UNITED HYDROCARBON CORPORATION - and - EXCELARON LLC - and - MOGUL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. - and - BARISAN ENERGY LIMITED - and - AUSTRALIAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED - and - WILLIAM DIVINE - and - VESTA CAPITAL CORP.
Exhibit
10.1
UNITED
HYDROCARBON CORPORATION
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and -
EXCELARON
LLC
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and -
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and -
BARISAN
ENERGY LIMITED
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and -
AUSTRALIAN
OIL COMPANY LIMITED
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and -
XXXXXXX
DIVINE
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and -
VESTA
CAPITAL CORP.
January
12, 2010
xxxxxx
xxxxxxx llp
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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4
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1.2
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Singular,
Plural, etc.
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15
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1.3
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Currency
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15
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1.4
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Headings,
etc.
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1.5
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Date
for any Action
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1.6
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Governing
Law
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15
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1.7
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Attornment
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16
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1.8
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Knowledge
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16
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1.9
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Entire
Agreement
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16
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1.10
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Schedules
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1.11
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Amendment
to Second Agreement
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17
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ARTICLE
2 THE QUALIFYING TRANSACTION
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2.1
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Mogul
Transaction
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2.2
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Amalgamation
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2.3
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Further
Assurances
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21
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2.4
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Implementation
Covenants
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21
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2.5
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Vesta
Acknowledgment
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25
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ARTICLE
3 PUBLICITY
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3.1
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Publicity
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ARTICLE
4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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4.1
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Representations
and Warranties of UHC
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4.2
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Representations
and Warranties of Excelaron
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33
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4.3
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Representations
and Warranties of Mogul
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42
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4.4
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Representations
and Warranties of Barisan
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44
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4.5
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Representations
and Warranties of Vesta and Covenants of Vesta with respect to
Subco
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46
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4.6
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Representations
and Warranties of AOC
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54
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ARTICLE
5 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
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54
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5.1
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Conduct
of Business by UHC, Excelaron and Vesta
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54
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5.2
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Conduct
of Business by Barisan and Mogul
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56
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ARTICLE
6 COVENANTS
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57
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6.1
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Representations
and Warranties
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57
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6.2
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Notice
of Material Change
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57
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6.3
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Books
& Records
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57
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6.4
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Additional
Vesta Covenants
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58
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6.5
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Non-Solicitation
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58
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6.6
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Covenants
of UHC
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59
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6.7
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Covenants
of UHC and Barisan
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59
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6.8
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Mutual
Covenants
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ARTICLE 7 OTHER FILINGS | Β |
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7.1
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Other
Filings
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60
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ARTICLE
8 CONDITIONS
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8.1
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Certain
Conditions Precedent
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60
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8.2
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Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of UHC
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62
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8.3
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Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Mogul
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63
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8.4
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Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Barisan
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64
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8.5
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Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Vesta
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65
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ARTICLE
9 INDEMNIFICATION
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66
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9.1
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Indemnification
by UHC
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66
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9.2
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Indemnification
by Excelaron
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66
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9.3
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Indemnification
by Mogul
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66
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9.4
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Indemnification
by Barisan
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67
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9.5
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Indemnification
by Vesta
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67
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9.6
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Notice
of Claim
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67
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9.7
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Procedure
for Indemnification
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67
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9.8
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General
Indemnification Rules
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68
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ARTICLE
10 ARBITRATION
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10.1
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Issue
Subject to Arbitration
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10.2
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Arbitration
Process
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ARTICLE
11 TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
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11.1
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Termination
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70
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11.2
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Effect
of Termination
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70
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11.3
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Fees
and Expenses
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70
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11.4
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Amendment
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71
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11.5
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Waiver
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71
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ARTICLE
12 GENERAL
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12.1
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Confidentiality
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71
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12.2
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Notices
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71
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12.3
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Assignment
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73
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12.4
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Further
Assurances
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74
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12.5
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Severability
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74
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12.6
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Counterpart
Execution
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74
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12.7
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Third
Party Beneficiary
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74
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12.8
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Investigation
by Parties
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75
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THIS AGREEMENT dated as of the
12th day of January, 2010,
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AMONG:
UNITED HYDROCARBON
CORPORATION, a corporation formed under the laws of Ontario
(βUHCβ)
- and
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EXCELARON LLC, a limited
liability corporation formed under the laws of California
(βExcelaronβ)
- and
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MOGUL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL,
INC., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of
Delaware
(βMogulβ)
- and
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BARISAN ENERGY LIMITED, a
corporation formed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia
(βBarisanβ)
- and
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AUSTRALIAN OIL COMPANY
LIMITED, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Australia (βAOCβ)
- and
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XXXXXXX DIVINE, an individual
resident in the State of California (βWDβ)
- and
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VESTA CAPITAL CORP., a
corporation formed under the laws of Ontario
(βVestaβ).
RECITALS:
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WHEREAS Vesta is a βCPCβ (as
hereinafter defined in the Policy (as hereinafter defined in Article 1)) and is
required to complete a βQualifying Transactionβ (as hereinafter defined in
Article 1);
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AND WHEREAS Subco (as
hereinafter defined in Article 1) is a corporation to be incorporated and
wholly-owned by Vesta;
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AND WHEREAS Excelaron is a
California limited liability company and is the 100% owner of the Project (as
hereinafter defined in Article 1);
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AND WHEREAS AOC, Barisan and
WD entered into an operating agreement on June 30, 2006, which Operating
Agreement (as hereinafter defined in Article 1) was restated in its entirety
effective February 1, 2008;
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AND WHEREAS Barisan
contributed US$1,000,000 to Excelaron on December 21, 2007;
Β
AND WHEREAS the Operating
Agreement provided, inter
alia, that AOC owned a 50% Membership Interest (as hereinafter defined in
Article 1), that WD owned a 50% Membership Interest and incorrectly stated that
Barisan could earn a 10% Membership Interest by contributing US$1,000,000 to
Excelaron and a further 10% Membership Interest by contributing a further
US$1,000,000 to Excelaron;
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AND WHEREAS the Operating
Agreement should have, inter
alia, ratified Barisanβs contribution of US$1,000,000 to Excelaron and
provided that upon payment of such amount Barisan had earned an 8% Membership
Interest, and should have provided that Barisan could earn a further 10%
Membership Interest by contributing a further US$1,000,000 to
Excelaron;
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AND WHEREAS on February 1,
2008 the Membership Interests of each of AOC, Barisan and WD were as
follows:
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AOC
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46%
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Barisan
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8%
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WD
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46%
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AND WHEREAS AOC, Barisan, WD
and UHC entered into a waiver and assumption agreement effective as of January
1, 2009 (a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule βAβ) (the βFirst Agreementβ) pursuant to
which WD transferred his Membership Interest to UHC, and UHC agreed to observe
and perform all of the covenants and obligations of WD under the Operating
Agreement as though UHC were an original signatory thereto;
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AND WHEREAS by agreement dated
in counterparts on February 11 and February 12, 2009 (a copy of which is
attached hereto as Schedule βBβ) (the βSecond Agreementβ) between
Excelaron and Mogul, and agreed to by each of Australian Oil Company #2 Ltd., a
corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (βAOC2β), Barisan and UHC: (a)
UHCβs Membership Interest was reduced from a 46% Membership Interest to a 21%
Membership Interest, AOC2βs Membership Interest was reduced from a 46%
Membership Interest to a 35% Membership Interest, Barisanβs Membership Interest
was reduced from an 8% Membership Interest to a 4% Membership Interest, with the
remaining 40% Membership Interest unalloted but intended to be acquired by
Mogul, subject to the terms of an agreement between Excelaron and Mogul, which
agreement would be agreed to by each of AOC, Barisan and UHC, being finalized;
and (b) Excelaron agreed to permit Mogul to subscribe for the Mogul Interest (as
hereinafter defined in Article 1) in consideration of a total Capital
Contribution (as such term is defined in the Second Agreement) of US$2,300,000,
subject to the Mogul Interest being reduced in accordance with Section 4 of the
Second Agreement;
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AND WHEREAS the Second
Agreement incorrectly includes AOC2 as a party to such agreement, rather than
AOC, and incorrectly references AOC2 as the owner of certain Membership
Interests, which Membership Interests were at all times owned by
AOC;
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AND WHEREAS, regardless of any
references to AOC2 having any right, title or interest in the Membership
Interests or any other rights under the Operating Agreement or the Second
Agreement or otherwise with respect to the business and/or affairs of Excelaron,
at all times all of the right, title and interest in the Membership Interests
purportedly owned by AOC and/or AOC2 have been beneficially owned by AOC, and
AOC2 had no interest in any such Membership Interests;
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2
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AND WHEREAS a list of the
names of the members required to be maintained by Excelaron by the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Limited Liability
Company Act (1996) and the Membership Interests of each such members of
Excelaron recorded on the list of members are as follows:
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Barisan
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4%
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UHC
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21%
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AOC
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35%
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Mogul
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40%
(Subject to the terms of the Second
Agreement)
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AND WHEREAS the Operating
Agreement has not been further amended to reflect any of the transactions
described in the six immediately preceding recitals and, as such, each of AOC,
Barisan, Mogul, WD, AOC and UHC have agreed to complete the Reorganization (as
hereinafter defined) and to amend the Second Agreement on the terms set forth
herein;
Β
AND WHEREAS Vesta proposes to
complete the Mogul Transaction (as hereinafter defined in Article 1) on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, wherein it will acquire
the Mogul Interest in Excelaron;
Β
AND WHEREAS UHC and Barisan
intend to complete the Barisan Transaction (as hereinafter defined in Article 1)
prior to the closing of the Amalgamation (as hereinafter defined in Article 1)
such that, immediately prior to completion of the Amalgamation, UHC shall
purchase the Barisan Interest thereby increasing its Membership Interest in
Excelaron to 25%, in the aggregate;
Β
AND WHEREAS immediately
following the completion of the Mogul Transaction, Vesta will have a 40%
Membership Interest in Excelaron (and on the same date), Vesta, Subco and UHC
propose to complete the Amalgamation wherein the business and assets of Subco
and UHC will be combined such that upon completion of the Amalgamation, Amalco
(as hereinafter defined in Article 1) shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary (as
hereinafter defined in Article 1) of Vesta and the assets and business of UHC,
including inter alia,
the UHC Initial Interest and the Barisan Interest (following completion of the
Barisan Transaction), will become, together with the Mogul Interest to be
acquired from Mogul pursuant to the Mogul Transaction, the main assets and
business of Vesta;
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AND WHEREAS, on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Parties (as hereinafter defined
in Article 1) intend to carry out the proposed Qualifying Transaction by way of
a series of steps, including but not limited to, completion of the Mogul
Transaction and the Amalgamation following which Vesta will indirectly own
(through Amalco) a 25% Membership Interest in Excelaron and will directly own
the Mogul Interest;
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NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged by each of the Parties (as hereinafter defined in Article 1)
hereby covenant and agree as follows:
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ARTICLE
1
INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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In this
Agreement, unless there is something in the subject matter or context
inconsistent therewith, the following terms shall have the following meanings,
respectively:
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(a)
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β51-101 Reportβ means the
report dated November 1, 2009 prepared by Xxxxxxx Petroleum Engineering
Ltd. in accordance with National Instrument 51-101 β Standards of
Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities, concerning the Project, a copy of
which has been delivered to Vesta, as amended from time to time and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Approval Parties and as approved by
the TSXV;
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(b)
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βActβ means the Business Corporations
Act (Ontario), as from time to time amended or
re-enacted;
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(c)
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βAgentsβ means together,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Limited and SalmanΒ Partners
Inc.;
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(d)
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βAgreementβ, βthis
Agreementβ, βhereinβ, βheretoβ and βhereofβ and similar expressions refer
to this agreement, together with the schedules hereto, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to
time;
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(e)
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βAmalcoβ means the
continuing corporation constituted upon the amalgamation of the
Amalgamating Parties pursuant to the
Amalgamation;
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(f)
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βAmalco Common Sharesβ
means the common shares in the capital of
Amalco;
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(g)
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βAmalgamating Partiesβ
means together, UHC and Subco;
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(h)
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βAmalgamationβ means an
amalgamation of UHC and Subco pursuant to Section 174 of the Act on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Amalgamation
Agreement;
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(i)
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βAmalgamation Agreementβ
means the amalgamation agreement to be entered into among Vesta, UHC and
Subco in respect of the Amalgamation, in the form to be agreed to between
Mogul, UHC and Vesta, each acting
reasonably;
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(j)
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βApproval Partiesβ means,
collectively, UHC, Excelaron, Mogul, Barisan and
Vesta;
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(k)
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βArbitration Actβ means
the Arbitration Act,
1991 (Ontario), as from time to time amended or
re-enacted;
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(l)
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βArticles of
Amalgamationβ means the articles of amalgamation to be filed with
the Ministry by Vesta in order to effect the
Amalgamation;
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(m)
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βAssignment and Assumption
Agreementβ means the agreement
evidencing:
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(i)
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the
assignment of the Mogul Interest to
Vesta;
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(ii)
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the
assignment of right to appoint an equal number nominees to act as managers
of Excelaron as provided in Schedule βAβ to the Second Agreement, which
nominees shall be acceptable to the TSXV or TSX;
and
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(iii)
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the
assumption of the obligation to make the US$800,000 payment contemplated
by Section 2(c) of the Second Agreement, as amended by this Agreement, by
Vesta,
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duly
executed by Mogul, Excelaron, Vesta and AOC and consented to by UHC and, if
applicable, by Barisan in such form as Vesta, Mogul and Excelaron shall approve,
each acting reasonably;
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(n)
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βBarisan Agreementβ means
the transfer agreement to be entered into among Barisan and UHC in
connection with the Barisan
Transaction;
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(o)
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βBarisan Interestβ means
Barisanβs 4% Membership Interest in Excelaron pursuant to the Second
Agreement, as amended by this Agreement, subject to adjustment in
accordance with Section 4 of the Second
Agreement;
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(p)
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βBarisan Transactionβ
means the sale of the Barisan Interest to UHC in exchange for 4,000,000
UHC Shares;
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(q)
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βBusiness Dayβ means any
day excepting a Saturday or Sunday or a day recognized as a holiday in
Toronto, Ontario;
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(r)
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βCertificate of
Amalgamationβ means the certificate of amalgamation issued by the
Director in respect of the
Amalgamation;
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(s)
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βXxxxxxxβ means Xxxxxxx
Petroleum Engineering Ltd.;
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(t)
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βClaimβ has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 9.6;
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(u)
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βClosingβ means the
completion of the Qualifying Transaction on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this
Agreement;
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(v)
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βContaminantsβ means any
pollutant, contaminant or waste of any nature, including without
limitation, any hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material,
toxic substance, dangerous substance, dangerous good, or deleterious
substance, as defined, judicially interpreted or identified in or for the
purposes of any Environmental Laws;
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(w)
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βDeadline Dateβ means
January 29, 2010 or such other date as the Parties may, in writing
agree;
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(x)
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βDebt Instrumentβ means
loan, bond, debenture, promissory note or other instrument evidencing
indebtedness (demand or otherwise) for borrowed
money;
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(y)
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βDirect Claimβ has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
9.6;
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(z)
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βDirectorβ means the
Director appointed under Section 273 of the
Act;
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(aa)
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βEconomic Interestβ means
a Personβs right to share in the income, gains, losses, deductions, credit
or similar items of, and to receive distributions from, Excelaron, but
does not include any other rights of a Member, including the right to vote
or to participate in management;
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(bb)
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βEffective Dateβ means
the effective date of the Amalgamation as set forth in the Certificate of
Amalgamation;
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(cc)
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βEffective Timeβ means
12:01 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Effective
Date;
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(dd)
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βEncumbrancesβ means any
charge, mortgage, lien, hypothec, pledge, claim, embargo, security
interest, legal or conventional, moveable or immovable, specific or
floating, whether created or arising by agreement, statute or otherwise,
attaching to property, interests or rights, and shall be construed in the
widest possible terms and principles known under applicable
Laws;
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(ee)
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βEnvironmental Approvalsβ
means all permits, certificates, licences, authorizations, consents,
instructions, registrations, directions or approvals issued or required by
any Government Authority pursuant to any Environmental
Laws;
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(ff)
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βEnvironmental Conditionβ
means the generation, discharge, emission or release into the environment
(including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater or
land), spill, receiving, handling, use, storage, containment, treatment,
transportation, shipment or disposition prior to the Effective Date of any
Contaminants by any person in respect of which remedial action is required
under any Environmental Laws or as to which any liability is currently or
in the future imposed upon any person based upon the acts or omissions of
any person prior to the Effective Date with respect to any Contaminants or
reporting with respect thereto;
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(gg)
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βEnvironmental Lawsβ
means all applicable Laws, including applicable common law and agreements
with Government Authority, relating to the protection of the environment
and employee and public health and safety, and includes Environmental
Approvals;
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(hh)
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βExcelaron Assetsβ means
all of Excelaronβs right, title, estate and interest in and to its
property and assets, real and personal, moveable and immovable, of
whatsoever nature and kind and wheresoever situate, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Project;
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(ii)
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βExcelaron Businessβ
means the process of developing oil leases that are located in the State
of California;
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(jj)
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βExcelaron Financial
Statementsβ means the audited financial statements of Excelaron as
at and for the financial years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008,
including the notes thereto and the report of Excelaronβs auditors
thereon, and the unaudited interim financial statements of Excelaron as at
and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2009, copies of which
will form part of the Filing
Statement;
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(kk)
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βExcelaron Material
Contractsβ has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
4.2(38);
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(ll)
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βExcelaron Intellectual
Propertyβ means all registered or pending or common law
intellectual property issued to or owned or held by Excelaron and used by
it in carrying on the Excelaron Business including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, all trade or brand names, business names,
domain names, trade-marks (including logos), trade-xxxx registrations and
applications, service marks, service xxxx registrations and applications,
copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, issued patents and
pending applications and other patent rights, industrial design
registrations, pending applications and other industrial design rights,
trade secrets, proprietary information and know-how, equipment and parts
lists and descriptions, instruction manuals, inventions, inventors' notes,
research data, blueprints, drawings and designs, formulae, processes,
technology and other intellectual property issued to or owned or held by
Excelaron or used by Excelaron in carrying on the Excelaron Business,
together with all rights under licences, registered user agreements,
technology transfer agreements and other agreements or instruments
relating to any of the foregoing;
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(mm)
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βFiling Statementβ means
the filing statement of Vesta to be prepared in accordance with the Policy
in connection with the Qualifying
Transaction;
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(nn)
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βFirmex Data Roomβ means
the data room offered by Firmex Inc. and maintained by Xxxx & Berlis
LLP in contemplation of the Qualifying Transaction, which data room, as of
the date hereof, contains true and complete copies of those documents
listed in Schedule βDβ attached
hereto;
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(oo)
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βGAAPβ means Canadian and
United States generally accepted accounting principles, as the case may
be;
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Β
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(pp)
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βGoverning Documentsβ
means, in respect of each of UHC, Vesta and Subco, its governing
documents, including, as applicable, its certificate and articles of
incorporation, as amended, and all similar articles, and its by-laws, as
amended and means, in respect of Excelaron, its governing documents,
including, as applicable, its Operating Agreement and any similar
agreements, articles of organization, as amended, and all similar
articles;
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(qq)
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βGovernment Authorityβ
means any foreign, national, provincial, local or state government, any
political subdivision or any governmental, judicial, public or statutory
instrumentality, court, tribunal, agency (including those pertaining to
health, safety or the environment), authority, body or entity, or other
regulatory bureau, authority, body or entity having legal jurisdiction
over the activity or Person in question and, for greater certainty,
includes the TSXV;
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(rr)
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βGross Overriding
Royaltyβ or βGORβ means a 5%
assignable gross overriding royalty on all amounts received, directly or
indirectly, by Vesta that can be attributed to the Mogul Interest, the
Barisan Interest and the UHC Initial
Interest;
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(ss)
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βin writingβ means
written information including documents, files, software, records and
books made available, delivered or produced to one Approval Party by or on
behalf of another Approval Party;
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(tt)
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βIndemnifiable Damagesβ
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
9.1;
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Β
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(uu)
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βIndemnified Partyβ has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
9.6;
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Β
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(vv)
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βIndemnifying Partyβ has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
9.6;
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Β
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(ww)
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βLawsβ means all laws,
statutes, codes, ordinances, decrees, rules, regulations, by laws,
statutory rules, principles of law, published policies, forms and
guidelines, fee schedules, tariffs, judicial or arbitral or administrative
or ministerial or departmental or regulatory judgments, orders,
directives, decisions, rulings or awards, including general principles of
common and civil law, and terms and conditions of any grant of approval,
permission, authority or license of any Government Authority, statutory
body (including the TSXV) or self regulatory authority, and the term
βapplicableβ with respect to such Laws and in the context that refers to
one or more Persons, means that such Laws apply to such Person or Persons
or its or their business, undertaking, property or securities and emanate
from a Government Authority (or any other Person) having jurisdiction over
the aforesaid Person or Persons or its or their business, undertaking,
property or securities;
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(xx)
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βLeasesβ has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section
4.2(35);
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Β
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(yy)
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βMaterial Adverse Changeβ
means any change in the condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
assets, liabilities or business of an Approval Party and its Subsidiaries
(as applicable), considered as a whole, which is materially adverse to the
business of such Approval Party, considered as a whole, other than a
change:
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(i)
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resulting
from conditions affecting the industrial and environmental waste services
and recycling and infrastructure industries as a
whole;
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(ii)
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resulting
from general economic, financial, currency exchange, securities or
commodity market conditions in Canada, the United States or elsewhere;
or
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(iii)
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change
in generally applicable Laws or
GAAP;
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Β
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(zz)
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βmaterial factβ has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act, as the same has been and
may hereafter from time to time be
modified;
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Β
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(aaa)
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βMemberβ means a Person
who owns or acquires a Membership Interest in Excelaron, from time to
time, as permitted under the Operating
Agreement;
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Β
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(bbb)
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βMembership Interestβ
means all of a Memberβs rights in Excelaron, collectively, including, but
not limited to, the Memberβs Economic Interest, any right to vote or
participate in management and any right to information concerning the
business and affairs of Excelaron;
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Β
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(ccc)
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βMinistryβ means the
Ontario Ministry of Government
Services;
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Β
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(ddd)
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βmisrepresentationβ has
the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act, as the same has been
and may hereafter from time to time be
modified;
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Β
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(eee)
|
βMogul Interestβ means
Mogulβs 40% Membership Interest in Excelaron pursuant to the Second
Agreement, as amended by this Agreement, subject to adjustment in
accordance with Section 4 of the Second
Agreement;
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Β
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(fff)
|
βMogul Purchase Priceβ
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.1(b);
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Β
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(ggg)
|
βMogul Transactionβ means
the transaction described in Section
2.1;
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Β
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(hhh)
|
βOperating Agreementβ
means the operating agreement among all the Members of Excelaron, as
restated and amended from time to time providing for the governance of
Excelaron and the conduct of its business, and to specify certain rights
and obligations of the Members of
Excelaron;
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Β
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(iii)
|
βPartyβ means each of
UHC, Excelaron, Mogul, Barisan, AOC, WD and Vesta, and βPartiesβ means all of
them;
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Β
|
(jjj)
|
βPermitted Encumbrancesβ
means:
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Β
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(i)
|
liens
for taxes not yet due or liens for taxes which are due but the validity of
which are being contested in good faith by UHC, Excelaron or Vesta (as the
case may be), provided that such party has provided security in the form
of a security interest in assets which in the case of Excelaron or UHC, of
Vesta, or in the case of Vesta, of UHC, acting reasonably, is sufficient
to prevent any lien, charge or encumbrance being enforced against such
party;
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(ii)
|
assignments
of insurance provided to landlords (or their mortgagees) pursuant to the
terms of any lease of real property, and liens or rights reserved in any
lease of real property for rent or for compliance with the terms of such
lease;
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(iii)
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security
given in the ordinary course of business to any public utility,
municipality or government or to any statutory or public authority in
connection with the operations of the Excelaron Business or the UHC
Business (as the case may be), other than security for borrowed money;
and
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(iv)
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unregistered
purchase money security interests arising under contracts for the supply
of goods and materials entered into in the ordinary course of business
which secure the unpaid balance of the purchase price for goods and/or
materials purchased thereunder which are due and payable (and have been
outstanding) for not more than sixty (60) days after delivery of the
invoice therefor;
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Β
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(kkk)
|
βPersonβ includes any
individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, venture capital fund,
association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal
representative, estate, group, body corporate, corporation, unincorporated
association or organization, Government Authority, syndicate or other
entity, whether or not having legal
status;
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Β
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(lll)
|
βPersonnel Obligationsβ
means any obligations or liabilities of an Approval Party or any of its
Subsidiaries to pay any amount to its or their officers, directors,
employees and consultants, other than for salary, bonuses under its or
their existing bonus arrangements and directorsβ fees in the ordinary
course, in each case in amounts consistent with historic practices and
obligations or liabilities in respect of insurance or indemnification
contemplated by this Agreement or arising in the ordinary and usual course
of business and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Personnel Obligations shall include the obligations of such Approval Party
or any of its Subsidiaries to directors, officers, employees and
consultants:
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Β
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(i)
|
for
payments on or in connection with any change in control of such Approval
Party pursuant to any change in control agreements, policies or
arrangements, including the payments specified herein;
and
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Β
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(ii)
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for
any special incentive bonus payments and
commitments;
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Β
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(mmm)
|
βPetroleum and Natural Gas
Rightsβ means the entire right, title, estate and interest of
Excelaron in and to:
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(i)
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rights
(whether fee simple interests, leasehold interests or other interests) to
drill for and produce, save and market Petroleum Substances from the
Project;
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Β
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(ii)
|
royalties,
net profits interests and similar interests entitling the holder thereof
to a share of the Petroleum Substances produced from Project or from lands
pooled or unitized therewith or to a payment calculated by reference to
the quantity of such production, the proceeds from the sale thereof or the
profits therefrom; and
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(iii)
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rights
to acquire the foregoing;
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Β
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(nnn)
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βPetroleum Substancesβ
means petroleum, natural gas and all related hydrocarbons, whether
gaseous, liquid or solid, and any and all other substances that may be
produced in association with them, whether hydrocarbons or
not.
