VOTING AND EXCHANGE TRUST
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is dated for
reference May 11, 2009.
AMONG:
KEEWATIN WINDPOWER
INC. , a corporation
existing under the laws of Saskatchewan (
“ExchangeCo” )
AND
KEEWATIN WINDPOWER
CORP. , a corporation
existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (
“Parent” )
AND
VALIANT TRUST
COMPANY , a trust company
continued under the laws of Canada and registered to carry on
business in the Province of British Columbia (
“Trustee” )
WHEREAS:
A. Pursuant
to a share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange
Agreement” ) dated for reference May 11, 2009 among
Parent, ExchangeCo, Sky Harvest Windpower Corp. (the
“Company” ) and the shareholders of the Company,
ExchangeCo has agreed to issue exchangeable shares (the
“Exchangeable Shares” ) to certain holders of
common shares of the Company pursuant to the acquisition of common
shares of the Company contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement;
and
B. Pursuant
to the Share Exchange Agreement, Parent and ExchangeCo have agreed
to execute a voting and exchange trust agreement substantially in
the form of this Agreement; and
THEREFORE in consideration of the
respective covenants and agreements provided in this Agreement and
for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1
Definitions
In
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“
Affiliate ” of any Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession by
another Person, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of that first
mentioned Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“
Assignee ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in
Section 12.3.
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“Authorized Person” has the meaning
ascribed to that term in Section 6.16.
“ Automatic Exchange Rights ” means the benefit
of the obligation of Parent to effect the automatic exchange of
Parent Common Shares for Exchangeable Shares pursuant to Section
5.13.
“
Beneficiaries ” means the registered holders from time
to time of Exchangeable Shares, other than Parent and the Parent
Affiliates.
“
Beneficiary Votes ” has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 4.2.
“
Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of
ExchangeCo or Parent, as the case may be.
“
Business Day ” means any day on which commercial banks
are generally open for business in Vancouver, British Columbia,
other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day observed as a holiday in
Vancouver, British Columbia under the laws of the Province of
British Columbia or the federal laws of Canada.
“
Canadian Dollar Equivalent ” means, in respect of an
amount expressed in a currency other than Canadian dollars (the
“ Foreign Currency Amount ”) at any date, the
product obtained by multiplying: (a) the Foreign Currency Amount,
by (b) the noon spot exchange rate on such date for such foreign
currency expressed in Canadian dollars as reported by the Bank of
Canada or, in the event such spot exchange rate is not available,
such exchange rate on such date for such foreign currency expressed
in Canadian dollars as may be deemed by the Board of Directors to
be appropriate for such purpose.
“
Current Market Price ” means, in respect of a Parent
Common Share on any date, the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of the
average of the closing prices of Parent Common Shares during a
period of 20 consecutive trading days ending not more than three
trading days before such date on the OTC Bulletin Board, or, if the
Parent Common Shares are not then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board,
on such other stock exchange or automated quotation system on which
the Parent Common Shares are listed or quoted, as the case may be,
as may be selected by the Board of Directors of Parent for such
purpose; provided, however, that if in the opinion of the Board of
Directors of Parent the public distribution or trading activity of
Parent Common Shares during such period does not create a market
which reflects the fair market value of a Parent Common Shares,
then the Current Market Price of a Parent Common Share shall be
determined by the Board of Directors of Parent, in good faith and
in its sole discretion, and provided further that any such
selection, opinion or determination by the Board of Directors of
Parent shall be conclusive and binding.
“
Entity ” means any corporation (including any
non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust,
company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability
company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise,
association, organization or entity.
“
Exchange Right ” has the meaning ascribed to that term
in Section 5.1.
“
Exchangeable Share ” means a share in the class of
non-voting exchangeable shares in the capital of ExchangeCo having
the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions set forth in
the Exchangeable Share Provisions.
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Exchangeable Share Provisions ” means the rights,
privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the
Exchangeable Shares as set forth in Schedule O of the Share
Exchange Agreement.
“
Exchangeable Share Support Agreement ” means the
exchangeable share support agreement made as of May 11, 2009 among
ExchangeCo and Parent.
