Exhibit 4.1
OILSANDS QUEST INC.
and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
WARRANT INDENTURE
December 5, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Page |
|
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1.1
Definitions
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1.2 Gender and
Number
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.3 Interpretation
not Affected by Headings, etc
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.4 Day not a
Business Day
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.5 Time of the
Essence
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.6 Applicable
Law
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.7 Language
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.8
Severability
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.9
Conflicts
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
ARTICLE 2 ISSUE OF
WARRANTS
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
2.1 Issue of
Warrants
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
2.2 Form and Terms
of Warrants
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
2.3 Warrantholder
not a Shareholder
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
2.4 Warrants to
Rank pari passu
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
2.5 Signing of
Warrant Certificates
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
2.6 Certification
by the Trustee
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
2.7 Issue in
Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost, etc
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
2.8 Exchange of
Warrant Certificates
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
2.9 Transfer of
Warrants
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
2.10 Registration
of Warrants
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
2.11 Transferee
Entitled to Registration
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
2.12 Registers
Open for Inspection
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
2.13 Ownership of
Warrants
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
ARTICLE 3 EXERCISE
OF WARRANTS
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
3.1 Method of
Exercise of Warrants
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
3.2 Effect of
Exercise of Warrants
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
3.3 Partial
Exercise of Warrants; Fractions
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
3.4 Expiration of
Warrants
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
3.5 Cancellation
of Surrendered Warrants
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
3.6 Accounting and
Recording
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
ARTICLE 4
ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
4.1 Adjustment of
Number of Common Shares
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
4.2 Entitlement to
Shares on Exercise of Warrant
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
4.3 No Adjustment
for Stock Options or Warrants
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
4.4 Determination
by Corporation’s Auditors
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
4.5 Proceedings
Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
4.6 Certificate of
Adjustment
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
4.7 Notice of
Special Matters
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
4.8 No Action
after Notice
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
4.9 Protection of
Trustee
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
4.10 Other
Adjustments
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
ARTICLE 5 RIGHTS
AND COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
5.1 Optional
Purchases by the Corporation
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
5.2 General
Covenants
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
5.3
Trustee’s Remuneration and Expenses
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
5.4 Performance of
Covenants by Trustee
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
ARTICLE 6
ENFORCEMENT
|
|
|
22 |
|
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Page |
|
6.1 Suits by
Warrantholders
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
6.2 Suits by the
Corporation
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
6.3 Limitation of
Liability
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
6.4 Waiver of
Default
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
ARTICLE 7 MEETINGS
OF WARRANTHOLDERS
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
7.1 Right to
Convene Meetings
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
7.2 Notice
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
7.3 Chairman
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
7.4 Quorum
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
7.5 Power to
Adjourn
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
7.6 Show of
Hands
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
7.7 Poll and
Voting
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
7.8
Regulations
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
7.9 Corporation
and Trustee May be Represented
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
7.10 Powers
Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
7.11 Meaning of
Extraordinary Resolution
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
7.12 Powers
Cumulative
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
7.13 Minutes
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
7.14 Instruments
in Writing
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
7.15 Binding
Effect of Resolutions
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
7.16 Holdings by
Corporation Disregarded
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
8.1 Provision for
Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
8.2 Successor
Corporations
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
ARTICLE 9
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
9.1 Trust
Indenture Legislation
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
9.2 Rights and
Duties of Trustee
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
9.3 Evidence,
Experts and Advisers
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
9.4 Documents,
Monies, etc. Held by Trustee
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
9.5 Actions by
Trustee to Protect Interest
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
9.6 Trustee Not
Required to Give Security
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
9.7 Protection of
Trustee
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
9.8 Replacement of
Trustee; Successor by Merger
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
9.9 Conflict of
Interest
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
9.10 Acceptance of
Trust
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
9.11 Trustee Not
to be Appointed Receiver
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
9.12 Knowledge of
Trustee
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
9.13
Indemnification of Trustee
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
9.14 Trustee Not
Required to Give Notice of Default
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
ARTICLE 10
GENERAL
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
10.1 Notice to the
Corporation and the Trustee
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
10.2 Notice to
Warrantholders
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
10.3 Evidence of
Ownership
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
10.4
Counterparts
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
10.5 Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
10.6 Provisions of
Indenture and Warrants for the Sole Benefit of Parties and
Warrantholders
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
10.7 Warrants
Owned by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries - Certificate to be
Provided
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
10.8
Successors
|
|
|
38 |
|
This Warrant Indenture
is
made as of December 5, 2007
Between
OILSANDS
QUEST INC. , a corporation incorporated under the laws of the
State of Colorado, having an office in Calgary, Alberta (the
“ Corporation ”)
and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA , a trust company
incorporated under the federal laws of Canada having an office in
the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta (the “
Trustee ”)
Recitals
| A. |
|
The Corporation is proposing to issue up to 6,325,000 Warrants
in the manner herein set forth; |
| |
| B. |
|
Each Warrant shall, subject to adjustment, entitle the holder
thereof to acquire one Common Share at the price and upon the terms
and conditions herein set forth; and |
| |
| C. |
|
All acts and deeds necessary have been done and performed to
create the Warrants, when issued as provided in this Indenture, as
legal, valid and binding upon the Corporation with the benefits and
subject to the terms of this Indenture; |
The
foregoing statements of fact and recitals are made by the
Corporation and not the Trustee.
The
parties agree as follows.
