TRUST INDENTURE DATED AS OF THE 3RD DAY OF JULY, 2003 AMONG APF ENERGY TRUST AND APF ENERGY INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
Exhibit
99.1
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DATED
AS OF THE 3RD DAY OF
JULY, 2003
AMONG
APF
ENERGY TRUST
AND
APF
ENERGY INC.
AND
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1
INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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1.2
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Meaning
of
"Outstanding"
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1.3
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Interpretation
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1.4
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Headings
Etc
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1.5
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Day
not a Business
Day
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1.6
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Applicable
Law
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1.7
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Monetary
References
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1.8
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Invalidity,
Etc
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1.9
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Language
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1.10
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Successors
and
Assigns
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1.11
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Benefits
of
Indenture
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1.12
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References
to Acts of the
Trust
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ARTICLE
2 THE
DEBENTURES
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2.1
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Limit
of
Debentures
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2.2
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Terms
of Debentures of any
Series
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2.3
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Form
of
Debentures
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2.4
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Form
and Terms of Initial
Debentures
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2.5
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Certification
and Delivery of
Additional Debentures
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2.6
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Issue
of Global
Debentures
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2.7
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Execution
of
Debentures
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2.8
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Certification
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2.9
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Interim
Debentures or
Certificates
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2.10
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Mutilation,
Loss, Theft or
Destruction
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2.11
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Concerning
Interest
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2.12
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Debentures
to Rank Pari
Passu
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2.13
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Payments
of Amounts Due on
Maturity
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2.14
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U.S.
Legend on the
Debentures
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2.15
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Payment
of
Interest
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2.16
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Limitation
on Non-Resident
Ownership
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ARTICLE
3 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP
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3.1
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Fully
Registered
Debentures
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3.2
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Global
Debentures
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3.3
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Transferee
Entitled to
Registration
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3.4
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No
Notice of
Trusts
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3.5
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Registers
Open for
Inspection
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3.6
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Exchanges
of
Debentures
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3.7
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Closing
of
Registers
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3.8
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Charges
for Registration, Transfer
and Exchange
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3.9
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Ownership
of
Debentures
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ARTICLE
4 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE
OF DEBENTURES
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4.1
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Applicability
of
Article
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4.2
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Partial
Redemption
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4.3
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Notice
of
Redemption
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4.4
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Debentures
Due on Redemption
Dates
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4.5
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Deposit
of Redemption Monies or
Trust Units
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4.6
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Right
to Repay Redemption Price in
Trust Units
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4.7
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Failure
to Surrender Debentures
Called for Redemption
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4.8
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Cancellation
of Debentures
Redeemed
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4.9
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Purchase
of Debentures by the
Trust
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Right
to Repay Principal Amount in
Trust Units
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ARTICLE
5 SUBORDINATION OF
DEBENTURES
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5.1
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Applicability
of
Article
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5.2
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Order
of
Payment
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5.3
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Subrogation
to Rights of Holders
of Senior Indebtedness
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5.4
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Obligation
to Pay Not
Impaired
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5.5
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No
Payment if Senior Indebtedness
in Default
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5.6
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Payment
on Debentures
Permitted
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5.7
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Confirmation
of
Subordination
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5.8
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Knowledge
of Debenture
Trustee
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5.9
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Debenture
Trustee May Hold Senior
Indebtedness
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5.10
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Rights
of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness Not Impaired
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5.11
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Altering
the Senior
Indebtedness
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5.12
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Additional
Indebtedness
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5.13
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Right
of Debentureholder to
Convert Not Impaired
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5.14
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Invalidated
Payments
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5.15
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Contesting
Security
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ARTICLE
6 CONVERSION OF
DEBENTURES
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6.1
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Applicability
of
Article
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6.2
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Notice
of Expiry of Conversion
Privilege
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6.3
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Revival
of Right to
Convert
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6.4
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Manner
of Exercise of Right to
Convert
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6.5
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Adjustment
of Conversion
Price
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6.6
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No
Requirement to Issue Fractional
Trust Units
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6.7
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Trust
to Reserve Trust
Units
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6.8
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Cancellation
of Converted
Debentures
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6.9
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Certificate
as to
Adjustment
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6.10
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Notice
of Special
Matters
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6.11
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Protection
of Debenture
Trustee
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6.12
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U.S.
Legend on Trust
Units
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ARTICLE
7 COVENANTS OF THE
TRUST
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7.1
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To
Pay Principal and
Interest
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7.2
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To
Pay Debenture Trustee's
Remuneration
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7.3
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To
Give Notice of
Default
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7.4
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Preservation
of Existence,
etc
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7.5
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Keeping
of
Books
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7.6
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Annual
Certificate of
Compliance
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7.7
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No
Distributions on Trust Units if
Event of Default
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7.8
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Limitation
on Additional
Debentures
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7.9
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Performance
of Covenants by
Debenture Trustee
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ARTICLE
8
DEFAULT
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8.1
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Events
of
Default
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8.2
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Notice
of Events of
Default
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8.3
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Waiver
of
Default
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8.4
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Enforcement
by the Debenture
Trustee
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8.5
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No
Suits by
Debentureholders
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8.6
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Application
of Monies by Debenture
Trustee
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8.7
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Notice
of Payment by Debenture
Trustee
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8.8
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Debenture
Trustee May Demand
Production of Debentures
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8.9
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Remedies
Cumulative
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8.10
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Judgment
Against the
Trust
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8.11
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Immunity
of Debenture Trustee and
Others
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ARTICLE
9 SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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9.1
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Cancellation
and
Destruction
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9.2
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Non-Presentation
of
Debentures
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9.3
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Repayment
of Unclaimed Monies or
Trust Units
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9.4
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Discharge
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9.5
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Satisfaction
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9.6
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Continuance
of Rights, Duties and
Obligations
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ARTICLE
10 TRUST UNIT INTEREST
PAYMENT ELECTION
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10.1
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Trust
Unit Interest Payment
Election
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ARTICLE
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SUCCESSORS
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11.1
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Restrictions
on Amalgamation,
Merger and Sale of Certain Assets, etc
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11.2
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Vesting
of Powers in
Successor
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ARTICLE
12 COMPULSORY
ACQUISITION
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12.1
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Definitions
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12.2
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Offer
for
Debentures
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12.3
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Offeror's
Notice to Dissenting
Shareholders
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12.4
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Delivery
of Debenture
Certificates
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12.5
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Payment
of Consideration to
Debenture Trustee
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12.6
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Consideration
to be held in
Trust
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12.7
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Completion
of Transfer of
Debentures to Offeror
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12.8
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Communication
of Offer to
Trust
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ARTICLE
13 MEETINGS OF
DEBENTUREHOLDERS
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13.1
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Right
to Convene
Meeting
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13.2
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Notice
of
Meetings
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13.3
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Chairman
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13.4
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Quorum
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13.5
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Power
to
Adjourn
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13.6
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Show
of
Hands
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13.7
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Poll
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13.8
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Voting
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13.9
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Proxies
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13.10
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Persons
Entitled to Attend
Meetings
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13.11
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Powers
Exercisable by
Extraordinary Resolution
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13.12
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Meaning
of "Extraordinary
Resolution"
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13.13
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Powers
Cumulative
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13.14
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Minutes
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13.15
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Instruments
in
Writing
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13.16
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Binding
Effect of
Resolutions
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13.17
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Evidence
of Rights of
Debentureholders
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13.18
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Concerning
Serial
Meetings
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ARTICLE
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NOTICES
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14.1
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Notice
to
Trust
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14.2
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Notice
to
Debentureholders
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14.3
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Notice
to Debenture
Trustee
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14.4
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Mail
Service
Interruption
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ARTICLE
15 CONCERNING THE
DEBENTURE TRUSTEE
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15.1
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No
Conflict of
Interest
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15.2
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Replacement
of Debenture
Trustee
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15.3
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Duties
of Debenture
Trustee
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15.4
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Reliance
Upon Declarations,
Opinions, etc
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15.5
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Evidence
and Authority to
Debenture Trustee, Opinions, etc
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15.6
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Officer's
Certificates
Evidence
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15.7
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Experts,
Advisers and
Agents
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Debenture
Trustee May Deal in
Debentures
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15.9
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Investment
of Monies Held by
Debenture Trustee
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15.10
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Debenture
Trustee Not Ordinarily
Bound
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15.11
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Debenture
Trustee Not Required to
Give Security
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15.12
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Debenture
Trustee Not Bound to Act
on Trust's Request
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15.13
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Conditions
Precedent to Debenture
Trustee's Obligations to Act Hereunder
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15.14
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Authority
to Carry on
Business
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15.15
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Compensation
and
Indemnity
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15.16
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Acceptance
of
Trust
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ARTICLE
16 SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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16.1
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Supplemental
Indentures
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ARTICLE
17 EXECUTION AND FORMAL
DATE
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17.1
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Execution
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17.2
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Contracts
of the
Trust
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17.3
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Formal
Date
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iv
THIS
INDENTURE made as of the
3rdday
of July, 2003.
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AMONG:
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APF
ENERGY
TRUST, an open ended trust
governed under the laws of the Province of Alberta and having its head office
in
the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter called the
"Trust")
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AND
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APF
ENERGY
INC., a corporation
existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta and having its head office
in
the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter called
"APF
ENERGY" or the
"Corporation")
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AND
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COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST
COMPANY OF CANADA, a trust
company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada having an office in the
City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter called the
"Debenture
Trustee")
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WITNESSETH
THAT:
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WHEREAS
the Trust deems it necessary for
its investment purposes to create and issue the Debentures to be created and
issued in the manner hereinafter appearing;
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AND
WHEREAS the Trust, under the laws
relating thereto, is duly authorized to create and issue the Debentures to
be
issued as herein provided;
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AND
WHEREAS APF ENERGY is duly
authorized to sign instruments on behalf of the Trust;
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AND
WHEREAS, when certified by the
Debenture Trustee and issued as in this Indenture provided, all necessary steps
in relation to the Trust have been duly enacted, passed and/or confirmed and
other proceedings taken and conditions complied with to make the creation and
issue of the Debentures proposed to be issued hereunder legal, valid and binding
on the Trust in accordance with the laws relating to the
Trust;
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AND
WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are
made as representations and statements of fact by the Trust and not by the
Debenture Trustee;
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NOW
THEREFORE it is hereby covenanted,
agreed and declared as follows:
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ARTICLE
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INTERPRETATION
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Definitions
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In
this Indenture and in the Debentures,
unless there is something in the subject matter or context inconsistent
therewith, the expressions following shall have the following meanings,
namely:
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"this
Indenture",Β "this
Trust
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;
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"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;
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"Applicable
Securities Legislation" means applicable
securities laws
in each of the Provinces of
Canada;
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"Beneficial
Holder" means any
person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Debenture as shown
on
the books of the Depository or a Depository
Participant;
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(e)
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"Business
Day" means any
day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day that the Debenture
Trustee
in Calgary, Alberta is not generally open for
business;
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"Change
of
Control" means the
acquisition by any person, or group of persons acting jointly or
in
concert, of voting control or direction of an aggregate of 66 2/3%
or more
of the outstanding Trust Units of the Trust, or securities convertible
into or carrying the right to acquire Trust Units of the
Trust;
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(g)
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"Conversion
Price" means the
dollar amount for which each Trust Unit 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;
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"Counsel"
means a barrister or solicitor
or firm of barristers or solicitors retained or employed by the Debenture
Trustee or retained or employed by the Trust and acceptable to the
Debenture Trustee;
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"Current
Market
Price" means in
respect of a Trust Unit the weighted average price per unit for Trust
Units for 20 consecutive trading days ending on the fifth trading
day
preceding the date of determination on the Toronto Stock Exchange
(or, if
the Trust Units are not listed thereon, on such stock exchange on
which
the Trust Units are listed as may be selected for such purpose by
the
trustee and approved by the Debenture Trustee, or if the Trust Units
are
not listed on any stock exchange, then on the over-the-counter market).
The weighted average price shall be determined by dividing the aggregate
sale price of all Trust Units sold on the said exchange or market,
as the
case may be, during the said 20 consecutive trading days by the total
number of Trust Units so
sold;
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(j)
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"Debentureholders"
or "holders"
means the persons for the time
being entered in the register for Debentures as registered holders
of
Debentures payable to a named payee or any transferees of such persons
by
endorsement or delivery;
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"Debentures"
means the debentures, notes or
other evidence of indebtedness of the Trust issued and certified
hereunder, or deemed to be issued and certified hereunder, including,
without limitation, the Initial Debentures, and for the time being
outstanding, whether in definitive or interim
form;
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(l)
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"Depository"
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 depository by the Trust
pursuant to Section 3.2 until a successor depository shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Depository" shall mean each person who is then a depository
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person,
"Depository" as used with respect to the Debentures of any series
shall
mean each depository with respect to the Global Debentures of such
series;
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(m)
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"Depository
Participant" means a
broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other person
for whom
from time to time, a Depository effects book-entry for a Global Debenture
deposited with the
Depository;
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(n)
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"Event
of
Default" has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
8.1;
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(o)
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"Extraordinary
Resolution" has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
13.12;
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(p)
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"Freely
Tradeable" means, in
respect of trust units of capital of any class of any trust or shares
of
capital of any class of any corporation, trust units or shares, as
the
case may be, which: (i) are issuable without the necessity of filing
a
prospectus or any other similar offering document (other than such
prospectus or similar offering document that has already been filed)
under
Applicable Securities Legislation and such issue does not constitute
a
distribution (other than a distribution already qualified by prospectus
or
similar offering document) under Applicable Securities Legislation;
and
(ii) 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;
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"Fully
Registered Debentures" means Debentures
registered as
to both principal and
interest;
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(r)
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"generally
accepted accounting principles" means generally
accepted
accounting principles from time to time approved by the Canadian
Institute
of Chartered Accountants;
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(s)
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"Global
Debenture" means a
Debenture that is issued to and registered in the name of the Depository,
or its nominee, pursuant to Section 2.6 for purposes of being held
by or
on behalf of the Depository as custodian for participants in the
Depository's book-entry only registration
system;
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(t)
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"Government
Obligations" means
securities issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or any
province thereof;
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(u)
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"Initial
Debentures" means the
Debentures designated as 9.40% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated
Debentures" and described in Section
2.4;
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(v)
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"Interest
Obligation" means the
obligation of the Trust to pay interest on the Debentures, as and
when the
same becomes due;
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(w)
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"Interest
Payment Date" means a
date specified in a Debenture as the date on which an instalment
of
interest on such Debenture shall become due and
payable;
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"Legended
Debentures" means
Debentures bearing the legend provided for in Section
2.14;
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Β
(y)
|
"Maturity
Account" means an
account or accounts required to be established by the Trust (and
which
shall 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;
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Β
(z)
|
"Maturity
Date" has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section
4.10(a).
