Swisher Hygiene Inc. Subscription Receipt Agreement with Clarus Securities, Broadband Capital, TD Securities, Equity Financial Trust, and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust (February 23, 2011)
This agreement is between Swisher Hygiene Inc., several securities and trust companies, and agents, providing for the issuance of subscription receipts. Investors who purchase these receipts are entitled to receive common shares of Swisher Hygiene Inc. if a specified acquisition closes by a set deadline. The funds from the sale of the receipts are held in escrow until the acquisition is completed. If the acquisition does not occur by the deadline, investors receive their money back with interest. The agreement outlines the roles of the parties, escrow arrangements, and procedures for issuing shares or returning funds.
Subscription Receipts
Article 1 INTERPRETATION | 2 | |||||
1.1 | Definitions | 2 | ||||
1.2 | Headings | 6 | ||||
1.3 | References | 6 | ||||
1.4 | Certain Rules of Interpretation | 7 | ||||
1.5 | Day Not a Business Day | 7 | ||||
1.6 | Applicable Law | 7 | ||||
1.7 | Conflict | 7 | ||||
1.8 | Currency | 7 | ||||
1.9 | Severability | 7 | ||||
1.10 | English Language | 7 | ||||
Article 2 ISSUE OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS | 8 | |||||
2.1 | Issue of Subscription Receipts | 8 | ||||
2.2 | Payment Acknowledgement | 8 | ||||
2.3 | Terms of Subscription Receipts | 9 | ||||
2.4 | Fractional Subscription Receipts | 10 | ||||
2.5 | Register for Subscription Receipts | 10 | ||||
2.6 | Registers Open for Inspection | 10 | ||||
2.7 | Receiptholder not a Shareholder | 10 | ||||
2.8 | Subscription Receipts to Rank Pari Passu | 10 | ||||
2.9 | Signing of Subscription Receipt Certificates | 11 | ||||
2.10 | Certification by the Subscription Receipt Agent | 11 | ||||
2.11 | Issue in Substitution for Subscription Receipt Certificates Lost, etc. | 11 | ||||
2.12 | Exchange of Subscription Receipt Certificates | 12 | ||||
2.13 | Transfer and Registration of Subscription Receipts | 12 | ||||
2.14 | Legends | 14 | ||||
2.15 | Proceeds to be Placed in Escrow | 16 | ||||
2.16 | Subscription Receipts and Trading | 16 | ||||
2.17 | Cancellation of Surrendered Subscription Receipt Certificates | 16 | ||||
Article 3 ISSUANCE OF UNDERLYING COMMON SHARES | 17 | |||||
3.1 | Notice of Acquisition | 17 | ||||
3.2 | Release of Escrowed Funds | 17 | ||||
3.3 | Issue of Underlying Common Shares | 18 | ||||
3.4 | Fractions | 18 | ||||
3.5 | Payment on Termination | 18 | ||||
3.6 | Additional Payments by the Company | 19 | ||||
Article 4 RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND COVENANTS | 19 | |||||
4.1 | Optional Purchases by the Company | 19 | ||||
4.2 | General Covenants | 20 | ||||
4.3 | Remuneration, Expenses and Indemnification | 20 | ||||
4.4 | Performance of Covenants | 21 | ||||
4.5 | Accounting | 21 | ||||
4.6 | Regulatory Matters | 22 |
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4.7 | Payments by the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent | 22 | ||||
Article 5 ADJUSTMENTS | 23 | |||||
5.1 | Definitions | 23 | ||||
5.2 | Adjustment | 23 | ||||
5.3 | Determination by the Companys Auditors | 25 | ||||
5.4 | Certificate of Adjustment | 25 | ||||
5.5 | Notice of Special Matters | 25 | ||||
5.6 | No Action after Notice | 25 | ||||
5.7 | Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment | 25 | ||||
5.8 | Protection of Subscription Receipt Agent | 26 | ||||
Article 6 INVESTMENT OF ESCROWED FUNDS | 26 | |||||
6.1 | Investment of Escrowed Funds | 26 | ||||
6.2 | Segregation of Proceeds | 27 | ||||
6.3 | Third Party Interest | 27 | ||||
Article 7 ENFORCEMENT | 27 | |||||
7.1 | Suits by Receiptholders | 27 | ||||
7.2 | Immunity of Shareholders, etc. | 28 | ||||
7.3 | Limitation of Liability | 28 | ||||
Article 8 MEETINGS OF RECEIPTHOLDERS | 28 | |||||
8.1 | Right to Convene Meetings | 28 | ||||
8.2 | Notice | 28 | ||||
8.3 | Chairperson | 29 | ||||
8.4 | Quorum | 29 | ||||
8.5 | Power to Adjourn | 29 | ||||
8.6 | Show of Hands | 29 | ||||
8.7 | Poll and Voting | 29 | ||||
8.8 | Regulations | 30 | ||||
8.9 | Company, Subscription Receipt Agent and U.S. Escrow Agent may be Represented | 31 | ||||
8.10 | Powers Exercisable by Special Resolution | 31 | ||||
8.11 | Meaning of Special Resolution | 32 | ||||
8.12 | Powers Cumulative | 33 | ||||
8.13 | Minutes | 33 | ||||
8.14 | Instruments in Writing | 33 | ||||
8.15 | Binding Effect of Resolutions | 33 | ||||
Article 9 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS | 34 | |||||
9.1 | Provision for Supplemental Agreements for Certain Purposes | 34 | ||||
Article 10 CONCERNING THE SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT AGENT AND THE U.S. ESCROW AGENT | 35 | |||||
10.1 | Rights and Duties | 35 | ||||
10.2 | Documents, etc. Held | 36 | ||||
10.3 | Actions to Protect Interest | 36 | ||||
10.4 | Not Required to Give Security | 36 |
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10.5 | Protection | 37 | ||||
10.6 | Replacement; Successor by Acquisition | 38 | ||||
10.7 | Conflict of Interest | 39 | ||||
10.8 | Acceptance of Appointment | 39 | ||||
10.9 | Not to be Appointed Receiver | 40 | ||||
10.10 | Anti-Money Laundering and Privacy | 40 | ||||
Article 11 GENERAL | 41 | |||||
11.1 | Notice | 41 | ||||
11.2 | Notice to Receiptholders | 42 | ||||
11.3 | Ownership of Subscription Receipts | 43 | ||||
11.4 | Proof of Execution of Instruments | 43 | ||||
11.5 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Agreement | 44 | ||||
11.6 | Provisions of Agreement and Subscription Receipts for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Receiptholders | 44 | ||||
11.7 | Effect of Execution | 44 | ||||
11.8 | Time of Essence | 44 | ||||
11.9 | Counterparts | 44 |
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INTERPRETATION
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | 1933 Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended; | ||
(b) | Acquisition means the acquisition of Choice Environmental Services, Inc. with and into a subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement and announced by the Company on February 14, 2011; |
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(c) | Acquisition Agreement means the agreement and plan of merger dated as of February 13, 2011 between the Company, a subsidiary of the Company and Choice Environmental Services, Inc.; | ||
(d) | Acquisition Closing Date means the date on which the proposed Acquisition is completed; | ||
(e) | Acquisition Closing Time means the time on the Acquisition Closing Date at which the Acquisition is completed; | ||
(f) | Acquisition Notice means a notice in substantially the form set forth in Schedule B hereto, executed by the Company and Clarus, on behalf of the Agents; | ||
(g) | Affiliate has the meaning set out in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions; | ||
(h) | Agency Agreement means the agency agreement dated February 23, 2011 among the Company and the Agents in respect of the Private Placement; | ||
(i) | Agents has the meaning attributed thereto in the recitals to this Agreement; | ||
(j) | Agreement means this agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof; | ||
(k) | Applicable Securities Laws means the Canadian Securities Laws and the U.S. Securities Laws; | ||
(l) | Broadband has the meaning attributed thereto in the preamble to this Agreement; | ||
(m) | Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which the principal chartered banks located in Toronto, Ontario or Charlotte, North Carolina are not open for business; | ||
(n) | Canadian Earned Interest means the interest or other income actually earned and paid on the investment of the Canadian Proceeds from the date hereof to, but not including, the earlier to occur of (i) the Acquisition Closing Date and (ii) the Termination Date; | ||
(o) | Canadian Escrowed Funds means an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Canadian Proceeds and (ii) any investments acquired from time to time with such funds, including the Canadian Earned Interest; | ||
(p) | Canadian Proceeds means the aggregate Subscription Receipt Price for the offering of Subscription Receipts from Canadian and non-U.S. resident Receiptholders; |
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(q) | Canadian Securities Laws means the securities laws, regulations, rules, rulings and orders in each of the provinces of Canada, and the notices, policies and written interpretations issued by the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada; | ||
(r) | Clarus has the meaning attributed thereto in the preamble to this Agreement; | ||
(s) | Closing Date means February 23, 2011, or such other date as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Agents as the closing date of the Private Placement; | ||
(t) | Common Shares means the shares of common stock of the Company, U.S. $0.001 par value per share and evidencing an equal undivided beneficial interest in the Company; | ||
(u) | Company has the meaning attributed thereto in the preamble to this Agreement; | ||
(v) | Designated Office means the principal stock transfer office of the Subscription Receipt Agent from time to time in Toronto, Ontario; | ||
(w) | Escrowed Agents Fee means the amount of $0.2375 per Subscription Receipt, representing the total fee payable to the Agents pursuant to the Agency Agreement; | ||
(x) | NASDAQ means the NASDAQ Global Market; | ||
(y) | Person means and includes individuals, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, joint stock companies, limited liability companies, joint ventures, associations, trusts, banks, trust companies, pension funds, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities and governments, governmental agencies and political subdivisions thereof; | ||
(z) | Private Placement means the private placement of Subscription Receipts contemplated by the Agency Agreement; | ||
(aa) | Proceeds means the Canadian Proceeds and the U.S. Proceeds; | ||
(bb) | Receiptholders or holders means the persons who are registered owners of Subscription Receipts; | ||
(cc) | Receiptholders Request means an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Receiptholders representing in the aggregate not less than 25% of the aggregate number of Subscription Receipts then outstanding, requesting the Subscription Receipt Agent to take some action or proceeding specified therein; | ||
(dd) | Shareholders means the holders from time to time of Common Shares; |
