AGENCY AGREEMENT
Effective
August 23, 2006
Red
Mile Entertainment, Inc.
4000 Bridgeway,
Suite 101
Sausalito,
California 95965
Attention:
Chester P.
Aldridge
Dear
Sirs:
Re:
Issue and Sale of
Convertible Debentures
J. F. Mackie
& Company Ltd. (the “ Agent ”)
understands that Red Mile Entertainment Inc. (the “
Corporation ”) proposes to issue and sell a
minimum of US$5 million and a maximum of up to US$10 million
principal amount senior secured convertible debentures (the "
Convertible Debentures ") of the Corporation (the
“ Offering ”). Each Convertible
Debenture will have a subscription price of US$1,000 and will be
issued pursuant to the terms of an indenture (the "
Indenture ") to be entered into between the
Corporation and Corporate Stock Transfer (the "
Trustee ") to be dated as
of the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined). The Agent further
understands that the sale of the Convertible Debentures is to be
effected in reliance upon exemptions from the prospectus and
registration requirements of the securities laws of the provinces
of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario
and certain international jurisdictions
(the " Selling Jurisdictions ").
Upon and
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Agent agrees to act
as, and the Corporation appoints the Agent as, the sole and
exclusive agent of the Corporation to offer for sale on the Closing
Date on a private placement basis the Convertible Debentures in the
Selling Jurisdictions and to use its best efforts to secure
subscriptions therefor, provided that the Agent shall be under no
obligation to purchase any of such Convertible Debentures as
principal. The Agent shall be entitled in connection with the
offering and sale of the Convertible Debentures to retain as
sub-agents other registered securities dealers and may receive (for
delivery to the Corporation at the Closing Time) subscriptions for
Convertible Debentures from other registered securities dealers.
The fee payable to such sub-agents shall be for the account of the
Agent.
In
consideration for its services hereunder, the Agent shall be
entitled to the commission and expenses provided for in sections 8
and 9, which shall be payable or issued, as the case may be, at the
Closing Time. For greater certainty, except as provided for in
sections 8 and 9, the services provided by the Agent in connection
herewith will not be subject to Goods and Services Tax provided for
in the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and taxable supplies will
be incidental to the exempt financial services provided.
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The following
are the terms and conditions of this Agreement:
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(a)
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“
Agent ” means J. F. Mackie & Company
Ltd.;
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(b)
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“
Agent's counsel ” means Heenan Blaikie LLP,
or such other legal counsel as the Agent, with the consent of the
Corporation, acting reasonably, may appoint;
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(c)
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“
Agreement ” means this agency agreement
dated effective August 23, 2006 between the Agent and the
Corporation;
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(d)
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“
Applicable Securities Laws ” includes,
collectively, all securities laws, rules, regulations, notices,
policies and similar instruments applicable to the Corporation and
to the distribution of securities in accordance with this
Agreement;
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(e)
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“
associates ” has the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Securities Act (Alberta);
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(f)
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“
business day ” means a day which is not
Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of
Calgary;
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(g)
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“
Canadian Selling Jurisdictions ” means the
provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and
Ontario;
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(h)
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“
Closing Date ” means October 19, 2006 or
such other date or dates as the Agent and the Corporation may agree
in writing;
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(i)
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“
Closing Time ” means 11:00 a.m. (Calgary
time), or such other time on the Closing Date as the Agent and the
Corporation may agree in writing;
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(j)
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“
Common Shares ” means common shares in the
capital of the Corporation;
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(k)
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"
Convertible Debentures " means the senior secured
convertible debentures of the Corporation issued in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture;
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(l)
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“
Copyrights ” shall mean all copyrights, and
all right, title and interest in all copyrights, copyright
registrations and applications for copyright registration,
certificates of copyright and copyrightable subject matter
throughout the world, all right, title and interest in related
applications and registrations throughout the world, and all moral
rights;
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(m)
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“
Corporation ” means Red Mile Entertainment
Inc., a body corporate incorporated pursuant to the laws of
Delaware;
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(n)
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“
Corporation Intellectual Property Rights ”
shall mean all Intellectual Property Rights and Corporation
Technology used or proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the
business of the Corporation as currently conducted or as currently
reasonably contemplated by the Corporation, whether owned or
controlled, licenced, or otherwise held by or for the benefit of
the Corporation;
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(o)
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“
Corporation Technology ” shall mean all
Technology used or proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the
business of the Corporation as currently conducted or as currently
contemplated by the Corporation, whether owned or controlled,
licenced or otherwise held by or for the benefit of the
Corporation.
