchange Basis; or (b) Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 1%, provided that any adjustments which, except for the provisions of this subsection, would otherwise have been required to be made, shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.

 

(3)                                       No adjustment in the Exchange Basis shall be made in respect of any event described in section 3.13, other than the events referred to in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of subsection (1) thereof, if Warrantholders are entitled to participate in such event on the same

 

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terms, mutatis mutandis, as if Warrantholders had exercised their Warrants prior to or on the effective date or record date of such event, any such participation being subject to regulatory approval.

 

(4)                                       No adjustment in the Exchange Basis shall be made pursuant to section 3.13 in respect of the issue from time to time of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of the Warrants or pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of securities of the Company outstanding as of the date hereof.

 

(5)                                       The Company shall from time to time immediately after the occurrence of any event which requires an adjustment or readjustment as provided in section 3.13, deliver a certificate of the Company to the Warrant Agent specifying the nature of the event requiring the same and the amount of the adjustment or readjustment necessitated thereby and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based, which certificate shall be supported by a certificate of the Company’s Auditors verifying such calculation. The Warrant Agent shall rely, and shall be protected in so doing, upon the certificate of the Company or of the Company’s Auditor and any other document filed by the Company pursuant to this section 3.13 for all purposes.

 

(6)                                       If a dispute shall at any time arise with respect to adjustments provided for in section 3.13, such dispute shall, absent manifest error, be conclusively determined by the Company’s Auditors, or if they are unable or unwilling to act, by such other firm of independent chartered accountants as may be selected by the directors and any further determination, absent manifest error, shall be binding upon the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders

 

(7)                                       If the Company shall set a record date to determine the holders of the Common Shares for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend or distribution or any subscription or purchase rights and shall, thereafter and before the distribution to such shareholders of any such dividend, distribution, or subscription or purchase rights, legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend, distribution, or subscription or purchase rights, then no adjustment in the Exchange Basis shall be required by reason of the setting of such record date.

 

(8)                                       In the absence of a resolution of the directors fixing a record date for a Rights Offering or Special Distribution, the Company shall be deemed to have fixed as the record date therefor the date on which the Rights Offering or Special Distribution is effected.

 

(9)                                       If the purchase price provided for in any Rights Offering (the “Rights Offering Price”) is decreased, the Exchange Basis shall forthwith be changed so as to increase the Exchange Basis to such Exchange Basis as would have been obtained had the adjustment to the Exchange Basis made pursuant to subsection 3.13(2) upon the issuance of such Rights Offering been made upon the basis of the Rights Offering Price as so decreased, provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any decrease in the Rights Offering Price resulting from provisions in any such Rights Offering designed to prevent dilution if the event giving rise to such decrease in the Rights Offering Price itself requires an adjustment to the Exchange Basis pursuant to the provisions of section 3.13.

 

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(10)                                As a condition precedent to the taking of any action that would require any adjustment in any of the subscription rights pursuant to any of the Warrants, including the Exchange Basis, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of counsel, be necessary in order that the Company have unissued and reserved in its authorized capital and may validly and legally issue as fully paid and non-assessable all the shares or other securities that all the holders of such Warrants are entitled to receive on the exercise of all the subscription rights attaching thereto in accordance with the provisions thereof.

 

(11)                                The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to act and rely on any adjustment calculations by the Company or the Company’s Auditors.

 

3.15                                                                        Postponement of Subscription

 

In any case where the application of section 3.13 results in an increase in the number of Common Shares that are issuable upon exercise of the Warrants taking effect immediately after the record date for a specific event, if any Warrant is exercised after that record date and prior to completion of such specific event, the Company may postpone the issuance to the Warrantholder of the Warrant Shares to which he is entitled by reason of such adjustment, but such Warrant Shares shall be so issued and delivered to that holder upon completion of that event, with the number of such Warrant Shares calculated on the basis of the number of Warrant Shares on the date that the Warrant was exercised, adjusted for completion of that event and the Company shall deliver to the person or persons in whose name or names the Warrant Shares are to be issued an appropriate instrument evidencing the right of such person or persons to receive such Warrant Shares and the right to receive any dividends or other distributions which, but for the provisions of this section 3.15, such person or persons would have been entitled to receive in respect of such Warrant Shares from and after the date that the Warrant was exercised in respect thereof.

 

3.16                                                                        Notice of Adjustment

 

(1)                                 At least 14 days prior to the effective date or record date, as the case may be, of any event which requires or might require adjustment pursuant to section 3.13, the Company shall:

 

(a)                                 file with the Warrant Agent a certificate of the Company specifying the particulars of such event (including the record date or the effective date for such event) and, if determinable, the required adjustment and the computation of such adjustment; and

 

(b)                                 give notice to the Warrantholders of the particulars of such event (including the record date or the effective date for such event) and, if determinable, the required adjustment.

 

(2)                                 In case any adjustment for which a notice in subsection 3.16(1) has been given is not then determinable, the Company shall promptly after such adjustment is determinable:

 

(a)                                 file with the Warrant Agent a computation of such adjustment; and

 

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(b)                                 give notice to the Warrantholders of the adjustment.

 

(3)                                       The Warrant Agent may, absent manifest error, act and rely upon certificates and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to this section 3.16 for all purposes of the adjustment.

 

3.17                                                                        No Action after Notice

 

The Company covenants with the Warrant Agent that it will not take any other corporate action which might deprive a Warrantholder of the opportunity of exercising the rights of acquisition pursuant thereto during the period of 10 days after the giving of the notice set forth in subsection 3.16(1) and paragraph (b) of subsection 3.16(2).

 

3.18                                                                        Optional Purchases by the Company

 

Subject to applicable law and prior approval of the TSX, if required, the Company may from time to time purchase on any stock exchange (if then listed), in the open market, by private agreement or otherwise any of the Warrants. Any such purchase shall be made at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the board of directors of the Company, such Warrants are then obtainable, plus reasonable costs of purchase, and may be made in such manner, from such persons, and on such other terms as the Company in its sole discretion may determine. The Warrant Certificates representing the Warrants purchased pursuant to this section 3.18 shall forthwith be delivered to and cancelled by the Warrant Agent.

 

3.19                                                                        Protection of Warrant Agent

 

Subject to Article 9, the Warrant Agent shall not:

 

(a)                                 at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any registered holder of Warrants to determine whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment contemplated by this Article 3, nor to verify the nature and extent of any such adjustment when made or the method employed in making the same;

 

(b)                                 be accountable with respect to the validity or value or the kind or amount of any Warrant Shares that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of the Warrants;

 

(c)                                  be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any cash payment upon the surrender of any Warrants for the purpose of the exercise of such rights or to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Article 3; or

 

(d)                                 incur any liability or responsibility whatsoever or be in any way responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of the Company of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Company or any acts or deeds of the agents or servants of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 4
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

4.1                                                                               Method of Exercise of Warrants

 

(1)                                       The registered holder of any Warrant may exercise the rights thereby conferred on him to acquire all or any part of the Warrant Shares to which such Warrant entitles the holder, by surrendering the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrants to the Warrant Agent at any time prior to the Time of Expiry at its principal office in the City of Toronto, Ontario (or at such additional place or places as may be decided by the Company from time to time with the approval of the Warrant Agent), with a duly completed and executed exercise form of the registered holder or his executors, administrators or other legal representative or his attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in the form and manner satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, substantially in the form endorsed on the Warrant Certificate specifying the number of Warrant Shares subscribed for together with a certified cheque, bank draft or money order in lawful money of Canada, payable to or to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares subscribed for. A Warrant Certificate with the duly completed and executed exercise form and payment of the Exercise Price shall be deemed to be surrendered only upon personal delivery thereof to or, if sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt thereof by the Warrant Agent.

 

(2)                                       Any exercise form referred to in subsection 4.1(1) shall be signed by the Warrantholder, or his executors, or administrators or other legal representative or his attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in the form and manner satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, shall specify the person(s) in whose name such Warrant Shares are to be issued, the address(es) of such person(s) and the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to each person, if more than one is so specified. If any of the Warrant Shares subscribed for are to be issued to (a) person(s) other than the Warrantholder, the signatures set out in the exercise form referred to in subsection 4.1(1) shall be guaranteed by a Canadian Schedule I chartered bank or a medallion signature guarantee from a member of a recognized Signature Medallion Guarantee Program and (b) the Warrantholder shall pay to the Company or the Warrant Agent all applicable transfer or similar taxes and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver certificates evidencing Warrant Shares unless or until such Warrantholder shall have paid to the Company or the Warrant Agent on behalf of the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or that no tax is due.

 

(3)                                       If, at the time of exercise of the Warrants, in accordance with the provisions of subsections 4.1(1) or (4), there are any trading restrictions on the Warrant Shares pursuant to Securities Laws or stock exchange requirements, the Company shall, on the advice of counsel, endorse any certificates or book-entry positions representing the Warrant Shares to such effect. The Warrant Agent is entitled to assume compliance with all Securities Laws unless otherwise notified in writing by the Company.

 

(4)                                       A Beneficial Owner who desires to exercise his Uncertificated Warrants, must do so by causing a CDS Participant to deliver to CDS (at its office in the City of Toronto), on behalf of the Beneficial Owner at any time prior to the Time of Expiry, a written notice of the Beneficial Owner’s intention to exercise Warrants (the “Exercise Notice”). Forthwith upon

 

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receipt by CDS of such notice, as well as payment for the Exercise Price, CDS shall deliver to the Warrant Agent confirmation of its intention to exercise Warrants (the “Confirmation”) in a manner acceptable to the Warrant Agent, including by electronic means through the Book-Based System. CDS will initiate the exercise by way of the Confirmation and forward the aggregate Exercise Price electronically to the Warrant Agent and the Warrant Agent will execute the exercise by issuing to CDS through the Book-Based System the Warrant Shares to which the exercising Beneficial Owner is entitled pursuant to the exercise. Any expense associated with the preparation and delivery of Exercise Notices will be for the account of the Beneficial Owner exercising the Warrants.

 

By causing a CDS Participant to deliver notice to CDS, a Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to have irrevocably surrendered his Warrants so exercised and appointed such CDS Participant to act as his or her exclusive settlement agent with respect to the exercise and the receipt of Warrant Shares in connection with the obligations arising from such exercise.

 

Any notice which CDS determines to be incomplete, not in proper form or not duly executed shall for all purposes be void and of no effect and the exercise to which it relates shall be considered for all purposes not to have been exercised thereby. A failure by a CDS Participant to exercise or to give effect to the settlement thereof in accordance with the Beneficial Owner’s instructions will not give rise to any obligations or liability on the part of the Company or Warrant Agent to the CDS Participant or the Beneficial Owner.

