TRUST INDENTURE between BORALEX INC. and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA Providing for the Issue of 6.25% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures Dated as of •, 2010 Fraser Milner Casgrain llp
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION |
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1.1 Definitions |
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1.2 Meaning of “Outstanding” |
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1.3 Interpretation |
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1.4 Headings |
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1.5 Day Not a Business Day |
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1.6 Applicable Law |
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1.7 Conflict |
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1.8 Currency |
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1.9 Severability |
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1.10 Successors and Assigns |
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1.11 Benefits of Indenture |
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1.12 References to Acts of the Corporation |
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1.13 Trust Provision |
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1.14 Language |
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1.15 Schedules |
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ARTICLE 2 THE DEBENTURES |
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2.1 Limit of Debentures |
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2.2 Terms of Debentures of any Series |
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2.3 Form of Debentures |
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2.4 Form and Terms of Initial Debentures |
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2.5 Certification and Delivery of Additional Debentures |
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2.6 Issue of Global Debentures |
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2.7 Execution of Debentures |
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2.8 Certification |
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2.9 Interim Debentures or Certificates |
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2.10 Mutilation, Loss, Theft or Destruction |
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2.11 Concerning Interest |
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2.12 Debentures to Rank Pari Passu |
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2.13 Payments of Amounts Due on Maturity |
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2.14 [Reserved] |
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2.15 Payment of Interest |
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2.16 Withholding Tax |
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ARTICLE 3 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP |
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3.1 Fully Registered Debentures |
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3.2 Global Debentures |
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3.3 Transferee Entitled to Registration |
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3.4 No Notice of Trusts |
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3.5 Registers Open for Inspection |
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3.6 Exchanges of Debentures |
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3.7 Closing of Registers |
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3.8 Charges for Registration, Transfer and Exchange |
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3.9 Ownership of Debentures |
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ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF DEBENTURES |
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4.1 Applicability of Article |
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4.2 Partial Redemption |
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4.3 Notice of Redemption |
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4.4 Debentures Due on Redemption Dates |
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4.5 Deposit of Redemption Monies or Shares |
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4.6 Right to Repay Redemption Price in Shares |
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4.7 Failure to Surrender Debentures Called for Redemption |
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4.8 Cancellation of Debentures Redeemed |
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4.9 Purchase of Debentures by the Corporation |
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4.10 Right to Repay Principal Amount in Shares |
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ARTICLE 5 SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES |
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5.1 Applicability of Article |
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5.2 Order of Payment |
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5.3 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness |
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5.4 Obligation to Pay Not Impaired |
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5.5 No Payment if Senior Indebtedness in Default |
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5.6 Payment on Debentures Permitted |
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5.7 Confirmation of Subordination |
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5.8 Knowledge of Debenture Trustee |
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5.9 Debenture Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness |
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5.10 Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired |
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5.11 Altering the Senior Indebtedness |
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5.12 Additional Indebtedness |
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5.13 Right of Debentureholder to Convert Not Impaired |
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ARTICLE 6 CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES |
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6.1 Applicability of Article |
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6.2 Notice of Expiry of Conversion Privilege |
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6.3 Revival of Right to Convert |
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6.4 Manner of Exercise of Right to Convert |
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6.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price |
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6.6 No Requirement to Issue Fractional Shares |
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6.7 Corporation to Reserve Shares |
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6.8 Cancellation of Converted Debentures |
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6.9 Certificate as to Adjustment |
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6.10 Notice of Special Matters |
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6.11 Protection of Debenture Trustee |
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ARTICLE 7 COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION |
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7.1 To Pay Principal, Premium (if any) and Interest |
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7.2 To Pay Debenture Trustee’s Remuneration |
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7.3 To Give Notice of Default |
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7.4 Preservation of Existence, etc. |
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7.5 Keeping of Books |
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7.6 Annual Certificate of Compliance |
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7.7 No Dividend or Distributions on Shares if Event of Default |
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7.8 Performance of Covenants of Debenture Trustee |
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7.9 Reporting Issuer and Listing Status |
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ARTICLE 8 DEFAULT |
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8.1 Events of Default |
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8.2 Notice of Events of Default |
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8.3 Waiver of Default |
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8.4 Enforcement by the Debenture Trustee |
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8.5 No Suits by Debentureholders |
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8.6 Application of Monies by Debenture Trustee |
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8.7 Notice of Payment by Debenture Trustee |
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8.8 Debenture Trustee May Demand Production of Debentures |
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8.9 Remedies Cumulative |
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8.10 Judgment Against the Corporation |
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8.11 Immunity of Debenture Trustee and Others |
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ARTICLE 9 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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9.1 Cancellation and Destruction |
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9.2 Non-Presentation of Debentures |
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9.3 Repayment of Unclaimed Monies or Shares |
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9.4 Discharge |
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9.5 Satisfaction |
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9.6 Continuance of Rights, Duties and Obligations |
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ARTICLE 10 SHARE INTEREST PAYMENT ELECTION |
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10.1 Share Interest Payment Election |
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ARTICLE 11 SUCCESSORS |
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11.1 Restrictions on Amalgamation, Merger and Sale of Certain Assets, etc. |
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11.2 Vesting of Powers in Successor |
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ARTICLE 12 COMPULSORY ACQUISITION |
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12.1 Definitions |
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12.2 Offer for Debentures |
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12.3 Offeror’s Notice to Dissenting Shareholders |
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12.4 Delivery of Debenture Certificates |
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12.5 Payment of Consideration to Debenture Trustee |
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12.6 Consideration to be held in Trust |
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12.7 Completion of Transfer of Debentures to Offeror |
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12.8 Communication of Offer to Corporation |
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ARTICLE 13 MEETINGS OF DEBENTUREHOLDERS |
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13.1 Right to Convene Meeting |
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13.2 Notice of Meetings |
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13.3 Chairman |
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13.4 Quorum |
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13.5 Power to Adjourn |
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13.6 Show of Hands |
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13.7 Poll |
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13.8 Voting |
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13.9 Proxies |
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13.10 Persons Entitled to Attend Meetings |
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13.11 Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution |
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13.12 Meaning of “Extraordinary Resolution” |
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13.13 Powers Cumulative |
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13.14 Minutes |
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13.15 Instruments in Writing |
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13.16 Binding Effect of Resolutions |
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13.17 Evidence of Rights Of Debentureholders |
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13.18 Concerning Serial Meetings |
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ARTICLE 14 NOTICES |
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14.1 Notice to the Corporation |
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14.2 Notice to Debentureholders |
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14.3 Notice to Debenture Trustee |
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14.4 Mail Service Interruption |
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ARTICLE 15 CONCERNING THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE |
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15.1 No Conflict of Interest |
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15.2 Replacement of Debenture Trustee |
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15.3 Duties of Debenture Trustee |
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15.4 Reliance Upon Declarations, Opinions, etc. |
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15.5 Evidence and Authority to Debenture Trustee, Opinions, etc. |
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15.6 Officer’s Certificates Evidence |
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15.7 Experts, Advisers and Agents |
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15.8 Debenture Trustee May Deal in Debentures |
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15.9 Investment of Monies Held by Debenture Trustee |
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15.10 Debenture Trustee Not Ordinarily Bound |
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15.11 Debenture Trustee Not Required to Give Security |
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15.12 Debenture Trustee Not Bound to Act on the Corporation’s Request |
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15.13 Conditions Precedent to Debenture Trustee’s Obligations to Act Hereunder |
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15.14 Authority to Carry on Business |
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15.15 Compensation and Indemnity |
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15.16 Anti-Money Laundering |
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15.17 Acceptance of Trust |
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15.18 Third Party Interests |
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15.19 Privacy |
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ARTICLE 16 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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16.1 Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE 17 EXECUTION AND FORMAL DATE |
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17.1 Execution |
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17.2 Formal Date |
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SCHEDULE “A” FORM OF INITIAL DEBENTURE |
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SCHEDULE “B” FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE |
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SCHEDULE “C” FORM OF MATURITY NOTICE |
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SCHEDULE “D” FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION |
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INTERPRETATION
(a) | “90% Redemption Right” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); |
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(b) | “90% Redemption Right Notice” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); | ||
(c) | “this Trust Indenture”, “this Indenture”, “hereto”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, “hereof” and similar expressions refer to this Indenture and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection, clause, subdivision or other portion hereof and include any and every instrument supplemental or ancillary hereto; | ||
(d) | “Acceptance Notice” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); | ||
(e) | “Additional Debentures” means Debentures of any one or more series, other than the first series of Debentures, being the Initial Debentures, issued under this Indenture; | ||
(f) | “Applicable Securities Legislation” means applicable securities laws (including rules, regulations, policies, blanket orders, rulings and instruments enacted thereunder) in each of the Provinces of Canada; | ||
(g) | “Base Shares” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(k); | ||
(h) | “Beneficial Holder” means any person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Debenture as shown on the books of the Depositary or a Depositary Participant; | ||
(i) | “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a statutory holiday in the Province of Québec or any other day on which Canadian chartered banks are not open for business in Montréal, Québec; | ||
(j) | “Cash Change of Control” means a Change of Control in which 10% or more of the consideration for voting securities of the Corporation in the transaction or transactions constituting a Change of Control consists of: (i) cash; (ii) equity securities that are not traded or intended to be traded immediately following such transactions on a stock exchange; or (iii) other property that is not traded or intended to be traded immediately following such transactions on a stock exchange; | ||
(k) | “Cash Change of Control Conversion Period” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(k); | ||
(l) | “Cash Change of Control Conversion Price” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(k); | ||
(m) | “Change of Control” means the acquisition by any person, or group of persons acting jointly or in concert, of voting control or direction of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation but excludes an acquisition, merger, reorganization, amalgamation, arrangement, combination or other similar transaction if the holders of voting securities of the Corporation |
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immediately prior to such transaction hold securities representing at least 50% of the voting control or direction in the Corporation or the successor entity upon completion of the transaction; | |||
(n) | “Change of Control Purchase Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); | ||
(o) | “Conversion Price” means the dollar amount for which each Share may be issued from time to time upon the conversion of Debentures or any series of Debentures which are by their terms convertible in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Article 6; | ||
(p) | “Corporation” means Boralex Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada; | ||
(q) | “Corporation’s Auditors” or “Auditors of the Corporation” means an independent firm of chartered accountants duly appointed as auditors of the Corporation; | ||
(r) | “Counsel” means a barrister or solicitor or a firm of barristers or solicitors retained or employed by the Debenture Trustee or retained or employed by the Corporation and acceptable to the Debenture Trustee, acting reasonably; | ||
(s) | “Current Market Price” means the weighted average price per Share for 20 consecutive trading days ending on the fifth trading day before the date of determination on the Toronto Stock Exchange (if the Shares are not listed thereon, then on such stock exchange on which the Shares are listed as may be selected for such purpose by the Directors and approved by the Debenture Trustee; or if the Shares are not listed on any stock exchange, then on the over-the-counter market), the weighted average price must be determined by dividing the aggregate sale price of all Shares sold on the said exchange or market, as the case may be, during the said 20 consecutive trading days by the total number of Shares so sold; | ||
(t) | “Date of Conversion” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 6.4(b); | ||
(u) | “Debenture Offer” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); | ||
(v) | “Debenture Trustee” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada or its successor or successors for the time being as trustee hereunder; | ||
(w) | “Debentureholders” or “holders” means the Persons for the time being entered in the register for Debentures as registered holders of Debentures or any transferees of such Persons by endorsement or delivery; | ||
(x) | “Debentures” means the debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation issued and certified hereunder, or deemed to be issued and |