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(p)
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Corporation's counsel ” means Lehman and
Eilen LLP, or such other legal counsel as the Corporation, with the
consent of the Agent, acting reasonably, may appoint;
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(q)
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Debenture Trustee ” means Olympia Trust
Company at its Calgary office located at Suite 2300, 125 - 9
th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0P6;
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(r)
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Documents ” means (i) all documents and
other information filed by or on behalf of the Corporation in
compliance with or intended compliance with Applicable Securities
Laws or mailed to the securityholders of the Corporation; and (ii)
Form SB-2;
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(s)
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“
Due Diligence Sessions ” has the meaning set
forth in subsection 2(c);
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(t)
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“
Financial Statements ” means the financial
statements of the Corporation provided by the Corporation to the
Agent and set out in the Form SB-2 and Form 10-QSB,
including:
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(i)
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the audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash
flows for the year ended March 31, 2006 and for the period from
December 21, 2004 through March 31, 2005; and
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(ii)
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the unaudited
consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for period
ended June 30, 2006;
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(u)
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Form SB-2 ” means the Form SB-2 of the
Corporation filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and becoming effective on August 11, 2006
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(v)
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Form 10-QSB ” means the quarterly report
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006;
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(w)
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“
Indemnified Persons ” means each of:
(i) the Agent; (ii) agents of the Agent;
(iii) affiliates of the Agent; and (iv) the directors,
officers, shareholders, partners and employees of the Agent, agents
of the Agent and affiliates of the Agent;
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(x)
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"
Indenture " shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the first paragraph of this Agreement;
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(y)
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“
Intellectual Property Rights ” means (i) any
trademarks, trade mark registrations, trade mark applications,
trade dress and logos, trade names, domain names, business names,
corporate names, website names and world wide web addresses,
business names, brand names, service marks, computer software,
computer programs, Copyrights, including any performing, author or
moral rights, designs, integrated circuit topographies, inventions,
Patents, franchises, formulae, processes, know-how, Technology and
related goodwill, (ii) any applications, registrations, issued
Patents, continuations in part, divisional applications or
analogous rights or licence rights therefor, (iii) proprietary and
non-public business information, including inventions (whether
patentable or not), invention disclosures, improvements,
discoveries, trade secrets, know-how, methods, processes,
schematics and any documentation relating thereto, and (iv) other
intellectual or industrial property;
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(z)
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“
Offering ” means the offering of a minimum
of US$5,000,000 and a maximum of US$10,000,000 principal amount
Convertible Debentures;
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(aa)
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“
Patents ” shall mean all patent rights and
all right, title and interest in and to all letters patent or
equivalent rights and applications including any reissue,
extension, division, continuation, or continuation in part
applications throughout the world and any patents issuing with
respect to such applications.
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(bb)
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“
Person ” means a natural person,
partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or
other entity;
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(cc)
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Securities Commissions ” means the
securities commissions and regulatory authorities in each of the
Selling Jurisdictions and the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and regulatory authorities in the individual states of
the United States;
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(dd)
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"
Selling Jurisdictions " shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in the first paragraph of this
Agreement;
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(ee)
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"
Series A Preferred Shares " means Series A
Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation;
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(ff)
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"
Series B Preferred Shares " means Series B
Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation;
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(gg)
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"
Series C Preferred Shares " means Series C
Preferred Shares in the capital of the Corporation;
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(hh)
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“
Subscriber ” means any person who subscribes
for Convertible Debentures and whose Subscription Agreement is
accepted by the Corporation, and “
Subscribers ” means, collectively, all such
persons;
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(ii)
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“
Subscription Agreement ” means a
subscription agreement to be entered into between the Corporation
and Subscribers including any amendments or addendums
thereto;
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(jj)
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“
Subscription Proceeds ” means the aggregate
gross proceeds received in respect of the sale of Convertible
Debentures pursuant to the Offering;
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(kk)
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“
Subsidiary ” means a subsidiary of the
Corporation within the meaning of the Business Corporations
Act (Alberta) and “ Subsidiaries
” means all of them;
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(ll)
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“
Technology ” shall mean any algorithms,
computer software (in source code and object code form),
documentation, data and data bases, inventions and discoveries
(whether or not patented or patentable), ideas, concepts,
techniques, know-how, processes, methods, applications, know-how,
content, technical information, engineering, production and other
designs, drawings, schematics, specifications, formulas and all
other technology or information existing anywhere in the
world;
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(mm)
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“
Third Party Intellectual Property Rights ”
shall mean the Intellectual Property Rights and Technology of
Persons other than the Corporation that are used in or necessary to
the business of the Corporation as presently conducted or as
contemplated to be conducted;
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(nn)
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Underlying Securities " means the Common Shares
underlying the Convertible Debentures;
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In this
agreement, “ misrepresentation ”,
“ material change ” and “
material fact ” shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto under the Applicable Securities Laws of the
Province of Alberta; “ distribution ”
means “ distribution ” or “
distribution to the public ”, as the case
may be, as defined under the Applicable Securities Laws of the
Province of Alberta; and “ distribute
” has a corresponding meaning.