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(ee) | Special Payment means an amount per Subscription Receipt equal to the amount per Common Share of any cash dividends for which record dates have occurred during the period from and including the date hereof to the Acquisition Closing Date, if any; | ||
(ff) | Special Payment Date means the later of (i) the second Business Day following the Acquisition Closing Date and (ii) the date of payment of the relevant cash dividend on the Common Shares as determined by the board of directors of the Company; | ||
(gg) | Subscription Receipt Agent has the meaning attributed thereto in the preamble to this Agreement; | ||
(hh) | Subscription Receipt Certificate means certificates evidencing Subscription Receipts substantially in the form attached as Schedule A hereto with such appropriate insertions, deletions, substitutions and variations as may be required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement or as may be required to comply with any law or the rules of any securities exchange or as may be consistent with the terms of this Agreement and as the Company may deem necessary or desirable; | ||
(ii) | Subscription Receipt Price means $4.75 per Subscription Receipt for all Subscription Receipts issued under the Private Placement; | ||
(jj) | Subscription Receipts means the subscription receipts of the Company issued and certified hereunder and from time to time outstanding, each Subscription Receipt evidencing the rights provided for herein; | ||
(kk) | TD Securities has the meaning attributed thereto in the preamble to this Agreement; | ||
(ll) | Termination means if (i) the Company announces to the public that it no longer intends to complete the Acquisition prior to the Termination Time, (ii) the Acquisition Closing Date does not occur on or before the Termination Time or (iii) the Acquisition Agreement or any amendment has been terminated at any time prior to the Termination Time for any reason; | ||
(mm) | Termination Date means the date on which any event of Termination occurs; | ||
(nn) | Termination Payment Date means the second Business Day following the Termination Date; | ||
(oo) | Termination Time means 11:59 p.m. (Toronto time) on March 31, 2011; | ||
(pp) | TSX means the Toronto Stock Exchange; | ||
(qq) | Underlying Common Shares means the Common Shares issuable to holders of Subscription Receipts without payment of additional consideration on the Acquisition Closing Date (provided that it occurs prior to the Termination Time); |
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(rr) | United States means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States of America and the District of Columbia; | ||
(ss) | U.S. Earned Interest means the interest or other income actually earned and paid on the investment of the U.S. Proceeds from the date hereof to, but not including, the earlier to occur of (i) the Acquisition Closing Date and (ii) the Termination Date; | ||
(tt) | U.S. Escrow Agent has the meaning attributed thereto in the preamble to this Agreement; | ||
(uu) | U.S. Escrowed Funds means an amount equal to the sum of (i) the U.S. Proceeds and (ii) any investments acquired from time to time with such funds, including the U.S. Earned Interest; | ||
(vv) | U.S. Proceeds means the aggregate Subscription Receipt Price for the offering of Subscription Receipts from U.S. resident Receiptholders; | ||
(ww) | U.S. Securities Laws means all applicable securities legislation in the United States, including without limitation, the 1933 Act, the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any applicable state securities laws; and | ||
(xx) | written request of the Company, written consent of the Company, written direction of the Company and certificate of the Company means, respectively, a written request, consent, direction or certificate signed in the name of the Company by any one or more of the officers or directors of the Company and may consist of one or more instruments so executed and any other documents referred to herein which is required or contemplated to be provided or given by the Company. |
1.2 | Headings |
1.3 | References |
(a) | references to Articles, Sections and Schedules are to Articles Sections, and Schedules in this Agreement; | ||
(b) | hereto, herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof and similar expressions, without reference to a particular provision, refer to this Agreement; and |
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(c) | where the word including or includes is used in this Agreement, it means including (or includes) without limitation. |
1.4 | Certain Rules of Interpretation |
(a) | the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and | ||
(b) | references to any gender shall include references to all genders. |
1.5 | Day Not a Business Day |
1.6 | Applicable Law |
1.7 | Conflict |
1.8 | Currency |
1.9 | Severability |
1.10 | English Language |
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ISSUE OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS
2.1 | Issue of Subscription Receipts |
2.2 | Payment Acknowledgement |
(a) | The Subscription Receipt Agent hereby: |
(i) | acknowledges the receipt of Canadian Proceeds in the amount of $51,596,875 from Clarus; | ||
(ii) | confirms that the Canadian Proceeds referred to in Section 2.2(a)(i) shall be immediately deposited by the Subscription Receipt Agent in one or more interest-bearing trust accounts in accordance with Section 6.1 and, pending the Acquisition Closing Date, will be invested in accordance with Section 6.1; and | ||
(iii) | confirms that Subscription Receipt Certificates have been issued, in accordance with written directions of the Company, representing the Subscription Receipts created and issued pursuant to Section 2.1. |
(b) | The U.S. Escrow Agent hereby: |
(i) | acknowledges the receipt of U.S. Proceeds in the amount of $6,650,000; and | ||
(ii) | confirms that the U.S. Proceeds referred to in Section 2.2(b)(i) shall be immediately deposited by the U.S. Escrow Agent in one or more interest-bearing trust accounts in accordance with Section 6.1 and, pending the Acquisition Closing Date, will be invested in accordance with Section 6.1. |
(c) | The Company hereby: |
(i) | acknowledges that the amount received by the Subscription Receipt Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) and the amount received by the U.S. Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(i) represent payment in full by the Agents of the Subscription Receipt Price for an aggregate of 12,262,500 Subscription Receipts; |
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(ii) | irrevocably directs the Subscription Receipt Agent to retain the Canadian Proceeds and the U.S. Escrow Agent to retain the U.S. Proceeds, each in accordance with the terms of this Agreement pending payment of such amounts in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and | ||
(iii) | irrevocably directs the Subscription Receipt Agent, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, to certify, countersign and deliver Subscription Receipt Certificates representing an aggregate of 12,262,500 Subscription Receipts, in accordance with written directions from the Company. |
(d) | The Agents hereby: |
(i) | acknowledge receipt of the Subscription Receipt Certificates representing 12,262,500 Subscription Receipts; | ||
(ii) | irrevocably direct the Subscription Receipt Agent to retain the total amount received by the Subscription Receipt Agent in respect of 10,862,500 Subscription Receipts in accordance with the terms of this Agreement pending payment of such amount in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and | ||
(iii) | irrevocably direct the U.S. Escrow Agent to retain the total amount received by the U.S. Escrow Agent in respect of 1,400,000 Subscription Receipts in accordance with the terms of this Agreement pending payment of such amount in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
2.3 | Terms of Subscription Receipts |
(a) | if the Acquisition Closing Time occurs on or before the Termination Time: (i) at the Acquisition Closing Time, one Underlying Common Share (subject to adjustments in certain circumstances as herein provided) from the Company, and (ii) on the Special Payment Date, the Special Payment, if any, less applicable withholding taxes, if any; and | ||
(b) | if Termination occurs, on the Termination Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of the Subscription Receipt Price and a pro rata share of the Canadian Earned Interest in the case of Canadian and non-U.S. resident Receiptholders or the U.S. Earned Interest in the case of U.S. resident Receiptholders less applicable withholding taxes, if any, |
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2.4 | Fractional Subscription Receipts |
2.5 | Register for Subscription Receipts |
2.6 | Registers Open for Inspection |
2.7 | Receiptholder not a Shareholder |
2.8 | Subscription Receipts to Rank Pari Passu |
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2.9 | Signing of Subscription Receipt Certificates |
2.10 | Certification by the Subscription Receipt Agent |
(a) | No Subscription Receipt Certificate shall be issued or, if issued, shall be valid for any purpose or entitle the holder to the benefits hereof until it has been certified by manual or facsimile signature by or on behalf of the Subscription Receipt Agent, and such certification by the Subscription Receipt Agent upon any Subscription Receipt Certificate shall be conclusive evidence as against the Company that the Subscription Receipt Certificate so certified has been duly issued hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits hereof. | ||
(b) | The certification of the Subscription Receipt Agent on Subscription Receipt Certificates issued hereunder shall not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Subscription Receipt Agent as to the validity of this Agreement or the Subscription Receipt Certificates (except the due certification thereof) and the Subscription Receipt Agent shall in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Subscription Receipt Certificates or any of them or of the consideration therefor except as otherwise specified herein. The certificate by or on behalf of the Subscription Receipt Agent on Subscription Receipt Certificates shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Subscription Receipt Agent that the said Subscription Receipt Certificates have been duly certified by or on behalf of the Subscription Receipt Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. |
2.11 | Issue in Substitution for Subscription Receipt Certificates Lost, etc. |