“
Governmental Body ” means any: (a) nation, state,
commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district
or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state,
provincial, local, municipal, foreign or other government; or (c)
governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any governmental division, department, agency,
commission, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation,
center, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other
tribunal).
“
Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 8.1.
“
Insolvency Event ” means the institution by ExchangeCo
of any proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent or to
be wound up, or the consent of ExchangeCo to the institution of
bankruptcy, insolvency or winding-up proceedings against
ExchangeCo, or the filing of a petition, answer or consent seeking
dissolution or winding-up under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
analogous laws, including without limitation the Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and the Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Act (Canada), and the failure by ExchangeCo to
contest in good faith any such proceedings commenced in respect of
ExchangeCo within 30 days of becoming aware thereof, or the consent
by ExchangeCo to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment of a receiver, or the making by ExchangeCo of a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission in
writing by ExchangeCo of its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due, or ExchangeCo not being permitted, pursuant to
solvency requirements of applicable law, to redeem any Retracted
Shares pursuant to Section 6.6 of the Exchangeable Share
Provisions.
“
Liquidation Call Right ” has the meaning ascribed to
that term in the Share Exchange Agreement.
“Liquidation Event” has the meaning
ascribed to that term in Section 5.13(b) .
“Liquidation Event Effective Date ” has the
meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5.13(c) .
“List” has the meaning ascribed to
that term in Section 4.6.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to
Parent or ExchangeCo, as the case may be, a certificate signed by
any one of the authorized signatories of Parent or ExchangeCo, as
the case may be.
“
Parent Affiliates ” means Affiliates of
Parent.
“
Parent Common Share ” means a share of common stock,
par value U.S. $0.001 per share, in the capital of Parent, and any
other security into which such share may be changed.
“
Parent Consent ” has the meaning ascribed to that term
in Section 4.2.
“Parent Meeting” has the meaning
ascribed to that term in Section 4.2.
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Parent Special Voting Share ” means the one share of
special voting stock of Parent, par value U.S.$0.001, which
entitles the holder of record of that share to a number of votes at
meetings of holders of Parent Common Shares equal to the number of
Exchangeable Shares outstanding from time to time (other than
Exchangeable Shares held by Parent and Parent
Affiliates).
“
Parent Successor ” has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 10.1.
“
Person ” means any individual, Entity or Governmental
Body.
“Redemption Call Right” has the meaning ascribed
to that term in the Share Exchange Agreement.
“Retracted Shares” has the meaning
ascribed to that term in Section 5.7.
“
Retraction Call Right ” has the meaning ascribed to
that term in the Exchangeable Share Provisions.
“
Share Exchange Agreement ” means the agreement dated
for reference May 11, 2009 between Parent, ExchangeCo and the
Company and certain shareholders of the Company, as amended,
supplemented and/or restated in accordance therewith, providing
for, among other things, the acquisition of common shares of the
Company.
“Trust” means the trust created by
this Agreement.
“
Trust Estate ” means the Parent Special Voting Share,
any other securities, the Exchange Right, the Automatic Exchange
Rights and any money or other property which may be held by Trustee
from time to time pursuant to this trust agreement.
“
Trustee ” means Valiant Trust Company or such other
trust company or other Entity that Parent and the Company choose
and, subject to the provisions of Article 9, includes any successor
trust company.
“
Voting Rights ” means the voting rights attached to
the Parent Special Voting Share as set forth in Article
4.
1.2
Interpretation Not Affected by Headings,
etc.
The
division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and other
portions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of
reference only and should not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all
references to an “Article” or “Section”
followed by a number and/or a letter refer to the specified Article
or Section of this Agreement. The terms “this
Agreement”, “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this
Agreement and not to any particular Article, Section or other
portion hereof and include any agreement or instrument
supplementary or ancillary hereto.
1.3
Number, Gender, etc.
Words
importing the singular number only shall include the plural and
vice versa. Words importing any gender shall include all
genders.
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1.4
Date for any Action
If
any date on which any action is required to be taken under this
Agreement is not a Business Day, such action shall be required to
be taken on the next succeeding Business Day.
