Execution Version
December 18, 2007
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Between:
FEP SERVICES INC.
and
DALE NORMAN PLANTE
and
KYLE PLANTE
and
WESCORP TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Schedules
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Raider Intellectual Property
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Makon Intellectual Property
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Total Fluid Intellectual Property
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Raider Assets
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Makon Assets
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Total Fluid Assets
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Promissory Note
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General Conveyance
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Bill of Sale
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| J |
Restrictions - Wescorp Shares
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
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Intentionally
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Release of Original License
Agreement |
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Consulting Agreement
- Bowhay |
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Consulting Agreement - McCaw |
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Release of Bowhay
Prior Consulting Agreement |
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Release of McCaw Prior Consulting
Agreement |
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Permitted
Encumbrances |
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Raider Accounts Payable |
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Raider
Contracts |
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Letter of Opinion - Vendor’s
Solicitor |
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Raider Consents |
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Total Fluid Consents |
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Allocation of
Purchase Price |
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License Agreement |
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Raider Contract
Assignment |
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made December 18, 2007.
BETWEEN:
FEP SERVICES INC. , a body corporate
duly incorporated pursuant to the laws of Alberta
(the " Vendor ")
OF THE FIRST PART
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DALE NORMAN PLANTE , an individual
resident
in the Netherlands
OF THE SECOND PART
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KYLE PLANTE , an individual resident
in Grande Prairie, Alberta
(Dale Norman Plante and Kyle Plante are
collectively the " Shareholders ")
OF THE THIRD PART
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WESCORP TECHNOLOGIES LTD. , a body
corporate
duly incorporated pursuant to the laws of Alberta (the "
Purchaser ")
OF THE FOURTH PART
IN CONSIDERATION of the covenants and
agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged
by each Party to this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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Defined Terms
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For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings set out below and grammatical variations of
such terms shall have corresponding meanings:
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(a) |
“ Agreement ” means this
document, the recitals, if any, and all Schedules hereto and
includes all written amendments to the foregoing;
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“ Amalgamation ” means the
amalgamation of Prior FEP, Raider and Total Fluid, which resulted
in the creation of the Vendor;
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(c) |
“ Ancillary Agreements ”
means all agreements, certificates and other instruments delivered
or given pursuant to this Agreement at Closing;
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(d) |
“ Bill of Sale ” means the
bill of sale in the form attached hereto Schedule I;
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(e) |
" Business Day " means any day, other
than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a statutory holiday in Edmonton,
Alberta;
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“ Closing ” means the date of
completion of the transaction of purchase and sale contemplated in
this Agreement;
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(g) |
" Closing Date " means, effective 1:00
p.m. (Edmonton, Alberta time) on December 18, 2007 or such earlier
or later date as the Parties may mutually agree upon in
writing;
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(h) |
“ Collective Intellectual Property
” shall have the meaning set out in section 6.8;
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(i) |
" Collective Purchased Assets " means the
Makon Assets, Raider Assets and Total Fluid Assets;
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(j) |
“ Consulting Agreement - Bowhay
” means the agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule
M;
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“ Consulting Agreement - McCaw
” means the agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule
N;
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(l) |
“ Dale ” means Dale Norman
Plante;
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(m) |
" Encumbrance " means any encumbrance,
lien, charge, hypothec, pledge, mortgage, title retention
agreement, security interest of any nature, adverse claim,
exception, reservation, easement, right of occupation, any matter
capable of registration against title, option, right of
pre-emption, privilege or any Contract to create any of the
foregoing;
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(n) |
" ETA " means Part IX of the Excise Tax
Act (Canada), as amended from time to time;
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" Excluded Assets " has the meaning set
out in section 2.2;
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“ General Conveyance ” means
a general conveyance in the form attached hereto as Schedule H;
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(q) |
" GST " means all taxes payable under the
ETA and any reference to a specific provision of the ETA shall
refer to any successor provision thereto of like or similar
effect;
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“ including ” means including
but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless the
context otherwise expressly provides, such as, including only;