(a) | In case any of the Subscription Receipt Certificates shall become mutilated or be lost, destroyed or stolen, the Company, subject to applicable law (including Applicable Securities Laws) and compliance with Section 2.11(b), shall issue and thereupon the Subscription Receipt Agent shall certify and deliver, a new Subscription Receipt 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 Subscription Receipt Certificate, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Subscription Receipt Certificate, and the substituted Subscription Receipt Certificate shall be in a form approved by the Subscription |
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Receipt Agent and shall be entitled to the benefits hereof and shall rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Subscription Receipt Certificates issued or to be issued hereunder. | |||
(b) | The applicant for the issue of a new Subscription Receipt Certificate pursuant to this Section 2.11 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 Company and to the Subscription Receipt Agent such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the Subscription Receipt Certificate so lost, destroyed or stolen as shall be satisfactory to the Company and to the Subscription Receipt Agent each in their sole discretion, and such applicant may also be required to furnish an indemnity or surety bond in an amount and form satisfactory to the Company and the Subscription Receipt Agent, each in their sole discretion, and shall pay the reasonable charges of the Company and the Subscription Receipt Agent in connection therewith. |
2.12 | Exchange of Subscription Receipt Certificates |
(a) | Subscription Receipt Certificates may, upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Subscription Receipt Agent, be exchanged for another Subscription Receipt Certificate(s) entitling the holder thereof to, in the aggregate, the same number of Subscription Receipts as represented by the Subscription Receipt Certificates so exchanged. | ||
(b) | Subscription Receipt Certificates may be surrendered for exchange only at the Designated Office of the Subscription Receipt Agent during regular business hours of the Subscription Receipt Agent. | ||
(c) | Except as otherwise herein provided, the Subscription Receipt Agent may charge to the holder requesting an exchange a reasonable sum for each new Subscription Receipt Certificate issued in exchange for the existing Subscription Receipt Certificate(s). Payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the Company for any and all stamp taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid shall be made by such holder as a condition precedent to such exchange. |
2.13 | Transfer and Registration of Subscription Receipts |
(a) | The Subscription Receipts may only be transferred on the register kept at the Designated Office of the Subscription Receipt Agent by the holder or its legal representatives or its attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of Subscription Receipts at the Designated Office of the Subscription Receipt Agent, the Company shall issue and thereupon the Subscription Receipt Agent shall certify and deliver a new Subscription Receipt Certificate of like tenor in the name of the designated transferee. If less than all the Subscription Receipts evidenced by the Subscription Receipt Certificate(s) so surrendered are transferred, the transferor shall be entitled to |
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receive, in the same manner, a new Subscription Receipt Certificate registered in its name evidencing the Subscription Receipts not transferred. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscription Receipts shall only be transferred upon: |
(i) | payment to the Subscription Receipt Agent of a reasonable sum for each new Subscription Receipt Certificate issued upon such transfer, and reimbursement of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the Company for any and all stamp taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid in respect of such transfer; | ||
(ii) | compliance with the legends set out in Section 2.14, and with the requirements set out in Section 2.14 for the removal of such legends, as the case may be; and | ||
(iii) | such reasonable requirements as the Subscription Receipt Agent may prescribe and as may be required by the terms of this Agreement, | ||
and all such transfers shall be duly noted in such register by the Subscription Receipt Agent. |
(b) | The Company and the Subscription Receipt Agent will deem and treat the registered owner of any Subscription Receipt as the beneficial owner thereof for all purposes and neither the Company nor the Subscription Receipt Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. | ||
(c) | The transfer register in respect of Subscription Receipts shall be closed effective as of the Acquisition Closing Time, or, as the case may be, 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Termination Date at the Designated Office. Trades settling after the Acquisition Closing Date will be completed by the delivery of Underlying Common Shares. | ||
(d) | The Subscription Receipt Agent will promptly advise the Company of any requested transfer of Subscription Receipts. The Company will be entitled, and may direct, the Subscription Receipt Agent, to refuse to recognize any transfer, or enter the name of any transferee, of any Subscription Receipts on the registers referred to in this Article 2, if the Company determines, acting reasonably, such transfer would constitute a violation of the securities laws of any jurisdiction or the rules, regulations or policies of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction, or would be contrary to the terms of this Agreement. | ||
(e) | Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and applicable law (including Applicable Securities Laws), Receiptholders shall be entitled to the rights and privileges attaching to the Subscription Receipts. Either (i) the issue of Underlying Common Shares by the Company and the payment by the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, of the applicable Special Payment, if any, each less applicable withholding taxes, if any, as provided in Section 3.2 or (ii)(A) in the case of a Canadian or non-U.S. resident |
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Receiptholder, the reimbursement of the Canadian Proceeds and the payment of the Canadian Earned Interest by the Subscription Receipt Agent, less applicable withholding taxes, if any, as provided in Section 3.5 or (B) in the case of a U.S. resident Receiptholder, the reimbursement of the U.S. Proceeds and the payment of the U.S. Earned Interest by the U.S. Escrow Agent, less applicable withholding taxes, if any, as provided in Section 3.5, all in accordance with the terms and conditions herein contained, shall discharge all responsibilities of the Company, the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent with respect to such Subscription Receipts, and none of the Company, the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be bound to inquire into the title of a Receiptholder. |
2.14 | Legends |
Each Subscription Receipt Certificate and each Subscription Receipt Certificate issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof will bear, as of the Closing Date, the following legends substantially in the following form: | |||
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY: (A) TO THE COMPANY (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT IF AVAILABLE, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (E) WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY, PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; PROVIDED THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO (C), (D) OR (E) ABOVE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, OF RECOGNIZED STANDING REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT. | |||
UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION AND CONSENTED TO BY SWISHER HYGIENE INC. AND CLARUS SECURITIES INC., THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE JUNE 24, 2011. |
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(a) | Each certificate representing Underlying Common Shares issued to Receiptholders will bear, the following legend substantially in the following form: | ||
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY: (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT IF AVAILABLE, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (E) WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY, PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; PROVIDED THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO (C), (D) OR (E) ABOVE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, OF RECOGNIZED STANDING REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT. | |||
(b) | Each certificate representing Underlying Common Shares issued to Receiptholders will bear, if issued prior to the date that is four months after the Closing Date, the following legends substantially in the following form: | ||
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (TSX); HOWEVER, THE SAID SECURITIES CANNOT BE TRADED THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE TSX SINCE THEY ARE NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SUCH SECURITIES IS NOT GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON THE TSX. | |||
UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION AND CONSENTED TO BY SWISHER HYGIENE INC. AND CLARUS SECURITIES INC., THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE JUNE 24, 2011. | |||
(c) | The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Subscription Receipts are restricted securities as defined in Rule 144 under the 1933 Act and may not be reoffered or resold, pledged or otherwise transferred except: (i) to the Company; (ii) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the 1933 Act, if available, and subject to Rule 905 of Regulation S under the 1933 |
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Act, and in compliance with applicable Canadian and provincial laws and regulations; (iii) inside the United States in accordance with (A) the exemption from registration under the 1933 Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder, if available, or (B) another exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and in compliance with applicable Canadian and provincial laws and regulations; or (iv) under an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, and in each case in accordance with any applicable state securities laws in the United States or securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction. | |||