Article 2
PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT
2.1
Establishment of Trust
The
purpose of this Agreement is to create the Trust for the benefit of
the Beneficiaries, as herein provided. Trustee will hold the Parent
Special Voting Share in order to enable Trustee to execute the
Voting Rights and will hold the Exchange Right and the Automatic
Exchange Rights in order to enable Trustee to exercise such rights,
in each case as Trustee for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries as
provided in this Agreement.
Article 3
PARENT SPECIAL VOTING SHARE
3.1
Issue and Ownership of the Parent Special Voting
Share
Parent
hereby issues to and deposits with Trustee, the Parent Special
Voting Share to be hereafter held of record by Trustee as Trustee
for and on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, the
Beneficiaries and in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. Parent hereby acknowledges receipt from Trustee as
Trustee for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries of good and valuable
consideration (and the adequacy thereof) for the issuance of the
Parent Special Voting Share by Parent to Trustee. During the term
of the Trust and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Trustee shall possess and be vested with full legal
ownership of the Parent Special Voting Share and shall be entitled
to exercise all of the rights and powers of an owner with respect
to the Parent Special Voting Share provided that Trustee
shall:
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hold the Parent Special Voting
Share and the legal title thereto as Trustee solely for the use and
benefit of the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement; and
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except as specifically authorized
by this Agreement, have no power or authority to sell, transfer,
vote or otherwise deal in or with the Parent Special Voting Share
and the Parent Special Voting Share shall not be used or disposed
of by Trustee for any purpose other than the purposes for which
this Trust is created pursuant to this Agreement.
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3.2
Legended Share Certificates
ExchangeCo
will cause each certificate representing Exchangeable Shares to
bear an appropriate legend notifying the Beneficiaries of their
right to instruct Trustee with respect to the exercise of the
Voting Rights in respect of the Exchangeable Shares of the
Beneficiaries.
3.3
Safe Keeping of Certificate
The
certificate representing the Parent Special Voting Share shall at
all times be held in safe keeping by Trustee or its duly authorized
agent.
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Article 4
EXERCISE OF VOTING RIGHTS
4.1
V
oting Rights
Trustee,
as the holder of record of the Parent Special Voting Share, shall
be entitled to vote in person or by proxy the Parent Special Voting
Share on any matters, questions, proposals or propositions
whatsoever that may properly come before the holders of Parent
Common Shares at a Parent Meeting or in connection with a Parent
Consent. The Voting Rights shall be and remain vested in and
exercised by Trustee. Subject to Section 6.14:
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Trustee shall exercise the Voting
Rights only on the basis of instructions received in accordance
with this Article 4 from Beneficiaries entitled to instruct Trustee
as to the voting thereof at the time at which the Parent Meeting is
held or a Parent Consent is sought; and
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to the extent that no
instructions are received from a Beneficiary with respect to the
Voting Rights to which such Beneficiary is entitled, Trustee shall
not exercise or permit the exercise of such Voting
Rights.
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4.2
Number of Votes
With
respect to all meetings of stockholders of Parent at which holders
of Parent Common Shares are entitled to vote (each, a
“Parent Meeting” ) and with respect to all
written consents sought by Parent from its stockholders including
the holders of Parent Common Shares (each, a “Parent
Consent” ), each Beneficiary shall be entitled to
instruct Trustee to cast and exercise one of the votes comprised in
the Voting Rights for each Exchangeable Share owned of record by
such Beneficiary on the record date established by Parent or by
applicable law for such Parent Meeting or Parent Consent, as the
case may be (the “Beneficiary Votes” ), in
respect of each matter, question, proposal or proposition to be
voted on at such Parent Meeting or in connection with such Parent
Consent.