 

4.2                                                                               No Fractional Warrant Shares

 

Under no circumstances shall the Company be obliged to issue any fractional Warrant Shares or any cash or other consideration in lieu thereof upon the exercise of one or more Warrants. To the extent that the holder of one or more Warrants would otherwise have been entitled to receive on the exercise or partial exercise thereof a fraction of a Warrant Share, that holder may exercise that right in respect of the fraction only in combination with another Warrant or Warrants that in the aggregate entitle the holder to purchase a whole number of Warrant Shares; otherwise fractional Warrant Shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Warrant Shares without compensation therefor.

 

4.3                                                                               Effect of Exercise of Warrants

 

(1)                                       Upon compliance by the Warrantholder with the provisions of section 4.1, the Warrant Shares subscribed for shall be deemed to have been issued and the person to whom such Warrant Shares are to be issued shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Warrant Shares on the Exercise Date unless the transfer registers of the Company for the Common Shares shall be closed on such date, in which case the Warrant Shares subscribed for shall be deemed to have been issued and such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Warrant Shares on the date on which such transfer registers are reopened.

 

(2)                                       Within three Business Days following the due exercise of a Warrant pursuant to section 4.1 and forthwith after the Time of Expiry, the Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company a notice setting forth the particulars of all Warrants exercised, if any, and the persons

 

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in whose names the Warrant Shares are to be issued (as applicable) and the addresses of such holders of the Warrant Shares.

 

(3)                                       Within five Business Days of the due exercise of a Warrant pursuant to section 4.1, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to issue, within such five Business Day period, to CDS through the Book-Based System the Warrant Shares to which the exercising Warrantholder is entitled pursuant to the exercise or mail to the person in whose name the Warrant Shares so subscribed for are to be issued, as specified in the exercise form completed on the Warrant Certificate, at the address specified in such exercise form, a certificate or certificates for the Warrant Shares to which the Warrantholder is entitled and, if applicable, shall cause the Warrant Agent to mail a Warrant Certificate representing any Warrants not then exercised.

 

4.4                                                                               Cancellation of Warrants

 

All Warrants surrendered to the Warrant Agent pursuant to sections 3.6, 3.8(2), 3.10, 3.18 or 4.1 shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent and the Warrant Agent shall record the cancellation of such Warrants on the register of holders maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to subsection 3.8(1). The Warrant Agent shall, if required by the Company, furnish the Company with a certificate identifying the Warrants so cancelled. All Warrants that have been duly cancelled shall be without further force or effect whatsoever.

 

4.5                                                                               Subscription for less than Entitlement

 

The holder of any Warrant may subscribe for and purchase a whole number of Warrant Shares that is less than the number that the holder is entitled to purchase pursuant to a surrendered Warrant. In such event, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant Certificate, if applicable, in respect of the balance of Warrants that were not then exercised.

 

4.6                                                                               Expiration of Warrant

 

After the Time of Expiry, all rights under any Warrant in respect of which the right of subscription and purchase herein and therein provided for shall not theretofore have been exercised shall wholly cease and terminate and such Warrant shall be void and of no effect.

 

4.7                                                                               Restrictions Related to U.S. Securities Laws

 

(1)                                       The Warrants may not be exercised except in compliance with section 4.7(2). The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the registered address of the Warrantholder as set forth in such Warrantholder’s register for the purchase of Units in determining whether the address is in the United States or the Warrantholder is a U.S. Person.

 

(2)                                       Upon an request by any holder seeking to exercise any Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate:

 

(a)                                 A registration statement covering the issuance of the Warrant Shares under the U.S. Securities Act must be effective at the time of such exercise (the Company

 

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agrees to take all commercially reasonable actions to evidence such effectiveness to the Warrant Agent upon request); or

 

(b)                                 Such holder shall provide to the Company either:

 

(i)                                     a written certification that such holder (i) at the time of exercise of the Warrants is not in the United States; (ii) is not a U.S. Person and is not exercising the Warrants on behalf of a U.S. Person or person in the United States; (iii) did not execute or deliver the exercise form for the Warrants in the United States; and (iv) has in all other aspects complied with the terms of Regulation S (which written certification shall be deemed delivered by checking Box 1 in the Exercise Form attached to the Warrant, as provided for in Schedule A hereof);

 

(ii)                                  a written certification that the holder is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and has delivered to the Company and the Company’s transfer agent a completed and executed U.S. Warrantholder Letter in substantially the form attached to this Warrant Indenture as Schedule “C”; or

 

(iii)                               a written opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent to the effect that an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act is available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of the Warrants.

 

(3)                                 No Warrant Shares will be registered or delivered to an address in the United States unless the holder of Warrants complies with the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection 4.7(2).

 

ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS

 

5.1                                                                               General Covenants of the Company

 

The Company represents, warrants and covenants with the Warrant Agent for the benefit of the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders that:

 

(1)                                       The Company will at all times, so long as any Warrants remain outstanding, maintain its existence, unless otherwise inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the board of directors of the Company.

 

(2)                                       The Company is duly authorized to create and issue the Warrants to be issued hereunder and the Warrants, when issued, Authenticated and certified, as applicable, will be legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company.

 

(3)                                       For so long as the Company is a reporting issuer or equivalent in Canada, it will make all requisite filings under applicable Canadian Securities Laws including those necessary

 

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to remain a reporting issuer not in default in each of the provinces and other jurisdictions where it is or becomes a reporting issuer provided that the Company shall not be required to comply with this Section following the completion of, and this Section shall not be construed as limiting or restricting the Company to agree to, a merger, amalgamation, arrangement, business combination, take-over bid or like transaction even if the consideration being offered are not securities that are so listed and posted for trading that would result in the Company ceasing to be a reporting issuer.

 

(4)                                       Subject to section 3.13, the Company will allot and reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Warrant Shares for issuance upon the exercise of Warrants issued by the Company.

 

(5)                                       The Company will cause the Warrant Shares from time to time subscribed for pursuant to the Warrants issued by the Company hereunder, in the manner herein provided, to be duly issued in accordance with the Warrants and the terms hereof.

 

(6)                                       The Company will cause any certificates representing the Warrant Shares from time to time to be acquired, pursuant to the Warrants in the manner herein provided, to be duly issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrants and the terms hereof.

 

(7)                                       All Warrant Shares that shall be issued by the Company upon exercise of the rights provided for herein shall be issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares.

 

(8)                                       The Company will perform and carry out all of the acts or things to be done by it as provided in this Indenture.

 

(9)                                       The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Warrant Agent to keep open the register of Warrantholders during the Warrant Agent’s regular business hours and will not take any action or omit to take any action which would have the effect of preventing the Warrantholders from receiving any of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

(10)                                The Company will promptly notify the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders in writing of any default under the terms of this Indenture which remains unrectified for more than 5 days following its occurrence.

 

5.2                                                                               Cannabis Compliance

 

(1)                                       To the extent that the Company currently has cannabis-related activities or interests, the Company represents, warrants and agrees that, in addition to any other representation and warranty in this Indenture:

 

(a)                                 its Cannabis Permits are in good standing and it has all permits and licences required by any Canadian or other applicable Governmental Authority that are necessary to lawfully conduct or maintain, directly or indirectly, its cannabis-related activities and interests;

 

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(b)                                 it does not have or hold cannabis or cannabis-related operations or interests in the United States of America (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, royalty entitlements or investments in a cannabis business), or sell or distribute cannabis into the United States of America; and

 

(c)                                  it does not have or hold cannabis or cannabis-related operations or interests in any other country (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, royalty entitlements or investments in a cannabis business) where the production, distribution or possession of cannabis is prohibited as a matter of the law of the applicable country.

 

(2)                                       To the extent that the Company has cannabis-related activities or interests now or in the future, the Company covenants and agrees that, in addition to any other covenant or obligation in this Indenture, it shall:

 

(a)                                 upon the reasonable request of the Warrant Agent, promptly provide to the Warrant Agent any (i) existing Cannabis Permits; and, (ii) other permits and licences required by any other applicable Governmental Authority that it currently holds;

 

(b)                                 obtain any applicable Cannabis Permits that are required to undertake such cannabis related activities;

 

(c)                                  at all times keep and maintain in good standing its Cannabis Permits, and shall notify the Warrant Agent of any breach of this requirement immediately upon obtaining knowledge thereof;

 

(d)                                 ensure at all times that it continues to have all permits and licences required by any Canadian or other applicable Governmental Authority that are necessary to lawfully conduct or maintain, directly or indirectly, its cannabis-related activities and interests;

 

(e)                                  notify the Warrant Agent immediately of, and provide it with a copy of, any and all correspondence and notices that could reasonably be expected to result in a loss of, or a penalty or other sanction under, any Cannabis Permit or applicable law;

 

(f)                                   deliver to the Warrant Agent, (i) at any reasonable time upon demand by the Warrant Agent; and, (ii) in any event, immediately upon the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Article, an Officer’s Certificate as to the knowledge of such officer(s) of the Company’s compliance or non-compliance with this Section, in each case attaching evidence of the current status of all Cannabis Permits;

 

(g)                                  meet all record keeping and reporting requirements set out by all applicable Governmental Authorities, including but not limited to, keeping records of all cannabis-related activities and inventories, as well as filing ongoing reports; which, at a minimum, must include, among other things, the total amounts (i)

 

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produced; (ii) released for sale; (iii) received from other licensed producers; (iv) sold or transferred to registered clients, other licensed producers and licensed dealers; or, (v) otherwise retailed, with the associated revenues;

 

(h)                                 deliver to the Warrant Agent, (i) at any reasonable time upon demand by the Warrant Agent; and, (ii) at a minimum annually, an Officer’s Certificate attaching and certifying to the aggregate records described in Section 5.2(2)(g) above, for the preceding twelve (12) months;

 

(i)                                     carry on and conduct its activities in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations of all Governmental Authorities in all material respects;

 

(j)                                    meet all listing requirements for each stock exchange upon which it is listed relating to compliance with applicable law in all jurisdictions in which the Company has interests;

 

(k)                                 in no event, acquire or hold cannabis or cannabis-related operations or interests in the United States of America (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, royalty entitlements or investments in a cannabis business), or sell or distribute cannabis into the United States of America, so long as the production, distribution or possession of cannabis remains prohibited as a matter of any applicable federal, territorial or state laws of the United States of America or is prohibited as a matter of any applicable United States of America Governmental Authority; and,

 

(l)                                     in no event, acquire or hold cannabis or cannabis-related operations or interests in any other country (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, royalty entitlements or investments in a cannabis business) if the production, distribution or possession of cannabis is prohibited as a matter of the law of the applicable country.

 

(3)                                 The Company acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any default of any provision of this Section will result in the right of the Warrant Agent, at its sole discretion, to resign as Warrant Agent effective immediately, and the Company hereby acknowledges such right of the Warrant Agent to immediately resign. For greater certainty, no cure period or advance notice is required to be given by the Warrant Agent before the Warrant Agent may exercise such discretion.