(d) | Notwithstanding Section 2.14(a) and 2.14(b), if the Subscription Receipts are being sold pursuant to section (D) of the U.S. legend, the U.S. legend may be removed by delivery to the Companys registrar and transfer agent and the Company of an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or state securities laws. |
2.15 | Proceeds to be Placed in Escrow |
2.16 | Subscription Receipts and Trading |
2.17 | Cancellation of Surrendered Subscription Receipt Certificates |
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ISSUANCE OF UNDERLYING COMMON SHARES
3.1 | Notice of Acquisition |
3.2 | Release of Escrowed Funds |
(a) | Upon delivery of the Acquisition Notice pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company shall: |
(i) | be deemed to have instructed the Subscription Receipt Agent to pay, promptly after the Acquisition Closing Time, from the Canadian Escrowed Funds to Clarus, on behalf of the Agents, the Escrowed Agents Fee and an additional amount to be confirmed by the Company in the notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 (representing the amount of expenses reimbursable to the Agents by the Company pursuant to the Agency Agreement), and Clarus shall upon receipt thereof give the Company and the Subscription Receipt Agent a final receipt therefor on behalf of the Agents; | ||
(ii) | be deemed to have instructed the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent to pay, on the Special Payment Date, from the Canadian Escrowed Funds and the U.S. Escrowed Funds, as applicable, to the holders an amount equal to the Special Payment; | ||
(iii) | be entitled to receive from the Subscription Receipt Agent, the Canadian Escrowed Funds less any amount to be paid by the Subscription Receipt Agent pursuant to Sections 3.2(a)(i) and 3.2(a)(ii); and | ||
(iv) | be entitled to receive from the U.S. Escrow Agent, the U.S. Escrowed Funds less any amount to be paid by the U.S. Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(ii). |
(b) | The Subscription Receipt Agent shall (i) deliver the funds referred to in Section 3.2(a)(iii) to or at the direction of the Company forthwith upon the delivery of the notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.1, (ii) promptly after the Acquisition Closing Time, deliver or cause to be delivered to Clarus the amount referred to in Section 3.2(a)(i) and (iii) on the Special Payment Date, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Canadian and non-U.S. resident holders the amount referred to in Section 3.2(a)(ii). |
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(c) | The U.S. Escrow Agent shall (i) deliver the funds referred to in Section 3.2(a)(iv) to or at the direction of the Company forthwith upon the delivery of the notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 and (ii) on the Special Payment Date, deliver or cause to be delivered to the U.S. resident holders the amount referred to in Section 3.2(a)(ii). |
3.3 | Issue of Underlying Common Shares |
(a) | If the Acquisition Closing Time occurs on or before the Termination Time and the notice required by Section 3.1 has been delivered, the Underlying Common Shares shall be, and shall be deemed to be, automatically issued at the Acquisition Closing Time to the Receiptholders, and each Receiptholder shall automatically receive, without the surrender of the Subscription Receipt Certificate or payment of any additional consideration, one Underlying Common Share for each Subscription Receipt (subject to adjustments in certain circumstances as herein provided) held by such Receiptholder, and such Receiptholder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Underlying Common Shares at the Acquisition Closing Time. | ||
(b) | Effective immediately after the Underlying Common Shares have been, or have been deemed to be, issued as contemplated by this Section 3.3, the Subscription Receipts relating thereto shall be void and of no value or effect. |
3.4 | Fractions |
3.5 | Payment on Termination |
(a) | If Termination occurs, the Company shall forthwith notify the Agents, the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent in writing and shall issue a press release setting forth the Termination Date. | ||
(b) | If Termination occurs, the subscription evidenced by each Subscription Receipt shall be automatically terminated and cancelled, without any further action, and: |
(i) | each Canadian and non-U.S. resident holder of record as of 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Termination Date shall be entitled to receive from the Subscription Receipt Agent, from and after the Termination Date, but no earlier than on the Termination Payment Date, a cheque in the aggregate amount of (A) the Subscription Receipt Price in respect of each of such holders Subscription Receipts and (B) such holders pro rata share of the Canadian Earned Interest, less applicable withholding taxes, if |
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any. The amount paid to each holder under this Section 3.5(b)(i) shall be satisfied from the Canadian Escrowed Funds; and | |||
(ii) | each U.S. resident holder of record as of 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Termination Date shall be entitled to receive from the U.S. Escrow Agent, from and after the Termination Date, a cheque in the aggregate amount of (A) the Subscription Receipt Price in respect of each of such holders Subscription Receipts and (ii) such holders pro rata share of the U.S. Earned Interest, less applicable withholding taxes, if any. The amount paid to each holder under this Section 3.5(b)(ii) shall be satisfied from the U.S. Escrowed Funds. |
(c) | The obligation to make the payment of the amount specified in Section 3.5(b) shall be satisfied by mailing payment by cheque payable to the holders at each holders registered address. If by reason of a strike, lockout or other work stoppage, actual or threatened, involving postal employees, any payment to be given to the holders hereunder could reasonably be considered unlikely to reach its destination, each payment shall be considered as delivered only if it is delivered to the holders to whom it is addressed or by other means of prepaid mail. | ||
(d) | Upon the mailing or delivery of any cheque as provided in Section 3.5(c) (and provided such cheque has been honoured for payment, if presented for payment within six months of the date thereof), all rights evidenced by the Subscription Receipts relating thereto shall be satisfied and such Subscription Receipts shall be void and of no value or effect. |
3.6 | Additional Payments by the Company |
The Company shall, no later than two Business Days before the date upon which any amount is required to be paid pursuant to this Article 3, pay by way of same day valued wire transfer to the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent any shortfall on any such amount as will be sufficient to allow the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent to pay in full, within the prescribed delays, the amounts required to be paid under this Article 3. |
RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND COVENANTS
4.1 | Optional Purchases by the Company |
Subject to compliance with applicable law (including Applicable Securities Laws), the Company may from time to time purchase by private contract or otherwise any of the Subscription Receipts. Any such purchase shall be made on such terms and conditions as the parties in their sole discretion may determine. The Subscription Receipt Certificates representing the Subscription Receipts so purchased shall forthwith be surrendered to, and cancelled by, the Subscription Receipt Agent in compliance with Section 2.17. |
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4.2 | General Covenants |
(a) | The Company covenants with the Subscription Receipt Agent, the U.S. Escrow Agent and the Agents that so long as any Subscription Receipts remain outstanding: |
(i) | it will promptly comply with all filing and other requirements under all U.S. Securities Laws and Canadian Securities Laws, including those necessary to remain a reporting issuer not in default in each of the provinces of Canada in which it is currently a reporting issuer; | ||
(ii) | it will announce by press release the Acquisition Closing Date or the Termination Date, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions hereof; | ||
(iii) | it will perform and carry out all of the acts or things to be done by it as provided in this Agreement; | ||
(iv) | it will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Common Shares for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy its obligations to issue Underlying Common Shares pursuant to the Subscription Receipts; | ||
(v) | it will cause the Underlying Common Shares to be duly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares and delivered in accordance with the Subscription Receipts and the terms hereof; | ||
(vi) | with respect to any notices to be given or other acts to be performed or which may be given or performed by Clarus and any other Agents under or pursuant to this Agreement (including the Acquisition Notice contemplated by Section 3.1), it will provide to Clarus in a timely manner all such information and documents as the Agents (or any of them) may reasonably request and is within the knowledge or control of the Company in order to verify the factual circumstances relating to such notices or acts and, if requested, such information shall be certified correct by the Company; and | ||
(vii) | it will use its best efforts to ensure that the Underlying Common Shares, upon issuance, are listed and posted for trading on the TSX and the NASDAQ. |
4.3 | Remuneration, Expenses and Indemnification |
(a) | The Company covenants that it will pay to each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent from time to time reasonable remuneration for its services hereunder and will pay or reimburse each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, in the administration or execution of this |
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Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the disbursements of its counsel and all other advisers and assistants not regularly in its employ) both before any default hereunder and thereafter until all duties of each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent hereunder shall be finally and fully performed, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise out of or result from the Subscription Receipt Agents or the U.S. Escrow Agents, as applicable, gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Any amount owing hereunder and remaining unpaid after 30 days from the invoice date will bear interest at the then current rate charged by the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, against unpaid invoices and shall be payable on demand. |