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Β
(aa)
|
"Maturity
Notice" has the
meaning attributed thereto in Section
2.4(f);
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Β
(bb)
|
"Offering"
means the public offering by
short form prospectus dated June 26, 2003 of $50,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of Initial
Debentures;
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Β
(cc)
|
"Officer's
Certificate" means a
certificate of the Trust signed by any one authorized officer or
director
of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, in his or her capacity as
an
officer or director of APF Energy, as the case may be, and not in
his or
her personal capacity;
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Β
(dd)
|
"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 Trust upon the issuance of such Debentures from
time to
time;
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Β
(ee)
|
"person"
includes an individual,
corporation, company, partnership, joint venture, association, trust,
trustee, unincorporated organization or government or any agency
or
political subdivision
thereof;
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Β
(ff)
|
"Redemption
Date" has the meaning
attributed thereto in Section
4.3;
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Β
(gg)
|
"Redemption
Notice" has the
meaning attributed thereto in Section
4.3;
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Β
Β
3
(hh)
|
"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 Trust Units as provided for in Section
4.6;
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Β
(ii)
|
"Regulation
S" means Regulation
S
adopted by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under
the
1933 Act;
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Β
(jj)
|
"Senior
Creditor"means a
holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness and includes any representative
or representatives or trustee or trustees of any such holder or
holders;
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Β
(kk)
|
"Senior
Indebtedness" shall
mean the principal of and the interest and premium (or any other
amounts
payable thereunder), if any,
on:
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Β
Β
|
(i)
|
all
indebtedness (including any
indebtedness to trade creditors), liabilities and obligations of
the Trust
(other than the Debentures), whether outstanding on the date of this
Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed
in
connection with the acquisition or operation by the Trust of any
businesses, properties or other assets or for moneys borrowed or
raised by
whatever means (including, without limitation, by means of commercial
paper, bankers' acceptances, letters of credit, debt instruments,
bank
debt and financial leases, and any liability evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments) or for any payment obligation
under any hedging, swap or other derivative agreement or in connection
with the acquisition or operation of any businesses, properties or
other
assets or for moneys borrowed or raised by whatever means (including,
without limitation, by means of commercial paper, bankers' acceptances,
letters of credit, debt instruments, 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 Trust for payment of which the Trust is responsible or liable,
whether
absolutely or contingently;
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Β
Β
|
(ii)
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any
and all credit facilities
currently existing or hereafter entered into between the Trust or
any
Subsidiary of the Trust and any financial institution or other lender
including, without limitation, the credit facilities described in
the
Trust's short form prospectus dated June 26, 2003 relating to the
Offering; and
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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renewals,
extensions,
restructurings, refinancings and refundings of any such indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations;
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Β
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 not superior in right of payment to Debentures which by their terms are
subordinated, which for greater certainty includes the Initial
Debentures;
Β
(ll)
|
"Senior
Security" means all
mortgages, liens, pledges, charges (whether fixed or floating), security
interests or other encumbrances of any kind, contingent or absolute,
held
by or on behalf of any Senior Creditor and in any manner securing
any
Senior Indebtedness;
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Β
(mm)
|
"Subsidiary"
has the meaning ascribed thereto
in the Securities
Act
(Alberta);
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Β
(nn)
|
"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;
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Β
(oo)
|
"Total
Market
Capitalization" means
the total principal amount of all issued and outstanding debentures
of the
Trust which are convertible at the option of the holder into Trust
Units
on the relevant date plus the amount obtained by multiplying the
number of
issued and outstanding Trust Units by the Current Market Price of
such
Trust Units on the relevant
date;
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Β
Β
4
Β
(pp)
|
"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;
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Β
(qq)
|
"Trust"
means APF Energy Trust and
includes any successor to or of the Trust which shall have complied
with
the provisions of Article
11;
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Β
(rr)
|
"Trust
Units" means trust
units in the Trust, as such trust units are constituted on the date
of
execution and delivery of this Indenture; provided that in the event
of a
change or a subdivision, redivision, 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 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,Β "Trust
Units" shall mean the units
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;
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Β
(ss)
|
"Trust
Unit Bid
Request" means a
request for bids to purchase Trust Units (to be issued by the Trust
on the
Trust Unit Delivery Date) made by the Debenture Trustee in accordance
with
the Trust Unit Interest Payment Election Notice and which shall make
the
acceptance of any bid conditional upon the acceptance of sufficient
bids
to result in aggregate proceeds from such issue and sale of Trust
Units
which, together with the cash payments by the Trust in lieu of fractional
Trust Units, if any, equal the Interest
Obligation;
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Β
(tt)
|
"Trust
Unit
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 Trust Units are
issued by
the Trust and delivered to the Debenture Trustee for sale pursuant
to
Trust Unit Purchase
Agreements;
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Β
Β
|
(uu)
"Trust
Unit
Interest Payment Election" means an
election to satisfy an
Interest Obligation on the applicable Interest Payment Date in the
manner
described in the Trust Unit Interest Payment Election
Notice;
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Β
(vv)
|
"Trust
Unit
Interest Payment Election Amount" means the
sum of the amount of
the aggregate proceeds resulting from the sale of Trust Units on
the Trust
Unit Delivery Date pursuant to acceptable bids obtained pursuant
to the
Trust Unit Bid Requests, together with any amount paid by the Trust
in
respect of fractional Trust Units pursuant to Section 10.1(g), that
is
equal to the aggregate amount of the Interest Obligation in respect
of
which the Trust Unit Interest Payment Election Notice was
delivered;
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Β
(ww)
|
"Trust
Unit
Interest Payment Election Notice" means a written
notice made by
the Trust to the Debenture Trustee
specifying:
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Β
Β
|
(i)
|
the
Interest Obligation to which
the election relates;
|
Β
Β
|
(ii)
|
the
Trust Unit Interest Payment
Election Amount;
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Β
Β
|
(iii)
|
the
investment banks, brokers or
dealers through which the Debenture Trustee shall seek bids to purchase
the Trust Units and the conditions of such bids, which may include
the
minimum number of Trust Units, minimum price per Trust Unit, timing
for
closing for bids and such other matters as the Trust may specify;
and
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Β
Β
|
(iv)
|
that
the Debenture Trustee shall
accept through the investment banks, brokers or dealers selected
by the
Trust only those bids which comply with such
notice;
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Β
(xx)
|
"Trust
Unit
Proceeds Investment"
has the meaning attributed thereto in Section
10.1(h);
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Β
Β
5
Β
(yy)
|
"Trust
Unit
Purchase Agreement"
means an agreement in customary form among the Trust, the Debenture
Trustee and the persons making acceptable bids pursuant to a Trust
Unit
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 Trust Units are then
listed;
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Β
(zz)
|
"trustee"
means the trustee of the Trust
for the time being and reference to action "by the trustee" means
action
by the trustee of the Trust;
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Β
(aaa)
|
"Trust's
Auditors" or
"Auditors
of the
Trust" means an
independent firm of chartered accountants duly appointed as auditors
of
the Trust;
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Β
(bbb)
|
"Unit
Redemption
Right" has the
meaning attributed thereto in Section
4.6(a);
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Β
(ccc)
|
"Unit
Repayment
Right" has the
meaning attributed thereto in Section
4.10(a);
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Β
(ddd)
|
"United
States" means the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state
of
the United States and the District of
Columbia;
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Β
(eee)
|
"Written
Direction of the Trust" means an
instrument in writing
signed by any one officer or trustee of the Trust;
and
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Β
(fff)
|
"1933
Act" means the
United
States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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Β
1.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Meaning of
"Outstanding"
Β
Every
Debenture certified and delivered
by the Debenture Trustee hereunder shall be deemed to be outstanding until
it is
cancelled, converted or redeemed or delivered to the Debenture Trustee for
cancellation, conversion or redemption for monies and/or Trust Units, as the
case may be, or the payment thereof shall have been set aside under Section
9.2,
provided that:
Β
(a)
|
Debentures
which have been
partially redeemed, purchased or converted shall be deemed to be
outstanding only to the extent of the unredeemed, unpurchased or
unconverted part of the principal amount
thereof;
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Β
(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 shall be counted for the purpose
of
determining the aggregate principal amount of Debentures outstanding;
and
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Β
(c)
|
for
the purposes of any provision
of this Indenture entitling holders of outstanding Debentures to
vote,
sign consents, requisitions or other instruments or take any other
action
under this Indenture, or to constitute a quorum of any meeting of
Debentureholders, Debentures owned directly or indirectly, legally
or
equitably, by the Trust shall be disregarded except
that:
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Β
Β
|
(i)
|
for
the purpose of determining
whether the Debenture Trustee shall be protected in relying on any
such
vote, consent, acquisition or other instrument or action, or on the
holders of Debentures present or represented at any meeting of
Debentureholders, only the Debentures which the Debenture Trustee
knows
are so owned shall be so disregarded;
and
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Β
Β
|
(ii)
|
Debentures
so owned which have
been pledged in good faith other than to the Trust shall not be so
disregarded if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of
the
Debenture Trustee the pledgee's right to vote such Debentures, sign
consents, requisitions or other instruments or take such other actions
in
his discretion free from the control of the Trust or a Subsidiary
of the
Trust.
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Β
Β
6
1.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Interpretation
Β
In
this Indenture:
(a)
|
words
importing the singular
number or masculine gender shall include the plural number or the
feminine
or neuter genders, and vice
versa;
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Β
(b)
|
all
references to Articles and
Schedules refer, unless otherwise specified, to articles of and schedules
to this Indenture;
|
Β
(c)
|
all
references to Sections refer,
unless otherwise specified, to sections, subsections or clauses of
this
Indenture; and
|
Β
(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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Β
1.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Headings Etc.
Β
The
division of this Indenture into
Articles and Sections, the provision of a Table of Contents and the insertion
of
headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction or interpretation of this Indenture or of the
Debentures.
Β
1.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Day not a Business
Day
Β
In
the event that any day on or before
which any action required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then
such
action shall be required to be taken on or before the requisite time on the
next
succeeding day that is a Business Day.
Β
1.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Applicable Law
Β
This
Indenture and the Debentures shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the
laws
of Canada applicable therein and shall be treated in all respects as Alberta
contracts.
Β
1.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Monetary
References
Β
Whenever
any amounts of money are
referred to herein, such amounts shall be deemed to be in lawful money of Canada
unless otherwise expressed.
Β
1.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Invalidity,
Etc.
Β
Any
provision hereof which is prohibited
or unenforceable shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition
or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof.
Β
1.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Language
Β
Each
of the parties hereto hereby
acknowledges that it has consented to and requested that this Indenture and
all
documents relating thereto, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the form of Debenture attached hereto as Schedule
A, be drawn up in the
English language only.
Β
1.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Successors and
Assigns
Β
All
covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Trust shall bind its successors and assigns, whether expressed
or not.
Β
1.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Benefits of
Indenture
Β
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the
Debentures, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder, any paying agent, the holders of
Debentures, the trustee andΒ (to
the extent provided in Sections 8.11
and 17.2) the holders of Trust Units, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Β
7
1.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
References to Acts of the
Trust
Β
For
greater certainty, where any
reference is made in this Indenture, or in any other instrument executed
pursuant hereto or contemplated hereby to which the Trust is party, to an act
to
be performed by, an obligation or liability of, an asset or right of, or a
covenant by, the Trust, such reference shall be construed and applied for all
purposes as if it referred to an act to be performed by, an obligation or
liability of, or a covenant by, the trustee or a party to whom the trustee
has
delegated the authority to perform such act.
Β
ARTICLE
2
THE
DEBENTURES
2.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Limit of
Debentures
Β
The
aggregate principal amount of
Debentures authorized to be issued under this Indenture is unlimited, but
Debentures may be issued only upon and subject to the conditions and limitations
herein set forth.
Β
2.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Terms of Debentures of any
Series
Β
The
Debentures may be issued in one or
more series. There shall be established herein or in or pursuant to one or
more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of Debentures
of
any particular series:
Β
(a)
|
the
designation of the Debentures
of the series (which need not include the term "Debentures"), which
shall
distinguish the Debentures of the series from the Debentures of all
other
series;
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Β
(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 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);
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Β
(c)
|
the
date or dates on which the
principal of the Debentures of the series is
payable;
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Β
(d)
|
the
rate or rates at which the
Debentures of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or
dates
from which such interest shall accrue, on which such interest shall
be
payable and on which a record, if any, shall be taken for the
determination of holders to whom such interest shall be payable and/or
the
method or methods by which such rate or rates or date or dates shall
be
determined;
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Β
(e)
|
the
place or places where the
principal of and any interest on Debentures of the series shall be
payable
or where any Debentures of the series may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange;
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Β
(f)
|
the
right, if any, of the Trust 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;
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Β
(g)
|
the
obligation, if any, of the
Trust 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 shall be redeemed,
purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligations;
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Β
(h)
|
if
other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which
Debentures of the series shall be
issuable;
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Β
Β
8
Β
(i)
|
subject
to the provisions of this
Indenture, any trustee, Depositories, authenticating or paying agents,
transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to
the
Debentures of the series;
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Β
(j)
|
any
other events of default or
covenants with respect to the Debentures of the
series;
|
Β
(k)
|
whether
and under what
circumstances the Debentures of the series will be convertible into
or
exchangeable for securities of any
person;
|
Β
(l)
|
the
form and terms of the
Debentures of the series;
|
Β
Β
|
(m)
|
if
applicable, that the Debentures
of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part as one or more
Global
Debentures and, in such case, the Depository or Depositories 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 Depository for
such
Global Debentures or a nominee
thereof;
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Β
(n)
|
if
other than Canadian currency,
the currency in which the Debentures of the series are issuable;
and
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Β
(o)
|
any
other terms of the Debentures
of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).
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Β
All
Debentures of any one series shall
be substantially identical, except as may otherwise be established herein or
by
or pursuant to a resolution of the directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the
Trust, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate or in an indenture supplemental
hereto. All Debentures of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and
may be issued from time to time, including pursuant to a Periodic Offering,
consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided herein, by or
pursuant to such resolution of the directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the
Trust, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate or in an indenture supplemental
hereto.
Β
2.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Form of
Debentures
Β
Except
in respect of the Initial
Debentures, the form of which is provided for herein, the Debentures of each
series shall be substantially in such form or forms (not inconsistent with
this
Indenture) as shall be established herein or by or pursuant to one or more
resolutions of the directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust (as set
forth
in a resolution of the directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust or to
the
extent established pursuant to, rather than set forth in, a resolution of the
directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, in an Officer's Certificate
detailing such establishment) or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are 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 this 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 to general usage, all as may
be
determined by the trustee executing such Debentures, as conclusively evidenced
by their execution of such Debentures.
Β
2.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Form and Terms of Initial
Debentures
Β
(a)
|
The
first series of Debentures
(the "Initial
Debentures")
authorized for issue immediately is limited to an aggregate principal
amount of $50,000,000 and shall be designated as "9.40%Β Convertible
Unsecured Subordinated
Debentures".
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Β
(b)
|
The
Initial Debentures shall be
dated July 3, 2003, and shall bear interest from such date at the
rate of
9.40% per annum, payable in equal semi-annual payments in arrears
on July
31 and January 31 in each year, the first such payment to fall due,
subject as hereinafter provided, on January 31,
2004
and the last such payment
(representing interest payable from the last Interest Payment Date
to, but
excluding, the Maturity Date of the Initial Debentures), subject as
hereinafter provided, to fall due on July 31, 2008, 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.Β Β For certainty, subject to adjustment as
hereinafter provided, the first interest payment will include interest
accrued from, and including, July 3, 2003 to, but excluding, January
31
,
2004, which
will be
equal to $54.60 for each $1,000 principal amount of the Initial
Debentures.Β Β The Initial Debentures will mature on July 31,
2008.
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(c)
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The
Initial Debentures will be
redeemable in accordance with the terms of Article 4, provided that
the
Initial Debentures will not be redeemable on or before July 31,
2006,
except in the event of the
satisfaction of certain conditions after a Change of Control has
occurred
as outlined herein. On or after July 31, 2006 and prior to July
31,
2007,
the Initial Debentures may
be redeemed at the option of the Trust in whole or in part from time
to
time on notice as provided for in Section 4.3 at a price equal to
$1,050
per $1,000 principal amount of Debenture plus accrued and unpaid
interest.Β Β On or after July 31, 2007, the Initial Debentures
will be redeemable prior to maturity in whole or in part from time
to time
at the option of the Trust on notice as provided for in Section 4.3
hereof
at a price equal to $1,025 per $1,000 principal amount of Debenture
plus
accrued and unpaid interest. The Redemption Notice for the Initial
Debentures shall be substantially in the form of Schedule
B.Β Β In
connection with the redemption of the Initial Debentures,
the
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Trust
may, at its option and subject to
the provisions of Section 4.6 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 to be redeemed by issuing and delivering to the
holders of such Initial Debentures, Freely Tradeable Trust Units.Β Β If
the Trust elects to exercise such option, it shall so specify and provide
details in the Redemption Notice.Β Β Interest accrued and unpaid on the
Debentures on the Redemption Date will be paid to holders of Debentures, in
cash, in the manner contemplated in Section 4.5.
Β
(d)
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The
Initial Debentures will be
subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Trust in accordance
with
the provisions of Article 5.
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(e)
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Upon
and subject to the provisions
and conditions of Article 6, the holder of each Initial Debenture
shall
have the right at such holder's option, at any time prior to the
close of
business on the earlier of July 31, 2008 and the last Business Day
immediately preceding the date specified by the Trust for redemption
of
the Initial Debentures by notice to the holders of Initial Debentures
in
accordance with Sections 2.4(c) 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
the whole or, in the case of an Initial Debenture of a denomination
in
excess of $1,000, any part which is $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof, of the principal amount of a Debenture into Trust Units
at the
Conversion Price in effect on the Date of Conversion (as defined
in
Section 6.4(b)).
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Β
The
Conversion Price in effect on the
date hereof for each Trust Unit to be issued upon the conversion of Initial
Debentures shall be equal to $11.25 such that approximately 88.8889 Trust Units
shall be issued for each $1,000 principal amount of Initial Debentures so
converted. No adjustment in the number of Trust Units to be issued upon
conversion will be made for distributions or dividends on Trust Units issuable
upon conversion or for interest accrued on Initial Debentures surrendered for
conversion.Β Β The Conversion Price applicable to and the Trust Units,
securities or other property receivable on the conversion of the Initial
Debentures is subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Section
6.5.
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(f)
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On
maturity of the Initial
Debentures, the Trust may, at its option and upon and subject to
the terms
of Section 4.10 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 due on maturity by issuing and delivering
to such
holders of Initial Debentures Freely Tradeable Trust Units.Β Β If
the Trust elects to exercise such option, it shall deliver a maturity
notice (the "Maturity
Notice") to the
holders of the Initial Debentures in the form of Schedule
Cand provide
the
necessary details.Β Β Interest accrued and unpaid on the
Debentures on the maturity date will be paid to holders of Debentures
in
cash.
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Β
(g)
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The
Initial Debentures shall be
issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
Each
Initial Debenture and the certificate of the Debenture Trustee endorsed
thereon shall be issued in substantially the form set out in Schedule
A, with such
insertions, omissions, substitutions or other variations as shall
be
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have imprinted or
otherwise
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reproduced
thereon such legend or
legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this 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 directors of APF Energy (on behalf of the Trust) executing
such Initial Debenture in accordance with Section 2.7 hereof, as conclusively
evidenced by their execution of an Initial Debenture. Each Initial Debenture
shall additionally bear such distinguishing letters and numbers as the Debenture
Trustee shall approve. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Initial Debenture
may
be in such other form or forms as may, from time to time, be, approved by a
resolution of the directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust or as
specified in an Officer's Certificate. The Initial Debentures may be engraved,
lithographed, printed, mimeographed or typewritten or partly in one form and
partly in another.
Β
The
Initial Debentures shall be issued
as Global Debentures and the Global Debentures will be registered in the name
of
the Depositary which, as of the date hereof, shall be The Canadian Depositary
for Securities Limited (or any nominee of the Depositary). No beneficial holder
will receive definitive certificates representing their interest in Debentures
except as provided in 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 Depository for such Global
Debentures or a nominee thereof as provided in Section 3.2.
Β
(h)
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Upon
and subject to the terms and
conditions of Article 10, the Trust may elect, from time to time,
to
satisfy its Interest Obligation on the Initial Debentures on any
Interest
Payment Date (or on redemption or maturity) by delivering Trust Units
to
the Debenture Trustee.
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Β
(i)
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Within
30 days following the
occurrence of a Change of Control, and subject to the provisions
and
conditions of this Section 2.4(i), the Trust shall be obligated to
offer
to purchase the Initial Debentures. The terms and conditions of such
obligation are set forth
below:
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(i)
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Within
30 days following the
occurrence of a Change of Control, the Trust shall deliver to the
Debenture Trustee, and the Debenture Trustee shall promptly deliver
to the
holders of the Initial Debentures, a notice stating that there has
been a
Change of Control and specifying the circumstances surrounding such
event
(a "Change
of
Control Notice")
together with an offer in writing (the "Offer")
to purchase all then
outstanding Initial Debentures made in accordance with the requirements
of
Applicable Securities Legislation at a price equal to 101% of the
principal amount thereof (the "Offer
Price") plus accrued
and unpaid interest on such Initial Debentures up to, but excluding,
the
date of acquisition by the Trust or a related party of such Debentures
(collectively, the "Total
Offer
Price").