 

(4)                                 The Company acknowledges and agrees, in addition to any other provision herein relating to the resignation or replacement of the Warrant Agent, that the Warrant Agent may resign as Warrant Agent and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, without notice, if the Warrant Agent reasonably determines that (i) the Company has become unable to continue to lawfully operate any part of its cannabis or cannabis-related business or to own or maintain, directly or indirectly, its cannabis or cannabis-related investments or operations; or (ii) as a result of the Company’s cannabis-related activities, the Warrant Agent would be materially prejudiced by continuing to act as Warrant Agent hereunder.

 

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(5)                                 The Company shall cause all of its subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of this Section as if such subsidiaries were expressly referred to in such provisions in replacement of references to the Company, mutatis mutandis.

 

5.3                                                                               Securities Qualification Requirements

 

If, in the opinion of counsel, any instrument is required to be filed with, or any permission, order or ruling is required to be obtained from, any securities regulatory authority or any other step is required under any federal or provincial law of Canada before the Warrant Shares may be issued or delivered to a Warrantholder, the Company covenants that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file such instrument, obtain such permission, order or ruling or take all such other actions, at its expense, as is required or appropriate in the circumstances.

 

5.4                                                                               Warrant Agent’s Remuneration and Expenses

 

The Company covenants that it will pay to the Warrant Agent from time to time reasonable remuneration for its services hereunder and will pay or reimburse the Warrant Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses and disbursements of the Warrant Agent in the administration or execution of the duties and obligations hereby created (including the reasonable compensation and the disbursements of its counsel and all other advisers, experts, accountants and assistants not regularly in its employ) both before any default hereunder and thereafter until all duties of the Warrant Agent hereunder shall be finally and fully performed. Any amount owing hereunder and remaining unpaid after 30 days from the invoice date will bear interest at the then current rate charged by the Warrant Agent against unpaid invoices and shall be payable upon demand. This Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent and/or the termination of this Indenture.

 

5.5                                                                               Performance of Covenants by Warrant Agent

 

Subject to section 9.7, if the Company shall:

 

(a)                                 fail to perform any of its covenants contained in this Indenture, excluding its covenants under section 5.2, and the Company has not rectified such failure within 10 Business Days after receiving written notice from the Warrant Agent of such failure; or

 

(b)                                 fail to perform any of its covenants under section 5.2 of this Indenture,

 

the Warrant Agent may notify the Warrantholders of such failure on the part of the Company or may itself perform any of the said covenants capable of being performed by it, but shall be under no obligation to perform said covenants. All reasonable sums expended or disbursed by the Warrant Agent in so doing shall be repayable as provided in section 5.4. No such performance, expenditure or advance by the Warrant Agent shall be deemed to relieve the Company of any default hereunder or of its continuing obligations under the covenants herein contained.

 

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ARTICLE 6
ENFORCEMENT

 

6.1                                                                               Suits by Warrantholders

 

Subject to section 7.10, all or any of the rights conferred upon a Warrantholder by the terms of the Warrants held by him and/or this Indenture may be enforced by such Warrantholder by appropriate legal proceedings but without prejudice to the right that is hereby conferred upon the Warrant Agent to proceed in its own name to enforce each and all of the provisions herein contained for the benefit of the holders of the Warrants from time to time outstanding. The Warrant Agent shall also have the power at any time and from time to time to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may reasonably be advised shall be necessary or advisable to preserve and protect its interests and the interests of the Warrantholders.

 

6.2                                                                               Limitation of Liability

 

The obligations hereunder (including without limitation under subsection 9.7(5)) are not personally binding upon, nor shall resort hereunder be had to, the private property of any of the past, present or future directors or shareholders of the Company or any of the past, present or future officers, employees or agents of the Company, and only the property of the Company (or any successor person) shall be bound in respect hereof.

 

ARTICLE 7
MEETINGS OF WARRANTHOLDERS

 

7.1                                                                               Right to Convene Meetings

 

The Warrant Agent may at any time and from time to time, and shall on receipt of a written request of the Company or of a Warrantholders’ Request, convene a meeting of the Warrantholders provided that the Warrant Agent has been provided with sufficient funds and is indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Company or by the Warrantholders signing such Warrantholders’ Request against the costs, charges, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting. If within 15 Business Days after the receipt of a written request of the Company or a Warrantholders’ Request, and receipt of funding and indemnity given as aforesaid, the Warrant Agent fails to give the requisite notice specified in section 7.2 to convene a meeting, the Company or such Warrantholders, as the case may be, may convene such meeting. Every such meeting shall be held in the City of Toronto, Ontario or at such other place as may be approved or determined by the Warrant Agent.

 

7.2                                                                               Notice

 

At least 21 days’ prior notice of any meeting of Warrantholders shall be given to the Warrantholders at the expense of the Company in the manner provided for in section 10.2 and a copy of such notice shall be delivered to the Warrant Agent unless the meeting has been called by it, and to the Company unless the meeting has been called by it. Such notice shall state the date, time and place of the meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted and shall contain such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Warrantholders to make a

 

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reasoned decision on the matter, but it shall not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed or any of the provisions of this Article 7. The notice convening any such meeting may be signed by an appropriate officer of the Warrant Agent or of the Company or the person designated by such Warrantholders, as the case may be.

 

7.3                                                                               Chairman

 

The Warrant Agent may nominate in writing an individual (who need not be a Warrantholder) to be chairman of the meeting and if no individual is so nominated, or if the individual so nominated is not present within 15 minutes after the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, the Warrantholders present in person or by proxy shall appoint an individual present to be chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting need not be a Warrantholder.

 

7.4                                                                               Quorum

 

Subject to the provisions of section 7.11, at any meeting of the Warrantholders a quorum shall consist of two Warrantholders present in person or represented by proxy and representing at least 20% of the aggregate number of Warrants then outstanding. If a quorum of the Warrantholders shall not be present within one-half hour from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if summoned by the Warrantholders or on a Warrantholders’ Request, shall be dissolved; but in any other case the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week (unless such day is not a Business Day in which case it shall be adjourned to the next following Business Day) at the same time and place to the extent possible and, subject to the provisions of section 7.11, no notice of the adjournment need be given. Any business may be brought before or dealt with at an adjourned meeting that might have been dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same. At the adjourned meeting the Warrantholders present in person or represented by proxy shall form a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened, notwithstanding that they may not represent at least 20% of the aggregate number of Warrants then unexercised and outstanding. No business shall be transacted at any meeting, except an adjourned meeting as described above, unless a quorum is present at the commencement of business.

 

7.5                                                                               Power to Adjourn

 

The chairman of any meeting at which a quorum of the Warrantholders is present may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any such meeting, and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.

 

7.6                                                                               Show of Hands

 

Every question submitted to a meeting shall be decided in the first place by a majority of the votes given on a show of hands except that votes on an extraordinary resolution shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided. At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.

 

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7.7                                                                               Poll and Voting

 

On every extraordinary resolution, and when demanded by the chairman or by one or more of the Warrantholders acting in person or by proxy on any other question submitted to a meeting and after a vote by show of hands, a poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman shall direct. Questions other than those required to be determined by extraordinary resolution shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the poll. On a show of hands, every person who is present and entitled to vote, whether as a Warrantholder or as proxy for one or more absent Warrantholders, or both, shall have one vote. On a poll, each Warrantholder present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed by instrument in writing shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each whole Warrant then held by him. A proxy need not be a Warrantholder. The chairman of any meeting shall be entitled, both on a show of hands and on a poll, to vote in respect of the Warrants, if any, held or represented by him.

 

7.8                                                                               Regulations

 

Subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the Warrant Agent or the Company with the approval of the Warrant Agent may from time to time make and from time to time vary such regulations as it shall consider necessary or appropriate:

 

(a)                                 for the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at such place and time as the Warrant Agent, the Company or the Warrantholders convening the meeting, as the case may be, may in the notice convening the meeting direct;

 

(b)                                 for the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at some approved place other than the place at which the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such instruments appointing proxies to be mailed or forwarded via facsimile before the meeting to the Company or to the Warrant Agent at the place where the same is to be held and for the voting of proxies so deposited as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting;

 

(c)                                  for the form of instrument appointing a proxy and the manner in which the form of proxy may be executed; and

 

(d)                                 generally for the calling of meetings of Warrantholders and the conduct of business thereat including setting a record date for Warrantholders entitled to receive notice of or to vote at such meeting.

 

Any regulations so made shall be binding and effective and the votes given in accordance therewith shall be valid and shall be counted. Save as such regulations may provide, the only persons who shall be recognized at any meeting as a Warrantholder, or be entitled to vote or be present at the meeting in respect thereof (subject to section 7.9), shall be Warrantholders or persons holding proxies of Warrantholders.

 

7.9                                                                               Company, Warrant Agent and Counsel may be Represented

 

The Company, the Warrantholders and the Warrant Agent, by their respective directors, officers and employees and the counsel for each of the Company, the Warrantholders

 

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and the Warrant Agent may attend any meeting of the Warrantholders and speak thereat but shall not be entitled to vote unless in their capacities as Warrantholders or proxies therefor.

 

7.10                                                                        Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution

 

In addition to all other powers conferred upon them by any other provisions of this Indenture or by law, the Warrantholders at a meeting shall have the power, subject to the TSX’s approval, exercisable from time to time by extraordinary resolution:

 

(a)                                 to agree to any modification, alteration, compromise or arrangement of the rights of Warrantholders and/or the Warrant Agent in its capacity as warrant agent hereunder (subject to the Warrant Agent’s approval) or on behalf of the Warrantholders against the Company, whether such rights arise under this Indenture or the Warrants or otherwise;

 

(b)                                 to amend, modify or repeal any extraordinary resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Warrantholders;

 

(c)                                  to direct or authorize the Warrant Agent (subject to the Warrant Agent receiving funding and indemnity to its satisfaction) to enforce any of the covenants on the part of the Company contained in this Indenture or the Warrants or to enforce any of the rights of the Warrantholders in any manner specified in such extraordinary resolution or to refrain from enforcing any such covenant or right;

 

(d)                                 to waive, authorize and direct the Warrant Agent to waive any default on the part of the Company in complying with any provisions of this Indenture or the Warrants either unconditionally or upon any conditions specified in such extraordinary resolution;

 

(e)                                  to restrain any Warrantholder from taking or instituting any suit, action or proceeding against the Company for the enforcement of any of the covenants on the part of the Company contained in this Indenture or the Warrants or to enforce any of the rights of the Warrantholders;

 

(f)                                   to direct any Warrantholder who, as such, has brought any suit, action or proceeding to stay or discontinue or otherwise deal with any such suit, action or proceeding, upon payment of the costs, charges and expenses reasonably and properly incurred by such Warrantholder in connection therewith;

 

(g)                                  to assent to any change in or omission from the provisions contained in this Indenture or any ancillary or supplemental instrument which may be agreed to by the Company, and to authorize the Warrant Agent to concur in and execute any ancillary or supplemental indenture embodying the change or omission;

 

(h)                                 with the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, to remove the Warrant Agent or its successor in office and to appoint a new warrant agent or warrant agents to take the place of the Warrant Agent so removed; and

 

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(i)                                     to assent to any compromise or arrangement with any creditor or creditors or any class or classes of creditors, whether secured or otherwise, and with holders of any shares or other securities of the Company.