4.3
Mailings to Stockholders
With
respect to each Parent Meeting and Parent Consent, Trustee will
mail or cause to be mailed (or otherwise communicate in the same
manner as Parent utilizes in communications to holders of Parent
Common Shares subject to Trustee being advised in writing of that
method and its ability to provide that method of communication) to
each of the Beneficiaries named in the List referred to in Section
4.6, the following materials (such mailing or communication to
commence on the same day as the mailing (or other communication) is
commenced by Parent to its stockholders or, if later, promptly
after receipt by Trustee of such materials):
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a copy of the notice of such
Parent Meeting or such Parent Consent, together with any related
materials to be provided to stockholders of Parent;
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a statement that such Beneficiary
is entitled to instruct Trustee as to the exercise of the
Beneficiary Votes with respect to such Parent Meeting or Parent
Consent or, pursuant to Section 4.7, to attend such Parent Meeting
and to exercise personally the Beneficiary Votes
thereat;
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a statement as to the manner in
which such instructions may be given to Trustee, including an
express indication that instructions may be given to Trustee to
give:
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a proxy to such Beneficiary or
his designee to exercise personally the Beneficiary Votes;
or
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a proxy to a designated agent or
other representative of the management of Parent to exercise such
Beneficiary Votes;
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a statement that if no such
instructions are received from the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary
Votes to which such Beneficiary is entitled will not be
exercised;
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a form of direction whereby the
Beneficiary may instruct Trustee as to voting and otherwise as
contemplated herein; and
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a statement of the time and date
by which such instructions must be received by Trustee in order to
be binding upon it, which, in the case of a Parent Meeting, shall
be not later than the close of business on the second Business Day
prior to such meeting, and of the method for revoking or amending
such instructions.
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For
the purpose of determining Beneficiary Votes to which a Beneficiary
is entitled in respect of any Parent Meeting or Parent Consent, the
number of Exchangeable Shares owned of record by the Beneficiary
shall be determined at the close of business on the record date
established by Parent or by applicable law for purposes of
determining stockholders entitled to vote at such Parent Meeting or
sign such Parent Consent. Parent will notify Trustee of any
decision of the Board of Directors of Parent with respect to the
calling of any Parent Meeting or with respect to the seeking of any
Parent Consent and shall provide all necessary information and
materials to Trustee in each case promptly and in any event in
sufficient time to enable Trustee to perform its obligations
contemplated by this Section 4.3.
4.4
Copies of Stockholder Information
Parent
will deliver to Trustee copies of all proxy materials (including
notices of Parent Meetings but excluding proxies to vote Parent
Common Shares), information statements, reports (including without
limitation, all interim and annual financial statements) and other
written communications that, in each case, are to be distributed
from time to time to holders of Parent Common Shares in sufficient
quantities and in sufficient time so as to enable Trustee to send
those materials to each Beneficiary at the same time as such
materials are first sent to holders of Parent Common Shares.
Trustee will mail or otherwise send to each Beneficiary, at the
expense of Parent, copies of all such materials (and all materials
specifically directed to the Beneficiaries or to Trustee for the
benefit of the Beneficiaries by Parent) received by Trustee from
Parent and will use its best efforts to mail or otherwise send such
materials contemporaneously with the sending by Parent or its
designee of such materials to holders of Parent Common Shares.
Trustee will also make available for inspection by any Beneficiary
at Trustee’s principal corporate trust office in the City of
Vancouver during the regular business hours of Trustee all proxy
materials, information statements, reports and other written
communications that are:
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received by Trustee as the
registered holder of the Parent Special Voting Share and made
available by Parent generally to the holders of Parent Common
Shares; or
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specifically directed to the
Beneficiaries or to Trustee for the benefit of the Beneficiaries by
Parent.
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4.5
Other Materials
As
soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by Parent or
stockholders of Parent (if such receipt is known by Parent) of any
material sent or given by or on behalf of a third party to holders
of Parent Common Shares generally, including without limitation,
dissident proxy and information circulars (and related information
and material) and tender and exchange offer circulars (and related
information and material), Parent shall use its reasonable efforts
to obtain and deliver to Trustee copies thereof in sufficient
quantities so as to enable Trustee to forward such material (unless
the same has been provided directly to Beneficiaries by such third
party) to each Beneficiary as soon as possible thereafter. As soon
as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof, Trustee will mail
or otherwise send to each Beneficiary, at the expense of Parent,
copies of all such materials received by Trustee from Parent.
Trustee will also make available for inspection by any Beneficiary
at Trustee’s principal corporate trust office in the City of
Vancouver during the regular business hours of Trustee copies of
all such materials.
