Warrant Indenture between Oilsands Quest Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada dated December 5, 2007
This agreement is between Oilsands Quest Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada. It sets out the terms for issuing up to 6,325,000 warrants, each allowing the holder to buy one common share of Oilsands Quest Inc. at a set price. The document details how the warrants are issued, transferred, exercised, and adjusted, as well as the rights and responsibilities of both the company and the trustee. The agreement also covers procedures for meetings of warrantholders and outlines the trustee’s duties and protections.
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ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION | 1 | |||
1.1 Definitions | 1 | |||
1.2 Gender and Number | 5 | |||
1.3 Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc | 5 | |||
1.4 Day not a Business Day | 5 | |||
1.5 Time of the Essence | 5 | |||
1.6 Applicable Law | 5 | |||
1.7 Language | 5 | |||
1.8 Severability | 5 | |||
1.9 Conflicts | 5 | |||
ARTICLE 2 ISSUE OF WARRANTS | 6 | |||
2.1 Issue of Warrants | 6 | |||
2.2 Form and Terms of Warrants | 6 | |||
2.3 Warrantholder not a Shareholder | 7 | |||
2.4 Warrants to Rank pari passu | 7 | |||
2.5 Signing of Warrant Certificates | 7 | |||
2.6 Certification by the Trustee | 8 | |||
2.7 Issue in Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost, etc | 8 | |||
2.8 Exchange of Warrant Certificates | 9 | |||
2.9 Transfer of Warrants | 9 | |||
2.10 Registration of Warrants | 11 | |||
2.11 Transferee Entitled to Registration | 11 | |||
2.12 Registers Open for Inspection | 11 | |||
2.13 Ownership of Warrants | 12 | |||
ARTICLE 3 EXERCISE OF WARRANTS | 12 | |||
3.1 Method of Exercise of Warrants | 12 | |||
3.2 Effect of Exercise of Warrants | 13 | |||
3.3 Partial Exercise of Warrants; Fractions | 14 | |||
3.4 Expiration of Warrants | 14 | |||
3.5 Cancellation of Surrendered Warrants | 14 | |||
3.6 Accounting and Recording | 14 | |||
ARTICLE 4 ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES | 15 | |||
4.1 Adjustment of Number of Common Shares | 15 | |||
4.2 Entitlement to Shares on Exercise of Warrant | 18 | |||
4.3 No Adjustment for Stock Options or Warrants | 18 | |||
4.4 Determination by Corporations Auditors | 19 | |||
4.5 Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment | 19 | |||
4.6 Certificate of Adjustment | 19 | |||
4.7 Notice of Special Matters | 19 | |||
4.8 No Action after Notice | 19 | |||
4.9 Protection of Trustee | 20 | |||
4.10 Other Adjustments | 20 | |||
ARTICLE 5 RIGHTS AND COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION | 20 | |||
5.1 Optional Purchases by the Corporation | 20 | |||
5.2 General Covenants | 21 | |||
5.3 Trustees Remuneration and Expenses | 21 | |||
5.4 Performance of Covenants by Trustee | 22 | |||
ARTICLE 6 ENFORCEMENT | 22 |
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6.1 Suits by Warrantholders | 22 | |||
6.2 Suits by the Corporation | 23 | |||
6.3 Limitation of Liability | 23 | |||
6.4 Waiver of Default | 23 | |||
ARTICLE 7 MEETINGS OF WARRANTHOLDERS | 24 | |||
7.1 Right to Convene Meetings | 24 | |||
7.2 Notice | 24 | |||
7.3 Chairman | 24 | |||
7.4 Quorum | 25 | |||
7.5 Power to Adjourn | 25 | |||
7.6 Show of Hands | 25 | |||
7.7 Poll and Voting | 25 | |||
7.8 Regulations | 26 | |||
7.9 Corporation and Trustee May be Represented | 26 | |||
7.10 Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution | 26 | |||
7.11 Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution | 27 | |||
7.12 Powers Cumulative | 28 | |||
7.13 Minutes | 28 | |||
7.14 Instruments in Writing | 28 | |||
7.15 Binding Effect of Resolutions | 28 | |||
7.16 Holdings by Corporation Disregarded | 29 | |||
ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 29 | |||
8.1 Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes | 29 | |||
8.2 Successor Corporations | 30 | |||
ARTICLE 9 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE | 30 | |||
9.1 Trust Indenture Legislation | 30 | |||
9.2 Rights and Duties of Trustee | 30 | |||
9.3 Evidence, Experts and Advisers | 31 | |||
9.4 Documents, Monies, etc. Held by Trustee | 32 | |||
9.5 Actions by Trustee to Protect Interest | 32 | |||
9.6 Trustee Not Required to Give Security | 32 | |||
9.7 Protection of Trustee | 32 | |||
9.8 Replacement of Trustee; Successor by Merger | 33 | |||
9.9 Conflict of Interest | 34 | |||
9.10 Acceptance of Trust | 34 | |||
9.11 Trustee Not to be Appointed Receiver | 34 | |||
9.12 Knowledge of Trustee | 34 | |||
9.13 Indemnification of Trustee | 34 | |||
9.14 Trustee Not Required to Give Notice of Default | 35 | |||
ARTICLE 10 GENERAL | 35 | |||
10.1 Notice to the Corporation and the Trustee | 35 | |||
10.2 Notice to Warrantholders | 36 | |||
10.3 Evidence of Ownership | 36 | |||
10.4 Counterparts | 37 | |||
10.5 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 37 | |||
10.6 Provisions of Indenture and Warrants for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Warrantholders | 37 | |||
10.7 Warrants Owned by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries - - Certificate to be Provided | 37 | |||
10.8 Successors | 38 |
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A. | The Corporation is proposing to issue up to 6,325,000 Warrants in the manner herein set forth; | |
B. | Each Warrant shall, subject to adjustment, entitle the holder thereof to acquire one Common Share at the price and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth; and | |
C. | All acts and deeds necessary have been done and performed to create the Warrants, when issued as provided in this Indenture, as legal, valid and binding upon the Corporation with the benefits and subject to the terms of this Indenture; |
Interpretation
Adjustment Period means the period from and including the Effective Date up to and including the Time of Expiry; | ||
affiliates has the meaning given thereto in the Securities Act (Alberta); | ||
Applicable Procedures means the rules and procedures of the Depository in respect of the Book-Based System as in effect from time to time; | ||
Authorized Investments means short term interest bearing or discount debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or a province of Canada or a Canadian chartered bank (which may include an affiliate or related party of the Trustee) provided that each such obligation is rated at least R1 (middle) by Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited or an equivalent rating by Standard & Poors, a division of McGraw Hill Companies. |
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Book-Based System means, in relation to a Global Warrant, the debt clearing, record entry, transfer and pledge system and services established and operated by or on behalf of the Depository for the Warrants (including where applicable pursuant to one or more agreements between such Depository and its Participants establishing the rules and procedures for such systems and services), or any successor systems or services thereof; | ||
Business Day means a day which is not Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of Calgary in the Province of Alberta or a day on which the Trustee is closed for business; | ||
Change of Control means, with respect to the Corporation, the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) a tender offer shall be made and consummated for the ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation; (ii) the Corporation shall be merged or consolidated with another corporation (or other person) and as a result of such merger or consolidation less than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation shall be owned in the aggregate by the former shareholders of the Corporation, other than affiliates of any party to such merger or consolidation as the same shall have existed immediately prior to such merger or consolidation; or (iii) the Corporation shall sell substantially all of its assets to another corporation (or other person) which is not a wholly owned Subsidiary; | ||
Common Shares means fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares of the Corporation as presently constituted; | ||
Corporate Transaction means a transaction resulting in a Change of Control or a Capital Reorganization pursuant to Section 4.1(d); | ||
Corporation means Oilsands Quest Inc.; | ||
Corporations Auditors means the firm of chartered accountants that is duly appointed as auditors of the Corporation; | ||
Counsel means a barrister or solicitor or a firm of barristers and solicitors retained by the Trustee or retained by the Corporation and acceptable to the Trustee; | ||
Current Market Price of a Common Share at any date means the price per share (denominated in United States dollars based, if necessary, on the noon rate of exchange as reported by the Bank of Canada) equal to the weighted average price at which the Common Shares have traded (i) on the American Stock Exchange, or (ii) if the Common Shares are not traded on the American Stock Exchange, on any other recognized exchange or market, or (iii) if the Common Shares are not traded on such recognized exchange or market, on the over-the-counter market, during the 20 consecutive Trading Days (on each of which at least 500 Common Shares are traded in board lots) ending on the fifth Trading Day immediately prior to such date as reported by such market or exchange in which the Common Shares are then trading or quoted. The weighted average price per Common Share shall be determined by dividing the aggregate sale price of all such shares sold on the aforementioned over-the-counter market, recognized exchange or market, as the case may be, during the aforementioned 20 consecutive Trading Days by the total number of such shares so sold. If the Common Shares are not then traded in the over-the-counter market or on a recognized exchange or market, the Current Market Price of the Common Shares shall be the fair market value of the Common Shares as determined in good faith by the board of Directors of the Corporation after consultation with a nationally or internationally recognized investment dealer or investment banker; |
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Definitive Warrant means a Warrant in the form of an individual certificate in definitive fully registered form issued pursuant to Section 2.2 and substantially in the form set forth in Schedule A but does not include Exhibit 1 or any information only required to be included in a Global Warrant; | ||
Depository means DTC or any other depository subsequently appointed by the Corporation as the depository in respect of Global Warrants; | ||
director means a director of the Corporation for the time being and, unless otherwise specified herein, reference to action by the directors means action by the directors of the Corporation as a board or, whenever duly empowered, action by any committee of such board; | ||
Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course means dividends paid on the Common Shares in any fiscal year of the Corporation in cash, provided that the amount of such dividends does not in such fiscal year exceed 5% of the Exercise Price, and for such purpose the amount of any dividend paid in shares shall be the aggregate stated capital of such shares, and the amount of any dividend paid in other than cash or shares shall be the fair market value of such dividend as determined by a resolution passed by the board of directors of the Corporation, subject, if applicable, to the prior consent of any stock exchange or any other over-the-counter market on which the Common Shares are traded; | ||