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certified hereunder, including, without limitation, the Initial Debentures, and for the time being outstanding, whether in definitive or interim form; | |||
(y) | “Depositary” means, with respect to the Debentures of any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global Debentures, the person designated as depositary by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.2 until a successor depositary has become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” will mean each person who is then a depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Debentures of any series means each depositary with respect to the Global Debentures of such series; | ||
(z) | “Depositary Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time, a Depositary effects book-entry for a Global Debenture deposited with the Depositary; | ||
(aa) | “Directors” means the directors of the Corporation for the time being and reference to action “by the Directors” means action by the directors of the Corporation; | ||
(bb) | “Effective Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(k); | ||
(cc) | “Event of Default” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 8.1; | ||
(dd) | “Expiry Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); | ||
(ee) | “Expiry Time” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); | ||
(ff) | “Extraordinary Resolution” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 13.12; | ||
(gg) | “First Call Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(d); | ||
(hh) | “Freely Tradeable” means, in respect of shares of any class in the capital of any corporation or trust units of any class of any trust, shares or trust units, as the case may be, which can be traded by the holder thereof without any restriction under Applicable Securities Legislation, such as hold periods, except in the case of a distribution by a control person; | ||
(ii) | “Fully Registered Debentures” means Debentures registered as to both principal and interest; | ||
(jj) | “generally accepted accounting principles” means generally accepted accounting principles from time to time approved by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants; | ||
(kk) | “Global Debenture” means a Debenture that is issued to and registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, pursuant to Section 2.6 for purposes of |
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being held by or on behalf of the Depositary as custodian for participants in the Depositary’s book-entry only registration system; | |||
(ll) | “Government Obligations” means securities issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or any province thereof; | ||
(mm) | “Initial Debentures” means the Debentures designated as “6.25% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures” and described in Section 2.4; | ||
(nn) | “Interest Obligation” means the obligation of the Corporation to pay interest on the Debentures, as and when the same becomes due; | ||
(oo) | “Interest Payment Date” means a date specified in a Debenture as the date on which interest on such Debenture becomes due and payable; | ||
(pp) | “Make Whole Premium” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(k); | ||
(qq) | “Maturity Account” means an account or accounts required to be established by the Corporation (and which will be maintained by and subject to the control of the Debenture Trustee) for each series of Debentures pursuant to and in accordance with this Indenture; | ||
(rr) | “Maturity Date” means the date specified for maturity of any Debentures; | ||
(ss) | “Maturity Notice” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(g); | ||
(tt) | “Offer Price” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(j); | ||
(uu) | “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of the Corporation signed by any one of the Directors or any one authorized officer of the Corporation, on behalf of the Corporation, in such capacity, and not in his personal capacity; | ||
(vv) | “Periodic Offering” means an offering of Debentures of a series from time to time, the specific terms of which Debentures, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated maturity or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Corporation upon the issuance of such Debentures from time to time. | ||
(ww) | “Person” includes an individual, corporation, company, joint stock company, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, trustee, trust company, bank, pension fund, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof; | ||
(xx) | “Redemption Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 4.3; | ||
(yy) | “Redemption Notice” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 4.3; |
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(zz) | “Redemption Price” means, in respect of a Debenture, the amount, excluding interest, payable on the Redemption Date fixed for such Debenture, which amount may be payable by the issuance of Freely Tradeable Shares as provided for in Section 4.6; | ||
(aaa) | “representing party” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 15.18; (bbb) “Second Call Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 2.4(d); | ||
(ccc) | “Senior Indebtedness” means the principal, premium (if any), interest (if any) or any other amounts payable thereunder (if any) on: |
(i) | all indebtedness (including any indebtedness to trade creditors), liabilities and obligations of the Corporation (other than the Initial Debentures), whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed in the normal course or in connection with the acquisition by the Corporation of any businesses, properties or other assets or for monies borrowed or raised by whatever means (including, without limitation, by means of commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit, debt instruments, revolving credit facilities, bank debt and financial leases, and any liability evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments) whether in the ordinary course or in connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties or other assets or for monies borrowed or raised by whatever means (including, without limitation, by means of commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit, debt instruments, revolving credit facilities, bank debt and financial leases, and any liability evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments) by others including, without limitation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation for payment of which the Corporation is responsible or liable, whether absolutely or contingently; and | ||
(ii) | renewals, extensions, restructurings, refinancings and refundings of any such indebtedness, liabilities or obligations; |
unless in each case it is provided by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness, liabilities or obligations that such indebtedness, liabilities or obligations are pari passu with or subordinate in right of payment to Debentures that by their terms are subordinated, which for greater certainty includes the Initial Debentures; | |||
(ddd) | “Shares” means fully paid and non assessable Class A shares in the capital of the Corporation, as presently constituted on the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture; provided that in the event of a change or a subdivision, revision, reduction, combination or consolidation thereof, any reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance or liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, or such successive |
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changes, subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations or consolidations, reclassifications, capital reorganizations, consolidations, amalgamations, arrangements, mergers, sales or conveyances or liquidations, dissolutions or windings-up, then, subject to adjustments, if any, having been made in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.5, “Shares” will mean the shares or other securities or property resulting from such change, subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination or consolidation, reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance or liquidation, dissolution or winding-up; | |||
(eee) | “Share Bid Request” means a request for bids to purchase Shares (to be issued by the Corporation on the Share Delivery Date) made by the Debenture Trustee in accordance with the Share Interest Payment Election Notice and that will make the acceptance of any bid conditional upon the acceptance of sufficient bids to result in aggregate proceeds from such issue and sale of Shares that, together with the cash payments by the Corporation in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, equal the applicable Interest Obligation; | ||
(fff) | “Share Delivery Date” means a date, not more than 90 days and not less than one Business Day prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, upon which Shares are issued by the Corporation and delivered to the Debenture Trustee for sale pursuant to Share Purchase Agreements; | ||
(ggg) | “Share Interest Payment Election” means an election to satisfy an Interest Obligation on the applicable Interest Payment Date in the manner described in the Share Interest Payment Election Notice; | ||
(hhh) | “Share Interest Payment Election Amount” means the sum of the amount of the aggregate proceeds resulting from the sale of Shares on the Share Delivery Date pursuant to acceptable bids obtained pursuant to the Share Bid Requests, together with any amount paid by the Corporation in respect of fractional Shares pursuant to Subsection 10.1(g), that is equal to the aggregate amount of the Interest Obligation in respect of which the Share Interest Payment Election Notice was delivered; | ||
(iii) | “Share Interest Payment Election Notice” means a written notice made by the Corporation to the Debenture Trustee specifying, inter alia,: |
(i) | the Interest Obligation to which the election relates; | ||
(ii) | the Share Interest Payment Election Amount; | ||
(iii) | the investment banks, brokers or dealers through which the Debenture Trustee must seek bids to purchase the Shares and the conditions of such bids, which may include the minimum number of Shares, minimum price per Share, timing for closing for bids and such other matters as the Corporation may specify; and |
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(iv) | that the Debenture Trustee must accept through the investment banks, brokers or dealers selected by the Corporation only those bids which comply with such notice; |
(jjj) | “Share Proceeds Investment” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 10.1(h); | ||
(kkk) | “Share Purchase Agreement” means an agreement in customary form among the Corporation, the Debenture Trustee and the Persons making acceptable bids pursuant to a Share Bid Request, which complies with all applicable laws, including the Applicable Securities Legislation and the rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the Debentures or Shares are then listed; | ||
(lll) | “Share Redemption Right” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 4.6(a); | ||
(mmm) | “Share Repayment Right” has the meaning attributed thereto in Subsection 4.10(a); | ||
(nnn) | “Subsidiary” has the meaning attributed thereto in the Securities Act (Québec); | ||
(ooo) | “Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) as amended; | ||
(ppp) | “Time of Expiry” means the time of expiry of certain rights with respect to the conversion of Debentures under Article 6, which is to be set forth for each series of Debentures, which by their terms are to be convertible; | ||
(qqq) | “trading day” means, with respect to the Toronto Stock Exchange or other market for securities, any day on which such exchange or market is open for trading or quotation; | ||
(rrr) | “United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia; | ||
(sss) | “Written Direction of the Corporation” means an instrument in writing signed by any one authorized Director or officer of the Corporation; and | ||
(ttt) | “1933 Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
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(a) | Debentures which have been partially redeemed, purchased or converted are deemed to be outstanding only to the extent of the unredeemed, unpurchased or unconverted part of the principal amount thereof; and | ||
(b) | when a new Debenture has been issued in substitution for a Debenture which has been lost, stolen or destroyed, only one of such Debentures will be counted for the purpose of determining the aggregate principal amount of Debentures outstanding. |
(a) | words importing the singular number or masculine gender include the plural number or the feminine or neuter genders and vice versa; | ||
(b) | all references to Articles and Schedules refer, unless otherwise specified, to articles of and schedules to this Indenture; | ||
(c) | all references to Sections or Subsections refer, unless otherwise specified, to sections, subsections or clauses of this Indenture; and | ||
(d) | words and terms denoting inclusiveness (such as “include” or “includes” or “including”), whether or not so stated, are not limited by and do not imply limitation of their context or the words or phrases which precede or succeed them. |
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THE DEBENTURES
(a) | the designation of the Debentures of the series (which need not include the term “Debentures”), which will distinguish the Debentures of the series from the Debentures of all other series; | ||
(b) | any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of the series that may be certified and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debentures |
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certified and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, amendment of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debentures of the series pursuant to Sections 2.9, 2.10, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.6); | |||
(c) | the date or dates on which the principal of the Debentures of the series is payable; | ||
(d) | the rate or rates at which the Debentures of the series will bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest will accrue, on which such interest will be payable and on which a record, if any, must be taken for the determination of holders to whom such interest must be payable and/or the method or methods by which such rate or rates or date or dates will be determined; | ||
(e) | the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Debentures of the series will be payable or where any Debentures of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange; | ||
(f) | the right, if any, of the Corporation to redeem Debentures of the series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and any terms and conditions upon which, Debentures of the series may be so redeemed, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise; | ||
(g) | the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem, purchase or repay Debentures of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, the date or dates on which, and any terms and conditions upon which, Debentures of the series will be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations; | ||
(h) | if other than denominations of $100 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Debentures of the series will be issuable; | ||
(i) | subject to the provisions of this Indenture, any trustees, Depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the Debentures of the series; | ||
(j) | any other events of default or covenants with respect to the Debentures of the series; | ||
(k) | whether and under what circumstances the Debentures of the series will be convertible into or exchangeable for securities of any Person; | ||
(l) | the form and terms of the Debentures of the series; | ||
(m) | if applicable, that the Debentures of the series will be issuable in whole or in part as one or more Global Debentures and, in such case, the Depositary or |
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Depositaries for such Global Debentures in whose name the Global Debentures will be registered, and any circumstances other than or in addition to those set forth in Section 2.9 or 3.2 or those applicable with respect to any specific series of Debentures, as the case may be, in which any such Global Debenture may be exchanged for Fully Registered Debentures, or transferred to and registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary for such Global Debentures or a nominee thereof; | |||
(n) | if other than Canadian currency, the currency in which the Debentures of the series are issuable; and | ||
(o) | any other terms of the Debentures of the series (which terms will not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture). |
(a) | The first series of Debentures (the “Initial Debentures”) authorized for issuance is limited to an aggregate principal amount of $226,500,000 and must be designated as “6.25% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures”. However, additional Initial Debentures may be issued pursuant to this Indenture after the date hereof. The Debenture Trustee has been appointed as transfer agent and registrar of the Initial Debentures. | ||
(b) | The Initial Debentures must be dated •, 2010 and will mature June 30, 2017 (the “Maturity Date”). | ||
(c) | The Initial Debentures will bear interest from the date of issue at the rate of 6.25% per annum, payable in equal semi-annual payments in arrears on June 30 |
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and December 31 of each year, the first such payment falling due on December 31, 2010 and the last such payment falling due on June 30, 2017, payable after as well as before maturity and after as well as before default, with interest on amounts in default at the same rate, compounded semi-annually. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first interest payment will include accrued interest from and including •, 2010 to, but excluding, December 31, 2010 and will be $• per $100 principal amount of Initial Debentures. | |||
(d) | The Initial Debentures are redeemable in accordance with the terms of Article 4, provided that the Initial Debentures will not be redeemable before •, 2013 [NTD: the date that is 3 years from the date of issue] (the “First Call Date”), except in the event of the satisfaction of certain conditions after a Change of Control has occurred as provided herein. On or after the First Call Date and before •, 2015 [NTD: the date that is 5 years from the date of issue] (the “Second Call Date”) the Initial Debentures may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation in whole or in part from time to time on notice as provided for in Section 4.3 at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Initial Debentures; provided that the Current Market Price on the date on which such notice of redemption is given is at least 125% of the Conversion Price and the Corporation must have provided to the Debenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate confirming such Current Market Price. In addition thereto, at the time of redemption, the Corporation will pay to the holder accrued and unpaid interest. On or after the Second Call Date and prior to maturity, the Initial Debentures may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation in whole or in part from time to time on notice as provided for in Section 4.3, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Initial Debentures, irrespective of the Current Market Price. In addition thereto, at the time of redemption, the Corporation must pay to the holder accrued and unpaid interest. The Redemption Notice for the Initial Debentures must be substantially in the form of Schedule “B”. | ||
(e) | The Initial Debentures will be subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Article 5. | ||
(f) | Upon and subject to the provisions and conditions of Article 6, the holder of each Initial Debenture will have the right at such holder’s option, prior to the close of business on the earlier of the day upon which the Initial Debentures mature and the last Business Day immediately preceding the date specified by the Corporation for redemption of the Initial Debentures by notice to the holders of Initial Debentures in accordance with Subsections 2.4(d) and 4.3 (the earlier of which will be the “Time of Expiry” for the purposes of Article 6 in respect of the Initial Debentures), to convert any part, which is $100 or an integral multiple thereof, of the principal amount of such Debenture into Shares at the Conversion Price in effect on the Date of Conversion. | ||
The Conversion Price in effect on the date hereof for each Share to be issued upon the conversion of Initial Debentures will be equal to $17.00 such that |