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Β
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(ooo)
|
βPolicyβ means Policy 2.4
β Capital Pool Companies of the
TSXV;
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Β
|
(ppp)
|
βProjectβ means the
acreage leased by Excelaron in the Huasna Field, San Xxxx Obispo County,
California, U.S.A., as depicted on Schedule C
hereto;
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Β
|
(qqq)
|
βPublic Information
Recordβ means all press releases, material change reports,
financial statements, prospectuses and all other documents filed by or on
behalf of Vesta with the Securities Authorities in accordance with
applicable Laws;
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Β
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(rrr)
|
βQualifying Transactionβ
means collectively: (i) the business combination described herein between
Vesta and UHC wherein Vesta will acquire 100% of the issued and
outstanding UHC Shares by way of a βthree corneredβ amalgamation; and (ii)
the Mogul Transaction;
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Β
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(sss)
|
βQualifying Transaction
Dateβ means the date the Qualifying Transaction is completed, such
date being the later date of the dates on which the following shall have
occurred: (i) the execution of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement;
(ii) the issuance of the Certificate of Amalgamation giving effect to the
Amalgamation; and (iii) receipt of the TSXV or TSX approval for the
listing of the Vesta Shares issued to UHC and
Mogul;
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Β
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(ttt)
|
βRegulatory Approvalβ
means any approval, consent, waiver, permit, order or exemption from any
Government Authority having jurisdiction or authority over a Party or any
Subsidiary of a Party which is required or advisable to be obtained in
order to permit the Qualifying Transaction to be effected, including,
without limitation, approval of the TSXV or TSX, as the case may be, to
the listing of all Vesta Shares to be issued in connection with the
Qualifying Transaction, and βRegulatory Approvalsβ means all such
approvals, consents, waivers, permits, orders or
exemptions;
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Β
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(uuu)
|
βReorganizationβ means
all actions which Vesta determines, acting reasonably, may be necessary or
desirable under the Operating Agreement in order to give effect to the
Membership Interest holdings in Excelaron outlined in the recitals to this
Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the ratifying and rectifying past issuances and transfers of any
Membership Interests;
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Β
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(vvv)
|
βReporting Jurisdictionsβ
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
4.5(11);
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Β
|
(www)
|
βSecurities Actβ means
the Securities
Act (Ontario) and the regulations thereunder, as from time to time
amended or re-enacted;
|
Β
Β
|
(xxx)
|
βSecurities Authoritiesβ
means the securities commissions in the Reporting Jurisdictions and the
TSXV;
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Β
Β
|
(yyy)
|
βSubcoβ means the company
to be incorporated by Vesta pursuant to the laws of Ontario as a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Vesta;
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Β
Β
|
(zzz)
|
βSubco Common Sharesβ
means the common shares in the capital of
Subco;
|
Β
Β
|
(aaaa)
|
βSubsidiaryβ has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the
Act;
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Β
Β
|
(bbbb)
|
βTaxesβ has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section
4.1(16);
|
Β
Β
|
(cccc)
|
βThird Party Claimβ has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
9.6;
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Β
Β
|
(dddd)
|
βTSXβ means the Toronto
Stock Exchange;
|
Β
Β
|
(eeee)
|
βTSXVβ means the TSX
Venture Exchange;
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Β
Β
|
(ffff)
|
βUHC Assetsβ means all of
UHCβs right, title, estate and interest in and to its property and assets,
real and personal, moveable and immovable, of whatsoever nature and kind
and wheresoever situate, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the UHC Initial
Interest;
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Β
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(gggg)
|
βUHC Businessβ means the
business of international oil and gas
exploration;
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Β
Β
|
(hhhh)
|
βUHC Contractual Escrow
Agreementsβ means the escrow agreements to be entered into between
Vesta and each UHC Shareholder providing for the deposit in escrow of all
UHC Shares held by such UHC Shareholders prior to completion of the
Barisan Transaction and the Closing of the UHC Financing to be released as
follows: (i) 10% of such UHC Shares will be released on Closing; (ii) 40%
of such UHC Shares on the 6th
month anniversary of Closing; and (iii) all remaining such UHC Shares to
be released on the 1 year anniversary of
Closing;
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Β
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(iiii)
|
βUHC Documentsβ has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
4.1(2);
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Β
Β
|
(jjjj)
|
βUHC Financial
Statementsβ the audited financial statements of UHC as at and for
the financial year ended December 31, 2008, including the notes thereto
and the report of UHCβs auditors thereon, and the unaudited interim
financial statements of UHC as at and for the nine month period ended
September 30, 2009, copies of which will form part of the Filing
Statement;
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Β
|
(kkkk)
|
βUHC Financingβ means the
brokered private placement offering and sale by UHC of a minimum of
$4,000,000 and a maximum of $9,000,000 worth of UHC Shares at a price of
$0.20 per UHC Share (being a minimum offering of 20,000,000 UHC Shares and
a maximum offering of 45,000,000 UHC Shares), pursuant to certain
subscription agreements between UHC and
investors;
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Β
Β
|
(llll)
|
βUHC Initial Interestβ
means (i) UHCβs 21% Membership Interest in Excelaron prior to giving
effect to the Barisan Transaction, and (ii) UHCβs 25% Membership Interest
after giving effect to the Barisan
Transaction;
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Β
|
(mmmm)
|
βUHC Intellectual
Propertyβ means all registered or pending or common law
intellectual property issued to or owned or held by UHC and used by it in
carrying on the UHC Business including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, all trade or brand names, business names, domain names,
trade-marks (including logos), trade-xxxx registrations and applications,
service marks, service xxxx registrations and applications, copyrights,
copyright registrations and applications, issued patents and pending
applications and other patent rights, industrial design registrations,
pending applications and other industrial design rights, trade secrets,
proprietary information and know-how, equipment and parts lists and
descriptions, instruction manuals, inventions, inventors' notes, research
data, blueprints, drawings and designs, formulae, processes, technology
and other intellectual property issued to or owned or held by UHC or used
by UHC in carrying on the UHC Business, together with all rights under
licences, registered user agreements, technology transfer agreements and
other agreements or instruments relating to any of the
foregoing;
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Β
|
(nnnn)
|
βUHC Material Contractsβ
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
4.1(30);
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Β
Β
|
(oooo)
|
βUHC Securityholderβ
means a registered holder of UHC Shares or UHC Warrants immediately prior
to the filing of the Articles of
Amalgamation;
|
Β
Β
|
(pppp)
|
βUHC Shareholderβ means a
registered holder of UHC Shares prior to the completion of the Barisan
Transaction and closing of the UHC
Financing;
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Β
Β
|
(qqqq)
|
βUHC Shareholdersβ
Approvalβ means the approval of the holders of the UHC Shares by
way of a special meeting of, or unanimous written consent by, the holders
of UHC Shares to approve the Amalgamation and certain other related
matters;
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Β
|
(rrrr)
|
βUHC Sharesβ means common
shares in the capital of UHC, as presently constituted on the date hereof,
and βUHC Shareβ
means any one of the UHC Shares;
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Β
Β
|
(ssss)
|
βUHC Warrantsβ means the
compensation options to be issued to the Agents to purchase 8% of the
number UHC Shares sold to investors pursuant to the UHC Financing, at an
exercise price of $0.20 per UHC Share, for a period of two (2) years from
the Closing, as adjusted for any exercise after the date
hereof;
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Β
Β
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(tttt)
|
βVesta 3G Loanβ means the
loan owing from 3G Solar, Ltd. to Vesta, which as of the date hereof, is
in the amount of $225,000;
|
Β
Β
|
(uuuu)
|
βVesta Assetsβ means
cash, which cash as of the date hereof is equal to approximately $117,862
and the Vesta 3G Loan;
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Β
Β
|
(vvvv)
|
Vesta Agentβs Optionsβ
means the 200,000 outstanding options of Vesta, as adjusted for any
exercise after the date hereof, granted to Canaccord Capital Corporation,
the agent in Vestaβs initial public offering, each entitling the holder to
purchase one (1) Vesta Share at an exercise price of $0.20 per Vesta Share
until the close of business on July 29, 2010, in accordance with their
terms;
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Β
|
(wwww)
|
βVesta UHC Replacement
Warrantsβ means the warrants of Vesta to be issued in replacement
of the UHC Warrants, as adjusted for any exercise after the date hereof,
each entitling the holder to purchase such number of Vesta Shares as is
equal to the number of UHC Shares issuable pursuant to the UHC Warrants
immediately prior to the Closing at an identical exercise price
exercisable until the expiry date first stipulated on the UHC
Warrant;
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Β
Β
|
(xxxx)
|
βVesta Financial
Statementsβ means the audited financial statements of Vesta as at
and for the financial year ended December 31, 2008, including the notes
thereto and the report of Vestaβs auditors thereon, and the unaudited
interim financial statements of Vesta as at and for the nine month period
ended September 30, 2009, copies of which will form part of the Filing
Statement;
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Β
|
(yyyy)
|
βVesta Meetingβ has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.4(5);
|
Β
Β
|
(zzzz)
|
βVesta Plan Optionsβ
means options to purchase Vesta Shares granted to directors, officers and
consultants of Vesta from time to time, pursuant to and in compliance with
Vestaβs current stock option plan;
|
Β
Β
|
(aaaaa)
|
βVesta Shareholderβ means
a registered holder of Vesta Shares from time to time, and βVesta Shareholdersβ
means all of such holders; and
|
Β
Β
|
(bbbbb)
|
βVesta Sharesβ means the
common shares in the capital of Vesta, as presently constituted on the
date hereof, and βVesta
Shareβ means any one of the Vesta
Shares.
|
Β
1.2
|
Singular,
Plural, etc.
|
Β
Words
importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa and words
importing gender include all genders.
Β
1.3
|
Currency
|
Β
In the absence of a specific
designation of any currency, any undescribed dollar amount herein shall be
deemed to refer to Canadian dollars.
Β
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Β
1.4
|
Headings,
etc.
|
Β
The
division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections, the provision of a table
of contents hereto and the insertion of the recitals and headings are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement and, unless otherwise stated, all references in
this Agreement to Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections of and to
this Agreement in which such reference is made.
1.5
|
Date
for any Action
|
Β
In the
event that any date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder by any
of the Parties hereunder is not a Business Day, such action shall be required to
be taken on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
1.6
|
Governing
Law
|
Β
Other
than Section 1.11 of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be governed in all
respects, including validity, interpretation and effect, by the Laws of the
Province of Ontario and the Laws of Canada applicable therein, without giving
effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each Party hereto
irrevocably attorns to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the
Province of Ontario for disputes involving such provisions.
Section
1.11 of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including validity,
interpretation and effect, by the Laws of the State of California, without
giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each Party hereto
irrevocably attorns to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State
of California for disputes involving Section 1.11 of this
Agreement.
1.7
|
Attornment
|
Β
Except as
provided in Section 1.6, the Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
consent to and submit to the courts of the Province of Ontario for any actions,
suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the matters
contemplated hereby (and agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding
relating thereto except in such courts) and further agree that service of any
process, summons, notice or document by single registered mail to the addresses
of the Parties set forth in this Agreement shall be effective service of process
for any action, suit or proceeding brought against any Party in such court. The
Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying
of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the
matters contemplated hereby in the courts of the Province of Ontario and hereby
further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in
any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding so brought has been
brought in an inconvenient forum.
1.8
|
Knowledge
|
Β
Any
reference herein to βthe best knowledgeβ of a Party will be deemed to mean the
actual knowledge of the directors and executive officers of such
Party.
1.9
|
Entire
Agreement
|
Β
This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings,
negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, among the Parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, (including, without limitation, the letter
of intent dated September 21, 2009 among Vesta, UHC, Mogul and Barisan, as
amended). The Schedules attached to this Agreement form an integral part of this
Agreement.
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Β
1.10
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Schedules
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Β
The
following Schedules are attached to and form an integral part of this
Agreement:
Β
Schedule
A β First Agreement
Schedule
B β Second Agreement
Schedule
C β Project
Schedule
D β Firmex Data Room
Schedule
4.1(5) - Joint Ventures (UHC)
Schedule
4.1(32) - UHC Material Contracts
Schedule
4.1(34) - UHC Intellectual Property
Schedule
4.1(36) - Employment Matters (UHC)
Schedule
4.5(47) β Material Contracts (Vesta)
Β
1.11
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Amendment
to Second Agreement
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Β
Excelaron, Mogul, AOC, Barisan and UHC and
hereby agree:
Β
(1)
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that
all references to βAustralian Oil Company #2 Ltd.β,Β Β βAustralian
Oil No. 2 Pty Limitedβ, βAustralian Oil Company No. 2 Limitedβ and βAOCβ
in the Second Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with βAustralian Oil
Company Limitedβ;
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Β
(2)
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that Clause 2 of the
Second Agreement is hereby amended by deleting subsections (a) through
(e), inclusive, and replacing such subsections as
follows:
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Β
Β
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(a)
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US$425,000
prior to December 20, 2009;
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Β
Β
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(b)
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subject
to subclause (c) of Clause 2 below, US$1,075,000 concurrently with the
closing of a qualifying transaction among, among others, Excelaron and
Barisan;
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Β
Β
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(c)
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in
the event that the Company provides either Mogul or UHC with a written
request for additional funds prior to the closing of a qualifying
transaction between, among others, Excelaron and Barisan, Mogul and/or UHC
shall fund the Company with such requested amount up to a maximum of
US$450,000 within ten business days of the receipt of such written notice
from the Company and any such funding by either Mogul and/or UHC shall
reduce the US$1,075,000 referred to in subclause (d) of Clause 2 above by
an equal dollar amount. In the event that UHC funds some or all of any
US$450,000 requested by the Company, Mogul agrees to advance UHC up to
US$450,000 for the purposes of funding the Companyβs request for funding
and the entire amount advanced by Mogul shall be repaid by UHC to Mogul
without interest thereon concurrently with the closing of the financing of
UHC associated with the qualifying transaction among, among others,
Excelaron and Barisan;
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Β
Β
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(d)
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US$800,000
on that day which is determined in accordance with Clause 5 of this
Agreement.
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Β
(3)
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that
Clause 3 of the Second Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the last
sentence of such section in full and replacing such sentence with the
following:
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Β
Β
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Β
The
Parties will use their best endeavours to achieve contract completion by not
later than January 29, 2010.
Β
(4)
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that
Clause 5 of the Second Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such
section in full and replacing such section with the
following:
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Β
The
payment of the third instalment as set out in subclause (d) of Clause 2 of this
Agreement may be delayed to the extent that the Company does not secure
Conditional User Permit(s) for the planned operations for the California
Leases.
Β
(5)
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that
Clause 6 of the Second Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such
section in full and replacing such section with the
following:
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Β
The
Company will apply some or all of Mogulβs Capital Contribution paid in
accordance with Clause 2 to repay a portion of the member loan owing by the
Company to Australian Oil Company Limited, which amount was equal to A$456,878
as at December 31, 2009, and to repay a portion of the outstanding management
fees owing by the Company to Australian Oil Company Limited, which amount was
equal to US$110,000 as at December 31, 2009.Β Β The balance of the
Capital Contribution subscribed by Mogul pursuant to this Agreement, if any,
will be applied towards the budgeted operating expenses.
Β
(6)
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that
Clause 8 of the Second Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Clause
in full and replacing such Clause with the
following:
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Β
Upon
payment by Mogul (or any assignee of Mogulβs obligation to make the US$800,000
payment contemplated by Clause 2(c) under this Agreement) of the three
instalments of Capital Contributions pursuant to Clause 2 of this Agreement, and
Mogulβs satisfaction of all other requirements of the Operating Agreement and
execution thereof, the Membersβ Percentage Interests of all Members shall be as
follows:
Β
Barisan
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4%
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UHC
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21%
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AOC
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35%
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Mogul
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40%
(Subject to the terms of the Second
Agreement)
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Β
At such
time the Managers shall prepare a revised Schedule βBβ to the Operating
Agreement reporting the above changes to the Membersβ Percentage Interests made
in accordance with the table above, or should the provisions of Clause 4(c)
apply, amended in accordance with the application of that Clause.
Β
(7)
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each
of Excelaron, AOC, Mogul, UHC and Barisan hereby acknowledge and agree
that, prior to the repayment of any amount of any member loan owing by
Excelaron to AOC and prior to the repayment of any amount of any
management fees owing by Excelaron to AOC, as at December 31, 2009, the
outstanding member loan owing by Excelaron to AOC will be A$456,878 and
the outstanding management fees owing by the Company to AOC will be
US$110,000;
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Β
Β
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Β
(8)
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Excelaron
hereby acknowledges and confirms receipt to each of AOC, Mogul, UHC and
Barisan of an aggregate of US$425,000, which amount was paid by Mogul in
accordance with the terms of Clause 2(a) of the Second Agreement, as
amended by this Agreement; and
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Β
(9)
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in
the event that Excelaron provides either Mogul or UHC with a written
request for additional funds prior to the Closing of the Qualifying
Transaction, Mogul and/or UHC shall fund Excelaron with such requested
amount up to a maximum of US$450,000 within ten Business Days of the
receipt of such written notice from Excelaron and any such funding by
either Mogul and/or UHC shall reduce the US$1,075,000 referred to in
subclause (d) of Clause 2 of the Second Agreement by an equal dollar
amount. In the event that UHC funds some or all of any US$450,000
requested by Excelaron, Mogul agrees to advance UHC up to US$450,000 for
the purposes of funding Excelaronβs request for funding and the entire
amount advanced by Mogul shall be repaid by UHC to Mogul without interest
thereon concurrently with the closing of the UHC
Financing.
