PINNACLE SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN 6707157 CANADA INC. AND LORUS THERAPEUTICS INC. MADE AS OF July 10, 2007 McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Exhibit
99.3
PINNACLE
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
6707157
CANADA INC.
AND
MADE
AS OF
July
10, 2007
XxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP
PINNACLE
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
1 - INTERPRETATION
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1
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1.01
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Definitions
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1
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1.02
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Headings
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6
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1.03
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Extended
Meanings
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6
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1.04
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Statutory
References
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6
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1.05
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Accounting
Principles
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6
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1.06
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Currency
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7
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1.07
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Schedules
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7
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ARTICLE
2 - SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES AND RELATED MATTERS
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7
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2.01
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Shares
to be Sold and Purchased
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7
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2.02
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Purchase
Price
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7
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2.03
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Payment
of Purchase Price
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7
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2.04
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Closing
Adjustment
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8
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2.05
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Excluded
Liabilities
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9
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2.06
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Material
Assignments
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9
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ARTICLE
3 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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9
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3.01
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New
Lorus’s Representations and Warranties
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9
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3.02
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Purchaser’s
Representations and Warranties
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20
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ARTICLE
4 - COVENANTS
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21
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4.01
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Taxes
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21
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ARTICLE
5 - CONDITIONS AND TERMINATION
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21
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5.01
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Conditions
for the Benefit of the Purchaser
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21
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5.02
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Conditions
for the Benefit of New Lorus
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23
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5.03
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Waiver
of Condition
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24
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ARTICLE
6 - CLOSING ARRANGEMENTS
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25
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6.01
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Closing
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25
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6.02
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Confidentiality
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25
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ARTICLE
7 - INDEMNIFICATION
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25
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7.01
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Survival
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25
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7.02
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Indemnification
by New Lorus
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26
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7.03
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Indemnification
by the Purchaser
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28
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7.04
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Third
Party Indemnification
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28
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7.05
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Third
Party Indemnification - Tax Claims
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29
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7.06
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Exclusive
Remedy
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30
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7.07
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After
Tax Basis
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30
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7.08
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Adjustment
to Purchase Price
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30
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ARTICLE
8 - GENERAL
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30
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8.01
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Further
Assurances
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30
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8.02
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Time
of the Essence
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31
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8.03
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Fees
and Commissions
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31
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8.04
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Benefit
of the Agreement
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31
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8.05
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Entire
Agreement
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31
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8.06
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Amendments
and Waivers
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31
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8.07
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Notices
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31
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8.08
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Remedies
Cumulative
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32
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8.09
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No
Third Party Beneficiaries
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32
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8.10
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Governing
Law
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33
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8.11
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Attornment
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33
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8.12
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Counterparts
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33
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8.13
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Facsimiles
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33
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PINNACLE
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT is made as of July 10, 2007
BETWEEN
6707157
CANADA INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada (the
“Purchaser”)
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LORUS
THERAPEUTICS INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada
(“New Lorus”)
WHEREAS
New Lorus is the beneficial and registered owner of the Shares;
AND
WHEREAS New Lorus desires to sell and the Purchaser desires to purchase the
Shares upon and subject to the terms and conditions set out in this
Agreement;
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained,
the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1 - INTERPRETATION
1.01
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Definitions
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Unless
the context clearly indicates to the contrary, terms used in this Agreement,
including the recitals hereto, that are defined in the Arrangement Agreement
and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Arrangement
Agreement. In addition, the following terms have the meanings set out
below:
“Access
and Tax Cooperation Agreement” means the access to records and tax
cooperation agreement dated the date hereof between Old Lorus, New Lorus,
GeneSense and XxXxxx, such agreement substantially in the form attached hereto
as Schedule 1.01-A.
“Affiliate”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Canada Business Corporations
Act.
“Agreement”
means this agreement, including its recitals and schedules, as amended from
time
to time.
“Arrangement
Agreement” means the Arrangement Agreement dated as of May 1, 2007
between Old Lorus, XxXxxx Pharmaceuticals Inc., GeneSense Technologies Inc.,
New
Lorus, the Purchaser and Pinnacle.
“Assets”
means all of the assets, Contracts, rights and the Excluded Subsidiary Shares
purchased and sold pursuant to the Transfer Transactions.
“Balance
Sheet” means the balance sheet of Old Lorus as at the Balance Sheet
Date.
“Balance
Sheet Date” means May 31, 2006.
“Buyout
Amount” means the buyout amount determined as at a specified date and
calculated in the manner previously agreed in writing between the Purchaser
and
New Lorus.
“Certificate
of Arrangement” means the certificate of arrangement giving effect to
the Arrangement issued pursuant to s. 192(7) of the Canada Business
Corporations Act.
“Claims”
means all losses, damages, expenses, liabilities (whether accrued, actual,
contingent, latent or otherwise), claims and demands of whatever nature or
kind
including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements.
“Closing
Buyout Amount” has the meaning set out in Section 2.04(2).
“Closing
Buyout Statement” has the meaning set out in Section
2.04(2).
“Contract”
means any agreement, incentive, contract, lease, trust agreement, license,
opinion, instrument or other commitment of any kind or nature whatsoever,
whether written or oral.
“CRA”
means the Canada Revenue Agency.
“Excess
Amount” has the meaning set out in Section
7.02(2)(b)(iii).
“Environmental
Law” means any Applicable Law relating to the
environment including those pertaining to:
(i)
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reporting,
licensing, permitting, investigating, remediating and cleaning up
in
connection with any presence or Release, or the threat of the same,
of
Hazardous Substances, and
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(ii)
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the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport, handling and the like of Hazardous Substances, including
those
pertaining to occupational health and
safety.
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“Escrow
Agent” means Equity Transfer and Trust Company.
“Escrow
Agreement” means the escrow agreement dated the date hereof between the
Purchaser, New Lorus and the Escrow Agent.
“Excluded
Liabilities” has the meaning set out in Section 2.05.
“Excluded
Subsidiary Shares” means all of the GeneSense Shares and XxXxxx Shares
purchased and sold pursuant to the Subsidiary Share Purchase
Agreements.
“Financial
Statements” has the meaning set out in Section 3.01(3)(b).
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“FMV
Amount” means an amount equal the aggregate of the purchase prices of
the Assets as set out in the Asset Transfer Agreements and the Subsidiary Share
Purchase Agreements, as may be adjusted in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“GST”
has the meaning set out in Section 3.01(12)(a)(xiii).
“Hazardous
Substance” means any substance or material that is prohibited,
controlled or regulated by any Governmental Authority pursuant to Environmental
Laws including pollutants, contaminants, dangerous goods or substances, toxic
or
hazardous substances or materials, wastes (including solid non-hazardous wastes
and subject wastes), petroleum and its derivatives and by-products and other
hydrocarbons, all as defined in or pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“Holdback
Amount” means the amount of $600,000.
“Indemnification
Agreement” means the indemnification agreement dated as of the date
hereof between Old Lorus and New Lorus.
“Intellectual
Property” means intellectual property of any nature and kind including
all domestic and foreign trade-marks, business names, trade names, domain names,
trading styles, patents, trade secrets, Software, industrial designs and
copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, and all applications for
registration thereof, and inventions, formulae, recipes, product formulations,
processes and processing methods, technology and techniques, and know-how,
and
any confidential information, including any submissions to a regulatory
authority, clinical trial results, any goodwill associated with trade-marks,
business names, trade names, domain names and the like and the waiver of any
moral rights in any copyright.
“Inventories”
means all inventories of Old Lorus including all finished goods, work in
progress, raw materials and spare parts.
“knowledge”
and similar expressions when used in relation to New Lorus means the knowledge
of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx or Xxxx Xxxxxxx in their capacities
as
(i) President and Chief Executive Officer, Director of Finance and Controller,
and acting Controller of New Lorus, respectively, and (b)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director of Finance and Controller,
and
acting Controller of Old Lorus, respectively, prior to the Effective Time,
in
each case after reasonable enquiry and review with the relevant directors,
officers and employees of New Lorus and Old Lorus, as applicable.
“Lands”
means any freehold or leasehold property and interests therein including all
rights of way, licences or rights of occupation, easements or other similar
rights of Old Lorus in connection with any such freehold or leasehold
property.
“Liabilities”
means, with respect to any person, any liability or obligation of such person
of
any kind, character or description, whether known or unknown, absolute or
contingent, accrued or unaccrued, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, due or to become due,
vested or unvested, and whether or not the same is required to be accrued on
the
financial statements of such person.
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“Lock-Up
Amount” has the meaning set out in Section 2.02.
“Material
Assignments” has the meaning set out in Section 2.06.
“New
Lorus Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set out in Section
7.03(1).
“Objection
Notice” has the meaning set out in Section 2.04(3).
“Old
Lorus” means 4325231 Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the
laws of Canada.
“Permits”
means all permits, consents, waivers, licences, certificates, approvals,
authorizations, registrations, franchises, rights, privileges, quotas and
exemptions, or any item with a similar effect, issued or granted by any
person.
“Personal
Information” means the type of information regulated by Privacy Laws
and collected, used, disclosed or retained by Old Lorus including information
regarding Old Lorus’s customers, suppliers, employees and agents, such as an
individual’s name, address, age, gender, identification number, income, family
status, citizenship, employment, assets, liabilities, source of funds, payment
records, credit information, personal references and health
records.
“Pre-Closing
Buyout Amount” has the meaning set out in Section 2.04(1).
“Privacy
Laws” means all applicable federal, provincial, municipal or other laws
governing the collection, use, disclosure and retention of Personal
Information, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (Canada).
“Privacy
Policies” means all privacy, data protection and similar policies
adopted or used by Old Lorus in respect of Personal Information, including
any
complaints process.
“Purchase
Price” has the meaning set out in Section 2.02.
“Purchaser
Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set out in Section
7.02(1).
“Release”
means any release or discharge of any Hazardous Substance including any
discharge, spray, injection, inoculation, abandonment, deposit, spillage,
leakage, seepage, pouring, emission, emptying, throwing, dumping, placing,
exhausting, escape, xxxxx, migration, dispersal, dispensing or
disposal.
“Remedial
Action” means any action that is required to achieve compliance with
Environmental Law or to resolve a third party claim to: (i) clean up, remove,
treat or in any other way remediate Hazardous Substances in the environment;
(ii) prevent any Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances where
such Release would violate any Environmental Laws or result in Liability to
the
Purchaser; or (iii) perform remedial studies, investigations, restoration and
post-remedial studies, investigations and monitoring on, about or in connection
with any of the foregoing.
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“Share
Purchase Closing Time” means the time of completion of the sale and
purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement on the Effective
Date.
“Shares”
means, collectively, the Appropriate Number (as defined in
the Plan of Arrangement) of the outstanding voting common
shares of Old Lorus and all of the outstanding non-voting common shares of
Old
Lorus.
“Software”
means all software relating to Old Lorus or any of its Subsidiaries including
all versions thereof, and all related documentation, manuals, source code and
object code, program files, data files, computer related data, field and data
definitions and relationships, data definition specifications, data models,
program and system logic, interfaces, program modules, routines, sub-routines,
algorithms, program architecture, design concepts, system designs, program
structure, sequence and organization, screen displays and report layouts, and
all other material related to such software.
“Special
Representations” means, collectively, the representations and
warranties of New Lorus set forth in Sections 3.01(1) (other than subsections
3.01(1)(c) and 3.01(1)(d)), 3.01(2)(a), 3.01(3)(c), 3.01(4)(a), 3.01(4)(b),
3.01(4)(c), 3.01(5), 3.01(6), 3.01(7)(a), 3.01(7)(b), 3.01(7)(c), 3.01(7)(d),
3.01(9)(a), 3.01(10), 3.01(13)(e) and 3.01(13)(f).
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any person, any corporation or other person of which
securities or other interests having the power to elect a majority of that
corporation’s or other person’s board of directors or similar governing body, or
otherwise having the power to direct the business and policies of that
corporation or other person (other than securities or other interests having
such power only upon the happening of a contingency that has not occurred)
are
held by the referent person or one or more of its Subsidiaries; when used
without reference to a particular person, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of Old
Lorus prior to the Effective Time.
“Tax
Act” means the IncomeTax Act (Canada), as
amended.