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approximately 5.88235 Shares will be issued for each $100 principal amount of Initial Debentures so converted, subject to the terms of Section 6.6. The Conversion Price applicable to the Shares, securities or other property receivable on the conversion of the Initial Debentures is subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 2.4(k) and Section 6.5. Debentureholders converting their Initial Debentures will receive accrued and unpaid interest from the last Interest Payment Date to, but not including, the Date of Conversion. If the Date of Conversion in respect of any Initial Debentures converted hereunder occurs on an Interest Payment Date, then the holders thereof will receive all interest which has accrued prior to that Interest Payment Date and which has not been paid. | |||
(g) | On redemption or on maturity of the Initial Debentures, the Corporation may, at its option and subject to the provisions of Sections 4.6 and 4.10, as applicable and subject to regulatory approval, elect to satisfy its obligation to pay all or a portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Debentures by issuing and delivering Freely Tradeable Shares to such holders of Initial Debentures. If the Corporation elects to exercise such option, it must provide details in the Redemption Notice or deliver a maturity notice (the “Maturity Notice”) to the holders of the Initial Debentures substantially in the form of Schedule “C”. Interest accrued and unpaid on the Initial Debentures on the date of the redemption will be paid in cash. | ||
(h) | The Initial Debentures must be issued in denominations of $100 and integral multiples of $100. Each Initial Debenture and the certificate of the Debenture Trustee endorsed thereon must be issued in substantially the form set out in Schedule “A” with such insertions, omissions, substitutions or other variations as required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto or with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities regulatory authority or to conform with general usage, all as may be determined by the Director or officer of the Corporation executing such Initial Debenture in accordance with Section 2.7, as conclusively evidenced by his or her execution of an Initial Debenture. Each Initial Debenture must also bear such distinguishing letters and numbers as the Debenture Trustee approves. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Initial Debenture may be in such other form or forms as may, from time to time, be specified in an Officers’ Certificate. The Initial Debentures may be engraved, lithographed, printed, mimeographed or typewritten or partly in one form and partly in another. | ||
The Initial Debentures must be issued as Global Debentures. The Depositary for the Initial Debentures will be CDS Clearing and Depositary Services Inc. The Global Debentures must be registered in the name of the CDS&Co. (or any nominee of the Depositary). No beneficial holder will receive definitive certificates representing their interest in Initial Debentures except as provided in |
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Section 3.2. A Global Debenture may be exchanged for Debentures in registered form that are not Global Debentures, or transferred to and registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary for such Global Debentures or a nominee thereof as provided in Section 3.2. | |||
(i) | Upon and subject to the provisions and conditions of Article 10, the Corporation may elect, from time to time, to satisfy all or any part of its Interest Obligation on the Initial Debentures on any Interest Payment Date by delivering Freely Tradeable Shares to the Debenture Trustee. | ||
(j) | Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Corporation will be obligated to offer to purchase all Initial Debentures then outstanding. The terms and conditions of such obligation are set forth below: |
(i) | Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Corporation must deliver to the Debenture Trustee a notice in writing stating that there has been a Change of Control and specifying the date on which such Change of Control occurred and the circumstances or events giving rise to such Change of Control together with an offer in writing (the “Debenture Offer”) to purchase all of the Initial Debentures then outstanding from the holders thereof at a price per Initial Debenture equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the Change of Control Purchase Date (as defined below) (the “Offer Price”). The Debenture Trustee will promptly thereafter deliver, by prepaid courier or mail, the Debenture Offer to the holders of all Initial Debentures then outstanding, at their addresses appearing in the registers of holders of Initial Debentures maintained by the Debenture Trustee. | ||
(ii) | The Debenture Offer must specify the date (the “Expiry Date”) and time (the “Expiry Time”) on which the Debenture Offer expires which date and time will not, unless otherwise required by Applicable Securities Legislation, be earlier than the close of business on the 35th day and not later than the close of business on the 60th day following the date on which such Debenture Offer is delivered or mailed by or on behalf of the Debenture Trustee as provided above. | ||
(iii) | The Debenture Offer must specify that the Debenture Offer may be accepted by the holders of Initial Debentures by tendering the Initial Debentures so held by them to the Debenture Trustee at its principal offices in Montréal, Québec at or before the Expiry Time together with an acceptance notice (the “Acceptance Notice”) in form and substance acceptable to the Debenture Trustee. | ||
(iv) | The Debenture Offer must state that holders of Initial Debentures may accept the Debenture Offer in respect of all or a portion (in a minimum |
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amount of $100 principal amount and multiples thereof) of their Initial Debentures. | |||
(v) | The Debenture Offer must specify a date (the “Change of Control Purchase Date”) no later than the third Business Day following the Expiry Date on which the Corporation will take up and pay for all Initial Debentures duly tendered in acceptance of the Debenture Offer. | ||
(vi) | The Corporation must, on or before 11:00 a.m. (Montréal time), on the Business Day immediately prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date pay to the Debenture Trustee by wire transfer or such other means as may be acceptable to the Debenture Trustee, an amount of money sufficient to pay the aggregate Offer Price in respect of all Initial Debentures duly tendered to the Debenture Offer (less any tax required by law to be deducted in respect of accrued and unpaid interest). The Debenture Trustee, on behalf of the Corporation, will pay the Offer Price to the holders of Initial Debentures in the respective amounts to which they are entitled in accordance with the Debenture Offer as aforesaid. | ||
(vii) | If holders of 90% or more of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Debentures outstanding on the date the Corporation delivers the Debenture Offer to the Debenture Trustee accept the Debenture Offer, the Corporation will have the right (the “90% Redemption Right”), upon written notice (the “90% Redemption Right Notice”) provided to the Debenture Trustee within 10 days following the Expiry Date, to elect to redeem all the Initial Debentures remaining outstanding at the Offer Price and on the other terms and conditions provided herein. Upon receipt of such notice by the Debenture Trustee, the Debenture Trustee must promptly provide written notice to each holder of outstanding Initial Debentures (other than those that have accepted the Debenture Offer) that: |
(1) | The Corporation has exercised the 90% Redemption Right and is purchasing all outstanding Initial Debentures effective as at the Change of Control Purchase Date at the Offer Price; | ||
(2) | such holder must surrender its Initial Debentures to the Debenture Trustee within 30 days after the sending of such notice; and | ||
(3) | the rights of such holder under the terms of the Initial Debentures and this Indenture will cease to be effective as of the Change of Control Purchase Date provided the Corporation has, on or before the date on which the Corporation delivers the 90% Redemption Notice to the Debenture Trustee, paid the aggregate Offer Price to, or to the order of, the Debenture Trustee and |
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thereafter such holder’s Initial Debentures will not be considered to be outstanding and such holder will not have any rights hereunder except to receive such Offer Price to which such holder is entitled upon surrender and delivery of such holder’s Initial Debentures in accordance with the Indenture. |
(viii) | The Corporation must, on or before 11:00 a.m. (Montréal time), on the Business Day immediately prior to date the Corporation delivers the 90% Redemption Right Notice, pay to the Debenture Trustee by wire transfer or such other means as may be acceptable to the Debenture Trustee, an amount of money sufficient to pay the aggregate Offer Price in respect of all Initial Debentures to be redeemed pursuant to the 90% Redemption Right (less any tax required by law to be deducted in respect of accrued and unpaid interest). The Debenture Trustee, on behalf of the Corporation, will pay the Offer Price to the holders of Initial Debentures in the respective amounts to which they are entitled in accordance with the exercise of the 90% Redemption Right as aforesaid upon surrender and delivery of such holders’ Initial Debentures. | ||
(ix) | The Initial Debentures in respect of which the Corporation has made payment to the Debenture Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Subsection 2.4(j) (or the portion thereof tendered in acceptance of the Debenture Offer) will thereafter no longer be considered to be outstanding under this Indenture. The Corporation will also deposit with the Debenture Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay any charges or expenses which may be incurred by the Debenture Trustee in connection with the Debenture Offer and the exercise of the 90% Redemption Right if applicable. All Initial Debentures in respect of which payment of the Offer Price has been so made will be cancelled by the Debenture Trustee. | ||
(x) | In the event a portion of the principal amount only of an Initial Debenture is tendered by a holder thereof in acceptance of the Debenture Offer, the Corporation will execute and deliver to the Debenture Trustee and the Debenture Trustee will certify and deliver to the holder, without charge to such holder, a certificate representing the principal amount of the Initial Debenture not so tendered in acceptance of the Debenture Offer. |
(k) | The following provisions will apply in respect of the occurrence of a Cash Change of Control: |
(i) | In the event of the occurrence of a Cash Change of Control, for purposes of the conversion of Initial Debentures pursuant to this Indenture, the Conversion Price in effect during the period (the “Cash Change of Control Conversion Period”) beginning on the 10th day prior to the anticipated effective date of the Change of Control (the |
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“Effective Date”) and ending at the close of business on the 30th day after the date on which the Debenture Offer in respect of the Cash Change of Control is delivered or mailed to holders of Initial Debentures in accordance with Subsection 2.4(j) (the “Cash Change of Control Conversion Price”) will be calculated in accordance with the following formula: | |||
CCOCCP = ECP/(1+(CP x (c/t))) where: | |||
CCOCCP is the Cash Change of Control Conversion Price; | |||
ECP = the Conversion Price in effect on the Effective Date; | |||
CP = 70%; | |||
c = the number of days from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Second Call Date; and | |||
t = the number of days from and including the date hereof to but excluding the Second Call Date. | |||
(ii) | Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Date of Conversion of any Initial Debentures occurs during the period beginning on the 10th day prior to the Effective Date and ending at the close of business on the Effective Date, the holders of such Initial Debentures will, on conversion of their Initial Debentures, only be entitled to that number of Common Shares resulting from the Cash Change of Control Conversion Price in excess of the number of Common Shares to which they would otherwise have been entitled to (the “Base Shares”) at the Conversion Price that would then have been in effect but for the Cash Change of Control (such excess number of Common Shares being the “Make Whole Premium Shares”) on the Business Day immediately following the Effective Date and, for greater certainty, only if the Change of Control occurs. The Base Shares will be issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture applicable to a conversion of Initial Debentures otherwise than during the Cash Change of Control Conversion Period, including without limitation at the then applicable Conversion Price. | ||
(iii) | The Make Whole Premium Shares will be deemed to have been issued upon conversion of Initial Debentures on the Business Day immediately following the Effective Date. Section 6.5 will apply to such conversion and, for greater certainty, the former holders of Initial Debentures in respect of which the Make Whole Premium Shares are issuable will be entitled to receive and will accept, in lieu of the Make Whole Premium Shares, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Corporation or of the Person or other entity resulting from the transaction that constitutes the Cash Change of Control that such holders would have been entitled to receive if such holders had been the |
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registered holders of the applicable number of Make Whole Premium Shares on the Effective Date. | |||
(iv) | Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection 2.4(k), all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to a conversion of Initial Debentures will apply to a conversion of Initial Debentures during the Cash Change of Control Conversion Period. |
(l) | The Debenture Trustee will be provided with the documents and instruments referred to in Subsections 2.5(b), 2.5(c) and 2.5(d), with respect to the Initial Debentures prior to the issuance of the Initial Debentures. |
(a) | an Officer’s Certificate and/or executed supplemental indenture by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Additional Debentures were established; | ||
(b) | a Written Direction of the Corporation requesting certification and delivery of such Additional Debentures and setting forth delivery instructions; provided that, with respect to Debentures of a series subject to a Periodic Offering: |
(i) | such Written Direction of the Corporation may be delivered by the Corporation to the Debenture Trustee prior to the delivery to the Debenture Trustee of such Additional Debentures of such series for certification and delivery; | ||
(ii) | the Debenture Trustee must certify and deliver Additional Debentures of such series for original issue from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount, if any, established for such series, pursuant to a Written Direction of the Corporation or pursuant to procedures acceptable to the Debenture Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Written Direction of the Corporation; | ||
(iii) | the maturity date or dates, issue date or dates, interest rate or rates (if any) and any other terms of Additional Debentures of such series will |
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be determined by an executed supplemental indenture or by Written Direction of the Corporation or pursuant to such procedures; and | |||
(iv) | if provided for in such procedures, such Written Direction of the Corporation may authorize certification and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Corporation which oral or electronic instructions will be promptly confirmed in writing; |
(c) | an opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee, acting reasonably, to the effect that all requirements imposed by the Indenture or by law in connection with the proposed issue of Additional Debentures have been complied with, subject to the delivery of certain documents or instruments specified in such opinion; and | ||
(d) | an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the Corporation is not in default under this Indenture, that the terms and conditions for the certification and delivery of Additional Debentures (including those set forth in Section 15.5), have been complied with subject to the delivery of any documents or instruments specified in such Officer’s Certificate and that no Event of Default exists or will exist upon such certification and delivery. |
(a) | The Corporation may specify that the Debentures of a series are to be issued in whole or in part as one or more Global Debentures registered in the name of a Depositary, or its nominee, designated by the Corporation in the Written Direction of the Corporation delivered to the Debenture Trustee at the time of issue of such Debentures, and in such event the Corporation must execute and the Debenture Trustee must certify and deliver one or more Global Debentures that will: |
(i) | represent an aggregate amount equal to the principal amount of the outstanding Debentures of such series to be represented by one or more Global Debentures; | ||
(ii) | be delivered by the Debenture Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions; and | ||
(iii) | bear a legend substantially to the following effect: |
“This Debenture is a Global Debenture within the meaning of the Indenture herein referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Debenture may not be transferred to or exchanged for Debentures registered in the name of any person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof and no such transfer may be registered except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Debenture authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this |
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Debenture must be a Global Debenture subject to the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances described in the Indenture.” | |||
(b) | Each Depositary designated for a Global Debenture must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as such Depositary, be a clearing agency registered or designated under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction where the Depositary has its principal offices. |
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(a) | All Debentures issued hereunder, whether originally or upon exchange or in substitution for previously issued Debentures which are interest bearing, will, subject to Subsection 2.4(c) with respect to the calculation of interest in respect of the initial interest payment on the Initial Debentures, bear interest (i) from and including their issue date, or (ii) from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment on the outstanding Debentures of that series, whichever is later, or, in respect of Debentures subject to a Periodic Offering, from and including their issue date or from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment on such Debentures, in all cases, to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date. |
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(b) | Unless otherwise specifically provided in the terms of the Debentures of any series, interest for any period of less than six months must be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days. Subject to Subsection 2.4(c) in respect of the method for calculating the amount of interest to be paid on the Initial Debentures on the first Interest Payment Date in respect thereof, with respect to any series of Debentures, whenever interest is computed on a basis of a year (the “deemed year”) which contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest will be expressed as a yearly rate for purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year. |
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(a) | As interest becomes due on each Debenture (except at maturity, on conversion or on redemption, when interest may at the option of the Corporation be paid upon surrender of such Debenture) the Corporation, either directly or through the Debenture Trustee or any agent of the Debenture Trustee, will send or forward by prepaid ordinary mail, electronic transfer of funds or such other means as may be agreed to by the Debenture Trustee, payment of such interest (less any tax required to be withheld therefrom) to the order of the registered holder of such Debenture appearing on the registers maintained by the Debenture Trustee at the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date and addressed to the holder at the holder’s last address appearing on the register, unless such holder otherwise directs. If payment is made by cheque, such cheque will be forwarded at least three Business Days prior to each date on which interest becomes due and if payment is made by other means (such as electronic transfer of funds, provided the Debenture Trustee must receive confirmation of receipt of funds prior to being able to wire funds to holders), such payment will be made in a manner whereby the holder receives credit for such payment on the date such interest on such Debenture becomes due. The mailing of such cheque or the making of such payment by other means will, to the extent of the sum represented thereby, plus the amount of any tax withheld as aforesaid, satisfy and discharge all liability for interest on such Debenture, unless in the case of payment by cheque, such cheque is not paid at par on presentation. In the event of non-receipt of any cheque for or other payment of interest by the person to whom it is so sent as aforesaid, the Corporation or the Debenture Trustee will issue to such person a replacement cheque or other payment for a like amount upon being furnished with such evidence of non-receipt as it reasonably requires and upon being indemnified to its satisfaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation is prevented by circumstances beyond its control (including, without limitation, any interruption in mail service) from making payment of any interest due on each Debenture in the manner provided above, the Corporation may make payment of such interest or make such interest available for payment in any other manner acceptable to the Debenture Trustee with the same effect as though payment had been made in the manner provided above. | ||