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Β
ARTICLE
2
THE
QUALIFYING TRANSACTION
Β
2.1
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Mogul
Transaction
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Β
Each of
Vesta and Mogul agrees, unless such steps have already been completed, that as
soon as reasonably commercially practicable or advisable after the date hereof
or at such other time as is specifically indicated below in this Section 2.1,
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and receipt of all
shareholder and Regulatory Approvals, it shall take the following steps
indicated for it:
Β
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(a)
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subject
to the terms and conditions herein, Vesta agrees to purchase and the Mogul
agrees to sell, assign and transfer to Vesta, the Mogul Interest and Vesta
agrees to satisfy all other obligations of Mogul relating to the Mogul
Interest as set out in the Second Agreement and as amended by this
Agreement outstanding at the Closing (the βMogul Purchase Priceβ)
through the issuance of 38,500,000 Vesta Shares to Mogul, at a deemed
price of $0.20 per share;
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Β
Β
|
(b)
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at
the Closing, Vesta shall pay the Mogul Purchase Price to Mogul by causing
its registrar and transfer agent to issue a certificate representing
38,500,000 Vesta Shares to Mogul, such certificates to have all legends
and notations required by applicable securities laws and the TSXV, against
delivery by Mogul of the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement;
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Β
Β
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(c)
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other
than in connection with the Mogul Interest, which for greater certainty
includes the assumption by Vesta of its obligations in respect of the GOR,
Vesta does not agree to accept or assume, and shall not by this Agreement
be deemed to have accepted or assumed, any obligation or responsibility
for the payment of any debt, obligation, liability, claim or demand
absolute or contingent, of whatsoever nature of or against Mogul, except
for payment of the Mogul Purchase Price and except as otherwise
specifically set forth above and herein;
and
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Β
Β
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Β
Β
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(d)
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each
of AOC, UHC and Barisan hereby consent to the transactions set forth in
subparagraph (a) of this Section
2.1.
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Β
2.2
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Amalgamation
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Β
Each of
Vesta and UHC agrees, unless such steps have already been completed, that as
soon as reasonably commercially practicable or advisable after the date hereof
or at such other time as is specifically indicated below in this Section 2.2,
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and receipt of all
shareholder and Regulatory Approvals, it shall take the following steps
indicated for it:
Β
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(a)
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Vesta
shall incorporate Subco, with articles and by-laws to be in form
satisfactory to UHC, acting reasonably, and Vesta shall subscribe for one
(1) Subco Common Share at a subscription price of
$1.00;
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Β
Β
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(b)
|
UHC
and Subco shall amalgamate by way of statutory amalgamation under the Act
on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement and
the Amalgamation Agreement and Vesta hereby covenants and agrees to issue
the Vesta Shares required to be issued in connection with the
Amalgamation;
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Β
Β
|
(c)
|
Vesta
shall cause the Articles of Amalgamation to be filed to effect the
Amalgamation, under which UHC and Subco will amalgamate and continue as
Amalco. Under the Amalgamation:
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Β
Β
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(i)
|
each
UHC Share (including UHC Shares issued to Barisan in connection with the
Barisan Transaction and UHC Shares issued in connection with the UHC
Financing) shall be exchanged for an equal number of fully paid and
non-assessable Vesta Shares and the UHC Shares thus exchanged shall be
cancelled;
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Β
Β
|
(ii)
|
the
Subco Common Share will be cancelled and replaced by one (1) Amalco Common
Share;
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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each
UHC Warrant shall be replaced with an equal number of Vesta UHC
Replacement Warrants;
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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as
consideration for the issuance of the Vesta Shares to effect the
Amalgamation, Amalco will issue to Vesta one (1) Amalco Common Share for
each Vesta Share issued to holders of UHC
Shares;
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Β
Β
|
(v)
|
all
of the property and assets of each of Subco and UHC will be the property
and assets of Amalco and Amalco will be liable for all of the liabilities
and obligations of each of Subco and UHC;
and
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Β
Β
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Β
Β
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(vi)
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Amalco
will be a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Vesta;
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Β
Β
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(d)
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at
the Effective Time, Vesta shall issue or cause its registrar and transfer
agent to issue certificates representing the appropriate number of Vesta
Shares and Vesta UHC Replacement Warrants, such certificates to have all
legends and notations required by applicable securities laws and the TSXV,
to the former UHC Securityholders against delivery by the UHC
Securityholders of certificates representing their UHC Shares and UHC
Warrants.Β Β Any fractional Vesta Shares or Vesta UHC Replacement
Warrants which are issuable or deliverable to any UHC Securityholder
pursuant to this Section 2.2 will be rounded up to the next whole
number;
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Β
Β
|
(e)
|
it
is the understanding of the Parties that the holders of UHC Shares
immediately prior to the Effective Time (including UHC Shares issued in
connection with the UHC Financing) shall collectively be issued that
number of Vesta Shares as are equal to the number of UHC Shares which are
issued in connection with the UHC Financing pro rata on a
one-for-one basis;
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Β
Β
|
(f)
|
the
Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that upon the Closing, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx shall each resign as directors of
Vesta and the board of directors of Vesta shall be constituted as
follows:
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Β
Β
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(i)
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxx;
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx;
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx; and
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx;
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Β
Β
|
(g)
|
the
Parties further acknowledge that upon the Closing: (i) Xxxx Xxxxxxx shall
act as Chairman of the board of directors of Vesta; (ii) Xx. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx shall act as the Chief Executive Officer of Vesta; (iii) Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx shall act as the Chief Financial Officer of Vesta; and (iv)
Xxxxxx Xxxxx shall act as the Corporate Secretary of Vesta; and each of
AOC, Barisan and Mogul hereby consent to the transactions set forth in
subparagraph (b) of this Section
2.2.
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Β
2.3
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Further
Assurances
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Β
Each of
the Parties covenants and agrees that it shall take any other action and do
anything, including the execution of any other agreements, documents or
instruments, that are necessary, desirable or useful to give effect to the steps
in the Qualifying Transaction which are outlined in Sections 2.1 or 2.2,
provided further that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
ability of the officers, directors or managers of any of the Parties to fulfill
their fiduciary or statutory duties.
Β
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Β
2.4
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Implementation
Covenants
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Β
(1)
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Filing Statement. Vesta,
with the assistance of UHC, Excelaron, Barisan and Mogul, with respect to
the portions of the Filing Statement related to such parties, covenants
and agrees to use commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare and
finalize the Filing Statement, together with any other documents required
by applicable securities and corporate Laws in connection with the
Qualifying Transaction, and Vesta shall cause the Filing Statement to be
filed as required by applicable Laws as soon as reasonably practicable,
provided that the Filing Statement and other documentation required in
connection with the Qualifying Transaction shall be filed only with UHCβs
and Excelaronβs prior written consent (in connection with the Filing
Statement, such consent shall be evidenced, in each case, by a fully
executed certificate page).
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Β
(2)
|
Listing. Vesta covenants
and agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the issuance
of all the Vesta Shares issuable pursuant to, or as a consequence of, the
Qualifying Transaction accepted by the TSXV or the TSX, as applicable,
which shall include all applicable escrow arrangements required by the
TSXV. In that regard, Vesta shall provide UHC and Mogul with all
communications sent to or received from the TSXV or the TSX, as the case
may be, or any Securities Authorities in connection with the Qualifying
Transaction.
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Β
(3)
|
Preparation of Filings.
Each of the Parties shall cooperate in the preparation of all applications
for all approvals and the preparation of any other documents and taking of
all actions reasonably deemed by any of them, to be necessary to discharge
their respective obligations under applicable Laws in connection with the
UHC Financing (including entering into an Agency Agreement with the Agents
who shall require the Approval Parties to make certain representations and
warranties and provide certain covenants) and in connection with each step
of the Qualifying Transaction and all other matters contemplated in the
Filing Statement and this Agreement. In this
regard:
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Β
Β
|
(a)
|
each
of the Parties covenants and agrees to furnish to each of the other
Parties all such information concerning it and its shareholders (and in
the case of Vesta, also concerning Subco), as may be required to effect
the Qualifying Transaction (including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, with respect to any actions which may be necessary or
desirable to properly reflect the Membership Interests to be held as
provided in this Agreement following the completion of the Qualifying
Transaction) and in addition the actions described in this Article 2. Each
of the Parties covenants and agrees that no information furnished by it in
connection with such actions or otherwise in connection with the
consummation of the Qualifying Transaction, including in respect of the
Filing Statement, will, to the best of its knowledge, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated in any such document or necessary in order to make any
information so furnished for use in any such document not misleading in
the light of the circumstances in which it is furnished or to be used;
and
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Β
Β
|
(b)
|
each
of the Parties covenants and agrees to promptly notify each of the other
Parties if at any time before the Qualifying Transaction Date it becomes
aware that the Filing Statement contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances in which they are made, or that
otherwise requires an amendment or supplement to the Filing Statement. In
any such event, each of the Parties covenants and agrees to cooperate in
the preparation of a supplement or amendment to the Filing Statement, as
required and as the case may be, and, if required, shall cause the same to
be distributed to Vesta Shareholders, UHC Securityholders and/or filed
with the Securities Authorities.
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Β
Β
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Β
(4)
|
Amalgamation Agreement.
Vesta, Subco and UHC hereby acknowledge that the form of Amalgamation
Agreement required to be entered into pursuant to the Act shall be entered
into by each of Vesta, Subco and UHC, each acting reasonably. Subco shall,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and subject to and
following the receipt of all Regulatory Approvals, deliver to UHC the duly
executed Articles of Amalgamation and related documents which will be
filed by Vesta with the Ministry.
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Β
(5)
|
Vesta Meeting. Vesta
hereby covenants and agrees, subject to obtaining all Regulatory
Approvals, to as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing
convene a special meeting of the holders of Vesta Shares (the βVesta Meetingβ) for the
purposes of: (i) fixing the number of Vesta directors at five (5); (ii)
electing the slate of directors set forth in Section 2.2(f) together with
another nominee to be approved by Mogul in its sole discretion, subject to
the completion of the Qualifying Transaction and provided that the TSXV
does not object to such nominations and such individuals are eligible to
act as directors pursuant to applicable Laws and the policies of the TSXV;
(iii) changing the name of Vesta to βUnited Hunter Oil and Gas Corp.β or
such other name as is mutually agreed to by the Approval Parties, acting
reasonably; and (iv) such other items of special business as Vesta
decides. Vesta further covenants to solicit proxies to be voted at the
Vesta Meeting in favour of the approval of such matters and conduct the
Vesta Meeting in accordance with the by-laws of Vesta and as otherwise may
be required by Law and to make all necessary arrangements for the mailing,
and mail to the Vesta Shareholders a management information circular and
any other required documentation in connection with the Vesta Meeting in
accordance with applicable Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all rights
and obligations of the entity defined as Vesta under this Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect regardless of any change in the name of
the entity, and all references to βVestaβ contained in this Agreement
shall refer to the entity under the new
name.
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Β
(6)
|
Mogul Interest Payments and
Amendment of Operating Agreement.Β Β Each of the Parties
hereto covenants and agrees that at Closing, each of them shall they shall
execute and deliver such further directions, consents or further
documentation as may be necessary
to:
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Β
Β
|
(i)
|
transfer
US$1,075,000 of the proceeds of the UHC Financing to Vesta to permit Vesta
to pay US$1,075,000 to Excelaron as required by Section 2(b) of the Second
Agreement, as amended by Section 1.11 of this
Agreement;
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Β
Β
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Β
Β
|
(ii)
|
amend
the Operating Agreement to substitute Vesta in place of Mogul therefor,
and to substitute Amalco in place of UHC and Barisan
therefor;
|
Β
Β
|
(iii)
|
amend
Exhibit B of the Operating Agreement to reflect the following Membership
Interests:
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Β
Vesta
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40%
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Amalco
|
25%
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AOC
|
35%
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Β
Β
|
(iv)
|
have
Vesta (for itself and, to the extent applicable, for each of Subco and
Amalco) acknowledge the potential reduction to the Mogul Interest provided
in Section 4 of the Second
Agreement;
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Β
Β
|
(v)
|
to
amend the Operating Agreement in accordance with Schedule A to the Second
Agreement substituting Vesta in place of Mogul therefore or in any other
manner as agreed to among AOC, Amalco, UHC and Vesta;
and
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Β
Β
|
(vi)
|
the
Parties shall each execute and deliver the amendments to the Operating
Agreement required by this Section 2.4 and as otherwise provided in this
Agreement.
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Β
(7)
|
Additional Deliveries by Vesta
at Closing. In addition to all other documents required hereunder
to be delivered by Vesta to complete the Qualifying Transaction, Vesta
shall deliver to UHC, Barisan and Mogul at
Closing:
|
Β
Β
|
(a)
|
a
certificate of status of Vesta;
|
Β
Β
|
(b)
|
a
certificate of status of Subco;
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Β
Β
|
(c)
|
a
certified copy of the resolutions passed by the board of directors of
Vesta approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby;
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Β
Β
|
(d)
|
a
certified copy of the resolution passed by the board of directors of Subco
approving the Amalgamation
Agreement;
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Β
Β
|
(e)
|
evidence
that Vesta is a reporting issuer in the Reporting Jurisdictions and is not
in default of any of the provisions
therein;
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Β
Β
|
(f)
|
an
executed amended Operating Agreement and an amended and restated Second
Agreement as contemplated by the terms of this
Agreement;
|
Β
Β
|
(g)
|
certificates
of the President and Chief Executive Officer of Vesta or another officer
satisfactory to UHC, Barisan and Mogul pursuant to Sections 8.2(1)(b),
8.3(1)(b) and 8.4(1)(b) hereof; and
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Β
Β
|
(h)
|
corporate,
securities and enforceability opinions, including first trade opinions
under Canadian securities laws, in a form satisfactory to counsel for UHC,
Mogul and Barisan, acting
reasonably.
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Β
Β
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Β
(8)
|
Additional Deliveries by UHC,
Barisan, Mogul, AOC and Excelaron at Closing. In addition to all
other documents required hereunder to be delivered to Vesta to complete
the Qualifying Transaction, UHC, Barisan, Mogul, AOC and Excelaron (as the
case may be) shall deliver to Vesta at
Closing:
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Β
Β
|
(a)
|
a
certificate of status or the equivalent of UHC, Barisan, Mogul, AOC and
Excelaron in the jurisdiction of each entityβs incorporation or
organization;
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Β
Β
|
(b)
|
a
certified copy of the resolutions passed by the boards of directors of
each of UHC, Barisan, Mogul, and AOC and the managers of Excelaron
approving this Agreement as well as the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby;
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Β
Β
|
(c)
|
a
certified copy of the resolutions passed by the holders of UHC Shares in
respect of the UHC Shareholdersβ
Approval;
|
Β
Β
|
(d)
|
an
executed amended Operating Agreement and an amended and restated Second
Agreement as contemplated by the terms of this
Agreement;
|
Β
Β
|
(e)
|
a
certificate of the President and Chief Executive Officer, or the
equivalent, of each of UHC, Excelaron, Barisan, AOC and Mogul and in the
case of Excelaron a duly appointed and authorized manager, or another
officer satisfactory to Vesta, pursuant to Section 8.5(1);
and
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Β
Β
|
(f)
|
in
the case of Excelaron, Barisan, Mogul and UHC, corporate, securities and
enforceability opinions (including non-Canadian securities opinions
addressing the distribution of securities to parties residing outside of
Canada), in a form satisfactory to Vestaβs counsel acting reasonably,
including, without limitation, legal opinions confirming the due
formation, existence and corporate authority of each of UHC, Barisan,
Mogul and Excelaron and, in the case of Excelaron, an opinion from US
legal counsel that (i) Amalco is the registered and beneficial owner of a
25% Membership Interest; (ii) Vesta is the registered and beneficial owner
of a 40% Membership Interest; (iii) AOC is the owner of a 35% Membership
Interest and; (iv) that all Membership Interests issued or transferred in
the past were and the current Membership Interests are, validly issued or
transferred as applicable, in accordance with applicable law, the
constating documents of Excelaron and the Operating Agreement; and (v)
that Excelaron has valid legal title to the Project free of any registered
encumbrances.
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Β
(9)
|
Additional Deliveries by
Excelaron and Mogul at Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of all
of the terms and conditions hereof (unless waived as herein provided), at
the Closing, each of Excelaron and Mogul covenant and agree to deliver to
Vesta, an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, effective as of the
Closing, in respect of the Mogul Interest, in such form as Vesta and Mogul
shall approve, each acting reasonably, duly executed by Excelaron. Mogul
and Vesta together with such other documentation as is contemplated herein
or as may be reasonably required.
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Β
Β
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Β
2.5
|
Vesta
Acknowledgment
|
Β
Vesta
acknowledges and confirms that upon completion of the Qualifying Transaction on
the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, the right of first refusal
referred to in paragraph 7 of the engagement letter dated September 28,
2009Β among UHC,
Vesta and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Limited (or as may be superseded by any further
written agreement between the parties to engagement letter) shall be a binding
obligation of Vesta.
Β
ARTICLE
3
PUBLICITY
Β
3.1
|
Publicity
|
Β
So long
as this Agreement is in effect, the Approval Parties shall advise, consult,
cooperate with each other prior to issuing, or permitting any of their
directors, officers, employees or agents to issue, any press release or other
written public or private statement to the press with respect to this Agreement
and the Qualifying Transaction contemplated hereby from the date hereof until
the Qualifying Transaction Date. No Party shall issue any such press release or
make any such written public or private statement prior to such consultation,
except as may be required by applicable Law or by obligations pursuant to any
listing agreement with a stock exchange and only after using its reasonable
efforts to consult with the Approval Parties taking into account the time
constraints to which it is subject as a result of such Law or
obligation.