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" Intellectual Property " means all
intellectual, proprietary and industrial property and rights
thereto including, but not limited to, all (a) inventions and
discoveries; (b) works in which any copyright exists including
software; (c) designs, industrial
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designs and mask works; (d) trade-marks,
certification marks, trade dress, trade names, business names,
corporate names, business styles, internet domain names and web
sites, and any word, symbol, icon, logo or other indicia of origin
adopted or used in connection with any product or service or
business (collectively referred to as " Marks "); (d) all
intellectual, proprietary and industrial property rights in respect
of any of the foregoing including all copyrights, patent rights,
patent disclosures, design and industrial design rights, patent
disclosures rights in Marks, rights in confidential information,
trade secrets, know-how, technical expertise, formulae,
compositions, processes, research data, databases, drawings,
specifications, plans, customer and supplier lists and related
information and other proprietary rights; and (e) all applications
and registrations, all continuations, divisions, reissues, renewals
and extensions therefor, the right to make applications, rights of
priority and rights to claim priority with respect to any of the
foregoing intellectual and industrial property and rights
thereto;
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“ Kyle ” means Kyle
Plante;
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“ License Agreement ” means
the license agreement to be made between the Purchaser as licensee
and 1139076 Alberta Ltd. as licensor, in the form attached hereto
as Schedule X;
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" Losses " means with respect to any
matter, any and all liabilities (whether direct, indirect,
contingent, statutory or otherwise), obligations, claims (including
direct or indirect claims), losses, damages, costs and expenses of
whatever kind or nature and howsoever arising (including all legal
fees and disbursements on a solicitor and his own client full
indemnity basis and other professional fees and disbursements, fees
paid to any government authority, interest, fines, penalties and
amounts paid in settlement or in satisfaction of a judgment)
directly or indirectly as a consequence of such matter, including
loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of benefit, consequential
and indirect damages, special damages, punitive damages and
exemplary damages;
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(w) |
" Makon " means Makon Water Recycling
Systems Inc.;
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(x) |
" Makon Assets " has the meaning set out
in section 2.1(a);
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" Makon Business " means that portion of
the Vendor's Business that was carried on using the Makon
Intellectual Property and the Makon Assets;
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" Makon Intellectual Property " means any
and all Intellectual Property used or previously used in the
conduct of the Makon Business, including the Intellectual Property
described in Schedule B;
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(aa) |
“ Market Price ” shall
mean:
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for Shares shall mean an amount equal to the
weighted average of the trading prices of the Shares of Wescorp
Energy Inc. on the principal stock exchange on which such Shares
are traded, for each of the trading days during the last five (5)
trading days immediately prior to the day prior to the Closing
Date, converted to Canadian dollars using the exchange rate
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described in the Bank of Canada webpage
(www.bankofcanada.ca) and described as the US/Canada Noon Rate;
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for the Oil Sands Quest Inc. Shares shall mean
an amount equal to the weighted average of the trading prices of
shares of Oil Sands Quest Inc. on the principal stock exchange on
which such shares are traded, for each of the trading days during
the last five (5) days immediately prior to the day prior to the
Closing Date, converted to Canadian dollars using the exchange rate
described in the Bank of Canada webpage (www.bankofcanada.ca) and
described as the US/Canada Noon Rate;
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“ Oil Sands Quest Inc. Shares
” means 470,173 common shares of Oil Sands Quest Inc.;
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“ Original License Agreement
” means the license agreement made April 7, 2006, between
1139076 Alberta Ltd. and Total Fluid;
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(dd) |
" Parties " means the Vendor, Purchaser
and Shareholders, and their respective successors and permitted
assigns;
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" Permitted Encumbrances " means those
Encumbrances described in Schedule Q;
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“ Person ” means a natural
person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
partnership, body corporate, corporation, company, joint stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture or any other type of business
enterprise, entity or governmental entity whatsoever and howsoever
constituted, and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning;
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“ Prior FEP ” means FEP
Services Inc. as it existed prior to the Amalgamation;
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“ Promissory Note ” means the
promissory note in the form attached hereto as Schedule G;
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(ii) |
" Purchase Price " has the meaning set
out in section 3.1;
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" Purchased Businesses " means the Makon
Business, Raider Business and Total Fluid Business;
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“ Purchaser’s Solicitors
” means Bryan & Company LLP;
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(ll) |
" Raider " means Raider Corporation;
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" Raider Accounts Payable " has the
meaning set out in section 4.1, as more particularly described in
Schedule R;
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" Raider Accounts Receivable " has the
meaning set out in section 2.1(b)(iii);
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" Raider Assets " has the meaning set out
in section 2.1(b);