In this
agreement, “ to the best of the knowledge,
information and belief of ” or “ to
the best of its knowledge, information and belief ”
means, unless otherwise expressly stated, a statement of the
declarant's knowledge of the facts or circumstances to which such
phrase related, after having made due and applicable inquiries and
investigations in connection with such facts and circumstances; and
“ to the best of the knowledge, information and
belief of the Corporation ” or “ to
the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and
belief ” means, unless otherwise expressly stated, a
statement as to the best knowledge of each of the directors and
senior officers of the Corporation about the facts or circumstances
to which such phrase related, after having made due and applicable
inquiries and investigations in connection with such facts and
circumstances.
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2.
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Corporation's Covenants as to Creation and
Qualification
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The Corporation
covenants and agrees:
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(a)
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that the
Convertible Debentures will be duly and validly created, authorized
and issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the
Subscription Agreements and that the Underlying Securities, if and
when issued upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures, will
be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common
Shares of the Corporation;
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(b)
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that the
Corporation will: (i) duly, punctually and faithfully perform
all the obligations to be performed by it hereunder and under the
Subscription Agreements; and (ii) as soon as reasonably
possible, and in any event by the Closing Date, execute or procure
the execution of all documents and use its best efforts to take or
cause to be taken all steps as may be necessary or desirable to
fulfill, to the satisfaction of Agent's counsel and Corporation's
counsel, all legal requirements to enable the Convertible
Debentures to be offered for sale and sold on a private placement
basis in the Selling Jurisdictions through the Agent by way of the
exemptions under Applicable Securities Laws of the Selling
Jurisdictions as contemplated hereby; and
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(c)
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that, prior to
the Closing Time, the Corporation shall allow the Agent the
opportunity to conduct required due diligence, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, due diligence in relation
to the operations and affairs of the Corporation and provide and
cause to be provided to the Agent and the Agent's counsel
reasonable access to the properties, senior management personnel,
and corporate, financial, property and other records of the
Corporation for the purposes of conducting such due diligence
reviews. Without limiting the scope of the due diligence inquiries
the Agent may conduct, the Corporation shall make available its
directors and senior management and auditors to answer any
questions which the Agent may have and to participate in one or
more due diligence sessions to be held prior to Closing
(collectively, the “ Due Diligence Sessions
”).
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3.