 

7.11                                                                        Meaning of “Extraordinary Resolution”

 

(1)           The expression “extraordinary resolution” when used in this Indenture means, subject as hereinafter in this section 7.11 and in section 7.14 provided, a resolution proposed at a meeting of Warrantholders duly convened for that purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article 7 at which there are present in person or by proxy at least two Warrantholders representing at least 20% of the aggregate number of all the then outstanding Warrants and passed by the affirmative votes of Warrantholders representing not less than 662/3% of the aggregate number of all the then outstanding Warrants represented at the meeting and voted on the poll for such resolution.

 

(2)           If, at any meeting called for the purpose of passing an extraordinary resolution, Warrantholders representing at least 20% of the aggregate number of all the then outstanding Warrants are not present in person or by proxy within one-half hour after the time appointed for the meeting, then the meeting, if convened by Warrantholders or on a Warrantholders’ Request, shall be dissolved; but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to such day, being not less than 10 Business Days later, and to such place and time as may be appointed by the chairman. Not less than three Business Days prior notice shall be given of the time and place of such adjourned meeting provided by press release of the Company. Such notice shall state that at the adjourned meeting the Warrantholders present in person or represented 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 Warrantholders present in person or represented 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 7.11(1) shall be an extraordinary resolution within the meaning of this Indenture notwithstanding that Warrantholders representing at least 20% of all the then outstanding Warrants are not present in person or represented by proxy at such adjourned meeting.

 

(3)           Votes on an extraordinary resolution shall always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll on an extraordinary resolution shall be necessary.

 

7.12                                                                        Powers Cumulative

 

It is hereby declared and agreed that any one or more of the powers or any combination of the powers in this Indenture stated to be exercisable by the Warrantholders by extraordinary resolution or otherwise may be exercised from time to time and the exercise of any one or more of such powers or any combination of powers from time to time shall not be deemed to exhaust the right of the Warrantholders to exercise such powers or combination of powers then or thereafter from time to time.

 

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7.13                                                                        Minutes

 

Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting of Warrantholders as aforesaid shall be made and duly entered in books to be provided for that purpose by the Company and any minutes as aforesaid, if signed by the chairman of the meeting at which resolutions were passed or proceedings had, or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting of the Warrantholders, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every meeting, in respect of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made, shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held, and all resolutions passed thereat or proceedings taken, to have been duly passed and taken.

 

7.14                                                                        Instruments in Writing

 

All actions that may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the Warrantholders at a meeting held as provided in this Article 7 also may be taken and exercised by Warrantholders representing a majority, or in the case of an extraordinary resolution at least 662/3%, of the aggregate number of all the then outstanding Warrants by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by such Warrantholders in person or by attorney duly appointed in writing, and the expression “extraordinary resolution” when used in this Indenture shall include an instrument so signed.

 

7.15                                                                        Binding Effect of Resolutions

 

Every resolution and every extraordinary resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article 7 at a meeting of Warrantholders shall be binding upon all Warrantholders, whether present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by Warrantholders in accordance with section 7.14 shall be binding upon all the Warrantholders, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every Warrantholder and the Warrant Agent (subject to the provisions for indemnity herein contained) shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every such resolution and instrument in writing.

 

7.16                                                                        Holdings by the Company or Subsidiaries of the Company Disregarded

 

In determining whether Warrantholders are present at a meeting of Warrantholders for the purpose of determining a quorum or have concurred in any consent, waiver, extraordinary resolution, Warrantholders’ Request or other action under this Indenture, Warrants owned legally or beneficially by the Company or its Subsidiaries or in partnership of which the Company is directly or indirectly a party to shall be disregarded. The Company shall provide, upon the written request of the Warrant Agent, a certificate as to the registration particulars of any Warrants held by the Company or its Subsidiaries or in partnership of which the Company is directly or indirectly a party.

 

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ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND SUCCESSOR COMPANIES

 

8.1                                                                               Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes

 

From time to time the Company and the Warrant Agent may, subject to the provisions hereof and the TSX’s approval, and they shall, when so required hereby, 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)                                 providing for the issuance of additional Warrants hereunder and any consequential amendments hereto as may be required by the Warrant Agent, relying on the advice of counsel;

 

(b)                                 setting forth or giving effect to adjustments in the application of Article 3;

 

(c)                                  adding to the provisions hereof such additional covenants and enforcement provisions as, in the opinion of counsel are necessary or advisable, provided that the same are not in the opinion of the Warrant Agent, relying on the advice of counsel, prejudicial to the interests of the Warrantholders as a group;

 

(d)                                 giving effect to any extraordinary resolution passed as provided in Article 7;

 

(e)                                  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 Warrant Agent, relying on the advice of counsel, prejudicial to the interests of the Warrantholders as a group;

 

(f)                                   adding to or amending the provisions hereof in respect of the transfer of Warrants, making provision for the exchange of Warrants and making any modification in the form of the Warrant Certificate that does not affect the substance thereof;

 

(g)                                  amending any of the provisions of this Indenture or relieving the Company from any of the obligations, conditions or restrictions herein contained, provided that no such amendment or relief shall be or become operative or effective if, in the opinion of the Warrant Agent, relying on the advice of counsel, such amendment or relief impairs any of the rights of the Warrantholders as a group or of the Warrant Agent, and provided further that the Warrant Agent may in its sole discretion decline to enter into any supplemental indenture that in its opinion may not afford adequate protection to the Warrant Agent when the same shall become operative;

 

(h)                                 providing added protection or benefit to the Company or the Warrantholders (as a group); and

 

(i)                                     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 clerical omissions herein, provided that, in the

 

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opinion of the Warrant Agent, relying on the advice of counsel, the rights of the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders as a group are in no way prejudiced thereby.

 

8.2                                                                               Successor Companies

 

In the case of the amalgamation, consolidation, arrangement, merger or transfer of the undertaking or assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another person (a “successor company”), the successor company resulting from the amalgamation, consolidation, arrangement, merger or transfer (if not the Company) shall be bound by the provisions hereof and all obligations for the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and obligation contained in this Indenture to be performed by the Company and the successor company shall by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form and substance to the Warrant Agent and executed and delivered by the successor company to the Warrant Agent, expressly assume those obligations.

 

ARTICLE 9
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT

 

9.1                                                                               Indenture Legislation

 

(1)           If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a mandatory requirement of Applicable Legislation, such mandatory requirement shall prevail.

 

(2)           The Company and the Warrant Agent agree that each will at all times in relation to this Indenture and any action to be taken hereunder observe and comply with and be entitled to the benefit of Applicable Legislation.

 

9.2                                                                               Rights and Duties of Warrant Agent

 

(1)           The Warrant Agent accepts the duties and responsibilities under this Indenture, solely as custodian, bailee and agent. No trust is intended to be, or is or will be, created hereby and the Warrant Agent shall owe no duties hereunder as a trustee.

 

(2)           In the exercise of the rights and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the Warrant Agent shall act honestly and in good faith and shall exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent warrant agent would exercise in comparable circumstances. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Warrant Agent from liability for its own gross negligence, wilful misconduct, bad faith or fraud.

 

(3)           The Warrant Agent shall not be bound to do or take any act, action or proceeding for the enforcement of any of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture unless and until it shall have received a Warrantholders’ Request specifying the act, action or proceeding that the Warrant Agent is requested to take. The obligation of the Warrant Agent to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing any rights of the Warrant Agent or the Warrantholders hereunder shall be conditional upon the Warrantholders furnishing, when required by notice in writing by the Warrant Agent, sufficient funds to commence or

 

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continue such act, action or proceeding and an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and its counsel to protect and hold harmless the Warrant Agent, its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns against the costs, charges and expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby and any loss and damage it may suffer by reason thereof. None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Warrant Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless indemnified and funded as aforesaid.

 

(4)           The Warrant Agent may, before commencing any act, action or proceeding, or at any time during the continuance thereof require the Warrantholders at whose instance it is acting to deposit with the Warrant Agent the Warrants held by them, for which Warrants the Warrant Agent shall issue receipts.

 

(5)           Every provision of this Indenture that, by its terms, relieves the Warrant Agent of liability or entitles it to rely upon any evidence submitted to it is subject to the provisions of Applicable Legislation, this section 9.2 and section 9.3.

 

(6)           The Warrant Agent shall not be bound to give any notice or do or take any act, action or proceeding by virtue of the powers conferred on it hereunder unless and until it shall have been required to do so under the terms hereof; nor shall the Warrant Agent be required to take notice of any default hereunder, unless and until notified in writing of such default, which notice shall specifically set out the default desired to be brought to the attention of the Warrant Agent and in the absence of such notice the Warrant Agent may for all purposes of this Indenture conclusively assume that no default has occurred or been made in the performance or observance of the representations, warranties and covenants, agreements or conditions herein contained. Any such notice shall in no way limit any discretion herein given to the Warrant Agent to determine whether or not the Warrant Agent shall take action with respect to any default.

 

(7)           In this Indenture, whenever confirmations or instructions are required to be given to the Warrant Agent, in order to be valid, such confirmations and instructions shall be in writing.

 

9.3                                                                               Evidence, Experts and Advisers

 

(1)           In addition to the reports, certificates, opinions and other evidence required by this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Warrant Agent such additional evidence of compliance with any provision hereof and in such form as may be prescribed by Applicable Legislation or as the Warrant Agent may reasonably require by written notice to the Company.

 

(2)           In the exercise of its rights and duties hereunder, the Warrant Agent may, if it is acting in good faith, act and rely absolutely as to the truth of the statements and the accuracy of the opinions expressed therein, upon statutory declarations, opinions, reports, written requests, consents, or orders of the Company, certificates of the Company or other evidence furnished to the Warrant Agent pursuant to any provision hereof or of Applicable Legislation or pursuant to a request of the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall be under no responsibility in respect of the validity of this Indenture or the execution and delivery hereof by or on behalf of the

 

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Company or in respect of the validity or the execution of any Warrant Certificate by the Company and issued hereunder, nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Indenture or in any such Warrant Certificate; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any securities to be issued upon the right to acquire provided for in this Indenture and/or in any Warrant or as to whether any securities will when issued be duly authorized or be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(3)           Whenever Applicable Legislation requires that evidence referred to in subsection 9.3(1) be in the form of a statutory declaration, the Warrant Agent may accept the statutory declaration in lieu of a certificate of the Company required by any provision hereof. Any such statutory declaration may be made by one or more of the directors or officers of the Company and may be relied upon by the Warrant Agent in good faith without further inquiry.

 

(4)           Proof of the execution of an instrument in writing, including a Warrantholders’ Request, by any Warrantholder may be made by a certificate of a notary public or other person with similar powers that the person signing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution or in any other manner which the Warrant Agent may consider adequate and in respect of a corporate Warrantholder, shall include a certificate of incumbency of such Warrantholder together with a certified resolution authorizing the person who signs such instrument to sign such instrument.