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ARTICLE
4
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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4.1
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Representations
and Warranties of UHC
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UHC
represents and warrants as follows to Vesta and acknowledges and agrees that
Vesta is relying upon the representations and warranties as
follows:
(1)
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UHC
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the Laws of the
Province of Ontario and is current and up-to-date and in compliance with
all filings required to be made by it in
Ontario;
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(2)
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UHC
has full corporate power, capacity and authority to undertake all steps of
the Qualifying Transaction and the Reorganization required by it as
contemplated in this Agreement, the Barisan Agreement and the Amalgamation
Agreement (collectively, the βUHC Documentsβ) and to
carry out its obligations under the UHC Documents and the
Reorganization;
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(3)
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The
execution and delivery of the UHC Documents and the consummation by UHC of
the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly authorized by its
board of directors and no other corporate proceedings on its part are or
will be necessary to authorize the UHC Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby;
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(4)
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The
authorized capital of UHC consists of an unlimited number of UHC Shares,
of which, as of the date hereof there are 22,500,000 UHC Shares issued and
outstanding.Β Β Other than in connection with the Barisan
Transaction, the UHC Financing and the 22,500,000 UHC Shares issued and
outstanding as of the day hereof, there will not be any outstanding
subscriptions, options, rights, warrants or other agreements or
commitments obligating, potentially or otherwise, UHC to sell or issue any
additional shares or securities of any class of UHC or any securities
convertible into any shares of any class of UHC.Β Β All issued UHC
Shares have or will be at the Effective Time, duly authorized, validly
allotted and issued as fully paid, non-assessable shares in the share
capital of UHC, and issued in compliance with all applicable corporate and
securities laws. Other than as contemplated by the UHC Financing or
otherwise as disclosed herein, UHC is not party to and has not granted and
shall not grant any agreement, warrant, option or right or privilege
capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or
issuance of any UHC Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for UHC Shares;
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(5)
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Except
as disclosed herein and in Schedule 4.1(5) attached hereto, UHC is not a
partner, co-tenant, joint venturer or otherwise a participant in any
partnership, joint venture, co-tenancy or other similarly joint owned
business;
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(6)
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Except
as provided in the Operating Agreement, a true (other than the list of
members attached thereto) and complete copy of which has been provided to
Vesta, no person, any outstanding subscriptions, options, rights, warrants
or other agreements or commitments obligating, potentially or otherwise,
UHC to sell, encumber or transfer or otherwise dispose of the UHC Initial
Interest (in whole or in part) or any rights of UHC arising from or in
connection with the Initial UHC Interest and except as specifically
provided for in this Agreement, UHC is not party to and has not granted
and shall not grant any agreement, warrant, option or right or privilege
for the purchase, subscription or issuance of the UHC Initial Interest (in
whole or in part) or any rights arising from or in connection with the
Initial UHC Interest or any securities, rights or privileges convertible
into or exchangeable for the UHC Initial Interest (in whole or in part) or
any rights arising from or in connection with the Initial UHC Interest,
except as specifically provided in the Second Agreement, if applicable,
the UHC Initial Interest is not subject to
adjustment;
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(7)
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UHC
has all requisite corporate capacity, power and authority and possesses
all material certificates, authority, permits and licenses issued by the
appropriate provincial, municipal or federal regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the UHC Business as now conducted by it and to own
its assets and is in compliance in all material respects with such
certificates, authorities, permits or licenses and has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such certificate, authority, permit or license which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, finding or
ruling, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of the business,
operations or financial condition of
UHC;
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(8)
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This
Agreement has been and each of the other UHC Documents will at the
Effective Time be duly authorized, executed and delivered by UHC and is
(in the case of this Agreement) or will be at the date of execution (in
the case of the other UHC Documents) legal, valid and binding obligations
of UHC enforceable against UHC in accordance with their respective
terms;
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(9)
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The
entering into and the performance by UHC of the transactions contemplated
herein:
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(a)
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does
not require any Regulatory Approval, except that which may be required
under applicable corporate and securities Laws and the policies of the
TSXV;
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(b)
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does
not contravene any statute or regulation of any Government Authority which
is binding on it, where such contravention would materially and adversely
affect the business, operations or financial condition (financial or
otherwise) of UHC; and
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(c)
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does
not result in the breach of, or is in conflict with, or constitutes a
default under, or creates a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default under any term or provision of
the Governing Documents or resolutions of UHC or its subsidiaries or any
mortgage, note, indenture, contract or agreement, instrument, lease or
other document to which it is a party, or any judgment, decree or order or
any term or provision thereof, which breach, conflict or default would
materially and adversely affect the business, operations, capital or
condition (financial or otherwise) of
UHC;
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(10)
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There
are no suits, actions or litigation or arbitration proceedings or
governmental proceedings in progress pending or, to the best of the
knowledge of UHC, contemplated or threatened, to which UHC is a party or
to which the property of UHC is subject. There is not presently
outstanding against UHC any judgment, injunction, rule or order of any
court, governmental department, commission, agency or
arbitrator;
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(11)
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Other
than as set out in the UHC Financial Statements, pursuant to the Material
Contracts and expenses incurred and to be incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, there are no material liabilities of
UHC, whether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise, other
than those incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
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(12)
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All
information that has been prepared by UHC relating to UHC or its business,
properties and liabilities, disclosed or provided to Vesta, including all
financial or operational information, was to the knowledge of UHC true and
correct in all material respects as at the date it was provided to Vesta,
and no fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make such
information materially misleading other than future-oriented information
which was subject to assumptions which were reasonable under the
circumstances;
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(13)
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All
information that has been prepared by UHC relating to the Project and
disclosed or provided to Xxxxxxx whether directly by UHC or indirectly
through Vesta was, to knowledge of UHC true and correct in all material
respects as at the date it was provided to Xxxxxxx and no fact or facts
have been omitted therefrom which would make such information materially
misleading other than future-oriented information which was subject to
assumptions which were reasonable under the
circumstances;
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(14)
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The
UHC Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a basis consistent with prior periods and present fairly, in
all material respects, the assets, liabilities (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent or otherwise) and financial condition of UHC as at the
respective dates of the UHC Financial Statements and the sales, earnings
and results of operations of UHC for the respective periods covered by the
UHC Financial Statements;
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(15)
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All
filings and fees required to be made by UHC pursuant to applicable Laws,
have been made and paid and such filings were true and accurate in all
material respects as at the respective dates
thereof;
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(16)
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All
taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health
tax, workersβ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land
transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments,
deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect
thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto
(collectively, βTaxesβ) due and payable
by UHC have been paid except for where the failure to pay such taxes would
not constitute an adverse material fact of UHC, or result in a Material
Adverse Change to UHC. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and
filings required to be filed by UHC have been filed with all appropriate
governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances
and filings are complete and accurate in all material respects and no
material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of
them misleading except where the failure to file such documents would not
constitute an adverse material fact of UHC or result in a Material Adverse
Change to UHC and: (i) no examination of any tax return of UHC is
currently in progress; and (ii) there are no issues or disputes
outstanding with any governmental authority respecting any taxes that have
been paid, or may be payable, by UHC. There are no agreements with any
taxation authority providing for an extension of time for any assessment
or reassessment of taxes with respect to
UHC;
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(17)
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Except
in connection with the UHC Financing, there is no Person acting or
purporting to act at the request of UHC who is entitled to any brokerage
or finderβs fee in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein;
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(18)
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Since
the date of its incorporation, UHC has not, directly or indirectly,
declared or paid any dividend or declared or made any other distribution
on any of its shares or securities of any class, or, directly or
indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its shares or
securities or agreed to do any of the
foregoing;
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(19)
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There
is not, in the Governing Documents of UHC or in any agreement, mortgage,
note, debenture, indenture or other instrument or document to which UHC is
a party, any restriction upon or impediment to the declaration or payment
of dividends by the directors of UHC or the payment of dividends by UHC to
the holders of their respective
securities;
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(20)
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Other
than as referred to in the UHC Financial Statements, UHC is not party to
any Debt Instrument or any agreement, contract or commitment to create,
assume or issue any Debt
Instrument;
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(21)
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UHC
is not a party to or bound or affected by any commitment, agreement or
document containing any covenant which expressly limits the freedom of UHC
to compete in any line of business, or to transfer or move any of its
assets or operations;
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(22)
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UHC
is not a party to any agreement which in any manner affects the voting
control of any of the UHC Shares or other securities of
UHC;
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(23)
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UHC
has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries
on business and with all Laws, tariffs and directives material to its
operation;
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(24)
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UHC
is not aware of any pending or contemplated change to any applicable Law
or governmental position that would materially affect the business of UHC
as currently conducted or the legal environment under which UHC
operates;
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(25)
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UHC
does not have any loan or other indebtedness outstanding which has been
made to any of its shareholders, officers, directors or employees, past or
present, or any person not dealing at βarmβs lengthβ (as such term is
defined in the Income
Tax Act (Canada));
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(26)
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Other
than its Membership Interest in Excelaron, UHC has no Subsidiaries and
does not own any securities issued by, or any equity or ownership interest
in, any other Persons. UHC is not subject to any obligation to make any
investment in or to provide funds by way of loan, capital contribution or
otherwise to any Person;
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(27)
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UHC
is the owner of and has good and marketable title to all of the material
properties and UHC Assets and will have, at the Closing, good and
marketable title to the Barisan Interest, including, without
limitation, all properties and UHC Assets reflected in the UHC Financial
Statements, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances whatsoever
other than Permitted Encumbrances;
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(28)
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UHC
is not the owner, lessee, licensee, or occupant of, or subject to any
agreement or option to own or lease, any real property or any interest in
any real property, other than in connection with its Membership Interest
in Excelaron. The buildings, plants, structures, vehicles, equipment,
technology and communications hardware and other tangible personal
property of UHC (including all buildings and fixtures) are structurally
sound, in good operating condition and repair having regard to their use
and age and are adequate and suitable for the uses to which they are being
put. None of such buildings, plants, structures, vehicles, equipment or
other property are in need of maintenance or repairs except for routine
maintenance and repairs in the ordinary course that are not material in
nature or cost;
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(29)
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UHC
is not a party to, or under any agreement to become a party to, any lease
with respect to real property;
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(30)
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No
Person other than UHC owns or leases any UHC Assets which are being used
in the UHC Business, other than in the ordinary course of business and
there are no agreements or commitments by UHC to purchase property or
assets, other than in the ordinary course of the UHC
Business;
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(31)
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UHC
has not received notice of any material defect in its title or claim to
the UHC Assets or any notice from any third party claiming such an
interest, and, for the period of time that UHC has owned the UHC Assets,
all material relevant obligations of UHC have been performed and
observed;
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(32)
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The
material contracts of UHC listed in Schedule 4.1(32) attached hereto (the
βUHC Material Contractsβ) are
the only material documents and contracts currently in effect under and by
virtue of which UHC is entitled to the UHC Assets and conducts the UHC
Business;
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(33)
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All
of the UHC Material Contracts are valid and subsisting and UHC has not
received notice of any default, breach of or termination under any UHC
Material Contract and to UHCβs knowledge, no other party to any UHC
Material Contract is in default, breach of or has terminated or purported
to terminate any UHC Material
Contract;
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(34)
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Vesta
has been given the opportunity to review all of the UHC Intellectual
Property (including particulars and status of registration or application
for registration) of UHC. UHC is the legal and beneficial owner of the UHC
Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances (except for the
UHC Intellectual Property which is identified as being licensed to UHC as
described in Schedule 4.1(34) attached hereto and Permitted Encumbrances),
and UHC is not a party to or bound by any contract or any other obligation
whatsoever that limits or impairs its ability to sell, transfer, assign or
convey, or that otherwise affects, the UHC Intellectual Property. No
Person has been granted any interest in or right to use all or any portion
of the UHC Intellectual Property, except as Vesta has been advised. The
conduct of the UHC Business does not infringe upon the industrial or
intellectual property rights, domestic or foreign, of any other Person.
There exists no claims of any infringement or breach of any industrial or
intellectual property rights of any other Person, and UHC has not received
any notice that the conduct of the UHC Business, including the use of the
UHC Intellectual Property, infringes upon or breaches any industrial or
intellectual property rights of any other Person, or the trade secrets,
know-how or confidential or proprietary information of any other Person.
To the best of the knowledge of UHC, there exists no state of facts which
casts doubt on the validity or enforceability of any of the UHC
Intellectual Property;
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(35)
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The
only officers and directors of UHC are as hereinafter set
forth:
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Name
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Office
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Divine,
Xxxxxxx
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Director
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Tyab,
Xxxxxx
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Director
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Xxxx,
Xxxx
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Director
and President
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(36)
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Except
as set forth in Schedule 4.1(36) attached hereto, UHC is not party to or
bound by any written contracts in respect of any employee, former employee
or consultant including:
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(a)
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any
written contracts providing for the re-employment of any
employee;
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(b)
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any
written bonus, pension, profit sharing, executive compensation, current or
deferred compensation, incentive compensation, tax equalization, stock
compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock appreciation, phantom
stock option, savings, severance or termination pay, retirement,
supplementary retirement, hospitalization insurance, salary continuation,
legal, health or other medical, dental, life, disability or other
insurance plan, program, agreement or arrangement or other plans or
arrangements providing employee benefits;
and
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(c)
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any
written or oral policy, agreement, obligation or understanding providing
for severance or termination payments to any employee, consultant,
director or officer of UHC or any employment, service, consulting or other
agreement with any employee, consultant, director or officer of UHC which
provides for termination of employment or of the contract, as the case may
be, on more than six (6) monthsβ notice (excluding such as results under
applicable Law from the employment of an employee without an agreement as
to notice or severance);
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(37)
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UHC
is in compliance with all terms and conditions of employment and all Laws
respecting employment, including pay equity, wages, hours of work,
overtime, human rights and occupational health and safety, and there are
no outstanding claims, complaints, investigations or orders under any such
Laws and to the knowledge of UHC, there is no basis for such
claim;
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(38)
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UHC
has not and is not engaged in any unfair labour practice and no unfair
labour practice complaint, grievance or arbitration proceeding is pending
or, to the knowledge of UHC, threatened against
UHC;
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(39)
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UHC
is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement, contract or legally
binding commitment to any trade union or employee organization in respect
of or affecting any employees of
UHC;
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(40)
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No
collective agreement is currently being negotiated by UHC or any other
Person, in respect of employees of
UHC;
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(41)
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No
trade union, council of trade unions, employee bargaining agency or
affiliated bargaining agent holds bargaining rights with respect to any of
the employees of UHC by way of certification, interim certification,
voluntary recognition, or succession rights, or has applied or, to the
knowledge of UHC, threatened to apply to be certified as the bargaining
agent of any employees of UHC. To the knowledge of UHC, there are no
threatened or pending union organizing activities involving any employees
of UHC. There is no labour strike, dispute, work slowdown or stoppage
pending or involving or, to the knowledge of UHC, threatened against UHC
and no such event has occurred within the last three (3) years (other than
as disclosed in writing to Vesta);
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(42)
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No
trade union has applied to have UHC declared a common or related employer
pursuant to the Labour
Relations Act (Ontario) or any similar legislation in any
jurisdiction in which UHC carriesΒ Β on
business;
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(43)
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Each
independent contractor engaged by UHC has been properly classified by UHC
as an independent contractor and UHC has not received any notice from any
Government Authority disputing such
classification;
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(44)
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There
are no outstanding assessments, penalties, fines, liens, charges,
surcharges, or other amounts due or owing pursuant to any workplace safety
and insurance legislation and UHC has not been reassessed in any material
respect under such legislation during the past three (3) years and no
audit of UHC is currently being performed pursuant to any applicable
workplace safety and insurance legislation. There are no claims or
potential claims which may materially adversely affect the accident cost
experience of UHC in respect of the UHC Business (other than as disclosed
in writing to Vesta);
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(45)
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There
are no charges pending under applicable occupational health and safety
legislation and UHC has complied in all material respects with any orders
issued under applicable occupational health and safety legislation and
there are no appeals of any orders under such legislation currently
outstanding;
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(46)
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As
of the date hereof, the corporate records and minute books of UHC are
materially complete and accurate. The share certificate books, register of
securityholders, register of transfers and register of directors and any
similar corporate records of UHC are complete and accurate in all material
respects;
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(47)
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Upon
due inquiry, no action or proceeding has been commenced or filed by or
against UHC or which seeks or may lead to receivership, bankruptcy, a
consumer proposal or any other similar proceeding in respect of UHC, the
adjustment, compromise or composition of claims against UHC or the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other
similar officer for UHC or any portion of its assets.Β Β No such
action or proceeding has been authorized or is being considered by or on
behalf of UHC and, to the knowledge of UHC, no creditor or equity security
holder of UHC has threatened UHC to commence or advise that it may
commence any such action or
proceeding;
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(48)
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No
consents of, filings with or approval of any Person is required to permit
UHC to complete the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(49)
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None
of the information furnished to Vesta, its representatives and counsel
relating to UHC and the UHC Business including, without limitation, all
financial, marketing, sales and operational information, contains, to the
best of the knowledge of UHC, any misrepresentation likely to result in a
Material Adverse Change to UHC; and
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(50)
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UHC
acknowledges and agrees that the Vesta Shares issued to UHC Shareholders
in connection with the Amalgamation will be subject to the terms of the
UHC Contractual Escrow Agreements and may be subject to certain escrow
provisions imposed by the TSXV and may be subject to a βrestricted periodβ
pursuant to Section 2.5 of National Instrument 45-102 βResale of
Securitiesβ or βseasoning periodβ pursuant to Section 2.6 of National
Instrument 45-102 βResale of
Securitiesβ.
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4.2
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Representations
and Warranties of Excelaron
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Excelaron
represents and warrants as follows to Vesta and acknowledges and agrees that
Vesta is relying upon the representations and warranties as
follows:
(1)
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Excelaron
has been duly formed as a limited liability company and is validly
existing under the Laws of the State of California and is current and
up-to-date and in compliance with all filings required to be made by it in
California;
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(2)
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Excelaron
has full power, capacity and authority to undertake all steps of the
Qualifying Transaction and the Reorganization required by it as
contemplated in this Agreement and to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement and the Reorganization;
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(3)
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The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by Excelaron
of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly authorized pursuant
to its Operating Agreement as amended, and no other proceedings on its
part are or will be necessary to authorize this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby;
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(4)
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This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Excelaron
and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Excelaron enforceable
against Excelaron in accordance with its respective
terms;
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(5)
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The
authorized capital of Excelaron consists only of Membership Interests
expressed as a percentage. The list of members required to be maintained
by Excelaron by the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Limited
Liability Company Act (1996) provides that the Membership Interests
of each such member are as follows:
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Barisan
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4%
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UHC
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21%
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AOC
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35%
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Mogul
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40%
(Subject to the terms of the Second
Agreement)
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All
Membership Interests have been properly issued, transferred and recorded in
accordance with applicable law, its constating documents and the Operating
Agreement and Excelaron has received the money, property, or services, or other
obligation to contribute money or property or to render services determined by
it or its members in consideration for the Membership Interests issued by
Excelaron.Β Β At the Effective Time, there will not be any outstanding
subscriptions, options, rights, warrants or other agreements or commitments
obligating, potentially or otherwise, Excelaron to sell or issue any additional
membership interests or other securities of any class of Excelaron or any
securities convertible into any membership interests or other securities of any
class of Excelaron.Β Β All issued Excelaron membership interests have
been duly authorized, validly allotted and issued as fully paid, non-assessable
membership interests of Excelaron, and issued in compliance with all applicable
corporate and securities laws;
(6)
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As
of the date hereof, Excelaron has received US$425,000Β in respect of the
Mogul Interest;
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(7)
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All
consents or other approvals necessary to transfer the Mogul Interest to
Vesta as contemplated pursuant to the Mogul Transaction, have or prior to
the Qualifying Transaction date, will have been obtained such that, upon
the payment of the amount stipulated in Clause 2(c) of the Second
Agreement as amended by Section 1.11 hereto, Clause 4 of the Second
Agreement shall be of no force and
effect;
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(8)
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Excelaron
is not party to and has not granted and shall not grant (i) any agreement,
warrant, option or right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement,
for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any membership interests of
Excelaron or securities convertible into or exchangeable for membership
interests in Excelaron; or (ii) any agreement, right, interest or
privilege or right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement for the
lease, sale, transfer or other alienation of Excelaronβs interest in the
Project (in whole or in part);
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(9)
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Except
as specifically disclosed to Vesta in item III β Due Diligence Requests β
Excelaron LLC in the Firmex Data Room, Excelaron is not a partner,
co-tenant, joint venturer or otherwise a participant in any partnership,
joint venture, co-tenancy or other similarly joint owned
business;
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(10)
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No
consents of, filings with or approval of any Person is required to permit
Excelaron to complete the transactions contemplated by this
AgreementΒ Β and no consents of, filings with or approval of any
Person is required to be made by Excelaron as a result of or in connection
with the Qualifying Transaction;
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(11)
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Excelaron
has all requisite capacity, power and authority and possesses all material
certificates, authority, permits and licenses issued by the appropriate
state, municipal or federal regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to
conduct the Excelaron Business as now conducted by it and to own its
assets and is in compliance in all material respects with such
certificates, authorities, permits or licenses and has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such certificate, authority, permit or license which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, finding or
ruling, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of the business,
operations or financial condition of
Excelaron;
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Β
(12)
|
The
entering into and the performance by Excelaron of the transactions
contemplated herein and the completion of the Qualifying
Transaction:
|
Β
Β
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(a)
|
does
not require any Regulatory Approval, except that which may be required
under applicable corporate and securities Laws, the policies of the
TSXV;
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Β
Β
|
(b)
|
does
not contravene any statute or regulation of any Government Authority which
is binding on it, where such contravention would materially and adversely
affect the business, operations or financial condition (financial or
otherwise) of Excelaron; and
|
Β
Β
|
(c)
|
does
not result in the breach of, or is in conflict with, or constitutes a
default under, or creates a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default under any term or provision of
the Governing Documents or resolutions of Excelaron or any mortgage, note,
indenture, contract or agreement, instrument, lease or other document to
which it is a party, or any judgment, decree or order or any term or
provision thereof, which breach, conflict or default would materially and
adversely affect the business, operations, capital or condition (financial
or otherwise) of Excelaron;
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Β
Β
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Β
(13)
|
There
are no suits, actions or litigation or arbitration proceedings or
governmental proceedings in progress pending or, to the best of the
knowledge of Excelaron, contemplated or threatened, to which Excelaron a
party or to which the property of Excelaron is subject. There is not
presently outstanding against Excelaron any judgment, injunction, rule or
order of any court, governmental department, commission, agency or
arbitrator;
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Β
(14)
|
Other
than as set out in the Excelaron Financial Statements, pursuant to the
Excelaron Material Contracts and expenses incurred and to be incurred in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, there are no
material liabilities of Excelaron, whether direct, indirect, absolute,
contingent or otherwise, other than those incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
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Β
(15)
|
All
information that has been prepared by Excelaron relating to Excelaron or
its business, properties and liabilities, disclosed or provided to Vesta,
including all financial or operational information, was true and correct
in all material respects as at the date it was provided to Vesta, and no
fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make such
information materially misleading other than future-oriented information
which was subject to assumptions which were reasonable under the
circumstances;
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Β
(16)
|
Excelaron
is the beneficial owner of all Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights with
respect to the Project, Excelaron has not committed any act that would
result in any of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights being cancelled, and
the Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights are owned by
ExcelaronΒ Β free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for the
Permitted Encumbrances;
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Β
(17)
|
Subject
to the rents, covenants and conditions of the Leases to be paid, performed
and observed by Excelaron and the Permitted Encumbrances,
ExcelaronΒ Β may hold the Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights for the
remainder of the terms of the Leases, and all renewals or extensions of
them, for its own benefit without interruption by any person claiming by,
through or under Excelaron;
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Β
(18)
|
Other
than the GOR, no officer, director or employee or any person not dealing
at arm's length with Excelaron or, to Excelaron's knowledge, any associate
or affiliate of any such person, owns, has or is entitled to any royalty,
net profits interest, carried interest or any other Encumbrances or claims
of any nature whatsoever which are based on production from the Project or
any revenue or rights attributed
thereto;
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Β
(19)
|
All
information that has been prepared by Excelaron relating to the Project
and disclosed or provided to Xxxxxxx whether directly by Excelaron or
indirectly through Vesta was, to knowledge of Excelaron true and correct
in all material respects as at the date it was provided to Xxxxxxx and no
fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make such
information materially misleading other than future-oriented information
which was subject to assumptions which were reasonable under the
circumstances;
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Β
(20)
|
The
Excelaron Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with
United States GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior periods and
present fairly, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) and financial condition of
Excelaron as at the respective dates of the Excelaron Financial Statements
and the earnings, expenditures and results of operations of Excelaron for
the respective periods covered by the Excelaron Financial
Statements;
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Β
Β
35
Β
(21)
|
All
filings and fees required to be made by Excelaron pursuant to applicable
Laws have been made and paid and such filings were true and accurate in
all material respects as at the respective dates
thereof;
|
Β
(22)
|
All
Taxes due and payable by Excelaron have been paid except for where the
failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of
Excelaron, or result in a Material Adverse Change to Excelaron. All tax
returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by
Excelaron have been filed with all appropriate governmental authorities
and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete
and accurate in all material respects and no material fact or facts have
been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except
where the failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse
material fact of Excelaron or result in a Material Adverse Change to
Excelaron and: (i) no examination of any tax return of Excelaron is
currently in progress; and (ii) there are no issues or disputes
outstanding with any governmental authority respecting any taxes that have
been paid, or may be payable, by Excelaron. There are no agreements with
any taxation authority providing for an extension of time for any
assessment or reassessment of taxes with respect to
Excelaron;
|
Β
(23)
|
No
Person acting or purporting to act at the request of Excelaron who is
entitled to any brokerage or finderβs fee in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein;
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Β
(24)
|
Since
the date of its formation, Excelaron has not, directly or indirectly,
declared or made any distribution on any of its membership interests or
securities of any class, or, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased
or otherwise acquired any of its membership interests or securities or
agreed to do any of the foregoing;
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Β
(25)
|
There
is not, in the Governing Documents of Excelaron or in any agreement,
mortgage, note, debenture, indenture or other instrument or document to
which Excelaron is a party, any restriction upon or impediment to the
declaration or payment of distributions by the managers of Excelaron or
the payment of distributions by Excelaron to the holders of their
respective securities;
|
Β
(26)
|
Other
than as referred to in the Excelaron Financial Statements, Excelaron is
not party to Debt Instrument or any agreement, contract or commitment to
create, assume or issue any Debt
Instrument;
|
Β
(27)
|
Excelaron
is not a party to or bound or affected by any commitment, agreement or
document containing any covenant which expressly limits the freedom of
Excelaron to compete in any line of business, or to transfer or move any
of its assets or operations;
|
Β
(28)
|
Excelaron
is not a party to any agreement which in any manner affects the voting
control of Excelaron;
|
Β
(29)
|
Excelaron
has conducted and is conducting its business substantially in accordance
with good oil field and environmental practices and in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable Laws of each jurisdiction in which
it carries on business and with all Laws, tariffs and directives material
to its operation;
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Β
Β
36
Β
(30)
|
Excelaron
is not aware of any pending or contemplated change to any applicable Law
or governmental position that would materially affect the business of
Excelaron as currently conducted or the legal environment under which
Excelaron operates;
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Β
(31)
|
Excelaron
does not have any loan or other indebtedness outstanding which has been
made to any of its Members, officers, managers or employees, past or
present, or any person not dealing at βarmβs
lengthβ;
|
Β
(32)
|
Excelaron
has no Subsidiaries and does not own any securities issued by, or any
equity or ownership interest in, any other Persons. Excelaron is not
subject to any obligation to make any investment in or to provide funds by
way of loan, capital contribution or otherwise to any
Person;
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Β
(33)
|
Excelaron
is the owner of and has good and marketable title to all of the material
properties and Excelaron Assets, including, without limitation, all
properties and Excelaron Assets reflected in the Excelaron Financial
Statements, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances whatsoever
other than Permitted Encumbrances;
|
Β
(34)
|
Excelaron
is not the owner, lessee, licensee, or occupant of, or subject to any
agreement or option to own or lease, any real property or any interest in
any real property, other than in connection with its interest in the
Project. The buildings, plants, structures, vehicles, equipment,
technology and communications hardware and other tangible personal
property of Excelaron (including all buildings and fixtures) are
structurally sound, in good operating condition and repair having regard
to their use and age and are adequate and suitable for the uses to which
they are being put. None of such buildings, plants, structures, vehicles,
equipment or other property are in need of maintenance or repairs except
for routine maintenance and repairs in the ordinary course that are not
material in nature or cost;
|
Β
(35)
|
Excelaron
is not a party to, or under any agreement to become a party to, any lease
with respect to real property other than its rights in respect of the
Project (the βLeasesβ or individually,
a βLeaseβ), except
as specifically disclosed to Vesta in items XII, XIII, XIV and XVII β Due
Diligence Requests β Excelaron LLC and item I β Mogul/Vesta Index of the
Firmex Data Room.Β Β Each Lease is in good standing, creates a
good and valid leasehold estate in the Leased Properties thereby demised
and is in full force and effect without amendment. With respect to each
Lease (i) all rents and additional rents have been paid, (ii) no waiver,
indulgence or postponement of the lesseeβs obligations has been granted by
the lessor, (iii) there exists no event of default or event, occurrence,
condition or act (including the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement) which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or the
happening of any other event or condition, would become a default under
the Lease, and (iv) all of the covenants to be performed by any other
party under the Lease have been fully
performed;
|
Β
(36)
|
No
Person other than Excelaron owns or leases any Excelaron Assets which are
being used in the Excelaron Business, other than in the ordinary course of
business and there are no agreements or commitments by Excelaron to
purchase property or assets, other than in the ordinary course of the
Excelaron Business;
|
Β
Β
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Β
(37)
|
Excelaron
has not received notice of any material defect in its title or claim to
the Excelaron Assets or any notice from any third party claiming such an
interest, and, for the period of time that Excelaron has owned the
Excelaron Assets, all material relevant obligations of Excelaron have been
performed and observed;
|
Β
(38)
|
The
material contracts of the Excelaron disclosed to Vesta in item VIII, X,
XI, XII, XIII, XIV and XVII β Due Diligence Requests β Excelaron LLC and
item I β Mogul/Vest Index of the Firmex Data Room (the βExcelaron Material
Contractsβ), are the only material documents and contracts
currently in effect under and by virtue of which Excelaron is entitled to
the Excelaron Assets and conducts the Excelaron
Business;
|
Β
(39)
|
All
of the Excelaron Material Contracts are valid and subsisting and Excelaron
has not received notice of any default, breach of or termination under any
Excelaron Material Contract and to Excelaronβs knowledge, no other party
to any Excelaron Material Contract is in default, breach of or has
terminated or purported to terminate any Excelaron Material
Contract;
|
Β
(40)
|
Vesta
has been given the opportunity to review all of the Excelaron Intellectual
Property (including particulars and status of registration or application
for registration) of Excelaron. Excelaron is the legal and beneficial
owner of the Excelaron Intellectual Property, free and clear of all
Encumbrances (except for the Excelaron Intellectual Property which is
identified as being licensed to Excelaron in and as specifically disclosed
to Vesta in item IX β Due Diligence Requests β Excelaron LLC and item I β
Mogul/Vesta Index of the Firmex Data Room), and Excelaron is not a party
to or bound by any contract or any other obligation whatsoever that limits
or impairs its ability to sell, transfer, assign or convey, or that
otherwise affects, the Excelaron Intellectual Property. No Person has been
granted any interest in or right to use all or any portion of the
Excelaron Intellectual Property, except as Vesta has been advised. The
conduct of the Excelaron Business does not infringe upon the industrial or
intellectual property rights, domestic or foreign, of any other Person.