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Corporation's Covenants as to
Changes
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The Corporation
covenants and agrees that:
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(a)
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during the
period commencing with the date hereof and ending on the Closing
Date, the Corporation will promptly inform the Agent of the full
particulars of (i) any material change, (actual, anticipated
or threatened) in the assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise), business, operations, capital or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation; and
(ii) the occurrence of a material fact or event which, in any
such case is, or may be, of such a nature to render any previous
disclosure to the Agent untrue, false or misleading in any material
respect; provided that if there is any reasonable doubt as to
whether a material change, occurrence or event of the nature
referred to in this subsection has occurred, the Corporation shall
promptly inform the Agent of the full particulars of the occurrence
giving rise to the uncertainty and shall consult with the Agent as
to whether the occurrence is of such nature;
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(b)
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during the
period commencing with the date hereof and ending sixty days after
the Closing Date, the Corporation will promptly inform the Agent of
the full particulars of: (i) any material request or inquiry
of any Securities Commission for any information relating to the
Offering, the distribution of the Common Shares, or the Corporation
(or any of its directors or officers); (ii) the issuance by
any Securities Commission or other securities commissions or
similar regulatory authority or by any other competent authority of
any order to cease or suspend trading or issuance of any securities
of the Corporation or of the institution or threat of institution
of any proceedings for that purpose and (iii) the receipt by the
Corporation of any communication from any Securities Commission or
any other securities commission, securities regulatory authority,
stock exchange or other regulatory authority relating to the
Offering; and
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(c)
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during the
period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing
Date, the Corporation will promptly provide to the Agent, for
review by the Agent and the Agent's counsel, prior to filing,
delivery or issuance: (i) any proposed document to be
delivered to the shareholders of the Corporation; and (ii) any
press release relating to the Corporation or the
Offering.
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4.
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Corporation's Other
Covenants
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The Corporation
covenants and agrees:
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(a)
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as to the
following with respect to registration of securities of the
Corporation:
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(i)
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Corporation
Registration . At any
time following twelve months from the Closing Date, the Subscribers
shall be entitled to "piggyback" registration rights on all
registrations of the Corporation or on any demand registrations of
any other investor subject to the right, however, of the
Corporation and its underwriters to reduce the number of shares
proposed to be registered pro rata in view of market conditions,
and subject to complete cutback in the case of the
Corporation’s initial public offering. If the Subscribers are
so limited, however, no party shall sell shares in such
registration other than the Corporation or the Subscriber, if any,
invoking the demand registration. In the event that the Corporation
exercises its rights to convert the Debentures into Common Shares,
no shareholder of the Corporation shall be granted registration
rights pari passu with or senior to those rights granted to the
Subscribers holding such Common Shares without the consent of the
holders of 50% such Common Shares.
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(ii)
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Expenses. The Corporation shall bear registration expenses
(exclusive of underwriting discounts and commissions) of all such
demands, piggybacks and registrations on Form S-3 (including the
expense of a single counsel to the selling shareholders, which
counsel shall also be counsel to the Corporation unless there is a
conflict of interest with respect to the representation of any
selling shareholder or the underwriters otherwise
object).
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(iii)
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Transfer of
Rights. The registration
rights may be transferred to (i) any partner or retired partner of
any holder that is a partnership, (ii) any family member or trust
for the benefit of any individual holder, or (iii) any transferee
who acquires at least 100,000 Underlying Securities, provided the
Corporation is given written notice thereof.
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(iv)
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Termination
of Right s: The
obligation of the Corporation under Section 4 shall not apply to
any shares of the Corporation that are eligible for immediate
resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act or are otherwise
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) within a period of
three months.
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(b)
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that the
Corporation shall make an application in the Province of Alberta
for exemptive relief from the requirements of Applicable Securities
Laws of the Canadian Selling Jurisdictions that the first trade by
Canadian Subscribers in Convertible Debentures
and Underlying Securities be exempt from
the prospectus and registration requirements of the applicable
Canadian Securities legislation and that, in the event such
exemptive relief is not granted, the Corporation shall be required
to file a prospectus or otherwise file any relevant application to
become a reporting issuer in the Province of Alberta concurrently
with or promptly following the completion of the Corporation's
initial public offering in the United States, and in any event
within eight months of the date of the Closing Date, and to
maintain its reporting issuer status in the Province of Alberta for
a period of two years thereafter; and
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(c)
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that the
Corporation shall, prior to Closing, enter into acceptable
agreements with each officer and employee of the Corporation
governing non-disclosure of proprietary information and assignment
of inventions to the Corporation; and
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(d)
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For a period
from acceptance of this offer until 90 days following the Closing
Date, the Corporation may not offer, or announce the offering of,
make or announce any agreement to issue, sell or exchange debt
instruments, Common Shares or securities convertible or
exchangeable into Common Shares (other than grants of employee
stock options to directors, officers, employees or consultants of
the Corporation, that have been disclosed to the Agent prior to
Closing Date and the issuance of Common Shares on the exercise of
existing stock options), without the prior written consent of the
Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
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The Agent agrees that the restriction set forth
in this Section 4(d) shall not apply to: (i) the planned additional
financing on substantially the terms disclosed in writing to the
Agent with Merriman Curhan Ford and Company that may begin
immediately after the Closing Date or other such time as the
Corporation may see fit, including the preparation and filing of
any applicable forms necessary to register its Common Shares in
connection with such additional financing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; (ii) the proposed acquisition of IR Gurus; and
(iii) the proposed acquisition of Evolved Games.