DTC means the Depositary Trust Company together with its successors from time to time; | ||
Effective Date means the date of this Indenture; | ||
Exercise Date means, with respect to any Warrant, the date on which the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant is surrendered for exercise in accordance with the provisions of Article 3; | ||
Exercise Price with respect to the exercise of any Warrant means $6.75 in lawful money of the United States of America per Common Share, unless such price shall have been adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4, in which case it shall mean the adjusted price in effect at such time; | ||
Expiry Date means December 5, 2009; | ||
Global Warrant means Warrants in the form of one or more certificates in global form issued pursuant to the Book-Based System and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and issued pursuant to Section 2.2, substantially the form attached as Schedule A and deposited with the Depository or its nominee; | ||
Issue Date means, in respect of each Warrant, the date upon which the Warrant is issued by the Corporation so that it is considered outstanding for the purposes of this Indenture; | ||
Participant shall mean, in relation to a Depository, a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other person on whose behalf such Depository or its nominee holds securities pursuant to a Book-Based System operated by such Depository; | ||
person means an individual, body corporate, partnership, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal representative or any unincorporated organization; | ||
Shareholder means a holder of record of one or more Common Shares; |
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Subsidiary of the Corporation or Subsidiary means any corporation or other person (other than an individual) of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the Corporation, provided that the ownership of such securities confers the right to elect at least a majority of the board of directors (or persons in a similar position of fiduciary responsibility) of such corporation or other person (other than an individual) and includes any entity in like relation to a Subsidiary; | ||
this Warrant Indenture, this Indenture, herein, hereby and similar expressions mean and refer to this Indenture and any indenture, deed or instrument supplemental hereto; and the expressions Article, Section subsection and paragraph followed by a number mean and refer to the specified article, section, subsection or paragraph of this Indenture; | ||
Time of Expiry means 4:30 p.m., Calgary time, on the Expiry Date; | ||
Trading Day means, with respect to a stock exchange, a day on which such exchange is open for the transaction of business and with respect to the over-the-counter market means a day on which the American Stock Exchange is open for the transaction of business; | ||
Trustee or Warrant Trustee means Computershare Trust Company of Canada or its successors from time to time in the trust hereby created; | ||
United States means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States, and the District of Columbia; | ||
Units means the units of the Corporation, each consisting of one Common Share and one-half of one Warrant, offered pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated November 21, 2007 between the Corporation and TD Securities Inc. and Genuity Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., Blackmont Capital Inc., Canaccord Capital Corporation and Lehman Brothers Canada Inc.; | ||
Warrant Agency means either of the principal office of the Trustee in the City of Vancouver and the principal office of an agent of the Trustee in the City of Toronto, Calgary or the City of Golden, Colorado or such other place as may be designated in accordance with subsection 3.1(c); | ||
Warrant Certificate means a certificate in the form of a Definitive Warrant evidencing Warrants issued hereunder; | ||
Warrantholder, or holder without reference to Common Shares, means the person who is the registered owner of Warrants as shown on the register maintained at the Warrant Agency by the Warrant Trustee in accordance with this Indenture; | ||
Warrantholders Request means an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Warrantholders representing not less than 10% of the Warrants then unexercised and outstanding, requesting the Trustee to take some action or proceeding specified therein; | ||
Warrants means the Warrants issued and certified hereunder and for the time being outstanding entitling the holder to acquire Common Shares; and | ||
written order of the Corporation, written request of the Corporation, written consent of the Corporation, written direction of the Corporation and certificate of the Corporation mean, respectively, a written order, request, consent direction and certificate |
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signed in the name of the Corporation by any director or officer of the Corporation, and may consist of one or more instruments so executed. |
1.2 | Gender and Number |
1.3 | Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc. |
1.4 | Day not a Business Day |
1.5 | Time of the Essence |
1.6 | Applicable Law |
1.7 | Language |
1.8 | Severability |
1.9 | Conflicts |
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Issue of Warrants
2.1 | Issue of Warrants |
2.2 | Form and Terms of Warrants |
(a) | Subject to Section 2.9(d) the Warrants may be issued pursuant to the Book-Based System and may be represented by a Global Warrant. The Global Warrant shall be held by, or on behalf of, the Depository as depository of the Participants in the Book-Based System and shall be registered in the name of CEDE & Co. (or such other name as the Depository may use from time to time as its nominee for the purposes of the Book-Based System). In the event that the Warrants are issued pursuant to the Book-Based System, no beneficial holder will receive Definitive Warrants representing their beneficial ownership in Warrants unless the Corporation determines to terminate the Book-Based System or the other conditions set forth in Section 2.9(d) have been satisfied. | ||
(b) | The Warrant Certificates (including all replacements issued in accordance with this Indenture) shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule A hereto, shall bear such legends and distinguishing letters and numbers as the Corporation may, with the approval of the Trustee, prescribe, and shall be issuable in any denomination excluding fractions. The aggregate amount of the Global Warrants may from time to time be increased or decreased by notations made on the Global Warrant by the Trustee, subject in each case to compliance with the Applicable Procedures and each Global Warrant shall bear a legend substantially in the following form subject to modification as required by the Depository: | ||
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to the Corporation or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. | |||
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this certificate may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. | |||
(c) | Each Global Warrant shall represent such of the outstanding Warrants as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate outstanding Warrants from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate outstanding Warrants represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect replacements, exchanges, or exercises of such Warrants. Any adjustment of the aggregate amount of a Global Warrant to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Warrants represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the holder thereof as required by Section 2.9 and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository. | ||
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (Agent Members) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Warrant held on their behalf by the Depository or under the Global Warrant, and the Depository (including, for this purpose, its nominee) may be treated by the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Warrant for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (1) prevent |
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the Corporation, the Trustee or any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or (2) impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Warrant. | |||
(d) | The Warrant Certificates may be engraved, printed, lithographed or partly in one form and partly in another as the Corporation with the approval of the Trustee may determine. No change in the Warrant Certificate shall be required by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to Article 4 in the number or class of Common Shares or other securities to which a holder is entitled pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants. | ||
(e) | No fractional Warrants shall be issued or otherwise provided for hereunder. | ||
(f) | The number of Common Shares which may be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Warrants and the Exercise Price payable therefor shall be adjusted in the events and in the manner specified in Article 4. | ||
(g) | Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to such other rights and privileges as are set forth in this Indenture. |
2.3 | Warrantholder not a Shareholder |
2.4 | Warrants to Rank pari passu |
2.5 | Signing of Warrant Certificates |
2.6 | Certification by the Trustee |
(a) | No Warrant Certificate shall be issued or, if issued, shall be valid for any purpose or entitle the holder to the benefit hereof until it has been certified by manual signature by or on behalf of the Trustee and such certification by the Trustee upon any Warrant Certificate shall be conclusive evidence as against the Corporation that the Warrant |
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Certificate so certified has been duly issued hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits hereof. | |||
(b) | Warrant Certificates shall be certified by, or on behalf of, the Trustee upon the written order of the Corporation and delivered by the Trustee to the Corporation in accordance with the written direction of the Corporation. The certification of the Trustee on Warrant Certificates issued hereunder shall not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Trustee as to the validity of this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates (except the due certification thereof) and the Trustee shall in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Warrant Certificate or any of them or of the consideration therefor except as otherwise specified herein. The countersignature of the Trustee will, however, be a representation and warranty of the Trustee that the Warrant Certificate has been duly countersigned by or on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture. |
2.7 | Issue in Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost, etc. |