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" Raider Business " means that portion of
the Vendor's Business that was carried on by Raider prior to the
Amalgamation and by the Vendor after the Amalgamation,
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" Raider Consents " means the consents
and approvals required in connection with the sale and purchase of
the Raider Business and Raider Assets herein contemplated, as
described in Schedule U;
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“ Raider Contract Assignment
” means the assignment in the form attached hereto as
Schedule Y;
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“ Raider Contracts ” means
the contracts described in Schedule S’
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" Raider Intellectual Property " means
any and all Intellectual Property used or previously used in the
conduct of the Raider Business, including the Intellectual Property
described in Schedule A;
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“ Release of Bowhay Prior Consulting
Agreement ” means the release in the form attached hereto
as Schedule O;
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“ Release of McCaw Prior Consulting
Agreement ” means the release in the form attached hereto
as Schedule P;
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“ Release of Original License
Agreement ” means a release in the form attached hereto
as Schedule L;
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“Restrictions” means
collectively the Restrictions - Wescorp Shares;
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“ Restrictions - Wescorp Shares
” shall mean the restrictions set in Schedule J hereof;
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“ Shares ” means common
shares of Wescorp Energy Inc.;
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(aaa) |
" Shareholders " means Dale Norman Plante
and Kyle Plante;
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" Tax Act " means the Income Tax Act
(Canada), as amended from time to time;
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" Taxes " means and includes all taxes,
duties, fees, premiums, assessments, imposts, levies and other
charges of any kind whatsoever imposed by any governmental
authority, together with all interest, penalties, fines, additions
to tax or other additional amounts imposed in respect thereof,
including, without limitation, those levied on, or measured by, or
referred to as income, gross receipts, profits, capital, transfer,
land transfer, sales, goods and services, use, value added, excise,
stamp, withholding, business, franchising, property, payroll,
employment, health, social services, education and social security
taxes, all surtaxes, all customs duties and import and export
taxes, all license, franchise and registration fees and all
employment insurance, health insurance and Canada and other
government pension plan premiums;
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" Total Fluid " means Total Fluid
Separation Inc.;
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“ Total Fluid Accounts Payable
” has the meaning set out in Section 4.2;
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" Total Fluid Assets " has the meaning
set out in section 2.1(c);
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" Total Fluid Business " means that
portion of the Vendor's Business that was carried on by Total Fluid
prior to the Amalgamation and by the Vendor after the
Amalgamation;
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" Total Fluid Consents " means the
consents and approvals required in connection with the sale and
purchase of the Total Fluid Business and Total Fluid Assets herein
contemplated, as described in Schedule V;
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" Total Fluid Intellectual Property "
means any and all Intellectual Property used or previously used in
the conduct of the Total Fluid Business, including the Intellectual
Property described in Schedule C;
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" Vendor's Business " means the entire
business carried on by the Vendor, including the Makon Business,
Raider Business and Total Fluid Business;
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" Vendor's Knowledge " means the
knowledge of the Vendor, and either of the Shareholders, after due
inquiry of the employees, consultants, advisors and agents of the
Vendor, and the Shareholders;
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(lll) |
“ Vendor’s Solicitors ”
means Hendrickson Gower Massing Olivieri LLP;
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“Wescorp Shares” means the
Shares of Wescorp Energy Inc. referred to in section 3.1 (b)
hereof.
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Definitions contained in this section are not
exhaustive of the defined terms or expressions used in this
Agreement and other terms or expressions may be defined throughout
this Agreement.
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Currency
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Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts
in this Agreement are expressed in Canadian funds.
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Sections and Headings
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The division of this Agreement into Articles,
sections and subsections and the insertion of headings are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, any
reference in this Agreement to an Article, section, subsection or
Schedule refers to the specified Article, section or subsection of
or Schedule to this Agreement.
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Number, Gender and Persons
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In this Agreement, words importing the singular
number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words
importing gender shall include all genders and words importing
persons shall include individuals, corporations, partnerships,
associations, trusts,
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unincorporated organizations, governmental
bodies and other legal or business entities of any kind
whatsoever.
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Accounting Principles
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Any reference in this Agreement to generally
accepted accounting principles refers to generally accepted
accounting principles that have been established in Canada,
including those approved from time to time by the Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accountants or any successor body
thereto.