ARTICLE 1
Interpretation
1.1
Definitions
In this
Indenture, including the recitals and schedules hereto and in all
indentures supplemental hereto:
| |
|
“ Adjustment Period ” means the period from
and including the Effective Date up to and including the Time of
Expiry; |
| |
| |
|
“ affiliates ” has the meaning given thereto
in the Securities Act (Alberta); |
| |
| |
|
“ Applicable Procedures ” means the rules
and procedures of the Depository in respect of the Book-Based
System as in effect from time to time; |
| |
| |
|
“ Authorized Investments ” means short term
interest bearing or discount debt obligations issued or guaranteed
by the Government of Canada or a province of Canada or a Canadian
chartered bank (which may include an affiliate or related party of
the Trustee) provided that each such obligation is rated at least
R1 (middle) by Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited or an
equivalent rating by Standard & Poor’s, a division of
McGraw Hill Companies. |
- 2 -
| |
|
“ Book-Based System ” means, in relation to
a Global Warrant, the debt clearing, record entry, transfer and
pledge system and services established and operated by or on behalf
of the Depository for the Warrants (including where applicable
pursuant to one or more agreements between such Depository and its
Participants establishing the rules and procedures for such systems
and services), or any successor systems or services thereof; |
| |
| |
|
“ Business Day ” means a day which is not
Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of Calgary in the
Province of Alberta or a day on which the Trustee is closed for
business; |
| |
| |
|
“ Change of Control ” means, with respect to
the Corporation, the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) a tender offer shall be made and consummated for the
ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
the Corporation; (ii) the Corporation shall be merged or
consolidated with another corporation (or other person) and as a
result of such merger or consolidation less than 50% of the
outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting
corporation shall be owned in the aggregate by the former
shareholders of the Corporation, other than affiliates of any party
to such merger or consolidation as the same shall have existed
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation; or
(iii) the Corporation shall sell substantially all of its
assets to another corporation (or other person) which is not a
wholly owned Subsidiary; |
| |
| |
|
“ Common Shares ” means fully paid and
non-assessable Common Shares of the Corporation as presently
constituted; |
| |
| |
|
“ Corporate Transaction ” means a
transaction resulting in a Change of Control or a Capital
Reorganization pursuant to Section 4.1(d); |
| |
| |
|
“ Corporation ” means Oilsands Quest
Inc.; |
| |
| |
|
“ Corporation’s Auditors ” means the
firm of chartered accountants that is duly appointed as auditors of
the Corporation; |
| |
| |
|
“ Counsel ” means a barrister or solicitor
or a firm of barristers and solicitors retained by the Trustee or
retained by the Corporation and acceptable to the Trustee; |
| |
| |
|
“ Current Market Price ” of a Common Share
at any date means the price per share (denominated in United States
dollars based, if necessary, on the noon rate of exchange as
reported by the Bank of Canada) equal to the weighted average price
at which the Common Shares have traded (i) on the American
Stock Exchange, or (ii) if the Common Shares are not traded on
the American Stock Exchange, on any other recognized exchange or
market, or (iii) if the Common Shares are not traded on such
recognized exchange or market, on the over-the-counter market,
during the 20 consecutive Trading Days (on each of which at least
500 Common Shares are traded in board lots) ending on the fifth
Trading Day immediately prior to such date as reported by such
market or exchange in which the Common Shares are then trading or
quoted. The weighted average price per Common Share shall be
determined by dividing the aggregate sale price of all such shares
sold on the aforementioned over-the-counter market, recognized
exchange or market, as the case may be, during the aforementioned
20 consecutive Trading Days by the total number of such shares so
sold. If the Common Shares are not then traded in the
over-the-counter market or on a recognized exchange or market, the
Current Market Price of the Common Shares shall be the fair market
value of the Common Shares as determined in good faith by the board
of Directors of the Corporation after consultation with a
nationally or internationally recognized investment dealer or
investment banker; |
- 3 -
| |
|
“ Definitive Warrant ” means a Warrant in
the form of an individual certificate in definitive fully
registered form issued pursuant to Section 2.2 and
substantially in the form set forth in Schedule A but does not
include Exhibit 1 or any information only required to be
included in a Global Warrant; |
| |
| |
|
“ Depository ” means DTC or any other
depository subsequently appointed by the Corporation as the
depository in respect of Global Warrants; |
| |
| |
|
“ director ” means a director of the
Corporation for the time being and, unless otherwise specified
herein, reference to action “ by the directors ”
means action by the directors of the Corporation as a board or,
whenever duly empowered, action by any committee of such
board; |
| |
| |
|
“ Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course ”
means dividends paid on the Common Shares in any fiscal year of the
Corporation in cash, provided that the amount of such dividends
does not in such fiscal year exceed 5% of the Exercise Price, and
for such purpose the amount of any dividend paid in shares shall be
the aggregate stated capital of such shares, and the amount of any
dividend paid in other than cash or shares shall be the fair market
value of such dividend as determined by a resolution passed by the
board of directors of the Corporation, subject, if applicable, to
the prior consent of any stock exchange or any other
over-the-counter market on which the Common Shares are traded; |
| |
| |
|
“ DTC ” means the Depositary Trust Company
together with its successors from time to time; |
| |
| |
|
“ Effective Date ” means the date of this
Indenture; |
| |
| |
|
“ Exercise Date ” means, with respect to any
Warrant, the date on which the Warrant Certificate representing
such Warrant is surrendered for exercise in accordance with the
provisions of Article 3; |
| |
| |
|
“ Exercise Price ” with respect to the
exercise of any Warrant means $6.75 in lawful money of the United
