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• Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations The obligation of each Initial Purchaser to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

• Conditions of the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations The obligation of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities shall, in their sole discretion, be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date: (a) On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received opinions, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of each of Linklaters (US and UK law); De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.; (Netherlands law); De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek P.C. (Netherlands Antilles law); KPMG Meijburg & Co. (certain tax matters); Xxxxxx and Calder (Cayman Island law); Advokatfinmaet Schjødt (Norwegian law); Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx (Maltese law); Stroeter, Xxxxxxx & Ohno Advogados (Brazilian law); and Templars (Nigerian law), counsel for the Issuer and/or the Guarantors, as the case may be, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers in their reasonable discretion. (b) On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received an opinion, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of Xxx Xxx Xxxxx, in-house legal counsel for the Issuers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers in their reasonable discretion. (c) On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to certain legal matters relating to this Agreement and such other related matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require. In rendering such opinion, Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx shall have received and may rely upon such certificates and other documents and information as it may reasonably request to pass upon such matters. (d) The Initial Purchasers shall have received from the Independent Accountants a comfort letter or letters dated the date hereof and the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers. (e) The representations and warranties of the Issuers contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; the statements of any Authorized Person made pursuant to any certificate delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be true and correct on and as of the date made and on and as of the Closing Date; the Issuers shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and, except as described in the Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date hereof), subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in such Memorandum (whether or not audited), there shall have been no event or development, and no information shall have become known, that, individually or in the aggregate, has or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. (f) The sale of the Securities hereunder shall not be enjoined (temporarily or permanently) on the Closing Date. (g) Subsequent to the date of the Memorandum, the conduct of the business and operations of each of the Issuers shall not have been interfered with by strike, labor dispute, slowdown, work stoppage, fire, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity (whether or not insured) or by any court or governmental action, order or decree, and, except as otherwise stated therein, the properties of each of the Issuers shall not have sustained any loss or damage (whether or not insured) as a result of any such occurrence, except any such interference, loss or damage which would not, whether individually or in the aggregate, have or be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. (h) The Initial Purchasers shall have received a certificate of the Issuers, dated the Closing Date, signed on behalf of each Issuer by two Authorized Persons (except in the case of any Issuer organized under the laws of the Netherlands, in which case, such certificate shall be signed by one Authorized Person who shall be the managing director of such Issuer), to the effect that:

• Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

• Conditions of the Purchaser’s Obligations The obligations of the Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Private Placement Warrants are subject to the fulfillment, on or before each Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

• Conditions to Purchaser’s Obligations The obligation of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction (unless waived in writing by Purchaser) of each of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date:

• Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the following conditions: (a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: (i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of the Guarantors or any of the securities of the Company or any of the Guarantors or in the rating outlook for the Company or the Guarantors by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Trust and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Final Memorandum provided to prospective purchasers of the Securities that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Final Memorandum. (b) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate from each of the Company and the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer, trustee or managing partner, as applicable, of each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) and to the effect that the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that each of the Company and the Guarantors has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officers signing and delivering such certificates may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened. (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Burnet, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and the Guarantors and shall so state therein. (d) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and the Guarantors and shall so state therein. (e) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, U.S. counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. (f) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, from KPMG, LLP, independent public accountants for the Trust and its subsidiaries, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date. (g) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants for Storm Energy Ltd ("Storm") containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date. (h) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, independent public accountants for EnCana Corporation ("EnCana"), containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date. (i) Prior to the Closing Date, (i) the Company and the Trust shall have entered into an Amended and Restated Net Profit Interest Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser and (ii) Harvest Sask Energy Trust and the Trust shall have entered into an Amended and Restated Net Profit Interest Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser.