“Taxes”
means all federal, provincial, territorial, county, municipal, local or foreign
taxes, duties, imposts, levies, assessments, tariffs and other charges imposed,
assessed or collected by a Governmental Authority including, (i) any gross
income, net income, gross receipts, business, royalty, capital, capital gains,
goods and services, value added, severance, stamp, franchise, occupation,
premium, capital stock, sales and use, real property, land transfer, personal
property, ad valorem, transfer, licence, profits, windfall profits,
environmental, payroll, employment, employer health, pension plan, anti-dumping,
countervail, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, or premium tax, (ii) all
withholdings on amounts paid to or by the relevant person, (iii) all employment
insurance premiums, Canada, Quebec and any other pension plan contributions
or
premiums, (iv) any fine, penalty, interest, or addition to tax, (v) any tax
imposed, assessed, or collected or payable pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement
or any other contract relating to the sharing or payment of any such tax, levy,
assessment, tariff, duty, deficiency, or fee, and (vi) any Liability for any
of
the foregoing as a transferee, successor, guarantor, or by contract or by
operation of law.
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“Tax
Returns” means all returns, reports, declarations, statements, bills,
schedules, forms or written information of, or in respect of, Taxes that are,
or
are required to be, filed with or supplied to any Taxation
Authority.
“Taxation
Authority” means any domestic or foreign government, agency or
authority that is entitled to impose Taxes or to administer any applicable
Tax
legislation.
“Transfer
Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions contemplated by the
Asset Transfer Agreements and the Subsidiary Share Purchase
Agreements.
1.02
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Headings
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The
division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of
a
table of contents and headings are for convenience of reference only and do
not
affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The
terms “hereof”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and
not to any particular Article, Section or other portion
hereof. Unless something in the subject matter or context is
inconsistent therewith, references herein to Articles, Sections and Schedules
are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules to this Agreement.
1.03
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Extended
Meanings
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In
this Agreement words importing the singular number only include the plural
and
vice versa, words importing any gender include all genders and words
importing persons include individuals, corporations, limited and unlimited
liability companies, general and limited partnerships, associations, trusts,
unincorporated organizations, joint ventures and Governmental
Authorities. The term “including” means “including without limiting
the generality of the foregoing” and the term “third party” means any person
other than New Lorus and the Purchaser.
1.04
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Statutory
References
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In
this Agreement, unless something in the subject matter or context is
inconsistent therewith or unless otherwise herein provided, a reference to
any
statute is to that statute as now enacted or as the same may from time to time
be amended, re-enacted or replaced and includes any regulations made
thereunder.
1.05
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Accounting
Principles
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Wherever
in this Agreement reference is made to a calculation to be made or an action
to
be taken in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such
reference will be deemed to be to the generally accepted accounting principles
from time to time approved by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants,
or any successor institute, applicable as at the date on which such calculation
or action is made or taken or required to be made or taken.
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1.06
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Currency
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All
references to currency herein are to lawful money of Canada.
1.07
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Schedules
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The
following are the Schedules to this Agreement:
Schedule
1.01-A
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Access
and Tax Cooperation Agreement
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Schedule
3.01(1)(d)
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Share
Conditions
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Schedule
3.01(12)(a)
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Taxes
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Schedule
3.01(13)(b)
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Suits
or Proceedings
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Schedule
5.01(g)
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Forms
of Release
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Schedule
5.01(j)
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Payout
Lenders
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ARTICLE
2 - SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES AND RELATED
MATTERS
2.01
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Shares
to be Sold and
Purchased
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Upon
and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, New Lorus will sell the Shares
to the Purchaser and the Purchaser will purchase the Shares from New Lorus,
as
of the Share Purchase Closing Time.
2.02
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Purchase
Price
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The
purchase price payable to New Lorus for each Share (the “Purchase
Price”) will be equal to $0.0040775156; provided that, in no event will
the aggregate amount payable by the Purchaser under this Agreement and to all
of
the Lock-Up Holders pursuant to Section 3.02(24) of the Plan of Arrangement
exceed $8,510,000, and to the extent that such aggregate amount as calculated
in
accordance with the foregoing exceeds $8,510,000, the Purchase Price for each
Share payable at the Share Purchase Closing Time will be reduced such that
such
aggregate amount is $8,510,000. Following the Share Purchase Closing Time,
the
Purchase Price will be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section
2.04.
2.03
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Payment
of Purchase Price
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(1) The
aggregate Purchase Price will be payable at the Share Purchase Closing Time
as
follows:
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(a)
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the
wire transfer of an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price,
less the
Holdback Amount, in immediately available funds to a Canadian dollar
account specified by New Lorus; and
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(b)
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the
wire transfer of the Holdback Amount in immediately available funds
to an
interest-bearing account specified by the Escrow Agent to be held
and
disbursed pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Escrow
Agreement.
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(2) The
Holdback Amount will be withheld from the Purchase Price and will be held as
security for and a partial, but not exclusive, source of satisfaction of New
Lorus’s indemnification obligations under this Agreement until the first
anniversary of the Closing Date, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Escrow Agreement.
2.04
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Closing
Adjustment
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(1) The
aggregate Purchase Price has been determined on the basis of a Buyout Amount
of
$8,510,000 as at January 31, 2007 (the “Pre-Closing Buyout
Amount”).
(2) On
or before the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date,
New Lorus will prepare and deliver to the Purchaser an unaudited statement
(the
“Closing Buyout Statement”) setting out the calculation of the
Buyout Amount as at the Closing Date (the “Closing Buyout
Amount”). If requested by the Purchaser, New Lorus will,
subject to Section 6.02(1), permit the Purchaser and its auditors and other
representatives to review the working papers and other documentation used or
prepared in connection with the preparation of, or that otherwise form the
basis
of, the Closing Buyout Statement.
(3) In
the event that the Purchaser objects to any item on the Closing Buyout
Statement, the Purchaser will so advise New Lorus by delivery of a written
notice (the “Objection Notice”) within 20 Business Days after
the receipt by the Purchaser of the Closing Buyout Statement. The
Objection Notice will set out the reasons for each of the Purchaser’s objections
as well as each amount in dispute and reasonable details of the calculation
of
each such amount in dispute. If the parties cannot reach agreement on
the Closing Buyout Statement within 10 Business Days after the receipt of such
Objection Notice, the dispute will be referred for determination by arbitration
to a senior audit partner (chosen by the managing partner of such office) at
the
Vancouver office of an audit or accounting firm mutually acceptable to the
parties, acting reasonably. If the parties do not reach and agreement within
seven Business Days following receipt by the New Lorus of the Objection Notice,
the parties will seek appointment of such firm by a court of competent
jurisdiction in Ontario. The Purchaser and New Lorus will provide such senior
audit partner with all documentation as he or she may reasonably request in
order to make an accurate determination of the quantum of the Closing Buyout
Amount. The determination by such arbitrator will be made within 20
Business Days of such referral and will be final and binding on the Purchaser
and New Lorus. The costs of the arbitrator will be borne by the party
losing the majority of the amount at issue in the arbitration.
(4) If
the Closing Buyout Amount, as determined by the parties or the arbitrator,
as
the case may be, exceeds the Pre-Closing Buyout Amount, the Purchaser will
pay
the amount of such difference, up to a maximum of $270,000, to New Lorus by
wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a Canadian dollar account specified
by New Lorus within five Business Days after the determination and the Purchase
Price will be adjusted accordingly. If the Closing
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Buyout
Amount as so determined is less than the Pre-Closing Buyout Amount, New Lorus
will pay the amount of such difference to the Purchaser by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to a Canadian dollar account specified by the
Purchaser within five Business Days after the determination and the Purchase
Price will be adjusted accordingly.
2.05
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Excluded
Liabilities
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New
Lorus acknowledges and agrees that none of the Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates will assume or have any obligation to discharge, perform or fulfil
any Liability of (i) Old Lorus arising in respect of periods prior to, at or
after the Effective Time from any circumstance, condition, event or fact
existing prior to or at the Effective Time, or (ii) New Lorus, in each case,
as
a consequence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Arrangement Agreement, the Plan of Arrangement, the Asset Transfer Agreements,
the Share Purchase Agreements or any agreement ancillary thereto (collectively,
the “Excluded Liabilities”), and New Lorus and GeneSense will
assume, perform and fulfil the Excluded Liabilities and will fully indemnify
and
save harmless Old Lorus therefrom, all upon and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement.
2.06
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Material
Assignments
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New
Lorus or GeneSense, as applicable, will obtain a duly executed assignment,
assumption and novation agreement, in a form mutually acceptable to Old Lorus
and New Lorus, acting reasonably, with respect to each of the Material Contracts
(collectively, the “Material Assignments”).
ARTICLE
3 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.01
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New
Lorus’s Representations and
Warranties
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New
Lorus represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:
(1) Corporate
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(a)
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Old
Lorus is a corporation duly incorporated, organized and subsisting
under
the laws of Canada with the corporate power to own its assets and
to carry
on its business as currently conducted and has made all material
filings
under all applicable corporate, securities and taxation laws and
any other
Applicable Laws.
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(b)
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New
Lorus is a corporation duly incorporated, organized and subsisting
under
the laws of Canada with the corporate power to own its assets and
to carry
on its business as currently
conducted.
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(c)
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The
authorized capital of Old Lorus consists of an unlimited number of
voting
common shares, of which 21,127,828 have been validly issued and are
outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable, and an unlimited number
of
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voting
common shares, of which 2,078,872,172 have been validly issued
and are
outstanding as fully paid and
non-assessable.
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(d)
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The
rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the voting
common shares and to the non-voting common shares of Old Lorus are
as set
out in Schedule 3.01(1)(d).
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(e)
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New
Lorus is the beneficial and registered owner of the Shares free and
clear
of all liens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of
others.
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(f)
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New
Lorus has the power, authority and right to enter into and deliver
this
Agreement and to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership
of
the Shares to the Purchaser free and clear of all liens, charges,
encumbrances and any other rights of
others.
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This
Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of New
Lorus,
enforceable against New Lorus in accordance with its terms subject
to
general equitable principles, applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general application limiting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to the fact that specific
performance is an equitable remedy available only in the discretion
of the
court and insofar as indemnity and contribution provisions may be
limited
by Applicable Laws.
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(h)
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Save
and except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the
Arrangement, there is no contract, option or any other right of another
binding upon or which at any time in the future may become binding
upon:
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New
Lorus to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, charge, mortgage or in any
other
way dispose of or encumber any of the
Shares;
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(ii)
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Old
Lorus to allot or issue any of the unissued shares of Old Lorus or
to
create any additional class of shares;
or
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(iii)
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Old
Lorus to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, mortgage or in any other
way
dispose of or encumber any of the assets of Old
Lorus.
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(i)
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Neither
the entering into nor the delivery of this Agreement nor the completion
of
the transactions contemplated hereby by New Lorus or by Old Lorus
will
result in the violation of:
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any
of the provisions of the constating documents or by-laws of New Lorus
or
of Old Lorus;
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(ii)
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any
agreement or other instrument to which New Lorus or Old Lorus is
a party
or by which New Lorus or Old Lorus is bound;
or
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any
Applicable Law.
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(2) Securities
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(a)
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Old
Lorus is a reporting issuer or the equivalent under the applicable
Securities Laws of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Island
and
Newfoundland, a foreign private issuer under applicable Securities
Laws of
the United States and, in each case, is not in default in any material
respect of any applicable requirement of such Securities
Laws. The outstanding shares of Old Lorus are listed and posted
for trading on the TSX.
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(b)
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No
securities commission or similar regulatory authority or stock exchange
in
Canada or the United States has issued any order that is currently
outstanding preventing or suspending trading in any securities of
Old
Lorus and, to New Lorus’s knowledge, no such proceeding is pending,
contemplated or threatened.
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(c)
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Old
Lorus is in material compliance with all provisions of the Securities
Laws
that are applicable to it and Old Lorus has made all material filings
required under applicable Securities Laws with the applicable securities
regulatory authorities and all such filings and information and statements
contained therein were true, correct and complete in all material
respects
and did not contain any misrepresentation as of the date of such
information or statement.
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(3) Financial
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(a)
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The
books and records of Old Lorus are true and correct and present fairly
and
disclose in all material respects the financial position of Old Lorus
and
all material financial transactions of Old Lorus have been accurately
recorded in such books and records and, to the extent required, such
books
and records have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied during the periods
involved.
