Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholder The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to the Underwriter with respect to itself that, and acknowledges that the Underwriter is relying upon such representations and warranties in purchasing the Securities, that:
7.1 it has been formed and is existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all (corporate) power and authority (acting through its general partner) to own, lease and operate its properties and assets, including to own the Securities to be sold by it to the Underwriter;
7.2 it has the requisite power, authority and capacity (acting through its general partner) to enter into this Agreement, and to perform its obligations hereunder, including to sell the Securities to be sold by it to the Underwriter;
7.3 this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Shareholder (acting through its general partner) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Selling Shareholder, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
7.4 as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Time, and prior to delivery to the Underwriter, the Selling Shareholder will be the beneficial owner of the Securities to be sold and delivered by it (or the beneficial owner of multiple voting shares of the Company convertible into the number of Securities to be sold and delivered by it);
7.5 as of the date hereof, other than as disclosed in the Offering Documents or as has been waived in full in respect of the Offering, no person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase of any of the Securities owned by the Selling Shareholder;
7.6 all actions required to be taken by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder or its general partner, including the passing of all requisite resolutions, so as to duly sell and deliver the Securities held by the Selling Shareholder (or, as applicable, to be held by the Selling Shareholder further to the conversion of the multiple voting shares of the Company currently held by it) have been taken;
7.7 except, with respect to Selling Shareholder Contracts (as defined below) and Selling Shareholder Laws (as defined below), for such breaches, violations, conflicts or defaults that do not or would not, individually or in aggregate, preclude the Selling Shareholder from complying with its obligations hereunder, the Selling Shareholder is not in violation or default of, nor will the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement, including the sale of the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder, result in any breach or violation of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate the maturity or require the prepayment of any indebtedness under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Selling Shareholder pursuant to (i) any term or provision of the constating documents or by-laws or any resolution of the directors or shareholders, (ii) any material contract, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement or license to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or bound or to which any of the business, operations, property or assets of the Selling Shareholder are subject (collectively, the “Selling Shareholder Contracts”), or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Selling Shareholder or the business, operations or assets of the Selling Shareholder, of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder (collectively, the “Selling Shareholder Laws”);
(A) on the Closing Date, the Selling Shareholder will have beneficial ownership of the Securities to be sold by it, free and clear of any Lien (other than restrictions on transfer that have been waived in full in respect of the Offering), except as provided in this Agreement; (B) the Selling Shareholder has, and will have, on the Closing Date, the full right, power and authority (acting through its general partner) to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by it to the Underwriter hereunder; and (C) upon delivery of the Securities to be sold by it and payment of the Purchase Price, the Underwriter will obtain beneficial ownership of the Securities to be acquired by it from the Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any Lien;
7.9 neither the Selling Shareholder nor any affiliate of the Selling Shareholder has taken, nor will the Selling Shareholder or any affiliate of the Selling Shareholder take, any action which is designed to or which constitutes or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities;
7.10 no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, permit, qualification, license, decree, and no filings, registration or recording with, any government, governmental instrumentality, authority, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder is required by the Selling Shareholder for the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder in connection with the sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as have been or will be obtained or made prior to the Closing;
7.11 other than as contemplated hereby, there is no person acting at the request of the Selling Shareholder who is entitled to any brokerage or agency fee in connection with the sale of the Securities;
7.12 the Selling Shareholder represents and warrants that it has complied with or obtained a waiver of all requirements required to be obtained by it, in connection with the Offering under the Registration Rights Agreement;
7.13 the Selling Shareholder represents and warrants that either: (i) it is not (1) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (2) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (3) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise; or (ii) the sale of the subordinate voting shares of the Company to the Underwriter will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a similar violation under any other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code;
7.14 the Selling Shareholder will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise);
7.15 each delivery of the Preliminary Offering Documents, the Final Offering Documents and any Offering Document Amendment in respect of the Preliminary Offering Document or the Final Offering Documents to the Underwriter by the Company in accordance with this Agreement will constitute representation and warranty of the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriter that at the respective times of delivery, the Selling Shareholder Matters as applicable to the Selling Shareholder are true and correct in all material respects and contain no misrepresentation; and
7.16 as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date, the sale of the Securities by the Selling Shareholder is not prompted by any material non-public information concerning the Company or the Subsidiaries that is required to be disclosed in the Offering Documents and is not so disclosed.