States of America per Common Share, unless such price shall have
been adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4,
in which case it shall mean the adjusted price in effect at such
time; |
| |
| |
|
“ Expiry Date ” means December 5,
2009; |
| |
| |
|
“ Global Warrant ” means Warrants in the
form of one or more certificates in global form issued pursuant to
the Book-Based System and registered in the name of the Depository
or its nominee, and issued pursuant to Section 2.2,
substantially the form attached as Schedule A and deposited
with the Depository or its nominee; |
| |
| |
|
“ Issue Date ” means, in respect of each
Warrant, the date upon which the Warrant is issued by the
Corporation so that it is considered outstanding for the purposes
of this Indenture; |
| |
| |
|
“ Participant ” shall mean, in relation to a
Depository, a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution
or other person on whose behalf such Depository or its nominee
holds securities pursuant to a Book-Based System operated by such
Depository; |
| |
| |
|
“ person ” means an individual, body
corporate, partnership, trust, trustee, executor, administrator,
legal representative or any unincorporated organization; |
| |
| |
|
“ Shareholder ” means a holder of record of
one or more Common Shares; |
- 4 -
| |
|
“ Subsidiary of the Corporation ” or “
Subsidiary ” means any corporation or other person
(other than an individual) of which more than 50% of the
outstanding voting securities are owned, directly or indirectly, by
or for the Corporation, provided that the ownership of such
securities confers the right to elect at least a majority of the
board of directors (or persons in a similar position of fiduciary
responsibility) of such corporation or other person (other than an
individual) and includes any entity in like relation to a
Subsidiary; |
| |
| |
|
“ this Warrant Indenture ”, “ this
Indenture ”, “ herein ”, “
hereby ” and similar expressions mean and refer to
this Indenture and any indenture, deed or instrument supplemental
hereto; and the expressions “ Article ”, “
Section ” “ subsection ” and
“ paragraph ” followed by a number mean and
refer to the specified article, section, subsection or paragraph of
this Indenture; |
| |
| |
|
“ Time of Expiry ” means 4:30 p.m.,
Calgary time, on the Expiry Date; |
| |
| |
|
“ Trading Day ” means, with respect to a
stock exchange, a day on which such exchange is open for the
transaction of business and with respect to the over-the-counter
market means a day on which the American Stock Exchange is open for
the transaction of business; |
| |
| |
|
“ Trustee ” or “ Warrant
Trustee ” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada or
its successors from time to time in the trust hereby created; |
| |
| |
|
“ United States ” means the United States of
America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United
States, and the District of Columbia; |
| |
| |
|
“ Units ” means the units of the
Corporation, each consisting of one Common Share and one-half of
one Warrant, offered pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated
November 21, 2007 between the Corporation and TD Securities
Inc. and Genuity Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets Inc.,
Desjardins Securities Inc., Blackmont Capital Inc., Canaccord
Capital Corporation and Lehman Brothers Canada Inc.; |
| |
| |
|
“ Warrant Agency ” means either of the
principal office of the Trustee in the City of Vancouver and the
principal office of an agent of the Trustee in the City of Toronto,
Calgary or the City of Golden, Colorado or such other place as may
be designated in accordance with subsection 3.1(c); |
| |
| |
|
“ Warrant Certificate ” means a certificate
in the form of a Definitive Warrant evidencing Warrants issued
hereunder; |
| |
| |
|
“ Warrantholder ”, or “ holder
” without reference to Common Shares, means the person who is
the registered owner of Warrants as shown on the register
maintained at the Warrant Agency by the Warrant Trustee in
accordance with this Indenture; |
| |
| |
|
“ Warrantholders’ Request ” means an
instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Warrantholders
representing not less than 10% of the Warrants then unexercised and
outstanding, requesting the Trustee to take some action or
proceeding specified therein; |
| |
| |
|
“ Warrants ” means the Warrants issued and
certified hereunder and for the time being outstanding entitling
the holder to acquire Common Shares; and |
| |
| |
|
“ written order of the Corporation ”,
“ written request of the Corporation ”, “
written consent of the Corporation ”, “
written direction of the Corporation ” and “
certificate of the Corporation ” mean, respectively, a
written order, request, consent direction and certificate |
- 5 -
| |
|
signed in the name of the Corporation by any director or
officer of the Corporation, and may consist of one or more
instruments so executed. |
Unless
herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires, words importing the singular include the plural and vice
versa and words importing gender include all genders.
| 1.3 |
|
Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc. |
The
division of this Indenture into Articles and Sections, the
provision of a table of contents and the insertion of headings are
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction or interpretation of this Indenture.
| 1.4 |
|
Day not a Business Day |
In the
event that any day on or before which action is required to be
taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action shall be
required to be taken at or before the requisite time on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day.
Time
shall be of the essence of this Indenture.
This
Indenture and the Warrant Certificates shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal
laws of Canada applicable therein and shall be treated in all
respects as Alberta contracts.
The
parties hereto confirm their express wish that this Indenture and
all documents and agreements directly or indirectly relating
thereto be drawn up in the English language. Notwithstanding such
express wish, the parties agree that any such document or
agreement, or any part thereof or of this Indenture, may be drawn
up in the French language.
Les
parties reconnaissent leur volonté expresse que le
présent acte de fiducie ainsi que tous les documents et
contrats s’y rattachant directement ou indirectement soient
rédigés en anglais. Nonobstant cette volonté
expresse, les parties conviennent que tout document ou contrat, ou
toute partie de ces derniers ou du présent acte de fiducie,
puissent etre rédigés en francais.