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(b)
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The
audited financial statements of Old Lorus, consisting of the Balance
Sheet
and statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the
period
ended on the Balance Sheet Date, together with the report of KPMG
LLP,
chartered accountants, thereon and the notes thereto (collectively,
the
“Financial Statements”), a copy of which has been
delivered to the Purchaser:
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are
in accordance with the books and accounts of Old Lorus as at the
Balance
Sheet Date; and
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(ii)
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are
true and correct and present fairly the financial position of Old
Lorus as
at the Balance Sheet Date and the results of operations and cash
flows of
Old Lorus for the periods covered thereby, all in accordance with
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GAAP
consistently applied except as may be otherwise specified in such
Financial Statements.
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(c)
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Save
and except for the agreements contemplated by the Arrangement and
any
agreement that could not be assigned by Old Lorus to New Lorus or
GeneSense and is being held by Old Lorus as trustee pursuant to the
terms
of an Asset Transfer Agreement, Old Lorus has no Liabilities and,
to the
knowledge of New Lorus, no facts, circumstances or events exist that
may
give rise to any Liabilities of Old
Lorus.
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(d)
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Save
and except for the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement
or as otherwise publicly disclosed in accordance with applicable
Securities Laws, since the Balance Sheet Date the business of Old
Lorus
has been carried on in its usual and ordinary course and Old Lorus
has not
entered into any transaction out of the usual and ordinary course
of
business.
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(e)
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Save
and except for the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement
or as otherwise publicly disclosed in accordance with applicable
Securities Laws, since the Balance Sheet Date there has been no Material
Adverse Change.
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(f)
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No
current or former director, officer, shareholder or employee of New
Lorus
or Old Lorus or any other person is indebted to Old
Lorus.
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(4) Assets
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(a)
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Save
and except for the cash required to fund the purchase of the Old
Lorus
Voting Shares pursuant to section 3.01(24) of the
Plan of Arrangement, Old Lorus does not own or have any right, title
or
interest in or to any assets of any kind or nature whatsoever (other
than
as trustee for assets that have not as of the Effective Date been
transferred pursuant to the Transfer Transactions), including those
assets
shown or reflected on the Balance Sheet and including any Lands,
Intellectual Property and Inventories, and any and all assets have
been
assigned or otherwise transferred or sold to New Lorus or its
Affiliates.
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(b)
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There
are no outstanding orders, notices or similar requirements relating
to Old
Lorus issued by any Governmental Authority and there are no matters
under
discussion between Old Lorus or any of its representatives and any
Governmental Authority relating to orders, notices or similar
requirements.
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(c)
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Save
and except for the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement,
no
dividends have been declared or paid on or in respect of the shares
of Old
Lorus and no other distribution on any of its securities or shares
has
been declared or made by Old Lorus since the Balance Sheet Date and
all
dividends that to the
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date
hereof have been declared or paid by Old Lorus have been duly and
validly
declared and paid.
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(d)
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Each
Asset was transferred directly or indirectly to New Lorus at a value
of
not less than its fair market value, such value, in the aggregate,
being
equal to the FMV Amount, and, since November 30, 2006, there has
been no
change in the business, assets, Liabilities, operations, results
of
operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results or prospects
of
Old Lorus where such change has had or would reasonably be expected
to
have a material effect on the value of any
Asset.
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(5) Contracts
and Commitments
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(a)
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Save
and except for the agreements contemplated by the Arrangement and
any
agreement that could not be assigned by Old Lorus to New Lorus or
GeneSense and is being held by Old Lorus as trustee pursuant to the
terms
of an Asset Transfer Agreements, Old Lorus is not a party to or bound
by
any Contract.
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(b)
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Save
and except for the indemnification provisions contained in the agreements
contemplated by the Arrangement or in any agreement that could not
be
assigned by Old Lorus to New Lorus or GeneSense and is being held
by Old
Lorus as trustee pursuant to the terms of an Asset Transfer Agreement,
Old
Lorus is not a party to or bound by any guarantee, indemnification,
surety
or similar obligation.
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(c)
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Save
and except for the agreements contemplated by the Arrangement and
any
agreement that could not be assigned by Old Lorus to New Lorus or
GeneSense and is being held by Old Lorus as trustee pursuant to the
terms
of an Asset Transfer Agreement, Old Lorus is not a party to any lease
or
agreement in the nature of a lease for real property, whether as
lessor or
lessee.
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(d)
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Save
and except for the agreements contemplated by the Arrangement and
any
agreement that could not be assigned by Old Lorus to New Lorus or
GeneSense and is being held by Old Lorus as trustee pursuant to the
terms
of an Asset Transfer Agreement, Old Lorus does not have any Subsidiaries
or any Contract to acquire any securities of any entity and, Old
Lorus
does not have any Contract to acquire or lease any real property
or
assets.
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(6) Intellectual
Property
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(a)
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Save
and except for the agreements contemplated by the Arrangement and
any
agreement that could not be assigned by Old Lorus to New Lorus or
GeneSense and is being held by Old Lorus as trustee pursuant to the
terms
of an Asset Transfer Agreement, Old Lorus does not hold any right,
title
or interest in or to any Intellectual Property. Any and all
Intellectual Property has been assigned
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and
such assignments have been duly filed with the relevant Intellectual
Property office, health regulatory authority or the
like.
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(b)
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Save
and except for the agreements contemplated by the Arrangement and
any
agreement that could not be assigned by Old Lorus to New Lorus or
GeneSense and is being held by Old Lorus as trustee pursuant to the
terms
of an Asset Transfer Agreement, Old Lorus is not a party to or bound
by
any Contract to pay any royalty or other fee to use any Intellectual
Property.
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(7) Employees
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(a)
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Old
Lorus has no employees, contractors or consultants
whatsoever.
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(b)
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Old
Lorus is not a party to or bound by any Contract to pay any management
or
consulting fee.
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(c)
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Old
Lorus is not bound by or a party to any collective bargaining
agreement.
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(d)
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No
trade union, council of trade unions, employee bargaining agency
or
affiliated bargaining agent:
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(i)
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holds
bargaining rights with respect to any employees of Old Lorus by way
of
certification, interim certification, voluntary recognition, designation
or successor rights;
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(ii)
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has
applied to be certified as the bargaining agent of any employees
of Old
Lorus; or
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(iii)
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has
applied to have Old Lorus declared a related employer or successor
employer pursuant to applicable labour
legislation.
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(e)
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Since
October 29, 1999, Old Lorus employed all employees of Old Lorus in
compliance in all material respects, with all applicable Tax, health,
labour and employment laws, rules, regulations, notices, and
orders.
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(f)
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Since
October 29, 1999, Old Lorus is and has been in compliance in all
material
respects with all provisions of the Employment Standards Act
(Ontario) and the Occupational Health and Safety Act
(Ontario) and regulations made pursuant thereto and there are
no
outstanding claims, charges or orders
thereunder.
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(g)
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Since
October 29, 1999, Old Lorus is and has been in compliance in all
material
respects with applicable workers’ compensation laws and regulations made
pursuant thereto and there are no outstanding assessments, levies
or
penalties thereunder.
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(8) Privacy
Laws
The
collection, use and retention of the Personal Information by Old Lorus prior
to
the Share Purchase Closing Time, the disclosure or transfer of the Personal
Information by Old Lorus to any third parties prior to the Share Purchase
Closing Time and transfer of the Personal Information by Old Lorus to the
Purchaser as part of the Purchaser’s due diligence review of Old Lorus, its
Subsidiaries and their respective records and as contemplated by this Agreement
or any ancillary agreement complied in all material respects with all Privacy
Laws and is consistent with Old Lorus’s own Privacy Policies in effect prior to
the Share Purchase Closing Time.
(9) Benefit
Plans
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(a)
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Old
Lorus does not have any Benefit
Plans.
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(b)
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None
of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, nor
the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement
Agreement, will result in any bonus, golden parachute, severance
or other
payment or obligation to any current or former employee or director
of Old
Lorus or result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting
of
any such benefit.
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(10) Realty
Old
Lorus does not have any Lands.
(11) Environmental
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(a)
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Prior
to the Share Purchase Closing Time, the business of Old Lorus, as
carried
on by Old Lorus and its predecessors in title, and its assets were
in
compliance in all material respects with Environmental Laws and there
are
no facts known after due inquiry by Old Lorus that could give rise
to a
notice of material non-compliance with any Environmental
Law.
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(b)
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Neither
Old Lorus nor, to the best of the knowledge of New Lorus, any of
Old
Lorus’s predecessors in title has used any of the Lands of Old
Lorus, or permitted them to be used, to generate, manufacture, refine,
treat, transport, store, handle, dispose, transfer, produce or process
Hazardous Substances except in compliance with all Environmental
Laws. None of the Lands has been used for or been designated as
a waste disposal site.
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(c)
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Old
Lorus has not been convicted of an offence or been subjected to any
judgment, injunction or other proceeding or been fined or otherwise
sentenced for non-compliance with any Environmental Laws, and it
has not
settled any prosecution or other proceeding short of conviction in
connection therewith.
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(d)
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Old
Lorus has not obtained or commissioned and is not in the possession
or
control of any analyses or monitoring data for soil, groundwater
and
surface water or any report pertaining to any environmental assessments
or
audits relating to Old Lorus or the
Lands.
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(e)
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Since
October 29, 1999, Old Lorus, and, to the knowledge of New Lorus,
Old
Lorus’s predecessors in title, maintained all applicable environmental
and
operating documents and records in the manner and for the time periods
required by Environmental Laws and did not conduct nor was Old Lorus
required to conduct, an environmental audit of the Lands. For
the purposes of this provision, an environmental audit includes any
evaluation, assessment or study performed at the request of or on
behalf
of a Governmental Authority.
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(f)
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There
are no outstanding or, to the knowledge of New Lorus, threatened
writs,
injunctions, decrees, orders, judgements, actions, suits, claims,
governmental information requests or proceedings against Old Lorus
relating to non-compliance with or Liability under any Environmental
Laws.