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(ii)
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If
90% or more in aggregate
principal amount of Initial Debentures outstanding on the date the
Trust
provides the Change of Control Notice and the Offer to holders of
the
Initial Debentures have been tendered for purchase pursuant to the
Offer
on the expiration thereof, the Trust has the right and obligation
upon
written notice provided to the Debenture Trustee within 10 days following
the expiration of the Offer, to redeem and shall redeem all the Initial
Debentures remaining outstanding on the expiration of the Offer at
the
Total Offer Price (the "90%
Redemption
Right").
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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Upon
receipt of notice that the
Trust has exercised or is exercising the 90% Redemption Right and
is
acquiring the remaining Initial Debentures, the Debenture Trustee
shall
promptly provide written notice to each Debentureholder that did
not
previously accept the Offer
that:
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(A)
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the
Trust has exercised the 90%
Redemption Right and is purchasing all outstanding Initial Debentures
effective on the expiry of the Offer at the Total Offer Price, and
shall
include a calculation of the amount payable to such holder as payment
of
the Total Offer Price;
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(B)
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each
such holder must transfer
their Initial Debentures to the Debenture Trustee on the same terms
as
those holders that accepted the Offer and must send their respective
Initial Debentures, duly endorsed for transfer, to the Debenture
Trustee
within 10 days after the sending of such notice;
and
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(C)
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the
rights of such holder under
the terms of the Initial Debentures and this Indenture cease effective
as
of the date of expiry of the Offer provided the Trust has, on or
before
the time of notifying the Debenture Trustee of the exercise of the
90%
Redemption Right, paid the Total Offer Price to, or to the order
of, the
Debenture Trustee and thereafter the Initial Debentures shall not
be
considered to be outstanding and the holder shall not have any right
except to receive such holder's Total Offer Price upon surrender
and
delivery of such holder's Initial Debentures in accordance with the
Indenture.
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(iv)
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The
Trust shall, on or before
11:00 a.m. (Calgary Time), on the Business Day immediately prior
to the
expiry of the Offer, deposit with the Debenture Trustee or any paying
agent to the order of the Debenture Trustee, such sums of money as
may be
sufficient to pay the Total Offer Price of the Initial Debentures
to be
purchased or redeemed by the Trust on the expiry of the Offer, provided
the Trust may elect to satisfy this requirement by providing the
Debenture
Trustee with a cheque for such amounts required under this Section
2.4(i)(iv) post-dated to the date of expiry of the Offer. The Trust
shall
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 such purchase and/or redemption, as the case may
be. Every
such deposit shall be irrevocable. From the sums so deposited, the
Debenture Trustee shall pay or cause to be paid to the holders of
such
Initial Debentures, the Offer Price, and all accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to which they are entitled on the Trust's purchase or
redemption.
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Β
(v)
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In
the event that one or more of
such Initial Debentures being purchased in accordance with this Section
2.4(i) becomes subject to purchase in part only, upon surrender of
such
Initial Debentures for payment of the Total Offer Price, the Trust
shall
execute and the Debenture Trustee shall certify and deliver without
charge
to the holder thereof or upon the holder's order, one or more new
Initial
Debentures for the portion of the principal amount of the Initial
Debentures not purchased.
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Β
(vi)
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Initial
Debentures for which
holders have accepted the Offer and Initial Debentures which the
Trust has
elected to redeem in accordance with this Section 2.4(i) shall become
due
and payable at the Total Offer Price on the date of expiry of the
Offer,
in the same manner and with the same effect as if it were the date
of
maturity specified in such Initial Debentures, anything therein or
herein
to the contrary notwithstanding, and from and after such date of
expiry of
the Offer, if the money necessary to purchase or redeem the Initial
Debentures shall have been deposited as provided in this Section
2.4(i)
and affidavits or other proofs satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee
as to
the publication and/or mailing of such notices shall have been lodged
with
it, interest on the Initial Debentures shall cease. If any question
shall
arise as to whether any notice has been given as above provided and
such
deposit made, such question shall be decided by the Debenture Trustee
whose decision shall be final and binding upon all parties in
interest.
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Β
(vii)
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In
case the holder of any Initial
Debenture to be purchased or redeemed in accordance with this Section
2.4(i) shall fail on or before the date of expiry of the Offer so
to
surrender such holder's Initial Debenture or shall not within such
time
accept payment of the moneys payable, or give such receipt therefor,
if
any, as the Debenture Trustee may require, such moneys may be set
aside in
trust, either in the deposit department of the Debenture Trustee
or in a
chartered bank, and such setting aside shall for all purposes be
deemed a
payment to the Debentureholder of the sum so set aside and the
Debentureholder shall have no other right except to receive payment
of the
moneys so paid and deposited, upon surrender and delivery up of such
holder's Initial Debenture. In the event that any money required
to be
deposited hereunder with the Debenture Trustee or any depository
or paying
agent on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on
Initial Debentures issued hereunder shall remain so deposited for
a period
of six years from the date
of
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expiry
of the Offer, then such moneys,
together with any accumulated interest thereon, shall at the end of such period
be paid over or delivered over by the Debenture Trustee or such depository
or
paying agent to the Trust and the Debenture Trustee shall not be responsible
to
Debentureholders for any amounts owing to them. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Debenture Trustee will pay any remaining funds deposited hereunder prior
to
the expiry of six years after the date of expiry of the Offer to the Trust
upon
receipt from the Trust, or one of its Subsidiaries, of an unconditional letter
of credit from a Canadian chartered bank in an amount equal to or in excess
of
the amount of the remaining funds. If the remaining funds are paid to the Trust
prior to the expiry of six years after the date of expiry of the Offer, the
Trust shall reimburse the Debenture Trustee for any amounts required to be
paid
by the Debenture Trustee to a holder of a Debenture pursuant to the Offer after
the date of such payment of the remaining funds to the Trust but prior to six
years after the date of expiry of the Offer.
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(viii)
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Subject
to the provisions above
related to Initial Debentures purchased in part, all Initial Debentures
redeemed and paid under this Section 2.4(i) shall forthwith be delivered
to the Debenture Trustee and cancelled and no Initial Debentures
shall be
issued in substitution
therefor.
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Β
(j)
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The
Debenture Trustee shall be
provided with the documents and instruments referred to in Sections
2.5(b), (c) and (d) with respect to the Initial Debentures prior
to the
issuance of the Initial
Debentures.
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Β
2.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Certification and Delivery of
Additional Debentures
Β
Subject
to Section 7.8, the Trust may
from time to time request the Debenture Trustee to certify and deliver
Additional Debentures of any series by delivering to the Debenture Trustee
the
documents referred to below in this Section 2.5Β whereupon
the Debenture Trustee shall
certify such Debentures and cause the same to be delivered in accordance with
the Written Direction of the Trust referred to below or pursuant to such
procedures acceptable to the Debenture Trustee as may be specified from time
to
time by a Written Direction of the Trust. The maturity date, issue date,
interest rate (if any) and any other terms of the Debentures of such series
shall be set forth in or determined by or pursuant to such Written Direction
of
the Trust and procedures. In certifying such Debentures, the Debenture Trustee
shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon,
unless and until such documents have been superseded or
revoked:
Β
(a)
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an
Officer's Certificate and/or
executed supplemental indenture by or pursuant to which the form
and terms
of such Additional Debentures were
established;
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(b)
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a
Written Direction of the Trust
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:
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Β
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(i)
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such
Written Direction of the
Trust may be delivered by the Trust to the Debenture Trustee prior
to the
delivery to the Debenture Trustee of such Additional Debentures of
such
series for certification and
delivery;
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Β
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(ii)
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the
Debenture Trustee shall
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 Trust or pursuant to procedures
acceptable to the Debenture Trustee as may be specified from time
to time
by a Written Direction of the
Trust;
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Β
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(iii)
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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 shall be determined by an executed
supplemental indenture or by Written Direction of the Trust or pursuant
to
such procedures; and
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(iv)
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if
provided for in such
procedures, such Written Direction of the Trust may authorize
certification and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions
from the Trust which oral or electronic instructions shall be promptly
confirmed in writing;
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(c)
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an
opinion of Counsel, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee, acting reasonably,
to the
effect that all requirements imposed by this 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
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(d)
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an
Officer's Certificate
certifying that the Trust 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.
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Β
2.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Issue of Global
Debentures
Β
(a)
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The
Trust 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 Depository, or its
nominee,
designated by the Trust in the Written Direction of the Trust delivered
to
the Debenture Trustee at the time of issue of such Debentures, and
in such
event the Trust shall execute and the Debenture Trustee shall certify
and
deliver one or more Global Debentures that
shall:
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Β
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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be
delivered by the Debenture
Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository's instructions;
and
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(iii)
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bear
a legend substantially to the
following effect:
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Β
"This
Debenture is a Global Debenture
within the meaning of the Indenture herein referred to and is registered in
the
name of a Depository 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 Depository 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 Debenture shall be a Global Debenture subject to the
foregoing, except in such limited circumstances described in the
Indenture."
Β
(b)
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Each
Depository designated for a
Global Debenture must, at the time of its designation and at all
times
while it serves as such Depository, be a clearing agency registered
or
designated under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction where
the
Depository has its principal
offices.
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2.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Execution
of
Debentures
Β
All
Debentures shall be signed (either
manually or by facsimile signature) by any one authorized director or officer
of
APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, holding office at the time of signing.
A
facsimile signature upon a Debenture shall for all purposes of this Indenture
be
deemed to be the signature of the person whose signature it purports to be.
Notwithstanding that any person whose signature, either manual or in facsimile,
appears on a Debenture as a director or officer may no longer hold such office
at the date of the Debenture or at the date of the certification and delivery
thereof, such Debenture shall be valid and binding upon the Trust and entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.
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2.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Certification
Β
No
Debenture shall be issued or, if
issued, shall be obligatory or shall entitle the holder to the benefits of
this
Indenture, until it has been manually certified by or on behalf of the Debenture
Trustee substantially in the form set out in this Indenture, in the relevant
supplemental indenture, or in some other form approved by the Debenture Trustee.
Such certification on any Debenture shall be conclusive evidence that such
Debenture is duly issued, is a valid obligation of the Trust and the holder
is
entitled to the benefits hereof.
Β
The
certificate of the Debenture Trustee
signed on the Debentures, or interim Debentures hereinafter mentioned, shall
not
be construed as a representation or warranty by the Debenture Trustee as to
the
validity of this Indenture or of the Debentures or interim Debentures or as
to
the issuance of the Debentures or interim Debentures and the Debenture Trustee
shall in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Debentures
or interim Debentures or any of them or the proceeds thereof.Β Β The
certificate of the Debenture Trustee signed on the Debentures or interim
Debentures shall, however, be a representation and warranty by the Debenture
Trustee that the Debentures or interim Debentures have been duly certified
by or
on behalf of the Debenture Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture.
Β
2.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Interim Debentures or
Certificates
Β
Pending
the delivery of definitive
Debentures of any series to the Debenture Trustee, the Trust may issue and
the
Debenture Trustee certify in lieu thereof interim Debentures in such forms
and
in such denominations and signed in such manner as provided herein, entitling
the holders thereof to definitive Debentures of the series when the same are
ready for delivery; or the Trust may execute and the Debenture Trustee certify
a
temporary Debenture for the whole principal amount of Debentures of the series
then authorized to be issued hereunder and deliver the same to the Debenture
Trustee and thereupon the Debenture Trustee may issue its own interim
certificates in such form and in such amounts, not exceeding in the aggregate
the principal amount of the temporary Debenture so delivered to it, as APF
Energy, on behalf of the Trust, and the Debenture Trustee may approve entitling
the holders thereof to definitive Debentures of the series when the same are
ready for delivery; and, when so issued and certified, such interim or temporary
Debentures or interim certificates shall, for all purposes but without
duplication, rank in respect of this Indenture equally with Debentures duly
issued hereunder and, pending the exchange thereof for definitive Debentures,
the holders of the interim or temporary Debentures or interim certificates
shall
be deemed without duplication to be Debentureholders and entitled to the benefit
of this Indenture to the same extent and in the same manner as though the said
exchange had actually been made. Forthwith after the Trust shall have delivered
the definitive Debentures to the Debenture Trustee, the Debenture Trustee shall
cancel such temporary Debentures, if any, and shall call in for exchange all
interim Debentures or certificates that shall have been issued and forthwith
after such exchange shall cancel the same. No charge shall be made by the Trust
or the Debenture Trustee to the holders of such interim or temporary Debentures
or interim certificates for the exchange thereof. All interest paid upon interim
or temporary Debentures or interim certificates shall be noted thereon as a
condition precedent to such payment unless paid by cheque to the registered
holders thereof.
Β
2.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Mutilation, Loss, Theft or
Destruction
Β
In
case any of the Debentures issued
hereunder shall become mutilated or be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Trust,
in
its discretion, may issue, and thereupon the Debenture Trustee shall certify
and
deliver, a new Debenture upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated
Debenture, or in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, in lieu
of
and in substitution for the same, and the substituted Debenture shall be in
a
form approved by the Debenture Trustee and shall be entitled to the benefits
of
this Indenture and rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other
Debentures issued or to be issued hereunder. In case of loss, theft or
destruction the applicant for a substituted Debenture shall furnish to the
Trust
and to the Debenture Trustee such evidence of the loss, theft or destruction
of
the Debenture as shall be satisfactory to them in their discretion and shall
also furnish an indemnity satisfactory to them in their discretion. The
applicant shall pay all reasonable expenses incidental to the issuance of any
substituted Debenture.
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2.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Concerning
Interest
Β
(a)
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All
Debentures issued hereunder,
whether originally or upon exchange or in substitution for previously
issued Debentures which are interest bearing, shall bear interest
(i) from
and including their issue date, or (ii) from and including the last
Interest Payment Date to which interest shall have been paid or made
available for payment on the outstanding Debentures of that series,
whichever shall be the 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 shall
have 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)
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Unless
otherwise specifically
provided in the terms of the Debentures of any series, interest for
any
period of less than six months shall be computed on the basis of
a year of
365 days. Subject to Section 2.4(b) 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 shall 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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Β
2.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Debentures to Rank Pari
Passu
Β
The
Debentures will be direct unsecured
obligations of the Trust. Each Debenture of the same series of Debentures will
rank pari
passu
with each other Debenture
of the same series (regardless of their actual date or terms of issue) and,
subject to statutory preferred exceptions, with all other present and future
subordinated and unsecured indebtedness of the Trust except for sinking fund
provisions (if any) applicable to different series of Debentures or other
similar types of obligations of the Trust.
Β
2.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Payments of Amounts Due on
Maturity
Β
Except
as may otherwise be provided in
any supplemental indenture in respect of any series of Debentures and subject
to
Section 4.10, payments of amounts due upon maturity of the Debentures will
be
made in the following manner. The Trust will establish and maintain with the
Debenture Trustee a Maturity Account for each series of Debentures. Each such
Maturity Account shall be maintained by and be subject to the control of the
Debenture Trustee for the purposes of this Indenture. On or before 11:00 a.m.,
Calgary Time on the Business Day immediately prior to each Maturity Date for
Debentures outstanding from time to time under this Indenture, the Trust will
deliver to the Debenture Trustee a cheque or wire transfer for deposit in the
applicable Maturity Account in an amount sufficient to pay the cash amount
payable in respect of such Debentures (less any tax required by law to be
deducted), provided the Trust may elect to satisfy this requirement by providing
the Debenture Trustee with a cheque for such amounts required under this Section
2.13 post-dated to the applicable Maturity Date. The Debenture Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, will pay to each holder entitled to receive payment the
principal amount of and premium (if any) on the Debenture, upon surrender of
the
Debenture at any branch of the Debenture Trustee designated for such purpose
from time to time by the Trust and the Debenture Trustee. The delivery of such
funds to the Debenture Trustee for deposit to the applicable Maturity Account
will satisfy and discharge the liability of the Trust for the Debentures to
which the delivery of funds relates to the extent of the amount delivered (plus
the amount of any tax deducted as aforesaid) 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 money so delivered or made available the amount to which it is
entitled.
Β
2.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
U.S. Legend on the
Debentures
Β
(a)
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The
Debentures and the Trust Units
issuable upon conversion thereof have not been and will not be registered
under the 0000 Xxx. All Debentures and the Trust Units issuable upon
conversion thereof issued and sold in the United States in reliance
on
Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, as well as all Debentures and the Trust
Units issuable upon conversion thereof issued in exchange for or
in
substitution of the foregoing securities, shall bear the following
legend
(the "U.S.
Legend"):
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"THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES
ACT") OR STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE TRUST THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
ONLY (A) TO THE TRUST, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE
904
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (C) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (2) RULE 144 UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE
"GOOD DELIVERY" IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.
PROVIDED THAT THE TRUST IS A "FOREIGN ISSUER" WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATIONS
S, A NEW CERTIFICATE, BEARING NO LEGEND, DELIVERY OF WHICH WILL CONSTITUTE
"GOOD
DELIVERY" MAY BE OBTAINED FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA UPON
DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND A DULY EXECUTED DECLARATION, IN A FORM
SATISFACTORY TO COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA AND THE TRUST, TO THE
EFFECT THAT THE SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS BEING MADE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT."
Β
provided,
that if the Debentures are
being sold under clause (B) above, and provided that the Trust is a "foreign
issuer" within the meaning of Regulation S under the 1933 Act at the time of
sale, the U.S. Legend may be removed by providing a declaration to the Debenture
Trustee as set forth inSchedule
E
hereto (or as the Trust
may
prescribe from time to time); and provided, further, that, if any such
securities are being sold under clause (C)(2) above, the U.S. Legend may be
removed by delivery to the Debenture Trustee of an opinion of Counsel, of
recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Trust, that the U.S. Legend
is no longer required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or state
securities laws. Provided that the Debenture Trustee obtains confirmation from
the Trust that such counsel is satisfactory to it, the Debenture Trustee shall
be entitled to rely on such opinion of counsel without further
inquiry.
Β
(b)
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Prior
to the issuance of the
Debentures, the Trust shall notify the Debenture Trustee, in writing,
concerning which Debentures are to bear the U.S. Legend. The Debenture
Trustee will thereafter maintain a list of all registered holders
from
time to time of Legended
Debentures.