4.6
List of Persons Entitled to Vote
ExchangeCo
shall, (a) prior to each annual general and special Parent Meeting
or the seeking of any Parent Consent and (b) forthwith upon each
request made at any time by Trustee in writing, prepare or cause to
be prepared a list (a “List” ) of the names and
addresses of the Beneficiaries arranged in alphabetical order (and,
if requested, arranged by jurisdiction of residence) and showing
the number of Exchangeable Shares held of record by each such
Beneficiary, in each case at the close of business on the date
specified by Trustee in such request or, in the case of a List
prepared in connection with a Parent Meeting or a Parent Consent,
at the close of business on the record date established by Parent
or pursuant to applicable law for determining the holders of Parent
Common Shares entitled to receive notice of and/or to vote at such
Parent Meeting or to give consent in connection with such Parent
Consent. Each such List shall be delivered to Trustee promptly
after receipt by ExchangeCo of such request or the record date for
such meeting or seeking of consent, as the case may be, and in any
event within sufficient time to enable Trustee to perform its
obligations under this Agreement. Parent agrees to give ExchangeCo
notice (with a copy to Trustee) of the calling of any Parent
Meeting or the seeking of any Parent Consent, together with the
record dates therefor, sufficiently prior to the date of the
calling of such meeting or seeking of such consent so as to enable
ExchangeCo to perform its obligations under this Section
4.6.
4.7
Entitlement to Direct Votes
Any
Beneficiary named in a List prepared in connection with any Parent
Meeting or Parent Consent will be entitled (a) to instruct Trustee
in the manner described in Section 4.3 with respect to the exercise
of the Beneficiary Votes to which such Beneficiary is entitled or
(b) to attend such meeting and personally exercise thereat, as the
proxy of Trustee, the Beneficiary Votes to which such Beneficiary
is entitled.
4.8
Voting by Trustee, and Attendance of Trustee Representative
at Meeting
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In connection with each Parent
Meeting and Parent Consent, Trustee shall exercise, either in
person or by proxy, in accordance with the instructions received
from a Beneficiary pursuant to Section 4.3, the Beneficiary Votes
as to which such Beneficiary is entitled to direct the vote (or any
lesser number thereof as may be set forth in the instructions);
provided, however, that such written instructions are received by
Trustee from the Beneficiary prior to the time and date fixed by
Trustee for receipt of such instruction in the notice given by
Trustee to the Beneficiary pursuant to Section 4.3.
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Subject to the timely receipt of
instructions as contemplated in Section 4.3(f), Trustee shall cause
a representative who is empowered by it to sign and deliver, on
behalf of Trustee, proxies for Voting Rights to attend each Parent
Meeting. Upon submission by a Beneficiary (or its designee) of
identification satisfactory to Trustee’s representative, and
at the Beneficiary’s request, such representative shall sign
and deliver to such Beneficiary (or its designee) a proxy to
exercise personally the Beneficiary Votes as to which such
Beneficiary is otherwise entitled hereunder to direct the vote, if
such Beneficiary either (i) has not previously given Trustee
instructions pursuant to Section 4.3 in respect of such meeting or
(ii) submits to such representative written revocation of any such
previous instructions. At such meeting, the Beneficiary exercising
such Beneficiary Votes shall have the same rights as Trustee to
speak at the meeting in favour of any matter, question, proposal or
proposition, to vote by way of ballot at the meeting in respect of
any matter, question, proposal or proposition, and to vote at such
meeting by way of a show of hands in respect of any matter,
question or proposition.
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4.9
Distribution of Written Materials
Any
written materials distributed by Trustee pursuant to this Agreement
shall be sent by mail (or otherwise communicated in the same manner
as Parent utilizes in communications to holders of Parent Common
Shares subject to Trustee being advised in writing of that method
of communication and its ability to provide that method of
communication) to each Beneficiary at its address as shown on the
books of ExchangeCo. ExchangeCo shall provide or cause to be
provided to Trustee for this purpose, on a timely basis and without
charge or other expense:
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a current List; and
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upon the request of Trustee,
mailing labels to enable Trustee to carry out its duties under this
Agreement.