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(12) Taxes
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(a)
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Except
as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser prior to the execution of
this
Agreement:
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(i)
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Old
Lorus has filed all Tax Returns, including any elections and designations
required by or referred to in any such Tax Return, that were required
to
be filed by it with any Taxation Authority prior to the date
hereof. All Tax Returns filed by Old Lorus are accurate and
complete in all respects and there has not been any material change
to any
balances or tax accounts of Old Lorus as reported in the Tax
Returns;
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(ii)
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Old
Lorus has withheld any Taxes that are required by Applicable Law
to be
withheld and has paid on a timely basis, the full amount of any Taxes
that
have been or will be withheld, to the applicable Taxation
Authority;
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(iii)
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Old
Lorus has paid all Taxes, including any amount due on or before the
Effective Date, including instalments or prepayments of Taxes, that
are
required to have been paid to any Taxation Authority pursuant to
Applicable Law, and no deficiency with respect to the payment of
any Taxes
or Tax instalments has been asserted against it by any Taxation
Authority. Old Lorus has not incurred any Liability, whether
actual or contingent, for Taxes or engaged in any transaction or
event
that would result in any Liability, whether actual or contingent,
for
Taxes or realized any income or gain for Tax purposes otherwise than
in
the usual and ordinary course of its business. Other than Taxes
provided for in the Balance Sheet, Old Lorus has no Liability or
obligation in respect of any
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Taxes
for any Taxable periods ending on or before the Effective Date,
and where
any Taxable period ends or is deemed to end on or immediately prior
to the
Effective Date, no actual or accrued Liability or obligation for
Taxes in
respect of any time or event prior to the Effective Date. There
are no liens, charges, encumbrances or any rights of others on
any of the
assets of Old Lorus that arose in connection with any failure (or
alleged
failure) to pay any Tax when due;
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(iv)
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except
as disclosed to the Purchaser or Pinnacle in writing, the income
Tax
Liability of Old Lorus has been assessed by the relevant Taxation
Authority in respect of the Tax years of Old Lorus ending before
the date
hereof;
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(v)
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Old
Lorus has no outstanding assessments or reassessments for Taxes,
and New
Lorus has no knowledge of any threatened or potential assessment,
reassessments or other proceedings, negotiations or investigations
in
respect of Taxes, against Old
Lorus;
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(vi)
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Old
Lorus is not a party to any agreement, waiver or arrangement with
any
Taxation Authority that relates to any extension of time with respect
to
the filing of any Tax Return, any payment of Taxes or any
assessment;
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(vii)
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other
than elections disclosed to the Purchaser or Pinnacle in writing,
except
as described in the Asset Transfer Agreements or the Subsidiary Share
Purchase Agreements, Old Lorus has not made any elections or given
any
waivers in respect of Taxes pursuant to Applicable
Law;
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(viii)
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the
adjusted cost base of the common shares of GeneSense held by Old
Lorus is
$9,006,000;
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(ix)
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no
facts, circumstances or events exist or have existed that have resulted
in
or may result in the application of any of sections 79 to 80.04 of
the Tax
Act to Old Lorus;
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(x)
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except
for the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement, no facts,
circumstances or events exist or have existed that have resulted
in or may
result in control of Old Lorus, for the purposes of the Tax Act,
having
been acquired at any time by any person or group of
persons;
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(xi)
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Old
Lorus is not subject to Liability for Taxes of any other
person. Old Lorus has not acquired property from any person in
circumstances where Old Lorus did or could become liable for any
Taxes of
such person. The value of the consideration paid or received by Old
Lorus
for the acquisition, sale, transfer or provision of property (including
intangibles) or the provision of services (including financial
transactions) from or to a
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person
with whom Old Lorus was not dealing at arm’s length within the meaning of
the Tax Act was equal to the estimated fair market value of such
property
acquired, provided or sold or services purchased or
provided. Old Lorus has not entered into any agreement with, or
provided any undertaking to, any person pursuant to which it has
assumed
Liability for the payment of income Taxes owing by such
person;
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(xii)
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Old
Lorus has never been required to file any Tax Return with, and has
never
been liable to pay any Taxes to, any Taxation Authority outside
Canada. No claim has ever been made by a Taxation Authority in
a jurisdiction where Old Lorus does not file Tax Returns that it
is or may
be subject to the imposition of any Tax by that
jurisdiction;
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(xiii)
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Old
Lorus is duly registered with the CRA under the Excise Tax Act
(Canada) for purposes of the goods and services tax
(“GST”). All input tax credits claimed by Old
Lorus or any of its Subsidiaries for GST purposes were calculated
in
accordance with Applicable Law. Old Lorus has complied with all
registration, reporting, payment, collection and remittance requirements
in respect of GST and provincial sales tax or harmonized tax
legislation;
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(xiv)
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Old
Lorus has not claimed any reserves for purposes of the Tax Act (or
analogous provincial or similar provisions) for the most recent Tax
year
ending prior to the date hereof;
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(xv)
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except
for the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement, Old Lorus has
not
made any payment, nor is obligated to make any payment, and is not
a party
to any agreement under which it could be obligated to make any payment,
that may not be deductible by virtue of section 67 or 78 of the Tax
Act or
any analogous provincial or similar
provision;
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(xvi)
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records
or documents that meet the requirements of paragraphs 247(4)(a) to
(c) of
the Tax Act have been made and obtained by Old Lorus with respect
to all
material transactions between Old Lorus and any non-resident person
with
whom Old Lorus was not dealing at arm’s length within the meaning of the
Tax Act, during a taxation year commencing after 1998 and ending
on or
before the Effective Date; and
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(xvii)
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except
for Taxes withheld and remitted in the ordinary course of Old Lorus’s
business pursuant to applicable employment laws, which Taxes have
been
withheld and remitted as required by Applicable Law, Old Lorus is
not
subject to any requirement to withhold or remit Taxes on behalf of
any
other person.
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(b)
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New
Lorus is not a non-resident of Canada or a partnership other than
a
Canadian Partnership within the meaning of section 116 of the Tax
Act.
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(13) General
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(a)
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To
the knowledge of New Lorus, based solely on a review of information
concerning Old Lorus publicly disclosed on SEDAR as at
July , 2007, the Lock-Up Holders (together with any
person acting jointly or in concert with the Lock-Up Holders) do
not
beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, in the aggregate,
more than 25% of the then issued and outstanding common shares of
Old
Lorus.
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(b)
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There
are no investigations, inquiries, demands, claims, actions, suits
or
proceedings (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Old
Lorus):
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(i)
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pending
or, to New Lorus’s knowledge, threatened against or adversely affecting,
or that could adversely affect, Old Lorus or any of its assets;
or
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(ii)
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before
or by any Governmental Authority,
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except
such actions, suits or proceedings as are disclosed in Schedule
3.01(13)(b).
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(c)
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Since
October 29, 1999, Old Lorus did not conduct its business in any
jurisdiction other than the Province of
Ontario.
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(d)
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Since
October 29, 1999, Old Lorus has conducted the business of Old Lorus
in
compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, has
not been
in material breach of any such Applicable Laws and has been duly
licensed,
registered or qualified in the Province of Ontario and all municipalities
thereof in which Old Lorus has carried on its business to enable
it to be
carried on as conducted on and prior to the Effective Date, and all
such
licences, registrations and qualifications are valid and subsisting
and in
good standing and none of the same contains any term, provision,
condition
or limitation that has or may have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(e)
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Old
Lorus has no Permits.
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(f)
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Old
Lorus has no insurance policies.
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(g)
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Other
than in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and as disclosed to the Purchaser in writing prior to the execution
of
this Agreement, to the knowledge of New Lorus, there are no shareholders
agreements, voting trusts, escrow agreements or similar agreements
among
the shareholders relating to Old Lorus or the Shares or other securities
of Old Lorus that will survive the completion of the
Arrangement.
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(h)
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The
information and statements contained in the Information Circular
relating
to Old Lorus or New Lorus or the business, operations, results of
operations, assets, capitalization, financial condition, rights,
Liabilities or prospects of Old Lorus or New Lorus, whether on a
prospective or pro-forma basis, are true, correct and complete in
all
material respects and do not contain any
misrepresentation.
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(i)
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Except
for the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement
or in
any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or by the
Arrangement Agreement, New Lorus makes no other express or implied
representation or warranty with respect to any matters not specifically
represented herein.
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3.02
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Purchaser’s
Representations and
Warranties
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The
Purchaser represents and warrants to New Lorus that:
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(a)
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The
Purchaser is a corporation duly incorporated, organized and subsisting
under the laws of Canada.
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(b)
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The
Purchaser has good and sufficient power, authority and right to enter
into
and deliver this Agreement and to complete the transactions to be
completed by the Purchaser contemplated
hereunder.
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(c)
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This
Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the
Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its
terms
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other
laws of general application limiting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and to the fact that specific performance is an equitable
remedy
available only in the discretion of the
court.
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(d)
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Neither
the entering into nor the delivery of this Agreement nor the completion
of
the transactions contemplated hereby by the Purchaser will result
in a
violation of:
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(i)
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any
of the provisions of the constating documents or by-laws of the
Purchaser;
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(ii)
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any
agreement or other instrument to which the Purchaser is a party or
by
which the Purchaser is bound; or
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(iii)
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any
Applicable Law.
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(e)
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The
Purchaser is a Canadian within the meaning of the Investment Canada
Act (Canada).
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(f)
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The
Pinnacle Information is true, correct and complete in all material
respects and does not contain any
misrepresentation.
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(g)
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Except
for the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement
or in
any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or by the
Arrangement Agreement, Purchaser makes no other express or implied
representation or warranty with respect to any matters not specifically
represented herein.
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ARTICLE
4 - COVENANTS
4.01
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Taxes
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The
Purchaser does not assume and will not be liable for any Taxes that may be
or
become payable by New Lorus including any Taxes resulting from or arising as
a
consequence of the sale by New Lorus to the Purchaser of the Shares herein
contemplated, and New Lorus will indemnify and save harmless the Purchaser
and
the directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns of the
Purchaser from and against all such Taxes.
ARTICLE
5 - CONDITIONS AND TERMINATION
5.01
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Conditions
for the Benefit of the
Purchaser
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The
sale by New Lorus and the purchase by the Purchaser of the Shares is subject
to
the following conditions, which are for the exclusive benefit of the Purchaser
and which are to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Share Purchase
Closing Time:
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(a)
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New
Lorus will have performed or complied with all of the obligations
and
covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by New Lorus at or prior to the Share Purchase Closing
Time;
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(b)
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the
Purchaser will be furnished with such certificates or other instruments
of
Old Lorus and of New Lorus or of officers of Old Lorus and of New
Lorus as
the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s counsel may reasonably think necessary in
order to establish that the terms, covenants and conditions contained
in
this Agreement to have been performed or complied with by New Lorus
at or
prior to the Share Purchase Closing Time have been performed or complied
with;
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(c)
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there
will have been obtained from all appropriate Governmental Authorities
such
approvals or consents as are required to permit the change of ownership
of
the Shares contemplated hereby;
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(d)
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no
action or proceeding will be pending or threatened by any person
to
enjoin, restrict or prohibit the sale and purchase of the Shares
contemplated hereby;
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(e)
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all
directors and officers of Old Lorus specified by the Purchaser will
resign
effective as of the Share Purchase Closing Time or upon the replacement
of
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such
of those directors with such persons as may be designated by the
Purchaser
prior to the Share Purchase Closing Time, as
applicable;
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(f)
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each
of the employees of Old Lorus will have been offered (with a reasonable
opportunity for consideration) and will have accepted individual
offers of
employment with New Lorus effective as of the Effective Time on terms
and
conditions substantially similar in the aggregate as the terms and
conditions of the employment of such employees with Old Lorus in
effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time (including with respect to
benefits);
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(g)
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New
Lorus and all directors and officers of Old Lorus will release Old
Lorus
from any and all possible Claims against Old Lorus arising from any
act,
matter or thing arising at or prior to the Effective Time, such release
to
be substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule
5.01(g);
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(h)
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all
necessary steps and proceedings will have been taken to permit the
Shares
to be duly and regularly transferred to and registered in the name
of the
Purchaser;
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(i)
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each
of the Material Assignments will have been obtained, copies of which
will
have been delivered to the
Purchaser;
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(j)
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New
Lorus will have delivered payout letters from each lender identified
in
Schedule 5.01(j) in form satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting
reasonably;
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(k)
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New
Lorus will have delivered to the Purchaser a favourable opinion of
New
Lorus’s counsel in a form satisfactory to the Purchaser and the
Purchaser’s counsel, each acting
reasonably;
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(l)
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each
of the Asset Transfer Agreements and the Subsidiary Share Purchase
Agreements will have been duly executed and delivered by each of
the
parties thereto and the Transfer Transactions will have been completed
in
accordance with the terms thereof;
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(m)
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the
Escrow Agreement will have been duly executed and delivered by each
of the
parties thereto;
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(n)
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the
Access and Tax Cooperation Agreement will have been duly executed
and
delivered by each of the parties
thereto;
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(o)
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all
of the conditions precedent set forth in Article 11 of the Arrangement
Agreement will have been satisfied or
waived;
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(p)
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the
Arrangement will have been approved by the shareholders of Old Lorus
in
the manner contemplated by the Arrangement
Agreement;
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(q)
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each
of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement that are necessary
or
required to occur and become effective prior to or contemporaneously
with
the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement will have
been
duly completed;
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(r)
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New
Lorus will have delivered to the Purchaser the Certificate of Arrangement;
and
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(s)
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the
form and legality of all matters incidental to the sale by New Lorus
and
the purchase by the Purchaser of the Shares will be subject to the
approval of the Purchaser’s counsel, acting
reasonably.