(b) | Notwithstanding Subsection 2.15(a), if a series of Debentures is represented, in whole or in part, by a Global Debenture, then all payments of interest on the Global Debenture must be made by electronic funds transfer or cheque made |
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payable to the Depositary or its nominee for subsequent payment to Beneficial Holders of interests in that Global Debenture, unless the Corporation and the Depositary otherwise agree. The Corporation will pay such funds to the Debenture Trustee on or before 11:00 a.m. (Montréal time) on the Business day immediately prior to the Interest Payment Date. None of the Corporation, the Debenture Trustee or any agent of the Debenture Trustee for any Debenture issued as a Global Debenture will be liable or responsible to any person for any aspect of the records related to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in any Global Debenture or for maintaining, reviewing, or supervising any records relating to such beneficial interests. |
REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
AND OWNERSHIP
(a) | With respect to each series of Debentures issuable, in whole or in part, as Fully Registered Debentures, the Corporation must cause to be kept by and at the |
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principal office of the Debenture Trustee in Montréal, Québec and by the Debenture Trustee or such other registrar as the Corporation, with the approval of the Debenture Trustee, may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as may be specified in the Debentures of such series or as the Corporation may designate with the approval of the Debenture Trustee, a register in which will be entered the names and addresses of the holders of Fully Registered Debentures and particulars of the Debentures held by them respectively and of all transfers of Fully Registered Debentures. Such registration will be noted on the Debentures by the Debenture Trustee or other registrar unless a new Debenture is issued upon such transfer. | |||
(b) | No transfer of a Fully Registered Debenture will be valid unless made on such register referred to in Subsection 3.1(a) by the registered holder or such holder’s executors, administrators or other legal representatives or a mandatary duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee or other registrar upon surrender of the Debentures together with a duly executed form of transfer acceptable to the Debenture Trustee and upon compliance with such other reasonable requirements as the Debenture Trustee or other registrar may prescribe, nor unless the name of the transferee has been noted on the Debenture by the Debenture Trustee or other registrar and the address of the transferee has been provided to the Debenture Trustee or other registrar. |
(a) | With respect to each series of Debentures issuable in whole or in part as one or more Global Debentures, the Corporation must cause to be kept by and at the principal offices of the Debenture Trustee in Montréal, Québec and by the Debenture Trustee or such other registrar as the Corporation, with the approval of the Debenture Trustee, may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as the Corporation may designate with the approval of the Debenture Trustee, a register in which will be entered the name and address of the holder of each such Global Debenture (being the Depositary, or its nominee, for such Global Debenture) as holder thereof and particulars of the Global Debenture held by it, and of all transfers thereof. If any Debentures of such series are at any time not Global Debentures, the provisions of Section 3.1 will govern with respect to registrations and transfers of such Debentures. | ||
(b) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, a Global Debenture may not be transferred by the registered holder thereof and accordingly, no definitive certificates will be issued to Beneficial Holders except in the following circumstances or as otherwise specified in an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture relating to a particular series of Additional Debentures: |
(i) | Global Debentures may be transferred by a Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of a Depositary to such Depositary or |
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to another nominee of such Depositary or by a Depositary or its nominee to a successor Depositary or its nominee; | |||
(ii) | Global Debentures may be transferred at any time after (i) the Depositary for such Global Debentures or the Corporation has notified the Debenture Trustee that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Debentures, or (ii) the Depositary ceases to be eligible to be a Depositary under Subsection 2.6(b), provided in each case that at the time of such transfer the Corporation has not appointed a successor Depositary for such Global Debentures; | ||
(iii) | Global Debentures may be transferred at any time after the Corporation has determined, in its sole discretion, to terminate the book-entry only registration system in respect of such Global Debentures and has communicated such determination to the Debenture Trustee in writing; | ||
(iv) | Global Debentures may be transferred at any time after the Debenture Trustee has determined that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Debentures of the series issued as a Global Debenture, provided that Beneficial Holders representing, in the aggregate, more than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of such series advise the Depositary in writing, through the Depositary Participants, that the continuation of the book-entry only registration system for such series of Debentures is no longer in their best interest and also provided that at the time of such transfer the Debenture Trustee has not waived the Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.3; | ||
(v) | Global Debentures may be transferred if required by applicable law; or | ||
(vi) | Global Debentures may be transferred if the book-entry only registration system ceases to exist. |
(c) | With respect to the Global Debentures, unless and until definitive certificates have been issued to Beneficial Holders pursuant to subsection 3.2(b): |
(i) | the Corporation and the Debenture Trustee may deal with the Depositary for all purposes (including paying interest on the Debentures) as the sole holder of such series of Debentures and the authorized representative of the Beneficial Holders; | ||
(ii) | the rights of the Beneficial Holders must be exercised only through the Depositary and must be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial Holders and the Depositary or the Depositary Participants; |
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(iii) | the Depositary will make book-entry transfers among the Depositary Participants; and | ||
(iv) | whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Debentureholders evidencing a specified percentage of the outstanding Debentures, the Depositary will be deemed to be counted in that percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from the Beneficial Holders or the Depositary Participants, and has delivered such instructions to the Debenture Trustee. |
(d) | Whenever a notice or other communication is required to be provided to Debentureholders, unless and until definitive certificate(s) have been issued to Beneficial Holders pursuant to this Section 3.2, the Debenture Trustee must provide all such notices and communications to the Depositary and the Depositary must deliver such notices and communications to such Beneficial Holders in accordance with Applicable Securities Legislation. Upon the termination of the book-entry only registration system on the occurrence of one of the conditions specified in Subsection 3.2(b) with respect to a series of Debentures issued hereunder, the Debenture Trustee must notify all applicable Beneficial Holders, through the Depositary, of the availability of definitive Debenture certificates. Upon surrender by the Depositary of the certificate(s) representing the Global Debentures and receipt of new registration instructions from the Depositary, the Debenture Trustee must deliver the definitive Debenture certificates for such Debentures to the holders thereof in accordance with the new registration instructions and thereafter, the registration and transfer of such Debentures will be governed by Section 3.1 and the remaining Sections of this Article 3. |
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(a) | Subject to Section 3.7, Debentures in any authorized form or denomination, other than Global Debentures, may be exchanged for Debentures in any other authorized form or denomination, of the same series and date of maturity, bearing the same interest rate and of the same aggregate principal amount as the Debentures so exchanged. | ||
(b) | In respect of exchanges of Debentures permitted by Subsection 3.6(a), Debentures of any series may be exchanged only at the principal offices of the Debenture Trustee in Montréal, Québec or at such other place or places, if any, as may be specified in the Debentures of such series and at such other place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Corporation with the approval of the Debenture Trustee. Any Debentures tendered for exchange must be surrendered to the Debenture Trustee. The Corporation must execute and the Debenture Trustee must certify all Debentures necessary to carry out exchanges as aforesaid. All Debentures surrendered for exchange will be cancelled. | ||
(c) | Debentures issued in exchange for Debentures which at the time of such issue have been selected or called for redemption at a later date will be deemed to have been selected or called for redemption in the same manner and will have noted thereon a statement to that effect. |
(a) | Neither the Corporation nor the Debenture Trustee nor any registrar will be required to: |
(i) | make transfers or exchanges of any Debentures on any Interest Payment Date for such Debentures or during the five preceding Business Days; | ||
(ii) | make transfers or exchanges of any Debentures on the day of any selection by the Debenture Trustee of Debentures to be redeemed or during the five preceding Business Days; or |
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(iii) | make transfers or exchanges of any Debentures which will have been selected or called for redemption unless upon due presentation thereof for redemption such Debentures will not be redeemed. |
(b) | Subject to any restriction herein provided, the Corporation with the approval of the Debenture Trustee may at any time close any register for any series of Debentures, other than those kept at the principal offices of the Debenture Trustee in Montréal, Québec, and transfer the registration of any Debentures registered thereon to another register (which may be an existing register) and thereafter such Debentures will be deemed to be registered on such other register. Notice of such transfer must be given to the holders of such Debentures. |
(a) | for any exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration of any Debenture applied for within a period of two months from the date of the first delivery of Debentures of that series or, with respect to Debentures subject to a Periodic Offering, within a period of two months from the date of delivery of any such Debenture; | ||
(b) | for any exchange of any interim or temporary Debenture or interim certificate that has been issued under Section 2.9 for a definitive Debenture; | ||
(c) | for any exchange of a Global Debenture as contemplated in Section 3.2; and | ||
(d) | for any exchange of any Debenture resulting from a partial redemption under Section 4.2. |
(a) | Unless otherwise required by law, the person in whose name any registered Debenture is registered must for all the purposes of this Indenture be and be deemed to be the owner thereof and payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, on such Debenture and interest thereon will be made to such registered holder. |
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(b) | The registered holder for the time being of any registered Debenture will be entitled to the principal, premium, if any, and/or interest evidenced by such instruments, respectively, free from all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Corporation and the original or any intermediate holder thereof and all persons may act accordingly and the receipt of any such registered holder of any such principal, premium or interest will be a good discharge to the Corporation and/or the Debenture Trustee for the same and neither the Corporation nor the Debenture Trustee will be bound to inquire into the title of any such registered holder. | ||
(c) | Where Debentures are registered in more than one name, the principal, premium, if any, and interest from time to time payable in respect thereof may be paid to the order of all such holders, failing written instructions from them to the contrary, and the receipt of any one of such holders therefor will be a valid discharge, to the Debenture Trustee, any registrar and to the Corporation. | ||
(d) | In the case of the death of one or more joint holders of any Debenture the principal, premium, if any, and interest from time to time payable thereon may be paid to the order of the survivor or survivors of such registered holders and the receipt of any such survivor or survivors therefor will be a valid discharge to the Debenture Trustee and any registrar and to the Corporation. |
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF DEBENTURES
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(a) | the distinguishing letters and numbers of the registered Debentures which are to be redeemed (or of such thereof as are registered in the name of such Debentureholder); |
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(b) | in the case of a published notice, the distinguishing letters and numbers of the Debentures which are to be redeemed or, if such Debentures are selected by terminal digit or other similar system, such particulars as may be sufficient to identify the Debentures so selected; | ||
(c) | in the case of a Global Debenture, that the redemption will take place in such manner as may be agreed upon by the Depositary, the Debenture Trustee and the Corporation; and | ||
(d) | in all cases, the principal amounts of such Debentures or, if any such Debenture is to be redeemed in part only, the principal amount of such part. |
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(a) | Subject to the other provisions of this Section 4.6 and applicable regulatory approval, the Corporation may, at its option, in exchange for or in lieu of paying the Redemption Price in money, elect to satisfy its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Redemption Price by issuing and delivering to holders on the Redemption Date that number of Freely Tradeable Shares obtained by dividing the Redemption Price or an applicable portion thereof to be satisfied by the issuance and delivery of Freely Tradeable Shares by 95% of the then Current Market Price of the Shares on the Redemption Date (the “Share Redemption Right”). | ||
(b) | The Corporation will exercise the Share Redemption Right by so specifying in the Redemption Notice which must be delivered to the Debenture Trustee and the holders of Debentures not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. The Redemption Notice must also specify the aggregate principal amount of Debentures in respect of which it is exercising the Share Redemption Right. | ||
(c) | The Corporation’s right to exercise the Share Redemption Right is conditional upon the following conditions being met on the Business Day preceding the Redemption Date: |
(i) | the issuance of the Shares on the exercise of the Share Redemption Right must be made in accordance with Applicable Securities Legislation and such Shares must be issued as Freely Tradeable Shares; | ||
(ii) | the listing of such additional Freely Tradeable Shares on each stock exchange on which the Shares are then listed; | ||
(iii) | the Corporation being a reporting issuer in good standing under Applicable Securities Legislation where the distribution of such Freely Tradeable Shares occurs; | ||
(iv) | no Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing; | ||
(v) | the receipt by the Debenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate stating that conditions (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above have been satisfied and setting forth the number of Shares to be delivered for each $100 principal amount of Debentures and the Current Market Price of the Shares on the Redemption Date; and | ||
(vi) | the receipt by the Debenture Trustee of an opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture in payment of the Redemption Price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable, that conditions (i) and (ii) above have been satisfied and that, relying exclusively on certificates of good standing issued by the |
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relevant securities authorities, condition (iii) above is satisfied, except that the opinion in respect of condition (iii) need not be expressed with respect to those provinces where certificates are not issued. |
If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, the Corporation must pay the Redemption Price in cash in accordance with Section 4.5 unless the Debentureholder waives the conditions which are not satisfied. | |||
(d) | In the event that the Corporation duly exercises its Share Redemption Right, the Corporation must on or before 11:00 a.m. (Montréal time) on the Redemption Date, deliver to the Debenture Trustee, for delivery to and on account of the holders, upon the due presentation and surrender of the Debentures, the Freely Tradeable Shares to which such holders are entitled. From the certificates so deposited in addition to amounts payable by the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.5, the Debenture Trustee must pay or cause to be paid, to the holders of such Debentures, the Redemption Price of the Debentures called for redemption in the amounts to which they are respectively entitled on the Redemption Date plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the Redemption Date and deliver to such holders the certificates to which such holders are entitled. | ||
(e) | No fractional Shares will be delivered upon the exercise of the Share Redemption Right but, in lieu thereof, the Corporation must pay to the Debenture Trustee for the account of the holders, at the time contemplated in Subsection 4.6(d), the cash equivalent thereof determined on the basis of the Current Market Price of the Shares on the Redemption Date (less any tax required to be deducted, if any). | ||
(f) | A holder of Debentures will be treated as the shareholder of record of the Freely Tradeable Shares issued on due exercise by the Corporation of its Share Redemption Right effective immediately after the close of business on the Redemption Date, and will be entitled to all substitutions therefor, all income earned thereon or accretions thereto and all dividends or distributions (including dividends or distributions in kind) thereon and arising thereafter, and in the event that the Debenture Trustee receives the same, it will hold the same in trust for the benefit of such holder. | ||
(g) | In the event that the Corporation exercises its Share Repayment Right, the Corporation must at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Shares (if the number thereof is or becomes limited), solely for the purpose of issue and delivery upon the exercise of the Corporation’s Share Redemption Right as provided herein, and must issue to Debentureholders to whom Freely Tradeable Shares will be issued pursuant to exercise of the Share Redemption Right, such number of Freely Tradeable Shares as are issuable in such event. All Freely Tradeable Shares which are so issuable must be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable. |