There exists no claims of any infringement or breach of any industrial or
intellectual property rights of any other Person, and Excelaron has not
received any notice that the conduct of the Excelaron Business, including
the use of the Excelaron Intellectual Property, infringes upon or breaches
any industrial or intellectual property rights of any other Person, or the
trade secrets, know-how or confidential or proprietary information of any
other Person. To the best of the knowledge of Excelaron, there exists no
state of facts which casts doubt on the validity or enforceability of any
of the Excelaron Intellectual
Property;
|
Β
(41)
|
The
only officers and managers of Excelaron are as hereinafter set
forth:
|
Β
Name
|
Office
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
Manager
and President
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Manager
|
Kit
Xxxxxxx
|
Project
Manager
|
Β
38
Β
(42)
|
Except
as specifically disclosed to Vesta in item IV β Due Diligence Requests β
Excelaron LLC of the Firmex Data Room, Excelaron is not party to or bound
by any written contracts in respect of any employee, former employee or
consultant including:
|
Β
Β
|
(a)
|
any
written contracts providing for the re-employment of any
employee;
|
Β
Β
|
(b)
|
any
written bonus, pension, profit sharing, executive compensation, current or
deferred compensation, incentive compensation, tax equalization, stock
compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock appreciation, phantom
stock option, savings, severance or termination pay, retirement,
supplementary retirement, hospitalization insurance, salary continuation,
legal, health or other medical, dental, life, disability or other
insurance plan, program, agreement or arrangement or other plans or
arrangements providing employee benefits;
and
|
Β
Β
|
(c)
|
any
written or oral policy, agreement, obligation or understanding providing
for severance or termination payments to any employee, consultant, manager
or officer of Excelaron or any employment, service, consulting or other
agreement with any employee, consultant, manager or officer of Excelaron
which provides for termination of employment or of the contract, as the
case may be, on more than six (6) monthsβ notice (excluding such as
results under applicable Law from the employment of an employee without an
agreement as to notice or
severance);
|
Β
(43)
|
Excelaron
is in compliance with all terms and conditions of employment and all Laws
respecting employment, including pay equity, wages, hours of work,
overtime, human rights and occupational health and safety, and there are
no outstanding claims, complaints, investigations or orders under any such
Laws and to the knowledge of Excelaron, there is no basis for such
claim;
|
Β
(44)
|
Excelaron
has not and is not engaged in any unfair labour practice and no unfair
labour practice complaint, grievance or arbitration proceeding is pending
or, to the knowledge of Excelaron, threatened against
Excelaron;
|
Β
(45)
|
Excelaron
is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement, contract or legally
binding commitment to any trade union or employee organization in respect
of or affecting any employees of
Excelaron;
|
Β
(46)
|
No
collective agreement is currently being negotiated by Excelaron or any
other Person, in respect of employees of
Excelaron;
|
Β
(47)
|
No
trade union, council of trade unions, employee bargaining agency or
affiliated bargaining agent holds bargaining rights with respect to any of
the employees of Excelaron by way of certification, interim certification,
voluntary recognition, or succession rights, or has applied or, to the
knowledge of Excelaron, threatened to apply to be certified as the
bargaining agent of any employees of Excelaron. To the knowledge of
Excelaron, there are no threatened or pending union organizing activities
involving any employees of Excelaron. There is no labour strike, dispute,
work slowdown or stoppage pending or involving or, to the knowledge of
Excelaron, threatened against Excelaron and no such event has occurred
within the last three (3) years (other than as disclosed in writing to
Vesta);
|
Β
Β
39
Β
(48)
|
No
trade union has applied to have Excelaron declared a common or related
employer pursuant to any legislation in any jurisdiction in which
Excelaron carries on business;
|
Β
(49)
|
Each
independent contractor engaged by Excelaron has been properly classified
by Excelaron as an independent contractor and Excelaron has not received
any notice from any Government Authority disputing such
classification;
|
Β
(50)
|
There
are no outstanding assessments, penalties, fines, liens, charges,
surcharges, or other amounts due or owing pursuant to any workplace safety
and insurance legislation and Excelaron has not been reassessed in any
material respect under such legislation during the past three (3) years
and no audit of Excelaron is currently being performed pursuant to any
applicable workplace safety and insurance legislation. There are no claims
or potential claims which may materially adversely affect the accident
cost experience of Excelaron in respect of the Excelaron Business (other
than as disclosed in writing to
Vesta);
|
Β
(51)
|
There
are no charges pending under applicable occupational health and safety
legislation and Excelaron has complied in all material respects with any
orders issued under applicable occupational health and safety legislation
and there are no appeals of any orders under such legislation currently
outstanding;
|
Β
(52)
|
As
of the date hereof, and except as provided herein, the records and minute
books of Excelaron are materially complete and
accurate;
|
Β
(53)
|
No
action or proceeding has been commenced or filed by or against Excelaron
or which seeks or may lead to receivership, bankruptcy, a consumer
proposal or any other similar proceeding in respect of Excelaron, the
adjustment, compromise or composition of claims against Excelaron or the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other
similar officer for Excelaron or any portion of its assets.Β Β No
such action or proceeding has been authorized or is being considered by or
on behalf of Excelaron and no creditor or equity security holder of
Excelaron has threatened to commence or advise that it may commence any
such action or proceeding;
|
Β
(54)
|
None
of the information furnished to Vesta, its representatives and counsel
relating to Excelaron and the Excelaron Business including, without
limitation, all financial, marketing, sales and operational information,
contains, to the best of the knowledge of Excelaron, any misrepresentation
likely to result in a Material Adverse Change to
Excelaron;
|
Β
(55)
|
Excelaron
has all of its properties and assets insured against loss or damage by all
insurable hazards or risks on a replacement cost basis and such insurance
coverage will be continued in full force and effect to and including the
Effective Time. Excelaron is not in default with respect to any of the
provisions contained in any insurance policies maintained by Excelaron on
its property and assets or personnel as of the date hereof and has not
failed to give any notice or present any claim under any such insurance
policy in a due and timely fashion;
|
Β
Β
40
Β
(56)
|
To
the knowledge of Excelaron, the dates, recording of Membership Interests
and the agreements associated therewith are accurately stated in the
recitals to this Agreement; and
|
Β
(57)
|
There
has been no Environmental Condition which, individually or in the
aggregate, could result in a Material Adverse Change for
Excelaron.Β Β Excelaron has not received any notice, directive or
advisory from any Government Authority of any Environmental Condition that
could result in a Material Adverse Change to Excelaron. Excelaron has all
material Environmental Approvals in respect of the current operations of
Excelaron and is in compliance with such Environmental Approvals except
where any non-compliance would not result in a Material Adverse
Change.
|
Β
4.3
|
Representations
and Warranties of Mogul
|
Β
Mogul
represents and warrants as follows to Vesta and acknowledges and agrees that
Vesta is relying upon the representations and warranties as
follows:
(1)
|
Mogul
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the Laws of the
State of Delaware and is current and up-to-date and in compliance with all
filings required to be made by it in the State of
Delaware;
|
Β
(2)
|
Mogul
has full corporate power, capacity and authority to undertake all steps of
the Qualifying Transaction and the Reorganization required by it as
contemplated in this Agreement and to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement and the Reorganization;
|
Β
(3)
|
The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by Mogul of
the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly authorized by its board
of directors and no other corporate proceedings on its part are or will be
necessary to authorize this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby;
|
Β
(4)
|
This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Mogul and is
a legal, valid and binding obligation of Mogul enforceable against Mogul
in accordance with its terms;
|
Β
(5)
|
Except
as provided in the Operating Agreement, a true (other than the list of
members attached thereto) and complete copy of which has been provided to
Vesta, no person, any outstanding subscriptions, options, rights, warrants
or other agreements or commitments obligating, potentially or otherwise,
Mogul to sell, encumber or transfer or otherwise dispose of the Mogul
Interest (in whole or in part) or any rights of Mogul arising from or in
connection with the Mogul Interest and except as specifically provided for
in this Agreement, Mogul is not party to and has not granted and shall not
grant any agreement, warrant, option or right or privilege for the
purchase, subscription or issuance of the Mogul Interest (in whole or in
part) or any rights arising from or in connection with the Mogul Interest
or any securities, rights or privileges convertible into or exchangeable
for the Mogul Interest (in whole or in part) or any rights arising from or
in connection with the Mogul
Interest;
|
Β
(6)
|
Mogul
has good and marketable title to the Mogul Interest, free of all
Encumbrances and no person, firm or corporation has any agreement or
option or right capable of becoming an agreement or option for the
purchase from Mogul of all or any portion of the Mogul Interest, and the
Mogul Interest is not subject to adjustment except as specifically
provided in Section 4 of the Second Agreement as of the date this
Agreement, and Mogul is the registered and beneficial owner of the Mogul
Interest with good right, full power and absolute authority to sell and
assign the Mogul Interest to Vesta for the purpose and in the manner as
provided in this Agreement. As at the date of this Agreement, the Mogul
Interest is not subject to any shareholder, pooling, escrow, voting trust
or similar agreements whether voluntary or otherwise other than as related
to the Qualifying Transaction or which cannot be terminated at the
discretion of Mogul. There is no suit, action, litigation, arbitration
proceeding or governmental proceeding, including appeals and applications
for review, in progress, pending or contemplated or, to the knowledge of
Mogul, threatened against or related to the Mogul Interest or which would
affect Mogulβs ability to sell the Mogul Interest as provided for in this
Agreement;
|
Β
Β
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Β
(7)
|
As
of the date hereof, Mogul has paid US$425,000 to Excelaron in respect of
the Mogul Interest;
|
Β
(8)
|
All
consents or other approvals necessary to transfer the Mogul Interest to
Vesta as contemplated pursuant to the Mogul Transaction, have or prior to
the Qualifying Transaction date, will have been
obtained;
|
Β
(9)
|
Mogul
has all requisite corporate capacity, power and authority and possess all
material certificates, authority, permits and licenses issued by the
appropriate state, municipal or federal regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct its business as now conducted by it and to own its
assets and is in compliance in all material respects with such
certificates, authorities, permits or licenses and has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such certificate, authority, permit or license which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, finding or
ruling, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of the business,
operations or financial condition of
Mogul;
|
Β
(10)
|
Mogul
has made available to Xxxxxxx prior to the issuance of the 51-101 Report
all material information requested by Xxxxxxx, which information was at
the time such information was provided complete and accurate. The 51-101
Report was prepared and the estimates of oil and gas assets contained
therein have been prepared and disclosed in all material respects in
accordance with National Instrument 51-101 βStandards of Disclosure for
Oil and Gas Activitiesβ. Since the 51-101 Report, Mogul has not prepared
nor received any engineering reports which conclude that there has been a
material reduction in the estimated gross oil reserves disclosed in the
Reserves Report;
|
Β
(11)
|
This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Mogul and is
a legal, valid and binding obligation of Mogul enforceable against Mogul
in accordance with their respective
terms;
|
Β
(12)
|
The
entering into and the performance by Mogul of the transactions
contemplated herein:
|
Β
Β
|
(a)
|
Mogul
does not require any Regulatory Approval, except that which may be
required under applicable corporate and securities Laws and the policies
of the TSXV;
|
Β
Β
42
Β
Β
|
(b)
|
Mogul
does not contravene any statute or regulation of any Government Authority
which is binding on it, where such contravention would materially and
adversely affect the business, operations or financial condition
(financial or otherwise) of Mogul;
and
|
Β
Β
|
(c)
|
does
not result in the breach of, or is in conflict with, or constitutes a
default under, or creates a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default under any term or provision of
the Governing Documents or resolutions of Mogul or any mortgage, note,
indenture, contract or agreement, instrument, lease or other document to
which it is a party, or any judgment, decree or order or any term or
provision thereof, which breach, conflict or default would materially and
adversely affect the business, operations, capital or condition (financial
or otherwise) of Mogul; and
|
Β
(13)
|
There
are no suits, actions or litigation or arbitration proceedings or
governmental proceedings in progress pending or, to the best of the
knowledge of Mogul, contemplated or threatened, to which Mogul is a party
or to which the Mogul Interest is subject. There is not presently
outstanding against MogulΒ any judgment,
injunction, rule or order of any court, governmental department,
commission, agency or arbitrator that would materially affect the Mogul
Interest;
|
Β
(14)
|
Mogul
acknowledges and agrees that the Vesta Shares issued to Mogul as
consideration for the Mogul Interest may be subject to certain escrow
provisions imposed by the TSXV and may be subject to a βrestricted periodβ
pursuant to Section 2.5 of National Instrument 45-102 βResale of
Securitiesβ or βseasoning periodβ pursuant to Section 2.6 of National
Instrument 45-102 βResale of Securitiesβ;
and
|
Β
(15)
|
No
consents of, filings with or approval of any Person is required to permit
Mogul to complete the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
|
Β
4.4
|
Representations
and Warranties of Barisan
|
Β
Barisan
represents and warrants as follows to Vesta and acknowledges and agrees that
Vesta is relying upon the representations and warranties as
follows:
(1)
|
Barisan
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the Laws of the
Commonwealth of Australia and is current and up-to-date and in compliance
with all filings required to be made by it in the Commonwealth of
Australia;
|
Β
(2)
|
Barisan
has full corporate power, capacity and authority to undertake all steps of
the Barisan Transaction and the Qualifying Transaction and the
Reorganization required by it as contemplated in this Agreement and the
Barisan Agreement (collectively the βBarisan Agreementsβ) and
to carry out its obligations under the Barisan Agreements and the
Reorganization;
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(3)
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The
execution and delivery of the Barisan AgreementsΒ Β and the
consummation by Barisan of the transactions contemplated thereby has been
duly authorized by its board of directors and no other corporate
proceedings on its part are or will be necessary to authorize the Barisan
Agreements and the transactions contemplated
thereby;
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(4)
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This
Agreement has been and each of the other Barisan Agreements will at the
Effective Time be, duly authorized executed and delivered by Barisan and
is (in the case of this Agreement) or will be at the date of execution (in
the case of the other Barisan Agreements) legal, valid and binding
obligations of Barisan enforceable against Barisan in accordance with
their respective terms;
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(5)
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Except
as provided in the Operating Agreement, a true (other than the list of
members attached thereto) and complete copy of which has been provided to
Vesta, no person, any outstanding subscriptions, options, rights, warrants
or other agreements or commitments obligating, potentially or otherwise,
Barisan to sell, encumber or transfer or otherwise dispose of the Barisan
Interest (in whole or in part) or any rights of Barisan arising from or in
connection with the Barisan Interest and except as specifically provided
for in this Agreement, Barisan is not party to and has not granted and
shall not grant any agreement, warrant, option or right or privilege for
the purchase, subscription or issuance of the Barisan Interest (in whole
or in part) or any rights arising from or in connection with the Barisan
Interest or any securities, rights or privileges convertible into or
exchangeable for the Barisan Interest (in whole or in part) or any rights
arising from or in connection with the Barisan
Interest;
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(6)
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Barisan
has good and marketable title to the Barisan Interest, free of all
Encumbrances and no person, firm or corporation has any agreement or
option or right capable of becoming an agreement or option for the
purchase from Barisan of all or any portion of the Barisan Interest and
the Barisan Interest is not subject to adjustment, except as specifically
provided in Section 4 of the Second Agreement, and Barisan is the
registered and beneficial owner of the Barisan Interest with good right,
full power and absolute authority to sell and assign the Barisan Interest
to Mogul as contemplated in this Agreement. As at the date of this
Agreement, the Barisan Interest is not subject to any shareholder,
pooling, escrow, voting trust or similar agreements whether voluntary or
otherwise other than as related to the Qualifying Transaction or which
cannot be terminated at the discretion of Barisan. There is no suit,
action, litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding,
including appeals and applications for review, in progress or threatened
against or related to the Barisan Interest or which would affect Barisanβs
ability to sell the Barisan Interest to Mogul as contemplated in this
Agreement;
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(7)
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Barisan
has all requisite corporate capacity, power and authority and possesses
all material certificates, authority, permits and licenses issued by the
appropriate state, municipal or federal regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct its business as now conducted by it and to own its
assets and is in compliance in all material respects with such
certificates, authorities, permits or licenses and has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such certificate, authority, permit or license which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, finding or
ruling, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of the business,
operations or financial condition of
Barisan;
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(8)
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The
entering into and the performance by Barisan of the transactions
contemplated by the Barisan Agreements
herein:
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Β
Β
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(a)
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does
not require any Regulatory Approval, except that which may be required
under applicable corporate and securities Laws, the policies of the
TSXV;
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Β
Β
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(b)
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does
not contravene any statute or regulation of any Government Authority which
is binding on it, where such contravention would materially and adversely
affect the business, operations or financial condition (financial or
otherwise) of Barisan; and
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(c)
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does
not result in the breach of, or is in conflict with, or constitutes a
default under, or creates a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default under any term or provision of
the Governing Documents or resolutions of Barisan or any mortgage, note,
indenture, contract or agreement, instrument, lease or other document to
which it is a party, or any judgment, decree or order or any term or
provision thereof, which breach, conflict or default would materially and
adversely affect the business, operations, capital or condition (financial
or otherwise) of Barisan; and
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(9)
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There
are no suits, actions or litigation or arbitration proceedings or
governmental proceedings in progress pending or, to the best of the
knowledge of Barisan, contemplated or threatened, to which Barisan is a
party or to which the property of Barisan is subject. There is not
presently outstanding against Barisan any judgment, injunction, rule or
order of any court, governmental department, commission, agency or
arbitrator.