• Conditions of the Purchasers’ Obligations at Closing The obligations of the Purchaser to the Company under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived:

• Conditions to the Purchaser’s Obligations The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Shares and Warrants at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the Purchasers’ reasonable satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Purchasers: (i) The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 3.1 hereof shall be true and correct except where the failure to be so true and correct does not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and conditions herein required to be performed or observed by it on or prior to the Closing Date. (ii) The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all material consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect. (iii) No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, or self-regulatory organization enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents. (iv) The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in subsections (i), (ii), (iii) and(vii) of this Section 2.2(a). (v) The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Shares and Warrants, certifying the current versions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company. (vi) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by any Person with respect to public trading in the Common Stock; and the Purchaser shall have received the Prospectus in accordance with the federal securities laws. (vii) The Company’s Common Stock (including the Shares and the Warrant Shares) shall be eligible for inclusion on the Nasdaq Capital Market and listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

• Rights and Obligations of Both Parties 7.1 Party A shall have the following rights and obligations: § to draw down and use the Loan according to this Contract; § if Party A repays the Loan before maturity date, it shall obtain prior written consent from Party B and shall compensate Party B against the losses for expected income and relevant expenses; § to bear all expenses incurred under this Contract; § it shall notify Party B at least 30 days in advance of any activities that would have a negative impact upon Party B’s ability to realize its rights such as joint operation, merger, restructuring, sale of material asset, etc. and obtain Party B’s written consent, otherwise, Party A is not allowed to carry out the afore mentioned activity before repayment of the Loan; § to notify Party B of any changes like location, contact address, business scope, legal representative and other commercial register items within 7 days after these changes; § it shall notify Party B immediately the occurrence of any event that will affect its normal operation or solvency under this contract, such as (but not restrain to) severe economic dispute, bankruptcy, financial deterioration etc; § In case of it winding up, dissolution, suspension of operation, revoke of business license, Party A should notify Party B of such events within 5 days after their occurrence and undertake to repay the principal and interest immediately. § Others as agreed. 7.2 Party B shall have the following rights and obligations: § to require Party A to provide all materials related to the Loan; § to deduct the principal, interest, compound interest, penalty interest and other due expenses relating to the Loan under this Contract directly from Party B’s account in accordance with the provisions of this Contract or relevant law; § in case of Party A’s evasion of Party B’s monitoring, default in payment for due principal or interest and other severe breach of the Contract, Party B is entitled to impose credit penalty against Party A, notify relevant departments or entities of such breach and put up payment demand notice on public media; § to provide loan to Party A in time according to the provisions of the Contract (except for the delays due to Party A’s reason); § to keep confidential of the information and materials provided by Party A..

• Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations The respective obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder to purchase the Securities are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof, at the Closing Date and on each Option Closing Date (as if made on the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as applicable), of and compliance in all material respects with all representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained herein, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and the following additional conditions: (a) If filing of the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, is required under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall have filed the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission in the manner and within the time period so required (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or 164(b) under the Securities Act); the Registration Statement shall remain effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, any Rule 462 Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or threatened; any request of the Commission or an Underwriter for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the Underwriters’ satisfaction. (b) The Shares and the Warrant Shares shall be qualified for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. (c) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements. (d) None of the Underwriters shall have reasonably determined, and advised the Company, that the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in such Underwriter’s reasonable opinion, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in such Underwriter’s reasonable opinion, is material and is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (e) On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters the opinion and negative assurance letter of Xxxxxxx Procter LLP, outside corporate counsel for the Company dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters. (f) On the Closing Date and on each Option Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters the negative assurance letter of Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx PC, counsel to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters. (g) The Underwriters shall have received a letter of KPMG LLP on the date hereof and on the Closing Date and on each Option Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and confirming, as of the date of each such letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, as of a date not prior to the date hereof or more than five days prior to the date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial information and other matters required by the Underwriters. (h) On the Closing Date and on each Option Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters a certificate, dated the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters, signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company, in their capacity as officers of the Company, to the effect that: (i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality or by reference to any Material Adverse Effect are true and correct in all respects, and all other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, in all material respects, as if made at and as of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable; (ii) No stop order or other order (A) suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof, (B) suspending the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale, or (C) suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to their knowledge, is contemplated by the Commission or any state or regulatory body; and