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders Each of the Selling Shareholders represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 2.
(a) Each Selling Shareholder is duly incorporated and organized and is validly existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and assets, to carry on its business and to sell and deliver the Offered Shares to be sold by it hereunder.
(b) Neither Selling Shareholder is selling the Offered Shares to be sold by it hereunder based on information that it holds that has not otherwise been made publicly available, which, if such information was made publicly available, could reasonably have a material impact on the price or value of the Common Shares.
(c) Each Selling Shareholder has the corporate power and capacity to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement. This Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Selling Shareholder and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each Selling Shareholder enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement hereof or thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law.
(d) Neither the sale or delivery of the Offered Shares, nor the consummation of the Reorganization Transaction, the Repurchase Transaction or any other of the transactions contemplated herein, nor the fulfilment of the terms hereof will (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the articles, by-laws or other constating documents of either Selling Shareholder, (iii) contravene any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries or over the properties or assets of either Selling Shareholder or their respective subsidiaries; and no Governmental Authorization of or with any such Governmental Agency is required for the issue and sale of the Offered Shares or the consummation by the Selling Shareholders of the Reorganization Transaction, the Repurchase Transaction or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the filing of the Prospectuses in respect of the Offered Shares under Canadian Securities Laws and the Repurchase Relief to be granted under Canadian Securities Laws, the registration under the Act of the Offered Shares and such Governmental Authorizations as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Shares by the Underwriters.
(e) (A) Each Selling Shareholder, directly or indirectly, has, and on the Closing Date, will directly have, valid marketable title to a number of Common Shares equivalent to the number of Offered Shares to be sold by it, free and clear of any hypothec, lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, security interest, defect or other restriction on transfer of any kind; (B) each Selling Shareholder has the full right, power and authority to sell, assign and transfer a number of Common Shares equivalent to the number of Offered Shares to be sold by it to the Underwriters; and (C) upon the delivery of the Offered Shares, the holders thereof will obtain good and marketable title to such Offered Shares, free and clear of any hypothec, lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, security interest, defect or other restriction on transfer of any kind.
(f) Neither Selling Shareholder nor any of their respective subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any action which was designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or, except as permitted by this Agreement, facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares.
(g) Neither Selling Shareholder nor any of their respective subsidiaries has conducted any transactions with the government of any Prohibited Country or with any person or entity located in any of the Prohibited Countries. The net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares (as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) have not been and will not be, directly or indirectly, invested in or committed to any business activities in any of the Prohibited Countries.
(h) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there is no broker, finder, agent or other party that is entitled to receive from either Selling Shareholder any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and in the event that any such person acting for and on behalf of or representing a Selling Shareholder would be entitled to receive any such fee from the Underwriters by operation of law, the Selling Shareholders jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter from such fee and as well as from any costs and expenses reasonably incurred in respect thereof.
(i) The information relating to NOVA and its subsidiaries contained in the Prospectuses and any Supplementary Material, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, on its date and, on the Closing Date, constituted and will constitute full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating thereto and did not and will not include any misrepresentation, and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Registration Statement, nor any amendment or supplement thereto when they will have become effective and on the Closing Date, will contain an untrue statement of a material fact relating to NOVA and its subsidiaries or omit to state a material fact relating thereto required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.
(j) No withholding tax imposed under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of the Province of Alberta will be payable in respect of the payment of the Underwriting Fee by the Selling Shareholders to an Underwriter that is not resident in Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), provided that such Underwriter deals at arm’s length with the Selling Shareholders (as such term is understood for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada)), such Underwriting Fee is payable in respect of services rendered by such Underwriter wholly outside of Canada that are performed in the ordinary course of business carried on by the Underwriter that includes the performance of such services for a fee and the amount of such Underwriting Fee is reasonable in the circumstances.
(k) No goods and services tax imposed under the federal laws of Canada will be payable by a Selling Shareholder in respect of the payment of the Underwriting Fee to an Underwriter that is not resident in Canada, provided that such Underwriting Fee is in respect of services performed by such Underwriter wholly outside of Canada.
(l) No stamp duty, documentary taxes or similar taxes are payable by the Company under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of the Province of Alberta in connection with the sale and delivery of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement by either Selling Shareholder. Any certificate signed by any officer of a Selling Shareholder and delivered to the Representatives or to the Company or counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter or to the Company, as the case may be.