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(10)
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No
consents of, filings with or approval of any Person is required to permit
Barisan to complete the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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4.5
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Representations
and Warranties of Vesta and Covenants of Vesta with respect to
Xxxxx
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Β
Xxxxx
hereby represents and warrants and with respect to Subco, covenants, to UHC,
Barisan, Mogul and Excelaron and acknowledges that each of them is relying upon
such representations, warranties and covenants, as follows:
(1)
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Vesta
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the Laws of the
Province of Ontario and is current and up-to-date and in compliance with
all filings required to be made by it in such
jurisdiction;
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Β
(2)
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Subco
will be, immediately prior to the Qualifying Transaction Date, duly
incorporated and validly existing under the Laws of the Province of
Ontario and will be current and up-to-date with all filings required to be
made by it in such jurisdiction;
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(3)
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Vesta
has, and Subco immediately prior to the Qualifying Transaction Date will
have, full corporate power, capacity and authority to undertake all steps
of the Qualifying Transaction and the Reorganization required by it as
contemplated in this Agreement, the Barisan Agreement and the Amalgamation
Agreement (collectively, the βVesta Documentsβ) and
to carry out its obligations under the Vesta Documents and the
Reorganization;
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(4)
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The
execution and delivery of the Vesta Documents and the consummation by
Vesta and Subco of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly
authorized by its board of directors, and will be by Subcoβs board of
directors, and no other corporate proceedings on its part are or will be
necessary to authorize the Vesta Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby;
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(5)
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This
Agreement has been and each of the other Vesta Documents will at the
Effective Time be, duly authorized executed and delivered by Vesta and
Subco and is (in the case of this Agreement) or will be at the date of
execution (in the case of the other Vesta Documents) legal, valid and
binding obligations of Vesta and Subco enforceable against each of them in
accordance with their respective
terms;
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Β
(6)
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The
authorized capital of Vesta consists of an unlimited number of Vesta
Shares. As at the date hereof, the following securities of Vesta are
issued and outstanding: (a) 6,303,000 Vesta Shares; (b) 200,000 Vesta
Agentβs Options; and (c) 380,000 Vesta Plan Options, and no
others;
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Β
(7)
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Immediately
prior to the Closing, the issued and outstanding Vesta Shares shall
consist of:
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Β
Β
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(a)
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the
6,303,000 currently issued Vesta Shares;
and
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Β
Β
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(b)
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up
to 200,000 Vesta Shares which may be issued in connection with the
exercise of the 200,000 currently issued Vesta Agentβs
Options,
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Β
and no
more;
Β
(8)
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Immediately
prior to the Closing, the following convertible securities of Vesta may be
issued and outstanding up to 200,000 Vesta Agentβs Options, and there will
not be any other outstanding subscriptions, options, rights, warrants or
other agreements or commitments obligating, potentially or otherwise,
Vesta to sell or issue any additional shares or securities of any class of
Vesta or any securities convertible into any shares of any class of
Vesta;
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Β
(9)
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All
issued Vesta Shares, have or at the Effective Time will be, duly
authorized, validly allotted and issued as fully paid, non-assessable
shares in the share capital of Vesta, and issued in compliance with all
applicable corporate and securities
laws;
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Β
(10)
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The
authorized capital of Subco on the Qualifying Transaction Date will
consist of an unlimited number of Subco Common Shares, of which one (1)
Subco Common Share will be issued and outstanding at such
date;
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Β
(11)
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Vesta
is a reporting issuer, or the equivalent thereof, in the provinces of
British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario (collectively, the βReporting
Jurisdictionsβ) and is not in default of any requirement of the
applicable securities Laws of each of the Reporting Jurisdictions and
other regulatory instruments of the Securities Authorities in such
provinces;
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Β
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Β
(12)
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The
issued and outstanding Vesta Shares are listed and posted for trading on
the TSXV and no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of
Vesta is currently outstanding and no proceedings for such purpose are
pending or, to the best of the knowledge of Vesta, threatened, other than
the halt of trading of the Vesta Shares initiated on September 22,
2009;
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Β
(13)
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Vesta
is a βCPCβ (as such term is defined in the Policy) and Vesta has to date
complied with all of the requirements contained in the
Policy;
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(14)
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Vesta
is not party to and has not granted any agreement, warrant, option or
right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase,
subscription or issuance of any Vesta Shares or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for Vesta Shares, other than the Vesta Plan Options
and the Vesta Agentβs Options;
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(15)
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Immediately
prior to the Amalgamation, Vesta will be the registered and beneficial
owner of all of the Subco Common Shares and on such date neither Vesta nor
Subco shall be a party to or have granted any agreement, warrant, option
or right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase,
subscription or issuance of any securities of Subco or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of
Subco;
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Β
(16)
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Vesta
is not a partner, co-tenant, joint venturer or otherwise a participant in
any partnership, joint venture, co-tenancy or other similarly joint owned
business.Β Β Vesta has no assets other than cash and the Vesta 3G
LoanΒ or cash
equivalents, has no liabilities other than liabilities which are reflected
in the Vesta Financial Statements or otherwise incurred in the normal
course all of which are in respect of obligations permitted under the
Policy, has not commenced any commercial operations and has not and will
not carry on any business other than the identification and evaluation of
assets or businesses with a view to completing a potential βQualifying
Transactionβ (as such term is defined in the
Policy);
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Β
(17)
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Vesta
on the date hereof has, and Subco on the Qualifying Transaction Date will
have, all requisite corporate capacity, power and authority, and possess
all material certificates, authorities, permits and licenses issued by the
appropriate provincial, municipal or federal regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the business as then conducted by it and which it
shall conduct and to own its assets in compliance in all material respects
with such certificates, authorities, permits or licenses and not then
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authority, permit or license which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision,
order, finding or ruling, would materially and adversely affect the
conduct of the business, operations, financial condition, income or future
prospects of Vesta and Subco, taken as a
whole;
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Β
(18)
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The
entering into and the performance by Vesta of the transactions
contemplated herein:
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Β
Β
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(a)
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does
not require any Regulatory Approval, except that which may be required
under applicable corporate and securities Laws, the policies of the
TSXV;
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Β
Β
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(b)
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does
not contravene any statute or regulation of any Government Authority which
is binding on Vesta or Subco, where such contravention would materially
and adversely affect the business, operations, capital or condition
(financial or otherwise) of Vesta and Subco, taken as a whole;
and
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Β
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Β
Β
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(c)
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does
not result in the breach of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a
default under,Β Β or create a state of facts which, after notice
or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under any term or
provision of the Governing Documents or resolutions of Vesta or Subco or
any Debt Instrument, mortgage, note, indenture, contract or agreement,
instrument, lease or other document to which Vesta is a party, or any
judgment, decree or order or any term or provision thereof, which breach,
conflict or default would materially and adversely affect the business,
operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) of Vesta and
Subco, taken as a whole;
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Β
(19)
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Other
than with respect to the Vesta 3G Loan, there are no suits, actions or
litigation or arbitration proceedings or governmental proceedings in
progress, pending or, to the best of the knowledge of Vesta, contemplated
or threatened, to which either or both of Vesta and/or Subco is a party or
to which the property of Vesta and/or Subco is subject. There is not
presently outstanding against Vesta any judgment, injunction, rule or
order of any court, governmental department, commission, agency or
arbitrator;
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Β
(20)
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There
are no material liabilities of Vesta, and on the Qualifying Transaction
Date there will be no material liabilities of Subco, whether direct,
indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise, which are not disclosed or
reflected in the Vesta Financial Statements, except those incurred in the
ordinary course of business or expenses incurred and to be incurred in
connection with transactions contemplated
hereby;
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Β
(21)
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All
information that has been prepared by Vesta relating to Vesta and Subco
and Vestaβs business, property and liabilities and either publicly
disclosed or provided to UHC, Barisan, Mogul or Excelaron and which will
be included in the Filing Statement, including all financial and
operational information will be, to the knowledge of Vesta, as of the date
of such information, true and correct in all material respects, and no
fact or facts will have been omitted therefrom which would make such
information materially misleading;
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Β
(22)
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The
Vesta Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian
GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of Vesta as at such dates and do not omit to state any material fact that
is required by Canadian GAAP or by applicable Law to be stated or
reflected therein or which is necessary to make the statements contained
therein not misleading;
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Β
(23)
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As
of the date hereof Vesta has cash in the approximate amount of
$117,862;
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Β
(24)
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All
filings and fees required to be made by Vesta, and to be made by Subco,
pursuant to applicable Laws have or will be made and paid and such filings
were or will be true and accurate as at the respective dates thereof and
Vesta has not filed any confidential material change reports. The Public
Information Record relating to Vesta does not contain a misrepresentation
at the time of filing that has not been corrected since
filing;
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Β
(25)
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All
Taxes due and payable by Vesta have been paid except for where the failure
to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of Vesta,
or result in a Material Adverse Change to Vesta. All tax returns,
declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by Vesta have
been filed with all appropriate governmental authorities and all such
returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and accurate
and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make
any of them misleading except where the failure to file such documents
would not constitute an adverse material fact of Vesta or result in a
Material Adverse Change to Vesta. No examination of any tax return of
Vesta is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes
outstanding with any governmental authority respecting any taxes that have
been paid, or may be payable, by Vesta. There are no agreements with any
taxation authority providing for an extension of time for any assessment
or reassessment of taxes with respect to
Vesta;
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Β
(26)
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There
is no Person acting or purporting to act at the request of Vesta who is
entitled to any brokerage or finderβs fee in connection with the
transaction described herein;
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Β
(27)
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Since
the date of its incorporation, Vesta has not, directly or indirectly,
declared or paid any dividend or declared or made any other distribution
on any of its shares or securities of any class, or, directly or
indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its shares or
securities or agreed to do any of the
foregoing;
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Β
(28)
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There
is not, nor will there be in respect of Subco on the Qualifying
Transaction Date, in its Governing Documents or in any agreement,
mortgage, note, debenture, indenture or other instrument or document to
which Vesta or Subco is a party, any restriction upon or impediment to,
the declaration or payment of dividends by the directors of Vesta or Subco
or the payment of dividends by Vesta or Subco to the holders of their
securities;
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Β
(29)
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Other
than in connection with the Vesta 3G Loan, Vesta is not, and Subco will
not be, on the Qualifying Transaction Date, a party to any Debt Instrument
or any agreement, contract or commitment to create, assume or issue any
Debt Instrument;
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Β
(30)
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Except
to the extent that Vesta must comply with the policies of the TSXV, Vesta
is not, nor will Subco be on the Qualifying Transaction Date, a party to
or bound or affected by any commitment, agreement or document containing
any covenant which expressly limits the freedom of such Person to compete
in any line of business, or to transfer or move any of its respective
assets or operations or which would prohibit or restrict Vesta or Subco
from entering into and completing the Qualifying
Transaction;
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Β
(31)
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Vesta
is not, nor will Subco be on the Qualifying Transaction Date, a party to
any agreement, nor is Vesta aware of any agreement, which in any manner
affects or will affect the voting control of any of the Vesta Shares or
other securities of Vesta or Subco;
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Β
(32)
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Vesta
has conducted, and on the Qualifying Transaction Date Subco will have,
conducted its business in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business and
with all Laws, tariffs and directives material to its
operation;
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(33)
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Vesta
does not have, and Subco will not have on the Qualifying Transaction Date,
any loan or other indebtedness outstanding which has been made to any of
its shareholders, officers, directors or employees, past or present, or
any person not dealing at βarmβs lengthβ (as such term is defined in the
Income Tax Act
(Canada));
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Β
(34)
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On
or before the Effective Date, Vesta, Subco and their respective boards of
directors will have taken all necessary actions, steps and corporate and
other proceedings to approve or authorize, validly and effectively, the
entering into, and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Amalgamation
Agreement;
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Β
(35)
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Other
than Subco, Vesta has no Subsidiaries and does not own any securities
issued by, or any equity or ownership interest in, any other Persons.
Vesta is not subject to any obligation to make any investment in or to
provide funds by way of loan, capital contribution or otherwise to any
Persons; and will have no Subsidiaries and will not own any securities
issued by, or any equity or ownership interest in, any other Persons.
Subco will not be not subject to any obligation to make any investment in
or to provide funds by way of loan, capital contribution or otherwise to
any Persons;
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Β
(36)
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The
only officers and directors of Vesta are as hereinafter set
forth:
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Β
Name
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Office
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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President,
CEO, CFO and Secretary
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Director
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Director
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Director
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Vice-President
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(37)
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The
only officers and directors of Subco will on the Qualifying Transaction
Date be as hereinafter set forth:
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Β
Name
|
Office
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
Director
and President
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Β | Β |
(38)
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As
of the date hereof, the corporate records and minute books of Vesta are
materially complete and accurate. The share certificate books, register of
security holders, register of transfers and register of directors and any
similar corporate records of Vesta are complete and accurate in all
material respects;
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Β
(39)
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The
issued and outstanding Vesta Shares have been duly authorized, validly
allotted and issued as fully paid, non-assessable shares in the capital of
Vesta and in compliance in all material respects with applicable corporate
and securities Laws. The Vesta Shares to be issued in connection with the
Qualifying Transaction (including, without limitation, the Vesta Shares
issuable upon the due exercise of the Vesta UHC Replacement Warrants) will
be, at the Effective Time, duly authorized, validly allotted and issued as
fully paid, non-assessable shares in the capital of Vesta and in
compliance with applicable corporate and securities
Laws;
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Β
50
Β
(40)
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To
the best of the knowledge of Vesta, there are no shareholdersβ agreements,
pooling agreements, voting trusts or other similar agreements with respect
to the ownership or voting of any of the Vesta
Shares;
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Β
(41)
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None
of the information furnished to UHC, Excelaron, Barisan and Mogul, and
their respective representatives and counsel relating to Vesta and Subco,
including, without limitation, all financial information, contains any
misrepresentation likely to result in a Material Adverse Change to
Vesta;
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Β
(42)
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Vesta
is not aware of any pending or contemplated change to any applicable Law
or governmental position that would materially affect the business of
Vesta as currently conducted or the legal environment under which Vesta
operates;
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Β
(43)
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Vesta
is the owner of and has good and marketable title to all of the material
properties and Vesta Assets, including, without limitation, all properties
and Vesta Assets reflected in the Vesta Financial Statements, in each case
free and clear of all Encumbrances whatsoever other than Permitted
Encumbrances;
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Β
(44)
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Vesta
is not the owner, lessee, licensee, or occupant of, or subject to any
agreement or option to own or lease, any real property or any interest in
any real property;
|
Β
(45)
|
Vesta
is not a party to, or under any agreement to become a party to, any lease
with respect to real property;
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Β
(46)
|
Vesta
has not received notice of any material defect in its title or claim to
the Vesta Assets or any notice from any third party claiming such an
interest, and, for the period of time that Vesta has owned the Vesta
Assets, all material relevant obligations of Vesta have been performed and
observed;
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Β
(47)
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The
material contracts of the Vesta listed in Schedule 4.5(47) attached hereto
(the βVesta Material
Contractsβ) are the only material documents and contracts currently
in effect under and by virtue of which Vesta is entitled to the Vesta
Assets and conducts the Vesta
Business;
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Β
(48)
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All
of the Vesta Material Contracts are valid and subsisting and Vesta has not
received notice of any default, breach of or termination under any Vesta
Material Contract and to Vestaβs knowledge, no other party to any Vesta
Material Contract is in default, breach of or has terminated or purported
to terminate any Vesta Material
Contract;
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Β
(49)
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Vesta
does not own any material intellectual
property;
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Β
(50)
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Vesta
does not have and has never had any
employees;
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Β
(51)
|
Vesta
is in compliance with all terms and conditions of employment and all Laws
respecting employment, including pay equity, wages, hours of work,
overtime, human rights and occupational health and safety, and there are
no outstanding claims, complaints, investigations or orders under any such
Laws and, to the knowledge of Vesta, there is no basis for such
claim;
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Β
Β
51
Β
(52)
|
Vesta
has not and is not engaged in any unfair labour practice and no unfair
labour practice complaint, grievance or arbitration proceeding is pending
or, to the knowledge of Vesta, threatened against
Vesta;
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Β
(53)
|
Vesta
is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement, contract or legally
binding commitment to any trade union or employee organization in respect
of or affecting any employees of
Vesta;
|
Β
(54)
|
No
collective agreement is currently being negotiated by Vesta or any other
Person, in respect of employees of
Vesta;
|
Β
(55)
|
No
trade union, council of trade unions, employee bargaining agency or
affiliated bargaining agent holds bargaining rights with respect to any of
the employees of Vesta by way of certification, interim certification,
voluntary recognition, or succession rights, or has applied or, to the
knowledge of Vesta, threatened to apply to be certified as the bargaining
agent of any employees of Vesta. To the knowledge of Vesta, there are no
threatened or pending union organizing activities involving any employees
of Vesta. There is no labour strike, dispute, work slowdown or stoppage
pending or involving or, to the knowledge of Vesta, threatened against
Vesta and no such event has occurred within the last three (3) years
(other than as disclosed in writing to
Vesta);
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Β
(56)
|
No
trade union has applied to have Vesta declared a common or related
employer pursuant to the Labour Relations Act
(Ontario) or any similar legislation in any jurisdiction in which Vesta
carriesΒ Β on business;
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Β
(57)
|
Each
independent contractor engaged by Vesta has been properly classified by
Vesta as an independent contractor and Vesta has not received any notice
from any Government Authority disputing such
classification;
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Β
(58)
|
There
are no outstanding assessments, penalties, fines, liens, charges,
surcharges, or other amounts due or owing pursuant to any workplace safety
and insurance legislation and Vesta has not been reassessed in any
material respect under such legislation during the past three (3) years
and no audit of Vesta is currently being performed pursuant to any
applicable workplace safety and insurance legislation. There are no claims
or potential claims which may materially adversely affect the accident
cost experience of Vesta in respect of its business (other than as
disclosed in writing to Vesta);
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Β
(59)
|
There
are no charges pending under applicable occupational health and safety
legislation and Vesta has complied in all material respects with any
orders issued under applicable occupational health and safety legislation
and there are no appeals of any orders under such legislation currently
outstanding; and
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Β
(60)
|
There
has never been a reportable disagreement (within the meaning of National
Instrument 51-102) with the present auditors of
Vesta.
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Β
4.6
|
Representations
and Warranties of AOC
|
Β
AOC
hereby represents and warrants to Vesta, UHC, Barisan, Mogul and Excelaron and
acknowledges that each of them is relying upon such representations, warranties
and covenants, as follows:
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AOC2
is a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of AOC, and AOC shall, and shall cause
AOC2, to take all such actions as are necessary to complete the
Reorganization.
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ARTICLE
5
CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS
Β
5.1
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Conduct
of Business by UHC, Excelaron and
Vesta
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Β
Except as
required by Law or as otherwise expressly permitted or specifically contemplated
by this Agreement, each of UHC, Excelaron and Vesta covenants and agrees in
respect of itself that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until
the earlier of either the Effective Time or the time that this Agreement is
terminated by its terms, or upon consent of the Approval Parties
that:
Β
(1)
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Each
of Vesta, UHC and Excelaron shall conduct business in, and not take any
action except in, the usual and ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice, and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain and preserve its business organization, assets, employees and
advantageous business
relationships;
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(2)
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Vesta
shall not take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in
the delisting or suspension of the Vesta Shares from the TSXV and shall
comply, in all material respects, with the rules and policies
thereof;
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(3)
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Vesta,
UHC and Excelaron shall not, directly or indirectly, do or permit to occur
any of the following, except as otherwise contemplated
herein:
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(a)
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amend
its Governing Documents;
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(b)
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declare,
set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution or payment (whether in
cash, shares or property) in respect of its shares, membership interests
or other ownership interests owned by any Person other than
inter-corporate loans and advances or as contemplated
hereby;
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(c)
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issue,
grant, sell or pledge or agree to issue, grant, sell or pledge any shares
or membership interests, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, or otherwise evidencing a right to acquire shares or any
membership interests or other ownership interests, other than the issuance
by Vesta of Vesta Shares upon the exercise of Vesta Agentβs Options or
Vesta Plan Options or in connection with the fee payable to the Agents or
in connection with the UHC
Financing;
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(d)
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redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire any of its outstanding shares or other
securities including, without limitation, under an issuer
bid;
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(e)
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reduce
its stated capital or contributed
capital;
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(f)
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enter
into or modify any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with
respect to any of the foregoing, except as permitted
above;
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(g)
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other
than in connection with the Qualifying Transaction and as specifically
described in the Filing Statement, reorganize, amalgamate or merge with
any other Person, nor acquire by amalgamating, merging or consolidating
with, purchasing a majority of the voting securities or substantially all
of the assets of or otherwise, any business or Person which acquisition or
other transaction would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially
delay or materially alter the Qualifying Transaction contemplated
hereby;
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Β
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(h)
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option,
sell, pledge, dispose of or otherwise transfer or agree to transfer or
encumber any assets;
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Β
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(i)
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acquire
(by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or acquisition of shares or
assets) any corporation, partnership or other business organization or
division thereof, or make any investment either by purchase of shares or
securities, contributions of capital or property
transfer;
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(j)
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acquire
any material assets;
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Β
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(k)
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incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than pursuant to existing
facilities, or any other material liability or obligation or issue any
debt securities or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an
accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other
individual or entity, or make any loans or advances, other than the
Personnel Obligations and fees payable to legal and accounting advisors in
the ordinary course and reasonable fees payable to legal, accounting,
engineering and financial advisors in connection with the Qualifying
Transaction and matters contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(l)
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authorize,
recommend or propose any release or relinquishment of any material
contractual right;
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(m)
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waive,
release, grant or transfer any material rights of value or modify or
change in any material respect any existing material license, lease,
contract, production sharing agreement, government land concession or
other material document;
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(n)
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enter
into any agreements with its managers, directors or officers or their
respective associates (as such term is defined in the Securities Act
(Ontario));
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Β
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(o)
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terminate
the employment of or hire any additional officer, director, manager or
employee, or make any changes to its current officers, directors, managers
or employees;
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(p)
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terminate
or enter into any material contracts, permits, licenses, leases or other
similar instruments; or
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Β
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(q)
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authorize
or propose any of the foregoing, or enter into or modify any contract,
agreement, commitment or arrangement to do any of the
foregoing.