The Agent
covenants and agrees with the Corporation that it will:
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(a)
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conduct
activities in connection with this Agreement and the proposed offer
and sale of the Convertible Debentures in compliance with all
Applicable Securities Laws in the Selling Jurisdictions and the
rules of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada;
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(b)
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not solicit
subscriptions for Convertible Debentures, trade in Convertible
Debentures or otherwise do any act in furtherance of a trade of
Convertible Debentures outside of the Selling Jurisdictions, except
in compliance with the applicable laws thereof in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and obtaining the prior
written consent of the Corporation, not to be unreasonably
withheld; and provided such actions do not obligate the Corporation
to take any action to qualify or register any of its securities or
any trade in any of its securities obligate the Corporation to
establish or maintain any office or director in such jurisdiction,
or subject the Corporation to any reporting or other requirement in
such jurisdiction.
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(c)
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obtain from
each Subscriber an executed Subscription Agreement, including all
applicable schedules and all applicable undertakings,
questionnaires and other forms required under Applicable Securities
Laws and supplied to the Agent by the Corporation for completion in
connection with the distribution of the Convertible
Debentures;
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(d)
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not advertise
the proposed offering or sale of the Convertible Debentures in
printed media of general and regular paid circulation, radio or
television and not to make available for prospective purchasers of
Convertible Debentures any document or material which would
constitute or require the Corporation to prepare an offering
memorandum or prospectus as defined under Applicable Securities
Laws; and
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(e)
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file or cause
to be filed the financing statements contemplated in Section 6.7 of
the Indenture in respect of all Debentures issued pursuant hereto
and provide a copy thereof to the Corporation.
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6.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Corporation
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The Corporation
represents and warrants to the Agent, and acknowledges that the
Agent is relying upon such representations and warranties,
that:
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(a)
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the Corporation
and each of its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is
valid and subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has all requisite corporate authority and power
to carry on its business, as now conducted and as presently
proposed to be conducted by it, and to own, lease and operate its
assets and properties;
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(b)
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the Corporation
and each of its Subsidiaries is qualified to carry on business and
is validly existing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it
carries on a material portion of its business;
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(c)
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other than 2WG
Media, Inc. and Red Mile Entertainment,
Pty, the Corporation has no Subsidiaries
and the Corporation is not affiliated with nor is it a holding
corporation of any other body corporate;
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(d)
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the Corporation
owns all of the outstanding securities of 2WG Media, Inc. and Red
Mile Entertainment, Pty, and Red Mile Entertainment, Pty does not
carry on any active business;
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(e)
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the Corporation
and each of its Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its
business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations and, in particular, all applicable
licensing and environmental legislation, regulations or by-laws or
other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory bodies
applicable to it in each jurisdiction in which it carries on
business, and the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries holds
all material licences, registrations and qualifications in all
jurisdictions in which it carries on its business which are
necessary or desirable to carry on the business as now conducted
and as presently proposed to be conducted, and all such licenses,
registrations or qualifications are valid and existing and in good
standing and none of such licenses, registrations or qualifications
contains any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation
which has or is likely to have any material adverse effect on the
business of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole)
as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted;
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(f)
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the Corporation
has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement
, the Indenture and the Subscription Agreements and to perform its
obligations set out herein and therein (including, without
limitation, to cause the issuance of the Convertible Debentures and
the Underlying Securities), and this Agreement has been, and the
Subscription Agreements and the Indenture will on the Closing Date
be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and
this Agreement is, and the Subscription Agreements and the
Indenture will on the Closing Date be, legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation
in accordance with their respective terms subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws
and equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, the
statutory and equitable powers of the courts in Canada and the
United States to stay proceedings before them and the execution of
judgments and the fact that specific performance and injunctive
relief are equitable remedies which may be ordered by a court in
its discretion and, accordingly, may not be available as a remedy
in an action to enforce a covenant and subject to the fact that the
rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver set forth herein may
be limited by applicable laws or the public policy underlying such
laws;
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(g)
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the Underlying