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5.02
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Conditions
for the Benefit of New
Lorus
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The
sale by New Lorus and the purchase by the Purchaser of the Shares is subject
to
the following conditions, which are for the exclusive benefit of New Lorus
and
which are to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Share Purchase
Closing Time:
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(a)
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the
Purchaser will have performed or complied with all of the obligations
and
covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by the Purchaser at or prior to the Share Purchase Closing
Time;
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(b)
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New
Lorus will be furnished with such certificates or other instruments
of the
Purchaser or of officers of the Purchaser as New Lorus or New Lorus’s
counsel may reasonably think necessary in order to establish that
the
obligations and covenants contained in this Agreement to have been
performed or complied with by the Purchaser at or prior to the Share
Purchase Closing Time have been performed or complied
with;
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(c)
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the
Escrow Agreement will have been duly executed and delivered by each
of the
parties thereto;
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(d)
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the
Access and Tax Cooperation Agreement will have been duly executed
and
delivered by each of the parties
thereto;
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(e)
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all
of the conditions precedent set forth in Article 11 of the Arrangement
Agreement will have been satisfied or
waived;
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(f)
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no
action or proceeding will be pending or threatened by any person
to
enjoin, restrict or prohibit the sale and purchase of the Shares
contemplated hereby;
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(g)
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all
necessary steps and proceedings will have been taken to permit the
Shares
to be duly and regularly transferred to and registered in the name
of the
Purchaser;
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(h)
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all
necessary steps and proceedings will have been taken to permit and
cause
the Assets to be duly and regularly transferred from Old Lorus to
New
Lorus or a Subsidiary thereof;
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(i)
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each
of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement that are necessary
or
required to occur and become effective prior to or contemporaneously
with
the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement will have
been
duly completed;
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(j)
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the
form and legality of all matters incidental to the sale by New Lorus
and
the purchase by the Purchaser of the Shares will be subject to the
approval of New Lorus’s counsel, acting
reasonably;
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(k)
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the
Arrangement will have been approved by the shareholders of Old Lorus
in
the manner contemplated by the Arrangement
Agreement;
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(l)
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the
Certificate of Arrangement will have been
obtained;
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(m)
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there
will have been obtained from all appropriate Governmental Authorities
such
approvals or consents as are required to permit the change of ownership
of
the Shares contemplated hereby;
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(n)
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each
of the Material Assignments will have been obtained, copies of which
will
have been delivered to the Purchaser;
and
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(o)
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each
of the Asset Transfer Agreements and the Subsidiary Share Purchase
Agreements will have been duly executed and delivered by each of
the
parties thereto and the Transfer Transactions will have been completed
in
accordance with the terms thereof.
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5.03
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Waiver
of Condition
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New
Lorus, in the case of a condition set out in Section 5.02 (other than the
condition set forth in Section 5.02(e)), and the Purchaser, in the case of
a
condition set out in Section 5.01 (other than the condition set forth in Section
5.01(o)), will have the exclusive right to waive the performance or compliance
of such condition in whole or in part and on such terms as may be agreed upon
without prejudice to any of its rights in the event of non-performance of or
non-compliance with any other condition in whole or in part; provided that
New
Lorus will not be entitled to waive the condition set forth in Section 5.02(e)
and the Purchaser will not be permitted to waive the condition set forth in
Section 5.01(o). Any such waiver will not constitute a waiver of any
other conditions in favour of the waiving party.
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ARTICLE
6 - CLOSING ARRANGEMENTS
6.01
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Closing
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The
sale and purchase of the Shares will be completed at the Share Purchase Closing
Time at the offices of XxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, Suite 4700, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX, X0X 0X0.
6.02
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Confidentiality
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(1) From
and after the Share Purchase Closing Time, the Purchaser will and, if
applicable, will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its agents and
representatives to, not disclose to anyone or use for any purpose,
other than the purposes contemplated by this Agreement, including for the
purposes of Section 2.04(2), any confidential information concerning New Lorus
obtained by the Purchaser pursuant hereto, and will hold all such information
in
the strictest confidence, unless: (i) the information is now or hereafter
publicly disclosed other than as a result of breach of this provision; (ii)
the
information was in the possession of the disclosing party prior to the
disclosure by the disclosing party; (iii) the information is hereafter disclosed
to the disclosing party by a third party having no obligation of confidentiality
with regard to the information; (iv) the information is independently generated
by the disclosing party without the use and not as a consequence of the
disclosure by the other party; (v) the information is required to be disclosed
by Applicable Law; or (vi) the information is disclosed in connection with
a
Claim pursuant to Section 7.02.
(2) From
and after the Share Purchase Closing Time, New Lorus will and, if applicable,
will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its agents and representatives
to, not disclose to anyone or use for any purpose, other than the purposes
contemplated by this Agreement, any confidential information concerning Old
Lorus, and will hold all such information in the strictest confidence unless:
(i) the information is now or hereafter publicly disclosed other than as a
result of breach of this provision; (ii) the information was in the possession
of the disclosing party prior to the disclosure by the disclosing party; (iii)
the information is hereafter disclosed to the disclosing party by a third party
having no obligation of confidentiality with regard to the information; (iv)
the
information is independently generated by the disclosing party without the
use
and not as a consequence of the disclosure by the other party; (v) the
information is required to be disclosed by Applicable Law; or (vi) the
information is disclosed in connection with a Claim pursuant to Section
7.02.
ARTICLE
7 - INDEMNIFICATION
7.01
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Survival
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All
covenants, representations and warranties of each party contained in this
Agreement will survive the Closing and will continue in full force and effect,
subject to the provisions of this Article 7.
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Indemnification
by New Lorus
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(1) Subject
to the provisions of this Article 7, New Lorus will indemnify and save harmless
the Purchaser and the directors, officers, employees, successors and assigns
of
the Purchaser (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnified
Parties”) from and against:
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all
Claims directly or indirectly resulting from any breach of any covenant
of
New Lorus contained in this Agreement or from any inaccuracy or
misrepresentation in any representation or warranty set forth in
Section
3.01; and
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(b)
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all
Claims directly or indirectly resulting from any Taxes owing or which
may
become owing by Old Lorus in respect of any period ending prior to,
at or
including the Effective Time, other than (i) any such Claims directly
or
indirectly resulting from the transfer of property contemplated by
Section
3.01(26) of the Plan of Arrangement and (ii) any such Claims directly
or
indirectly resulting from any breach by Old Lorus of its obligations
under
section 3(e) of the Access and Tax Cooperation
Agreement.
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(2) Notwithstanding
any of the other provisions of this Agreement, New Lorus will not be liable
to
any Purchaser Indemnified Party in respect of any Claim directly or indirectly
resulting from:
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any
inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any representation or warranty
set
forth in Section 3.01 (other than the representations and warranties
set
forth in Sections 3.01(4)(d), 3.01(11) or 3.01(12)) unless a Claim
with
respect thereto is made within three years after the Closing
Date;
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(b)
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subject
to Section 7.02(4), any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any
representation or warranty set forth in Section
3.01(4)(d):
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(i)
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unless
a Claim with respect thereto is made within four years after the
date on
which Old Lorus receives a notice of original assessment under the
Tax Act
or applicable provincial Tax legislation assessing liability for
Taxes
under applicable Tax legislation in respect of the first taxation
period
of Old Lorus ending after the Closing
Date;
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(ii)
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unless
a Claim with respect thereto is (A) based on information that was
within
the knowledge of New Lorus and not disclosed in writing to the Purchaser
or Pinnacle prior to the Share Purchase Closing Time or (B) is based
on
information that New Lorus ought reasonably to have known but was
not
disclosed in writing to the Purchaser or Pinnacle prior to the Share
Purchase Closing Time; and
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(iii)
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unless
the aggregate fair market value of the Assets as at the Effective
Date
exceeds the FMV Amount by 10% or more (such excess amount
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being
referred to herein as the “Excess Amount”), in which case
New Lorus will only be liable to a Purchaser Indemnified Party
in respect
of Claims arising as a result of the Excess Amount and then only
at a rate
of $0.074 for every dollar of such
Claims;
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(c)
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any
inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any representation or warranty
set
forth in Section 3.01(11) unless a Claim with respect thereto is
made
within six years after the Closing
Date;
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(d)
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any
inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any representation or warranty
set
forth in Section 3.01(12) unless a Claim with respect thereto is
made
prior to the date that is 90 days after the expiration of the period,
if
any, during which an assessment, reassessment or other form of recognized
document assessing liability for Taxes under applicable Tax legislation
in
respect of any taxation period to which such representations and
warranties extend could be issued under such tax legislation to Old
Lorus
or its Subsidiaries; or
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(e)
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any
inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any representation or warranty
set
forth in Section 3.01 in excess of the Purchase Price (and for the
purposes of this Section 7.02(2)(e), all Claims (as determined by
a
non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant
to a binding settlement between the parties) by the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties will be aggregated with all Claims and demands by the Purchaser
or
any other Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 13.1 of the Arrangement
Agreement);
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other
than, in all cases, any Claim attributable to an inaccuracy or misrepresentation
pertaining to a Special Representation or fraud.
(3) Any
representation or warranty or indemnified item that is the subject of a Claim
that is asserted prior to the applicable expiration date of such representation
or warranty or indemnified item will survive with respect to such Claim or
any
dispute related thereto until the final resolution thereof pursuant to this
Agreement.
(4) In
the event that any payment is required to be made by New Lorus to any Purchaser
Indemnified Party in respect of any Claim directly or indirectly resulting
from
any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in the representation and warranty set
forth
in Section 3.01(4)(d), such payment will be made immediately upon such amount
becoming due and payable or, at New Lorus’s option, upon written notice to the
Purchaser prior to the first such instalment, in 12 equal consecutive monthly
instalments beginning on the first day of the month immediately following the
date on which such amount first became due and payable and bearing interest
on
any unpaid amount at the then prevailing prime rate per annum quoted by the
Royal Bank of Canada plus 2%.
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Indemnification
by the Purchaser
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(1) Subject
to the provisions of this Article 7, the Purchaser will indemnify collectively
and save harmless New Lorus and the directors, officers and employees of New
Lorus (collectively, the “New Lorus Indemnified Parties”) from
and against all Claims incurred by New Lorus directly or indirectly resulting
from any breach of any covenant of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement
or
from any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any representation or warranty
set
forth in Section 3.02.
(2) Notwithstanding
any of the other provisions of this Agreement, the Purchaser will not be liable
to any New Lorus Indemnified Party in respect of any inaccuracy or
misrepresentation in any representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.02
unless such Claim with respect thereto is made within three years after the
Closing Date.
7.04
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Third
Party Indemnification
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Promptly
after the assertion by any third party of any claim, demand or notice thereof
(a
“Third Party Proceeding”) against any person entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement (the “Indemnitee”) that
results or may result in the incurrence by such Indemnitee of any Claims for
which such Indemnitee would be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement, unless the Claim involves Taxes in which case the provisions of
Section 7.05 will apply, such Indemnitee will promptly notify the party from
whom such indemnification is or may be sought (the
“Indemnitor”) of such Third Party Proceeding. Such
notice will also specify with reasonable detail (to the extent the information
is reasonably available) the factual basis for the Third Party Proceeding,
the
amount claimed by the third party, or if such amount is not then determinable,
a
reasonable estimate of the likely amount of the claim by the Third
Party. The failure to promptly provide such notice will not relieve
the Indemnitor of any obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee, except to the
extent such failure prejudices the Indemnitor. Thereupon, the
Indemnitor will have the right, upon written notice (the “Defence
Notice”) to the Indemnitee within 30 days after receipt by the
Indemnitor of notice of the Third Party Proceeding (or sooner if such Third
Party Proceeding so requires), to conduct, at its own expense, the defence
against the Third Party Proceeding in its own name or, if necessary, in the
name
of the Indemnitee provided that: (a) the Indemnitor acknowledges and agrees
in
the Defence Notice that as between the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee, it is
liable to pay for all Claims arising from or relating to such Third Party
Proceeding and (b) the Indemnitor provides to the Indemnitee adequate security
(approved by the Purchaser acting reasonably) from time to time in respect
of
such Claims. The Defence Notice will specify the counsel the
Indemnitor will appoint to defend such Third Party Proceeding (the
“Defence Counsel”), and the Indemnitee will have the right to
approve the Defence Counsel, which approval will not be unreasonably
withheld. Any Indemnified Party will have the right to employ
separate counsel in any Third Party Proceeding and/or to participate in the
defence thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will not be included
as part of any Claims incurred by the Indemnified Party unless (i) the
Indemnitor failed to give the Defence Notice, including the acknowledgement
and
agreement to be set out therein within the prescribed period, (ii) such
Indemnified Party has received an opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable
to
the Indemnitor, to the effect that the interests of the
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Party and the Indemnitor with respect to the Third Party Proceeding are
sufficiently adverse to prohibit the representation by the same counsel of
both
parties under applicable ethical rules, or (iii) the employment of such counsel
at the expense of the Indemnitor has been specifically authorized by the
Indemnitor. The party conducting the defence of any Third Party
Proceeding will keep the other party apprised of all significant developments
and will not enter into any settlement, compromise or consent to judgment with
respect to such Third Party Proceeding unless the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee
consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
7.05
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Third
Party Indemnification - Tax
Claims
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(1) If
any Third Party Proceeding relating to Taxes is brought against an Indemnitee
and it gives notice to the Indemnitor of the commencement of the Third Party
Proceeding, the Indemnitee will have the sole and exclusive right of carriage
of
such Third Party Proceeding through counsel of its choosing. The
Indemnitor will be entitled to participate in the Third Party Proceeding as
described herein, provided that the Indemnitor acknowledges its obligation
to
indemnify the Indemnitee in accordance with the terms contained in Article
7
(including expenses of counsel and other expenses of the Third Party Proceeding)
and it reimburses the Indemnitee for any amount paid to any Governmental
Authority in order to pursue a contest of the Third Party
Proceeding. The Indemnitor will have the right to employ, at its own
expense, separate counsel, such counsel to be reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnitee, in any such suit and participate in its defence. Such
participation will be strictly limited to being kept informed of the status
of
the Third Party Proceeding by counsel to the Indemnitee, to reviewing any
proposed written communications and other documents to be submitted to the
relevant governmental authority or filed with a court in respect of the Third
Party Proceeding and to receiving copies of any correspondence received from
any
governmental authority relating to such Third Party Proceeding, except that
no
compromise or settlement of any Third Party Proceeding or claims relating to
Taxes may be made by the Indemnitee without the Indemnitor’s consent, which
consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
(2) For
greater certainty, any Third Party Proceeding or claim relating to Taxes
resulting or arising from any amendment, made or filed without the consent
of
the Indemnitor, after the Effective Date to the Tax Returns under Section
3.01(12)(a)(i) will not qualify for indemnity or be the subject of any indemnity
claim under Article 7.