 

(5)           The Warrant Agent may act and rely and shall be protected in acting and relying upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, letter, or other paper document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by or on behalf of the proper party or parties. The Warrant Agent has sole discretion and shall be protected in acting and relying upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, letter or other paper document received in facsimile or e-mail form.

 

(6)           The Warrant Agent may employ or retain such counsel, accountants, engineers, appraisers or other experts or advisers as it may reasonably require for the purpose of determining and discharging its duties hereunder and may pay reasonable remuneration for all services so performed by any of them, without taxation of costs of any counsel and shall not be responsible for any misconduct on the part of any of them who has been selected with due care by the Warrant Agent. Any reasonable remuneration paid by the Warrant Agent shall be paid by the Company in accordance with section 5.4.

 

(7)           The Warrant Agent may act and rely and shall be protected in acting and relying in good faith on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any counsel, accountant, appraiser, engineer or other expert or advisor, whether retained or employed by the Company or the Warrant Agent, in relation to any matter arising in fulfilling its duties and obligations hereof.

 

(8)           The Warrant Agent may, as a condition precedent to any action to be taken by it under this Indenture, require such opinions, statutory declarations, reports, certificates or other evidence as it, acting reasonably, considers necessary or advisable in the circumstances.

 

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(9)           The Warrant Agent is not required to expend or place its own funds at risk in executing its duties and obligations.

 

9.4                                                                               Securities, Documents and Monies Held by Warrant Agent

 

Any securities, documents of title, monies or other instruments that may at any time be held by the Warrant Agent subject to the duties and obligations hereof, for the benefit of the Company, may be placed in the deposit vaults of the Warrant Agent or of any Schedule I Canadian chartered bank for safekeeping with any such bank (an “Approved Bank”). All interest or other income received from the Warrant Agent in respect of such deposits and investments shall, subject to section 5.4, belong to the Company and shall be paid to the Company upon discharge of this Indenture. All amounts held by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be held by the Warrant Agent for the Company and the delivery of the funds to the Warrant Agent shall not give rise to a debtor-creditor or other similar relationship. The amounts held by the Warrant Agent are at the sole risk of the Company and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to Section 9.2(2), the Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the funds which may result from any deposit made with an Approved Bank pursuant to this section, including any losses resulting from a default by the Approved Bank or other credit losses (whether or not resulting from such a default). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Warrant Agent will have acted prudently in depositing the funds at any Approved Bank, and that the Warrant Agent is not required to make further inquiries in respect of any such bank. The Warrant Agent may hold cash balances constituting part or all such monies and need not invest same.  The Warrant Agent shall not be liable to account for any profit to any parties to this Indenture or to any other person or entity.

 

9.5                                                                               Actions by Warrant Agent to Protect Interests

 

Subject to the provisions of this Indenture and Applicable Legislation, the Warrant Agent shall have the power to institute and to maintain such actions and proceedings as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or enforce its interests and the interests of the Warrantholders.

 

9.6                                                                               Warrant Agent not Required to Give Security

 

The Warrant Agent shall not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the duties and obligations of this Indenture or otherwise.

 

9.7                                                                               Protection of Warrant Agent

 

By way of supplement to the provisions of any law for the time being relating to warrant agents, it is expressly declared and agreed as follows:

 

(1)           The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any representations, statements of fact or recitals in this Indenture or in the Warrants (except the representation contained in section 9.9 or in the certificate of the Warrant Agent on the Warrants) or be required to verify the same and all such statements of fact or recitals are and shall be deemed to

 

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be made by the Company (except the representation contained in section 9.9 or in the certificate of the Warrant Agent on the Warrants).

 

(2)           Nothing herein contained shall impose any obligation on the Warrant Agent to see to or to require evidence of the registration or filing (or renewal thereof) of this Indenture or any instrument ancillary or supplemental hereto.

 

(3)           The Warrant Agent shall not be bound to give notice to any person or persons of the execution hereof.

 

(4)           The Warrant Agent shall not incur any liability or responsibility whatsoever or be in any way responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of the Company of any of the covenants or warranties herein contained or of any acts of any directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of the Company.

 

(5)           Without limiting any protection or indemnity of the Warrant Agent under any other provision hereof, or otherwise at law, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Warrant Agent, its affiliates and their directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements, including reasonable legal or advisor fees and disbursements, of whatever kind and nature which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Warrant Agent in connection with the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder, other than such liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements arising by reason of the gross negligence, wilful misconduct, bad faith or fraud of the Warrant Agent. This provision shall survive the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent, or the termination of this Indenture. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to prosecute or defend any action or suit in respect of this Indenture which, in the opinion of its counsel, may involve it in expense or liability, unless the Company shall, so often as required, furnish the Warrant Agent with satisfactory indemnity and funding against such expense or liability.

 

(6)           If any of the funds provided to the Warrant Agent hereunder are received by it in the form of an uncertified cheque or bank draft, the Warrant Agent shall delay the release of such funds and the related Warrant Shares until such uncertified cheque has cleared the financial institution upon which the same is drawn.

 

(7)           The forwarding of a cheque or the sending of funds by wire transfer by the Warrant Agent will satisfy and discharge the liability of any amounts due to the extent of the sum represented thereby unless such cheque is not honoured on presentation, provided that in the event of the non-receipt of such cheque by the payee, or the loss or destruction thereof, the Warrant Agent, upon being furnished with reasonable evidence of such non-receipt, loss or destruction and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, will issue to such payee a replacement cheque for the amount of such cheque.

 

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with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Warrant Agent, in its sole judgement, determine at any time that its acting under this Warrant Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on 10 days’ written notice to the Company provided: (i) that the Warrant Agent’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Warrant Agent’s satisfaction within such 10-day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

 

(9)           The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any error in judgment or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it in good faith or for any mistake, in fact or law, or for anything which it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith except arising out of its own gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud.

 

(10)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision of this Indenture, any liability of the Warrant Agent shall be limited, in the aggregate, to the amount of annual retainer fees paid by the Company to the Warrant Agent under this Indenture in the 24 months immediately prior to the Warrant Agent receiving the first notice of the claim. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, and whether such losses or damages are foreseeable or unforeseeable, the Warrant Agent shall not be liable under any circumstances whatsoever for any (a) breach by any other party of Securities Laws or other rule of any securities regulatory authority, (b) lost profits or (c) special, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, aggravated or punitive losses or damages.

 

9.8                                                                               Replacement of Warrant Agent

 

(1)           The Warrant Agent may resign its appointment and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder by giving to the Company not less than 60 days prior notice in writing or such shorter prior notice as the Company may accept as sufficient. The Warrantholders by extraordinary resolution shall have the power at any time to remove the existing Warrant Agent and to appoint a new Warrant Agent. In the event of the Warrant Agent resigning or being removed as aforesaid or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, the Company shall forthwith appoint a new Warrant Agent unless a new Warrant Agent has already been appointed by the Warrantholders; failing such appointment by the Company, the retiring Warrant Agent or any Warrantholder may apply to a judge of the Province of Ontario at the Company’s expense, on such notice as such judge may direct, for the appointment of a new Warrant Agent; but any new Warrant Agent so appointed by the Company or by the Court shall be subject to removal as aforesaid by the Warrantholders. Any new Warrant Agent appointed under any provision of this section 9.8 shall be a corporation authorized to carry on the business of a transfer agent or a trust company in the Province of Ontario and, if required by Applicable Legislation of any other province, in such other province. On any such appointment the new Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Warrant Agent without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed; but there shall be immediately executed, at the expense of the Company, all such conveyances or other instruments as may, in the opinion of counsel, be necessary or advisable for the purpose of assuring the same to the new Warrant Agent, provided that any resignation or removal of the

 

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Warrant Agent and appointment of a successor Warrant Agent shall not become effective until the successor Warrant Agent shall have executed an appropriate instrument accepting such appointment and, at the request of the Company, the predecessor Warrant Agent, upon payment of its outstanding remuneration and expenses, shall execute and deliver to the successor Warrant Agent an appropriate instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all rights and powers of the Warrant Agent hereunder and all securities, documents of title and other instruments and all monies and properties held by the Warrant Agent hereunder.

 

(2)           Upon the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent, the Company shall promptly notify the Warrantholders thereof in the manner provided for in section 10.1.

 

(3)           Any corporation into or with which the Warrant Agent may be merged or consolidated or amalgamated, or to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust business is sold or any corporation succeeding to the stock transfer business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without any further act on its part or of any of the parties hereto, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a new Warrant Agent under subsection 9.8(1).

 

(4)           Any Warrants Authenticated or certified but not delivered by a predecessor Warrant Agent may be Authenticated or certified by the new or successor Warrant Agent in the name of the predecessor or the new or successor Warrant Agent.

 

9.9                                                                               Conflict of Interest

 

(1)           The Warrant Agent represents to the Company that at the time of execution and delivery hereof no material conflict of interest exists which it is aware of in the Warrant Agent’s role hereunder and agrees that in the event of a material conflict of interest arising which it becomes aware of hereafter it will, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such a material conflict of interest, either eliminate the same or resign its appointment hereunder. If any such material conflict of interest exists or hereafter shall exist, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture and the Warrants shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason thereof.

 

(2)           Subject to subsection 9.9(1), the Warrant Agent, in its personal or any other capacity, may buy, lend upon and deal in securities of the Company and generally may contract and enter into financial transactions with the Company or any Subsidiary without being liable to account for any profit made thereby.

 

9.10                                                                        Acceptance of Duties and Obligations

 

The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the duties and obligations in this Indenture declared and provided for and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and agrees to hold all rights, interests and benefits contained herein on behalf of those persons who become holders of Warrants from time to time issued under this Indenture.

 

9.11                                                                        Warrant Agent not to be Appointed Receiver

 

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undertaking of the Company or any Subsidiary or any partnership of which the Company is directly or indirectly involved.

 

9.12                                                                        Authorization to Carry on Business

 

The Warrant Agent represents to the Company that it is registered to carry on the business of a transfer agent and warrant agent under Applicable Legislation in the Province of Ontario.

 

9.13                                                                        Securities Exchange Commission Certification

 

The Company represents and warrants that it is filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a Foreign Private Issuer (as such term is defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and has delivered to the Warrant Agent an Officers’ Certificate certifying such “reporting issuer” status and other information as the Warrant Agent has requested, including, but not limited to, the Central Index Key that has been assigned for filing purposes. Should the Company cease to file as a Foreign Private Issuer, the Company covenants to deliver to the Warrant Agent an Officers’ Certificate (in a form provided by the Warrant Agent certifying a change in “reporting issuer” status and such other information as the Warrant Agent may require at such given time.  The Company understands that the Warrant Agent is relying upon the foregoing representation, warranty and covenant in order to meet certain SEC obligations with respect to those clients who are filing with the SEC.