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(h) | The Corporation must comply with all Applicable Securities Legislation regulating the issue and delivery of Freely Tradeable Shares upon exercise of the Share Redemption Right and must cause to be listed and posted for trading such Shares on each stock exchange on which the Shares are then listed. | ||
(i) | The Corporation must from time to time promptly pay, or make provision satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee for the payment of, all taxes and charges which may be imposed by the laws of Canada or any province thereof (except income tax, withholding tax or security transfer tax, if any) which will be payable with respect to the issuance or delivery of Freely Tradeable Shares to holders upon exercise of the Share Redemption Right pursuant to the terms of the Debentures and of this Indenture. | ||
(j) | If the Corporation elects to satisfy its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Redemption Price by issuing Freely Tradeable Shares in accordance with this Section 4.6 and if the Redemption Price (or any portion thereof) to which a holder is entitled is subject to withholding taxes and the amount of the cash payment of the Redemption Price, if any, is insufficient to satisfy such withholding taxes, the Debenture Trustee, on the written direction of the Corporation but for the account of the holder, will sell, or cause to be sold through the investment banks, brokers or dealers selected by the Corporation, out of the Freely Tradeable Shares issued by the Corporation for the account of such holder for this purpose, such number of Freely Tradeable Shares that together with the cash payment of the Redemption Price, if any, is sufficient to yield net proceeds (after payment of all costs) to cover the amount of taxes required to be withheld, and will remit same on behalf of the Corporation to the proper tax authorities within the period of time prescribed for this purpose under applicable laws. | ||
(k) | Interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures on the Redemption Date will be paid, less applicable withholding taxes, if any, to holders of Debentures, in cash, in the manner contemplated in Section 4.5 subject to the ability of the Corporation to issue Shares as provided in Article 10. |
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(a) | Subject to the other provisions of this Section 4.10 and to applicable regulatory approval, the Corporation may, at its option, in exchange for or in lieu of paying all or any portion of the principal amount of the Debentures outstanding in money, elect to satisfy its obligation to repay all or any portion of the principal amount of the Debentures outstanding by issuing and delivering to holders on the Maturity Date that number of Freely Tradeable Shares obtained by dividing the principal amount of the Debentures outstanding or the applicable portion thereof to be satisfied by the issuance and delivery of Freely Tradeable Shares by 95% of the Current Market Price of the Shares (the “Share Repayment Right”) on the Maturity Date. | ||
(b) | The Corporation must exercise the Share Repayment Right by so specifying in the Maturity Notice, which will be delivered to the Debenture Trustee and the holders of Debentures not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the Maturity Date. | ||
(c) | The Corporation’s right to exercise the Share Repayment Right is conditional upon the following conditions being met on the Business Day preceding the Maturity Date: |
(i) | the issuance of the Shares on the exercise of the Share Repayment Right must be made in accordance with Applicable Securities Legislation and such Shares must be issued as Freely Tradeable Shares. With respect to the issuance of Shares to holders of Debentures that are U.S. Persons, the Corporation may rely on an exemption from the registration requirements under the 1933 Act, including exemptions based on the status of the holders of Debentures as institutional accredited investors under Rule 501(1)(a), (2), (3) and (7) of Regulation D adopted under the 1933 Act; | ||
(ii) | the listing of such additional Freely Tradeable Shares on each stock exchange on which the Shares are then listed; | ||
(iii) | the Corporation being a reporting issuer in good standing under Applicable Securities Legislation where the distribution of such Freely Tradeable Shares occurs; | ||
(iv) | no Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing; |
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(v) | the receipt by the Debenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate stating that conditions (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above have been satisfied and setting forth the number of Shares to be delivered for each $100 principal amount of Debentures and the Current Market Price of the Shares on the Maturity Date in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 4.10(a); and | ||
(vi) | the receipt by the Debenture Trustee of an opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture in payment of the principal amount of the Debentures outstanding will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable, that conditions (i) and (ii) above have been satisfied and that, relying exclusively on certificates of good standing or list of reporting issuers in default issued by the relevant securities authorities, condition (iii) above is satisfied, except that the opinion in respect of condition (iii) need not be expressed with respect to those provinces where certificates are not issued. |
If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Maturity Date, the Corporation must pay the principal amount of the Debentures outstanding in cash in accordance with Section 2.13, unless the Debentureholder waives the conditions which are not satisfied. | |||
(d) | In the event that the Corporation duly exercises its Share Repayment Right, the Corporation must on or before 11:00 a.m. (Montréal time) on the Maturity Date, deliver to the Debenture Trustee, for delivery to and on account of the holders, upon the due presentation and surrender of the Debentures, the Freely Tradeable Shares to which such holders are entitled. The Corporation must also deposit with the Debenture Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay any charges or expenses which may be incurred by the Debenture Trustee in connection with the Share Repayment Right. Every such deposit will be irrevocable. From the certificates so deposited in addition to amounts payable by the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.13, the Debenture Trustee must pay or cause to be paid, to the holders of such Debentures, upon surrender of such Debentures, the principal amount of and premium (if any) on the Debentures to which they are respectively entitled on maturity and deliver to such holders the certificates to which such holders are entitled. The delivery of such certificates and amounts to the Debenture Trustee will satisfy and discharge the liability of the Corporation for the Debentures to which the delivery of certificates relates to the extent of the amount delivered (plus the amount of any certificates sold to pay applicable taxes in accordance with this Section 4.10) and such Debentures will thereafter to that extent not be considered as outstanding under this Indenture and such holder will have no other right in regard thereto other than to receive out of the certificates so delivered, the certificate(s) to which it is entitled. |
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(e) | No fractional Freely Tradeable Shares will be delivered upon the exercise of the Share Repayment Right but, in lieu thereof, the Corporation must pay to the Debenture Trustee for the account of the holders, at the time contemplated in Subsection 4.10(d), the cash equivalent thereof determined on the basis of the Current Market Price of the Shares on the Maturity Date (less any tax required to be deducted, if any). | ||
(f) | A holder must be treated as the shareholder of record of the Freely Tradeable Shares issued on due exercise by the Corporation of its Share Repayment Right effective immediately after the close of business on the Maturity Date, and must be entitled to all substitutions therefor, all income earned thereon or accretions thereto and all dividends or distributions (including dividends or distributions in kind) thereon and arising thereafter, and in the event that the Debenture Trustee receives the same, it must hold the same in trust for the benefit of such holder. | ||
(g) | The Corporation must at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Shares (if the number thereof is or becomes limited), solely for the purpose of issue and delivery upon the exercise of the Share Repayment Right as provided herein, and must issue to Debentureholders to whom Freely Tradeable Shares will be issued pursuant to exercise of the Share Repayment Right, such number of Freely Tradeable Shares as will be issuable in such event. All Freely Tradeable Shares which will be so issuable must be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable. | ||
(h) | The Corporation must comply with all Applicable Securities Legislation regulating the issue and delivery of Freely Tradeable Shares upon exercise of the Share Repayment Right and must cause to be listed and posted for trading such Freely Tradeable Shares on each stock exchange on which the Shares are then listed. | ||
(i) | The Corporation must from time to time promptly pay, or make provision satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee for the payment of, all taxes and charges which may be imposed by the laws of Canada or any province thereof (except income tax, withholding tax or security transfer tax, if any) which will be payable with respect to the issuance or delivery of Freely Tradeable Shares to holders upon exercise of the Share Repayment Right pursuant to the terms of the Debentures and of this Indenture. | ||
(j) | If the Corporation elects to satisfy its obligation to pay all or any portion of the principal amount of Debentures due on maturity by issuing Freely Tradeable Shares in accordance with this Section 4.10 and if the principal amount (or any portion thereof) to which a holder is entitled is subject to withholding taxes and the amount of the cash payment of the principal amount due on maturity, if any, is insufficient to satisfy such withholding taxes, the Debenture Trustee, on the written direction of the Corporation but for the account of the holder (i) must sell, or cause to be sold, through the investment banks, brokers or dealers selected by the Corporation, out of the Freely Tradeable Shares issued by the |
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Corporation for the account of such holder for this purpose, such number of Freely Tradeable Shares that together with the cash component of the principal amount due on maturity is sufficient to yield net proceeds (after payment of all costs) to cover the amount of taxes required to be withheld, and (ii) must remit such amount withheld on behalf of the Corporation to the proper tax authorities within the period of time prescribed for this purpose under applicable laws. | |||
(k) | Certificates representing Freely Tradeable Shares issued in payment of the Redemption Price of Debentures may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto or with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities regulatory authority or to conform to general usage. | ||
(l) | Interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures on the Maturity Date will be paid to holders of Debentures, in cash, in the manner contemplated in Section 2.15, subject to the ability of the Corporation to issue Shares as provided in Article 10. |
SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
(a) | all Senior Indebtedness must first be paid in full, or provision made for such payment, before any payment is made on account of the principal of or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures; and | ||
(b) | any payment or distribution of assets of the Corporation, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the holders of the Debentures or the Debenture Trustee on behalf of such holders would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 5, must be paid or delivered by the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other liquidating agent making such |
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payment or distribution, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or provision therefor, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. |
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CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES
(a) | The holder of a Debenture desiring to convert such Debenture in whole or in part into Shares must surrender such Debenture to the Debenture Trustee at its principal office in Montréal, Québec together with the conversion notice in the |
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form attached hereto as Schedule “D” or any other written notice in a form satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee, in either case duly executed by the holder or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and executed in a manner satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee, exercising his right to convert such Debenture in accordance with the provisions of this Article; provided that with respect to a Global Debenture, the obligation to surrender a Debenture to the Debenture Trustee will be satisfied if the Debenture Trustee makes notation on the Global Debenture of the principal amount thereof so converted and the Debenture Trustee is provided with all other documentation which it may reasonably request. Thereupon such Debentureholder or, subject to payment of all applicable stamp or security transfer taxes or other governmental charges and compliance with all reasonable requirements of the Debenture Trustee, his nominee(s) or assignee(s) will be entitled to be entered in the books of the Corporation as at the Business Day immediately after the Date of Conversion (or such later date as is specified in Subsection 6.4(b)) as the holder of the number of Shares into which such Debenture is convertible in accordance with the provisions of this Article and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the Corporation must deliver to such Debentureholder or, subject as aforesaid, his nominee(s) or assignee(s), a certificate or certificates for such Shares and make or cause to be made any payment of interest to which such holder is entitled in accordance with Subsection 6.4(e) hereof. |
(b) | For the purposes of this Article, a Debenture will be deemed to be surrendered for conversion on the date on which it is so surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Article or, in the case of a Global Debenture, on the date on which the Debenture Trustee received notice of and all necessary documentation in respect of the exercise of the conversion rights and, in the case of a Debenture so surrendered by post or other means of transmission, on the date on which it is received by the Debenture Trustee at one of its offices specified in Subsection 6.4(a); provided that if a Debenture is surrendered for conversion on a day on which the register of Shares is closed or on a day which immediately precedes a day on which the register of Share is closed, the person or persons entitled to receive Shares will become the holder or holders of record of such Shares as at the date on which such register is next reopened (in each case, the “Date of Conversion”). |
(c) | Any part, being $100 or an integral multiple thereof, of a Debenture in a denomination in excess of $100 may be converted as provided in this Article and all references in this Indenture to conversion of Debentures will be deemed to include conversion of such part. |
(d) | Upon a holder of any Debenture exercising the right of conversion in respect of only a part of the Debenture and surrendering such Debenture to the Debenture Trustee, in accordance with Subsection 6.4(a) the Debenture Trustee must cancel the same and must without charge forthwith certify and deliver to the holder a new Debenture or Debentures in an aggregate principal amount equal |
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to the unconverted part of the principal amount of the Debenture so surrendered or, with respect to a Global Debenture, the Debenture Trustee must make notations on the Global Debenture of the principal amount thereof so converted. |
(e) | The holder of a Debenture surrendered for conversion in accordance with this Section 6.4 will be entitled (subject to any applicable restriction on the right to receive interest on conversion of Debentures of any series) to receive accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof up to the Interest Payment Date on or next preceding the Date of Conversion of such Debentures (less applicable withholding taxes, if any) but there will be no payment or adjustment by the Corporation on account of any interest accrued or accruing on such Debentures from the latest Interest Payment Date until the Date of Conversion (unless the Date of Conversion occurs on the Interest Payment Date) and the Shares issued upon such conversion will rank only in respect of distributions or dividends declared in favour of shareholders of record on and after the Business Day immediately after the Date of Conversion or such later date as such holder becomes the holder of record of such Shares pursuant to Subsection 6.4(b), from which applicable date they will for all purposes be and be deemed to be issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Shares. |
(f) | In the event of a conversion of Debentures into Freely Tradeable Shares where the holder is subject to withholding taxes, the Debenture Trustee, on the Written Direction of the Corporation but for the account of the holder, must sell, or cause to be sold through the investment banks, brokers or dealers selected by the Corporation, out of the Freely Tradeable Shares issued by the Corporation for this purpose, such number of Freely Tradeable Shares that together with any cash payment in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, is sufficient to yield net proceeds (after payment of all costs) to cover the amount of taxes required to be withheld, and must remit such amount withheld on behalf of the Corporation to the proper tax authorities within the period of time prescribed for this purpose under applicable laws. |
(a) | If at any time prior to the Time of Expiry the Corporation (i) subdivides or redivides the outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares, (ii) reduces, combines or consolidates the outstanding Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (iii) issues Shares or securities exchangeable or convertible into Shares to the holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Shares by way of a dividend or distribution or otherwise (other than the issue of Shares to holders of Shares who have elected to receive dividends or distributions in the form of Shares in lieu of cash dividends or cash distributions paid in the ordinary course on the Shares); then the Conversion Price in effect on the effective date of such subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination or |
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consolidation or on the record date for such issue of Shares by way of a dividend, distribution or otherwise, as the case may be, must, in the case of any of the events referred to in (i) and (iii) above be decreased in proportion to the number of outstanding Shares resulting from such subdivision, redivision, or issue by way of dividend, distribution or otherwise; or must, in the case of any of the events referred to in (ii) above, be increased in proportion to the number of outstanding Shares resulting from such reduction, combination or consolidation. Such adjustment must be made successively whenever any event referred to in this Subsection 6.5(a) occurs. Any such issue of Shares by way of a dividend or distribution will be deemed to have been made on the record date for the dividend or distribution for the purpose of calculating the number of outstanding Shares under subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 6.5. |
(b) | If at any time prior to the Time of Expiry the Corporation fixes a record date for the issuance of options, rights or warrants to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or purchase Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Shares) at a price per share (or having a conversion or exchange price per share) less than 95% of the Current Market Price of a Share on such record date, then the Conversion Price must be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator will be the total number of Shares outstanding on such record date plus a number of Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate price of the total number of additional Shares offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered) by such Current Market Price per Share, and of which the denominator will be the total number of Shares outstanding on such record date plus the total number of additional Shares offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are convertible or exchangeable). Such adjustment must be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. To the extent that any such options, rights or warrants are not so issued or any such options, rights or warrants are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Conversion Price must be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if only the number of Shares (or securities convertible into Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such options, rights or warrants were included in such fraction, as the case may be. |