(3) Notwithstanding
Section 7.04, the Indemnitor may, at its option, direct the Indemnitee to settle
or abandon any Third Party Proceeding or Claim relating to Taxes for which
it is
obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee provided that it acknowledges its
liability for the Third Party Proceeding or Claim (including expenses of counsel
and other expenses of the Third Party Proceeding) and pays to the Indemnitee
the
Taxes owing under such Third Party Proceeding or Claim.
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Exclusive
Remedy
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From
and after the completion of the sale and purchase of Shares herein contemplated,
except in the case of a breach of Section 6.02(1) or (2), the rights of
indemnity set forth in this Article 7 are the sole and exclusive remedies of
each party in respect of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any
representation or warranty, or breach of covenant or other obligation by another
party under this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties waive, from and
after the Closing, any and all rights, remedies and claims that one party may
have against another party, whether at law, under any statute or in equity
(including claims for contribution or other rights of recovery arising under
any
Environmental Law, claims for breach of contract, breach of representation
and
warranty, negligent representation and all claims for breach of duty), or
otherwise, directly or indirectly, relating to the provisions of this Agreement
or the transaction of the sale and purchase of the Shares contemplated by this
Agreement other than equitable remedies in the case of a breach of Section
6.02(2), as expressly provided for in this Article 7 and other than those
arising with respect to any fraud. This Article 7 will remain in full
force and effect in all circumstances and will not be terminated by any breach
(fundamental, negligent or otherwise) by any party of its representations,
warranties, covenants or other obligations under this Agreement or under any
Closing document or by any termination or rescission of this Agreement by any
party. The parties acknowledge and agree that nothing contained in this Section
7.06 will any manner limit the remedies, if any, of any of the parties under
any
other agreement to which they are a party.
7.07
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After
Tax Basis
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In
determining the amount of any Claim under this Article 7, such Claim will be
increased (or decreased) to take into account any net Tax cost (or net current
or future Tax benefit) incurred or enjoyed by the Indemnitee as a result of
the
matter giving rise to such Claim and the receipt of an indemnity payment
hereunder. For greater certainty, any net Tax cost will include any
further cost resulting from such increased payment.
7.08
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Adjustment
to Purchase Price
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All
amounts payable by New Lorus to a Purchaser Indemnified Party pursuant to
Article 7 will be deemed to be a decrease to the Purchase Price. All
amounts payable by the Purchaser to a New Lorus Indemnified Party pursuant
to
Article 7 will be deemed to be an increase to the Purchase Price.
ARTICLE
8 - GENERAL
8.01
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Further
Assurances
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Each
of New Lorus and the Purchaser will from time to time execute and deliver all
such further documents and instruments and do all acts and things as the other
party may reasonably require to effectively carry out or better evidence or
perfect the full intent and meaning of this Agreement.
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8.02
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Time
of the Essence
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Time
is of the essence of this Agreement.
8.03
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Fees
and Commissions
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Each
of New Lorus and the Purchaser will pay its respective legal and accounting
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and all documents and instruments executed pursuant
to this Agreement and any other costs and expenses whatsoever and howsoever
incurred and will indemnify and save harmless the other from and against any
Claim for any broker’s, finder’s or placement fee or commission alleged to have
been incurred as a result of any action by it in connection with the
transactions under this Agreement.
8.04
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Benefit
of the Agreement
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This
Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective heirs,
executors, administrators, other legal representatives, successors and permitted
assigns of the parties hereto.
8.05
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Entire
Agreement
|
Except
for the agreement contemplated in the definition of “Buyout Amount” in Section
1.01, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and cancels and supersedes any prior
understandings and agreements between the parties hereto with respect
thereto.
8.06
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Amendments
and Waivers
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No
amendment to this Agreement will be valid or binding unless set forth in writing
and duly executed by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any
breach of any provision of this Agreement will be effective or binding unless
made in writing and signed by the party purporting to give the same and, unless
otherwise provided, will be limited to the specific breach waived.
8.07
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Notices
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Any
demand, notice or other communication to be given in connection with this
Agreement must be given in writing and will be given by personal delivery,
by
registered mail or by electronic means of communication addressed to the
recipient as follows:
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To
New Lorus:
0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Fax
No.: 416.798.2200
Attention: Director
of Finance
To
the Purchaser:
6707157
Canada Inc.
c/o
Pinnacle International Lands, Inc.
Suite
000 - 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Fax
No.: 604.688.7749
Attention: Vice
President Finance
or
to such other street address, individual or electronic communication number
or
address as may be designated by notice given by either party to the
other. Any demand, notice or other communication given by personal
delivery will be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day of actual
delivery thereof and, if given by registered mail, on the fifth Business Day
following the deposit thereof in the mail and, if given by electronic
communication, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal
business hours of the recipient and on the Business Day during which such normal
business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any
day. If the party giving any demand, notice or other communication
knows or ought reasonably to know of any difficulties with the postal system
that might affect the delivery of mail, any such demand, notice or other
communication may not be mailed but must be given by personal delivery or by
electronic communication.
8.08
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Remedies
Cumulative
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The
right and remedies of the parties under this Agreement are cumulative and are
in
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights and remedies
available at law or in equity or otherwise. No single or partial
exercise by a party of any right or remedy precludes or otherwise affects the
exercise of any other right or remedy to which that party may be
entitled.
8.09
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No
Third Party
Beneficiaries
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Except
as provided in Section 8.04, this Agreement is solely for the benefit
of:
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(a)
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New
Lorus, and its successors and permitted assigns, with respect to
the
obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement;
and
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(b)
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the
Purchaser, and its successors and permitted assigns, with respect
to the
obligations of New Lorus under this
Agreement;
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and
this Agreement will not be deemed to confer upon or give to any other person
any
remedy, Claim, Liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other
right. New Lorus appoints the Purchaser as the trustee for the
Purchaser’s directors, officers, employees and agents with respect to the
covenants and indemnification of New Lorus in favour of such persons as
specified in this Agreement and the Purchaser accepts such
appointment. The Purchaser appoints New Lorus as the trustee for New
Lorus’s directors, officers, employees and agents with respect to the covenants
and indemnification of the Purchaser in favour of such persons specified in
this
Agreement and New Lorus accepts such appointment.
8.10
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Governing
Law
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This
Agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws
of
the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
8.11
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Attornment
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For
the purpose of all legal proceedings this Agreement will be deemed to have
been
performed in the Province of Ontario and the courts of the Province of Ontario
will have jurisdiction to entertain any action arising under this
Agreement. New Lorus and the Purchaser each attorns to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario.
8.12
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Counterparts
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will
be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
8.13
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Facsimiles
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Delivery
of an executed signature page to this Agreement by any party by electronic
transmission will be as effective as delivery of a manually executed copy of
this Agreement by such party.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement.
6707157
CANADA INC.
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Xx Xxxxxx”
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Xxxxxxx
Xx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx”
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SCHEDULE 1.01-A
Form
of Access and Tax Cooperation Agreement
[attached]
ACCESS
TO RECORDS AND TAX COOPERATION AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT is made as of July , 2007.
BETWEEN:
4325231
CANADA INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada
(“Old Lorus”)
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LORUS
THERAPEUTICS INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada
(“New Lorus”)
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XXXXXX
PHARMACEUTICALS INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the
Province of Ontario (“XxXxxx”)
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GENESENSE
TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada
(“GeneSense”)
WHEREAS
Old Lorus, New Lorus and certain others have entered into the Arrangement
Agreement, pursuant to which Old Lorus agreed to reorganize its business
by way
of a plan of arrangement pursuant to section 192 of the Canada Business
Corporations Act in accordance with the terms set forth
therein;
AND
WHEREAS pursuant to the Arrangement, all of the Assets have been transferred
to
New Lorus, GeneSense or XxXxxx (collectively, the “New Lorus
Parties” and individually a “New Lorus Party”)
pursuant to the Transfer Transactions;
AND
WHEREAS in connection with the Arrangement, Old Lorus will change its name
to
4325231 Canada Inc., and New Lorus will change its name to Lorus Therapeutics
Inc.;
AND
WHEREAS it is a condition of the Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share
Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the date hereof between the Purchaser
and New Lorus that the parties hereto enter into this Agreement in order
to set
forth the terms of the relationship between Old Lorus and each New Lorus
Party
with respect to Old Lorus’s access to the Books and Records, with respect to New
Lorus’s access to the Minute Books and with respect to the cooperation of the
parties hereto following completion of the transactions contemplated by the
Arrangement;
NOW
THEREFORE in consideration of the premises and the respective covenants and
agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration (the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto covenant and
agree
as follows:
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 Defined
Terms
Unless
the context clearly indicates to the contrary, terms used in this Agreement,
including the recitals hereto, that are defined in the Share Purchase Agreement
and not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings herein as in the Share
Purchase Agreement.
1.2 Extended
Meanings
In
this Agreement words importing the singular number only include the plural
and
vice versa, words importing any gender include all genders and words importing
persons include individuals, corporations, limited and unlimited liability
companies, general and limited partnerships, associations, trusts,
unincorporated organizations, joint ventures and Governmental
Authorities. The term “including” means “including without limiting
the generality of the foregoing”.
1.3 Section
References and Headings
The
division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections, subsections and paragraphs
and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will
not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
1.4 Date
for any Action
In
the event that any date by or on which any action is required or permitted
to be
taken hereunder by any of the parties hereto is not a Business Day in the
place
where the action is required or permitted to be taken, such action will be
required or permitted to be taken by or on the next succeeding day that is
a
Business Day.