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4.10
Termination of Voting Rights
All
of the rights of a Beneficiary with respect to the Beneficiary
Votes exercisable in respect of the Exchangeable Shares held by
such Beneficiary, including the right to instruct Trustee as to the
voting of or to vote personally such Beneficiary Votes, shall be
deemed to be surrendered by the Beneficiary to Parent, and such
Beneficiary Votes and the Voting Rights represented thereby shall
cease immediately upon the delivery by such holder to Trustee of
the certificates representing such Exchangeable Shares in
connection with the exercise by the Beneficiary of the Exchange
Right or the occurrence of the automatic exchange of Exchangeable
Shares for Parent Common Shares, as specified in Article 5 (unless,
in either case, Parent shall not have delivered the requisite
Parent Common Shares issuable in exchange for the Exchangeable
Shares to Trustee for delivery to the Beneficiaries), or upon the
redemption of Exchangeable Shares pursuant to Article 6 or 7 of the
Exchangeable Share Provisions, or upon the effective date of the
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of ExchangeCo pursuant to
Article 5 of the Exchangeable Share Provisions, or upon the
purchase of Exchangeable Shares from the holder thereof by
ExchangeCo pursuant to the exercise by ExchangeCo of the Retraction
Call Right, the Redemption Call Right or the Liquidation Call
Right.
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Article 5
EXCHANGE RIGHT AND AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE
5.1
Grant and Ownership of the Exchange
Right
Parent
hereby grants to Trustee as Trustee for and on behalf of, and for
the use and benefit of, the Beneficiaries the right (the
“Exchange Right” ), exercisable upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Insolvency Event, to
require Parent to purchase from each or any Beneficiary all or any
part of the Exchangeable Shares held by the Beneficiary and the
Automatic Exchange Rights, all in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement. Parent hereby acknowledges receipt from Trustee as
Trustee for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries of good and valuable
consideration (and the adequacy thereof) for the grant of the
Exchange Right and the Automatic Exchange Rights by Parent to
Trustee. During the term of the Trust and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Trustee shall possess and be vested
with full legal ownership of the Exchange Right and the Automatic
Exchange Rights and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights
and powers of an owner with respect to the Exchange Right and the
Automatic Exchange Rights, provided that Trustee shall:
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hold the Exchange Right and the
Automatic Exchange Rights and the legal title thereto as Trustee
solely for the use and benefit of the Beneficiaries in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement; and
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except as specifically authorized
by this Agreement, have no power or authority to exercise or
otherwise deal in or with the Exchange Right or the Automatic
Exchange Rights, and Trustee shall not exercise any such rights for
any purpose other than the purposes for which the Trust is created
pursuant to this Agreement.
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5.2
Legended Share Certificates
ExchangeCo
will cause each certificate representing Exchangeable Shares to
bear an appropriate legend notifying the Beneficiaries
of:
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their right to instruct Trustee
with respect to the exercise of the Exchange Right in respect of
the Exchangeable Shares held by a Beneficiary;
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the Automatic Exchange Rights;
and
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any additional rights or
restrictions required under applicable laws.
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5.3
General Exercise of Exchange Right
The
Exchange Right shall be and remain vested in and exercisable by
Trustee. Subject to Section 6.14, Trustee shall exercise the
Exchange Right only on the basis of instructions received pursuant
to this Article 5 from Beneficiaries entitled to instruct Trustee
as to the exercise thereof. To the extent that no instructions are
received from a Beneficiary with respect to the Exchange Right,
Trustee shall not exercise or permit the exercise of the Exchange
Right.
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5.4
Purchase Price
The
purchase price payable by Parent for each Exchangeable Share to be
purchased by Parent under the Exchange Right shall be an amount per
share equal to (a) the Current Market Price of a Parent Common
Share on the last Business Day prior to the day of closing of the
purchase and sale of such Exchangeable Share under the Exchange
Right, which shall be satisfied in full by Parent causing to be
sent to such holder one Parent Common Share; plus (b) to the extent
not paid by ExchangeCo, an additional amount equivalent to the full
amount of all declared and unpaid dividends on each such
Exchangeable Share held by such holder on any dividend record date
which occurred prior to the closing of the purchase and sale. In
connection with each exercise of the Exchange Right, Parent shall
provide to Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the
calculation of the purchase price for each Exchangeable Share. The
purchase price for each such Exchangeable Share so purchased may be
satisfied only by Parent issuing and delivering or causing to be
delivered to Trustee, on behalf of the relevant Beneficiary, one
Parent Common Share and on the applicable payment date a cheque for
the balance, if any, of the purchase price without interest (but
less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 5.14) .