(a) | In the event that any Warrant Certificate shall become mutilated or be lost, destroyed or stolen, the Corporation, subject to applicable law, shall issue and thereupon the Trustee shall certify and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and 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 in a form approved by the Trustee and the Warrants evidenced thereby shall be entitled to the benefits hereof and shall rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Warrants issued or to be issued hereunder. | ||
(b) | The applicant for the issue of a new Warrant Certificate pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall bear the cost of the issue thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft shall, as a condition precedent to the issue thereof, furnish to the Corporation and to the Trustee 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 Corporation and to the Trustee each in their sole discretion, and such applicant shall also be required to furnish an indemnity or security in amount and form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee each in their discretion and shall pay the reasonable charges of the Corporation and the Trustee in connection therewith. |
2.8 | Exchange of Warrant Certificates |
(a) | Warrant Certificates representing Warrants to acquire any specified number of Common Shares may, upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Trustee, be exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates entitling the holder thereto to acquire in the aggregate the same number of Common Shares as may be acquired under the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates so exchanged. Upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the terms and conditions hereof, the Corporation will sign, and the Trustee will countersign, all Warrant Certificates necessary to carry out these exchanges. | ||
(b) | Warrant Certificates may be exchanged only at a Warrant Agency or at any other place that is designated by the Corporation with the approval of the Trustee. Any Warrant Certificate tendered for exchange shall be cancelled by the Trustee. |
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(a) | Subject to subsection 2.9(b), 2.9(c) and 2.9(d) below and such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe and all applicable securities legislation and requirements of regulatory authorities, the Warrants may be transferred on the register kept at the Warrant Agency by the Warrantholder (or its legal representatives or its attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and manner of execution satisfactory to the Trustee) only upon the surrendering of the relevant Warrant Certificate with the transfer form forming part thereof duly completed and signed. After receiving the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s) and upon the person surrendering the same meeting such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe, the Trustee shall issue to the transferee a Warrant Certificate representing the Warrants transferred. For clarity, the Trustee shall not be responsible to determine compliance with securities legislation or requirements of regulatory authorities (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or other beneficial owners of interests in any Global Warrant) and such determination shall be the responsibility solely of the person requesting the transfer. | ||
(b) | No transfer of a Warrant shall be valid (i) unless made in accordance with the provisions hereof, (ii) until, upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe, such transfer is recorded on the register maintained by the Trustee pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 2.9, (iii) unless such registration shall be noted on the Warrant Certificate by the Trustee, and (iv) until all governmental or other charges arising by reason of such transfer have been paid. | ||
(c) | A Global Warrant may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any person other than the Depository or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other person may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a Warrant that is issued in exchange for a Global Warrant but is not itself a Global Warrant. No transfer of a Warrant to any person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Warrants unless and until such Warrant has been registered in the name of such person. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Warrants, transfers of a Global Warrant, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.9(c). | ||
(d) | The provisions below shall apply only to Global Warrants: |
(i) | Each Global Warrant authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depository or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor. | ||
(ii) | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Warrants, a Global Warrant shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Warrant registered, and no transfer of a Global Warrant in whole or in part shall be registered, in the name of any person other than the Depository or one or more nominees thereof; provided that a Global Warrant may be exchanged for Warrants registered in the names of any person designated by the Depository in the event that (A) the Depository has notified the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Warrant (B) such Depository has ceased to be a clearing agency or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a depository, and a successor depository is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware that the Depository has ceased to be a |
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clearing agency or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a depository or (C) the Corporation has determined, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Book-Based System in respect of such Global Warrant and has communicated such determination to the Trustee in writing. Any Global Warrant exchanged pursuant to subclause (A), (B) or (C) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part. Any Warrant issued in exchange for a Global Warrant or any portion thereof shall be a Global Warrant; provided further that any such Warrant so issued that is registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Warrant but shall be a Definitive Warrant. | |||
(iii) | Warrants issued in exchange for a Global Warrant or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, shall have an aggregate amount equal to that of such Global Warrant or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depository shall designate. Any Global Warrant to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Warrant to be exchanged in part, the amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of a notation made on the Global Warrant as authenticated by the Trustee and an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Depository and the Trustee. | ||
(iv) | Subject to clause (vi) of this Section 2.9(d), the registered holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Warrants. | ||
(v) | In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) of this Section 2.9(d), the Corporation will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Warrants in definitive, fully registered form. | ||
(vi) | Neither Agent Members nor any other persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Warrant registered in the name of the Depository or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Warrant, and the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Corporation, the Trustee and any Agent of the Corporation or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Warrant for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation, the Trustee or any Agent of the Corporation or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depository, its Agent Members and any other person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Warrant. | ||
(vii) | At such time as all interests in a Global Warrant have been exercised, cancelled or exchanged for Definitive Warrants, such Global Warrant shall, upon receipt thereof, be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Applicable Procedures and instructions existing between the Depository and the Trustee, subject to Section 3.5 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Warrant is exercised, cancelled or exchanged for Definitive Warrants, the amount of such Global Warrant shall, in accordance with the |
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Applicable Procedures and instructions existing between the Depository and the Trustee, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Warrant, by the Trustee to reflect such reduction. |
(a) | The Corporation and the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Warrantholder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner of the Warrant represented thereby for all purposes, and the Corporation and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary, except where the Corporation or the Trustee is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. For greater certainty, subject to applicable law, neither the Corporation nor the Trustee will be bound to take notice of or see to the execution of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, in respect of any Warrant, and may transfer any Warrant on the direction of the person registered as Warrantholder thereof, whether named as trustee or otherwise, as though that person were the beneficial owner thereof. | ||
(b) | Subject to the provisions of this Indenture and applicable law, each Warrantholder shall be entitled to the rights and privileges attaching to the Warrants held thereby. The exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof and the receipt by any such |
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Warrantholder of Common Shares pursuant thereto shall be a good discharge to the Corporation and the Trustee with respect to such Warrants and neither the Corporation nor the Trustee shall be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder. |
Exercise of Warrants
(a) | The holder of any Warrant that is not in the form of a Global Warrant may exercise the right evidenced thereby conferred on such holder to acquire Common Shares by surrendering, prior to the Time of Expiry, to the Trustee at a Warrant Agency: |
(i) | the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant, with a duly completed and executed exercise form in the form attached to the Warrant Certificate; and | ||
(ii) | a certified cheque or bank draft payable to or to the order of the Corporation (or payment in such other form as the Trustee may accept), in the amount of the aggregate Exercise Price of such Warrants being exercised. |
A Warrant Certificate with the duly completed and executed exercise form referred to in this subsection 3.1(a) shall be deemed to be surrendered only upon personal delivery thereof or, if sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt thereof at, in each case, a Warrant Agency or such other place or places that may be designated by the Corporation with the approval of the Trustee, provided that such Warrant Certificate is accompanied by the requisite payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrants represented thereby that are being exercised. |