2. ACCESS
TO BOOKS AND RECORDS
2.1 Access
to Books and Records of New Lorus Parties
(a) From
the date of this Agreement until the expiration of the Term or the earlier
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 4, each New Lorus Party
will,
subject to Applicable Law, provide or make available, or cause to be provided
or
made available, to Old Lorus and its affiliates and each of their authorized
representatives, including accountants, consultants and legal counsel
(collectively, the “Old Lorus Representatives”), reasonable
access to and the right to copy, at Old Lorus’s expense, the books and records
of each New Lorus Party and any other information relating to the business,
operations or financial affairs of each New Lorus Party reasonably required
by
Old Lorus or the Old Lorus Representatives relating to periods prior to or
including the Effective Date (collectively, the “Books and
Records”) in order to:
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review
any Tax Return with respect to Old Lorus for any Tax year or period
ending
on or prior to or including the Effective Date (each, a “Subject
Tax Return”);
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(ii)
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prepare
a Tax Return with respect to Old Lorus for any Tax year or period
which
includes the Effective Date (each, an “Effective Date
Return”);
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(iii)
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respond
to or address any inquiry from a Governmental Authority, Taxation
Authority or quasi-governmental authority with respect to any period
ending on or prior to or including the Effective
Date;
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(iv)
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respond
to or address any matter regarding Old Lorus, GeneSense or XxXxxx
or any
of their affiliates with respect to any period ending on or prior
to or
including the Effective Date; or
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(v)
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respond
to, address or conduct any proceeding relating to any Claim in
accordance
with the terms of the Indemnification
Agreement.
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(b) In
the event that Old Lorus sells all or any portion of its business or assets,
each New Lorus Party will grant to the purchased business or the purchaser
of
such business or assets, the same access to the Books and Records as provided
to
Old Lorus under this Agreement on the same terms as set out in this Agreement,
provided that such purchased business or purchaser enters into a confidentiality
agreement with each New Lorus Party on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to each New Lorus Party; provided that such purchased
business or purchaser is not a competitor of any New Lorus Party.
(c) Each
New Lorus Party agrees that, for a period of seven years following the Effective
Date, or such longer period as may be required by any Applicable Law (the
“Retention Period”), Taxation Authority or Governmental
Authority, it will not destroy or otherwise dispose of, or acquiesce in the
destruction or disposal of, any of the Books and Records. Each New
Lorus Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to retain and preserve
all
such Books and Records and will not destroy or otherwise dispose of, or
acquiesce in the destruction or disposal of such Books and Records during
the
Retention Period without first offering to deliver to Old Lorus, at Old Lorus’s
expense, custody of such Books and Records.
(d) Old
Lorus will, and will cause the Old Lorus Representatives to, use any information
obtained pursuant to this Agreement solely for the purposes described in
this
Agreement and, if requested, will enter into a confidentiality agreement
with
each New Lorus Party on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to each
New
Lorus Party to protect the confidentiality of such information.
2.2 Access
to Minute Books
(a) Subject
to Section 2.2(e) hereof, from and after the date of this
Agreement, Old Lorus will, subject to Applicable Law, provide or make
available, or cause to be provided or made available, to New Lorus and its
affiliates and each of their authorized representatives, including accountants,
consultants and legal counsel (collectively, the “New Lorus
Representatives”), reasonable access to and the right to copy, at New
Lorus’s expense, the corporate minute books (the “Minute
Books”) relating to each New Lorus Party reasonably required by a New
Lorus Party or the New Lorus Representatives relating to periods prior to
or
including the Effective Date.
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(b) Subject
to Section 2.2(e) hereof , in the event that New Lorus sells all or any portion
of its business or assets, Old Lorus will grant to the purchased business
or the
purchaser of such business or assets, the same access to the Minute Books
as
provided to New Lorus under this Agreement on the same terms as set out in
this
Agreement, provided that such purchased business or purchaser enters into
a
confidentiality agreement with Old Lorus on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to Old Lorus.
(c) Subject
to Section 2.2(e) hereof, Old Lorus agrees that it will use commercially
reasonable efforts to retain and preserve the Minute Books and will not destroy
or otherwise dispose of, or acquiesce in the destruction or disposal of such
Minute Books.
(d) New
Lorus will, and will cause the New Lorus Representatives to, use any information
obtained pursuant to this Agreement solely for the purposes described in
this
Agreement and, if requested, will enter into a confidentiality agreement
with
Old Lorus Party on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Old Lorus
to
protect the confidentiality of such information.
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, Old Lorus will be relieved of its
covenants and obligations under Section 2.2 of this Agreement if it delivers
or
causes to be delivered to New Lorus or, as applicable, the purchased business
or
purchaser described in Section 2.2(b) hereof, copies of the Minute Books
in a
form reasonably acceptable to New Lorus or, as applicable, such purchased
business or purchaser.
(a) Each
Subject Tax Return will be prepared and filed on a timely basis by New Lorus,
subject to the prior review, comment and approval by Old Lorus and its
representatives and professional advisors as provided herein, not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. New Lorus will prepare and deliver
to Old Lorus a draft of each Subject Tax Return, together with copies of
all
working papers and other documentation used or prepared in connection with
the
preparation of, or that otherwise form the basis of, such Subject Tax Return.
Old Lorus and its representatives and professional advisors will have at
least
10 Business Days to review, comment on and approve each Subject Tax Return,
which approval must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such Tax
Returns will be prepared on a basis consistent with prior practice, except
where
otherwise required under Applicable Law, and each New Lorus Party and Old
Lorus
will cooperate with one another to prepare and effect such filings on a timely
basis in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, taking into account the
reasonable comments of Old Lorus, if any. New Lorus or the applicable New
Lorus
Party will, for and on behalf of Old Lorus, timely remit any Taxes shown
as
owing on any such Tax Returns. Each New Lorus Party agrees to indemnify and
hold
harmless Old Lorus and its affiliates against any Claim arising in connection
with the preparation and filing of any Subject Tax Return and for any Taxes
shown as owing on any such Tax Return, except any Claim arising as a result
of a
breach by Old Lorus of Section 3(e) of this Agreement.
(b) New
Lorus will prepare, and provide Old Lorus access to, within 90 days of the
Effective Date, copies of all working papers and other documentation relating
to
the operations and activities of Old Lorus up to and including the Effective
Date (the “Current Year Information”) used or prepared in
connection with the preparation of, or that otherwise form the basis of,
an
Effective Date Tax Return. Old Lorus and the Old Lorus Representatives
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have 30 Business Days following the receipt of the Current Year Information
to
review, comment on and approve the Current Year Information, which approval
must
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If Old Lorus does not
approve the Current Year Information within the aforementioned 30 Business
Day
period, it will be deemed to have approved the Current Year
Information. New Lorus will prepare Effective Date Tax Returns
consistent with prior practice, except where otherwise required under Applicable
Law, and each New Lorus Party and Old Lorus will cooperate with one another
to
prepare and effect such filings on a timely basis in the manner contemplated
by
this Agreement, taking into account the reasonable comments of Old Lorus,
if
any.
(c) Old
Lorus and New Lorus will provide written notice to one another, as applicable,
of any inquiries made by, discussions with or representations or submissions
proposed to be made to any Taxation Authority to the extent that the subject
matter thereof relates to any Subject Tax Return or Effective Date Tax Return,
any Tax year or period ending on or prior to or including the Effective Date,
or
any representation, covenant or obligation of any New Lorus Party hereunder
or
under the Share Purchase Agreement that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to a right of indemnity hereunder or under the Share Purchase
Agreement. Old Lorus and each New Lorus Party, as applicable, will
forthwith advise the other parties hereto of the substance of any such
inquiries, discussions, representations or submissions and provide each party
hereto with copies of any written communications from any Taxation Authority
relating thereto. Each of the parties hereto will provide the other
parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such representations
or
submissions and to attend any meeting with any such Taxation Authority with
respect to such matters.
(d) Each
New Lorus Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to take reasonable
steps, including obtaining any certificate or other document from or effect
any
filing with any Taxation Authority, as may be considered desirable to mitigate,
reduce or eliminate any Taxes that could be imposed on Old Lorus, provided
that
a New Lorus Party will not be required to expend more than nominal amounts
of
money to effect same, unless the reasonable costs of doing so are reimbursed
by
Old Lorus.
(e) Each
of New Lorus and Old Lorus covenants that it will not take any action after
the
Effective Time, make any election or deemed election or make or change any
Tax
election, amend any Tax Return or take any position on any Tax Return that
results in any increased Tax Liability or reduction of any deduction, credit,
loss carry-over or tax pool of Old Lorus in respect of any period ending
on or
before, or which includes, the Effective Date.
4. TERM;
TERMINATION
The
term of this Agreement will commence on the date hereof and will terminate
on
the date on which the parties no longer have any obligations hereunder;
provided that Sections 2.1(d) and 2.2(d) will survive termination or
expiry of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect.
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5. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
5.1 Further
Assurances
Each
of the parties hereto will from time to time execute and deliver all such
further documents and instruments, including Tax filings, Tax Returns and
other
documents and instruments, and do all acts and things as the other party
may
reasonably require to effectively carry out or better evidence or perfect
the
full intent and meaning of this Agreement.
5.2 Assignment
No
party hereto may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement,
in
whole or in part, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior
written consent of the other parties hereto, and any such assignment contrary
to
the terms hereof will be null and void and of no force and effect.
5.3 Entire
Agreement; Amendments and Waiver
Except
for the various collateral agreements entered into in connection with the
Arrangement, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and cancels and supersedes
any
prior understandings and agreements between the parties hereto with respect
thereto. No amendment to this Agreement will be valid or binding
unless set forth in writing and duly executed by all of the parties
hereto. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement
will be effective or binding unless made in writing and signed by the party
purporting to give the same and, unless otherwise provided, will be limited
to
the specific breach waived.
5.4 Governing
Law
This
Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the
Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. Each party
hereto
hereby irrevocably attorns to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of
the Province of Ontario in respect of all matters arising under or in relation
to this Agreement.
5.5 Severability
If
any part of any provision of this Agreement will be invalid or unenforceable
in
any respect, such part will be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity
or
unenforceability only, without in any way affecting the validity and
enforceability of the remaining parts of such provision or the remaining
provisions of this Agreement.
5.6 Benefit
of Agreement; Successors and Assigns
This
Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective
heirs,
executors, administrators, other legal representatives, successors and permitted
assigns of the parties hereto.
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5.7 Counterparts;
Facsimile Signatures
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will
be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature
page
to this Agreement by any party by electronic transmission will be as effective
as delivery of a manually executed copy of this Agreement by such
party.
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CANADA INC.
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Title:
President
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by:
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Name:
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Title:
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PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
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by:
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Name:
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GENESENSE
TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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SCHEDULE
3.01(1)(d)
Share
Conditions
[attached]
Provisions
Attaching to the Voting Common Shares
and
the Non-Voting Common Shares
1.01
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Voting
Common Shares
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The
voting common shares will have attached thereto the following rights,
privileges, restrictions and conditions:
(1) Dividends
Subject
to the prior rights of the holders of any other shares ranking senior to
the
voting common shares with respect to priority in the payment of dividends,
the
holders of voting common shares will be entitled to receive dividends and
the
Corporation will pay dividends thereon, as and when declared by the Board
of
Directors (provided that no dividends will be declared on or prior to the
Effective Date) out of Distributable Cash Flow, in such amount and in such
form
as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. However, all
dividends which the Board of Directors may determine to declare and pay in
any
financial year of the Corporation must be declared and paid in equal or
equivalent amounts per share on all of the voting common shares and non-voting
common shares at the time outstanding without preference or
distinction. Unless otherwise agreed to by the holders of the voting
common shares, such dividends will be paid by cheques of the Corporation
payable
at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers for the time being in Canada
issued in respect of such dividends or in such other manner as is required
by
the Corporation’s bankers or as required by law (less any tax required to be
withheld by the Corporation) and payment thereof will satisfy such
dividends. Dividends which are represented by a cheque which has not
been presented to the Corporation’s bankers for payment or that otherwise remain
unclaimed for a period of six years from the date on which they were declared
to
be payable will be forfeited to the Corporation.
(2) Participation
upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up
In
the event of the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation,
whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of
the
Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs,
the voting common shares and non-voting common shares will rank equally as
to
priority of distribution and the holders of the voting common shares will,
subject to the rights of the holders of any other shares of the Corporation
entitled to receive assets of the Corporation upon such a distribution in
priority to or concurrently with the holders of the voting common shares,
participate concurrently with the holders of the non-voting common shares
in the
distribution. Such distribution will be made in equal amounts per
share on all the voting common shares and non-voting common shares at the
time
outstanding without preference or distinction.
(3) Voting
Rights
Subject
to Section 1.02(6), the holders of the voting common shares will be entitled
to
receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the shareholders of the
Corporation and will have one vote for each voting common share held at all
meetings of the shareholders of the
Corporation,
except meetings at which only holders of another specified class or series
of
shares of the Corporation are entitled to vote separately as a class or
series.