In the
event that any provision under this Indenture is determined to be
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will
not affect the provision in any other respect or any other
provision under this Indenture, all of which will remain in full
force and effect.
In the
event there is any conflict between this Indenture and any Warrant
Certificate, the provisions under this Indenture will govern and
prevail.
- 6 -
ARTICLE 2
Issue of Warrants
Up to
6,325,000 Warrants are hereby created and authorized to be issued
in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Warrant entitles the
holder thereof, upon exercise, together with the payment of the
Exercise Price, to acquire one Common Share, subject to adjustment
in accordance with Article 4, at any time after the Issue Date and
ending at the Time of Expiry.
| 2.2 |
|
Form and Terms of Warrants |
| |
(a) |
|
Subject to Section 2.9(d) the Warrants may be issued
pursuant to the Book-Based System and may be represented by a
Global Warrant. The Global Warrant shall be held by, or on behalf
of, the Depository as depository of the Participants in the
Book-Based System and shall be registered in the name of
“CEDE & Co.” (or such other name as the Depository
may use from time to time as its nominee for the purposes of the
Book-Based System). In the event that the Warrants are issued
pursuant to the Book-Based System, no beneficial holder will
receive Definitive Warrants representing their beneficial ownership
in Warrants unless the Corporation determines to terminate the
Book-Based System or the other conditions set forth in
Section 2.9(d) have been satisfied. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
The Warrant Certificates (including all replacements issued in
accordance with this Indenture) shall be substantially in the form
set out in Schedule “A” hereto, shall bear such
legends and distinguishing letters and numbers as the Corporation
may, with the approval of the Trustee, prescribe, and shall be
issuable in any denomination excluding fractions. The aggregate
amount of the Global Warrants may from time to time be increased or
decreased by notations made on the Global Warrant by the Trustee,
subject in each case to compliance with the Applicable Procedures
and each Global Warrant shall bear a legend substantially in the
following form subject to modification as required by the
Depository: |
| |
| |
|
|
“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation (“DTC”), to the Corporation or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or
in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative
of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other
entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof,
Cede & Co., has an interest herein. |
| |
| |
|
|
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive registered form, this certificate may not
be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a
nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.” |
| |
| |
(c) |
|
Each Global Warrant shall represent such of the outstanding
Warrants as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that
it shall represent the aggregate outstanding Warrants from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate outstanding Warrants
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased,
as appropriate, to reflect replacements, exchanges, or exercises of
such Warrants. Any adjustment of the aggregate amount of a Global
Warrant to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the
amount of outstanding Warrants represented thereby shall be made by
the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the holder
thereof as required by Section 2.9 and shall be made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depository. |
| |
| |
|
|
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent
Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with
respect to any Global Warrant held on their behalf by the
Depository or under the Global Warrant, and the Depository
(including, for this purpose, its nominee) may be treated by the
Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the
Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Warrant for
all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
herein shall (1) prevent |
- 7 -
| |
|
|
the Corporation, the Trustee or any agent of the Corporation or
the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by the Depository or
(2) impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members,
the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a holder of any Warrant. |
| |
| |
(d) |
|
The Warrant Certificates may be engraved, printed, lithographed
or partly in one form and partly in another as the Corporation with
the approval of the Trustee may determine. No change in the Warrant
Certificate shall be required by reason of any adjustment made
pursuant to Article 4 in the number or class of Common Shares
or other securities to which a holder is entitled pursuant to the
exercise of the Warrants. |
| |
| |
(e) |
|
No fractional Warrants shall be issued or otherwise provided
for hereunder. |
| |
| |
(f) |
|
The number of Common Shares which may be purchased pursuant to
the exercise of Warrants and the Exercise Price payable therefor
shall be adjusted in the events and in the manner specified
in Article 4. |
| |
| |
(g) |
|
Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to such other
rights and privileges as are set forth in this Indenture. |
| 2.3 |
|
Warrantholder not a Shareholder |
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the holding of a Warrant or Warrant
Certificate or otherwise, shall, in itself, confer or be construed
as conferring upon a Warrantholder as such any right or interest
whatsoever as a Shareholder or as any other shareholder of the
Corporation, including, but not limited to, the right to vote at,
to receive notice of, or to attend, meetings of Shareholders or any
other proceedings of the Corporation, or the right to receive
dividends and other distributions except as may be provided in this
Indenture or the Warrant Certificates.
| 2.4 |
|
Warrants to Rank pari passu |
All
Warrants shall rank pari passu , whatever may be the actual
Issue Date thereof.