(b) | The Company hereby indemnifies and saves harmless the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all liabilities, losses, costs, claims, actions or demands whatsoever which may be brought against the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent or which it may suffer or incur as a result or arising out of the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, save only in the event of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable. It is understood and agreed that this indemnification shall survive the termination or the discharge of this Agreement or the resignation or replacement of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable. |
4.4 | Performance of Covenants |
(a) | The Subscription Receipt Agent shall maintain accurate books, records and accounts of the transactions effected or controlled by the Subscription Receipt Agent hereunder and the receipt, investment, reinvestment and disbursement of the Canadian Escrowed Funds, and shall provide to the Company and the Agents records and statements thereof periodically upon written request. |
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(b) | The U.S. Escrow Agent shall maintain accurate books, records and accounts of the transactions effected or controlled by the U.S. Escrow Agent hereunder and the receipt, investment, reinvestment and disbursement of the U.S. Escrowed Funds, and shall provide to the Company and the Agents records and statements thereof periodically upon written request. | ||
(c) | The Company shall have the right to audit any such books, records, accounts and statements. |
4.6 | Regulatory Matters |
4.7 | Payments by the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent |
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ADJUSTMENTS
5.1 | Definitions |
5.2 | Adjustment |
(a) | If, at any time after the issuance of the Subscription Receipts and before the Acquisition Closing Time, the Company: |
(i) | subdivides its outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares, or | ||
(ii) | consolidates its outstanding Common Shares into a lesser number of Common Shares, |
(any of such events in paragraphs (i) and (ii) being a Common Share Reorganization), then the number of Underlying Common Shares with respect to each Subscription Receipt will be adjusted as of the record date at which the holders of Common Shares are determined for the purpose of the Common Share Reorganization by multiplying the number of Underlying Common Shares obtainable immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of Common Shares outstanding on the record date after giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization and the denominator of which will be the number of Common Shares outstanding on the record date before giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization. | |||
(b) | If, at any time after the issuance of the Subscription Receipts and before the Acquisition Closing Time, there is a reclassification of Common Shares at any time outstanding or a change of the Common Shares into other securities or property (other than a Common Share Reorganization), or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or acquisition of the Company with or into any corporation or other entity (other than a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or Acquisition that does not result in any reclassification of the outstanding Common Shares or a change of the Common Shares into other securities or property), or a transfer of the undertakings or assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another entity, or a record date for any of the foregoing events occurs, (any of such events being a Capital Reorganization), any holder entitled to acquire Underlying Common Shares after the record date or effective date of such Capital Reorganization will be entitled to receive, and shall accept in lieu of the number of Underlying Common Shares to which such holder was theretofore entitled, the aggregate number of |
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other securities or other property which such holder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such Capital Reorganization if, on the effective date of such Capital Reorganization, the holder had been the registered holder of the number of Underlying Common Shares to which such holder was then entitled with respect to the Subscription Receipts subject to adjustment thereafter in accordance with provisions the same, as nearly as may be possible, as those contained in Section 5.2, provided however, that no such Capital Reorganization will be carried into effect unless all necessary steps have been taken to so entitle the holders. If determined appropriate by the Company, acting reasonably, appropriate adjustments will be made as a result of any such Capital Reorganization in the application of the provisions set forth in this Article 5 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders to the end that the provisions set forth in this Article 5 will thereafter correspondingly be made applicable as nearly as may be reasonable in relation to any other securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of any Subscription Receipt. Any such adjustments will be made by and set forth in terms and conditions supplemental to this agreement approved by the Company, acting reasonably and absent manifest error, and will for all purposes be conclusively deemed to be the appropriate adjustment. | |||
(c) | If at any time after the issuance of the Subscription Receipts and prior to the Acquisition Closing Time, the Company issues or distributes to the holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common Shares, cash or securities of the Company, including rights, options or warrants to acquire Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares or property or assets, including evidences of indebtedness, other than as a result of a Common Share Reorganization or a Capital Reorganization, or a record date for any of the foregoing events occurs, the holders will be entitled to receive, and will receive, in addition to the number of Underlying Common Shares to which such holder was theretofore entitled, the kind and amount of Common Shares, cash or other securities or property or assets which result from such issue or distribution as if, on the record date at which holders of Common Shares are determined for the purpose of such distribution, such holder had been the registered holder of the number of Underlying Common Shares to which the holder was theretofore entitled. Any such transfer will be subject to approval of the TSX and NASDAQ, if required. | ||
(d) | The adjustments provided for in this Section 5.2 are cumulative and shall apply to successive subdivisions, consolidations, changes, distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this Section 5.2. | ||
(e) | In case the Company, after the date hereof, shall take any action affecting the Common Shares, other than the actions described in this Section 5.2, which, in the reasonable opinion of the directors of the Company, would materially affect the rights of the Receiptholders and/or the rights attaching to the Subscription Receipts, then the number of Underlying Common Shares which are to be received pursuant to the Subscription Receipts shall be adjusted in such manner, if |
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any, and at such time as the directors of the Company may reasonably determine to be equitable to the Receiptholders in such circumstances. |
5.3 | Determination by the Companys Auditors |
5.4 | Certificate of Adjustment |
5.5 | Notice of Special Matters |
5.6 | No Action after Notice |
5.7 | Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment |
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5.8 | Protection of Subscription Receipt Agent |
(a) | shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Receiptholder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment contemplated by this Article 5, 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; | ||
(b) | shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Shares or 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 Subscription Receipt; | ||
(c) | shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver Common Shares or certificates for the same upon the surrender of any Subscription Receipt Certificates for the purpose of the exercise of such rights or to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Article 5; | ||
(d) | 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 Company of any of the representations, warranties or covenants herein contained or of any acts of the directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of the Company; and | ||
(e) | shall be entitled to act and rely upon the certificates or adjustment calculations of the Company and the auditor of the Company and any other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 5.4, without verification or liability. |
INVESTMENT OF ESCROWED FUNDS
6.1 | Investment of Escrowed Funds |
(a) | Until released in accordance with this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agent shall hold, invest and reinvest the Canadian Escrowed Funds on behalf of the Receiptholders and the Company in short-term interest bearing or discount debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada, as directed in writing by the Company. Such direction to the Subscription Receipt Agent shall be provided by the Company no later than 9:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the day on which the investment is to be made. Any direction received by the Subscription Receipt Agent after 9:00 a.m. or on a day which is not a Business Day, shall be deemed to have been given prior to 9:00 a.m. on the next Business Day. If, at any time, the Canadian Escrowed Funds include cash that is not invested and the Company has not provided directions to the Subscription Receipt Agent to invest such cash, the Subscription Receipt Agent shall deposit all such uninvested cash in an account, a term deposit or guaranteed investment certificates of the Subscription Receipt Agent or a Canadian chartered bank, having either no fixed term or no irrevocable term and which pays interest on the daily balance. The |