(c) | If at any time prior to the Time of Expiry the Corporation fixes a record date for the making of a distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Shares of (i) shares or other securities of any class other than Shares, (ii) rights, options or warrants (excluding rights, options or warrants entitling the holders thereof for a period of not more than 45 days to subscribe for or purchase Shares or securities convertible into Shares), (iii) evidences of its indebtedness, (iv) any property or other assets, or (v) cash dividends or |
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distributions then, in each such case, the Conversion Price must be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it equals the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator is the total number of Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price per Share on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Directors, acting reasonably, which determination will be conclusive) of such shares or rights, options or warrants or evidences of indebtedness or assets or cash actually distributed, and of which the denominator will be the total number of Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by such Current Market Price per Share. Such adjustment must be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. To the extent that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price must be re-adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect based upon such shares or other securities or rights, options or warrants or evidences of indebtedness or assets actually distributed, as the case may be. |
(d) | If at any time prior to the Time of Expiry, there is a reclassification of the Shares or a capital reorganization of the Corporation other than as described in Subsection 6.5(a) or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or acquisition of the Corporation with or into any other Person or other entity; or a sale or conveyance of the property and assets of the Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person or other entity or a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation or similar transaction, any holder of a Debenture who has not exercised its right of conversion prior to the effective date of such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, acquisition sale or conveyance, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or similar transaction, upon the exercise of such right thereafter, will be entitled to receive and must accept, in lieu of the number of Shares then sought to be acquired by it, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Corporation or of the Person or other entity resulting from such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or acquisition or to which such sale or conveyance may be made or which holders of Shares receive pursuant to such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, as the case may be, that such holder of a Debenture would have been entitled to receive on such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, acquisition, sale or conveyance or liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or similar transaction, if, on the record date or the effective date thereof, as the case may be, the holder had been the registered holder of the number of Shares sought to be acquired by it and to which it was entitled to acquire upon the exercise of the conversion right. If determined appropriate by the Directors to give effect to or to evidence the provisions of this Subsection 6.5(d), the Corporation, its successor, or such purchasing Person or other entity, as the case may be, must, prior to or contemporaneously with any such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, acquisition, sale or conveyance or liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or other similar |
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transaction, enter into an indenture which provides, to the extent reasonably possible, for the application of the provisions set forth in this Indenture with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holder of Debentures to the end that the provisions set forth in this Indenture must thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as reasonably possible, with respect to any shares or other securities or property to which a holder of Debentures is entitled on the exercise of its conversion rights thereafter. Any indenture entered into between the Corporation and the Debenture Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection 6.5(d) must be a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 16. Any indenture entered into between the Corporation, any successor to the Corporation or such purchasing Person or other entity and the Debenture Trustee must provide for adjustments which must be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided in this Subsection 6.5(d) and which must apply to successive reclassifications, capital reorganizations, consolidations, amalgamations, mergers, acquisitions sales or conveyances and to any successive liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or other similar transaction. |
(e) | In any case in which this Section 6.5 requires that an adjustment must become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to herein, the Corporation may defer, until the occurrence of such event, issuing to the holder of any Debenture converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Shares issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event before giving effect to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Corporation must deliver to such holder an appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional Shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such additional Shares declared in favour of holders of record of Shares on and after the Date of Conversion or such later date as such holder would, but for the provisions of this Subsection 6.5(e), have become the holder of record of such additional Shares pursuant to Subsection 6.4(b). |
(f) | The adjustments provided for in this Section 6.5 are cumulative and must apply to successive subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations, distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this Section; provided however that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no adjustment of the Conversion Price will be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price then in effect; provided, further, that any adjustments which by reason of this Subsection 6.5(f) are not required to be made must be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. |
(g) | For the purpose of calculating the number of Shares outstanding, Shares owned by or for the benefit of the Corporation must not be counted. |
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(h) | In the event of any question arising with respect to the adjustments provided in this Section 6.5, such question must be conclusively determined by a firm of nationally recognized chartered accountants appointed by the Corporation and acceptable to the Debenture Trustee (who may be the auditors of the Corporation); such accountants must have access to all necessary records of the Corporation and such determination will be binding upon the Corporation, the Debenture Trustee, and the Debentureholders. |
(i) | In case the Corporation takes any action affecting the Shares other than action described in this Section 6.5, which in the opinion of the Directors, would materially affect the rights of Debentureholders (including their conversion rights), the Conversion Price and the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures must be adjusted in such manner and at such time, by action of the Directors, subject to the prior written consent of the Toronto Stock Exchange or such other exchange on which the Debentures and the Shares are then listed, as the Directors in their sole discretion may determine to be equitable in the circumstances. Failure of the Directors to make such an adjustment will be conclusive evidence that they have determined that it is equitable to make no adjustment in the circumstances. |
(j) | Subject to the prior written consent of the Toronto Stock Exchange or such other exchange on which the Debentures are then listed, no adjustment in the Conversion Price will be made in respect of any event described in Subsections 6.5(a), 6.5(b) or 6.5(c) other than the events described in 6.5(a)(i) or 6.5(a)(ii) if the holders of the Debentures are entitled to participate in such event on the same terms mutatis mutandis as if they had converted their Debentures prior to the effective date or record date, as the case may be, of such event. |
(k) | Except as stated above in this Section 6.5, no adjustment will be made in the Conversion Price for any Debenture as a result of the issuance of Shares at less than the Current Market Price for such Shares on the date of issuance or the then applicable Conversion Price. |
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(a) | will not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Debentureholder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment in the Conversion Price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same; |
(b) | will not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Shares or of any shares or other securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Debenture; and |
(c) | will not be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver Shares or share certificates upon the surrender of any Debenture for the purpose of conversion, or to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Article. |
COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION
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DEFAULT
(a) | failure for 15 days to pay interest on the Debentures when due; |
(b) | failure to pay principal or premium, if any, on the Debentures when due whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise (whether such payment is due in cash, Shares or other securities or property or a combination thereof); |
(c) | if a decree or order of a Court having jurisdiction is entered adjudging the Corporation a bankrupt or insolvent under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws, or issuing sequestration or process of execution against, or against any substantial part of, the property of the Corporation, or appointing a receiver of, or of any substantial part of, the property of the Corporation or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and any such decree or order continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days; |
(d) | if the Corporation institutes proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws, or consents to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver of, or of any substantial part of, the property of the Corporation or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; |
(e) | if a resolution is passed for the winding-up or liquidation of the Corporation, except in the course of carrying out or pursuant to a transaction in respect of which the conditions of Section 11.1 are duly observed and performed; |
(f) | if, after the date of this Indenture, any proceedings with respect to the Corporation are taken with respect to a compromise or arrangement, including under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, with respect to creditors of the Corporation generally, under the applicable legislation of any jurisdiction; |
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(g) | default in the delivery, when due, of all cash and any Shares or other consideration, including any Make Whole Premium Shares, payable on conversion with respect to the Debentures, which default continues for 15 days; |
(h) | the Corporation fails to comply with Article 11 hereof; or |
(i) | default in the observance or performance of a material covenant contained in Sections 7.3, 7.6, 7.7 or 7.9 of this Indenture by the Corporation for a period of 30 days after notice in writing has been given by the Debenture Trustee to the Corporation specifying such default and requiring the Corporation to remedy such default. |
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(a) | the holders of the Debentures will have the power (in addition to the powers exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution as hereinafter provided) by requisition in writing by the holders of more than 50% of the principal amount of Debentures then outstanding, to instruct the Debenture Trustee to waive any Event of Default and to cancel any declaration made by the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1 and the Debenture Trustee will thereupon waive the Event of Default and cancel such declaration, or either, upon such terms and conditions as will be prescribed in such requisition; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Event of Default has occurred by reason of the nonobservance or non-performance by the Corporation of any covenant applicable only to one or more series of Debentures, then the holders of more than 50% of the principal amount of the outstanding Debentures of that series will be entitled to exercise the foregoing power and the Debenture Trustee will so act and it will not be necessary to obtain a waiver from the holders of any other series of Debentures; and |
(b) | the Debenture Trustee, so long as it has not become bound to declare the principal and interest on the Debentures then outstanding to be due and payable, or to obtain or enforce payment of the same, will have power to waive any Event of Default if, in the Debenture Trustee’s opinion, the same has been cured or adequate satisfaction made therefor, and in such event to cancel any such declaration theretofor made by the Debenture Trustee in the exercise of its discretion, upon such terms and conditions as the Debenture Trustee may deem advisable. |
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(a) | Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, any monies received by the Debenture Trustee from the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Article 8, or as a result of legal or other proceedings or from any trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator of the Corporation, must be applied, together with any other monies in the hands of the Debenture Trustee available for such purpose, as follows: |
(i) | first, in payment or in reimbursement to the Debenture Trustee of its compensation, costs, charges, expenses, borrowings, advances or other monies furnished or provided by or at the instance of the Debenture Trustee in or about the execution of its trusts under, or otherwise in relation to, this Indenture, with interest thereon as herein provided; | ||
(ii) | second, but subject as hereinafter in this Section 8.6 provided, in payment, rateably and proportionately to (and in the case of applicable withholding taxes, if any) the holders of Debentures, of the principal of and premium (if any) and accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in default on the Debentures which will then be outstanding in the priority of principal first and then premium and then accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in default unless otherwise |
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directed by Extraordinary Resolution and in that case in such order or priority as between principal, premium (if any) and interest as may be directed by such resolution; and | |||
(iii) | third, in payment of the surplus, if any, of such monies to the Corporation or its assigns; |
provided, however, that no payment will be made pursuant to clause (ii) above in respect of the principal, premium or interest on any Debenture held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (other than any Debenture pledged for value and in good faith to a person other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary but only to the extent of such person’s interest therein) except subject to the prior payment in full of the principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any) on all Debentures which are not so held. | |||
(b) | The Debenture Trustee will not be bound to apply or make any partial or interim payment of any monies coming into its hands if the amount so received by it, after reserving thereout such amount as the Debenture Trustee may think necessary to provide for the payments mentioned in Subsection 8.6(a), is insufficient to make a distribution of at least 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debentures, but it may retain the money so received by it and invest or deposit the same as provided in Section 15.9 until the money or the investments representing the same, with the income derived therefrom, together with any other monies for the time being under its control will be sufficient for the said purpose or until it considers it advisable to apply the same in the manner hereinbefore set forth. The foregoing will, however, not apply to a final payment in distribution hereunder. |
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
(a) | the Corporation will be entitled to pay or deliver to the Debenture Trustee and direct it to set aside; or |
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(b) | in respect of monies or Shares in the hands of the Debenture Trustee which may or should be applied to the payment of the Debentures, the Corporation will be entitled to direct the Debenture Trustee to set aside; or |
(c) | if the redemption was pursuant to notice given by the Debenture Trustee, the Debenture Trustee may itself set aside; |
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(a) | The Corporation will be deemed to have fully paid, satisfied and discharged all of the outstanding Debentures of any series and the Debenture Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, will execute and deliver proper instruments acknowledging the full payment, satisfaction and discharge of such Debentures, when, with respect to all of the outstanding Debentures or all of the outstanding Debentures of any series, as applicable, either: |
(i) | the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Debenture Trustee as trust funds or property in trust for the purpose of making payment on such Debentures, an amount in money or Shares, if applicable, sufficient to pay, satisfy and discharge the entire amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, to maturity or any repayment date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date or upon any conversion or otherwise, as the case may be, of such Debentures (including the maximum amount that may be payable as Make Whole Premium); or | ||
(ii) | the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Debenture Trustee as property in trust for the purpose of making payment on such Debentures: |
(1) | if the Debentures are issued in Canadian dollars, such amount in Canadian dollars of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by, the Government of Canada; or | ||
(2) | if the Debentures are issued in a currency or currency unit other than Canadian dollars, cash in the currency or currency unit in which the Debentures are payable and/or such amount in such currency or currency unit of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by, the Government of Canada or the government that issued the currency or currency unit in which the Debentures are payable; |
(iii) | the Corporation has paid, caused to be paid or made provisions to the satisfaction of the Debenture Trustee for the payment of all other sums |
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payable with respect to all of such Debentures (together with all applicable expenses of the Debenture Trustee in connection with the payment of such Debentures); and | |||
(iv) | the Corporation has delivered to the Debenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent herein provided relating to the payment, satisfaction and discharge of all such Debentures have been complied with. |
Any deposits with the Debenture Trustee referred to in this Section 9.5 will be irrevocable, subject to Section 9.6, and will be made under the terms of an escrow and/or trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee and which provides for the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on the Debentures being satisfied. | |||