Securities have been reserved and allotted for issuance and when
issued upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common
Shares;
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(h)
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the definitive
forms of certificates representing the Convertible Debentures and
the Common Shares are in due and proper form under the laws
governing the Corporation;
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(i)
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the authorized
capital of the Corporation consists solely of 100,000,000 Common
Shares and 15,000,000 Preferred Shares of which, as at the Closing
Date (prior to the issuance of Shares on the Closing Date),
25,436,506 Common Shares, No Series A Preferred Shares, 2,536,000
Series B Preferred Shares and 1,298,860 Series C Preferred Shares
are issued and outstanding, which shares are validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable;
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(j)
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neither the
Corporation nor its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any
agreement of guarantee, indemnification (other than an
indemnification of directors and officers in accordance with the
by-laws of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and applicable laws,
indemnities in favour of the Agent pursuant to this Agreement,
indemnities in favour of purchasers of assets in purchase and sale
agreements and indemnities and guarantees in favour of the bankers
of the Corporation) or any other like commitment of the
obligations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of indebtedness
of any other person;
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(k)
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other than this
Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Indenture and the
agreements set forth in Schedule 6(k) hereto, there are no material
contracts or agreements which have or which might have or create
any material obligation to the Corporation or from which they
derive or could derive any material benefit or which are required
by the Corporation to carry on its business as now conducted by it
or as is now proposed to be carried on by it. For the purposes of
this representation and warranty, contracts shall be deemed to give
rise to a material obligation where such contract provides for
expenditures by the Corporation for an aggregate of more than
$100,000 during any 12 month period;
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(l)
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other than
accrued and unpaid bonuses in the amount of US$165,999, the
Corporation has no loans or other indebtedness outstanding which
have been made to or from any of its shareholders, officers,
directors or employees or any other person not dealing at arm's
length with the Corporation;
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(m)
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except for
transactions contemplated herein and except as otherwise disclosed
in writing to the Agent prior to the date hereof, the Corporation
has not entered into any transaction which is or may reasonably be
expected to be material to the Corporation and which is not in the
ordinary course of business;
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(n)
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the Corporation
is not in default or breach of, and the execution and delivery of,
and the performance of and compliance with the terms of, this
Agreement and the Subscription Agreements by the Corporation or any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, does not and
will not result in any breach of, or constitute a default under,
and does not and will not create a state of facts which, after
notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or
constitute a default under, any term or provision of the articles,
by-laws or resolutions of shareholders or directors of the
Corporation, or any indenture, mortgage, note, contract, agreement
(written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the
Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, or any judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the
Corporation, which default or breach might reasonably be expected
to materially adversely affect the business, operations, capital or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation, or its
assets;
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(o)
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the Agent has
been provided with true and correct copies of the constating
documents of the Corporation and minutes of all meetings and all
the resolutions of the directors, shareholders and committees of
the Corporation;
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(p)
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there has not
been any material adverse change in the consolidated capital,
assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of
the Corporation from the position set forth in the Financial
Statements (other than as has been disclosed in writing to the
Agent prior to the date hereof or as set out herein);
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(q)
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the books of
account and other records of the Corporation, whether of a
financial or accounting nature or otherwise, have been maintained
in all material respects in accordance with prudent business
practices;
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(r)
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there has not
been any material adverse change in the business, operations,
capital or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the
operations of the Corporation since the date of the Financial
Statements and since that date there have been no material facts,
transactions, events or occurrences which, to the knowledge of the
Corporation could materially adversely affect the consolidated
capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation which
have not been disclosed in writing to the Agent prior to the date
hereof;
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(s)
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the Financial
Statements fairly present, in all material respects and in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States consistently applied, the financial position and
condition of the Corporation as at the dates thereof and reflect
all liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the
Corporation as at the dates thereof;
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(t)
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to the
knowledge of the Corporation, after due inquiry, there have not
occurred any material spills, emissions or pollution on any
property of the Corporation or for which the Corporation may be
responsible, nor is the Corporation the subject of any outstanding