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Β
2.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Payment of
Interest
Β
The
following provisions shall apply to
Debentures, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.4(b) or specified in
a
resolution of the directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, an Officer's
Certificate or a supplemental indenture relating to a particular series of
Additional Debentures:
Β
(a)
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As
interest becomes due on each
Debenture (except on conversion or on redemption, when interest may
at the
option of the Trust be paid upon surrender of such Debenture) the
Trust,
either directly or through the Debenture Trustee or any agent of
the
Debenture Trustee, shall 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 shall be forwarded at least
three 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 its receipt of funds
prior
to being required to wire funds to holders), such payment shall 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 shall, 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
Trust 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
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shall
reasonably require and upon being
indemnified to its satisfaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trust
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 Trust 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.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
Section 2.15(a),
if a series of Debentures is represented by a Global Debenture, then
all
payments of interest on the Global Debenture shall be made by cheque
made
payable to the Depository or its nominee for subsequent payment to
Beneficial Holders of interests in that Global Debenture, unless
the Trust
and the Depository otherwise agree. None of the Trust, 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.
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Β
2.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Limitation on Non-Resident
Ownership
Β
At
no time may non-residents of Canada
be the beneficial owners of a majority of the Trust Units on a fully diluted
basis, whether by way of conversion of Debentures to Trust Units, repayment
of
Debentures by issuance of Trust Units, or otherwise, and APF Energy has informed
the Debenture Trustee and the transfer agent and registrar of the Trust Units
of
this restriction.Β Β The Debenture Trustee may, upon receipt of written
direction of the Trust, require declarations as to the jurisdictions in which
beneficial owners of Debentures are resident.Β Β If the Trust becomes
aware as a result of requiring such declarations as to beneficial ownership,
that the beneficial owners of 49% or more of the Trust Units then outstanding,
on a fully diluted basis, are, or may be, non-residents or that such a situation
is imminent, it shall make a public announcement thereof and shall notify the
Debenture Trustee in writing and the Debenture Trustee shall not accept a
subscription for Debentures from or issue or register a transfer of Debentures
to a person unless the person provides a declaration that the person is not
a
non-resident.Β Β If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust determines
that a majority of the Trust Units, on a fully diluted basis, are held by
non-residents, the Trust shall send a notice to non-resident holders of
Debentures or Trust Units, chosen in inverse order to the order of acquisition
or registration of the Debentures and Trust Units or in such manner as the
Trust
may consider equitable and practicable, requiring them to sell their Debentures
or Trust Units or a portion thereof within a specified period of not less than
60 days.Β Β If the Debentureholders or Unitholders receiving such notice
have not sold the specified number of Debentures or Trust Units or provided
the
Trust with satisfactory evidence that they are not non-residents within such
period, the Trust may on behalf of such Debentureholder or Unitholder sell
such
Debentures or Trust Units, as the case may be, and, in the interim, shall
suspend the rights attached to such Debentures or Trust Units, as the case
may
be, and their rights shall be limited to receiving the net proceeds of sale
upon
surrender of the certificates representing such Debentures or Trust
Units.
Β
ARTICLE
3
REGISTRATION,
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP
Β
3.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Fully Registered
Debentures
Β
(a)
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With
respect to each series of
Debentures issuable as Fully Registered Debentures, the Trust shall
causeΒ to
be kept by and at the principal
office of the Debenture Trustee in Calgary and Toronto and by the
Debenture Trustee or such other registrar as the Trust, 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
Trust
may designate with the approval of the Debenture Trustee, a register
in
which shall 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 shall be noted on the Debentures by the Debenture Trustee
or
other registrar unless a new Debenture shall be issued upon such
transfer.
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(b)
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No
transfer of a Fully Registered
Debenture shall be valid unless made on such register referred to
in
Section 3.1(a) by the registered holder or such holder's executors,
administrators or other legal representatives or an attorney 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 shall have been noted on the
Debenture by the Debenture Trustee or other registrar.
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3.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Global
Debentures
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
With respect to each series
of
Debentures issuable in whole or in part as one or more Global Debentures, the
Trust shall cause to be kept by and at the principal offices of the Debenture
Trustee in Calgary and Toronto and by the Debenture Trustee or such other
registrar as the Trust, with the approval of the Debenture Trustee, may appoint
at such other place or places, if any, as the Trust may designate with the
approval of the Debenture Trustee, a register in which shall be entered the
name
and address of the holder of each such Global Debenture (being the Depository,
or its nominee, for such Global Debenture) as holder thereof and particulars
of
the Global Debenture held by it, and of all transfers thereof.Β Β If any
Debentures of such series are at any time not Global Debentures, the provisions
of Section 3.1 shall govern with respect to registrations and transfers of
such
Debentures.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture, a Global Debenture may not be transferred by the
registered holder thereof and accordingly, no definitive certificates shall
be
issued to Beneficial Holders of Debentures except in the following circumstances
or as otherwise specified in a resolution of the trustee, Officer's Certificate
or supplemental indenture relating to a particular series of Additional
Debentures:
Β
Β
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(i)
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Global
Debentures may be
transferred by a Depository to a nominee of such Depository or by
a
nominee of a Depository to such Depository or to another nominee
of such
Depository or by a Depository or its nominee to a successor Depository
or
its nominee;
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(ii)
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Global
Debentures may be
transferred at any time after the Depository for such Global Debentures
(i) has notified the Debenture Trustee, or the Trust has notified
the
Debenture Trustee, that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depository for such Global Debentures, or (ii) ceases to be eligible
to be
a Depository under Section 2.6(b), provided that at the time of such
transfer the Trust has not appointed a successor Depository for such
Global Debentures;
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Β
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(iii)
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Global
Debentures may be
transferred at any time after the Trust 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;
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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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 of the Debentures representing, in the aggregate,
not
less than 25%Β of
the aggregate principal amount
of the Debentures of such series advise the Depository 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;
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(v)
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Global
Debentures may be
transferred if required by applicable law;
or
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Β
Β
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(vi)
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Global
Debentures may be
transferred if the book-entry only registration system ceases to
exist.
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Β
(c)
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With
respect to the Global
Debentures, unless and until definitive certificates have been issued
to
Beneficial Holders pursuant to subsection
3.2(b):
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(i)
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the
Trust and the Debenture
Trustee may deal with the Depository 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;
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(ii)
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the
rights of the Beneficial
Holders shall be exercised only through the Depository and shall
be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial
Holders and the Depository or the Depository
Participants;
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(iii)
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the
Depository will make
book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants;
and
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(iv)
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whenever
this Trust Indenture
requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instruction or
directions of Debentureholders evidencing a specified percentage
of the
outstanding Debentures, the Depository shall 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 Depository Participant,
and
has delivered such instructions to the Debenture
Trustee.
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(d)
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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 shall provide
all such
notices and communications to the Depository and the Depository shall
deliver such notices and communications to such Beneficial Holders
in
accordance with the Securities
Act
(Alberta) and
other
applicable securities laws (including national policies or instruments).
Upon the termination of the book-entry only registration system on
the
occurrence of one of the conditions specified in Section 3.2(b) with
respect to a series of Debentures issued hereunder, the Debenture
Trustee
shall notify all applicable Beneficial Holders, through the Depository,
of
the availability of definitive Debenture certificates. Upon surrender
by
the Depository of the certificate(s) representing the Global Debentures
and receipt of new registration instructions from the Depository,
the
Debenture Trustee shall 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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Β
3.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Transferee Entitled to
Registration
Β
The
transferee of a Debenture shall be
entitled, after the appropriate form of transfer is lodged with the Debenture
Trustee or other registrar and upon compliance with all other conditions in
that
behalf required by this Indenture or by law, to be entered on the register
as
the owner of such Debenture free from all equities or rights of set-off or
counterclaim between the Trust and the transferor or any previous holder of
such
Debenture, save in respect of equities of which the Trust is required to take
notice by statute or by order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Β
3.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
No Notice of
Trusts
Β
Neither
the Trust nor the Debenture
Trustee nor any registrar shall be bound to take notice of or see to the
execution of any trust (other than that created by this Indenture) whether
express, implied or constructive, in respect of any Debenture, and may transfer
the same on the direction of the person registered as the holder thereof,
whether named as trustee or otherwise, as though that person were the beneficial
owner thereof.
Β
3.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Registers Open for
Inspection
Β
The
registers referred to in Sections
3.1 and 3.2 shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the Trust,
the Debenture Trustee or any Debentureholder. Every registrar, including the
Debenture Trustee, shall from time to time when requested so to do by the Trust
or by the Debenture Trustee, in writing, furnish the Trust or the Debenture
Trustee, as the case may be, with a list of names and addresses of holders
of
registered Debentures entered on the register kept by them and showing the
principal amount and serial numbers of the Debentures held by each such holder,
provided the Debenture Trustee shall be entitled to charge a reasonable fee
to
provide such a list.
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3.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Exchanges of
Debentures
Β
(a)
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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.
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Β
(b)
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In
respect of exchanges of
Debentures permitted by Section 3.6(a), Debentures of any series
may be
exchanged only at the principal offices of the Debenture Trustee
in the
cities of Calgary and Toronto 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 Trust with
the
approval of the Debenture Trustee. Any Debentures tendered for
exchange
shall be surrendered to the Debenture Trustee. The Trust shall
execute and
the Debenture Trustee shall certify all Debentures necessary to
carry out
exchanges as aforesaid. All Debentures surrendered for exchange
shall be
cancelled.
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Β
(c)
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Debentures
issued in exchange for
Debentures which at the time of such issue have been selected or
called
for redemption at a later date shall be deemed to have been selected
or
called for redemption in the same manner and shall have noted thereon
a
statement to that effect.
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Β
3.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Closing of
Registers
Β
(a)
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Neither
the Trust nor the
Debenture Trustee nor any registrar shall be required
to:
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Β
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(i)
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make
transfers, exchanges or
conversions of Fully Registered Debentures on any Interest Payment
Date
for such Debentures or during the five preceding Business
Days;
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(ii)
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make
transfers, exchanges or
conversions 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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Β
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(iii)
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make
exchanges of any Debentures
which will have been selected or called for redemption unless upon
due
presentation thereof for redemption such Debentures shall not be
redeemed.
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Β
(b)
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Subject
to any restriction herein
provided, the Trust 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 Calgary
and
Toronto, and transfer the registration of any Debentures registered
thereon to another register (which may be an existing register)
and
thereafter such Debentures shall be deemed to be registered on
such other
register. Notice of such transfer shall be given to the holders
of such
Debentures.
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Β
Β
3.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Charges for Registration, Transfer
and Exchange
Β
For
each Debenture exchanged,
registered, transferred or discharged from registration, the Debenture Trustee
or other registrar, except as otherwise herein provided, may make a reasonable
charge for its services and in addition may charge a reasonable sum for each
new
Debenture issued, and payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Debenture
Trustee or other registrar for any stamp taxes or governmental or other charges
required to be paid shall be made by the party requesting such exchange,
registration, transfer or discharge from registration as a condition precedent
thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no charge shall be made
to a
Debentureholder hereunder:
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(a)
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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;
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(b)
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for
any exchange of any interim or
temporary Debenture or interim certificate that has been issued under
Section 2.9 for a definitive
Debenture;
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Β
(c)
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for
any exchange of a Global
Debenture as contemplated in Section 3.2;
or
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Β
(d)
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for
any exchange of any Debenture
resulting from a partial redemption under Section
4.2.
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Β
3.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Ownership of
Debentures
Β
(a)
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Unless
otherwise required by law,
the person in whose name any registered Debenture is registered shall
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 shall be made to such
registered holder.
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Β
(b)
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The
registered holder for the time
being of any registered Debenture shall 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 Trust and the original or any intermediate holder thereof
and
all persons may act accordingly and the receipt of any such registered
holder for any such principal, premium or interest shall be a good
discharge to the Trust and/or the Debenture Trustee for the same
and
neither the Trust nor the Debenture Trustee shall be bound to inquire
into
the title of any such registered
holder.
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Β
(c)
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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 shall be a valid discharge,
to
the Debenture Trustee, any registrar and to the
Trust.
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Β
(d)
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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 shall be a valid discharge to
the
Debenture Trustee and any registrar and to the
Trust.
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Β
ARTICLE
4
REDEMPTION
AND PURCHASE OF DEBENTURES
Β
4.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Applicability of
Article
Β
Subject
to regulatory approval, the
Trust shall have the right at its option to redeem, either in whole at any
time
or in part from time to time before maturity, either by payment of money, by
issuance of Freely Tradeable Trust Units as provided in Section 4.6 or any
combination thereof, any Debentures issued hereunder of any series which by
their terms are made so redeemable (subject, however, to any applicable
restriction on the redemption of Debentures of such series) at such rate or
rates of premium, if any, and on such date or dates and in accordance with
such
other provisions as shall have been determined at the time of issue of such
Debentures and as shall have been expressed in this Indenture, in the
Debentures, in an Officer's Certificate, or in a supplemental indenture
authorizing or providing for the issue thereof, or in the case of Additional
Debentures issued pursuant to a Periodic Offering, in the Written Direction
of
the Trust requesting the certification and delivery thereof
Β
Subject
to regulatory approval, the
Trust shall also have the right at its option to repay, either in whole or
in
part, on maturity, either by payment of money in accordance with Section 2.13,
by issuance of Freely Tradeable Trust Units as provided in Section 4.10 or
any
combination thereof, any Debentures issued hereunder of any series which by
their terms are made so repayable on maturity (subject however, to any
applicable restriction on the repayment of the principal amount of the
Debentures of such series) at such rate or rates of premium, if any, and on
such
date or dates and in accordance with such other provisions as shall have been
determined at the time of issue of such Debenture and shall have been expressed
in this Indenture, in the Debentures, in an Officer's Certificate, or in a
supplemental indenture authorizing or providing for the issue thereof, or in
the
case of Additional Debentures issued pursuant to a Periodic Offering, in
the Written Direction of the Trust requesting the certification and delivery
thereof.
Β
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Β
4.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Partial
Redemption
Β
If
less than all the Debentures of any
series for the time being outstanding are at any time to be redeemed, the
Debentures to be so redeemed shall be selected by the Debenture Trustee on
a pro
rata basis to the nearest multiple of $1,000 in accordance with the principal
amount of the Debentures registered in the name of each holder or in such other
manner as the Debenture Trustee deems equitable, subject to the approval of
the
Toronto Stock Exchange.Β Β Unless otherwise specifically provided in the
terms of any series of Debentures, no Debenture shall be redeemed in part unless
the principal amount redeemed is $1,000 or a multiple thereof. For this purpose,
the Debenture Trustee may make, and from time to time vary, regulations with
respect to the manner in which such Debentures may be drawn for redemption
and
regulations so made shall be valid and binding upon all holders of such
Debentures notwithstanding the fact that as a result thereof one or more of
such
Debentures may become subject to redemption in part only. In the event that
one
or more of such Debentures becomes subject to redemption in part only, upon
surrender of any such Debentures for payment of the Redemption Price, together
with interest accrued to but excluding the Redemption Date, the Trust shall
execute and the Debenture Trustee shall certify and deliver without charge
to
the holder thereof or upon the holder's order one or more new Debentures for
the
unredeemed part of the principal amount of the Debenture or Debentures so
surrendered or, with respect to a Global Debenture, the Depository shall make
notations on the Global Debenture of the principal amount thereof so redeemed.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "Debenture" or "Debentures"
as
used in this Article 4 shall be deemed to mean or include any part of the
principal amount of any Debenture which in accordance with the foregoing
provisions has become subject to redemption.
Β
4.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Notice of
Redemption
Β
Notice
of redemption (the "Redemption
Notice") of any series of
Debentures shall be given to the holders of the Debentures so to be redeemed
not
more than 60 days nor, subject to Section 4.6(b), less than 30 days prior to
the
date fixed for redemption (the "Redemption
Date") in the manner
provided in Section 14.2.
Every
such notice shall specify the
aggregate principal amount of Debentures called for redemption, the Redemption
Date, the Redemption Price and the places of payment and shall state that
interest upon the principal amount of Debentures called for redemption shall
cease to be payable from and after the Redemption Date. In addition, unless
all
the outstanding Debentures are to be redeemed, the Redemption Notice shall
specify:
Β
(a)
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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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Β
(b)
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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;
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Β
(c)
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in
the case of a Global Debenture,
that the redemption will take place in such manner as may be agreed
upon
by the Depository, the Debenture Trustee and the Trust;
and
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Β
(d)
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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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Β
In
the event that all Debentures to be
redeemed are registered Debentures, publication shall not be
required.
Β
4.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Debentures Due on Redemption
Dates
Β
Notice
having been given as aforesaid,
all the Debentures so called for redemption shall thereupon be and become due
and payable at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to but
excluding the Redemption Date, on the Redemption Date specified in such notice,
in the same manner and with the same effect as if it were the date of maturity
specified in such Debentures, anything therein or herein to the
contrary
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notwithstanding,
and from and after such
Redemption Date, if the monies necessary to redeem, or the Trust Units to be
issued to redeem, such Debentures shall have been deposited as provided in
Section 4.5Β and
affidavits or other proof
satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee as to the publication and/or mailing
of
such notices shall have been lodged with it, interest upon the Debentures shall
cease. If any question shall arise as to whether any notice has been given
as
above provided and such deposit made, such question shall be decided by the
Debenture Trustee whose decision shall be final and binding upon all parties
in
interest.
Β
4.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Deposit of Redemption Monies
or
Trust Units
Β
Redemption
of Debentures shall be
provided for by the Trust depositing with the Debenture Trustee or any paying
agent to the order of the Debenture Trustee, on or before 11:00 a.m. Calgary
Time on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date specified
in
such notice, such sums of money, or certificates representing such Trust Units,
or both as the case may be, as may be sufficient to pay the Redemption Price
of
the Debentures so called for redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon up to but excluding the Redemption Date, provided the Trust may elect
to
satisfy this requirement by providing the Debenture Trustee with a cheque or
wire transfer for such amounts required under this Section 4.5Β post-dated
to the Redemption Date. The
Trust shall 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 such redemption. Every such deposit shall be irrevocable. From
the sums so deposited, or certificates so deposited, or both, the Debenture
Trustee shall pay or cause to be paid, or issue or cause to be issued, to the
holders of such Debentures so called for redemption, upon surrender of such
Debentures, the principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any) to which
they
are respectively entitled on redemption.