| 2.5 |
|
Signing of Warrant Certificates |
The
Warrant Certificates shall be signed by any two directors or
officers of the Corporation. The signature of any such director or
officer may be mechanically reproduced in facsimile and Warrant
Certificates bearing such facsimile signature shall be binding upon
the Corporation as if it had been manually signed by such director
or officer. Notwithstanding that any of the persons whose manual or
facsimile signature appears on any Warrant Certificate as a
director or officer may no longer be appointed or hold office at
the date of such Warrant Certificate or at the date of
certification or delivery thereof, any Warrant Certificate signed
as aforesaid shall, subject to Section 2.6, be valid and
binding upon the Corporation and the holder thereof shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
| 2.6 |
|
Certification by the Trustee |
| |
(a) |
|
No Warrant Certificate shall be issued or, if issued, shall be
valid for any purpose or entitle the holder to the benefit hereof
until it has been certified by manual signature by or on behalf of
the Trustee and such certification by the Trustee upon any Warrant
Certificate shall be conclusive evidence as against the Corporation
that the Warrant |
- 8 -
| |
|
|
Certificate so certified has been duly issued hereunder and
that the holder is entitled to the benefits hereof. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
Warrant Certificates shall be certified by, or on behalf of,
the Trustee upon the written order of the Corporation and delivered
by the Trustee to the Corporation in accordance with the written
direction of the Corporation. The certification of the Trustee on
Warrant Certificates issued hereunder shall not be construed as a
representation or warranty by the Trustee as to the validity of
this Indenture or the Warrant Certificates (except the due
certification thereof) and the Trustee shall in no respect be
liable or answerable for the use made of the Warrant Certificate or
any of them or of the consideration therefor except as otherwise
specified herein. The countersignature of the Trustee will,
however, be a representation and warranty of the Trustee that the
Warrant Certificate has been duly countersigned by or on behalf of
the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture. |
| 2.7 |
|
Issue in Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost,
etc. |
| |
(a) |
|
In the event that any Warrant Certificate shall become
mutilated or be lost, destroyed or stolen, the Corporation, subject
to applicable law, shall issue and thereupon the Trustee shall
certify and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor as the
one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and in
place of and upon cancellation of such mutilated Warrant
Certificate, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost,
destroyed or stolen Warrant Certificate, and the substituted
Warrant Certificate shall be in a form approved by the Trustee and
the Warrants evidenced thereby shall be entitled to the benefits
hereof and shall rank equally in accordance with its terms with all
other Warrants issued or to be issued hereunder. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
The applicant for the issue of a new Warrant Certificate
pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall bear the cost of the issue
thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft shall, as a
condition precedent to the issue thereof, furnish to the
Corporation and to the Trustee such evidence of ownership and of
the loss, destruction or theft of the Warrant Certificate so lost
destroyed or stolen as shall be satisfactory to the Corporation and
to the Trustee each in their sole discretion, and such applicant
shall also be required to furnish an indemnity or security in
amount and form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee
each in their discretion and shall pay the reasonable charges of
the Corporation and the Trustee in connection therewith. |
| 2.8 |
|
Exchange of Warrant Certificates |
| |
(a) |
|
Warrant Certificates representing Warrants to acquire any
specified number of Common Shares may, upon compliance with the
reasonable requirements of the Trustee, be exchanged for another
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates entitling the holder
thereto to acquire in the aggregate the same number of Common
Shares as may be acquired under the Warrant Certificate or Warrant
Certificates so exchanged. Upon compliance with the reasonable
requirements of the Trustee and the terms and conditions hereof,
the Corporation will sign, and the Trustee will countersign, all
Warrant Certificates necessary to carry out these exchanges. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
Warrant Certificates may be exchanged only at a Warrant Agency
or at any other place that is designated by the Corporation with
the approval of the Trustee. Any Warrant Certificate tendered for
exchange shall be cancelled by the Trustee. |
2.9
Transfer of Warrants
| |
(a) |
|
Subject to subsection 2.9(b), 2.9(c) and 2.9(d) below and such
reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe and all
applicable securities legislation and requirements of regulatory
authorities, the Warrants may be transferred on the register kept
at the Warrant Agency by the Warrantholder (or its legal
representatives or its attorney duly appointed by an instrument in
writing in form and manner of execution satisfactory to the
Trustee) only upon the surrendering of the relevant Warrant
Certificate with the transfer form forming part thereof duly
completed and signed. After receiving the surrendered Warrant
Certificate(s) and upon the person surrendering the same meeting
such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe, the
Trustee shall issue to the transferee a Warrant Certificate
representing the Warrants transferred. For clarity, the Trustee
shall not be responsible to determine compliance with securities
legislation or requirements of regulatory authorities (including
any transfers between or among Agent Members or other beneficial
owners of interests in any Global Warrant) and such determination
shall be the responsibility solely of the person requesting the
transfer. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
No transfer of a Warrant shall be valid (i) unless made in
accordance with the provisions hereof, (ii) until, upon
compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may
prescribe, such transfer is recorded on the register maintained by
the Trustee pursuant to subsection (a) of this
Section 2.9, (iii) unless such registration shall be
noted on the Warrant Certificate by the Trustee, and
(iv) until all governmental or other charges arising by reason
of such transfer have been paid. |
| |
| |
(c) |
|
A Global Warrant may not be transferred, in whole or in part,
to any person other than the Depository or a nominee or any
successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other person
may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit
any transfer of a Warrant that is issued in exchange for a Global
Warrant but is not itself a Global Warrant. No transfer of a
Warrant to any person shall be effective under this Indenture or
the Warrants unless and until such Warrant has been registered in