(b) | Any exercise form referred to in subsection 3.1(a) shall be signed by the Warrantholder or his executors, administrators or other legal representatives or his attorney duly appointed (such persons being obligated to provide the Trustee at the Warrant Agency with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of his or her authority to act on behalf of the Warrantholder) and shall specify: |
(i) | the number of Common Shares which the holder wishes to acquire (being not more than those which the holder is entitled to acquire pursuant to the Warrant Certificate(s) surrendered); | ||
(ii) | the person or persons in whose name or names such Common Shares are to be issued, and if such persons are individuals, the relevant social insurance numbers; | ||
(iii) | the address or addresses of such person or persons; and | ||
(iv) | the number of Common Shares to be issued to each such person if more than one is so specified. |
If any of the Common Shares subscribed for are to be issued to a person or persons other than the Warrantholder, the Warrantholder shall pay to the Corporation or the Trustee on behalf of the Corporation, all applicable transfer or similar taxes and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver certificates evidencing Common Shares unless or until such Warrantholder shall have paid to the Corporation, or the Trustee on behalf of |
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the Corporation, the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid or that none is due. |
(c) | In connection with the exchange of Warrant Certificates and exercise of Warrants and compliance with such other terms and conditions hereof as may be required, the Corporation has appointed the principal office of the Trustee or its agent in each of the cities of Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto as an agency at which Warrant Certificates may be surrendered for exchange or at which Warrants may be exercised and the Trustee has accepted such appointment. The Corporation shall give notice to the Trustee of any change of the Warrant Agency. | ||
(d) | Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Warrants, exercise notices may be delivered and such Warrants may be surrendered for exercise in accordance with the Applicable Procedures. |
(a) | Upon compliance by the holder of any Warrant Certificate with the provisions of Section 3.1, and subject to Section 3.3, the Common Shares subscribed for shall be deemed to have been issued as fully paid and non-assessable and the person or persons to whom such Common Shares are to be issued shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Common Shares on the Exercise Date unless the transfer registers of the Corporation shall be closed on such date, in which case the Common Shares subscribed for shall be deemed to have been issued and such person or persons deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Common Shares, on the date on which such transfer registers are reopened. | ||
(b) | Within three Business Days after the Exercise Date of a Warrant as set forth above, the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to the person or persons in whose name or names the Common Shares so subscribed for have been issued, as specified in the exercise form completed in connection with the exercise of the Warrants, at the address specified in such exercise form or, if so specified in such exercise form, cause to be delivered to such person or persons at the Warrant Agency where the Warrant Certificate was surrendered, a certificate or certificates for the appropriate number of Common Shares subscribed for, or if requested, evidence of the Common Shares so subscribed for held in the Book-Based System. |
(a) | The holder of any Warrants may acquire a number of Common Shares less than the number which the holder is entitled to acquire pursuant to the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s). In the event of any exercise of a number of Warrants less than the number which the holder is entitled to exercise, the holder of the Warrants upon exercise thereof shall, in addition, be entitled to receive, without charge therefor, a new Warrant Certificate(s) in respect of the balance of the Warrants which such holder was entitled to exercise pursuant to the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s) and which were not then exercised. If any interest in a Global Warrant is exercised in part, the amounts of such Global Warrant shall, in accordance with Applicable Procedures and instructions existing between the Depository and the Trustee, be proportionately reduced and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Warrant, by the Trustee to reflect such reduction. |
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(b) | Notwithstanding anything herein contained including any adjustment provided for in Article 4, the Corporation shall not be required, upon the exercise of any Warrants, to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of fractional Common Shares, the Corporation shall pay to the holder who would otherwise be entitled to receive fractional Common Shares upon an exercise of Warrants, within 10 Business Days after the date upon which the fractional Common Shares would have been issued, an amount in lawful money of the United States equal to the Current Market Price of the Common Shares as of the Exercise Date multiplied by an amount equal to the fractional interest of Common Shares such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive upon such exercise, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to make any payment, calculated as aforesaid, that is less than US$10.00. The price to be paid shall be provided by the Corporation in writing to the Trustee upon request. |
(a) | The Trustee shall as soon as reasonably practicable account to the Corporation with respect to Warrants exercised. Any monies, securities or other instruments, from time to time received by the Trustee shall be received in trust for and shall be segregated and kept apart by the Trustee in trust for the Corporation. | ||
(b) | The Trustee shall record the particulars of Warrants exercised which shall include the names and addresses of the persons who become holders of Common Shares on exercise and the Exercise Date. Within five Business Days of each Exercise Date, the Trustee shall provide such particulars in writing to the Corporation. |
Adjustment of Number of Common Shares
(a) | If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Corporation shall: |
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(i) | subdivide, redivide or change the outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of shares, | ||
(ii) | reduce, combine or consolidate the outstanding Common Shares into a lesser number of shares, or | ||
(iii) | issue Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares at no additional cost to the holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common Shares by way of a stock dividend or other distribution (other than the issue of Common Shares to holders of Common Shares pursuant to their exercise of options to receive dividends in the form of Common Shares in lieu of Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course on the Common Shares), |
(any of such events in these clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being called a Common Share Reorganization), then effective immediately after the record date at which the holders of Common Shares are determined for the purposes of the Common Share Reorganization, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date before giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding after giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization (including, in the case where securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares at no additional cost are distributed, the number of Common Shares that would have been outstanding had such securities been exchanged for or converted into Common Shares on such record date). Upon any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to subsection 4.1(a), the number of Common Shares subject to the right of purchase under each Warrant shall be contemporaneously adjusted by multiplying the number of Common Shares which theretofore may have been purchased under such Warrant by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the respective Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator shall be the respective Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment. | |||
(b) | If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Corporation shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Shares entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares) at a price per share (or having a conversion or exchange price per share) less than 95% of the Current Market Price of a Common Share on such record date, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it shall equal the amount determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date plus a number of Common Shares equal to the number arrived at by dividing the aggregate price of the total number of additional Common Shares offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered) by such Current Market Price, and of which the denominator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date plus the total number of additional Common Shares offered for subscription or purchase or into which the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered are convertible or exchangeable; any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Corporation or any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose |
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of any such computation; such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; to the extent that any such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, as the case may be. |
(c) | If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Corporation shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Shares of (i) securities of any class, whether of the Corporation or any other person (other than Common Shares and other than securities distributed to holders of Common Shares pursuant to their exercise of options to receive dividends in the form of such securities in lieu of Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course on the Common Shares), (ii) rights, options or warrants (excluding those referred to in subsection 4.1(b)), (iii) evidences of its indebtedness or (iv) property or assets (excluding Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course) then, in each such case, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price of a Common Share on such record date, less the aggregate fair market value (as determined by the directors, which determination shall be conclusive) of such securities shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness, property or assets so distributed, and of which the denominator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by such Current Market Price; any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Corporation or any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation; such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; to the extent that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based upon such shares or rights, options or warrants or evidences of indebtedness, property or assets as are actually distributed, as the case may be; in clause (iv) of this subsection 4.1(c) the term Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course shall include the value of any securities or other property or assets distributed in lieu of cash Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course at the option of Shareholders. | ||