Β
4.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Right to Repay Redemption Price
in
Trust Units
Β
(a)
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Subject
to the other provisions of
this Section 4.6, the Trust 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 Trust Units obtained by dividing the Redemption Price by
95%Β of
the Current Market Price of the
Trust Units on the Redemption Date (the "Unit
Redemption
Right").
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Β
(b)
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The
Trust shall exercise the Unit
Redemption Right by so specifying in the Redemption Notice which
shall be
delivered to the Debenture Trustee and the holders of Debentures
not more
than 60 days and not less than 40 days prior to the Redemption
Date.Β Β The Redemption Notice shall also specify the aggregate
principal amount of Debentures in respect of which it is exercising
the
Unit Redemption Right.
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Β
(c)
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The
Trust's right to exercise the
Unit Redemption Right shall be conditional upon the following conditions
being met on the Business Day preceding the Redemption
Date:
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Β
Β
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(i)
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the
qualification of the Trust
Units to be issued on exercise of the Unit Redemption Right as Freely
Tradeable;
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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the
listing of such additional
Trust Units on each stock exchange on which the Trust Units are then
listed;
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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the
Trust being a reporting issuer
in good standing under Applicable Securities Legislation where the
distribution of such Trust Units
occurs;
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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no
Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
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Β
Β
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(v)
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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
Trust Units to be delivered for each $1,000 principal amount of Debentures
and the Current Market Price of the Trust Units on the Redemption
Date;
and
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Β
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Β
Β
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(vi)
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the
receipt by the Debenture
Trustee of an opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Trust Units
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 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.
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Β
If
the foregoing conditions are not
satisfied prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the
Redemption Date, the Trust shall pay the Redemption Price in cash in accordance
with Section 4.5 unless the Debentureholder waives the conditions which are
not
satisfied.
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(d)
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In
the event that the Trust duly
exercises its Unit Redemption Right, upon presentation and surrender
of
the Debentures for payment on the Redemption Date, at any place where
a
register is maintained pursuant to Article 3 or any other place specified
in the Redemption Notice, the Trust shall on or before 11:00 a.m.
Calgary
Time on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date
make the
delivery to the Debenture Trustee for delivery to and on account
of the
holders, of certificates representing the Freely Tradeable Trust
Units to
which such holders are
entitled.
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Β
(e)
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No
fractional Trust Units shall be
delivered upon the exercise of the Unit Redemption Right but, in
lieu
thereof, the Trust shall pay to the Debenture Trustee for the account
of
the holders, at the time contemplated in Section 4.6(d), the cash
equivalent thereof determined on the basis of the Current Market
Price of
the Trust Units on the Redemption Date (less any tax required to
be
deducted, if any).
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Β
(f)
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A
holder shall be treated as the
unitholder of record of the Trust Units issued on due exercise by
the
Trust of its Unit Redemption Right effective immediately after the
close
of business on the Redemption Date, and shall be entitled to all
substitutions therefor, all income earned thereon or accretions thereto
and all dividends or distributions (including unit dividends and
dividends
or distributions in kind) thereon and arising thereafter, and in
the event
that the Debenture Trustee receives the same, it shall hold the same
in
trust for the benefit of such
holder.
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Β
(g)
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In
the event that the Trust duly
exercises its Unit Repayment Right, the Trust shall at all times
reserve
and keep available out of its authorized Trust Units (if the number
thereof is or becomes limited), solely for the purpose of issue and
delivery upon the exercise of the Trust's Unit Redemption Right as
provided herein, and shall issue to Debentureholders to whom Trust
Units
will be issued pursuant to exercise of the Unit Redemption Right,
such
number of Trust Units as shall be issuable in such event. All Trust
Units
which shall be so issuable shall be duly and validly issued as fully
paid
and non-assessable.
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Β
(h)
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The
Trust shall comply with all
Applicable Securities Legislation regulating the issue and delivery
of
Trust Units upon exercise of the Unit Redemption Right and shall
cause to
be listed and posted for trading such Trust Units on each stock exchange
on which the Trust Units are then
listed.
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Β
(i)
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The
Trust shall 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 shall be payable with respect
to the
issuance or delivery of Freely Tradeable Trust Units to holders upon
exercise of the Unit Redemption Right pursuant to the terms of the
Debentures and of this
Indenture.
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Β
(j)
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If
the Trust elects to satisfy its
obligation to pay all or any portion of the Redemption Price by issuing
Freely Tradeable Trust Units 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
Trust but for the account of the holder, shall sell, through the
investment banks, brokers or dealers selected by the Trust, out of
the
Freely Tradeable Trust Units issued by the Trust for this purpose,
such
number of Freely Tradeable Trust Units 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 shall remit same on behalf of the Trust to the proper
tax
authorities within the period of time prescribed for this purpose
under
applicable laws.
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Β
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(k)
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Each
certificate representing
Freely Tradeable Trust Units issued in payment of the Redemption
Price of
Debentures bearing the U.S. Legend set forth in Section 2.14, as
well as
all certificates issued in exchange for or in substitution of the
foregoing securities, shall bear the U.S. Legend set forth in Section
2.14; provided that if the Trust Units are being sold outside the
United
States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S, and provided
that the
Trust is a "foreign issuer" within the meaning of Regulation S at
the time
of sale, the U.S. Legend may be removed by providing a declaration
to the
Debenture Trustee, as registrar and transfer agent for the Trust
Units, as
set forth inSchedule
E
hereto (or
as the
Trust or the Debenture Trustee may prescribe from time to time);
and
provided further that, if any such securities are being sold within
the
United States in accordance with Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, the
U.S.
Legend may be removed by delivery to the Debenture Trustee, as registrar
and transfer agent for the Trust Units, of an opinion of Counsel,
of
recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Trust, that the
U.S.
Legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the
1933 Act
or state securities laws. Provided that the Debenture Trustee obtains
confirmation from the Trust that such Counsel is satisfactory to
it, it
shall be entitled to rely on such opinion of Counsel without further
inquiry.
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Β
(l)
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Interest
accrued and unpaid on the
Debentures on the Redemption Date will be paid to holders of Debentures,
in cash, in the manner contemplated in Section
4.5.
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Β
4.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Failure to Surrender Debentures
Called for Redemption
Β
In
case the holder of any Debenture so
called for redemption shall fail on or before the Redemption Date so to
surrender such holder's Debenture, or shall not within such time accept payment
of the redemption monies payable, or take delivery of certificates representing
such Trust Units issuable in respect thereof, or give such receipt therefor,
if
any, as the Debenture Trustee may require, such redemption monies may be set
aside in trust, or such certificates may be held in trust without interest,
either in the deposit department of the Debenture Trustee or in a chartered
bank, and such setting aside shall for all purposes be deemed a payment to
the
Debentureholder of the sum so set aside and, to that extent, the Debenture
shall
thereafter not be considered as outstanding hereunder and the Debentureholder
shall have no other right except to receive payment out of the monies so paid
and deposited, or take delivery of the certificates so deposited, or both,
upon
surrender and delivery up of such holder's Debenture of the Redemption Price,
as
the case may be, of such Debenture. In the event that any money, or
certificates, required to be deposited hereunder with the Debenture Trustee
or
any depository or paying agent on account of principal, premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on Debentures issued hereunder shall remain so deposited
for a
period of six years from the Redemption Date, then such monies or certificates
shall at the end of such period be paid over or delivered over by the Debenture
Trustee or such depository or paying agent to the Trust on its demand, and
thereupon the Debenture Trustee shall not be responsible to Debentureholders
for
any amounts owing to them and subject to applicable law, thereafter the holder
of a Debenture in respect of which such money was so repaid to the Trust shall
have no rights in respect thereof except to obtain payment of the money or
certificates due from the Trust, subject to any limitation period provided
by
the laws of Alberta. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Debenture Trustee will
pay any remaining funds prior to the expiry of six years after the Redemption
Date to the Trust upon receipt from the Trust, or one of its Subsidiaries,
of an
uncontested letter of credit from a Canadian chartered bank in an amount equal
to or in excess of the amount of the remaining funds. If the remaining funds
are
paid to the Trust prior to the expiry of six years after the Redemption Date,
the Trust shall reimburse the Debenture Trustee for any amounts required to
be
paid by the Debenture Trustee to a holder of a Debenture pursuant to the
redemption after the date of such payment of the remaining funds to the Trust
but prior to six years after the redemption.
Β
4.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Cancellation of Debentures
Redeemed
Β
Subject
to the provisions of Sections
4.2 and 4.9 as to Debentures redeemed or purchased in part, all Debentures
redeemed and paid under this Article 4 shall forthwith be delivered to the
Debenture Trustee and cancelled and no Debentures shall be issued in
substitution therefor.
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4.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Purchase of Debentures by the
Trust
Β
Unless
otherwise specifically provided
with respect to a particular series of Debentures, the Trust may, if it is
not
at the time in default hereunder, at any time and from time to time, purchase
Debentures in the market (which shall include purchases from or through an
investment dealer or a firm holding membership on a recognized stock exchange)
or by tender or by contract, at any price. All Debentures so purchased may,
at
the option of the Trust, be delivered to the Debenture Trustee and shall be
cancelled and no Debentures shall be issued in substitution
therefor.
Β
If,
upon an invitation for tenders, more
Debentures are tendered at the same lowest price that the Trust is prepared
to
accept, the Debentures to be purchased by the Trust shall be selected by the
Debenture Trustee on a pro
rata
basis or in such other
manner consented to by the Toronto Stock Exchange which the Debenture Trustee
considers appropriate, from the Debentures tendered by each tendering
Debentureholder who tendered at such lowest price. For this purpose the
Debenture Trustee may make, and from time to time amend, regulations with
respect to the manner in which Debentures may be so selected, and regulations
so
made shall be valid and binding upon all Debentureholders, notwithstanding
the
fact that as a result thereof one or more of such Debentures become subject
to
purchase in part only. The holder of a Debenture of which a part only is
purchased, upon surrender of such Debenture for payment, shall be entitled
to
receive, without expense to such holder, one or more new Debentures for the
unpurchased part so surrendered, and the Debenture Trustee shall certify and
deliver such new Debenture or Debentures upon receipt of the Debenture so
surrendered or, with respect to a Global Debenture, the Depository shall make
notations on the Global Debenture of the principal amount thereof so
purchased.
Β
4.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Right to Repay Principal Amount
in
Trust Units
Β
(a)
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Subject
to the other provisions of
this Section 4.10, the Trust may, at its option, in exchange for
or in
lieu of paying the Redemption Price in money, elect to satisfy its
obligation to repay the principal amount of all or any portion of
the
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding by issuing and delivering
to holders on the maturity of such Debentures (the "Maturity
Date") that number
of
Freely Tradeable Trust Units obtained by dividing the $1,000 principal
amount of the Debentures by 95%Β of
the Current Market Price of the
Trust Units on the Maturity Date (the "Unit
Repayment
Right").
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Β
(b)
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The
Trust shall exercise the Unit
Repayment Right by so specifying in the Maturity Notice, which shall
be
delivered to the Debenture Trustee and the holders of Debentures
not more
than 60 days and not less than 40 days prior to the Maturity
Date.
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Β
(c)
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The
Trust's right to exercise the
Unit Repayment Right shall be conditional upon the following conditions
being met on the Business Day preceding the Maturity
Date:
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Β
Β
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(i)
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the
qualification of the Trust
Units to be issued on exercise of the Unit Repayment Right as Freely
Tradeable;
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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the
listing of such additional
Trust Units on each stock exchange on which the Trust Units are then
listed;
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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the
Trust being a reporting issuer
in good standing under Applicable Securities Legislation where the
distribution of such Trust Units
occurs;
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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no
Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
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Β
Β
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(v)
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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
Trust Units to be delivered for each $1,000 principal amount of Debentures
and the Current Market Price of the Trust Units on the Maturity Date;
and
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Β
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(vi)
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the
receipt by the Debenture
Trustee of an opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Trust Units
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 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.
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Β
If
the foregoing conditions are not
satisfied prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the
Maturity Date, the Trust shall 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.
Β
(d)
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In
the event that the Trust duly
exercises its Unit Repayment Right, upon presentation and surrender
of the
Debentures for payment on the Maturity Date, at any place where a
register
is maintained pursuant to Article 3 or any other place specified
in the
Maturity Notice, the Trust shall on or before 11:00 a.m. (Calgary
time) on
the Business Day immediately prior to the Maturity Date make the
delivery
to the Debenture Trustee for delivery to and on account of the holders,
of
certificates representing the Freely Tradeable Trust Units to which
such
holders are entitled. The Trust shall 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 Unit
Repayment
Right. Every such deposit shall be irrevocable. From the certificates
so
deposited in addition to amounts payable by the Debenture Trustee
pursuant
to Section 2.13, the Debenture Trustee shall 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 to the Debenture Trustee will satisfy and discharge
the
liability of the Trust 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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Β
(e)
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No
fractional Trust Units shall be
delivered upon the exercise of the Unit Repayment Right but, in lieu
thereof, the Trust shall pay to the Debenture Trustee for the account
of
the holders, at the time contemplated in Section 4.10(d), the cash
equivalent thereof determined on the basis of the Current Market
Price of
the Trust Units on the Maturity Date (less any tax required to be
deducted, if any).
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Β
(f)
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A
holder shall be treated as the
unitholder of record of the Trust Units issued on due exercise by
the
Trust of its Unit Repayment Right effective immediately after the
close of
business on the Maturity Date, and shall be entitled to all substitutions
therefor, all income earned thereon or accretions thereto and all
dividends or distributions (including unit dividends and dividends
or
distributions in kind) thereon and arising thereafter, and in the
event
that the Debenture Trustee receives the same, it shall hold the same
in
trust for the benefit of such
holder.
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Β
(g)
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The
Trust shall at all times
reserve and keep available out of its authorized Trust Units (if
the
number thereof is or becomes limited), solely for the purpose of
issue and
delivery upon the exercise of the Trust's Unit Repayment Right as
provided
herein, and shall issue to Debentureholders to whom Trust Units will
be
issued pursuant to exercise of the Unit Repayment Right, such number
of
Trust Units as shall be issuable in such event.Β Β All Trust Units
which shall be so issuable shall be duly and validly issued as fully
paid
and non-assessable.
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Β
(h)
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The
Trust shall comply with all
Applicable Securities Legislation regulating the issue and delivery
of
Trust Units upon exercise of the Unit Repayment Right and shall cause
to
be listed and posted for trading such Trust Units on each stock exchange
on which the Trust Units are then
listed.
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Β
(i)
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The
Trust shall 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 shall be payable with respect
to the
issuance or delivery of Freely Tradeable Trust Units to holders upon
exercise of the Unit Repayment Right pursuant to the terms of the
Debentures and of this
Indenture.
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(j)
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If
the Trust elects to satisfy its
obligation to pay all or any portion of the principal amount of Debentures
due on maturity by issuing Freely Tradeable Trust Units 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 Trust but for the account of the holder,
shall sell, through the investment banks, brokers or dealers selected
by
the Trust, out of the Freely Tradeable Trust Units issued by the
Trust for
this purpose, such number of Freely Tradeable Trust Units 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 shall remit same on
behalf of
the Trust to the proper tax authorities within the period of time
prescribed for this purpose under applicable
laws.
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Β
(k)
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Each
certificate representing
Freely Tradeable Trust Units issued in payment of the principal amount
of
Debentures bearing the U.S. Legend set forth in Section 2.14, as
well as
all certificates issued in exchange for or in substitution of the
foregoing securities, shall bear the U.S. Legend set forth in Section
2.14; provided that if the Trust Units are being sold outside the
United
States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S, and provided
that the
Trust is a "foreign issuer" within the meaning of Regulation S at
the time
of sale, the U.S. Legend may be removed by providing a declaration
to the
Debenture Trustee, as registrar and transfer agent for the Trust
Units, as
set forth in Schedule
Ehereto (or
as the
Trust or the Debenture Trustee may prescribe from time to time);
and
provided further that, if any such securities are being sold within
the
United States in accordance with Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, the
U.S.
Legend may be removed by delivery to the Debenture Trustee, as registrar
and transfer agent for the Trust Units, of an opinion of Counsel,
of
recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Trust, that the
U.S.
Legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the
1933 Act
or state securities laws. Provided that the Debenture Trustee obtains
confirmation from the Trust that such Counsel is satisfactory to
it, it
shall be entitled to rely on such opinion of Counsel without further
inquiry.
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Β
(l)
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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.
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Β
ARTICLE
5
SUBORDINATION
OF DEBENTURES
Β
5.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Applicability of
Article
Β
The
indebtedness, liabilities and
obligations of the Trust hereunder (except as provided in Section 15.15) or
under the Debentures, whether on account of principal, interest or otherwise,
but excluding the issuance of Trust Units or other securities similar in nature
thereto upon any conversion pursuant to Article 6, upon any redemption pursuant
to Article 4, or at maturity pursuant to Article 4 (collectively the
"Debenture
Liabilities"), shall be
subordinated and postponed and subject in right of payment, to the extent and
in
the manner hereinafter set forth in the following sections of this Article
5, to
the full and final payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Trust and each
holder of any such Debenture by his acceptance thereof agrees to and shall
be
bound by the provisions of this Article 5.
Β
5.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Order of
Payment
Β
In
the event of any dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation, bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, creditor
enforcement or realization or other similar proceedings relating to the Trust
or
any of its property (whether voluntary or involuntary, partial or complete)
or
any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Trust or any sale
of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust:
Β
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(a)
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all
Senior Indebtedness shall
first be paid in full, or provision made for such payment, before
any
payment is made on account of Debenture
Liabilities;
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Β
(b)
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any
payment or distribution of
assets of the Trust, 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,
shall be paid or delivered by the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other liquidating agent
making
such 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;
and
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Β
(c)
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the
Senior Creditors or a receiver
or a receiver-manager of the Trust or of all or part of its assets
or any
other enforcement agent may sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose
of the
Trust assets in whole or in part, free and clear of all Debenture
Liabilities and without the approval of the Debentureholders or the
Debenture Trustee or any requirement to account to the Debenture
Trustee
or the Debentureholders.