(b) | Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 9.5 with respect to all the outstanding Debentures, or all the outstanding Debentures of any series, as applicable, the terms and conditions of the Debentures, including the terms and conditions with respect thereto set forth in this Indenture (other than those contained in Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 6, Article 9, Section 8.4 and the provisions of Article 1 pertaining to the foregoing provisions) will no longer be binding upon or applicable to the Corporation. |
(c) | Any funds or obligations deposited with the Debenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.5 must be denominated in the currency or denomination of the Debentures in respect of which such deposit is made. |
(d) | If the Debenture Trustee is unable to apply any money or securities in accordance with this Section 9.5 by reason of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Corporation’s obligations under this Indenture and the affected Debentures must be revived and reinstated as though no money or securities had been deposited pursuant to this Section 9.5 until such time as the Debenture Trustee is permitted to apply all such money or securities in accordance with this Section 9.5, provided that if the Corporation has made any payment in respect of principal, premium or interest on Debentures or, as applicable, other amounts because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Corporation will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Debentures to receive such payment from the money or securities held by the Debenture Trustee. |
(a) | Where trust funds or trust property have been deposited pursuant to Section 9.5, the holders of Debentures and the Corporation will continue to have and be subject to their respective rights, duties and obligations under Article 2, |
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Article 3, Article 4, Article 6, Article 9, Section 8.4 and the provisions of Article 1 pertaining to the foregoing provisions, as may be applicable. |
(b) | In the event that, after the deposit of trust funds or trust property pursuant to Section 9.5 in respect of a series of Debentures (the “Defeased Debentures”), any holder of any of the Defeased Debentures from time to time converts its Debentures to Shares or other securities of the Corporation in accordance with Subsection 2.4(f), Article 6 or any other provision of this Indenture, the Debenture Trustee must, upon receipt of a Written Direction of the Corporation, return to the Corporation from time to time the proportionate amount of the trust funds or other trust property deposited with the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section 9.5 in respect of the Defeased Debentures which is applicable to the Defeased Debentures so converted (which amount will be based on the applicable principal amount of the Defeased Debentures being converted in relation to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Defeased Debentures). |
(c) | In the event that, after the deposit of trust funds or trust property pursuant to Section 9.5, the Corporation is required to purchase any outstanding Debentures pursuant to Subsection 2.4(j) in relation to Initial Debentures or to purchase or make an offer to purchase Debentures pursuant to any other similar provisions relating to any other series of Debentures, the Corporation will be entitled to use any trust money or trust property deposited with the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section 9.5 for the purpose of paying to any holders of Defeased Debentures who have accepted any such offer of the Corporation the Offer Price (plus accrued and unpaid interest) payable to such holders in respect of such offer to purchase the Initial Debentures (or the total offer price payable in respect of an offer relating to any other series of Debentures). Upon receipt of a Written Direction from the Corporation, the Debenture Trustee will be entitled to pay to such holder from such trust money or trust property deposited with the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section 9.5 in respect of the Defeased Debentures which is applicable to the Defeased Debentures held by such holders who have accepted any such offer from the Corporation (which amount will be based on the applicable principal amount of the Defeased Debentures held by holders that accept any such offer in relation to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Defeased Debentures). |
SHARE INTEREST PAYMENT ELECTION
(a) | Provided that the Corporation is not in default under this Indenture and that all applicable regulatory approvals have been obtained (including any required approval of any stock exchange on which the Debentures or Shares are then listed), the Corporation will have the right, from time to time, to make a Share |
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Interest Payment Election in respect of any Interest Obligation by delivering a Share Interest Payment Election Notice to the Debenture Trustee no later than the earlier of: (i) the date required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Debentures or Shares are then listed, and (ii) the day which is 15 Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date to which the Share Interest Payment Election relates. |
(b) | Upon receipt of a Share Interest Payment Election Notice, the Debenture Trustee must, in accordance with this Article 10 and such Share Interest Payment Election Notice, deliver Share Bid Requests to the investment banks, brokers or dealers identified by the Corporation, in its absolute discretion, in the Share Interest Payment Election Notice. In connection with the Share Interest Payment Election, the Debenture Trustee will have the power to: (i) accept delivery of the Shares from the Corporation and process the Shares in accordance with the Share Interest Payment Election Notice; (ii) accept bids with respect to, and consummate sales of, such Shares, each as the Corporation directs in its absolute discretion through the investment banks, brokers or dealers identified by the Corporation in the Share Interest Payment Election Notice; (iii) invest the proceeds of such sales on the direction of the Corporation in Government Obligations which mature prior to an applicable Interest Payment Date and use such proceeds to pay the Interest Obligation in respect of which the Share Interest Payment Election was made; and (iv) perform any other action necessarily incidental thereto as directed by the Corporation in its absolute discretion. The Share Interest Payment Election Notice must direct the Debenture Trustee to solicit and accept only, and each Share Bid Request must provide that the acceptance of any bid is conditional on the acceptance of, sufficient bids to result in aggregate proceeds from such issue and sale of Shares which, together with the cash payments by the Corporation in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, equal the Interest Obligation on the Share Delivery Date. |
(c) | The Share Interest Payment Election Notice must provide for, and all bids must be subject to, the right of the Corporation, by delivering written notice to the Debenture Trustee at any time prior to the consummation of such delivery and sale of the Shares on the Share Delivery Date, to withdraw the Share Interest Payment Election (which will have the effect of withdrawing each related Share Bid Request), whereupon the Corporation will be obliged to pay in cash the Interest Obligation in respect of which the Share Interest Payment Election Notice has been delivered. |
(d) | Any sale of Shares pursuant to this Article 10 may be made to one or more Persons whose bids are solicited, but all such sales with respect to a particular Share Interest Payment Election must take place concurrently on the Share Delivery Date. |
(e) | The amount received by a holder of a Debenture in respect of the Interest Obligation or the entitlement thereto will not be affected by whether or not the |
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Corporation elects to satisfy the Interest Obligation pursuant to a Share Interest Payment Election. |
(f) | The Debenture Trustee must inform the Corporation promptly following receipt of any bid or bids for Shares solicited pursuant to the Share Bid Requests. The Debenture Trustee will accept such bid or bids as the Corporation, in its absolute discretion, will direct by Written Direction of the Corporation, provided that the aggregate proceeds of all sales of Shares resulting from the acceptance of such bids, together with the amount of any cash payment by the Corporation in lieu of any fractional Shares, on the Share Delivery Date, must be equal to the related Share Interest Payment Election Amount in connection with any bids so accepted, the Corporation, the Debenture Trustee (if required by the Corporation in its absolute discretion), and the applicable bidders must, not later than the Share Delivery Date, enter into Share Purchase Agreements and must comply with all Applicable Securities Legislation, including the securities rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the Debentures or Shares are then listed. The Corporation must pay all fees and expenses in connection with the Share Purchase Agreements including the fees and commissions charged by the investment banks, brokers and dealers and the fees of the Debenture Trustee. |
(g) | Provided that: (i) all conditions specified in each Share Purchase Agreement to the closing of all sales thereunder have been satisfied, other than the delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder against payment of the purchase price thereof; and (ii) the purchasers under each Share Purchase Agreement must be ready, willing and able to perform thereunder, in each case on the Share Delivery Date, the Corporation must, on the Share Delivery Date, deliver to the Debenture Trustee the Shares to be sold on such date, an amount in cash equal to the value of any fractional Shares and an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that all conditions precedent to such sales, including those set forth in this Indenture and in each Share Purchase Agreement, have been satisfied. Upon such deliveries, the Debenture Trustee will consummate such sales on such Share Delivery Date by the delivery of the Shares to such purchasers against payment to the Debenture Trustee in immediately available funds of the purchase price therefor in an aggregate amount equal to the Share Interest Payment Election Amount (less any amount attributable to any fractional Shares), whereupon the sole right of a holder of Debentures to receive such holder’s portion of the Share Interest Payment Election Amount will be to receive same from the Debenture Trustee out of the proceeds of such sales of Shares plus any amount received by the Debenture Trustee from the Corporation attributable to any fractional Shares in full satisfaction of the Interest Obligation and the holder will have no further recourse to the Corporation in respect of the Interest Obligation. |
(h) | The Debenture Trustee must, on the Share Delivery Date, use the sale proceeds of the Shares (together with any cash received from the Corporation in lieu of any fractional Shares) to purchase, on the direction of the Corporation in |
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writing, Government Obligations which mature prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date and which the Debenture Trustee is required to hold until maturity (the “Share Proceeds Investment”) and must, on such date, deposit the balance, if any, of such sale proceeds in an account established by the Corporation (and which must be maintained by and subject to the control of the Debenture Trustee) (the “Interest Account”) for such Debentures. The Debenture Trustee must hold such Share Proceeds Investment (but not income earned thereon) under its exclusive control in an irrevocable trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures. At least one Business Day prior to the Interest Payment Date, the Debenture Trustee must deposit amounts from the proceeds of the Share Proceeds Investment in the Interest Account to bring the balance of the Interest Account to the Share Interest Payment Election Amount. On the Interest Payment Date, the Debenture Trustee must pay the funds held in the Interest Account to the holders entitled to payment thereof on the Interest Payment Date (less any tax required to be deducted, if any) and, provided that there is no Event of Default, must remit amounts, if any, in respect of income earned on the Share Proceeds Investment or otherwise in excess of the Share Interest Payment Election Amount to the Corporation. |
(i) | Neither the making of a Share Interest Payment Election nor the consummation of sales of Shares on a Share Delivery Date will (i) result in the holders of the Debentures not being entitled to receive on the applicable Interest Payment Date cash in an aggregate amount equal to the Interest Obligation payable on such date or (ii) entitle such holders to receive any Shares in satisfaction of such Interest Obligation. |
(j) | No fractional Shares will be issued in satisfaction of interest but in lieu thereof the Corporation will satisfy such fractional interest by a cash payment equal to the market price of such fractional interest (less any tax required to be deducted, if any). |
SUCCESSORS
11.1 | Restrictions on Amalgamation, Merger and Sale of Certain Assets, etc. |
(a) | prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such transaction the Corporation and the Successor have executed such instruments and done such things as, in the opinion of Counsel, are necessary or advisable to establish that upon the consummation of such transaction: |
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(i) | the Successor will have assumed all the covenants and obligations of the Corporation under this Indenture in respect of the Debentures; | ||
(ii) | the Debentures will be valid and binding obligations of the Successor entitling the holders thereof, as against the Successor, to all the rights of Debentureholders under this Indenture; and | ||
(iii) | in the case of an entity organized otherwise than under the laws of the Province of Québec, must attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Québec; |
(b) | such transaction, in the opinion of Counsel, will be on such terms as to substantially preserve and not impair any of the rights and powers of the Debenture Trustee or of the Debentureholders hereunder; and |
(c) | no condition or event will exist as to the Corporation (at the time of such transaction) or the Successor (immediately after such transaction) and after giving full effect thereto or immediately after the Successor becomes liable to pay the principal monies, premium, if any, interest and other monies due or which may become due hereunder, which constitutes or would constitute an Event of Default hereunder. |
COMPULSORY ACQUISITION
(a) | “Affiliate” and “Associate” have the same respective meanings set forth in the Securities Act (Québec); |
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(b) | “Dissenting Debentureholders” means a Debentureholder who does not accept an Offer referred to in Section 12.2 and includes any assignee of the Debenture of a Debentureholder to whom such an Offer is made, whether or not such assignee is recognized under this Indenture; |
(c) | “Offer” means an offer to acquire outstanding Debentures where, as of the date of the offer to acquire, the Debentures that are subject to the offer to acquire, together with the Offeror’s Debentures, constitute in the aggregate 20% or more of the outstanding principal amount of the Debentures; |
(d) | “offer to acquire” includes an acceptance of an offer to sell; |
(e) | “Offeror” means a person, or two or more persons acting jointly or in concert, who make an Offer to acquire Debentures; |
(f) | “Offeror’s Debentures” means Debentures beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is exercised, on the date of an Offer by the Offeror, any Affiliate or Associate of the Offeror or any person or company acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror; and |
(g) | “Offeror’s Notice” means the notice described in Section 12.3. |
(a) | within the time provided in the Offer for its acceptance or within 60 days after the date the Offer is made, whichever period is the shorter, the Offer is accepted by Debentureholders representing at least 90% of the outstanding principal amount of the Debentures, other than the Offeror’s Debentures; |
(b) | the Offeror has taken up and paid for the Debentures of the Debentureholders who accepted the Offer; and |
(c) | the Offeror complies with Sections 12.3 and 12.5; |
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(a) | Debentureholders holding at least 90% of the principal amount of all outstanding Debentures, other than Offeror’s Debentures, have accepted the Offer; |
(b) | the Offeror has taken up and paid for, the Debentures of the Debentureholders who accepted the Offer; |
(c) | Dissenting Debentureholders must transfer their respective Debentures to the Offeror on the terms on which the Offeror acquired the Debentures of the Debentureholders who accepted the Offer within 21 days after the date of the sending of the Offeror’s Notice; and |
(d) | Dissenting Debentureholders must send their respective Debenture certificate(s) to the Debenture Trustee within 21 days after the date of the sending of the Offeror’s Notice. |
(a) | do all acts and things and execute and cause to be executed all instruments as in the Debenture Trustee’s opinion may be necessary or desirable to cause the transfer of the Debentures of the Dissenting Debentureholders to the Offeror; |
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(b) | send to each Dissenting Debentureholder who has complied with Section 12.4 the consideration to which such Dissenting Debentureholder is entitled under this Article 12 (net of applicable withholding taxes, if any); and |
(c) | send to each Dissenting Debentureholder who has not complied with Section 12.4 a notice stating that: |
(i) | his or her Debentures have been transferred to the Offeror; | ||
(ii) | the Debenture Trustee or some other person designated in such notice are holding in trust the consideration for such Debentures; and | ||
(iii) | the Debenture Trustee, or such other person, will send the consideration to such Dissenting Debentureholder as soon as possible after receiving such Dissenting Debentureholder’s Debenture certificate(s) or such other documents as the Debenture Trustee or such other person may require in lieu thereof; |
MEETINGS OF DEBENTUREHOLDERS
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(a) | At least 21 days’ notice of any meeting must be given to the Debentureholders in the manner provided in Section 14.2 and a copy of such notice must be sent by post to the Debenture Trustee, unless the meeting has been called by it. Such notice must state the time when and the place where the meeting is to be held and must state briefly the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat and it will not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed or any of the provisions of this Article. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to any holder of Debentures will not invalidate any resolution passed at any such meeting. A holder may waive notice of a meeting either before or after the meeting. |
(b) | If the business to be transacted at any meeting by Extraordinary Resolution or otherwise, or any action to be taken or power exercised by instrument in writing under Section 13.15, especially affects the rights of holders of Debentures of one or more series in a manner or to an extent differing in any material way from that in or to which the rights of holders of Debentures of any other series are affected (determined as provided in Subsections 13.2(c) and 13.2(d)), then: |
(i) | a reference to such fact, indicating each series of Debentures in the opinion of the Debenture Trustee so especially affected (hereinafter referred to as the “especially affected series”) must be made in the notice of such meeting, and in any such case the meeting is deemed to be and is herein referred to as a “Serial Meeting”; and | ||
(ii) | the holders of Debentures of an especially affected series will not be bound by any action taken at a Serial Meeting or by instrument in writing under Section 13.15 unless in addition to compliance with the other provisions of this Article 13: |
(1) | at such Serial Meeting: (I) there are Debentureholders present in person or by proxy and representing at least 25% in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding of such series, subject to the provisions of this Article 13 as to quorum at adjourned meetings; and (II) the resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of the holders of more than 50% (or in the case of an Extraordinary Resolution not less than 662/3%) of the principal amount of the Debentures of such series then outstanding voted on the resolution; or | ||
(2) | in the case of action taken or power exercised by instrument in writing under Section 13.15, such instrument is signed in one or more counterparts by the holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Debentures of such series then outstanding. |