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Entire Agreement
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This Agreement together with the other
agreements tabled on the Closing Date constitute the entire
agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings,
negotiations and discussions, whether written or oral, between the
Vendor and the Purchaser. There are no conditions, covenants,
agreements, representations, warranties or other provisions,
express or implied, collateral, statutory or otherwise, relating to
the subject matter hereof except as herein provided or as
contemplated in documents made between the Parties tabled on the
Closing Date.
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Time of Essence
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Time shall be of the essence in the performance
of the Parties' obligations in respect of this Agreement.
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Applicable Law
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This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted
and enforced in accordance with, and the respective rights and
obligations of the Parties shall be governed by, the laws of the
Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable
therein. Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of such province and all
courts competent to hear appeals therefrom, and any judgment or
order of such courts may be enforced in any jurisdiction.
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Successors and Assigns
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This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and
shall be binding on and enforceable by the Parties and, where the
context so permits, their respective successors and permitted
assigns. No Party may assign any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the other
Parties.
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Amendments and Waivers
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No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement shall be binding on any Party unless consented to in
writing by the Parties. No waiver of any provision of this
Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any other provision, nor
shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise
provided.
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Severability
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If any provision of this Agreement is deemed by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, illegal or
unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then the same shall be
read down to the extent necessary to make it enforceable or, if not
capable of being so read down, shall be deemed to be severed from
the other terms of this Agreement. In either event all other
provisions, terms and covenants of this Agreement shall remain
binding and effective upon the Parties and shall be construed as if
this Agreement had been executed with the offending provision read
down to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, or without
such severed provision, as the case may be.
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Schedules
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The following Schedules are attached to and form
part of this Agreement:
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A |
Raider Intellectual Property
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Makon Intellectual Property
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C |
Total Fluid Intellectual Property
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D |
Raider Assets
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Makon Assets
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F |
Total Fluid Assets
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G |
Promissory Note
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H |
General Conveyance
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Bill of Sale
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J |
Restrictions - Wescorp Shares
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K |
Intentionally Deleted
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L |
Release of Original License Agreement
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M |
Consulting Agreement - Bowhay
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Consulting Agreement - McCaw
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O |
Release of Bowhay Prior Consulting Agreement
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P |
Release of McCaw Prior Consulting Agreement
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Q |
Permitted Encumbrances
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R |
Raider Accounts Payable
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S |
Raider Contracts
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T |
Letter of Opinion - Vendor’s Solicitor
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U |
Raider Consents
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V |
Total Fluid Consents
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W |
Allocation of Purchase Price
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X |
License Agreement
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Y |
Raider Contract Assignment
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ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE OF COLLECTIVE PURCHASED ASSETS
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Collective Purchased Assets
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Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the
Vendor agrees to sell, assign and transfer to the Purchaser and the
Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Vendor on the Closing Date
and free and clear of all Encumbrances except the Permitted
Encumbrances:
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subject to Section 2.2, all of the property and
assets used in connection with the Makon Business, whether
personal, tangible or intangible, of every kind and
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wheresoever situate (collectively the " Makon Assets "),
including the following:
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the assets described in Schedule E; and
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the Makon Intellectual Property, described in
Schedule B.
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subject to section 2.2, all of the property and
assets used in connection with the Raider Business, whether
personal, tangible or intangible, of every kind and description and
wheresoever situate (collectively the " Raider Assets "),
including the following:
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the assets described in Schedule D;
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the Raider Intellectual Property described in
Schedule A;
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(iii) |
all accounts receivable arising out of or
relating to the operation of the Raider Business (the " Raider
Accounts Receivable ");
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the Raider Contracts described in Schedule
S;
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all cash in bank accounts maintained for the
Raider Business; and
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(vi) |
all cheques payable with respect to the Raider
Business.
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subject to section 2.2, all of the property and
assets used in connection with the Total Fluid Business, whether
personal, tangible or intangible, of every kind and description and
wheresoever situate (collectively the " Total Fluid Assets
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(i) |
the assets described in Schedule F;
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the Total Fluid Intellectual Property; and
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Excluded Assets
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Collective Purchased Assets shall not include any of
the following property and assets (collectively, the " Excluded
Assets "):
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all of the Vendor's cash on hand or in banks or
other depositories, except with respect to the Raider Business;
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