(d) | If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, there is a reclassification of the Common Shares or a capital reorganization of the Corporation (other than as described in subsection 4.1(a)) or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger of the Corporation with or into any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity, or a sale, transfer or conveyance of the property and assets of the Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity or a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (any of such events being hereinafter called a Capital Reorganization), any Warrantholder who has not exercised its right of acquisition prior to the effective date of such Capital Reorganization, upon the exercise of such right thereafter, shall be entitled to receive and shall accept, in lieu of the number of Common Shares then sought to be acquired by it, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Corporation or of the body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity resulting from such Capital Reorganization, or to which such sale or conveyance may be made, as the case may be, that such |
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Warrantholder would have been entitled to receive on such Capital Reorganization, if, on the record date or the effective date thereof, as the case may be, the Warrantholder had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares sought to be acquired by it and to which it was entitled to acquire upon exercise of the Warrants. If determined appropriate by the Trustee to give effect to or to evidence the provisions of this subsection 4.1(d), the Corporation, its successor, or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity, as the case may be, shall, prior to or contemporaneously with any such Capital Reorganization, enter into an indenture which shall provide, to the extent possible, for the application of the provisions set forth in this Indenture with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Warrantholders to the end that the provisions set forth in this Indenture shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, with respect to any shares, other securities or property to which a Warrantholder is entitled on exercise of its acquisition rights thereafter. Any indenture entered into between the Corporation and the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 4.1(d) shall be a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 8. Any indenture entered into between the Corporation, any successor to the Corporation or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity and the Trustee shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided in this Section 4.1 and which shall apply to successive Capital Reorganizations. | |||
(e) | In any case in which this Section 4.1 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to herein, the Corporation may defer, until the occurrence of such event, issuing to the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Common Shares or other securities or property issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event; provided, however, that the Corporation shall deliver to such holder an appropriate instrument evidencing such holders right to receive such additional Common Shares or other securities or property upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such additional Common Shares or other securities or property declared in favour of holders of record of Common Shares or such other securities or property on and after the relevant date of exercise or such later date as such holder would, but for the provisions of this subsection 4.1(e), have become the holder of record of such additional Common Shares or other securities or property pursuant to subsection 4.1(b). | ||
(f) | In any case in which subsections 4.1(a), 4.1(b) or 4.1(c) require that an adjustment be made to the Exercise Price, no such adjustment shall be made if, subject to the prior approval of the American Stock Exchange (or other stock exchange or trading system on which the Common Shares or Warrants are listed for trading), the holders of the outstanding Warrants receive the Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares referred to in subsection 4.1(a), the rights, options or warrants referred to in subsection 4.1(b) or the securities, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness, property or assets referred to in subsection 4.1(c), as the case may be, in such kind and number as they would have received if they had been holders of Common Shares on the applicable record date or effective date, as the case may be, by virtue of their outstanding Warrant having then been exercised into Common Shares at the Exercise Price in effect on the applicable record or effective date, as the case may be. | ||
(g) | The adjustments provided for in this Section 4.1 are cumulative and shall, in the case of adjustments to the Exercise Price, be computed to the nearest whole cent and shall apply |
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to successive subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations, distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this Section 4.1, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price then in effect or a change in the number of Common Shares purchasable upon exercise by at least one one-hundredth of a Common Share, as the case may be; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subsection 4.1(g) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. | |||
(h) | After any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.1, the term Common Shares where used in this Indenture shall be interpreted to mean securities of any class or classes which, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this Section 4.1, the Warrantholder is entitled to receive upon the exercise of his Warrant and the number of Common Shares indicated by any exercise made pursuant to a Warrant shall be interpreted to mean the number of Common Shares or other property or securities a Warrantholder is entitled to receive, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this Section 4.1, upon the full exercise of a Warrant. |
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(a) | shall be entitled to act and rely on any adjustment calculation of the directors or the Corporations Auditors; | ||
(b) | shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Warrantholder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment contemplated by Section 4.1, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same; | ||
(c) | shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Shares or of any shares or other securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of the rights attaching to any Warrant; |
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(d) | shall not be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to issue, transfer or deliver Common Shares or certificates for the same 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; and | ||
(e) | shall not incur any liability or responsibility whatsoever or be in any way responsible for the consequences of any breach on the part of the Corporation of any of the representations, warranties or covenants herein contained. |
4.10 | Other Adjustments |
Rights and Covenants of The Corporation
5.1 | Optional Purchases by the Corporation |
5.2 | General Covenants |
(a) | the Warrants, when issued and countersigned as provided in this Indenture, will be valid and enforceable against it in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Indenture; | ||
(b) | it will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Common Shares for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy its obligations to issue Common Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants; | ||
(c) | it will cause the Common Shares and the certificates representing the Common Shares from time to time acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants to be duly issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrant Certificates and the terms hereof; |
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(d) | all Common Shares which shall be issued upon exercise of the right to acquire provided for herein and in the Warrant Certificates shall be fully paid and non-assessable; | ||
(e) | the Corporation will do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, provided however that (subject to Article 4 and Section 8.2) nothing will prevent the amalgamation, consolidation, merger or sale of, or other business combination involving the Corporation; | ||
(f) | it will use its best efforts to ensure that the Warrants and all Common Shares outstanding or issuable from time to time continue to be or are listed and posted for trading on the American Stock Exchange (or such other stock exchange acceptable to the Corporation); | ||
(g) | it will perform and carry out all of the acts or things to be done by it as provided in this Indenture; | ||
(h) | it will not close its transfer registers or take any other action which might deprive the Warrantholders of the opportunity of exercising their right of purchase pursuant to the Warrants held by such persons during the period of 10 Business Days after giving of the notice required by Section 4.7; and | ||
(i) | that it will execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, all other acts, deeds and assurances in law as the Trustee may reasonably require for the better accomplishing and effecting the intentions and provisions of this Indenture. |
5.3 | Trustees Remuneration and Expenses |
5.4 | Performance of Covenants by Trustee |
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Enforcement
6.1 | Suits by Warrantholders |
(a) | No Warrantholder has the right to institute any action or proceeding or to exercise any other remedy authorized hereunder for the purpose of enforcing any right on behalf of the Warrantholders or for the execution of any trust or power hereunder or for the appointment of a liquidator or receiver or receiver and manager or for a receiving order under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or to have the Corporation wound up or to file or prove a claim in any liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings, unless the Trustee has received a Warrantholders Request directing it to take the requested action and has been provided with sufficient funds or other security and/or such indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee in respect of the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by it in so proceeding and the Trustee has failed to act within a reasonable time thereafter. If the Trustee has so failed to act, but not otherwise, any Warrantholder acting on behalf of all Warrantholders will be entitled to take any of the proceedings that the Trustee might have taken hereunder. No Warrantholder has any right in any manner whatsoever to effect, disturb or prejudice the rights hereby created by its action or to enforce any right hereunder or under any Warrant, except subject to the conditions and in the manner herein provided. Any money received as a result of a proceeding taken by any Warrantholder hereunder must be forthwith paid to the Trustee. | ||