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(c) | Subject to Subsection 13.2(d), the determination as to whether any business to be transacted at a meeting of Debentureholders, or any action to be taken or power to be exercised by instrument in writing under Section 13.15, especially affects the rights of the Debentureholders of one or more series in a manner or to an extent differing in any material way from that in or to which it affects the rights of Debentureholders of any other series (and is therefore an especially affected series) must be determined by an opinion of Counsel, which will be binding on all Debentureholders, the Debenture Trustee and the Corporation for all purposes hereof. |
(d) | A proposal: |
(i) | to extend the maturity of Debentures of any particular series or to reduce the principal amount thereof, the rate of interest or redemption premium thereon or to impair any conversion right thereof; | ||
(ii) | to modify or terminate any covenant or agreement which by its terms is effective only so long as Debentures of a particular series are outstanding; or | ||
(iii) | to reduce with respect to Debentureholders of any particular series any percentage stated in this Sections 13.2, 13.4, 13.12 and 13.15; |
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(a) | the form of the instrument appointing a proxy, which must be in writing, and the manner in which the same is executed and the production of the authority of any person signing on behalf of a Debentureholder; |
(b) | the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at such place as the Debenture Trustee, the Corporation or the Debentureholder convening the meeting, as the case may be, may, in the notice convening the meeting, direct and the time, if any, before the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof by which the same must be deposited; and |
(c) | the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at some approved place or places other than the place at which the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such instruments appointing proxies to be mailed, faxed, or sent by other electronic means before the meeting to the Corporation or to the Debenture Trustee at the place where the same is to be held and for the voting of proxies so deposited as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting. |
The Corporation and the Debenture Trustee, by their respective Directors, officers and directors, the Auditors of the Corporation and the legal advisers of the Corporation, the Debenture Trustee or any Debentureholder may attend any meeting of the Debentureholders, but will have no vote as such. |
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(a) | power to authorize the Debenture Trustee to grant extensions of time for payment of any principal, premium or interest on the Debentures, whether or not the principal, premium, or interest, the payment of which is extended, is at the time due or overdue; |
(b) | power to sanction any modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise or arrangement of the rights of the Debentureholders or the Debenture Trustee against the Corporation, or against its property, whether such rights arise under this Indenture or the Debentures or otherwise; |
(c) | power to assent to any modification of or change in or addition to or omission from the provisions contained in this Indenture or any Debenture which will be agreed to by the Corporation and to authorize the Debenture Trustee to concur in and execute any indenture supplemental hereto embodying any modification, change, addition or omission; |
(d) | power to sanction any scheme for the reconstruction, reorganization or recapitalization of the Corporation or for the consolidation, amalgamation or merger of the Corporation with any other Person or for the sale, leasing, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the undertaking, property and assets of the Corporation or any part thereof, provided that no such sanction will be necessary in respect of any such transaction if the provisions of Section 11.1 have been complied with; |
(e) | power to direct or authorize the Debenture Trustee to exercise any power, right, remedy or authority given to it by this Indenture in any manner specified in any such Extraordinary Resolution or to refrain from exercising any such power, right, remedy or authority; |
(f) | subject to Subsection 8.3(a), power to waive, and direct the Debenture Trustee to waive, any default hereunder and/or cancel any declaration made by the Debenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1 either unconditionally or upon any condition specified in such Extraordinary Resolution; |
(g) | power to restrain any Debentureholder from taking or instituting any suit, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing payment of the principal, premium or interest on the Debentures, or for the execution of any trust or power hereunder; |
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(h) | power to direct any Debentureholder who, as such, has brought any action, suit or proceeding to stay or discontinue or otherwise deal with the same upon payment, if the taking of such suit, action or proceeding is permitted by Section 8.5, of the costs, charges and expenses reasonably and properly incurred by such Debentureholder in connection therewith; |
(i) | power to assent to any compromise or arrangement with any creditor or creditors or any class or classes of creditors, whether secured or otherwise, and with holders of any common shares or other securities of the Corporation; |
(j) | power to appoint a committee with power and authority (subject to such limitations, if any, as may be prescribed in the resolution) to exercise, and to direct the Debenture Trustee to exercise, on behalf of the Debentureholders, such of the powers of the Debentureholders as are exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution or other resolution as must be included in the resolution appointing the committee. The resolution making such appointment may provide for payment of the expenses and disbursements of and compensation to such committee. Such committee must consist of such number of persons as prescribed in the resolution appointing it and the members need not be themselves Debentureholders. Every such committee may elect its chairman and may make regulations respecting its quorum, the calling of its meetings, the filling of vacancies occurring in its number and its procedure generally. Such regulations may provide that the committee may act at a meeting at which a quorum is present or may act by minutes signed by the number of members thereof necessary to constitute a quorum. All acts of any such committee within the authority delegated to it will be binding upon all Debentureholders. Neither the committee nor any member thereof will be liable for any loss arising from or in connection with any action taken or omitted to be taken by them in good faith; |
(k) | power to remove the Debenture Trustee from office and to appoint a new Debenture Trustee or Debenture Trustees provided that no such removal will be effective unless and until a new Debenture Trustee or Debenture Trustees has become bound by this Indenture; |
(l) | power to sanction the exchange of the Debentures for or the conversion thereof into shares, bonds, debentures or other securities or obligations of the Corporation or of any other Person formed or to be formed; |
(m) | power to authorize the distribution in specie of any shares or securities received pursuant to a transaction authorized under the provisions of Subsection 13.11(l); and |
(n) | power to amend, alter or repeal any Extraordinary Resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Debentureholders or by any committee appointed pursuant to Subsection 13.11(j). |
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13.12 | Meaning of “Extraordinary Resolution” |
(a) | The expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this Indenture means, subject as hereinafter in this Article provided, a resolution proposed to be passed as an Extraordinary Resolution at a meeting of Debentureholders (including an adjourned meeting) duly convened for the purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article at which the holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, and if the meeting is a Serial Meeting, at which holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding of each especially affected series, are present in person or by proxy and passed by the favourable votes of the holders of not less than 662/3% of the principal amount of the Debentures, and if the meeting is a Serial Meeting by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 662/3% of each especially affected series, in each case present or represented by proxy at the meeting and voted upon on a poll on such resolution. |
(b) | If, at any such meeting, the holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding and, if the meeting is a Serial Meeting, 25% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding of each especially affected series, in each case are not present in person or by proxy within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, then the meeting, if convened by or on the requisition of Debentureholders, must be dissolved but in any other case it must stand adjourned to such date, being not less than 14 nor more than 60 days later, and to such place and time as may be appointed by the chairman. Not less than 10 days notice will be given of the time and place of such adjourned meeting in the manner provided in Section 14.2. Such notice must state that at the adjourned meeting the Debentureholders present in person or by proxy must form a quorum. At the adjourned meeting the Debentureholders present in person or by proxy must form a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened and a resolution proposed at such adjourned meeting and passed thereat by the affirmative vote of holders of not less than 662/3% of the principal amount of the Debentures and, if the meeting is a Serial Meeting, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 662/3% of the principal amount of the Debentures of each especially affected series, in each case present or represented by proxy at the meeting and voted upon on a poll will be an Extraordinary Resolution within the meaning of this Indenture, notwithstanding that the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, and if the meeting is a Serial Meeting, holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding of each especially affected series, are not present in person or by proxy at such adjourned meeting. |
(c) | Votes on an Extraordinary Resolution must always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll on an Extraordinary Resolution is necessary. |
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(a) | Any request, direction, notice, consent or other instrument which this Indenture may require or permit to be signed or executed by the Debentureholders may be in any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor signed or executed by such Debentureholders. |
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(b) | The Debenture Trustee may, in its discretion, require proof of execution in cases where it deems proof desirable and may accept such proof as it considers proper. |
NOTICES
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CONCERNING THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE
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15.4 | Reliance Upon Declarations, Opinions, etc. |
15.5 | Evidence and Authority to Debenture Trustee, Opinions, etc. |
(a) | a certificate made by any one officer or director of the Corporation, stating that any such condition precedent has been complied with in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; |
(b) | in the case of a condition precedent compliance with which is, by the terms of this Indenture, made subject to review or examination by a solicitor, an opinion of Counsel that such condition precedent has been complied with in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and |
(c) | in the case of any such condition precedent compliance with which is subject to review or examination by auditors or accountants, an opinion or report of the |
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Auditors of the Corporation whom the Debenture Trustee for such purposes hereby approves, that such condition precedent has been complied with in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. |
(a) | employ or retain and act and rely on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any solicitor, auditor, valuer, engineer, surveyor, appraiser or other expert, whether obtained by the Debenture Trustee or by the Corporation, |
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or otherwise, and will not be liable for acting, or refusing to act, in good faith on any such opinion or advice and may pay proper and reasonable compensation for all such legal and other advice or assistance as aforesaid; and |
(b) | employ such agents and other assistants as it may reasonably require for the proper discharge of its duties hereunder, and may pay reasonable remuneration for all services performed for it (and will be entitled to receive reasonable remuneration for all services performed by it) in the discharge of the trusts hereof and compensation for all disbursements, costs and expenses made or incurred by it in the discharge of its duties hereunder and in the management of the trusts hereof and any solicitors employed or consulted by the Debenture Trustee may, but need not be, solicitors for the Corporation. |
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(a) | The Corporation must pay to the Debenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services hereunder as agreed separately by the Corporation and the Debenture Trustee, and must pay or reimburse the Debenture Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Debenture Trustee in the administration or execution of its duties under this Indenture (including the reasonable and documented compensation and disbursements of its Counsel and all other advisers and assistants not regularly in its employ), both before any default hereunder and thereafter until all duties of the Debenture Trustee under this Indenture will be finally and fully performed. The Debenture Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. |
(b) | The Corporation hereby indemnifies and saves harmless the Debenture Trustee and its directors, officers and employees from and against any and all loss, damages, charges, expenses, claims, demands, actions or liability whatsoever which may be brought against the Debenture Trustee or which it may suffer or incur as a result of or arising out of the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder save only in the event of the gross negligent failure to act, or the wilful misconduct or bad faith of the Debenture Trustee. This indemnity will survive the termination or discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Debenture Trustee. The Debenture Trustee must notify the Corporation promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Corporation must defend the claim and the Debenture Trustee must co-operate in the defence. The Debenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Corporation must pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such Counsel. The Corporation need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent must not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnity will survive the resignation or removal of the Debenture Trustee or the discharge of this Indenture. |
(c) | The Corporation need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Debenture Trustee through gross negligence or bad faith or breach of the Debenture Trustee’s duties hereunder. |
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(a) | The Debenture Trustee’s written notice must describe the circumstances of such non- compliance; and |
(b) | if such circumstances are rectified to the Debenture Trustee’s satisfaction within such 10 day period, then such resignation must not be effective. |
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
(a) | providing for the issuance of Additional Debentures under this Indenture; |
(b) | adding to the covenants of the Corporation herein contained for the protection of the Debentureholders, or of the Debentures of any series, or providing for events of default, in addition to those herein specified; |
(c) | making such provisions not inconsistent with this Indenture as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder, including the making of any modifications in the form of the Debentures which do not affect the substance thereof and which in the opinion of the Debenture Trustee (relying on an opinion of Counsel) will not be prejudicial to the interests of the Debentureholders; |
(d) | evidencing the succession, or successive successions, of others to the Corporation and the covenants of and obligations assumed by any such successor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; |
(e) | giving effect to any Extraordinary Resolution passed as provided in Article 13; and |
(f) | for any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture. |
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EXECUTION AND FORMAL DATE
BORALEX INC. |
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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA |
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FORM OF INITIAL DEBENTURE
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No. [2010-001] | CUSIP • |
DUE JUNE 30, 2017
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BORALEX INC. |
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Signature of Debenture | ||||
Date of Registration | In Whose Name Registered | Trustee or Registrar | ||
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Dated: |
Address of Transferee: |
Social Insurance Number of Transferee, if applicable: |
* | If less than the full principal amount of the within Initial Debenture is to be transferred, indicate in the space provided the principal amount (which must be $100 or an integral multiple thereof, unless you hold an Initial Debenture in a non-integral multiple of 100 by reason of your having exercised your right to exchange upon the making of a Debenture Offer, in which case such Initial Debenture is transferable only in its entirety) to be transferred. |
1. | The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Initial Debenture in every particular without alteration or any change whatsoever. The signature(s) must be guaranteed by a Canadian chartered bank or trust company or by a member of an acceptable Medallion Guarantee Program. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words: “SIGNATURE GUARANTEED”. | |
2. | The registered holder of this Initial Debenture is responsible for the payment of any documentary, stamp or other transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the transfer of this Initial Debenture. |
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TO CDS GLOBAL DEBENTURE
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FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE
BORALEX INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
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6.25% CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
REDEMPTION NOTICE
To: | Holders of 6.25% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures (the “Debentures”) of Boralex Inc. (the “Corporation”) |
Note: | All capitalized terms used herein have the meaning attributed thereto in the Indenture mentioned below, unless otherwise indicated. |
[1500 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0]
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FORM OF MATURITY NOTICE
BORALEX INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
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6.25% CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
MATURITY NOTICE
To: | Holders of 6.25% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures (the “Debentures”) of Boralex Inc. (the “Corporation”) |
Note: | All capitalized terms used herein have the meaning attributed thereto in the Indenture mentioned below, unless otherwise indicated. |
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FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION
BORALEX INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
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TO: | BORALEX INC. |
Note: | All capitalized terms used herein have the meaning attributed thereto in the Trust Indenture between Boralex Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada dated •, 2010 (the “Indenture”), unless otherwise indicated. |
Dated: |
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NOTE: | If Shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the holder, the signature must be guaranteed by a chartered bank, a trust company or by a member of an acceptable Medallion Guarantee Program. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words: “SIGNATURE GUARANTEED”. |
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