5.5
Exercise Instructions
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, a Beneficiary shall
be entitled, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Insolvency Event, to instruct Trustee to exercise the Exchange
Right with respect to all or any part of the Exchangeable Shares
registered in the name of such Beneficiary on the books of
ExchangeCo. To cause the exercise of the Exchange Right by Trustee,
the Beneficiary shall deliver to Trustee, in person or by certified
or registered mail, at its principal corporate trust office in
Vancouver, British Columbia or at such other places in Canada as
Trustee may from time to time designate by written notice to the
Beneficiaries, the certificates representing the Exchangeable
Shares which such Beneficiary desires Parent to purchase, duly
endorsed in blank for transfer, and accompanied by such other
documents and instruments as may be required to effect a transfer
of Exchangeable Shares under applicable laws and the constating
documents of ExchangeCo and such additional documents and
instruments as Trustee, Parent or ExchangeCo may reasonably require
together with (a) a duly completed form of notice of exercise of
the Exchange Right, contained on the reverse of or attached to the
Exchangeable Share certificates, stating (i) that the Beneficiary
thereby instructs Trustee to exercise the Exchange Right so as to
require Parent to purchase from the Beneficiary the number of
Exchangeable Shares specified therein, (ii) that such Beneficiary
has good title to and owns all such Exchangeable Shares to be
acquired by Parent free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests, adverse claims and encumbrances, (iii) the names in
which the certificates representing Parent Common Shares issuable
in connection with the exercise of the Exchange Right are to be
issued, and (iv) the names and addresses of the Persons to whom
such new certificates should be delivered; and (b) payment (or
evidence satisfactory to Trustee, ExchangeCo and Parent of payment)
of the taxes (if any) payable as contemplated by Section 5.8 of
this Agreement. If only a part of the Exchangeable Shares
represented by any certificate or certificates delivered to Trustee
are to be purchased by Parent under the Exchange Right, a new
certificate for the balance of such Exchangeable Shares shall be
issued to the holder at the expense of ExchangeCo.
5.6
Delivery of Parent Common Shares; Effect of
Exercise
Promptly
after receipt of the certificates representing the Exchangeable
Shares which the Beneficiary desires Parent to purchase under the
Exchange Right, together with such documents and instruments of
transfer and a duly completed form of notice of exercise of the
Exchange Right (and payment of taxes, if any, payable as
contemplated by Section 5.8 or evidence thereof), duly endorsed for
transfer to Parent, Trustee shall notify Parent and ExchangeCo of
its receipt of the same, which notice to Parent and ExchangeCo
shall constitute exercise of the Exchange Right by Trustee on
behalf of the holder
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of such Exchangeable Shares, and
Parent shall promptly thereafter deliver or cause to be delivered
to Trustee, for delivery to the Beneficiary of such Exchangeable
Shares (or to such other Persons, if any, properly designated by
such Beneficiary) the number of Parent Common Shares issuable in
connection with the exercise of the Exchange Right, and on the
applicable payment date cheques for the balance, if any, of the
total purchase price therefor without interest (but less any
amounts withheld pursuant to Section 5.14; provided, however, that
no such delivery shall be made unless and until the Beneficiary
requesting the same shall have paid (or provided evidence
satisfactory to Trustee, ExchangeCo and Parent of the payment of)
the taxes (if any) payable as contemplated by Section 5.8 of this
Agreement. Immediately upon the giving of notice by Trustee to
Parent and ExchangeCo of the exercise of the Exchange Right as
provided in this Section 5.6, the closing of the transaction of
purchase and sale contemplated by the Exchange Right shall be
deemed to have occurred and the holder of such Exchangeable Shares
shall be deemed to have transferred to Parent all of such
holder’s right, title and interest in and to such
Exchangeable Shares shall cease to be a holder of such Exchangeable
Shares and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a
holder in respect thereof, other than the right to receive his
proportionate part of th