(b) | All rights of action under this Indenture may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Warrants or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative thereto. | ||
(c) | The Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, either in its own name or as Trustee of an express trust, or as attorney-in-fact for the Warrantholders, or in any one or more of such capacities, to file such proof of debt, amendment of proof of debt, claim, petition or other document as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claim of the Trustee and the Warrantholders allowed in any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or other judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or its creditors or relative to or affecting its property. The Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed (and the successive respective Warrantholders by taking and holding the same shall be conclusively deemed to have so appointed the Trustee) the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the respective Warrantholders or on behalf of the Warrantholders as a class, subject to deduction from any such claims of the amounts of any claims filed by any of the Warrantholders themselves if and to the extent permitted hereunder, for any proof of debt, amendment of proof of debt, claim, petition or other document in any such proceedings and to receive payment of any sums becoming distributable on account thereof, and to execute any such other papers and documents and to do and perform any and all such acts and things for and on behalf of the Warrantholders, as may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Trustee, in order to have the respective claims of the Trustee and of the Warrantholders against the Corporation or its property allowed in any such proceeding, and to receive payment of or on account of such claims; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Indenture shall be deemed to give the Trustee, unless so authorized by extraordinary resolution (as provided in Section 7.11), any right to accept or consent to any plan of reorganization or otherwise by action of any character in such proceeding to waive or change in any way any right of any Warrantholder. |
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(d) | The Trustee shall also have the power, but not the obligation, at any time and from time to time to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may be advised shall be necessary or advisable to preserve and protect its interests and the interests of the Warrantholders. | ||
(e) | Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee may be brought in the name of the Trustee as Trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the rateable benefit of the Warrantholders subject to provisions of this Indenture. In any proceeding brought by the Trustee (and also any proceeding in which a declaratory judgment of a court may be sought as to the interpretation or construction of any provision of this Indenture, to which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Warrantholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Warrantholders parties to any such proceeding. |
6.2 | Suits by the Corporation |
6.3 | Limitation of Liability |
6.4 | Waiver of Default |
(a) | the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the Warrants then outstanding shall have power (in addition to the powers exercisable by extraordinary resolution as provided in Section 7.10) by requisition in writing to instruct the Trustee to waive any default hereunder and the Trustee shall thereupon waive the default upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed in such requisition; or | ||
(b) | the Trustee shall have power to waive any default hereunder upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee may deem advisable, if, in the Trustees opinion, the same shall have been cured or adequate provision made therefor; |
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Meetings Of Warrantholders
7.1 | Right to Convene Meetings |
7.2 | Notice |
7.3 | Chairman |
7.4 | Quorum |
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7.5 | Power to Adjourn |
7.6 | Show of Hands |
7.7 | Poll and Voting |
7.8 | Regulations |
(a) | the setting of the record date for a meeting for the purpose of determining Warrantholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting; | ||
(b) | for Warrantholders to appoint a proxy or proxies to represent them and vote for them at any such meeting (and any adjournment thereof) and the manner in which same is to be executed, and for the production of the authority of any persons signing on behalf of the Warrantholder appointing them; |
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(c) | the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at such place and time as the Trustee, the Corporation or the Warrantholders convening the meeting, as the case may be, may in the notice convening the meeting direct; | ||
(d) | the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at some approved place or places other than the place at which the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such instruments appointing proxies to be mailed or sent by facsimile before the meeting to the Corporation or to the Trustee 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; | ||
(e) | the form of the instrument of proxy or the manner in which it must be executed; and | ||
(f) | generally for the calling of meetings of Warrantholders and the conduct of business thereat. |
7.9 | Corporation and Trustee May be Represented |
7.10 | Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution |
(a) | to agree to any modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise or arrangement of the rights of Warrantholders or, subject to the consent of the Trustee, the Trustee in its capacity as trustee hereunder or on behalf of the Warrantholders against the Corporation whether such rights arise under this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates or otherwise; | ||
(b) | to amend, alter or repeal any extraordinary resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Warrantholders; | ||
(c) | to direct or to authorize the Trustee to enforce any of the covenants on the part of the Corporation contained in this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates 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, and to direct the Trustee to waive, any default on the part of the Corporation in complying with any provisions of this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates either unconditionally or upon any conditions specified in such extraordinary resolution; |
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(e) | to restrain any Warrantholder from taking or instituting any suit, action or proceeding against the Corporation for the enforcement of any of the covenants on the part of the Corporation in this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates 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 to discontinue or otherwise to deal with the same 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 the Warrant Certificates and this Indenture or any ancillary or supplemental instrument which may be agreed to by the Corporation, and to authorize the Trustee to concur in and execute any ancillary or supplemental indenture embodying the change or omission; | ||
(h) | with the consent of the Corporation, to remove the Trustee or its successor in office and to appoint a new trustee or trustees to take the place of the Trustee so removed; and | ||
(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 shares or other securities of the Corporation. |
7.11 | Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution |
(a) | The expression extraordinary resolution when used in this Indenture means, subject as hereinafter provided in this Section 7.11 and in Section 7.14, 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 Warrantholders representing at least 10% of the then outstanding Warrants and passed by the affirmative votes of Warrantholders representing not less than 66 2/3% of the then outstanding Warrants represented at the meeting and voted on the poll upon such resolution. | ||
(b) | If, at the meeting at which an extraordinary resolution is to be considered, Warrantholders entitled to acquire at least 10% of the then outstanding Warrants are not present in person or by proxy within 30 minutes 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 15 or more than 60 days later, and to such place and time as may be appointed by the chairman. Not less than five days prior notice shall be given of the time and place of such adjourned meeting in the manner provided for in Section 10.2. Such notice shall state that at the adjourned meeting the Warrantholders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum but it shall not be necessary to set forth the purposes for which the meeting was originally called or any other particulars. At the adjourned meeting, the Warrantholders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened and a resolution proposed at such adjourned meeting and passed by the requisite vote as provided in subsection 7.11(a) shall be an extraordinary resolution within the meaning of this Indenture notwithstanding that Warrantholders representing at least 10% of the then outstanding Warrants are not present in person or by proxy at such adjourned meeting. |
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(c) | 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 |
7.13 | Minutes |
7.14 | Instruments in Writing |
7.15 | Binding Effect of Resolutions |
7.16 | Holdings by Corporation Disregarded |
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Supplemental Indentures
8.1 | Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes |
(a) | setting forth any adjustments resulting from the application of the provisions of Article 4; | ||
(b) | adding to the provisions hereof such additional covenants and enforcement provisions as, in the opinion of Counsel, are necessary or advisable in the premises, provided that the same are not in the opinion of the Trustee relying on the advice of Counsel, prejudicial to the interests of the Warrantholders; | ||
(c) | giving effect to any extraordinary resolution passed as provided in Article 7; | ||
(d) | making such provisions not inconsistent with this Indenture as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining a listing or quotation of the Warrants on any stock exchange, provided that such provisions are not, in the opinion of the Trustee relying on the advice of Counsel, prejudicial to the interests of the Warrantholders; | ||