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Subscription Receipt Agent shall have no liability with respect to any loss in value of investments as permitted to be made hereunder. In making any payment, the Subscription Receipt Agent shall not be liable for any loss sustained from early termination of an investment if such termination is required to make a payment hereunder. | |||
(b) | Until released in accordance with this Agreement, the U.S. Escrow Agent shall hold the U.S. Escrowed Funds on behalf of the Receiptholders and the Company in an interest bearing checking account established at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A., Toronto Branch. The U.S. Escrow Agent shall have no liability with respect to any loss in value of investments as permitted to be made hereunder. In making any payment, the U.S. Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss sustained from early termination of an investment if such termination is required to make a payment hereunder. |
6.2 | Segregation of Proceeds |
(a) | The Canadian Escrowed Funds received by the Subscription Receipt Agent and any securities or other instruments received by the Subscription Receipt Agent upon the investment or reinvestment of such Canadian Escrowed Funds, shall be received as agent for, and shall be segregated and kept apart by the Subscription Receipt Agent as agent for, the Canadian and non-U.S. Receiptholders and the Company. | ||
(b) | The U.S. Escrowed Funds received by the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be received as agent for, and shall be segregated and kept apart by the U.S. Escrow Agent as agent for, the U.S. Receiptholders and the Company. It is understood and agreed that the U.S. Escrow Agents only responsibility under this Section 6.2(b) is to maintain the U.S. Escrowed Funds in an interest bearing checking account established at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch. |
6.3 | Third Party Interest |
ENFORCEMENT
7.1 | Suits by Receiptholders |
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7.2 | Immunity of Shareholders, etc. |
7.3 | Limitation of Liability |
MEETINGS OF RECEIPTHOLDERS
8.1 | Right to Convene Meetings |
8.2 | Notice |
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8.3 | Chairperson |
8.4 | Quorum |
8.5 | Power to Adjourn |
8.6 | Show of Hands |
8.7 | Poll and Voting |
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8.8 | Regulations |
(a) | the setting of the record date for a meeting of holders of Subscription Receipts for the purpose of determining Receiptholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at such meeting; | ||
(b) | the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at such place and time as the Subscription Receipt Agent, the Company or the Receiptholders, convening the meeting, as the case may be, may in the notice convening the meeting direct; | ||
(c) | 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 telecopied before the meeting to the Company or to the Subscription Receipt Agent at the place where the same is to be held and for the voting of proxies so deposited as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting; | ||
(d) | the form of the instrument of proxy and the manner in which the instrument of proxy must be executed; and | ||
(e) | generally for the calling of meetings of Receiptholders and the conduct of business thereat. |
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8.9 | Company, Subscription Receipt Agent and U.S. Escrow Agent may be Represented |
8.10 | Powers Exercisable by Special Resolution |
(a) | to agree to any modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise or arrangement of the rights of Receiptholders or, subject to the consent of the Subscription Receipt Agent, the Subscription Receipt Agent, against the Company or against its undertaking, property and assets or any part thereof whether such rights arise under this Agreement or the Subscription Receipt Certificates or otherwise; | ||
(b) | to amend, alter or repeal any special resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Receiptholders; | ||
(c) | to direct or to authorize the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, to enforce any of the covenants on the part of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Subscription Receipt Certificates or to enforce any of the rights of the Receiptholders in any manner specified in such special resolution or to refrain from enforcing any such covenant or right; | ||
(d) | to waive, and to direct the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, to waive, any default on the part of the Company in complying with any provisions of this Agreement or the Subscription Receipt Certificates either unconditionally or upon any conditions specified in such special resolution; | ||
(e) | to restrain any Receiptholder from taking or instituting any suit, action or proceeding against the Company for the enforcement of any of the covenants on the part of the Company in this Agreement or the Subscription Receipt Certificates or to enforce any of the rights of the Receiptholders; | ||
(f) | to direct any Receiptholder 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 Receiptholder in connection therewith; | ||
(g) | to assent to any modification of, change in or omission from the provisions contained in the Subscription Receipt Certificates and this Agreement or any ancillary or supplemental instrument which may be agreed to by the Company, |
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and to authorize the Subscription Receipt Agent to concur in and execute any ancillary or supplemental agreement embodying the change or omission; | |||
(h) | with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), to remove the Subscription Receipt Agent or its successor in office and to appoint a new subscription receipt agent to take the place of the Subscription Receipt Agent 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 any Common Shares or other securities of the Company. |
8.11 | Meaning of Special Resolution |
(a) | The expression special resolution when used in this Agreement means, subject as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.11 and in Section 8.14, a resolution proposed at a meeting of Receiptholders duly convened for that purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article 8 at which two or more Receiptholders are present in person either holding personally or representing as proxies not less in aggregate than 25% of the number of Subscription Receipts then outstanding and passed by the affirmative votes of Receiptholders holding more than 662/3% of the Subscription Receipts represented at the meeting and voted on a poll upon such resolution. | ||
(b) | Notwithstanding Section 8.11(a), if, at any meeting called for the purpose of passing a special resolution, at least two Receiptholders holding not less in aggregate than 25% of the then outstanding Subscription Receipts are not present in person or by proxy within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, then the meeting, if convened by Receiptholders or on a Receiptholders Request, shall be dissolved; but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to such day, being not less than 21 nor more than 60 days later, and to such place and time as may be determined by the chairperson. Not less than 10 days prior notice shall be given of the time and place of such adjourned meeting in the manner provided for in Section 11.2. It shall not be necessary for such notice to set forth the purposes for which the meeting was originally called or any other particulars. At the adjourned meeting: |
(i) | if the special resolution purports to exercise any of the powers conferred pursuant to Sections 8.10(a), 8.10(d) or 8.10(i), or purports to change the provisions of this Section 8.11 or of Section 8.14 or purports to amend, alter or repeal any special resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Receiptholders in exercise of the powers referred to in this paragraph, a quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of Receiptholders holding more than 25% of the then outstanding Subscription Receipts present in person or by proxy; and |
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(ii) | in any other case, a quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of such Receiptholders as are present in person or by proxy. |
(c) | Votes on a special resolution shall always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll on a special resolution shall be necessary. |
8.12 | Powers Cumulative |
8.13 | Minutes |
8.14 | Instruments in Writing |
8.15 | Binding Effect of Resolutions |
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SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS
9.1 | Provision for Supplemental Agreements for Certain Purposes |
(a) | adding to the provisions hereof such additional covenants and enforcement provisions as, in the opinion of counsel, are necessary or advisable in the premises, provided that the same are not in the opinion of the Subscription Receipt Agent relying on counsel, prejudicial to the interests of the Receiptholders; | ||
(b) | giving effect to any special resolution passed as provided in Article 8; | ||
(c) | making such provisions not inconsistent with this Agreement as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder, provided that such provisions are not, in the opinion of the Subscription Receipt Agent, relying on counsel, prejudicial to the interests of the Receiptholders; | ||
(d) | adding to or altering the provisions hereof in respect of the transfer of Subscription Receipts, making provision for the exchange of Subscription Receipt Certificates, and making any modification in the form of the Subscription Receipt Certificates which does not affect the substance thereof; | ||
(e) | modifying any of the provisions of this Agreement, including relieving the Company 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 Subscription Receipt Agent relying on counsel, such modification or relief in no way prejudices any of the rights of the Receiptholders or of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, and provided further that each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent may in its sole discretion decline to enter into any such supplemental agreement which in its opinion may not afford adequate protection to the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, when the same shall become operative; and | ||