 

ARTICLE 10
GENERAL

 

10.1                                                                        Notice to the Company and the Warrant Agent

 

(1)           Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any notice to be given hereunder to the Company or the Warrant Agent shall be deemed to be validly given if delivered, if sent by registered letter, postage prepaid or if transmitted by facsimile or email to the following addresses or facsimile numbers:

 

(a)                                 If to the Company, to:

 

APHRIA INC.
1 Adelaide Street East, Suite 2310
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2V9

 

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(b)                                 If to the Warrant Agent, to:

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
100 University Avenue, 8th Floor,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1

 

Attention:

Manager, Corporate Trust

Facsimile:

416-981-9777

Email:

corporatetrust.toronto@computershare.com

 

and any notice given in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if that date is a Business Day or, if mailed, on the fifth Business Day following the date of the postmark on such notice or, if transmitted by facsimile or email, on the next Business Day following the date of transmission.

 

(2)           The Company or the Warrant Agent, as the case may be, may from time to time notify the other in the manner provided in subsection 10.1(1) of a change of address which, from the effective date of such notice and until changed by like notice, shall be the address of the Company or the Warrant Agent, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Indenture. A copy of any notice of change of address given pursuant to this subsection 10.1(2) shall be available for inspection at the principal office of the Warrant Agent in the City of Toronto, Ontario by Warrantholders during normal business hours.

 

(3)           If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Warrant Agent or to the Company hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, the notice shall be valid and effective only if it is delivered to an officer of the party to which it is addressed or if it is delivered to that party at the appropriate address provided in subsection 10.1(1) by facsimile, email or other means of prepaid, transmitted or recorded communication and any notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery to the officer or if delivered by facsimile, email or other means of prepaid, transmitted, recorded communication on the first Business Day following the date of the sending of the notice by the person giving the notice.

 

10.2                                                                        Notice to the Warrantholders

 

(1)           Any notice to the Warrantholders under the provisions of this Indenture shall be deemed to be validly given if the notice is sent by prepaid mail or, if delivered by hand, to the holders at their addresses appearing in the register of holders or if otherwise given in the manner specified herein. Any notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if that date is a Business Day or the Business Day following the date of delivery if such date is not a Business Day or on the third Business Day if delivered by mail. All notices may be given to whichever one of the Warrantholders (if more than one) is named first in the appropriate register hereinbefore mentioned, and any notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all Warrantholders and any other persons (if any) interested in such Warrants. Accidental error

 

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or omission in giving notice or accidental failure to mail notice to any Warrantholder will not invalidate any action or proceeding founded thereon.

 

(2)           If, by reason of strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Warrantholders could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, the notice may be given in a news release disseminated through a newswire service, filed on SEDAR and posted on the Company’s website; provided that in the case of a notice convening a meeting of the holders of Warrants, the Warrant Agent may require such additional publications of that notice, in Toronto, Ontario or in other cities or both, as it may deem necessary for the reasonable notification of the holders of Warrants or to comply with any applicable requirement of law or any stock exchange. Any notice so given shall be deemed to have been given on the day on which it has been published in all of the cities in which publication was required.

 

10.3                                                                        Privacy

 

Despite any other provision of this Indenture, no party hereto shall take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the other to contravene, applicable federal and/or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individuals’ personal information (collectively, “Privacy Laws”). The Company shall, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Warrant Agent, obtain and retain required consents of the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or shall have determined that such consents either have previously been given upon which the parties can rely or are not required under the Privacy Laws. The Warrant Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that its services hereunder comply with Privacy Laws. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Warrant Agent may receive collect, use and disclose personal information provided to it or acquired by it in the course of its acting as agent hereunder for the purposes described above and, generally, in the manner and on the terms described in its privacy code, which the Warrant Agent shall make available on its website, www.computershare.com, or upon request, including revisions thereto.  The Warrant Agent may transfer personal information to other companies in or outside of Canada that provide data processing and storage or other support in order to facilitate the services it provides.

 

10.4                                                                        Third Party Interests

 

The Company represents to the Warrant Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by the Warrant Agent in connection with this Indenture, for or to the credit of such party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such party hereto agrees to complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Warrant Agent prescribed form as to the particulars of such third party.

 

10.5                                                                        Discretion of Directors

 

Any matter provided herein to be determined by the directors in their sole discretion and determination so made will be conclusive.

 

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10.6                                                                        Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

Upon the earlier of the Time of Expiry or the date by which there shall have been delivered to the Warrant Agent for exercise or cancellation in accordance with the provisions hereof all Warrants theretofore Authenticated or certified hereunder, this Indenture, except to the extent that Warrant Shares and any certificates therefor have not been issued and delivered hereunder or the Company has not performed any of its obligations hereunder, shall cease to be of further effect in respect of the Company, and the Warrant Agent, on written demand of and at the cost and expense of the Company, and upon delivery to the Warrant Agent of a certificate of the Company stating that all conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with and upon payment to the Warrant Agent of the expenses, fees and other remuneration payable to the Warrant Agent, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnities provided to the Warrant Agent by the Corporation hereunder shall remain in full force and effect and survive the termination of this Indenture.

 

10.7                                                                        Provisions of Indenture and Warrants for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Warrantholders

 

Nothing in this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person other than the parties hereto and the holders from time to time of the Warrants any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, or under any covenant or provision therein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and the Warrantholders.

 

10.8                                                                        Ownership of Warrants

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Warrantholders as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and the Company and the Warrant Agent shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary except where the Company or the Warrant Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The receipt of any such Warrantholder of the Warrant Shares which may be acquired pursuant thereto shall be a good discharge to the Company and the Warrant Agent for the same and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder except where the Company or the Warrant Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

10.9                                                                        Indenture to Prevail

 

To the extent of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Indenture and the Warrant Certificate, the terms of this Indenture will prevail.

 

10.10                                                                 Assignment

 

Except as provided in subsection 9.8(3), this Indenture nor any benefits or burdens under this Indenture shall be assignable by the Company or the Warrant Agent without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the

 

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Company and the Warrant Agent and their respective successors (including any successor by reason of amalgamation) and permitted assigns.

 

10.11                                                                 Counterparts and Formal Date

 

This Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts and by electronic means, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of execution shall be deemed to bear the date set out at the top of the first page of this Indenture.

 

10.12                                                                 Force Majeure

 

No party shall be liable to the other, or held in breach of this Indenture, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, governmental action or judicial order, earthquakes, or any other similar causes (including, but not limited to, mechanical, electronic or communication interruptions, disruptions or failures). Performance times under this Indenture shall be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of any delay that is excusable under this Section.

 

10.13                                                                 Severability

 

If, in any jurisdiction, any provision of this Indenture or its application to any party or circumstance is restricted, prohibited or unenforceable, such provision will, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such restriction, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Indenture and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction or without affecting its application to other parties or circumstances.

 

10.14                                                                 Rights of Rescission and Withdrawal for Holders

 

Should a Warrantholder exercise any legal, statutory, contractual or other right of withdrawal or rescission that may be available to it, and the Warrantholder’s funds which were paid on exercise have already been released to the Company by the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for ensuring the exercise is cancelled and a refund is paid back to the Warrantholder. In such cases, the Warrantholder shall seek a refund directly from the Company and subsequently, the Company, upon surrender to the Company or the Warrant Agent of any underlying Warrant Shares or other securities that may have been issued, or such other procedure as agreed to by the parties hereto, shall instruct the Warrant Agent in writing, to cancel the exercise transaction and any such underlying Warrant Shares or other securities on the register, which may have already been issued upon the Warrant exercise.  In the event that any payment is received from the Company by virtue of the holder being a shareholder for such Warrants that were subsequently rescinded, such payment must be returned to the Company by such Warrantholder. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any duty or obligation to take any steps to ensure or enforce the return of the funds pursuant to this section, nor shall the Warrant Agent be in any other way responsible in the event that any payment is not delivered or received pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company provides the refund to the Warrant Agent for distribution to the Warrantholder, the Warrant Agent shall

 

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return such funds to the Warrantholder as soon as reasonably practicable, and in so doing, the Warrant Agent shall incur no liability with respect to the delivery or non-delivery of any such funds.

 

(Signature page follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Indenture under the hands of their proper officers in that behalf.

 

 

APHRIA INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Per:

/s/ Carl Merton

 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

Per:

/s/ Neil Scott

 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

 

 

 

 

Per:

/s/ Danny Snider

 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

 

[Warrant Indenture between Aphria Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada]

 


 

SCHEDULE A

 

FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON SHARES
OF APHRIA INC.

(a corporation continued pursuant to the laws of Ontario)

 

CUSIP No. 03765K146
ISIN No. CA03765K1460

 

Warrant Certificate Number:       

 

Representing              Warrants to

 

 

purchase Common Shares

 

THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, the registered holder hereof,                             (the “holder”) is entitled, at any time at or before 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on January 30, 2022 (the “Expiry Time”), to acquire, subject to adjustment in certain events, the number of common shares (“Common Shares”) of Aphria Inc. (the “Company”) specified above, as presently constituted, by surrendering to Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Warrant Agent”) at its principal office in Toronto, Ontario, this Warrant Certificate with the duly completed and executed Exercise Form endorsed on the back of this Warrant Certificate, and accompanied by payment of $9.26 per Common Share (subject to adjustment in certain events) (the “Warrant Exercise Price”) by certified cheque, bank draft or money order in lawful money of Canada payable to, or to the order of, the Company at par at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent.

 

The holder of this Warrant Certificate may purchase less than the number of Common Shares which he is entitled to purchase on the exercise of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, in which event a new Warrant Certificate representing the Warrants not then exercised will be issued to the holder.

 

The Warrants evidenced hereby are exercisable on or before the Expiry Time, after which time the Warrants evidenced hereby shall be deemed to be void and of no further force or effect.

 

This Warrant Certificate represents Warrants of the Company issued or issuable under the provisions of a warrant indenture (which indenture together with all other instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto is herein referred to as the “Warrant Indenture”) dated as of January 30, 2020, between the Company and the Warrant Agent, as may be amended from time to time, which contains particulars of the rights of the holders of the Warrants and the Company and of the Warrant Agent in respect thereof and the terms and conditions upon which the Warrants are issued and held, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Warrant Indenture were herein set forth, to all of which the holder of this Warrant Certificate by acceptance hereof assents. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Warrant Indenture. A copy of the Warrant Indenture will be available for inspection at the principal office of the Company in the City of Toronto, Ontario. In the event of any conflict between the provisions contained in this Warrant Certificate and the

 

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provisions of the Warrant Indenture, the provisions of the Warrant Indenture shall prevail.

 

Upon acceptance hereof, the holder hereof hereby expressly waives the right to receive any fractional Common Shares upon the exercise hereof in full or in part and further waives the right to receive any cash or other consideration in lieu thereof. The Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate shall be deemed to have been surrendered, and payment by certified cheque, bank draft or money order shall be deemed to have been made only upon personal delivery thereof or, if sent by post or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt thereof by the Warrant Agent at its office in the City of Toronto, Ontario.