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Vesta,
UHC and Excelaron will not, without prior consultation with and the
consent of the other Approval Parties: (a) enter into new commitments of a
capital expenditure nature or (b) incur any new contingent liabilities
other than: (i) ordinary course expenditures; (ii) expenditures required
by the Laws; (iii) expenditures made in connection with the Qualifying
Transaction contemplated in this Agreement; and (iv) capital expenditures
required to prevent the occurrence of a Material Adverse
Change;
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(5)
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Other
than as contemplated by this Agreement, Vesta, UHC and Excelaron will not
adopt or amend or make any contribution to any bonus, profit sharing,
option, deferred compensation, insurance, incentive compensation, other
compensation or other similar plan, agreement, trust, fund or arrangements
for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, except as is necessary
to comply with applicable Law or with respect to existing provisions of
any such plans, programs, arrangements or
agreements.
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5.2
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Conduct
of Business by Barisan and Mogul
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Β
Except as
required by Law or as otherwise expressly permitted or specifically contemplated
by this Agreement, each of Barisan and Mogul covenants and agrees in respect of
itself that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier
of either the Effective Time or the time that this Agreement is terminated by
its terms, or upon consent of the Approval Parties that:
Β
(1)
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Each
of Barisan and Mogul shall, with respect to its treatment of their
respective Membership Interests, conduct business in, and not take any
action except in, the usual and ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice, and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain and preserve its business organization, assets, employees and
advantageous business
relationships;
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(2)
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Each
of Barisan and Mogul shall not, directly or indirectly, do or permit to
occur any of the following, except as otherwise contemplated
herein:
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Β
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(a)
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other
than in connection with the Qualifying Transaction and as specifically
described in the Filing Statement, reorganize, amalgamate or merge with
any other Person, nor acquire by amalgamating, merging or consolidating
with, purchasing a majority of the voting securities or substantially all
of the assets of or otherwise, any business or Person which acquisition or
other transaction would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially
delay or materially alter the Qualifying Transaction contemplated hereby;
and
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Β
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(b)
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option,
sell, pledge, dispose of or otherwise transfer or agree to transfer or
encumber its respective Membership
Interest.
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Β
ARTICLE
6
COVENANTS
Β
6.1
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Representations
and Warranties
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Β
(1)
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Each
Party covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until the earlier of
the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, they shall not
take any action, or fail to take any action, which would or may reasonably
be expected to result in any of their respective representations and
warranties as set out in Article 4 being untrue in any material
respect.
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Notice
of Material Change
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Β
(1)
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From
the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination
of this Agreement, each Party shall promptly notify the each of the other
Parties in writing of:
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(a)
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any
material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or, to the best of the
knowledge of such Party threatened, financial or otherwise) in the
business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) or capital of such Party taken as
whole;
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(b)
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any
change in the facts relating to any representation or warranty set out in
Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4. or 4.5 hereof, as applicable, which change is
or may be of such a nature as to render any such representation or
warranty misleading or untrue in a material respect;
or
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Β
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(c)
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any
material fact which arises and which would have been required to be stated
herein had the fact arisen on or prior to the date of this
Agreement.
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(2)
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Each
of the Parties shall in good faith discuss with the Approval Parties any
change in circumstances (actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened,
financial or otherwise) which is of such a nature that there may be a
reasonable question as to whether notice need be given to the other
pursuant to this Section.
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6.3
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Books
& Records
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Β
Vesta
will continue to make available and cause to be made available to UHC,
Excelaron, Barisan and Mogul and their respective agents and advisors, all
documents and agreements (including, without limitation, minute books) as may be
necessary to enable each of them to effect a thorough investigation of Vesta and
the business, properties and financial status and in the case of UHC in
particular, to enable UHC to provide all disclosure necessary or advisable to
the UHC Securityholders to obtain the approval of the UHC Securityholders. Each
of UHC, Mogul, Barisan and Excelaron will continue to make available and cause
to be made available to Vesta and its agents and advisors, all documents and
agreements (including, without limitation, minute books) as may be necessary to
enable Vesta to effect a thorough investigation of each of them and their
respective business, properties and financial status and to enable Vesta to
provide all disclosure necessary or advisable to the holders of Vesta
securities.
6.4
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Additional
Vesta Covenants
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Β
Β
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(a)
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Vesta
will reserve sufficient Vesta Shares for issuance in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Vesta UHC Replacement
Warrants;
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Β
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(b)
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Vesta
will, on the Effective Date, issue Vesta Shares to those persons entitled
thereto pursuant to the Amalgamation and to Mogul pursuant to the Mogul
Transaction in accordance with this
Agreement;
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(c)
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Vesta
covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof until the termination of
this Agreement, it shall not take any action, or fail to take any action,
which would or may reasonably be expected to result in the representations
and warranties set out in Section 4.5 being untrue in any material
respect; and
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Β
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(d)
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The
Vesta Shares to be issued upon completion of the Amalgamation and the
Mogul Transaction shall be validly issued as fully paid and
non-assessable.
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Β
6.5
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Non-Solicitation
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Β
(1)
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Vesta
shall not solicit any offers to purchase its shares or assets and it will
not initiate or encourage any discussions or negotiations with any third
party with respect to such a transaction or amalgamation, merger,
take-over, plan of arrangement or similar transaction during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first to occur of: (a) the
termination of this Agreement; and (b) the Deadline Date. Vesta shall
immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or
negotiations with any Person related to any of the foregoing. In the event
Vesta is approached in respect of any such transaction, it shall
immediately notify UHC, Excelaron, Mogul and
Barisan.
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(2)
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UHC
shall not solicit any offers to purchase its shares or assets and it will
not initiate or encourage any discussions or negotiations with any third
party with respect to such a transaction or amalgamation, merger,
take-over, plan of arrangement or similar transaction during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first to occur of: (a) the
termination of this Agreement; and (b) the Deadline Date. UHC shall
immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or
negotiations with any Person related to any of the foregoing. In the event
UHC is approached in respect of any such transaction, it shall immediately
notify Vesta.
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(3)
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Excelaron
shall not solicit any offers to purchase its shares or assets and it will
not initiate or encourage any discussions or negotiations with any third
party with respect to such a transaction or amalgamation, merger,
take-over, plan of arrangement or similar transaction during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first to occur of: (a) the
termination of this Agreement; and (b) the Deadline Date. Excelaron shall
immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or
negotiations with any Person related to any of the foregoing. In the event
Excelaron is approached in respect of any such transaction, it shall
immediately notify Vesta.
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(4)
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Mogul
shall not solicit any offers to purchase the Mogul Interest and it will
not initiate or encourage any discussions or negotiations with any third
party with respect to such a transaction or amalgamation, merger,
take-over, plan of arrangement or similar transaction which may in any way
prevent Mogul from completing the Mogul Transaction, during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first to occur of: (a) the
termination of this Agreement; and (b) the Deadline Date. Mogul shall
immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or
negotiations with any Person related to any of the foregoing. In the event
Mogul is approached in respect of any such transaction, it shall
immediately notify Vesta.
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Barisan
shall not solicit any offers to purchase the Barisan Interest and it will
not initiate or encourage any discussions or negotiations with any third
party with respect to such a transaction or amalgamation, merger,
take-over, plan of arrangement or similar transaction which may in any way
prevent Barisan from completing the Barisan Transaction, during the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first to occur of: (a) the
termination of this Agreement; and (b) the Deadline Date. Barisan shall
immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or
negotiations with any Person related to any of the foregoing. In the event
Barisan is approached in respect of any such transaction, it shall
immediately notify Vesta.
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(6)
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AOC
shall not solicit any offers to purchase its shares or its Membership
Interests and it will not initiate or encourage any discussions or
negotiations with any third party with respect to such a transaction or
amalgamation, merger, take-over, plan of arrangement or similar
transaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on
the first to occur of: (a) the termination of this Agreement; and (b) the
Deadline Date. AOC shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any
existing discussions or negotiations with any Person related to any of the
foregoing. In the event AOC is approached in respect of any such
transaction, it shall immediately notify
Vesta.
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Β
6.6
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Covenants
of UHC
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Β
On or
before the Effective Date, UHC covenants and agrees to use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the UHC Securityholders to take all necessary actions, steps
and corporate and other proceedings to approve or authorize, validly and
effectively, the entering into, and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Amalgamation Agreement.
6.7
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Covenants
of UHC and Barisan
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Β
On or
before the Effective Date, UHC and Barisan covenant and agree to use their best
efforts to complete the Barisan Transaction.
6.8
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Mutual
Covenants
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Β
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and subject to fiduciary
obligations under applicable Laws, each of the Parties covenant and agree to use
all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action
and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to
consummate and make effective as promptly as practicable the Qualifying
Transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the Filing Statement and to
cooperate with each other in connection with the foregoing, including, as
applicable, using commercially reasonable efforts:
Β
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(a)
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to
obtain all necessary waivers, consents and approvals from other parties to
material agreements, leases and other contracts or
agreements;
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Β
Β
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(b)
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to
use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all appropriate
Regulatory Approvals;
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Β
Β
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(c)
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to
defend all lawsuits or other legal proceedings challenging this Agreement
or the consummation of the Qualifying Transaction contemplated
hereby;
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Β
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(d)
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to
cause to be lifted or rescinded any injunction or restraining order or
other order adversely affecting the ability of the Parties to consummate
the Qualifying Transaction contemplated
hereby;
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Β
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(e)
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to
not take any action that would render, or may reasonably be expected to
render, any representation or warranty made by it in this Agreement untrue
in any material respect at any time prior to the Qualifying Transaction
Date or termination of this Agreement, whichever is first;
and
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Β
Β
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(f)
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to
effect all necessary registrations and other filings and submissions of
information requested by Governmental
Authorities.
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Β
For
purposes of this Agreement, the obligation to use βcommercially reasonable
effortsβ to obtain waivers, consents and approvals to loan agreements, leases
and other contracts shall not include any obligation to agree to a materially
adverse modification of the terms of such documents or to prepay or incur
additional material obligations to such other parties.
Β
ARTICLE
7
OTHER
FILINGS
Β
7.1
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Other
Filings
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Β
The
Parties shall, as promptly as practicable hereafter, prepare and file all
filings required under any securities Laws, the rules and policies of the TSXV
or any other applicable Laws relating to the Qualifying
Transaction.
Β
ARTICLE
8
CONDITIONS
Β
8.1
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Certain
Conditions Precedent
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Β
The
respective obligations of UHC, Barisan, Mogul, AOC and Vesta (for itself and, to
the extent applicable, Subco and Amalco) to complete each step of the Qualifying
Transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction,
on or before the Qualifying Transaction Date, of the following conditions
precedent, each of which may be waived only by the consent of UHC, Barisan, AOC
and Vesta:
Β
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(a)
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all
resolutions and other corporate actions
by:
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Β
Β
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(i)
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the
boards of directors of each of Vesta (including in its capacity as the
sole shareholder of Subco), Subco, UHC, Mogul and
Barisan;
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Β
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(ii)
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the
UHC Securityholders;
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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the
managers and Members of Excelaron;
and
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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the
board of directors of AOC,
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Β
which are
necessary to permit andΒ Β to complete the Qualifying Transaction as
contemplated herein, shall have been obtained, adopted and taken;
Β
Β
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Β
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(b)
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satisfactory
completion of due diligence by UHC, AOC, Mogul and Vesta in respect of the
business, financial condition, prospects, assets, liabilities or
operations of each of them and of
Excelaron;
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Β
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(c)
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all
Regulatory Approvals shall have been
obtained;
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Β
Β
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(d)
|
all
necessary consents, approvals, exemptions, and authorizations of any
Government Authority (including, if applicable, any stock exchanges),
directors, shareholders, lenders, lessors, and other third parties in
respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been
obtained;
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Β
Β
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(e)
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there
shall not be any pending or threatened litigation regarding this Agreement
and/or the transactions contemplated
herein;
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Β
Β
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(f)
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the
UHC Financing raising not less than $4,000,000 of gross proceeds, the
closing of the Barisan Transaction and the closing of the Mogul
Transaction, in a manner satisfactory to each of the Approval Parties,
acting reasonably, shall have been
completed;
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Β
Β
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(g)
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all
required consents shall have been
obtained;
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Β
Β
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(h)
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the
Reorganization shall have been
completed;
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Β
Β
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(i)
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the
board of directors of Vesta shall have passed such resolutions as may be
necessary to, at the Closing, grant additional Vesta Plan Options to those
persons and in those amounts as may be directed by UHC and Mogul provided
that: (i) such grants are permitted by the policies of the TSXV, and (ii)
such grants are to be made in accordance with Vestaβs existing stock
option plan;
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Β
Β
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(j)
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the
Vesta Shares issuable upon the due exercise of the Vesta UHC Replacement
Warrants shall be reserved for
issuance;
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Β
Β
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(k)
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the
issuance of the Vesta Shares to be issued upon completion of the
Amalgamation and the Mogul Transaction and the Vesta Shares issuable upon
the due exercise of the Vesta UHC Replacement Warrants shall have been
accepted for listing by the TSXV or the TSX, as applicable, subject to
Vesta fulfilling the TSXVβs or the TSX's usual and ordinary listing
requirements, all necessary escrow arrangements in connection with the
listing of such shares on the TSXV shall have been completed and the
applicable escrowed parties shall have finalized and signed all applicable
escrow agreements and documents including for greater certainty the UHC
Contractual Escrow Agreements, and each of the Approval Parties shall be
satisfied, acting reasonably, that the conditions set forth in the TSXV or
the TSX conditional approval will be met as of or within a reasonable
period of time after the Qualifying Transaction
Date;
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Β
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(l)
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there
shall not be in force any order or decree restraining or enjoining the
consummation of the Qualifying Transaction, including, without limitation,
the Amalgamation;
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Β
Β
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(m)
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all
holders of UHC Warrants shall have agreed in writing to replace their UHC
Warrants with Vesta UHC Replacement
Warrants;
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Β
Β
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(n)
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the
execution and delivery on or before the Qualifying Transaction Date, such
customary agreements, certificates, resolutions, opinions and other
closing documents as may be reasonably requested by the Approval Parties
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an opinion
from US legal counsel acceptable to the Approval Parties that (i) Amalco
is the registered and beneficial owner of a 25% Membership Interest; (ii)
Vesta is the registered and beneficial owner of a 40% Membership Interest;
(iii) AOC is the owner of a 35% Membership Interest and that all
Membership issued or transferred in the past were and the current
Membership Interests are, validly issued or transferred as applicable, in
accordance with applicable law, the constating documents of Excelaron and
the Operating Agreement; and (iv) that Excelaron has valid legal title to
the Project free of any registered
encumbrances;
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Β
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(o)
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the
Existing Vesta Plan Options shall have been cancelled;
and
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Β
Β
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(p)
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this
Agreement shall not have been terminated pursuant to Article
11.
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Β
(2)
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If
any of the above conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the
Approval Parties on or before the Deadline Date or, if earlier, the date
required for the performance thereof, then an Approval Party may terminate
this Agreement in circumstances where the failure to satisfy any such
condition is not the result, directly or indirectly, of a breach of this
Agreement by the Approval Party terminating the Agreement. In the event
that the failure to satisfy any one or more of the above conditions
precedent results from a material default by a Party of its obligations
under this Agreement and if such condition(s) precedent would have been
satisfied but for such default, such defaulting Party shall not rely on
such failure (to satisfy one or more of the above conditions) as a basis
for its own noncompliance with its obligations under this
Agreement.
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Β
8.2
|
Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of
UHC
|
Β
(1)
|
The
obligations of UHC to complete the Qualifying Transaction contemplated by
this Agreement shall also be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the
Qualifying Transaction Date, of each of the following conditions precedent
(each of which is for the exclusive benefit of UHC and may be waived by
UHC and any one or more of which, if not satisfied or waived, will relieve
UHC of any obligation under this
Agreement):
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Β
Β
|
(a)
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no
Material Adverse Change with respect to Vesta or Subco shall have occurred
between the date hereof and the Qualifying Transaction
Date;
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Β
UHC shall
have acquired the Barisan Interest;
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Β
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(b)
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VestaΒ shall not have
breached, or failed to comply with, in any material respect, any of its
covenants or other obligations under this Agreement, and all
representations and warranties of Vesta contained in this Agreement shall
have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and shall not have ceased to be true and correct in any material
respect thereafter (provided, however, that Vesta has been given written
notice by UHC specifying in reasonable detail any such misrepresentation,
breach or non-performance, the Vesta shall have three (3) days to cure
such misrepresentation, breach or non-performance); the President and
Chief Executive Officer of Vesta or another officer satisfactory to UHC
shall so certify on the Qualifying Transaction Date and in the case of
Subco, shall also certify that Subco meets the requirements set out in the
Act in respect of the Amalgamation;
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Β
Β
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(c)
|
the
board of directors of Vesta shall be those persons referred to in Section
2.2(f) hereof and no others;
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Β
Β
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(d)
|
the
officers of Vesta shall be those persons holding those offices as are set
forth in Section 2.2(g) hereof and no others;
and
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Β
Β
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(e)
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a
release, in form satisfactory to UHC, from each of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx in favour of Vesta, shall have been
delivered to Vesta.
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Β
(2)
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If
any of the above conditions in Section 8.2(1) shall not have been complied
with or waived by UHC on or before the Deadline Date, then, subject to the
cure provision provided for in Section 8.2(1)(b), UHC may terminate this
Agreement in circumstances where the failure to satisfy any such condition
is not the result, directly or indirectly, of a breach of this Agreement
by UHC.Β Β In the event that the failure to satisfy any one or
more of the above conditions precedent results from a material default by
UHC of its obligations under this Agreement and if such condition(s)
precedent would have been satisfied but for such default, UHC shall not
rely on such failure (to satisfy one or more of the above conditions) as a
basis for its own non-compliance with its obligations under this
Agreement.
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Β
8.3
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Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of
Mogul
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Β
(1)
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The
obligations of Mogul to complete the Qualifying Transaction contemplated
by this Agreement shall also be subject to the satisfaction, on or before
the Qualifying Transaction Date, of each of the following conditions
precedent (each of which is for the exclusive benefit of Mogul and may be
waived by Mogul and any one or more of which, if not satisfied or waived,
will relieve Mogul of any obligation under this
Agreement):
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Β
Β
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(a)
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no
Material Adverse Change with respect to Vesta or Subco shall have occurred
between the date hereof and the Qualifying Transaction Date;
and
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Β
Β
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(b)
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VestaΒ shall not have
breached, or failed to comply with, in any material respect, any of its
covenants or other obligations under this Agreement, and all
representations and warranties of Vesta contained in this Agreement shall
have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and shall not have ceased to be true and correct in any material
respect thereafter (provided, however, that Vesta has been given written
notice by Mogul specifying in reasonable detail any such
misrepresentation, breach or non-performance, the Vesta shall have three
(3) days to cure such misrepresentation, breach or non-performance); the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Vesta or another officer
satisfactory to Mogul shall so certify on the Qualifying Transaction
Date.
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Β
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Β
(2)
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If
any of the above conditions in Section 8.3(1) shall not have been complied
with or waived by Mogul on or before the Deadline Date, then, subject to
the cure provision provided for in Section 8.3(1)(b), Mogul may terminate
this Agreement in circumstances where the failure to satisfy any such
condition is not the result, directly or indirectly, of a breach of this
Agreement by Mogul.Β Β In the event that the failure to satisfy
any one or more of the above conditions precedent results from a material
default by Mogul of its obligations under this Agreement and if such
condition(s) precedent would have been satisfied but for such default,
Mogul shall not rely on such failure (to satisfy one or more of the above
conditions) as a basis for its own non-compliance with its obligations
under this Agreement.
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Β
(3)
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Notwithstanding
Section 8.3(2) and any other provision of this Agreement, until such time
as the Assignment and Assumption Agreement is executed and delivered in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve
Mogul of its obligations under the Second Agreement and under the
Operating Agreement as amended.
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Β
8.4
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Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of
Barisan
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Β
(1)
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The
obligations of Barisan to complete the Qualifying Transaction contemplated
by this Agreement shall also be subject to the satisfaction, on or before
the Qualifying Transaction Date, of each of the following conditions
precedent (each of which is for the exclusive benefit of Barisan and may
be waived by Barisan and any one or more of which, if not satisfied or
waived, will relieve Barisan of any obligation under this
Agreement):
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Β
Β
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(a)
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no
Material Adverse Change with respect to Vesta or Subco shall have occurred
between the date hereof and the Qualifying Transaction
Date;
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Β
Β
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(b)
|
the
Vesta Shares issued to, among others, Barisan will not be subject to a
βrestricted periodβ pursuant to Section 2.5 of National Instrument 45-102
βResale of Securitiesβ and Vesta shall have fulfilled the condition
contained in Section 2.6(3)(1) of National Instrument 45-102 βResale of
Securitiesβ; and
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Β
Β
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(c)
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VestaΒ shall not have
breached, or failed to comply with, in any material respect, any of its
covenants or other obligations under this Agreement, and all
representations and warranties of Vesta contained in this Agreement shall
have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and shall not have ceased to be true and correct in any material
respect thereafter (provided, however, that Vesta has been given written
notice by Barisan specifying in reasonable detail any such
misrepresentation, breach or non-performance, the Vesta shall have three
(3) days to cure such misrepresentation, breach or non-performance); the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Vesta or another officer
satisfactory to Barisan shall so certify on the Qualifying Transaction
Date.
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Β
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(2)
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If
any of the above conditions in Section 8.4(1) shall not have been complied
with or waived by Barisan on or before the Deadline Date, then, subject to
the cure provision provided for in Section 8.4(1)(b), Barisan may
terminate this Agreement in circumstances where the failure to satisfy any
such condition is not the result, directly or indirectly, of a breach of
this Agreement by Barisan.Β Β In the event that the failure to
satisfy any one or more of the above conditions precedent results from a
material default by Barisan of its obligations under this Agreement and if
such condition(s) precedent would have been satisfied but for such
default, Barisan shall not rely on such failure (to satisfy one or more of
the above conditions) as a basis for its own non-compliance with its
obligations under this Agreement.