(e) | modifying any of the provisions of this Indenture, including relieving the Corporation from any of the obligations, conditions or restrictions herein contained, provided that such modification or relief shall be or become operative or effective only if, in the opinion of the Trustee relying on the advice of Counsel, such modification or relief in no way prejudices any of the rights of the Warrantholders or of the Trustee, and provided further that the Trustee may in its sole discretion decline to enter into any such supplemental indenture which in its opinion may not afford adequate protection to the Trustee when the same shall become operative; and | ||
(f) | for any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, including the correction or rectification of any ambiguities, defective or inconsistent provisions, errors, mistakes or omissions herein, provided that in the opinion of the Trustee relying on the advice of Counsel the rights of the Trustee and of the Warrantholders are in no way prejudiced thereby. |
8.2 | Successor Corporations |
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Concerning The Trustee
9.1 | Trust Indenture Legislation |
(a) | If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a mandatory requirement of any legislation applicable to this Indenture, such mandatory requirement shall prevail. | ||
(b) | The Corporation and the Trustee 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 benefits of all legislation applicable to this Indenture. |
9.2 | Rights and Duties of Trustee |
(a) | In the exercise of the rights and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee shall exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent trustee would exercise in comparable circumstances. Except in the event of a breach of such standard of care, the Trustee, its directors, officers, employees, shareholders and agents shall not be liable for any action taken in good faith in reliance on any documents that are, prima facie, properly executed; for the loss or disposition of monies; or for any other action or failure to act by the Trustee, including, without limitation, the failure to compel in any way any former trustee to redress any breach of trust. If the Trustee has retained an appropriate expert or advisor with respect to any matter connected with its duties under this indenture, the Trustee may act or refuse to act based on the advice of such expert or advisor and, notwithstanding any provision of the indenture, including, without limitation, the standard of care, diligence and skill set out in this Section 9.2, the Trustee shall not be liable for any action or refusal to act based on the advice of any such expert or advisor which it is reasonable to conclude is within the expertise of such expert or advisor to give. | ||
(b) | Subject to the standard of care set forth in this Section 9.2, none of the Trustee, any officer, director, shareholder, employee or agent thereof shall be subject to any liability whatsoever in tort, contract or otherwise, in connection with the affairs of the Corporation or any other person for anything done or permitted to be done by the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be subject to any personal liability for any debts, liabilities, obligations, claims, demands, judgments, costs, charges or expenses arising out of anything done or permitted or omitted to be done in respect of the execution of the duties of the office of the Trustee. No property or assets of the Trustee, owned in its personal capacity or otherwise, will be subject to any levy, execution or other enforcement procedure with regard to any obligations under this indenture or under any other related agreements. No recourse may be had or taken, directly or indirectly, against the Trustee in its personal capacity. | ||
(c) | The obligation of the Trustee to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing any rights of the Trustee or the Warrantholders hereunder shall |
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be conditional upon the Warrantholders furnishing, when required by notice by the Trustee, sufficient funds to commence or to continue such act, action or proceeding and an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to protect and to hold harmless the Trustee 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 Trustee to expend or to risk its own funds or otherwise to incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless indemnified as aforesaid. | |||
(d) | The Trustee may, before commencing or at any time during the continuance of any such act, action or proceeding, require the Warrantholders, at whose instance it is acting, to deposit with the Trustee the Warrants held by them, for which Warrants the Trustee shall issue receipts. |
9.3 | Evidence, Experts and Advisers |
(a) | In addition to the reports, certificates, opinions and other evidence required by this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee such additional evidence of compliance with any provision hereof, and in such form, as may be prescribed by any legislation applicable to this Indenture or as the Trustee may reasonably require by written notice to the Corporation. | ||
(b) | In the exercise of its rights and duties hereunder, the Trustee may, if it is acting in good faith, rely as to the truth of the statements and the accuracy of the opinions expressed in statutory declarations, opinions, reports, written requests, consents, or orders of the Corporation, certificates of the Corporation or other evidence furnished to the Trustee pursuant to a request of the Trustee or otherwise pursuant hereto, provided that such evidence complies with all legislation applicable to this Indenture and that the Trustee complies with such legislation and that the Trustee examines such evidence and determines that such evidence complies with the applicable requirements of this Indenture. | ||
(c) | Whenever it is provided in this Indenture or under any legislation applicable to this Indenture that the Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee resolutions, certificates, reports, opinions, requests, orders or other documents, it is intended that the truth, accuracy and good faith on the effective date thereof and the facts and opinions stated in all such documents so deposited shall, in each and every such case, be conditions precedent to the right of the Corporation to have the Trustee take the action to be based thereon. | ||
(d) | Proof of the execution of an instrument in writing, including a Warrantholders Request, by any Warrantholder may be made by the certificate of a notary public or other officer with similar powers, that the person signing such instrument acknowledged to it the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution or in any other manner which the Trustee may consider adequate. | ||
(e) | The Trustee may employ or retain at the Corporations expense such Counsel, accountants, 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 |
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any Counsel, and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such experts or advisers who have been appointed with due care by the Trustee. |
9.4 | Documents, Monies, etc. Held by Trustee |
9.5 | Actions by Trustee to Protect Interest |
9.6 | Trustee Not Required to Give Security |
9.7 | Protection of Trustee |
(a) | the Trustee shall not be liable for or by reason of any statements of fact or recitals in this Indenture or in the Warrant Certificates (except the representation contained in Section 9.9 or in the certificate of the Trustee on the Warrant Certificates) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements or recitals are and shall be deemed to be made by the Corporation; | ||
(b) | nothing herein contained shall impose any obligation on the Trustee 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; | ||
(c) | the Trustee shall not be bound to give notice to any person or persons of the execution hereof; and | ||
(d) | the Trustee shall not incur any liability or responsibility whatever or be in any way responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of the Corporation to any of the covenants herein contained or of any acts of any directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of the Corporation. |
9.8 | Replacement of Trustee; Successor by Merger |
(a) | The Trustee may resign its trust and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, subject to this Section 9.8, by giving to the Corporation not less than 90 days prior notice in writing or such shorter prior notice as the Corporation may accept as sufficient. The Warrantholders by extraordinary resolution shall have power at any time to remove the existing Trustee and to appoint a new Trustee. In the event of the Trustee resigning or being removed as aforesaid or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, the Corporation shall forthwith appoint a new trustee unless a new trustee has already been appointed by the Warrantholders; failing such appointment by the Corporation, the retiring Trustee, at the Corporations expense, or any Warrantholder may apply to a justice of the Court of Queens Bench of the Province of Alberta on such notice as such justice may direct, for the appointment of a new trustee; but any new trustee so appointed by the Corporation or by the Court shall be subject to removal as aforesaid by the Warrantholders. Any new trustee appointed under any provision of this Section 9.8 shall be a corporation authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in the Province of Alberta and, if required by any legislation applicable to this Indenture for any other provinces, in such other provinces. On any such appointment the new trustee shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Trustee hereunder and there shall be immediately executed, at the expense of the Corporation, all such conveyances or other instruments as may, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, be necessary or advisable to vest the new trustee with such powers, rights, duties and responsibilities, provided that the predecessor Trustee shall have no obligation to execute any such conveyances or instruments until such time as it has received payment of all outstanding remuneration and expenses payable by the Corporation to such Trustee under this Indenture. | ||
(b) | Upon the appointment of a successor trustee, the Corporation shall promptly notify the Warrantholders thereof in the manner provided for in Section 10.2 hereof. | ||
(c) | Any corporation into or with which the Trustee may be merged or consolidated or amalgamated, or any corporation resulting therefrom to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the trust business of the Trustee shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without any further act on its part or any of the parties hereto, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor trustee under subsection 9.8(a). | ||
(d) | Any Warrant Certificates certified but not delivered by a predecessor trustee may be certified by the successor trustee in the name of the predecessor or successor trustee. |
9.9 | Conflict of Interest |