 

Upon due exercise of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant Exercise Price, the Company shall cause to be issued to the person(s) in whose name(s) the Common Shares so subscribed for (provided that if the Common Shares are to be issued to a person other than the registered holder of this Warrant Certificate, the holder’s signature on the Exercise Form herein shall be guaranteed by a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank, or by a medallion signature guarantee from a member of a recognized Signature Medallion Guarantee Program and the holder shall pay to the Company or the Warrant Agent all applicable transfer or similar taxes and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver certificates evidencing the Common Shares unless or until the holder shall have paid the Company or the Warrant Agent the amount of such tax (or shall have satisfied the Company that such tax has been paid or that no tax is due)) are to be issued, the number of Common Shares to be issued to such person(s) and such person(s) shall become a holder in respect of such Common Shares with effect from the date of such exercise, and upon due surrender of this Warrant Certificate and all other documentation required, the Warrant Agent shall cause the issuance of a certificate(s) representing such Common Shares to be issued within five Business Days after the exercise of the Warrants (or portion thereof) represented hereby.

 

The holder acknowledges that the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise hereof may be offered, sold or otherwise transferred only in compliance with all applicable securities laws.

 

No transfer of any Warrant will be valid unless entered on the register of transfers, upon surrender to the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a transfer form or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent executed by the registered holder or his executors, administrators or other legal representatives or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Warrant Agent. Subject to the provisions of the Warrant Indenture and upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates representing in the aggregate an equal number of Warrants. The Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the registered holder of this Warrant Certificate for all purposes as the absolute owner hereof. The holding of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate shall not constitute the holder hereof a holder of Common Shares nor entitle him to any right or interest in respect thereof except as herein and in the Warrant Indenture expressly provided.

 

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The Warrant Indenture provides for adjustment in the number of Common Shares to be delivered upon exercise of the right of purchase hereby granted and to the Warrant Exercise Price in certain events therein set forth.

 

The Warrant Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all holders of Warrants outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments in writing signed by the Warrantholders holding a specified percentage of the then outstanding Warrants.

 

The Warrants and the Warrant Indenture shall be governed by and performed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein and shall be treated in all respects as Ontario contracts. Time shall be of the essence hereof and of the Warrant Indenture.

 

The Company may from time to time at any time prior to the Expiry Time purchase any of the Warrants by private agreement or otherwise.

 

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it has been certified by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent for the time being under the Warrant Indenture.

 

All dollar amounts herein are expressed in the lawful money of Canada.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of this      day of                     , 20   .

 

 

APHRIA INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

 

 

 

 

Certified this     day of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST
COMPANY OF CANADA

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

 

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EXERCISE FORM

 

 

TO:

 

APHRIA INC.

 

 

 

AND TO:

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
100 University Avenue, 8th Floor,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1

 

The undersigned holder of the within Warrants hereby irrevocably exercises the right of such holder to be issued and hereby subscribes for              Common Shares of Aphria Inc. (the “Company”) at the Warrant Exercise Price referred to in the attached Warrant Certificate on the terms and conditions set forth in such certificate and the Warrant Indenture and encloses herewith a certified cheque, bank draft or money order in lawful money of Canada payable to, or to the order of, the Company at par in payment in full of the subscription price of the Common Shares hereby subscribed for.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the warrant indenture between the Company and Computershare Trust Company of Canada dated January 30, 2020 (the “Warrant Indenture”).

 

(Please check the ONE box applicable):

 

·o

 

1.

 

The undersigned certifies that it (i) is not in the United States and is not a “U.S. Person”, within the meaning of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), (ii) is not exercising this Warrant for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person, (iii) did not execute or deliver this Exercise Form within the United States and (iv) has in all other aspects complied with the terms of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

 

·o

 

3.

 

The undersigned holder is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and has delivered to the Company and the Company’s transfer agent a completed and executed U.S. Warrantholder Letter in substantially the form attached to this Warrant Indenture as Schedule “C”

 

 

 

 

 

·o

 

4.

 

The undersigned is (a) present in the United States, (b) a U.S. Person, (c) a person exercising the Warrants for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or a person in the United States, (d) executing or delivering this exercise form in the United States, or (e) requesting delivery in the United States of the Warrant Shares, and the undersigned is delivering a written opinion of a United States legal counsel or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect the Common Shares to be delivered upon exercise hereof are either (i) exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or (ii) have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act.

 

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The undersigned holder understands that unless Box 4 pursuant to 4(ii) above is checked, the certificate representing the Common Shares will be issued in definitive physical certificated or book-entry form and bear a legend restricting transfer without registration under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws unless an exemption from registration is available (as described in the Warrant Indenture and the subscription documents). Holders are encouraged to consult with the Company in advance to determine that the legal opinion tendered in connection with the exercise will be satisfactory in form and substance to the Company. “U.S. Person” and “United States” are as defined under Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the undersigned is aware that the Common Shares received on exercise may be subject to restrictions on resale under applicable securities legislation.  The undersigned hereby further acknowledges that the Company will rely upon the confirmations, acknowledgements and agreements set forth herein, and agrees to notify the Company promptly in writing if any of the representations or warranties herein ceases to be accurate or complete.

 

The undersigned hereby directs that the said Common Shares be issued as follows:

 

NAME(S) IN FULL

 

ADDRESS(ES)

 

NUMBER OF
COMMON SHARES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Please print. If securities are issued to a person other than the registered Warrantholder, the holder must pay to the Warrant Agent all applicable taxes and the signature of the holder must be guaranteed by a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank, or by a medallion signature guarantee from a member of a recognized Signature Medallion Guarantee Program).

 

DATED this          day of               ,     .

 

 

 

 

Signature of Warrantholder

 

Signature Guarantee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

 

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o

 

Please check this box if the securities are to be delivered at the office where these Warrants are surrendered, failing which the securities will be mailed.

 

 

 

NOTES

 

 

1.

 

Certificates will not be registered or delivered to an address in the United States unless Box 2, 3 or 4 above is checked.

 

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TRANSFER FORM

 

TO:

 

APHRIA INC. (the “Company”)

 

 

 

AND TO:

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
100 University Avenue, 8th Floor,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned transferor hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

 

(Transferee)

 

(Address)

 

 

(Social Insurance Number)

 

of the Warrants registered in the name of the undersigned transferor represented by the Warrant Certificate.

 

DATED this          day of               ,     .

 

 

 

 

Signature of Warrantholder (Transferor)

 

Signature Guarantee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

 

NOTES:

 

1.

 

The signature to this transfer must correspond with the name as recorded on the Warrants in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. The signature of the person executing this transfer must be guaranteed by a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank, or by a medallion signature guarantee from a member of a recognized Signature Medallion Guarantee Program.

 

 

 

2.

 

Warrants shall only be transferable in accordance with the Warrant Indenture between Aphria Inc. (the “Company”) and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Warrant Agent”) dated as of January 30, 2020, applicable laws and the rules and policies of any applicable stock exchange. Without limiting the foregoing, if the Warrant

 

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Certificate bears a legend restricting the transfer of the Warrants except pursuant to an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), and applicable state securities laws, this Transfer Form must be accompanied by a properly completed and executed declaration for removal of legend in the form attached as Schedule B to the Warrant Indenture or if Warrants are transferred in compliance pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act, an opinion of counsel of recognized standing, reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent, to the effect that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or state securities laws, together with such other documents or instruments as the Company or the Warrant Agent may require.

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

FORM OF DECLARATION FOR REMOVAL OF LEGEND

 

TO:

APHRIA INC.

 

 

AND TO:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 

100 University Avenue, 8th Floor,

 

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1

 

 

The undersigned (a) acknowledges that the sale of               Aphria Inc. (the “Company”) represented by certificate number                 to which this declaration relates is being made in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) and (b) certifies that (1) it is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act) of the Company, other than a director or officer who is an affiliate solely by virtue of holding such position, (2) the offer of such securities was not made to a person in the United States and either (A) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States, or the seller and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe that the buyer was outside the United States, or (B) the transaction was executed on or through the facilities of the TSX  or another “designated offshore securities market” and neither the seller nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (3) neither the seller nor any affiliate of the seller nor any person acting on any of their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of such securities, (4) the sale is bona fide and not for the purpose of “washing off” the resale restrictions imposed because the securities are “restricted securities” (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the U.S. Securities Act), (5) the seller does not intend to replace the securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of the U.S. Securities Act with fungible unrestricted securities, and (6) the sale was not a transaction, or part of a series of transactions which, although in technical compliance with Regulation S, is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the U.S. Securities Act. Terms used herein have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

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Affirmation by Seller’s Broker-Dealer
(Required for sales pursuant to Section (b)(2)(B) above)

 

We have read the foregoing representations of our customer,                            (the “Seller”) with regard to the sale, for such Seller’s account, of                        common shares (the “Shares”) of the Company. We have executed sales of the Shares pursuant to Rule 904 of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), on behalf of the Seller. In that connection, we hereby represent to you as follows:

 

1.                                      no offer to sell the Shares was made to a person in the United States;

 

2.                                      the sale of the Shares was executed in, on or through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the Canadian Securities Exchange or another designated offshore securities market (as defined in Rule 902(b) of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act), and, to the best of our knowledge, the sale was not pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

3.                                      no “directed selling efforts” were made in the United States by the undersigned, any affiliate of the undersigned, or any person acting on behalf of the undersigned; and

 

4.                                      we have done no more than execute the order or orders to sell the Shares as agent for the Seller and will receive no more than the usual and customary broker’s commission that would be received by a person executing such transaction as agent.

 

For purposes of these representations: “affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the undersigned; “directed selling efforts” means any activity undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United States for the Shares (including, but not be limited to, the solicitation of offers to purchase the Shares from persons in the United States); and “United States” means the United States of America, its territories or possessions, any State of the United States, and the District of Columbia.

 

Legal counsel to the Company shall be entitled to rely upon the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein to the same extent as if this affirmation had been addressed to them.

