Covenants of the Selling Shareholders Each Selling Shareholder, in addition to its other agreements and obligations hereunder, severally and not jointly, covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder agrees that (i) it will not prepare, or have prepared on its behalf, or use or refer to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), and (ii) it will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
(b) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters that the Underwriters otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(c) During the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required under the Securities Act, such Selling Shareholder will advise the Underwriters promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing to the Underwriters, of any change in the information relating to such Selling Shareholder in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(d) Such Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
(e) Each of the Selling Shareholders agrees to deliver to the Underwriters prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 or W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(f) Each of the Selling Shareholders agrees to deliver to the Underwriters prior to or at the Closing Date a certificate satisfying the beneficial ownership due diligence requirements of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
Covenants of the Shareholders (a) Each Shareholder agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10, it shall not take any action of any kind that may in any way adversely affect, by delay or otherwise, the likelihood of success of the Arrangement, and in furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly:
(i) option, sell, assign, transfer, dispose of, hypothecate, alienate, grant a security interest in, encumber in any way, tender to any offer or otherwise convey any Subject Shares or Convertible Securities or any right or interest therein or enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing;
(ii) grant or agree to grant any proxy or other right to the Subject Shares, or enter into any voting trust or pooling agreement or arrangement or otherwise relinquish or modify its right to vote any of the Subject Shares, or enter into or subject any of the Subject Shares to any other agreement, arrangement, understanding or commitment, formal or informal, with respect to or relating to the voting thereof;
(iii) (A) make, solicit, assist, initiate, encourage, or otherwise facilitate (including by way of furnishing information or entering into any form of written or oral agreement, arrangement or understanding) any inquiries, proposals or offers from any person regarding any Acquisition Proposal, or (B) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal, or (C) otherwise co-operate in any way with, or assist or participate in or facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing;
(iv) take any action of any kind, directly or indirectly, which may cause its representations or warranties hereunder to become untrue; or
(v) take any action to encourage or assist any other person to do any of the prohibited acts referred to in this Section 4(a).
(b) Each Shareholder agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the termination of this Agreement in accordance Section 10, it shall:
(i) (A) forthwith notify Symmetry and Acquisitionco, at first orally and then in writing, of all Acquisition Proposals currently under consideration and immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing solicitations, encouraged activities, discussions or negotiations such Shareholder is engaged in with any person (other than Symmetry and Acquisitionco) with respect to or which could lead to any potential Acquisition Proposal from and after the date hereof, and (B) promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) notify Symmetry and Acquisitionco, at first orally and then in writing, of any inquiries, proposals or offers that such Shareholder receives or of which such Shareholder becomes aware, relating to, constituting or which such Shareholder reasonably believes could lead to an Acquisition Proposal, such notice to include a description of the terms and conditions of, and the identity of the person making, any proposal, inquiry or offer or any amendment thereto, and such other details of the proposal, inquiry or offer as Symmetry and Acquisitionco may reasonably request, including a copy thereof; and
(ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts (which, for greater certainty, shall not include influencing the board of directors of the Company) to assist Symmetry and Acquisitionco to successfully complete the Arrangement, including co-operating with Symmetry and Acquisitionco in: (A) making all requisite regulatory filings and giving evidence in relation thereto; (B) meeting with prospective lenders and investors in presentations, meetings, road shows and due diligence sessions; and (C) providing investor relations support and communicating with the shareholders of both Symmetry and the Company; and
(iii) perform all obligations required to by it under this Agreement and the Arrangement Agreement in order to consummate and make effective, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Transactions.
(c) Each Shareholder agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until 36 months following the Effective Time, none of such Shareholder, its affiliates (including any person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Shareholder) and its representatives (including any directors, officers, employees, financial advisors, or other agents) or any person not dealing at arms length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with any of the foregoing shall, directly or indirectly, in any manner, acquire or agree to acquire or make any offer or proposal to acquire any securities of Symmetry or any property deriving its value in whole or in part from securities of Symmetry.
(d) Each Shareholder consents to the disclosure of the substance of this Agreement in any press release or any circular relating to the Arrangement and to the filing of this Agreement as may be required pursuant to applicable Law.
(e) Each Shareholder (if such Shareholder is a corporation or trust) shall ensure that the officers, directors, trustees and employees of it and its subsidiaries (other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) and any financial advisors or other advisors or representatives retained by it are aware of the provisions of this Section 4, and it shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 4 by any such persons.
Covenants of the Stockholders Each of the Stockholders hereby covenants and agrees that:
Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholders Each Selling Shareholder severally represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Time, and agrees with the Underwriter, as follows:
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS The Shareholders, individually and separately, represent and warrant as follows:
Expenses of the Selling Shareholders The Selling Shareholders, jointly and severally, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, including (i) any stamp and other duties and stock and other transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the sale of the Securities to the Underwriters and their transfer between the Underwriters pursuant to an agreement between such Underwriters, and (ii) the fees and disbursements of their respective counsel and other advisors.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS The Company and the Shareholders hereby represent and warrant as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders Each Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
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.
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