(f) | for any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the correction or rectification of any ambiguities, defective or inconsistent provisions, errors, mistakes or omissions herein, provided that in the opinion of the Subscription Receipt Agent the rights of the Subscription Receipt Agent and of the Receiptholders are in no way prejudiced thereby. |
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CONCERNING THE SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT AGENT AND THE U.S. ESCROW AGENT
10.1 | Rights and Duties |
(a) | In the exercise of the rights and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Agreement, each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent shall exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent subscription receipt agent or escrow agent, as applicable, would exercise in comparable circumstances. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, from liability for its own grossly negligent action, willful misconduct or bad faith. | ||
(b) | The obligation of the Subscription Receipt Agent to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing any rights of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the Receiptholders hereunder shall be conditional upon the Receiptholders furnishing, when required by notice by the Subscription Receipt Agent, sufficient funds to commence or to continue such act, action or proceeding and an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Subscription Receipt Agent to protect and to hold harmless the Subscription Receipt Agent 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 Agreement shall require the Subscription Receipt Agent 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. | ||
(c) | The Subscription Receipt Agent may, before commencing or at any time during the continuance of any such act, action or proceeding, require the Receiptholders at whose instance it is acting to deposit with the Subscription Receipt Agent, the Subscription Receipts held by them, for which Subscription Receipts the Subscription Receipt Agent shall issue receipts. | ||
(d) | Every provision of this Agreement that by its terms relieves each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent of liability or entitles it to rely upon any evidence submitted to it is subject to the provisions of this Section 10.1. | ||
(e) | Neither the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent shall have any duties except those expressly set forth herein, and it shall not be bound by any notice of a claim or demand with respect to, or any waiver, modification, amendment, termination or rescission of, this Agreement, unless received by it in writing and signed by the other parties hereto and, if its duties herein are affected, unless it shall have given its prior written consent thereto. |
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(f) | Neither the Subscription Receipt Agent nor the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be responsible for ensuring that the Proceeds, as applicable, are used in the manner contemplated by the Agency Agreement. | ||
(g) | Each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent shall retain the right not to act and shall not be held liable for refusing to act unless it has received clear and reasonable documentation which complies with the terms of this Agreement, which documentation does not require the exercise of any discretion or independent judgment. | ||
(h) | Neither the Subscription Receipt Agent nor the U.S. Escrow Agent shall incur any liability whatsoever with respect to the delivery or non-delivery of any certificates whether delivered by hand, mail or any other means. | ||
(i) | Neither the Subscription Receipt Agent nor the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be responsible or liable in any manner whatsoever for the deficiency, correctness, genuineness or validity of any securities deposited with it. |
10.2 | Documents, etc. Held |
10.3 | Actions to Protect Interest |
(a) | The Subscription Receipt Agent shall have the power to institute and to maintain such actions and proceedings as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or enforce its interests and the interests of the Receiptholders. | ||
(b) | The U.S. Escrow Agent shall have the power to institute and to maintain such actions and proceedings, as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or enforce its interests. |
10.4 | Not Required to Give Security |
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10.5 | Protection |
(a) | neither the Subscription Receipt Agent nor the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be liable for or by reason of any statements of fact or recitals in this Agreement or in the Subscription Receipt Certificates (except the representation contained in Section 10.7 or in the certificate of the Subscription Receipt Agent on the Subscription Receipt Certificates) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements or recitals are and shall be deemed to be made by the Company; | ||
(b) | nothing herein contained shall impose any obligation on the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent to see to or to require evidence of the registration or filing (or renewal thereof) of this Agreement or any instrument ancillary or supplemental hereto; | ||
(c) | neither the Subscription Receipt Agent nor the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be bound to give notice to any person or persons of the execution hereof; | ||
(d) | neither the Subscription Receipt Agent nor the U.S. Escrow Agent shall incur any liability or responsibility whatever or be in any way responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of the Company of any of the covenants herein contained or of any acts of any officers, employees, agents or servants of the Company; | ||
(e) | the Company shall indemnify and save harmless the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all liabilities, losses, costs, claims, actions or demands whatsoever brought against such agent which it may suffer or incur as a result of or arising out of the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, including any and all legal fees and disbursements of whatever kind or nature, save only in the event of the grossly negligent action or the willful misconduct or bad faith of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable. It is understood and agreed that this indemnification shall survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent; | ||
(f) | the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be fully protected in acting and relying on any document, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report or notice, believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent by or on behalf of the proper party or parties or delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement as to its due execution, validity and effectiveness and as to the truth and accuracy of any information contained therein; and | ||
(g) | the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent shall not be bound to do or give any notice or take any act, action, proceeding for the enforcement of any of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement unless and until it |
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shall have received a Receiptholders Request specifying the act, action or proceeding which the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent is requested to take, nor shall the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent be required to take notice of any default hereunder, unless and until notified in writing of such default, which notice shall distinctly specify the default desired to be brought to the attention of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent and in the absence of any such notice, the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent may for all purposes of this Agreement conclusively assume that no default has been made in the observance or performance of any of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, or conditions contained herein. |
10.6 | Replacement; Successor by Acquisition |
(a) | Each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent may resign its appointment and be discharged from all other duties and liabilities hereunder, subject to this Section 10.6, by giving to the Company not less than 30 days prior notice in writing or such shorter prior notice as the Company may accept as sufficient. The Receiptholders by special resolution shall have power at any time to remove the existing Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent and to appoint a new subscription receipt or escrow agent. In the event of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, resigning or being removed as aforesaid or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, the Agents shall forthwith appoint a new subscription receipt or escrow agent unless a new subscription receipt or escrow agent has already been appointed by the Receiptholders; but any new subscription receipt or escrow agent so appointed by the Agents or by the court shall be subject to removal as aforesaid by the Receiptholders. Any new subscription receipt agent appointed under any provision of this Section 10.6 shall be a corporation authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in the Province of Ontario and, if required by the applicable legislation for any other provinces, in such other provinces. Any new escrow agent appointed under any provision of this Section 10.6 shall be a corporation authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in the United States (or a state thereof) or in the Province of Ontario and, if required by the applicable legislation for any other provinces, in such other provinces. On any such appointment the new subscription receipt or escrow agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent hereunder. At the request of the Company or the new subscription receipt or escrow agent, the retiring Subscription Receipt Agent or U.S. Escrow Agent shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the new subscription receipt or escrow agent all property and money held and all records kept by the retiring Subscription Receipt Agent or U.S. Escrow Agent hereunder or in connection herewith. |
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(b) | Upon the appointment of a successor subscription receipt or escrow agent, the Company shall promptly notify the Receiptholders thereof in the manner provided for in Article 11 hereof. | ||