stop orders, control orders, clean-up orders or reclamation orders
under applicable environmental laws and regulations;
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(u)
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to the best of
the knowledge of the Corporation, no other party is in default in
the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be
performed by it under any contract to which the Corporation is a
party or by which they are bound which is material to the business
of the Corporation, no event has occurred which with notice or
lapse of time or both would directly or indirectly constitute such
a default, in any such case which default or event would reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets or
properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
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(v)
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there are no
judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor are
there any consent decrees or injunctions to which the Corporation
is subject;
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(w)
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the information
and statements set forth in the Documents as at the date hereof, as
they relate to the Corporation, are true, correct, and complete and
did not contain any misrepresentation as of the respective dates of
such information or statements, and, except as has been disclosed
to the Agent, no material change (as defined in Applicable
Securities Laws of the Alberta) has occurred in relation to such
information and statements since the respective dates of such
information and statements;
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(x)
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other than the
securities issued or to be issued pursuant to the Offering, no
person, firm, corporation or other entity holds any securities
convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Corporation or now
has any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege (whether
contractual or pre-emptive) being or capable of becoming an
agreement, warrant, option or right for the purchase or other
acquisition of any unissued share, securities (including
convertible securities) or warrants of the Corporation except for
warrants and options to purchase an aggregate of not more than
14,753,122 Common Shares and except for 3,834,860 Common Shares
issuable on the conversion of Series B Preferred Shares and Series
C Preferred Shares;
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(y)
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the Corporation
has duly and on a timely basis filed all tax returns required to be
filed by it, has paid all taxes due and payable by it and has paid
all assessments and re-assessments and all other taxes,
governmental charges, penalties, interest and other fines due and
payable by it and which are claimed by any governmental authority
to be due and owing and adequate provision has been made for taxes
payable for any completed fiscal period for which tax returns are
not yet required and there are no agreements, waivers, or other
arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the
filing of any tax return or payment of any tax, governmental charge
or deficiency by the Corporation and, to the best of the
Corporation's knowledge, information and belief, after due inquiry,
there are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims
threatened or pending against the Corporation in respect of taxes,
governmental charges or assessments or any matters under discussion
with any governmental authority relating to taxes, governmental
charges or assessments asserted by any such authority;
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(z)
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except as
disclosed in the Financial Statements (i) the Corporation has
no outstanding liabilities in excess of $10,000 other than those
set forth in Schedule 6(z), and (ii) there are no actions,
suits, proceedings or inquiries in existence or, to the
Corporation's knowledge, after due inquiry, pending or threatened
against or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity or before
or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality which in any way materially adversely affects, or
could reasonably be expected in any way to materially adversely
affect, the business, operations, capital or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Corporation, or any of its assets or which
affects or may affect the distribution of the Convertible
Debentures or Underlying Securities and the Corporation is not
aware of any existing ground on which such action, suit, proceeding
or inquiry might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of
success;
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(aa)
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other than the
Agent, there is no person, firm or corporation acting or purporting
to act for the Corporation entitled to any brokerage or finder's
fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Offering,
this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
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(bb)
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no Securities
Commission or any other securities commission or similar regulatory
authority has issued any order which is currently outstanding
ceasing, halting, suspending or preventing other trading in any
securities of the Corporation, no such proceeding is, to the
knowledge of the Corporation, pending, contemplated or threatened,
the Corporation is not in default of any requirement of Applicable
Securities Laws and the Corporation is entitled to avail itself of
the applicable prospectus exemptions available under the Applicable
Securities Laws in respect of the trades in its securities to
Subscribers as contemplated by this Agreement;
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(cc)
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the Corporation
is not a “reporting issuer” in Canada and no securities
of the Corporation are listed on any stock exchange;
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(dd)
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the Debenture
Trustee, at its principal offices in the City of Calgary, has been
appointed Debenture Trustee for the Convertible
Debentures;
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(ee)
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to the
knowledge of the Corporation, other than has been disclosed to the
Agent, no insider of the Corporation has any present intention to
sell any securities of the Corporation;
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(ff)
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except as have
been provided to the Agent as at the date hereof, the Corporation
is not a party to any contracts of employment which may not be
terminated on one month's no
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