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Β
The
rights and priority of the Senior
Indebtedness and the subordination pursuant hereto shall not be affected by
:
Β
Β
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(i)
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the
time, sequence or order of
creating, granting, executing, delivering of, or registering, perfecting
or failing to register or perfect any security notice, caveat, financing
statement or other notice in respect of the Senior
Security;
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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the
time or order of the
attachment, perfection or crystallization of any security constituted
by
the Senior Security;
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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the
taking of any collection,
enforcement or realization proceedings pursuant to the Senior
Security;
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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the
date of obtaining of any
judgment or order of any bankruptcy court or any court administering
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings as to the entitlement
of the
Senior Creditors, or any of them or the Debentureholders or other
Trustee
or any of them to any money or property of the
Trust;
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Β
Β
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(v)
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the
failure to exercise any power
or remedy reserved to the Senior Creditors under the Senior Security
or to
insist upon a strict compliance with any terms
thereof;
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Β
Β
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(vi)
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whether
any Senior Security is now
perfected, hereafter ceases to be perfected, is avoidable by any
trustee
in bankruptcy or like official or is otherwise set aside, invalidated
or
lapses;
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Β
Β
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(vii)
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the
date of giving or failing to
give notice to or making demand upon the Trust or APF Energy;
or
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Β
Β
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(viii)
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any
other matter
whatsoever.
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Β
5.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Subrogation to Rights of Holders
of Senior Indebtedness
Β
Subject
to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Creditors, the Debentureholders shall be subrogated to the rights
of
the Senior Creditors to receive payments or distributions of assets of the
Trust
to the extent of the application thereto of such payments or other assets which
would have been received by the Debentureholders but for the provisions hereof
until the principal of and interest on the Debentures shall be paid in full,
and
no such payments or distributions to the Debentureholders of cash, property
or
securities, which otherwise would be payable or distributable to the Senior
Creditors, shall, as between the Trust, its creditors other than the Senior
Creditors, and the Debentureholders, be deemed to be a payment by the Trust
to
the Senior Creditors or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being
understood that the provisions of this Article 5 are and are
intendedsolely
for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Debentureholders, on the one hand, and the Senior
Creditors, on the other hand.
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The
Debenture Trustee, for itself and on
behalf of each of the Debentureholders, hereby waives any and all rights to
require a Senior Creditor to pursue or exhaust any rights or remedies with
respect to the Trust or any property and assets subject to the Senior Security
or in any other manner to require the marshalling of property, assets or
security in connection with the exercise by the Senior Creditors of any rights,
remedies or recourses available to them.
Β
5.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Obligation to Pay Not
Impaired
Β
Nothing
contained in this Article 5 or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Debentures is intended to or shall impair,
as between the Trust, its creditors other than the Senior Creditors, and the
Debentureholders, the obligation of the Trust, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Debentureholders the principal of and interest
on
the Debentures, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance
with their terms, or affect the relative rights of the Debentureholders and
creditors of the Trust other than the Senior Creditors, nor shall anything
herein or therein prevent the Debenture Trustee or the Debentureholders from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default
under
this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 5 of the
Senior Creditors.
Β
5.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β No Payment if Senior
Indebtedness in Default
Β
Upon
the maturity of any Senior
Indebtedness by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, or any other
enforcement of any Senior Indebtedness, then all such Senior Indebtedness shall
first be paid in full, or shall first have been duly provided for, before any
payment is made on account of the Debenture Liabilities.
Β
In
case of default with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness permitting a Senior Creditor to demand payment or accelerate
the maturity thereof, unless and until such default shall have been cured or
waived or shall have ceased to exist, no payment (by purchase of Debentures
or
otherwise) shall be made by the Trust with respect to the Debenture Liabilities
and neither the Debenture Trustee nor the Debentureholders shall be entitled
to
demand, institute proceedings for the collection of, or receive any payment
or
benefit (including without limitation by set-off, combination of accounts or
otherwise in any manner whatsoever) on account of the Debentures after the
happening of such a default (except as provided in Section 5.8),
and
unless and until such default shall
have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, such payments shall
be
held in trust for the benefit of, and, if and when such Senior Indebtedness
shall have become due and payable, shall be paid over to, the Senior Creditors
or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments
evidencing an amount of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all
such
Senior Indebtedness shall have been, paid in full, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to such Senior Creditors.
Β
The
fact that any payment hereunder is
prohibited by this Section 5.5 shall not prevent the failure to make such
payment from being an Event of Default hereunder.
Β
5.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Payment on Debentures
Permitted
Β
Nothing
contained in this Article 5 or
elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the Debentures, shall affect the
obligation of the Trust to make, or prevent the Trust from making, at any time
except as prohibited by, Section 5.2 or 5.5, any payment of principal of or
interest on the Debentures.Β Β The fact that any such payment is
prohibited by Section 5.2 or 5.5 shall not prevent the failure to make such
payment from being an Event of Default hereunder. Nothing contained in this
Article 5 or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the Debentures, shall
prevent the conversion of the Debentures or, except as prohibited by Section
5.2
or 5.5, the application by the Debenture Trustee of any monies deposited with
the Debenture Trustee hereunder for the purpose, to the payment of or on account
of the Debenture Liabilities.
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5.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Confirmation of
Subordination
Β
Each
holder of Debentures by his
acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Debenture Trustee on his behalf
to
take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the subordination
as provided in this Article 5 and appoints the Debenture Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Upon request of the Trust,
and
upon being furnished an Officer's Certificate stating that one or more named
persons are Senior Creditors and specifying the amount and nature of the Senior
Indebtedness of such Senior Creditor, the Debenture Trustee shall enter into
a
written agreement or agreements with the Trust and the person or persons named
in such Officer's Certificate providing that such person or persons are entitled
to all the rights and benefits of this Article 5 as a Senior Creditor and for
such other matters, such as an agreement not to amend the provisions of this
Article 5 and the definitions used herein without the consent of such Senior
Creditor, as the Senior Creditor may reasonably request. Such agreement shall
be
conclusive evidence that the indebtedness specified therein is Senior
Indebtedness, however, nothing herein shall impair the rights of any Senior
Creditor who has not entered into such an agreement.
Β
5.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Knowledge of Debenture
Trustee
Β
Notwithstanding
the provisions of this
Article 5 or any provision in this Indenture or in the Debentures contained,
the
Debenture Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of any Senior Indebtedness
or of any default in the payment thereof, or of the existence of any other
fact
that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Debenture
Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the Debenture Trustee, unless
and
until the Debenture Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Trust,
any Debentureholder or any Senior Creditor.
Β
5.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Debenture Trustee May Hold Senior
Indebtedness
Β
The
Debenture Trustee is entitled to all
the rights set forth in this Article 5 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness
at the time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture deprives the Debenture Trustee
of
any of its rights as such holder.
Β
5.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Rights of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness Not Impaired
Β
No
right of any present or future holder
of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination herein will at any
time
or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the
part
of the Trust or by any non-compliance by the Trust with the terms, provisions
and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which
any
such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Β
5.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Altering the Senior
Indebtedness
Β
The
holders of the Senior Indebtedness
have the right to extend, renew, modify or amend the terms of the Senior
Indebtedness or any security therefor and to release, sell or exchange such
security and otherwise to deal freely with the Trust, all without notice to
or
consent of the Debentureholders or the Debenture Trustee and without affecting
the liabilities and obligations of the parties to this Indenture or the
Debentureholders or the Debenture Trustee.
Β
5.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Additional
Indebtedness
Β
This
Indenture does not restrict the
Trust from incurring additional indebtedness for borrowed money or otherwise
or
mortgaging, pledging or charging its properties to secure any
indebtedness.
Β
5.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Right of Debentureholder to
Convert Not Impaired
Β
The
subordination of the Debentures to
the Senior Indebtedness and the provisions of this Article 5 do not impair
in
any way the right of a Debentureholder to convert its Debentures pursuant to
Article 6.
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5.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Invalidated
Payments
Β
In
the event that any of the Senior
Indebtedness shall be paid in full and subsequently, for whatever reason, such
formerly paid or satisfied Senior Indebtedness becomes unpaid or unsatisfied,
the terms and conditions of this Article 5 shall be reinstated and the
provisions of this Article shall again be operative until all Senior
Indebtedness is repaid in full, provided that such reinstatement shall not
give
the Senior Creditors any rights or recourses against the Debenture Trustee
or
the Debentureholders for amounts paid to the Debentureholders subsequent to
such
payment or satisfaction in full and prior to such
reinstatement.
Β
5.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Contesting
Security
Β
The
Debenture Trustee, for itself and on
behalf of the Debentureholders, agrees that it shall not contest or bring into
question the validity, perfection or enforceability of any of the Senior
Security, or the relative priority of the Senior Security.
Β
ARTICLE
6
CONVERSION
OF DEBENTURES
Β
6.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Applicability of
Article
Β
Any
Debentures issued hereunder of any
series which by their terms are convertible (subject, however, to any applicable
restriction of the conversion of Debentures of such series) will be convertible
into Trust Units or other securities, at such conversion rate or rates, and
on
such date or dates and in accordance with such other provisions as shall have
been determined at the time of issue of such Debentures and shall have been
expressed in this Indenture, in such Debentures, in an Officer's Certificate,
or
in a supplemental indenture authorizing or providing for the issue
thereof.
Β
Such
right of conversion shall extend
only to the maximum number of whole Trust Units into which the aggregate
principal amount of the Debenture or Debentures surrendered for conversion
at
any one time by the holder thereof may be converted. Fractional interests in
Trust Units shall be adjusted for in the manner provided in Section
6.6.
Β
6.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Notice of Expiry of
Conversion Privilege
Β
Notice
of the expiry of the conversion
privileges of the Debentures shall be given by or on behalf of the Trust, not
more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the
Time
of Expiry, in the manner provided in Section 14.2.
Β
6.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Revival of Right to
Convert
Β
If
the redemption of any Debenture
called for redemption by the Trust is not made or the payment of the purchase
price of any Debenture which has been tendered in acceptance of an offer by
the
Trust to purchase Debentures for cancellation is not made, in the case of a
redemption upon due surrender of such Debenture or in the case of a purchase
on
the date on which such purchase is required to be made, as the case may be,
then, provided the Time of Expiry has not passed, the right to convert such
Debentures shall revive and continue as if such Debenture had not been called
for redemption or tendered in acceptance of the Trust's offer,
respectively.
Β
6.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Manner of Exercise of Right
to
Convert
Β
(a)
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The
holder of a Debenture desiring
to convert such Debenture in whole or in part into Trust Units shall
surrender such Debenture to the Debenture Trustee at either of its
principal offices in the City of Calgary or the City of Toronto together
with a conversion notice in the 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
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Β
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Β
Trustee,
exercising his right to convert
such Debenture in accordance with the provisions of this Article. 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) shall
be
entitled to be entered in the books of the Trust as at the Date of Conversion
(or such later date as is specified in Section 6.4(b)) as the holder of the
number of Trust Units into which such Debenture is convertible in accordance
with the provisions of this Article and, as soon as practicable thereafter,
the
Trust shall deliver to such Debentureholder or, subject as aforesaid, his
nominee(s) or assignee(s), a certificate or certificates for such Trust Units
and make or cause to be made any payment of interest to which such holder is
entitled in accordance with Section 6.4(e) hereof.
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(b)
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For
the purposes of this Article,
a Debenture shall be deemed to be surrendered for conversion on the
date
(herein called the "Date
of
Conversion") on which
it is so surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Article
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 Section 6.4(a); provided that
if a
Debenture is surrendered for conversion on a day on which the register
of
Trust Units is closed, the person or persons entitled to receive
Trust
Units shall become the holder or holders of record of such Trust
Units as
at the date on which such register is next
reopened.
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Β
(c)
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Any
part, being $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof, of a Debenture in a denomination in excess
of
$1,000 may be converted as provided in this Article and all references
in
this Indenture to conversion of Debentures shall be deemed to include
conversion of such part.
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Β
(d)
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Upon
a holder of any Debenture
exercising his right of conversion in respect of only a part of the
Debenture and surrendering such Debenture to the Debenture Trustee
in
accordance with Section 6.4(a), the Debenture Trustee shall cancel
the
same and shall without charge forthwith certify and deliver to the
holder
a new Debenture or Debentures in an aggregate principal amount equal
to
the unconverted part of the principal amount of the Debenture so
surrendered or, with respect to a Global Debenture, the Depository
shall
make notations on the Global Debenture of the principal amount thereof
so
converted.
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(e)
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The
holder of a Debenture
surrendered for conversion in accordance with this Section 6.4 shall
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 but excluding the Date of
Conversion and the Trust Units issued upon such conversion shall
rank only
in respect of distributions or dividends declared in favour of unitholders
of record on and after the Date of Conversion or such later date
as such
holder shall become the holder of record of such Trust Units pursuant
to
Section 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 Trust Units.
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Β
6.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Adjustment of Conversion
Price
Β
The
Conversion Price in effect at any
date shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth
below.
Β
(a)
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If
and whenever at any time prior
to the Time of Expiry the Trust shall (i) subdivide or redivide the
outstanding Trust Units into a greater number of units, (ii) reduce,
combine or consolidate the outstanding Trust Units into a smaller
number
of units, or (iii) issue Trust Units to the holders of all or
substantially all of the outstanding Trust Units by way of a dividend
or
distribution (other than the issue of Trust Units to holders of Trust
Units who have elected to receive dividends or distributions in the
form
of Trust Units in lieu of cash dividends or cash distributions paid
in the
ordinary course on the Trust Units), the Conversion Price in effect
on the
effective date of such subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination
or
consolidation or on the record date for such issue of Trust Units
by way
of a dividend or distribution, as the case may be, shall in the case
of
any of the events referred to in (i) and (iii) above be decreased
in
proportion to the number of outstanding Trust Units resulting from
such
subdivision, redivision or dividend, or shall, in the case of any
of the
events referred to in (ii) above, be increased in proportion to the
number
of outstanding Trust Units resulting from such reduction, combination
or
consolidation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever
any
event referred to in this Section 6.5(a) shall occur. Any such issue
of
Trust Units by way of a dividend or distribution shall be deemed
to
have been made on the record date for the dividend or distribution
for the
purpose of calculating the number of outstanding Trust Units under
subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 6.5.
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Β
(b)
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If
and whenever at any time prior
to the Time of Expiry the Trust shall fix a record date for the issuance
of options, rights or warrants to all or substantially all the holders
of
its outstanding Trust Units entitling them, for a period expiring
not more
than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or purchase
Trust
Units (or securities convertible into Trust Units) at a price per
unit (or
having a conversion or exchange price per unit) less than 95% of
the
Current Market Price of a Trust Unit on such record date, the Conversion
Price shall be adjusted immediately after such record date so that
it
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price
in
effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator
shall be
the total number of Trust Units outstanding on such record date plus
a
number of Trust Units equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
the
aggregate price of the total number of additional Trust Units offered
for
subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange
price of
the convertible securities so offered) by such Current Market Price
per
Trust Unit, and of which the denominator shall be the total number
of
Trust Units outstanding on such record date plus the total number
of
additional Trust Units offered for subscription or purchase (or into
which
the convertible securities so offered are convertible). Such adjustment
shall 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 shall 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 if only the number
of
Trust Units (or securities convertible into Trust Units) actually
issued
upon the exercise of such options, rights or warrants were included
in
such fraction, as the case may
be.
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Β
(c)
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If
and whenever at any time prior
to the Time of Expiry the Trust shall fix a record date for the making
of
a distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding
Trust Units of (i) units of any class other than Trust Units and
other
than units distributed to holders of Trust Units who have elected
to
receive dividends or distributions in the form of such units in lieu
of
dividends or distributions paid in the ordinary course, (ii) rights,
options or warrants (excluding rights, options or warrants entitling
the
holders thereof as at a specified date to subscribe for or purchase
Trust
Units or securities convertible into Trust Units for a period of
not more
than 45 days after such date), (iii) evidences of its indebtedness,
or
(iv) assets (excluding dividends or distributions paid in the ordinary
course) then, in each such case, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted
immediately after such record date so that it shall equal the price
determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such
record
date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the total number
of
Trust Units outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current
Market Price per Trust Unit on such record date, less the fair market
value (as determined by the directors of APF Energy, on behalf of
the
Trust, with the approval of the Debenture Trustee, which determination
shall be conclusive) of such units, rights, options, warrants, evidences
of indebtedness or assets so distributed, and of which the denominator
shall be the total number of Trust Units outstanding on such record
date
multiplied by such Current Market Price per Trust Unit. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed.
To the
extent that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price
shall
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 such units, rights, options, warrants,
evidences
of indebtedness or assets actually distributed were included in such
fraction, as the case may be. In clause (iv) of this subsection (c)
the
term "dividends or distributions paid in the ordinary course" shall
include the value of any securities or other property or assets
distributed in lieu of cash dividends or distributions paid in the
ordinary course at the option of
unitholders.
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Β
(d)
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If
and whenever at any time prior
to the Time of Expiry, there is a reclassification of the Trust Units
or a
capital reorganization of the Trust other than as described in Section
6.5(a) or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger of
the
Trust with or into any other person or other entity; or a sale or
conveyance of the assets of the Trust as an entirety or substantially
as
an entirety to any other person or other entity or a liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Trust, 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, sale, conveyance, liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up, upon the exercise of such right thereafter, shall be
entitled
to receive and shall accept, in lieu of
the
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number
of Trust Units then sought to be
acquired by it, the number of trust units, shares or other securities or assets
of the Trust or of the person or other entity resulting from such
reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation,
arrangement or merger, or to which such sale or conveyance may be made or which
holders of Trust Units 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, sale, conveyance, liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up, 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
Trust Units 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 of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, to give effect to or to
evidence the provisions of this Section 6.5(d), the Trust, its successor, or
such purchasing person or other entity, as the case may be, shall, prior to
or
contemporaneously with any such reclassification, capital reorganization,
consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance or
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, enter into an indenture which shall
provide, to the extent 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
shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may reasonably
be, with respect to any trust units, 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 Trust and the
Debenture Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.5(d) shall be
a
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 16.