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Β
8.5
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Additional
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of
Vesta
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Β
(1)
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The
obligations of Vesta to complete the Qualifying Transaction contemplated
by this Agreement shall also be subject to the satisfaction, on or before
the Qualifying Transaction Date, of each of the following conditions
precedent (each of which is for the exclusive benefit of Vesta and may be
waived by Vesta and any one or more of which, if not satisfied or waived,
will relieve Vesta of any obligation under this
Agreement):
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Β
Β
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(a)
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no
Material Adverse Change with respect to UHC, Excelaron the Mogul
Interest or the Barisan Interest shall have occurred between the date
hereof and the Qualifying Transaction Date;
and
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Β
Β
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(b)
|
none
of UHC, Mogul, Barisan or Excelaron shall have breached, or failed to
comply with, in any material respect, any of its covenants or other
obligations under this Agreement, and all representations and warranties
of each of them contained in this Agreement shall have been true and
correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall not
have ceased to be true and correct in any respect thereafter (provided,
however, that if the breaching Approval Party has been given written
notice by the other Approval Party specifying in reasonable detail any
such misrepresentation, breach or non-performance, the breaching Approval
Party shall have three (3) Business Days to cure such misrepresentation,
breach or non-performance); the President and Chief Executive Officer of
each of UHC, Mogul and Barisan and in the case of Excelaron, any duly
appointed and authorized manager, or another officer satisfactory to Vesta
shall so certify on the Qualifying Transaction Date and in the case of
UHC, shall also certify that UHC meets the requirements set out in the Act
in respect of the Amalgamation.
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Β
(2)
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If
any of the above conditions in Sections 8.5(1) shall not have been
complied with or waived by Vesta on or before the Deadline Date, subject
to the cure provision provided for in Section 8.5(1)(b), Vesta may
terminate this Agreement in circumstances where the failure to satisfy any
such condition is not the result, directly or indirectly, of a breach of
this Agreement by Vesta. In the event that the failure to satisfy any one
or more of the above conditions precedent results from a material default
by Vesta of its obligations under this Agreement and if such condition(s)
precedent would have been satisfied but for such default, Vesta shall not
rely on such failure (to satisfy one or more of the above conditions) as a
basis for its own non-compliance with its obligations under this
Agreement.
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Β
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Β
ARTICLE
9
INDEMNIFICATION
Β
9.1
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Indemnification
by UHC
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Β
UHC shall
indemnify and save the other Parties harmless for and from any and all
liabilities, losses (except for loss of profits or consequential losses),
claims, judgments, damages, expenses and costs (including, without limitation,
reasonable professional fees and costs and expenses incurred in connection
therewith) (collectively, the βIndemnifiable Damagesβ)
suffered or incurred by the other Parties as a result of: (i) a material breach
of a representation or warranty on the part of UHC contained in this Agreement;
(ii) a material breach of a covenant on the part of UHC contained in this
Agreement; or (iii) a misrepresentation on the part of UHC contained in the
Filing Statement.
9.2
|
Indemnification
by Excelaron
|
Β
Excelaron
shall indemnify the other Parties harmless for and from any and all
Indemnifiable Damages suffered or incurred the other Parties as a result of: (i)
a material breach of a representation or warranty on the part of Excelaron
contained in this Agreement; (ii) a material breach of a covenant on the part of
Excelaron contained in this Agreement; or (iii) a misrepresentation on the part
of Excelaron contained in the Filing Statement.
9.3
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Indemnification
by Mogul
|
Β
Mogul
shall indemnify and save the other Parties harmless for and from any and all
Indemnifiable Damages suffered or incurred by the other Parties as a result of:
(i) a material breach of a representation or warranty on the part of Mogul
contained in this Agreement; (ii) a material breach of a covenant on the part of
Mogul contained in this Agreement; or (iii) a misrepresentation on the part of
Mogul contained in the Filing Statement.
9.4
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Indemnification
by Barisan
|
Β
Barisan
shall indemnify and save the other Parties harmless for and from any and all
Indemnifiable Damages suffered or incurred by the other Parties as a result of:
(i) a material breach of a representation or warranty on the part of Barisan
contained in this Agreement; (ii) a material breach of a covenant on the part of
Barsian contained in this Agreement; or (iii) a misrepresentation on the part of
Barisan contained in the Filing Statement.
Β
9.5
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Indemnification
by Xxxxx
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Β
Xxxxx
shall indemnify and save the other Parties harmless for and from any and all
Indemnifiable Damages suffered or incurred by any of them a result of: (i) a
material breach of a representation or warranty on the part of the other Parties
contained in this Agreement; (ii) a material breach of a covenant on the part of
Vesta contained in this Agreement; or (iii) a misrepresentation on the part of
Vesta contained in the Filing Statement.
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Β
9.6
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Notice
of Claim
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Β
A Party
entitled to and seeking indemnification pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
(the βIndemnified
Partyβ) shall promptly give written notice to the Party responsible for
indemnifying the Indemnified Party (the βIndemnifying Partyβ) of any
claim for indemnification pursuant to Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 or 9.5 (a
βClaimβ, which term may
include more than one Claim). Such notice shall specify whether the Claim arises
as a result of a claim by a Person against the Indemnified Party (a βThird Party Claimβ) or whether
the Claim does not so arise (a βDirect Claimβ), and shall also
specify with reasonable particularity (to the extent that the information is
available):
Β
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(a)
|
the
factual basis for the Claim; and
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Β
Β
|
(b)
|
the
amount of the Claim, or, if any amount is not then determinable, an
approximate and reasonable estimate of the likely amount of the
Claim.
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Β
9.7
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Procedure
for Indemnification
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Β
(1)
|
Direct Claims. With
respect to Direct Claims, following receipt of notice from the Indemnified
Party of a Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have thirty (30) days to
make such investigation of the Claim as the Indemnifying Party considers
necessary or desirable. For the purpose of such investigation, the
Indemnified Party shall make available to the Indemnifying Party the
information relied upon by the Indemnified Party to substantiate the
Claim. If the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree at or
prior to the expiration of such thirty (30) day period (or any mutually
agreed upon extension thereof) to the validity and amount of such Claim,
the Indemnifying Party shall immediately pay to the Indemnified Party the
full agreed upon amount of the
Claim.
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Β
(2)
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Arbitration. If the
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party do not agree within the
period set forth in Section 9.7(1) (or any mutually agreed upon extension
thereof), the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree that the
dispute shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to Article 10. Such
dispute shall not be made the subject matter of an action in a court by
either the Indemnified Party or the Indemnifying Party unless the dispute
has first been submitted to arbitration and finally determined in
accordance with the provisions of Article 10. Any such action commenced
thereafter shall only be for judgment in accordance with the decision of
the arbitrator and the costs incidental to the action. In any such action,
the decision of the arbitrator shall be conclusively deemed to determine
the rights and liabilities as between the parties to the arbitration in
respect of the matter in dispute.
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Β
(3)
|
Third Party Claims. With
respect to any Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have the
right, at its own expense, to participate in or assume control of the
negotiation, settlement or defence of such Third Party Claim and, in such
event, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for
all the Indemnified Partyβs reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred as
a result of such participation or assumption. If the Indemnifying Party
elects to assume such control, the Indemnified Party shall cooperate with
the Indemnifying Party, shall have the right to participate in the
negotiation, settlement or defence of such Third Party Claim at its own
expense and shall have the right to disagree on reasonable grounds with
the selection and retention of counsel, in which case counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall be
retained by the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party, having
elected to assume such control, thereafter fails to defend any such Third
Party Claim within a reasonable time, the Indemnified Party shall be
entitled to assume such control and the Indemnifying Party shall be bound
by the results obtained by the Indemnified Party with respect to such
Third Party Claim. If the Indemnifying Party fails to assume control of
the defence of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the
exclusive right to contest, settle or pay the amount claimed. Whether or
not the Indemnifying Party assumes control of the negotiation, settlement
or defence of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall not
settle any Third Party Claim without the written consent of the
Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; provided, however, that if any such consent is not obtained for
any reason, liability on the part of other Indemnifying Party shall be
limited to the proposed settlement
amount.
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Β
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Β
9.8
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General
Indemnification Rules
|
Β
The
obligations of the Indemnifying Party to indemnify the Indemnified Party in
respect of Claims shall also be subject to the following:
(1)
|
Any
Claim arising as a result of a breach of a representation or warranty
shall be made not later than the date on which, pursuant to Article 4, such representation
and warranty terminated;
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Β
(2)
|
The
obligation to indemnify set forth in Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5
shall be applicable only after an Indemnified Party shall have reasonably
accumulated Indemnifiable Damages in an amount in excess of $50,000 in the
aggregate. Once the amount of such Indemnifiable Damages reasonably
exceeds $50,000, in the aggregate, the obligation to indemnify shall apply
with respect to all such Indemnifiable Damages including those
Indemnifiable Damages reasonably calculated to reach the amount of
$50,000; and
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Β
(3)
|
The
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate fully with
each other with respect to Third Party Claims and shall keep each other
fully advised with respect thereto (including supplying copies of all
relevant documentation promptly as it becomes
available).
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Β
ARTICLE
10
ARBITRATION
Β
10.1
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Issue
Subject to Arbitration
|
Β
A Direct
Claim made by an Indemnified Party shall be determined by arbitration as herein
provided. Such arbitration shall be governed by the Arbitration
Act.
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Β
10.2
|
Arbitration
Process
|
Β
The
following principles shall apply to an issue submitted to arbitration pursuant
to Section 9.7(2):
Β
(1)
|
The
parties to the arbitration shall attempt to appoint a single arbitrator.
If the parties to the arbitration are unable to agree on a single
arbitrator within ten (10) days after they have agreed to the arbitration,
then an arbitrator shall be appointed by a judge of the appropriate court
of Ontario pursuant to the Arbitration Act upon application of a party
after giving five (5) daysβ notice to all other parties of its intention
to make such an application. The provisions of the Arbitration Act shall
apply to any such court application pursuant to this Section
10.2(1);
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Β
(2)
|
The
arbitrator shall be qualified by education and training to pass upon the
particular question in dispute. The arbitration shall take place in
private;
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Β
(3)
|
The
arbitrator shall proceed immediately to hear and determine the question or
questions in dispute and the parties shall have the right to make
representations to the arbitrator concerning the subject matter of the
arbitration.Β Β In rendering a decision, the arbitrator shall
follow applicable Laws.Β Β The decision and reasons therefor of
the arbitrator shall be made within thirty (30) days after the appointment
of the arbitrator, subject to any reasonable delay due to unforeseen
circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the arbitrator fails to
make a decision within thirty (30) days after his appointment then any
party to the arbitration may elect to have a new arbitrator appointed in
like manner as if none had previously been
appointed;
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Β
(4)
|
The
decision and reasons therefor of the arbitrator shall be drawn up in
writing and signed by the arbitrator and shall be final and binding upon
the parties to the arbitration as to any question or questions so
submitted to arbitration and the parties to the arbitration shall be bound
by such decision and perform the terms and conditions
thereof;
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Β
(5)
|
The
expenses of the arbitration shall be awarded by the arbitrator or, in the
absence of such an award, shall be borne equally by the parties to the
arbitration; and
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Β
(6)
|
No
party to the arbitration shall be deemed to be in default of any matter
being arbitrated until five (5) days after the decision of the arbitrator
is delivered any party to the
arbitration.
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Β
ARTICLE
11
TERMINATION
AND AMENDMENT
Β
11.1
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Termination
|
Β
This
Agreement may be terminated by written notice promptly given to the other
Parties hereto, at any time prior to the Qualifying Transaction
Date:
Β
|
(a)
|
by
mutual agreement in writing by each of the
Parties;
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Β
Β
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(b)
|
in
the event that the Qualifying Transaction Date has not occurred by the
Deadline Date; or
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Β
Β
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Β
Β
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(c)
|
as
set forth in subsection (2) of each of Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 of this
Agreement.
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Β
11.2
|
Effect
of Termination
|
Β
In the
event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 11.1 hereof
this Agreement shall forthwith have no further force or effect and there shall
be no obligations on the part of the Parties hereunder except as set forth in
Articles 9 and 10 and Section 11.4 hereof and this Section 11.2, which
provisions shall survive the termination of this Agreement. If such termination
is as a result of a breach by Mogul, Barisan, UHC or Excelaron, Mogul and UHC
(as the case may be) shall repay to Vesta, no later than six (6) months of such
termination, all advances made to Mogul or UHC by Vesta in connection with the
Qualifying Transaction together with interest equal to the prime rate charged by
the Canadian Schedule I banks plus 2% calculated from the date of the applicable
advance.Β Nothing
herein shall relieve any Party from liability for any breach of this Agreement
prior to any termination of this Agreement.
Β
11.3
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Fees
and Expenses
|
Β
Each of
Vesta and Mogul agree that Vesta and Mogul will each contribute 50% to the
direct costs of the Qualifying Transactions relating to services provided on or
after September 1, 2009 through closing of the Qualifying Transaction, including
legal, regulatory, TSXV, transfer agent, sponsor and auditor fees. For clarity,
any such fees for services or filings prior to September 1, 2009 and any such
fees incurred for ordinary course corporate and financial matters or otherwise
not directly related to the Qualifying Transaction, will not form part of the
costs of the Transactions for the purposes of this paragraph. Each of Vesta and
Mogul will disclose amounts paid in connection with the Qualifying Transaction
and settle any amounts owing between them pursuant to this paragraph within ten
(10) Business Days of request for payment by the paying party to the non-paying
party.
11.4
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Amendment
|
Β
This
Agreement may, at any time on or before the Qualifying Transaction Date, be
amended by mutual agreement of the Parties. This Agreement may not be amended
except by an instrument in writing signed by the appropriate directors,
managers, officers or other authorized representatives on behalf of each of the
Parties.
11.5
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Waiver
|
Β
A Party
may: (i) extend the time for the performance by any other Party of the
obligations owed to it; (ii) waive compliance with any other Partyβs agreements
or the fulfillment of any of its covenants or conditions contained herein; or
(iii) waive inaccuracies in another Partyβs representations or warranties owed
to it and contained herein or in any document delivered by such other Party
hereto; provided, however, that any such extension or waiver shall be valid only
if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such
Party.
Β
ARTICLE
12
GENERAL
Β
12.1
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Confidentiality
|
Β
Any
discussions in connection with the Qualifying Transaction in general and this
Agreement and the Filing Statement in particular shall be treated by the Parties
hereto as strictly confidential and shall not (without the prior consent of each
of the other Parties hereto or as contemplated or provided herein) be disclosed
by any Party hereto to any person other than a director, officer, employee,
agent, shareholder or professional advisor or, in the case of Excelaron, a duly
appointed manager, of or to that Party hereto with a need to know for purposes
connected with the matters contemplated by this Agreement and then only on a
confidential basis and also on the basis that the Party concerned will be liable
for any breach of confidentiality by a person to whom it makes disclosure.
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Β
12.2
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Notices
|
Β
All
notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as of the date
delivered or sent if delivered personally or sent by facsimile or sent by
prepaid overnight courier to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such
other addresses as shall be specified by the Parties by like
notice):
Β
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(a)
|
if
to UHC:
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United
Hydrocarbon Corporation
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
with a
copy to:
Xxxx
& Berlis LLP
Brookfield
Place, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Β
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(b)
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if
to Mogul:
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000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X.X.
00000
with a
copy to:
Xxxx
& Berlis LLP
Brookfield
Place, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Β
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Β
Β
Β
|
(c)
|
if
to Barisan:
|
Barisan
Energy Limited
L1 00
Xxxxx Xx.
Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX 0000
Xxxxxxxxx
Β
|
(d)
|
if
to Vesta, Subco, or Amalco:
|
Vesta
Capital Corp.
c/o
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
Scotia
Plaza, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
with a
copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx LLP
Scotia
Plaza, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Β
|
(e)
|
if
to Xxxxxxx Divine:
|
c/o
Excelaron LLC
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
U.S.A.
Β
|
(f)
|
if
to Excelaron:
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Excelaron
LLC
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
U.S.A.
with a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Attorney At Law
X.X. Xxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
X.X.X.
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Β
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Β
Β
|
(g)
|
if
to AOC:
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Australian
Oil Company Limited
Xxxxx 0,
000 XxXxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XXX 0000
Xxxxxxxxx
with a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Attorney At Law
X.X. Xxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
X.X.X.
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
12.3
|
Assignment
|
Β
Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any Party hereto without the prior written consent of each of the
Parties hereto.
Β
12.4
|
Further
Assurances
|
Β
Each
Party hereto shall, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, at the
request of the other Parties hereto, but without further consideration, do all
such further acts and execute and deliver all such further documents and
instruments as shall be reasonably required in order to fully perform and carry
out the terms and intent hereof.
12.5
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Severability
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Β
Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner
as to be effective and valid under applicable Law. Any provision of this
Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without
invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such invalidity or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
12.6
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Counterpart
Execution
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Β
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
12.7
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Third
Party Beneficiary
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Β
This
Agreement is not intended to, and shall not, confer upon any other person any
rights or remedies hereunder except for the provisions of Section 2.5 which is
intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by the
Agents.
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12.8
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Investigation
by Parties
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No
investigations made by or on behalf of any Party or any of its respective
authorized agents at any time shall have the effect of waiving, diminishing the
scope of or otherwise affecting any representation, warranty or covenant made by
another Party in or pursuant to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this
Agreement has been duly executed by the Parties as of the date first above
written.
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UNITED
HYDROCARBON CORPORATION
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Per:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXCELARON
LLC
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Per:
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Name:
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Title:
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Per:
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Name:
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Title:
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BARISAN
ENERGY I\LIMITED
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Per:
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Name:
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Title:
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AUSTRALIAN
OIL COMPANY LIMITED
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Per:
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Name:
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Title:
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WITNESS: | Β | ) | Β |
XXXXXXX
DIVINE
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Per:
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Name:
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Name:
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VESTA
CAPITAL CORP.
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Per:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE
A
SEE
ATTACHED.
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75
Β
SCHEDULE
B
SEE
ATTACHED.
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Β
SCHEDULE
C
MAP
OF PROJECT
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Β
SCHEDULE
D
SEE
ATTACHED.
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Β
SCHEDULE
4.1 (5)
Β
Joint
Ventures (UHC)
See
Schedule 4.1 (30) UHC Material Contracts
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Β
SCHEDULE
4.1 (32)
Β
UHC
Material Contracts
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Confidentiality of Non-Competition Agreements with Third
Parties
None
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β Shareholder Agreements or Partnership
Agreements
1.
Operating Agreement effective February 1, 2008 between and among Xxxxxxx Divine,
Australian Oil Company Limited and Barisan Energy Ltd.
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Transaction/Contracts/Agreements
where the Directors, Officers, Employees or Shareholders have an
Interest
1.
Operating Agreement effective February 1, 2008 between and among Xxxxxxx Divine,
Australian Oil Company Limited and Barisan Energy Ltd.
2. Waiver
and Assignment Agreement effective January 1, 2009 between and among Xxxxxxx
Divine, Australian Oil Company Limited, United Hydrocarbon Corporation and
Barisan Energy Ltd.
Β
3.
Agreement between and among Xxxxxxx Divine, Australian Oil Company Limited,
United Hydrocarbon Corporation, Barisan Energy Ltd., Excelaron LLC and Mogul
Energy International Inc. dated February 11, 2009.
Β
4.
Agreement between and among Xxxxxxx Divine, Australian Oil Company Limited,
United Hydrocarbon Corporation, Barisan Energy Ltd., Excelaron LLC and Mogul
Energy International Inc. dated February 12, 2009.
Β
(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Agreements
with Consultants and Other Service Providers
None
(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Oral
Agreements or Arrangements
Xxxx
Xxxx-President (Salary-Nil)
(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantees
or Indemnities by the Company
None
(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acquisition
or Sale of Assets (> $10K)
a.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β Agreements Restricting Companyβs Ability to Compete in
any Line of Business with any Entity or Person
None
other than otherwise disclosed.
b.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Future Issuance of Securities of the Company
Engagement
Letter from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx to United Hydrocarbon Corporation dated September
28, 2009.
c.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Granting Third Parties any Rights in Respect of the Companyβs Material
Assets
Letter of
Intent from Vesta Capital Corp to Mogul Energy International, Inc., United
Hydrocarbon Corporation and Barisan Energy Limited dated September 21,
2009.
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Β
SCHEDULE
4.1 (34)
Β
UHC
Intellectual Property
None
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SCHEDULE
4.1 (36)
Β
Employment
Matters (UHC)
1.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β Β Executive Employment Agreement dated October 10,
2009, between United Hydrocarbon Corporation and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx.
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Β
Schedule
4.5 (47)
Material
Contracts (Vesta)
1.
Transfer Agency Agreement made as of July 16, 2008 between Vesta and Olympia
Transfer Services Inc.
2. Escrow
Agreement made as of July 16, 2008 among Vesta, Olympia Transfer Services Inc.
and certain principal shareholders of Vesta.
3. Agency
Agreement dated for reference July 16, 2008 between Vesta and Canaccord Capital
Corporation.
4.
Agent's Option Certificate made by Vesta in favour of Canaccord Capital
Corporation evidencing the Vesta Agent's Options.
5.
Incentive Stock Option Agreements between Vesta and each of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx evidencing the existing Vesta Plan
Options.
6. Escrow
Agreement made as of September 9, 2008 among Vesta, Olympia Transfer Services
Inc. and Pinetree Income Partnership.
7. Letter
of Intent dated October 30, 2008 (as amended and restated on January 6, 2009
between Vesta and 3GSolar Ltd.
8.
Engagement Letter dated October 21, 2009 between Vesta and Canaccord Capital
Corporation.
9.
Promissory Note dated February 11, 2009 made by 3GSolar Ltd. in favour of Vesta
evidencing the 3GLoan.
10. Fixed
Charge Agreement dated February 11, 2009 between Vesta and 3GSolar
Ltd.
11.
Floating Charge Agreement dated February 11, 2009 between Vesta and 3GSolar
Ltd.
12.
Letter of Intent dated September 21, 2009 among Vesta, UHC and
Barisan.
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