(c) | Any corporation into or with which the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent may be merged or consolidated or amalgamated, or any corporation resulting therefrom to which the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be the successor to the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent 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 subscription receipt or escrow agent under Section 10.6(a). | ||
(d) | Any Subscription Receipt Certificate certified but not delivered by a predecessor Subscription Receipt Agent may be delivered by the successor subscription receipt agent in the name of the predecessor or successor Subscription Receipt Agent. |
10.7 | Conflict of Interest |
(a) | Each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent represents to the Company and the Agents that at the time of execution and delivery hereof no material conflict of interest exists between its role as a subscription receipt or escrow agent, as applicable, 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 30 days after ascertaining that it has such material conflict of interest, either eliminate the same or assign its appointment as Subscription Receipt Agent or U.S. Escrow Agent, as applicable, hereunder to a successor subscription receipt or escrow agent, as applicable, approved by the Company and meeting the requirements set forth in Section 10.6(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.7(a), if any such material conflict of interest exists or hereafter shall exist, the validity and enforceability of this Agreement and the Subscription Receipts shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason thereof. | ||
(b) | Subject to Section 10.7(a), each of the Subscription Receipt Agent and the U.S. Escrow Agent, in its personal or any other capacity, may buy, lend upon and deal in securities of the Company and generally may contract and enter into financial transactions with the Company or any affiliated entity of the Company without being liable to account for any profit made thereby. |
10.8 | Acceptance of Appointment |
(a) | The Subscription Receipt Agent hereby accepts the appointment as subscription receipt agent in this Agreement and agrees to perform its duties hereunder upon the terms and conditions herein set forth. |
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(b) | The U.S. Escrow Agent hereby accepts the appointment as U.S. escrow agent in this Agreement and agrees to perform its duties hereunder upon the terms and conditions herein set forth. |
10.9 | Not to be Appointed Receiver |
10.10 | Anti-Money Laundering and Privacy |
(a) | to provide the services required under this Agreement and other services that may be requested from time to time; | ||
(b) | to help such agent manage its servicing relationships with such individuals; and | ||
(c) | to meet such agents legal and regulatory requirements; |
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GENERAL
11.1 | Notice |
(a) | Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any notice to be given hereunder to the Company, the Agents, the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent shall be deemed to be validly given if delivered by hand courier or if transmitted by facsimile: |
(i) | if to the Company: | ||
Swisher Hygiene Inc. | |||
4725 Piedmont Row Drive, Suite 400 | |||
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 | |||
U.S.A. | |||
Attention: Tom Aucamp | |||
Facsimile: (704)  ###-###-#### |
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | |||
1 First Canadian Place | |||
Box 50 | |||
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B8 | |||
Attention: David Hanick | |||
Facsimile: (416)  ###-###-#### | |||
(ii) | if to the Agents: | ||
Clarus Securities Inc. | |||
Suite 1615, Waterfront Centre | |||
200 Burrard Street | |||
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L6 | |||
Attention: Rod Campbell | |||
Facsimile: (604)  ###-###-#### |
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Broadband Capital Management LLC | |||
712 5th Avenue | |||
22nd Floor | |||
New York, New York 10019 | |||
Attention: Erika Duckett | |||
Facsimile: (212) 702-9830 | |||
(iii) | if to the Subscription Receipt Agent: | ||
Equity Financial Trust Company | |||
200 University Avenue, Suite 400 | |||
Toronto, Ontario M5H 4H1 | |||
Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust Services | |||
Facsimile: (416)  ###-###-#### | |||
(iv) | if to the U.S. Escrow Agent: | ||
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co. | |||
17 Battery Place, 8th Floor | |||
New York, NY 10004 | |||
U.S.A. | |||
Attention: Accounting Department | |||
Facsimile: (212)  ###-###-#### |
and any such notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery or, if transmitted by facsimile on the day of confirmation of transmission by the originating facsimile or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day following the day of transmission. Accidental error or omission in giving notice or accidental failure to mail notice to any Receiptholder will not invalidate any action or proceeding founded thereon. | |||
(b) | The Company, either of the Agents, the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as the case may be, may from time to time notify the other parties to this Agreement in the manner provided in Section 11.1(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 Company, the Agents, the Subscription Receipt Agent or the U.S. Escrow Agent, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Agreement. |
11.2 | Notice to Receiptholders |
(a) | Any notice to the Receiptholders under the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid and effective if delivered or sent by letter or circular through the ordinary post addressed to such holders at their post office addresses appearing on the |
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register hereinbefore mentioned and shall be deemed to have been effectively given on the date of delivery 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 Receiptholders 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 Receiptholders or if delivered to the address for such Receiptholders contained in the register of Subscription Receipts maintained by the Subscription Receipt Agent. | ||
(c) | All notices to joint holders of any Subscription Receipt may be given to whichever one of the holders thereof is named first in the appropriate register hereinbefore mentioned, and any notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all such joint holders of the Subscription Receipt. |
11.3 | Ownership of Subscription Receipts |
11.4 | Proof of Execution of Instruments |
(a) | The Company, the Subscription Receipt Agent 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 Subscription Receipt Agent as witness of such execution, (ii) the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements 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 statutory declaration of a witness of such execution, and in respect of a corporate Receiptholder shall include a certificate of |
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incumbency together with a certified resolution authorizing the person who signed such instrument to sign such instrument. |
11.5 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Agreement |
11.6 | Provisions of Agreement and Subscription Receipts for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Receiptholders |
11.7 | Effect of Execution |
11.8 | Time of Essence |
11.9 | Counterparts |
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SWISHER HYGIENE INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Thomas Aucamp |
CLARUS SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Rod Campbell |
BROADBAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Philip Wagenheim |
TD SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Roman Gula |
EQUITY FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY | ||||
By: | /s/ Carol Mikos | |||
By: | /s/ Derrice Richards |
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO. | ||||
By: | /s/ Frank A. DiPaolo | |||
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FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT CERTIFICATE
(A corporation incorporated under and
governed by the laws of Delaware)
Number: _________ | ______________ Subscription Receipts |
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SWISHER HYGIENE INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
EQUITY FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY as Subscription Receipt Agent | |||||
By: | |||||
Authorized Signatory | |||||
Date of Countersigned: |
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TO: | EQUITY FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY (the Subscription Receipt Agent) | |
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO. (the U.S. Escrow Agent) |
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SWISHER HYGIENE INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
CLARUS SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
BROADBAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | ||||
By: | ||||
TD SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: |
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(Private Placement Shares)
SWISHER HYGIENE INC. | ||||
Per: | ||||
Director | ||||
Per: | ||||
Senior Executive Officer |
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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY: (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT IF AVAILABLE, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (E) WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY, PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; PROVIDED THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO (C), (D) OR (E) ABOVE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, OF RECOGNIZED STANDING REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT. |
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (TSX); HOWEVER, THE SAID SECURITIES CANNOT BE TRADED THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE TSX SINCE THEY ARE NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SUCH SECURITIES IS NOT GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON THE TSX. |
UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION AND CONSENTED TO BY SWISHER HYGIENE INC. AND CLARUS SECURITIES INC., THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE JUNE 24, 2011. |
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