Any indenture entered into between the Trust, any successor to the Trust or
such
purchasing person or other entity and the Debenture Trustee shall provide for
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided in this Section 6.5 and which shall apply to successive
reclassifications, capital reorganizations, consolidations, amalgamations,
arrangements, mergers, sales or conveyances or to a liquidation, dissolution
or
winding-up.
Β
(e)
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In
any case in which this Section
6.5Β shall
require that an adjustment
shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event
referred to herein, the Trust 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 Trust
Units
issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required
by such
event; provided, however, that the Trust shall deliver to such holder
an
appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's right to receive
such
additional Trust Units upon the occurrence of the event requiring
such
adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such
additional Trust Units declared in favour of holders of record of
Trust
Units on and after the Date of Conversion or such later date as such
holder would, but for the provisions of this Section 6.5(e), have
become
the holder of record of such additional Trust Units pursuant to Section
6.4(b).
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Β
(f)
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The
adjustments provided for in
this Section 6.5 are cumulative and shall apply to successive
subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations,
distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment
under
the provisions of this Section, provided that, notwithstanding any
other
provision of this Section, no adjustment of the Conversion Price
shall be
required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
of
at least 1% in the Conversion Price then in effect; provided however,
that
any adjustments which by reason of this Section 6.5(f) are not required
to
be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment.
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Β
(g)
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For
the purpose of calculating the
number of Trust Units outstanding, Trust Units owned by or for the
benefit
of the Trust shall not be
counted.
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Β
(h)
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In
the event of any question
arising with respect to the adjustments provided in this Section
6.5, such
question shall be conclusively determined by a firm of chartered
accountants appointed by the Trust and acceptable to the Debenture
Trustee
(who may be the auditors of the Trust); such accountants shall have
access
to all necessary records of the Trust and such determination shall
be
binding upon the Trust, the Debenture Trustee, and the
Debentureholders.
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Β
(i)
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In
case the Trust shall take any
action affecting the Trust Units other than action described in this
Section 6.5,Β which
in the opinion of the
directors of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, would materially
affect
the rights of Debentureholders, the Conversion Price shall be
adjusted in such manner and at such time, by action of the directors
of
APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, subject to the prior written
consent
of the Toronto Stock Exchange or such other exchange on which the
Debentures are then listed, as the directors of APF Energy, on behalf
of
the Trust, in their sole discretion may determine to be equitable
in the
circumstances. Failure of the directors to make such an adjustment
shall
be conclusive evidence that they have determined that it is equitable
to
make no adjustment in the circumstances.
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Β
Β
(j)
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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
shall be
made in respect of any event described in Sections 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
(or to
receive the benefit of such event on conversion of their Debentures)
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.
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Β
(k)
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Except
as stated above in this
Section 6.5, no adjustment will be made in the Conversion Price for
any
Debentures as a result of the issuance of Trust Units at less than
the
Current Market Price for such Trust Units on the date of issuance
or the
then applicable Conversion
Price.
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Β
6.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
No Requirement to Issue Fractional
Trust Units
Β
The
Trust shall not be required to issue
fractional Trust Units upon the conversion of Debentures pursuant to this
Article. If more than one Debenture shall be surrendered for conversion at
one
time by the same holder, the number of whole Trust Units issuable upon
conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal
amount of such Debentures to be converted. If any fractional interest in a
Trust
Unit would, except for the provisions of this Section, be deliverable upon
the
conversion of any principal amount of Debentures, the Trust shall, in lieu
of
delivering any certificate representing such fractional interest, make a cash
payment to the holder of such Debenture of an amount equal to the fractional
interest which would have been issuable multiplied by the Current Market
Price.
Β
6.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Trust to Reserve Trust
Units
Β
The
Trust covenants with the Debenture
Trustee that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized Trust Units, solely for the purpose of issue upon conversion of
Debentures as in this Article provided, and conditionally allot to
Debentureholders who may exercise their conversion rights hereunder, such number
of Trust Units as shall then be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding
Debentures. The Trust covenants with the Debenture Trustee that all Trust Units
which shall be so issuable shall be duly and validly issued as fully paid and
non-assessable.
Β
6.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Cancellation of Converted
Debentures
Β
Subject
to the provisions of Section 6.4
as to Debentures converted in part, all Debentures converted in whole or in
part
under the provisions of this Article shall be delivered in accordance with
Section 6.4(a) to and cancelled by the Debenture Trustee and no Debenture shall
be issued in substitution therefor.
Β
6.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Certificate as to
Adjustment
Β
The
Trust shall from time to time
immediately after the occurrence of any event which requires an adjustment
or
readjustment as provided in Section 6.5, deliver an Officer's Certificate to
the
Debenture Trustee specifying the nature of the event requiring the same and
the
amount of the adjustment necessitated thereby and setting forth in reasonable
detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation
is
based, which certificate and the amount of the adjustment specified therein
shall be verified by an opinion of a firm of chartered accountants appointed
by
the Trust and acceptable to the Debenture Trustee (who may be the auditors
of
the Trust) and shall be conclusive and binding on all parties in interest.
When
so approved, the Trust shall, except in respect of any subdivision, redivision,
reduction, combination or consolidation of the Trust Units, forthwith give
notice to the Debentureholders in the manner provided in Section 14.2 specifying
the event requiring such adjustment orreadjustment
and the results thereof,
including the resulting Conversion Price; provided that, if the Trust has given
notice otherwise than under this Section 6.9 covering all the relevant facts
in
respect of such event and if the Debenture Trustee approves, no such notice
need
be given under this Section 6.9.
Β
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6.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Notice of Special
Matters
Β
The
Trust covenants with the Debenture
Trustee that so long as any Debenture remains outstanding, it will give notice
to the Debenture Trustee, and to the Debentureholders in the manner provided
in
Section 14.2, of its intention to fix a record date for any event referred
to in
Section 6.5(a), (b) or (c) (other than a subdivision, redivision, reduction,
combination or consolidation of its Trust Units) which may give rise to an
adjustment in the Conversion Price, and, in each case, such notice shall specify
the particulars of such event and the record date and the effective date for
such event; provided that the Trust shall only be required to specify in such
notice such particulars of such event as shall have been fixed and determined
on
the date on which such notice is given. Such notice shall be given not less
than
fourteen (14) days, in each case, prior to such applicable record
date.
Β
6.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Protection of Debenture
Trustee
Β
Subject
to Section 15.3, the Debenture
Trustee:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
shall 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;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
shall not be accountable with
respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Trust Units
or
of any units, shares or other securities or property which may at any time
be
issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Debenture;
and
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
shall not be responsible for
any
failure of the Trust to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver
Trust Units, units 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.
Β
6.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
U.S. Legend on Trust
Units
Β
Each
certificate representing Trust
Units issued upon conversion of Debentures pursuant to this Article 6 bearing
the U.S. Legend set forth in Section 2.14, as well as all certificates issued
in
exchange or in substitution for the foregoing securities, shall also bear the
U.S. Legend set forth in Section 2.14; provided that if the Trust Units are
being sold outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation
S, and provided that the Trust is a "foreign issuer" within the meaning of
Regulation S at the time of sale, the U.S. Legend may be removed by providing
a
declaration to the Debenture Trustee, as registrar and transfer agent for the
Trust Units, as set forth in Schedule
Ehereto (or as the Trust
may prescribe from time to time); and provided further that, if any such
securities are being sold within the United States in accordance with Rule
144
under the 1933 Act, the U.S. Legend may be removed by delivery to the Debenture
Trustee, as registrar and transfer agent for the Trust Units, of an opinion
of
counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Trust, that
the
U.S. Legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the 1933
Act
or state securities laws. Provided that the Debenture Trustee obtains
confirmation from the Trust that such counsel is satisfactory to it, it shall
be
entitled to rely on such opinion of counsel without further
inquiry.
Β
ARTICLE
7
COVENANTS
OF THE TRUST
Β
The
Trust hereby covenants and agrees
with the Debenture Trustee for the benefit of the Debenture Trustee and the
Debentureholders, that so long as any Debentures remain
outstanding:
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7.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β To Pay Principal and
Interest
Β
The
Trust will duly and punctually pay
or cause to be paid to every Debentureholder the principal of and interest
accrued on the Debentures of which it is the holder on the dates, at the places
and in the manner mentioned herein and in the Debentures.
Β
7.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β To Pay Debenture Trustee's
Remuneration
Β
The
Trust will pay the Debenture Trustee
reasonable remuneration for its services as Debenture Trustee hereunder and
will
repay to the Debenture Trustee on demand all monies which shall have been paid
by the Debenture Trustee in connection with the execution of the trusts hereby
created and such monies including the Debenture Trustee's remuneration, shall
be
payable out of any funds coming into the possession of the Debenture Trustee
in
priority to payment of any principal of the Debentures or interest thereon.
The
said remuneration shall continue to be payable until the trusts hereof be
finally wound up and whether or not the trusts of this Indenture shall be in
the
course of administration by or under the direction of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Β
7.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
To Give Notice of
Default
Β
The
Trust shall notify the Debenture
Trustee immediately upon obtaining knowledge of any Event of Default
hereunder.
Β
7.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Preservation of
Existence, etc.
Β
Subject
to the express provisions
hereof, the Trust will carry on and conduct its activities, and cause its
Subsidiaries to carry on and conduct their businesses, in a proper, efficient
and business-like manner and in accordance with good business practices; and,
subject to the express provisions hereof, it will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its and its
Subsidiaries respective existences and rights.
Β
7.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Keeping of
Books
Β
The
Trust will keep or cause to be kept
proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall
be
made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Trust
in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Β
7.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Annual Certificate of
Compliance
Β
The
Trust shall deliver to the Debenture
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each calendar year, an Officer's
Certificate as to the knowledge of such officer of APF Energy who executes
the
Officer's Certificate of the Trust's compliance with all conditions and
covenants in this Indenture certifying that after reasonable investigation
and
inquiry, the Trust has complied with all covenants, conditions or other
requirements contained in this Indenture, the non-compliance with which could,
with the giving of notice, lapse of time or otherwise, constitute an Event
of
Default hereunder, or if such is not the case, setting forth with reasonable
particulars the circumstances of any failure to comply and steps taken or
proposed to be taken to eliminate such circumstances and remedy such Event
of
Default, as the case may be.
Β
7.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β No Distributions on Trust
Units if Event of Default
Β
The
Trust shall not declare or make any
distribution to the holders of its issued and outstanding Trust Units after
the
occurrence of an Event of Default unless and until such default shall have
been
cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist.
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7.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Limitation on Additional
Debentures
Β
The
Trust shall not issue additional
debentures which are convertible at the option of the holder into Trust Units
("convertible
debentures") of equal
ranking to the Initial Debentures if the principal amount of all issued and
outstanding convertible debentures of the Trust would exceed 25% of the Total
Market Capitalization of the Trust immediately after the issuance of such
additional convertible debentures.
Β
7.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Performance of
Covenants by Debenture Trustee
Β
If
the Trust shall fail to perform any
of its covenants contained in this Indenture, the Debenture Trustee may notify
the Debentureholders of such failure on the part of the Trust or may itself
perform any of the covenants capable of being performed by it, but shall be
under no obligation to do so or to notify the Debentureholders. All sums so
expended or advanced by the Debenture Trustee in such performance shall be
repayable as provided in Section 7.2. No such performance, expenditure or
advance by the Debenture Trustee shall be deemed to relieve the Trust of any
default hereunder.
Β
ARTICLE
8
DEFAULT
Β
8.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Events of
Default
Β
Each
of the following events
constitutes, and is herein sometimes referred to as, an "Event
of
Default":
Β
(a)
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failure
for 10 days to pay
interest on the Debentures when
due;
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Β
(b)
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failure
to pay principal or
premium, if any, on the Debentures when due whether at maturity,
upon
redemption, by declaration or
otherwise;
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(c)
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default
in the observance or
performance of any material covenant or condition of this Indenture
by the
Trust for a period of 30 days after notice in writing has been given
by
the Debenture Trustee to the Trust specifying such default and requiring
the Trust to remedy such
default;
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Β
(d)
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if
a decree or order of a court
having jurisdiction is entered adjudging the Trust 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
Trust, or appointing a receiver of, or of any substantial part of,
the
property of the Trust 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;
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(e)
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if
the Trust 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) for
such bankruptcy or
insolvency 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 Trust
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;
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(f)
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if
a resolution is passed for the
winding-up or liquidation of the Trust 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;
or
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(g)
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if,
after the date of this
Indenture, any proceedings with respect to the Trust are taken with
respect to a compromise or arrangement, with respect to creditors
of the
Trust generally, under the applicable legislation of any
jurisdiction;
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in
each and every such event the
Debenture Trustee may, in its discretion, and shall, upon receipt of a request
in writing signed by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the
Debentures then outstanding, subject to the provisions of Section 8.3, by notice
in writing to the Trust declare the principal of and interest on all Debentures
then outstanding and all other monies outstanding hereunder to be due and
payable and the same shall forthwith become immediately due and payable to
the
Debenture Trustee, and the Trust shall forthwith pay to the Debenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Debentureholders such principal, accrued and unpaid
interest and interest on amounts in default on such Debenture (and, where such
a
declaration is based upon a voluntary winding-up or liquidation of the Trust,
the premium, if any, on the Debentures then outstanding which would have been
payable upon the redemption thereof by the Trust on the date of such
declaration) and all other monies outstanding hereunder, together with
subsequent interest at the rate borne by the Debentures on such principal,
interest and such other monies from the date of such declaration until payment
is received by the Debenture Trustee, such subsequent interest to be payable
at
the times and places and in the monies mentioned in and according to the tenor
of the Debentures. Such payment when made shall be deemed to have been made
in
discharge of the Trust's obligations hereunder and any monies so received by
the
Debenture Trustee shall be applied in the manner provided in Section
8.6.
Β
For
greater certainty, for the purposes
of this Section 8.1, a series of Debentures shall be in default in respect
of an
Event of Default if such Event of Default relates to a default in the payment
of
principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures of such series in
which case references to Debentures in this Section 8.1 refer to Debentures
of
that particular series.
Β
For
purposes of this Article 8, where
the Event of Default refers to an Event of Default with respect to a particular
series of Debentures as described in this Section 8.1, then this Article 8
shall
apply mutatis
mutandis
to the Debentures of
such
series and references in this Article 8 to the Debentures shall mean Debentures
of the particular series and references to the Debentureholders shall refer
to
the Debentureholders of the particular series, as applicable, unless the context
otherwise requires.
Β
8.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Notice of
Events of Default
Β
If
an Event of Default shall occur and
be continuing the Debenture Trustee shall, within 30 days after it receives
written notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default, give notice of such
Event of Default to the Debentureholders in the manner provided in Section
14.2,
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Debenture Trustee shall
have been requested to do so by the holders of at least 25% of the principal
amount of the Debentures then outstanding, the Debenture Trustee shall not
be
required to give such notice if the Debenture Trustee in good faith shall have
determined that the withholding of such notice is in the best interests of
the
Debentureholders and shall have so advised the Trust in
writing.
Β
8.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Waiver of
Default
Β
Upon
the happening of any Event of
Default hereunder:
Β
(a)
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the
holders of the Debentures
shall 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 shall thereupon
waive the Event of Default and cancel such declaration, or either,
upon
such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed in such requisition;
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing if the Event of Default
has
occurred by reason of the non-observance or non-performance by the
Trust
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 shall be entitled to exercise the foregoing
power and the Debenture Trustee shall so act and it shall not be
necessary
to obtain a waiver from the holders of any other series of Debentures;
and
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(b)
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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, shall have power to waive any Event of Default
if, in
the Debenture Trustee's opinion, the same shall have been cured or
adequate satisfaction made therefor, and in such event to cancel
any such
declaration theretofore 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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No
such act or omission either of the
Debenture Trustee or of the Debentureholders shall extend to or be taken in
any
manner whatsoever to affect any subsequent Event of Default or the rights
resulting therefrom.
Β
8.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Enforcement by the Debenture
Trustee
Β
Subject
to the provisions of Section 8.3
and to the provisions of any Extraordinary Resolution that may be passed by
the
Debentureholders, if the Trust shall fail to pay to the Debenture Trustee,
forthwith after the same shall have been declared to be due and payable under
Section 8.1, the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on all
Debentures then outstanding, together with any other amounts due hereunder,
the
Debenture Trustee may in its discretion and shall upon receipt of a request
in
writing signed by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Debentures then outstanding and upon being funded and indemnified to its
reasonable satisfaction against all costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred, proceed in its name as trustee hereunder to obtain or enforce payment
of such principal of and premium (if any) and interest on all the Debentures
then outstanding together with any other amounts due hereunder by such
proceedings authorized by this Indenture or by law or equity as the Debenture
Trustee in such request shall have been directed to take, or if such request
contains no such direction, or if the Debenture Trustee shall act without such
request, then by such proceedings authorized by this Indenture or by suit at
law
or in equity as the Debenture Trustee shall deem expedient.
Β
The
Debenture Trustee shall be entitled
and empowered, either in its own name or as Debenture Trustee of an express
trust, or as attorney-in-fact for the holders of the Debentures, or in any
one
or more of such capacities, to file such proof of debt, amendment of proof
of
debt, claim, petition or other document as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Debenture Trustee and of the holders of the
Debentures allowed in any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or other judicial
proceedings relative to the Trust or its creditors or relative to or affecting
its property. The Debenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed (and the
successive respective holders of the Debentures by taking and holding the same
shall be conclusively deemed to have so appointed the Debenture Trustee) the
true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the respective holders of the Debentures
with authority to make and file in the respective names of the holders of the
Debentures or on behalf of the holders of the Debentures as a class, subject
to
deduction from any such claims of the amounts of any claims filed by any of
the
holders of the Debentures themselves, any proof of debt, amendment of proof
of
debt, claim, petition or other document in any such proceedings and to receive
payment of any sums becoming distributable on account thereof, and to execute
any such other papers and documents and to do and perform any and all such
acts
and things for and on behalf of such holders of the Debentures, as may be
necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Debenture Trustee, in order to
have
the respective claims of the Debenture Trustee and of the holders of the
Debentures against the Trust or its property allowed in any such proceeding,
and
to receive payment of or on account of such claims; provided, however, that
subject to Section 8.3, nothing contained in this Indenture shall be deemed
to
give to the Debenture Trustee, unless so authorized by Extraordinary Resolution,
any right to accept or consent to any plan of reorganization or otherwise by
action of any character in such proceeding to waive or change in any way any
right of any Debentureholder.