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Non-Voting
Common Shares
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The
non-voting common shares will have attached thereto the following rights,
privileges, restrictions and conditions:
(1) Defined
Terms
As
used herein, the following terms will have the following meanings:
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(a)
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“Bid
Price” means the consideration for each voting common share and
each non-voting common share offered to holders of voting common
shares
and holders of non-voting common shares, respectively, under the
Required
Bids, which consideration will have a fair market value of not
less than
the average of the fair market value of a voting common share on
the date
that the Required Bids are made as determined in writing by two
nationally
recognized investment banking firms retained by the Offeror for
the
purpose of providing such valuation in connection with the Required
Bids.
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(b)
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“Designated
Number” means the number of voting common shares that are subject
to a Specified Offer, together with the Offeror’s Voting Common
Shares.
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(c)
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“Group”
means one or more persons acting jointly or in concert (within
the meaning
of section 91 of the Securities Act
(Ontario)).
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(d)
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“Offeror
Date” means the date on which a Specified Offer is
made.
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(e)
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“Offer
to Acquire” includes:
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(i)
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an
offer to purchase, a public announcement of an intention to make
an offer
to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell,
securities;
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(ii)
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the
receipt of an offer to sell securities, whether or not such offer
to sell
has been solicited,
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or
any combination thereof, and the Person receiving an offer to sell will be
deemed to be making an Offer to Acquire to the Person that made the offer
to
sell.
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“Offeror”
means a Person that makes an Offer to Acquire voting common shares,
and
includes any Person related to such Person for purposes of the
Tax Act or
any other Person that is acting jointly or in concert with such
Person or
who would, together with such Person (and other Persons), constitute
a
Group.
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(g)
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“Offeror’s
Voting Common Shares”, on any date, means the number of voting
common shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over
which
control or
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direction
is exercised (including any combination of the foregoing), on
the relevant
date by the Offeror either alone or together with a
Group.
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(h)
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“Required
Bids” means the concurrent offers required to be made to all
holders of voting common shares and to all holders of non-voting
common
shares in the circumstances provided in Section
1.02(5).
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(i)
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“Specified
Offer” means an Offer to Acquire voting common shares made by
an
Offeror where the number of voting common shares subject to the
Offer to
Acquire (the “Specified Offer Shares”), together with the
Offeror’s Voting Common Shares on the Offer Date, would constitute in the
aggregate more than 50% of the total issued and outstanding voting
common
shares on the Offer Date.
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(j)
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“Specified
Offer Shares” has the meaning set out in Section
1.02(1)(i).
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(k)
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“Tax
Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) R.S.C. 1985, C.1,
5th
Supplement, as amended, including the tax regulations made
thereunder.
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(2) Dividends
Subject
to the prior rights of the holders of any other shares ranking senior to
the
non-voting common shares with respect to priority in the payment of dividends,
the holders of non-voting common shares will be entitled to receive dividends
and the Corporation will pay dividends thereon, as and when declared by the
Board of Directors (provided that no dividends will be declared on or prior
to
Effective Date) out of Distributable Cash Flow, in such amount and in such
form
as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. However, all
dividends which the Board of Directors may determine to declare and pay in
any
financial year of the Corporation must be declared and paid in equal or
equivalent amounts per share on all of the voting common shares and non-voting
common shares at the time outstanding without preference or
distinction. Unless otherwise agreed to by the holders of the
non-voting common shares, such dividends will be paid by cheques of the
Corporation payable at par at any branch of the Corporation’s bankers for the
time being in Canada issued in respect of such dividends or in such other
manner
as is required by the Corporation’s bankers or as required by law (less any tax
required to be withheld by the Corporation) and payment thereof will satisfy
such dividends. Dividends which are represented by a cheque which has
not been presented to the Corporation’s bankers for payment or that otherwise
remain unclaimed for a period of six years from the date on which they were
declared to be payable will be forfeited to the Corporation.
(3) Participation
upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up
In
the event of the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation,
whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of
the
Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs,
the voting common shares and non-voting common shares will rank equally as
to
priority of distribution and the holders of the non-voting common shares
will,
subject to the rights of the holders of any other shares of the Corporation
entitled to receive assets of the Corporation upon such a distribution in
priority to or concurrently with the holders of the voting common shares,
participate concurrently
with
the holders of the voting common shares in the distribution. Such
distribution will be made in equal amounts per share on all the voting common
shares and non-voting common shares at the time outstanding without preference
or distinction.
(4) Voting
Rights
Subject
to applicable law and any other provisions of the articles of the Corporation,
the holders of the non-voting common shares will not be entitled to receive
notice of, nor to attend nor vote at any meetings of the shareholders of
the
Corporation; provided that in the event that holders of the non-voting common
shares are entitled by law or the articles of the Corporation to vote at
a
meeting of holders of non-voting common shares, the holders of non-voting
common
shares will have one vote for each non-voting common share held.
(5) Specified
Offer
An
Offeror will not acquire any voting common shares under a Specified Offer
without first complying with the provisions of this Section
1.02(5). Prior to, and as a condition precedent to, the acquisition
by an Offeror of any voting common shares under a Specified Offer, the Offeror
will make concurrent offers to acquire voting common shares and non-voting
common shares for consideration for each voting common share and each non-voting
common share equal to the Bid Price, on the same terms, except as to the
number
of shares subject to the offers, which offers will comply with the provisions
of
applicable securities legislation relating to a formal takeover bid (whether
or
not such offers are required by law to so comply) (the “Required
Bids”):
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(a)
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to
all holders of voting common shares for such number of voting common
shares as is equal to the number of Specified Offer Shares;
and
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(b)
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to
all holders of non-voting common shares for such number of non-voting
common shares that is equal to the lesser
of:
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(i)
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A
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B,
where A equals the Designated Number of voting common shares divided
by
the total number of issued and outstanding voting common shares
on the
Offer Date and B equals the total number of issued and outstanding
non-voting common shares on the date that the Required Bids are
made;
and
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(ii)
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the
number of issued and outstanding non-voting common shares excluding
those
that are beneficially owned, or over which control or direction
is
exercised, on the date that the Required Bids are made (including
any
combination of the foregoing) by the
Offeror;
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provided
that:
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(c)
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no
shares may be taken-up or paid for under either of the Required
Bids,
unless all shares tendered to each of the Required Bids are taken-up
and
paid for concurrently; and
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(d)
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the
Offeror will issue a press release following the expiry of the
Required
Bids and one Business Day prior to the take-up of any shares tendered
to
the Required Bids, which press release will
disclose:
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(i)
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the
approximate number of voting common shares and non-voting common
shares
tendered to the Required Bids; and
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(ii)
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whether
a sufficient number of voting common shares has been tendered to
the
Required Bids such that the Offeror would acquire, on take-up and
payment
for such shares, when added to the Offeror’s Voting Common Shares on the
date of take-up, more than 50% of the total issued and outstanding
voting
common shares on the date of
take-up.
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(6) Failure
to Comply
In
the event that an Offeror acquires, directly or indirectly, more than 50%
of the
total issued and outstanding voting common shares in violation of Section
1.02(5), then, effective on the completion of such acquisition and during
such
time that the Offeror’s Voting Common Shares constitute more than 50% of the
total issued and outstanding voting common shares, the total number of votes
attaching to the Offeror’s Voting Common Shares will equal the difference
between: (a) the total number of issued and outstanding voting common shares;
and (b) the number of the Offeror’s Voting Common Shares, and, for greater
certainty, the voting common shares other than the Offeror’s Voting Common
Shares will continue to have one vote per share.
SCHEDULE
3.01(12)(a)
Taxes
NIL
SCHEDULE
3.01(13)(b)
Suits
or Proceedings
NIL
SCHEDULE
5.01(g)
Forms
Of Release
[attached]
RELEASE
WHEREAS
Lorus Therapeutics Inc. (formerly 6650309 Canada Inc.) ( “New Lorus”) has agreed
to sell and 6707157 Canada Inc. (the “Purchaser”) has agreed to purchase the
Appropriate Number of voting common shares and all of the non-voting common
shares of 4325231 Canada Inc. (the “Corporation”) pursuant to the terms of a
share purchase agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) made on or about the
date hereof between the Purchaser and New Lorus and, as a condition of the
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement,
New
Lorus has agreed to release the Corporation from all Claims against the
Corporation arising from any act, matter or thing arising at or prior to
the
Effective Time;
AND
WHEREAS terms used in this Release that are defined in the Share Purchase
Agreement will have the same meanings herein as in the Share Purchase
Agreement;
NOW
THEREFORE THIS RELEASE WITNESSES that in consideration of the closing of
the
transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement and the payment
to New
Lorus of the sum of $1 of lawful money of Canada by the Corporation (the
receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), New Lorus:
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(a)
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hereby
releases and forever discharges the Corporation from any and all
possible
Claims which New Lorus as a shareholder or creditor of the Corporation
or
otherwise ever had, now has or may hereafter have for or by reason
of or
in any way arising out of any cause, matter or thing whatsoever
existing
at or prior to the Effective Time and, in particular, without in
any way
limiting the generality of the foregoing, for or by reason of or
in any
way arising out of any claims for money advanced, whether authorized
or
provided for by by-law, resolution, contract or otherwise. save
and except
for matters arising under the Arrangement Agreement;
and
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(b)
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agrees
that New Lorus will not make any Claim or take any proceedings
with
respect to any matter released and discharged in this Release which
may
result in any Claim arising against the Corporation for contribution
or
indemnity or other relief.
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This
Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
Province of Ontario.
This
Release shall enure to the benefit of your successors and assigns and shall
be
binding upon the successors and assigns of New Lorus.
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remainder of this page has been intentionally left blank]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF New Lorus has executed this Release this ____day of
______________, 2007
Per:
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Name:
Title:
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RELEASE
WHEREAS
Lorus Therapeutics Inc. ("New
Lorus") has agreed to sell and 6707157 Canada
Inc. (the "Purchaser")
has agreed to purchase the Appropriate Number of voting common shares
and all of the
non-voting common shares of 4325231 Canada Inc. (the "Corporation") pursuant
to
the terms of a share purchase agreement (the "Share Purchase Agreement")
made on
or about the date hereof between the Purchaser and New Lorus and, as
a condition
of the closing of such purchase and sale, New Lorus has agreed to obtain
from
all officers and directors of the Corporation releases of all Claims
against the
Corporation arising from
any act, matter or thing arising at or prior to the Effective
Time;
AND
WHEREAS the undersigned is an
[officer
and/or
director] of the
Corporation and
is
providing the Corporation with this Release pursuant to the terms of
the Share
Purchase
Agreement;
NOW
THEREFORE THIS RELEASE WITNESSES
that in consideration of the closing of the purchase and sale and the
payment to
the undersigned of the sum of $1 of lawful money of Canada
by the Corporation (the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged),
the
undersigned:
(a)
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releases
and forever discharges
the Corporation from any and all Claims which the undersigned
as an
[officer
and/or director] of
the Corporation or otherwise
ever
had, now has or
may hereafter have for or by reason of or in any way arising
out of
any cause, matter or thing
whatsoever existing at or prior to the Effective Time and,
in particular,
without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing,
for or by
reason of or in any way arising out of any claims for money
advanced,
salary, wages,
retirement or pension allowances, director's fees, bonus, expenses,
participation in
profits, earnings or other remuneration whether authorized
or provided for
by by-law, resolution, contract or otherwise;
and
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(b)
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agrees
that the undersigned shall
not make any Claim or take any proceedings with
respect to any matter
released and discharged in paragraph (a) above which may result
in any Claim arising
against the Corporation for contribution or indemnity
or other
relief.
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THE
UNDERSIGNED HEREBY DECLARES that the
undersigned has had the opportunity to
seek independent legal
advice with respect to this Release and the undersigned fully understands
this
Release.
THIS
RELEASE shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Province
of
Ontario.
THIS
RELEASE shall enure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the heirs and legal personal
representatives of the
undersigned and the successors and assigns of the Corporation
respectively.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has
executed this Release this _____________day
of _____________ , 2007
SIGNED,
SEALED AND
DELIVERED
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in
the presence
of:
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Witness
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Signature
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Print
name
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SCHEDULE
5.01(j)
Payout
Lenders
NIL