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Firm

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

 

DATED                     , 20    

 

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SCHEDULE C

 

FORM OF U.S. WARRANTHOLDER CERTIFICATION UPON EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

Aphria Inc.
1 Adelaide Street East, Suite 2310
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2V9

 

- and to -

 

Computershare Trust Company of Canada

100 University Avenue, 8th Floor,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1

as Warrant Agent

 

Dear Sirs:

 

The undersigned is delivering this letter in connection with the purchase of common shares (the “Common Shares”) of Aphria Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “Company”) upon the exercise of warrants of the Company (“Warrants”), issued under the warrant indenture, dated as of January 30, 2020 between the Company and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (which indenture together with all other instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto is herein referred to as the “Warrant Indenture”). Any capitalized term in this letter that is not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Warrant Indenture.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the undersigned, and each beneficial owner (each a “Beneficial Owner”), if any, on whose behalf the undersigned is exercising such Warrants, satisfies one or more of the following categories of accredited investor (please write “W/H” for the undersigned holder, and “B/O” for each beneficial owner, if any, on each line that applies):

 

(a)                                                           Any bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the U.S. Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any insurance company as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the U.S. Securities Act; any investment company registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the U.S. Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees if such plan has total assets in excess

 

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of US$5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are “accredited investors,” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the U.S. Securities Act;

 

(b)                                                           Any private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

 

(c)                                                            Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, limited liability company or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000;

 

(d)                                                           Any trust with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person (being defined as a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he or she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment);

 

(e)                                                            Any director, executive officer or general partner of the Company;

 

(f)                                                             A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of his or her purchase exceeds US$1,000,000 (for the purposes of calculating net worth: (i) the person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (ii) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale and purchase of securities contemplated by the accompanying Warrant exercise form, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of the sale and purchase of securities contemplated by the accompanying Warrant exercise form exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (iii) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence shall be included as a liability);

 

(g)                                                            Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of US$200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of US$300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; or

 

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(h)                                                           Any entity in which each of the equity owners meets the requirements of one of the above categories (if this alternative is checked, you must identify each equity owner and provide statements signed by each demonstrating how each qualifies as an accredited investor).

 

The undersigned further represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

1.                                      the undersigned has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Common Shares, and the undersigned is able to bear the economic risk of loss of his or her entire investment;

 

2.                                      the undersigned is: (i) purchasing the Common Shares for his or her own account or for the account of one or more Accredited Investors with respect to which the undersigned is exercising sole investment discretion, and not on behalf of any other person; (ii) is purchasing the Common Shares for investment purposes only and not with a view to resale, distribution or other disposition in violation of United States federal or state securities laws; and (iii) in the case of the purchase by the undersigned of the Common Shares as agent or trustee for a Beneficial Owner, the undersigned holder has due and proper authority to act as agent or trustee for and on behalf of each such Beneficial Owner in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that: (x) if the undersigned holder, or any Beneficial Owner, is a corporation, a limited liability company or a partnership, syndicate, trust or other form of unincorporated organization, the undersigned holder or each such Beneficial Owner was not incorporated or created solely, nor is it being used primarily, to permit purchases without a prospectus or registration statement under applicable law; and (y) each Beneficial Owner, if any, is an Accredited Investor;

 

3.                                      the undersigned has not exercised the Warrants as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio, television, the Internet or other form of telecommunications, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising;

 

4.                                      the funds representing the purchase price for the Common Shares, which will be advanced by the undersigned to the Company, will not represent proceeds of crime for the purposes of the United States Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (the “PATRIOT Act”), and the undersigned acknowledges that the Company may in the future be required by law to disclose the undersigned’s name and other information relating to this exercise form and the undersigned’s subscription hereunder, on a confidential basis, pursuant to the PATRIOT Act. No portion of the purchase price to be provided by the undersigned (i) has been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of the United States of America, or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) is being tendered on behalf of a person or entity who has not been identified to or by the undersigned, and the undersigned shall promptly notify the Company if the undersigned

 

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discovers that any of such representations ceases to be true and provide the Company with appropriate information in connection therewith;

 

The undersigned also acknowledges and agrees that:

 

5.                                      the Company has provided to the undersigned the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering, and the undersigned has had access to such information concerning the Company as he or she has considered necessary or appropriate in connection with his or her investment decision to acquire the Common Shares;

 

6.                                      if the undersigned decides to offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of the Common Shares, the undersigned must not, and will not, offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of such Common Shares directly or indirectly, unless:

 

(a)                                 the sale is to the Company;

 

(b)                                 the sale is made outside the United States in a transaction meeting the requirements Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations;

 

(c)                                  the sale is made pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder, if available, and in accordance with any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws; or

 

(d)                                 the Common Shares are sold in another transaction that does not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state laws and regulations governing the offer and sale of securities, and it has prior to such sale furnished to the Company an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company;

 

7.                                      the Common Shares are “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the U.S. Securities Act) and that the U.S. Securities Act and the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission provide in substance that the undersigned may dispose of the Common Shares only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act or an exemption or exclusion therefrom;

 

8.                                      the Company has no obligation to register any of the Common Shares or to take any other action so as to permit sales pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act (including Rule 144 thereunder);

 

9.                                      the certificates representing the Common Shares as well as all certificates issued in exchange for or in substitution of therefor, until such time as is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, will bear, on the face of such certificate, restrictive legend substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.20(2) of the Warrant Indenture; provided that if the Common Shares are being sold outside the United States in compliance with the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S, such restrictive legend may be removed by providing a declaration to the

 

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registrar and transfer agent of the Company, substantially in the form annexed to the Warrant Indenture as Schedule “B” thereto (or in such other form as the Company may prescribe from time to time) and, if requested by the Company or transfer agent, an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company to the effect that the transfer is in compliance with Rule 904; and provided, further, that, if any Common Shares are being sold otherwise than in accordance with Regulation S and other than to the Company, the legend may be removed by delivery to the registrar and transfer agent and the Company of an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or state securities laws;

 

10.                               the financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, which differ in some respects from United States generally accepted accounting principles and, thus, may not be comparable to financial statements of United States companies;

 

11.                               there may be material tax consequences to the undersigned of an acquisition or disposition of the Common Shares, and the Company gives no opinion and makes no representation with respect to the tax consequences to the undersigned under United States, state, local or foreign tax law of the undersigned’s acquisition or disposition of such securities; in particular, no determination has been made whether the Company will be a “passive foreign investment company” (commonly known as a “PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code;

 

12.                               it consents to the Company making a notation on its records or giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Company in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth and described in the Warrant Exercise Form attached to the Warrant Indenture; and

 

13.                               it acknowledges and consents to the fact that the Company is collecting personal information (as that term is defined under applicable privacy legislation, including, without limitation, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) and any other applicable similar, replacement or supplemental provincial or federal legislation or laws in effect from time to time) of the undersigned for the purpose of facilitating the subscription for the Common Shares hereunder. The undersigned acknowledges and consents to the Company retaining such personal information for as long as permitted or required by law or business practices and agrees and acknowledges that the Company may use and disclose such personal information: (a) for internal use with respect to managing the relationships between and contractual obligations of the Company and the undersigned; (b) for use and disclosure for income tax-related purposes, including without limitation, where required by law disclosure to Canada Revenue Agency; (c) disclosure to professional advisers of the Company in connection with the performance of their professional services; (d) disclosure to securities regulatory authorities and other regulatory bodies with jurisdiction with respect to reports of trade or similar regulatory filings; (e) disclosure to a governmental or other authority to which the disclosure is required by court order or subpoena compelling such disclosure and where there is no reasonable alternative to such disclosure; (f) disclosure to any person where

 

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such disclosure is necessary for legitimate business reasons and is made with your prior written consent; (g) disclosure to a court determining the rights of the parties under this Agreement; and (h) for use and disclosure as otherwise required or permitted by law.

 

We acknowledge that you will rely upon our confirmations, acknowledgements and agreements set forth herein, and we agree to notify you promptly in writing if any of our representations or warranties herein ceases to be accurate or complete.

 

DATED                     , 20     .

 

 

 

 

Name of U.S. Warrantholder (please print)

 

 

 

X

 

Signature of individual (if U.S. Warrantholder is an individual)

 

 

 

X

 

Authorized signatory (if U.S. Warrantholder is not an individual)

 

 

 

 

 

Name of authorized signatory (please print)

 

 

 

 

 

Official capacity of authorized signatory (please print)

 

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EX-99.3 4 a20-6338_2ex99d3.htm EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

 

Form 51—102F3

MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

 

Item 1. Name and Address of Company

 

Aphria Inc. (“Aphria” or the “Company”)

1 Adelaide Street East, Suite 2310

Toronto, Ontario

M5C 1J4

 

Item 2. Date of Material Change

 

January 31, 2020.

 

Item 3. News Release

 

A news release announcing the material change referred to in this report was disseminated by Aphria on January 31, 2020 and filed on SEDAR and EDGAR under Aphria’s profile on the same date.

 

Item 4. Summary of Material Change

 

On January 31, 2020, Aphria closed its previously announced strategic investment from an institutional investor (the “Significant Investor”) for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$100,000,001 (the “Offering”).

 

Item 5. Full Description of Material Change

 

5.1                                                   Full Description of Material Change

 

On January 31, 2020, Aphria closed its previously announced strategic investment from the Significant Investor for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$100,000,001.

 

Pursuant to the Offering, the Significant Investor agreed to purchase 14,044,944 units of the Company at a price of C$7.12 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one common share of Aphria and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of Aphria. Each warrant entitles the Significant Investor to acquire one common share at a price of C$9.26 for a period of 24 months from the closing date of the Offering.  As previously disclosed, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to finance international expansion, working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

The units and the securities comprising the units were offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) previously filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2019 and, in Canada, were offered and sold in Ontario only by way of a prospectus supplement.

 

Additional details on the Offering can be found in the Company’s documents filed under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.

 


 

5.2                                           Disclosure for Restructuring Transactions

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51—102

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Omitted Information

 

None.

 

Item 8. Executive Officers

 

The executive officer who can answer questions regarding this report is Mr. Carl Merton, Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Merton can be reached at 519- 564-6374.

 

Item 9. Date of Report

 

This report is dated the 3rd day of February, 2020.

 

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

 

This material change report includes statements containing certain “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws (“forward-looking statements”). Forward looking statements are often identified by terms such as “may”, “should”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “potential”, “believe”, “intend” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this material change report may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the planned use of the proceeds from the Offering. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks, including, without limitation, risks associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; marketing costs; loss of markets; future legislative and regulatory developments involving cannabis; inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favourable terms; the cannabis industry in Canada generally, income tax and regulatory matters; the ability of Aphria Inc. to implement its business strategies; competition; crop failure; currency and interest rate fluctuations and other risks.

 

Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive and should carefully review the various risks and uncertainties identified in the Company’s filings on SEDAR and EDGAR. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.

 

The forward-looking statements included in this material change report are made as of the date of this material change report and the Company does not undertake an obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events or otherwise unless required by applicable securities laws.

 


EX-99.4 5 a20-6338_2ex99d4.htm EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

 

 

 

 

January 31, 2020

 

Aphria Inc.

98 Talbot Street West

Leamington, Ontario N8H 1M8

Canada

 

Prospectus Supplement of Aphria Inc.

 

We refer to the prospectus supplement dated January 30, 2020 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the short form base shelf prospectus of Aphria Inc. (the “Corporation”) dated November 22, 2019, relating to the offering of 14,044,944 units of the Corporation.

 

We hereby consent to the use of our firm name on the face page of the Prospectus Supplement and under the headings “Enforceability of Certain Civil Liabilities”, “Legal Matters” and “Interest of Experts” in the Prospectus Supplement.

 

We confirm that we have read the Prospectus Supplement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained in the Prospectus Supplement that are derived from our advice referred to above or that are within our knowledge as a result of the services we performed in connection with such advice.

 

In giving this consent, we do not acknowledge that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Yours very truly,

/s/ Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

 


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