the name of such person. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Indenture or the Warrants, transfers of a Global Warrant, in
whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this
Section 2.9(c). |
| |
| |
(d) |
|
The provisions below shall apply only to Global Warrants: |
| |
(i) |
|
Each Global Warrant authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee thereof and
delivered to such Depository or a nominee thereof or custodian
therefor. |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the
Warrants, a Global Warrant shall not be exchanged in whole or in
part for a Warrant registered, and no transfer of a Global Warrant
in whole or in part shall be registered, in the name of any person
other than the Depository or one or more nominees thereof; provided
that a Global Warrant may be exchanged for Warrants registered in
the names of any person designated by the Depository in the event
that (A) the Depository has notified the Corporation that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global
Warrant (B) such Depository has ceased to be a clearing agency
or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a depository, and a
successor depository is not appointed by the Corporation within
90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware that the
Depository has ceased to be a |
- 10 -
| |
|
|
clearing agency or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a
depository or (C) the Corporation has determined, in its sole
discretion, to terminate the Book-Based System in respect of such
Global Warrant and has communicated such determination to the
Trustee in writing. Any Global Warrant exchanged pursuant to
subclause (A), (B) or (C) above shall be so exchanged in
whole and not in part. Any Warrant issued in exchange for a Global
Warrant or any portion thereof shall be a Global Warrant; provided
further that any such Warrant so issued that is registered in the
name of a person other than the Depository or a nominee thereof
shall not be a Global Warrant but shall be a Definitive
Warrant. |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
Warrants issued in exchange for a Global Warrant or any portion
thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, shall
have an aggregate amount equal to that of such Global Warrant or
portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such
names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depository
shall designate. Any Global Warrant to be exchanged in whole shall
be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee, as Registrar. With
regard to any Global Warrant to be exchanged in part, the amount
thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof
to be so exchanged, by means of a notation made on the Global
Warrant as authenticated by the Trustee and an appropriate
adjustment made on the records of the Depository and the
Trustee. |
| |
| |
(iv) |
|
Subject to clause (vi) of this Section 2.9(d), the
registered holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests
through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Warrants. |
| |
| |
(v) |
|
In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified
in clause (ii) of this Section 2.9(d), the Corporation
will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
Definitive Warrants in definitive, fully registered form. |
| |
| |
(vi) |
|
Neither Agent Members nor any other persons on whose behalf
Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture
with respect to any Global Warrant registered in the name of the
Depository or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global
Warrant, and the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be,
may be treated by the Corporation, the Trustee and any Agent of the
Corporation or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such
Global Warrant for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation, the
Trustee or any Agent of the Corporation or the Trustee from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, or
impair, as between the Depository, its Agent Members and any other
person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of
customary practices of such persons governing the exercise of the
rights of a holder of any Warrant. |
| |
| |
(vii) |
|
At such time as all interests in a Global Warrant have been
exercised, cancelled or exchanged for Definitive Warrants, such
Global Warrant shall, upon receipt thereof, be cancelled by the
Trustee in accordance with Applicable Procedures and instructions
existing between the Depository and the Trustee, subject to
Section 3.5 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any interest in a Global Warrant is exercised,
cancelled or exchanged for Definitive Warrants, the amount of such
Global Warrant shall, in accordance with the |
- 11 -
| |
|
|
Applicable Procedures and instructions existing between the
Depository and the Trustee, be appropriately reduced, and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Warrant, by the Trustee to
reflect such reduction. |
2.10
Registration of Warrants
The
Trustee shall keep at the Warrant Agency: (i) a register of
Warrantholders in which shall be entered in alphabetical order the
names and addresses of the holders of Warrants and particulars of
the Warrants held by them and (ii) a register of transfers in
which all transfers of Warrants and the date and other particulars
of each transfer shall be entered. Branch registers shall also be
kept at such other place or places, if any, as the Corporation,
with the approval of the Trustee, may designate. Such registers
will at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the
Corporation and/or any Warrantholder.
2.11
Transferee Entitled to Registration
The
transferee of a Warrant shall, after the transfer form attached to
the Warrant Certificate is duly completed and the Warrant
Certificate and form of transfer are lodged with the Trustee, and
upon compliance with all other conditions in that regard required
by this Indenture and by all applicable securities legislation and
requirements of regulatory authorities, be entitled to have his
name entered on the register as the owner of such Warrant free from
all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the
Corporation and his transferor or any previous Warrantholder of
such Warrant, save in respect of equities of which the Corporation
or the transferee is required to take notice by statute or by order
of a court of competent jurisdiction. For clarity, the Trustee
shall not be responsible to determine compliance with securities
legislation or requirements of regulatory authorities and such
determination shall be the responsibility solely of the person
requesting the transfer.
2.12
Registers Open for Inspection
The
registers hereinbefore referred to shall be open at the office of
the Trustee during normal business hours on each Business Day and
upon reasonable written notice for inspection by the Corporation,
the Trustee or any Warrantholder. The Trustee shall, from time to
time when requested to do so by the Corporation, furnish the
Corporation with a list of the names and addresses of
Warrantholders entered in the register kept by the Trustee showing
the number of Warrants and the number of Common Shares which may
then be acquired upon the exercise of the Warrants held by each
such Warrantholder.