(a) | The Trustee represents to the Corporation that at the time of execution and delivery hereof no material conflict of interest exists between its role as a trustee hereunder and its role in any other capacity and agrees that in the event of a material conflict of interest arising hereafter it will, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such material conflict of interest, either eliminate the same or assign its trust hereunder to a successor trustee approved by the Corporation and meeting the requirements set forth in subsection 9.8(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 9.9(a), if any such material conflict of interest exists or hereafter shall exist, the validity and enforceability of this |
Indenture and the Warrant Certificates shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason thereof. | ||
(b) | Subject to subsection 9.9(a), the Trustee, in its personal or any other capacity, may buy, lend upon and deal in securities of the Corporation and generally may contract and enter into financial transactions with the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation without being liable to account for any profit made thereby. |
9.10 | Acceptance of Trust |
9.11 | Trustee Not to be Appointed Receiver |
9.12 | Knowledge of Trustee |
9.13 | Indemnification of Trustee |
9.14 | Trustee Not Required to Give Notice of Default |
General
10.1 | Notice to the Corporation and the Trustee |
(a) | Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any notice to be given hereunder to the Corporation or the Trustee shall be deemed to be validly given if delivered or if sent by registered letter, postage prepaid or by facsimile: | ||
If to the Corporation: |
205, 707 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3H6
If to the Trustee: |
600, 530 8 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3S8
Fax: (403)  ###-###-####
and any such notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery or facsimile if delivered or faxed (with receipt confirmed) by 4:30 p.m. (local time) on a Business Day, or otherwise on the next Business Day or, if mailed, on the 5th Business Day following the date of the postmark on such notice. | |||
(b) | The Corporation or the Trustee, as the case may be, may from time to time notify the other in the manner provided in subsection 10.1(a) 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 Corporation or the Trustee, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Indenture. | ||
(c) | If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Trustee or to the Corporation hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, such notice shall be valid and effective only if it is delivered to the named officer of the party to which it is addressed or, if it is delivered to such party at the appropriate address provided in subsection 10.1(a), by facsimile or other means of prepaid, transmitted and recorded communication. |
10.2 | Notice to Warrantholders |
(a) | Any notice to the Warrantholders under the provisions of this Indenture shall be valid and effective if delivered or if sent by ordinary post addressed to such holders at their post office addresses appearing on the register of Warrantholders maintained under this Indenture. Any such notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing is deemed to have been effectively given (and received by the Warrantholders) on the date of delivery (with receipt confirmed) if such date is a Business Day or, if mailed, five Business Days following actual posting of the notice. | ||
(b) | If, by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any notice to be given to the Warrantholders hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, such notice shall be valid and effective only if it is delivered personally to such Warrantholders or if delivered to the address for such Warrantholders contained in the register of Warrants maintained by the Trustee, by other means of prepaid transmitted and recorded communication. Accidental error or omission in giving notice or accidental failure to mail notice to any holder will not invalidate any action or proceeding founded thereon. | ||
(c) | In addition to the other requirements for notice under this Section, where a Warrantholder meeting is being convened, the Trustee or Corporation may require publication of such notice in such municipalities and filing with securities regulatory authorities, as necessary to comply with applicable legal, regulatory or stock exchange requirements. |
10.3 | Evidence of Ownership |
(a) | Upon receipt of a certificate of any bank, trust company or other depositary satisfactory to the Trustee stating that the Warrants specified therein have been deposited by a named person with such bank, trust company or other depositary and will remain so deposited until the expiry of the period specified therein and the acknowledgement by the named person of such certificate, the Corporation and the Trustee may treat the person so named as the owner, and such certificate as sufficient evidence of the ownership by such person of such Warrant during such period, for the purpose of any requisition, direction, consent, instrument or other document to be made, signed or given by the holder of the Warrant so deposited. | ||
(b) | The Corporation and the Trustee may accept as sufficient evidence of the fact and date of the signing of any requisition, direction, consent, instrument or other document by any person (i) the signature of any officer of any bank, trust company, or other depositary satisfactory to the Trustee as witness of such execution, (ii) the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded at the place where such certificate is made that the person signing acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or (iii) a satisfactory declaration of a witness of such execution. |
10.5 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
(a) | the date by which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee for exercise or destruction all Warrant Certificates theretofore certified hereunder; or | ||
(b) | 30 days after the Time of Expiry; |
10.6 | Provisions of Indenture and Warrants for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Warrantholders |
10.7 | Warrants Owned by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries Certificate to be Provided |
(a) | the names (other than the name of the Corporation) of the registered holders of Warrants which, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are owned by or held for the account of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation; and | ||
(b) | the number of Warrants owned legally or beneficially by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, |
10.8 | Successors |
OILSANDS QUEST INC. | ||||
Per: | ||||
Per: | ||||
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA | ||||
Per: | ||||
Per: | ||||
UNLESS EXERCISED BEFORE 4:30 P.M. (CALGARY TIME) ON DECEMBER 5, 2009
WARRANT CERTIFICATE NUMBER | NO. OF WARRANTS |
(a) | duly completing and executing the Exercise Form attached hereto: | ||
(b) | surrendering this Warrant Certificate to Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the Trustee) at the principal office of the Trustee in the City of Calgary, Toronto or Vancouver; and | ||
(c) | remitting a certified cheque or bank draft payable to or to the order of the Corporation at par where this Warrant Certificate is so surrendered, for the aggregate purchase price of the Common Shares so subscribed for. |
Certified by: | ||||||||||||
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA | OILSANDS QUEST INC. | |||||||||||
BY | ||||||||||||
BY | | |||||||||||
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TO GLOBAL WARRANT
Date | Amount of Increase | Amount of Decrease | New Amount | Authorization | ||||
By: | |
Transferors and transferees are urged to contact legal counsel before effecting any such transfer.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to | , | |||||||
(Name in Full) | (Address) |
Warrants of Oilsands Quest Inc. registered in the name of the undersigned on the records of Computershare Trust | ||||
Signature Guaranteed | Signature of Warrantholder or Authorized Representative | |
Name of Warrantholder | ||
Name and Title of Authorized Representative |
1. | Signature of the Warrantholder must be the signature of the person appearing on the face of this Warrant Certificate. | |
2. | If the Transfer Form is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, curator, guardian, attorney, director, or officer of a corporation or any person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the certificate must be accompanied by evidence of authority to sign satisfactory to the Trustee and the Corporation. | |
3. | The signature on the Transfer Form must be guaranteed by a Canadian Schedule 1 chartered bank, a major trust company in Canada, or a member of the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (STAMP), a member of the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or a member of the New York Stock Exchange Inc. Medallion Signature Program (MSP). The guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Signature Guaranteed. | |
4. | The Warrants shall only be transferable in accordance with applicable laws. |
TO: | OILSANDS QUEST INC. | |
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA |
Name: | Address in full: | |||||||||||
(print clearly) | ||||||||||||
Social Insurance Number: | Number of Common Shares: | |||||||||||
Signature Guaranteed | Signature of Warrantholder or Authorized Representative | |
Print full name and title if Authorized Representative | ||
Print full address | ||
o | Please check if the Common Share certificates are to be picked up at the office of the Trustee where the Warrant Certificate is surrendered or, failing this, Common Share certificates will be mailed to the address set forth above, or if no address is specified, to the address as set forth in the records of the Corporation. |
1. | The registered holder may exercise its right to receive Common Shares by completing this form and surrendering this form and the Warrant Certificate representing the Warrants being exercised, together with payment to COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA at its principal office at Vancouver, Calgary or Toronto or if by mail to the attention of the Trustee at 600, 530 8 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 3S8, Attention: Manager, Corporate Trusts. Certificates for Common Shares will be delivered or mailed as soon as practicable after the exercise of the Warrants. The rights of the registered holder hereof cease if the Warrants are not exercised by 4:30 p.m. (Calgary time) on the Expiry Date. | |
2. | The signature on the Exercise Form must be guaranteed by a Canadian Schedule 1 chartered bank, a major trust company in Canada, or a member of the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (STAMP), a member of the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or a member of the New York Stock Exchange Inc. Medallion Signature Program (MSP). The guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Signature Guaranteed. | |
3. | If the Exercise Form is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, curator, guardian, attorney, director, or officer of a corporation or any person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the certificate must be accompanied by evidence of authority to sign satisfactory to the Trustee and the Corporation. |