2.13
Ownership of Warrants
| |
(a) |
|
The Corporation and the Trustee may deem and treat the
registered Warrantholder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute
owner of the Warrant represented thereby for all purposes, and the
Corporation and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice or
knowledge to the contrary, except where the Corporation or the
Trustee is required to take notice by statute or by order of a
court of competent jurisdiction. For greater certainty, subject to
applicable law, neither the Corporation nor the Trustee will be
bound to take notice of or see to the execution of any trust,
whether express, implied or constructive, in respect of any
Warrant, and may transfer any Warrant on the direction of the
person registered as Warrantholder thereof, whether named as
trustee or otherwise, as though that person were the beneficial
owner thereof. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
Subject to the provisions of this Indenture and applicable law,
each Warrantholder shall be entitled to the rights and privileges
attaching to the Warrants held thereby. The exercise of the
Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof and the receipt by any
such |
- 12 -
| |
|
|
Warrantholder of Common Shares pursuant thereto shall be a good
discharge to the Corporation and the Trustee with respect to such
Warrants and neither the Corporation nor the Trustee shall be bound
to inquire into the title of any such holder. |
ARTICLE 3
Exercise of Warrants
3.1
Method of Exercise of Warrants
| |
(a) |
|
The holder of any Warrant that is not in the form of a Global
Warrant may exercise the right evidenced thereby conferred on such
holder to acquire Common Shares by surrendering, prior to the Time
of Expiry, to the Trustee at a Warrant Agency: |
| |
(i) |
|
the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant, with a duly
completed and executed exercise form in the form attached to the
Warrant Certificate; and |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
a certified cheque or bank draft payable to or to the order of
the Corporation (or payment in such other form as the Trustee may
accept), in the amount of the aggregate Exercise Price of such
Warrants being exercised. |
| |
|
|
A Warrant Certificate with the duly completed and executed
exercise form referred to in this subsection 3.1(a) shall be
deemed to be surrendered only upon personal delivery thereof or, if
sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon actual receipt
thereof at, in each case, a Warrant Agency or such other place or
places that may be designated by the Corporation with the approval
of the Trustee, provided that such Warrant Certificate is
accompanied by the requisite payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price for the Warrants represented thereby that are being
exercised. |
| |
(b) |
|
Any exercise form referred to in subsection 3.1(a) shall
be signed by the Warrantholder or his executors, administrators or
other legal representatives or his attorney duly appointed (such
persons being obligated to provide the Trustee at the Warrant
Agency with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of his or her
authority to act on behalf of the Warrantholder) and shall
specify: |
| |
(i) |
|
the number of Common Shares which the holder wishes to acquire
(being not more than those which the holder is entitled to acquire
pursuant to the Warrant Certificate(s) surrendered); |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
the person or persons in whose name or names such Common Shares
are to be issued, and if such persons are individuals, the relevant
social insurance numbers; |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
the address or addresses of such person or persons; and |
| |
| |
(iv) |
|
the number of Common Shares to be issued to each such person if
more than one is so specified. |
| |
|
|
If any of the Common Shares subscribed for are to be issued to
a person or persons other than the Warrantholder, the Warrantholder
shall pay to the Corporation or the Trustee on behalf of the
Corporation, all applicable transfer or similar taxes and the
Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver certificates
evidencing Common Shares unless or until such Warrantholder shall
have paid to the Corporation, or the Trustee on behalf of |
- 13 -
| |
|
|
the Corporation, the amount of such tax or shall have
established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax
has been paid or that none is due. |
| |
(c) |
|
In connection with the exchange of Warrant Certificates and
exercise of Warrants and compliance with such other terms and
conditions hereof as may be required, the Corporation has appointed
the principal office of the Trustee or its agent in each of the
cities of Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto as an agency at which
Warrant Certificates may be surrendered for exchange or at which
Warrants may be exercised and the Trustee has accepted such
appointment. The Corporation shall give notice to the Trustee of
any change of the Warrant Agency. |
| |
| |
(d) |
|
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of
Global Warrants, exercise notices may be delivered and such
Warrants may be surrendered for exercise in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures. |
3.2
Effect of Exercise of Warrants
| |
(a) |
|
Upon compliance by the holder of any Warrant Certificate with
the provisions of Section 3.1, and subject to
Section 3.3, the Common Shares subscribed for shall be deemed
to have been issued as fully paid and non-assessable and the person
or persons to whom such Common Shares are to be issued shall be
deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such
Common Shares on the Exercise Date unless the transfer registers of
the Corporation shall be closed on such date, in which case the
Common Shares subscribed for shall be deemed to have been issued
and such person or persons deemed to have become the holder or
holders of record of such Common Shares, on the date on which such
transfer registers are reopened. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
Within three Business Days after the Exercise Date of a Warrant
as set forth above, the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to the
person or persons in whose name or names the Common Shares so
subscribed for have been issued, as specified in the exercise form
completed in connection with the exercise of the Warrants, at the
address specified in such exercise form or, if so specified in such
exercise form, cause to be delivered to such person or persons at
the Warrant Agency where the Warrant Certificate was surrendered, a
certificate or certificates for the appropriate number of Common
Shares subscribed for, or if requested, evidence of the Common
Shares so subscribed for held in the Book-Based System. |
3.3
Partial Exercise of Warrants; Fractions
| |
(a) |
|
The holder of any Warrants may acquire a number of Common
Shares less than the number which the holder is entitled to acquire
pursuant to the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s). In the event of
any exercise of a number of Warrants less than the number which the
holder is entitled to exercise, the holder of the Warrants upon
exercise thereof shall, in addition, be entitled to receive,
without charge therefor, a new Warrant Certificate(s) in respect of
the balance of the Warrants which such holder was entitled to
exercise pursuant to the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s) and
which were not then exercised. If any interest in a Global Warrant
is exercised in part, the amounts of such Global Warrant shall, in
accordance with Applicable Procedures and instructions existing
between the Depository and the Trustee, be proportionately reduced
and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Warrant, by the
Trustee to reflect such reduction. |
- 14 -
| |
(b) |
|
Notwithstanding anything herein contained including any
adjustment provided for in Article 4, the Corporation shall
not be required, upon the exercise of any Warrants, to issue
fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which
evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of fractional Common
Shares, the Corporation shall pay to the holder who would otherwise
be entitled to receive fractional Common Shares upon an exercise of
Warrants, within 10 Business Days after the date upon which the
fractional Common Shares would have been issued, an amount in
lawful money of the United States equal to the Current Market Price
of the Common Shares as of the Exercise Date multiplied by an
amount equal to the fractional interest of Common Shares such
holder would otherwise be entitled to receive upon such exercise,
provided that the Corporation shall not be required to make any
payment, calculated as aforesaid, that is less than US$10.00. The
price to be paid shall be provided by the Corporation in writing to
the Trustee upon request. |
3.4
Expiration of Warrants
Immediately after the Time of Expiry, all rights under any Warrant
in respect of which the right of acquisition herein and therein
provided for shall not have been exercised shall cease and
terminate and such Warrant shall be void and of no further force or
effect.
3.5
Cancellation of Surrendered Warrants
All
Warrant Certificates surrendered to the Trustee pursuant to
Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.1, 3.3, and 5.1 shall be cancelled
by the Trustee and, after the expiry of any period of retention
prescribed by law, destroyed by the Trustee and, upon written
request by the Corporation, the Trustee shall furnish to the
Corporation a destruction certificate identifying the Warrant
Certificates so destroyed, the number of Warrants evidenced thereby
and the number of Common Shares which could have been purchased
pursuant thereto.
3.6
Accounting and Recording
| |
(a) |
|
The Trustee shall as soon as reasonably practicable account to
the Corporation with respect to Warrants exercised. Any monies,
securities or other instruments, from time to time received by the
Trustee shall be received in trust for and shall be segregated and
kept apart by the Trustee in trust for the Corporation. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
The Trustee shall record the particulars of Warrants exercised
which shall include the names and addresses of the persons who
become holders of Common Shares on exercise and the Exercise Date.
Within five Business Days of each Exercise Date, the Trustee shall
provide such particulars in writing to the Corporation. |
ARTICLE 4
Adjustment of Number of Common Shares
4.1
Adjustment of Number of Common Shares
The
acquisition rights as they relate to Common Shares, attaching to
the Warrants in effect at any date, and the Exercise Price in
respect thereof, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time
as follows:
| |
(a) |
|
If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the
Corporation shall: |
- 15 -
| |
(i) |
|
subdivide, redivide or change the outstanding Common Shares
into a greater number of shares, |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
reduce, combine or consolidate the outstanding Common Shares
into a lesser number of shares, or |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
issue Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or
convertible into Common Shares at no additional cost to the holders
of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common Shares by way
of a stock dividend or other distribution (other than the issue of
Common Shares to holders of Common Shares pursuant to their
exercise of options to receive dividends in the form of Common
Shares in lieu of Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course on the
Common Shares), |
| |
|
|
(any of such events in these clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) being called a “ Common Share
Reorganization ”), then effective immediately after the
record date at which the holders of Common Shares are determined
for the purposes of the Common Share Reorganization, the Exercise
Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator
of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such
record date before giving effect to such Common Share
Reorganization and the denominator of which shall be the number of
Common Shares outstanding after giving effect to such Common Share
Reorganization (including, in the case where securities
exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares at no additional
cost are distributed, the number of Common Shares that would have
been outstanding had such securities been exchanged for or
converted into Common Shares on such record date). Upon any
adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to
subsection 4.1(a), the number of Common Shares subject to the
right of purchase under each Warrant shall be contemporaneously
adjusted by multiplying the number of Common Shares which
theretofore may have been purchased under such Warrant by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the respective Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the
denominator shall be the respective Exercise Price resulting from
such adjustment. |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the
Corporation shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights,
options or warrants to all or substantially all the holders of its
outstanding Common Shares entitling them, for a period expiring not
more than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or
purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Shares) at a price per share (or having a
conversion or exchange price per share) less than 95% of the
Current Market Price of a Common Share on such record date, the
Exercise Price shall be adjusted immediately after such record date
so that it shall equal the amount determined by multiplying the
Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction of which
the numerator shall be the total number of Common Shares
outstanding on such record date plus a number of Common Shares
equal to the number arrived at by dividing the aggregate price of
the total number of additional Common Shares offered for
subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange
price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered) by
such Current Market Price, and of which the denominator shall be
the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date
plus the total number of additional Common Shares offered for
subscription or purchase or into which the convertible or
exchangeable securities so offered are convertible or exchangeable;
any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be outstanding
for the purpose |
- 16 -
| |
|
|
of any such computation; such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever such a record date is fixed; to the extent
that any such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior
to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted
to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record
date had not been fixed or to the Exercise Price which would then
be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares (or securities
convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares) actually issued
upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, as the case
may be. |
| |
(c) |
|
If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the
Corporation shall fix a record date for the making of a
distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its
outstanding Common Shares of (i) securities of any class,
whether of the Corporation or any other person (other than Common
Shares and other than securities distributed to holders of Common
Shares pursuant to their exercise of options to receive dividends
in the form of such securities in lieu of Dividends Paid in the
Ordinary Course on the Common Shares), (ii) rights, options or
warrants (excluding those referred to in subsection 4.1(b)),
(iii) evidences of its indebtedness or (iv) property or assets
(excluding Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course) then, in each
such case, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted immediately after
such record date so that it shall equal the price determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the total number of
Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the
Current Market Price of a Common Share on such record date, less
the aggregate fair market value (as determined by the directors,
which determination shall be conclusive) of such securities shares,
rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness, property or
assets so distributed, and of which the denominator shall be the
total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date
multiplied by such Current Market Price; any Common Shares owned by
or held for the account of the Corporation or any Subsidiar |
|