Β
The
Debenture Trustee shall also have
the power at any time and from time to time to institute and to maintain such
suits and proceedings as it may be advised shall be necessary or advisable
to
preserve and protect its interests and the interests of the
Debentureholders.
Β
All
rights of action hereunder may be
enforced by the Debenture Trustee without the possession of any of the
Debentures or the production thereof on the trial or other proceedings relating
thereto. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Debenture Trustee shall
be brought in the name of the Debenture Trustee as trustee of an express trust,
and any recovery of judgment shall be for the rateable benefit of the holders
of
the Debentures subject to the provisions of this Indenture. In any proceeding
brought by the Debenture Trustee (and also any proceeding in which a declaratory
judgment of a court may be sought as to the interpretation or construction
of
any provision of this Indenture, to which the Debenture Trustee shall be a
party) the Debenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of
the
Debentures, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Debentures
parties to any such proceeding.
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8.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β No Suits
by Debentureholders
Β
No
holder of any Debenture shall have
any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for
the purpose of enforcing payment of the principal of or interest on the
Debentures or for the execution of any trust or power hereunder or for the
appointment of a liquidator or receiver or for a receiving order under the
Bankruptcy
and
Insolvency Act (Canada) or
to have the Trust wound up or to file or prove a claim in any liquidation or
bankruptcy proceeding or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (a) such holder
shall previously have given to the Debenture Trustee written notice of the
happening of an Event of Default hereunder; and (b) the Debentureholders by
Extraordinary Resolution or by written instrument signed by the holders of
at
least 25% in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding shall have
made
a request to the Debenture Trustee and the Debenture Trustee shall have been
afforded reasonable opportunity either itself to proceed to exercise the powers
hereinbefore granted or to institute an action, suit or proceeding in its name
for such purpose; and (c) the Debentureholders or any of them shall have
furnished to the Debenture Trustee, when so requested by the Debenture Trustee,
sufficient funds and security and indemnity satisfactory to it against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and (d)
the
Debenture Trustee shall have failed to act within a reasonable time after such
notification, request and offer of indemnity and such notification, request
and
offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case, at the option of
the
Debenture Trustee, to be conditions precedent to any such proceeding or for
any
other remedy hereunder by or on behalf of the holder of any
Debentures.
Β
8.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Application of Monies by Debenture
Trustee
Β
(a)
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Except
as herein otherwise
expressly provided, any monies received by the Debenture Trustee
from the
Trust 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 Trust, shall be applied, together with any other
monies
in the hands of the Debenture Trustee available for such purpose,
as
follows:
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Β
Β
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(i)
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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;
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Β
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(ii)
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second,
but subject as hereinafter
in this Section 8.6 provided, in payment, rateably and proportionately
to
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 shall 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 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
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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third,
in payment of the surplus,
if any, of such monies to the Trust or its
assigns;
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Β
provided,
however, that no payment shall
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 Trust or any Subsidiary (other than any Debenture pledged for value and
in
good faith to a person other than the Trust 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.
Β
(b)
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The
Debenture Trustee shall 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 Section 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
shall
be sufficient for the said purpose or until it shall consider it
advisable
to apply the same in the manner hereinbefore set forth. The foregoing
shall, however, not apply to a final payment in distribution
hereunder.
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8.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notice of Payment by Debenture
Trustee
Β
Not
less than 15 days notice shall be
given in the manner provided in Section 14.2 by the Debenture Trustee to the
Debentureholders of any payment to be made under this Article 8. Such notice
shall state the time when and place where such payment is to be made and also
the liability under this Indenture to which it is to be applied. After the
day
so fixed, unless payment shall have been duly demanded and have been refused,
the Debentureholders will be entitled to interest only on the balance (if any)
of the principal monies, premium (if any) and interest (if any) due to them,
respectively, on the Debentures, after deduction of the respective amounts
payable in respect thereof on the day so fixed.
Β
8.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Debenture
Trustee May Demand Production of Debentures
Β
The
Debenture Trustee shall have the
right to demand production of the Debentures in respect of which any payment
of
principal, interest or premium required by this Article 8 is made and may cause
to be endorsed on the same a memorandum of the amount so paid and the date
of
payment, but the Debenture Trustee may, in its discretion, dispense with such
production and endorsement, upon such indemnity being given to it and to the
Trust as the Debenture Trustee shall deem sufficient.
Β
8.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Remedies
Cumulative
Β
No
remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Debenture Trustee, or upon or to the holders of Debentures
is
intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but each and every such remedy
shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given
hereunder or now existing or hereafter to exist by law or by
equity.
Β
8.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Judgment Against the
Trust
Β
The
Trust covenants and agrees with the
Debenture Trustee that, in case of any judicial or other proceedings to enforce
the rights of the Debentureholders, judgment may be rendered against it in
favour of the Debentureholders or in favour of the Debenture Trustee, as trustee
for the Debentureholders, for any amount which may remain due in respect of
the
Debentures and premium (if any) and the interest thereon and any other monies
owing hereunder.
Β
8.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Immunity of Debenture Trustee
and
Others
Β
The
Debentureholders and the Debenture
Trustee hereby waive and release any right, cause of action or remedy now or
hereafter existing in any jurisdiction against any past, present or future
officer, trustee or holder of Trust Units of the Trust or of any successor,
in
each case in such capacity, for the payment of the principal of or premium
or
interest on any of the Debentures or on any covenant, agreement, representation
or warranty by the Trust herein or in the Debentures
contained.
Β
ARTICLE
9
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Β
9.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Cancellation and
Destruction
Β
All
Debentures shall forthwith after
payment of all obligations thereunder be delivered to the Debenture Trustee
and
cancelled by it. All Debentures cancelled or required to be cancelled under
this
or any other provision of this Indenture shall be destroyed by the Debenture
Trustee and, if required by the Trust, the Debenture Trustee shall furnish
to it
a destruction certificate setting out the designating numbers of the Debentures
so destroyed.
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9.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Non-Presentation of
Debentures
Β
In
case the holder of any Debenture
shall fail to present the same for payment on the date on which the principal,
premium (if any) or the interest thereon or represented thereby becomes payable
either at maturity or otherwise or shall not accept payment on account thereof
and give such receipt therefor, if any, as the Debenture Trustee may
require:
Β
(a)
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the
Trust shall be entitled to pay
or deliver to the Debenture Trustee and direct it to set aside;
or
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Β
(b)
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in
respect of monies or Trust
Units in the hands of the Debenture Trustee which may or should be
applied
to the payment of the Debentures, the Trust shall be entitled to
direct
the Debenture Trustee to set aside;
or
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Β
(c)
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if
the redemption was pursuant to
notice given by the Debenture Trustee, the Debenture Trustee may
itself
set aside;
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Β
the
principal, premium (if any) or the
interest, as the case may be, in trust to be paid to the holder of such
Debenture upon due presentation or surrender thereof in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture; and thereupon the principal, premium (if any)
or
the interest payable on or represented by each Debenture in respect whereof
such
monies or Trust Units, if applicable, have been set aside shall be deemed to
have been paid and the holder thereof shall thereafter have no right in respect
thereof except that of receiving delivery and payment of the monies or Trust
Units, if applicable, so set aside by the Debenture Trustee upon due
presentation and surrender thereof, subject always to the provisions of Section
9.3.
Β
9.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β Repayment
of Unclaimed Monies or Trust Units
Β
Subject
to applicable law, any monies or
Trust Units, if applicable, set aside under Section 9.2 and not claimed by
and
paid to holders of Debentures as provided in Section 9.2 within six years after
the date of such setting aside shall be repaid and delivered to the Trust by
the
Debenture Trustee and thereupon the Debenture Trustee shall be released from
all
further liability with respect to such monies or Trust Units, if applicable,
and
thereafter the holders of the Debentures in respect of which such monies or
Trust Units, if applicable, were so repaid to the Trust shall have no rights
in
respect thereof except to obtain payment and delivery of the monies or Trust
Units, if applicable, from the Trust subject to any limitation provided by
the
laws of the Province of Alberta. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Debenture
Trustee will pay any remaining funds prior to the expiry of six years after
the
setting aside described in Section 9.2 to the Trust upon receipt from the Trust,
or one of its Subsidiaries, of an uncontested letter of credit from a Canadian
chartered bank in an amount equal to or in excess of the amount of the remaining
funds. If the remaining funds are paid to the Trust prior to the expiry of
six
years after such setting aside, the Trust shall reimburse the Debenture Trustee
for any amounts so set aside which are required to be paid by the Debenture
Trustee to a holder of a Debenture after the date of such payment of the
remaining funds to the Trust but prior to six years after such setting
aside.
Β
9.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Discharge
Β
The
Debenture Trustee shall at the
written request of the Trust release and discharge this Indenture and execute
and deliver such instruments as it shall be advised by Counsel are requisite
for
that purpose and to release the Trust from its covenants herein contained (other
than the provisions relating to the indemnification of the Debenture Trustee),
upon proof being given to the reasonable satisfaction of the Debenture Trustee
that the principal and premium (if any) of and interest (including interest
on
amounts in default, if any), on all the Debentures and all other monies payable
hereunder have been paid or satisfied or that all the Debentures having matured
or having been duly called for redemption, payment of the principal of and
interest (including interest on amounts in default, if any) on such Debentures
and of all other monies payable hereunder has been duly and effectually provided
for in accordance with the provisions hereof.
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9.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Satisfaction
Β
(a)
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The
Trust shall 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 Trust,
shall
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:
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Β
Β
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(i)
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the
Trust 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 Trust Units, 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 or Redemption Dates, as
the case
may be, of such Debentures;
or
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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the
Trust has deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Debenture Trustee as trust property in trust
for
the purpose of making payment on such
Debentures:
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Β
Β
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(A)
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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 Trust Units, if applicable;
or
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Β
Β
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(B)
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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 or Trust Units,
if
applicable;
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Β
as
will, together with the income to
accrue thereon and reinvestment thereof, be sufficient to pay and discharge
the
entire amount of principal and accrued and unpaid interest to maturity or any
repayment date, as the case may be, of all such Debentures;
Β
and
in either event:
Β
Β
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(iii)
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the
Trust has paid, caused to be
paid or made provisions to the satisfaction of the Debenture Trustee
for
the payment of all other sums 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
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Β
Β
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(iv)
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the
Trust 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.
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Β
Any
deposits with the Debenture Trustee
referred to in this Section 9.5 shall be irrevocable, subject to Section 9.6,
and shall 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.
Β
(b)
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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 Articles 2 and 4 and the provisions
of
Article 1 pertaining to Articles 2 and 4) shall no longer be binding
upon
or applicable to the Trust.
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Any
funds or obligations deposited
with the Debenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be
denominated in the currency or denomination of the Debentures in
respect
of which such deposit is
made.
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Β
(d)
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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 Trust's obligations under this Indenture and
the
affected Debentures shall 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 Trust
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 Trust shall 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.
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Β
9.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Continuance of
Rights, Duties and Obligations
Β
Where
trust funds or trust property have
been deposited pursuant to Section 9.5, the holders of Debentures and the Trust
shall continue to have and be subject to their respective rights, duties and
obligations under Articles 2 and 4.
Β
ARTICLE
10
TRUST
UNIT INTEREST PAYMENT ELECTION
Β
10.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Trust Unit Interest Payment
Election
Β
(a)
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Provided
that the Trust 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 Trust Units are then listed), the Trust
shall
have the right, from time to time, to make a Trust Unit Interest
Payment
Election in respect of any Interest Obligation by delivering a Trust
Unit
Interest Payment Election Notice to the Debenture Trustee no later
than
the date required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange
on
which the Debentures or Trust Units are then
listed.
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Β
(b)
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Upon
receipt of a Trust Unit
Interest Payment Election Notice, the Debenture Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Article 10 and such Trust Unit Interest Payment
Election Notice, deliver Trust Unit Bid Requests to the investment
banks,
brokers or dealers identified by the Trust, in its absolute discretion,
in
the Trust Unit Interest Payment Election Notice. In connection with
the
Trust Unit Interest Payment Election, the Debenture Trustee shall
have the
power to: (i) accept delivery of the Trust Units from the Trust and
process the Trust Units in accordance with the Trust Unit Interest
Payment
Election Notice; (ii) accept bids with respect to, and consummate
sales
of, such Trust Units, each as the Trust shall direct in its absolute
discretion through the investment banks, brokers or dealers identified
by
the Trust in the Trust Unit Interest Payment Election Notice; (iii)
invest
the proceeds of such sales on the direction of the Trust 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
Trust Unit Interest Payment Election was made; and (iv) perform any
other
action necessarily incidental thereto as directed by the Trust in
its
absolute discretion. The Trust Unit Interest Payment Election Notice
shall
direct the Debenture Trustee to solicit and accept only, and each
Trust
Unit Bid Request shall 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 Trust Units which, together
with the
cash payments by the Trust in lieu of fractional Trust Units, if
any,
equal the Interest Obligation on the Trust Unit Delivery
Date.
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Β
(c)
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The
Trust Unit Interest Payment
Election Notice shall provide for, and all bids shall be subject
to, the
right of the Trust, by delivering written notice to the Debenture
Trustee
at any time prior to the consummation of such delivery and sale of
the
Trust Units on the Trust Unit Delivery Date, to withdraw the Trust
Unit
Interest Payment Election (which shall have the effect of withdrawing
each
related Trust Unit Bid Request), whereupon the Trust shall be obliged
to
pay in cash the Interest Obligation in respect of which the Trust
Unit
Interest Payment Election Notice has been
delivered.
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(d)
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Any
sale of Trust Units 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 Trust
Unit
Interest Payment Election shall take place concurrently on the Trust
Unit
Delivery Date.
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Β
(e)
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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 Trust elects to
satisfy
the Interest Obligation pursuant to a Trust Unit Interest Payment
Election.
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Β
(f)
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The
Debenture Trustee shall inform
the Trust promptly following receipt of any bid or bids for Trust
Units
solicited pursuant to the Trust Unit Bid Requests. The Debenture
Trustee
shall accept such bid or bids as the Trust, in its absolute discretion,
shall direct by Written Direction of the Trust, provided that the
aggregate proceeds of all sales of Trust Units resulting from the
acceptance of such bids, together with the amount of any cash payment
by
the Trust in lieu of any fractional Trust Units, on the Trust Unit
Delivery Date, must be equal to the related Trust Unit Interest Payment
Election Amount in connection with any bids so accepted, and the
Trust,
the Debenture Trustee (if required by the Trust in its absolute
discretion) and the applicable bidders shall, not later than the
Trust
Unit Delivery Date, enter into Trust Unit Purchase Agreements and
shall
comply with all Applicable Securities Legislation, including the
securities rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the
Debentures or Trust Units are then listed. The Trust shall pay all
fees
and expenses in connection with the Trust Unit Purchase Agreements
including the fees and commissions charged by the investment banks,
brokers and dealers and the fees of the Debenture
Trustee.
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Β
(g)
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Provided
that: (i) all conditions
specified in each Trust Unit Purchase Agreement to the closing of
all
sales thereunder have been satisfied, other than the delivery of
the Trust
Units to be sold thereunder against payment of the purchase price
thereof;
and (ii) the purchasers under each Trust Unit Purchase Agreement
shall be
ready, willing and able to perform thereunder, in each case on the
Trust
Unit Delivery Date, the Trust shall, on the Trust Unit Delivery Date,
deliver to the Debenture Trustee the Trust Units to be sold on such
date,
an amount in cash equal to the value of any fractional Trust Units
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 Trust
Unit
Purchase Agreement, have been satisfied. Upon such deliveries, the
Debenture Trustee shall consummate such sales on such Trust Unit
Delivery
Date by the delivery of the Trust Units 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 Trust Unit Interest
Payment Election Amount (less any amount attributable to any fractional
Trust Units), whereupon the sole right of a holder of Debentures
to
receive such holder's portion of the Trust Unit Interest Payment
Election
Amount will be to receive same from the Debenture Trustee out of
the
proceeds of such sales of Trust Units plus any amount received by
the
Debenture Trustee from the Trust attributable to any fractional Trust
Units in full satisfaction of the Interest Obligation and the holder
will
have no further recourse to the Trust in respect of the Interest
Obligation.
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Β
(h)
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The
Debenture Trustee shall, on
the Trust Unit Delivery Date, use the sale proceeds of the Trust
Units
(together with any cash received from the Trust in lieu of any fractional
Trust Units) to purchase, on the direction of the Trust in writing,
Government Obligations which mature prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date and which the Debenture Trustee is required to hold
until
maturity (the "Trust
Unit
Proceeds Investment")
and shall, on such date, deposit the balance, if any, of such sale
proceeds in an account established by the Trust (and which shall
be
maintained by and subject to the control of the Debenture Trustee)
(the
"Interest
Account") for such
Debentures. The Debenture Trustee shall hold such Trust Unit 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 shall deposit amounts from the proceeds of the Trust Unit
Proceeds
Investment in the Interest Account to bring the balance of the Interest
Account to the Trust Unit Interest Payment Election Amount. On the
Interest Payment Date, the Debenture Trustee shall pay the funds
held in
the Interest Account to the holders of record of the Debentures on
the
Interest Payment Date (less any tax required to be deducted, if any)
and,
provided that there is no Event of Default, shall remit amounts,
if any,
in respect of income earned on the Trust Unit Proceeds Investment
or
otherwise in excess of the Trust Unit Interest Payment Election Amount
to
the Trust.
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Β
(i)
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Neither
the making of a Trust Unit
Payment Election nor the consummation of sales of Trust Units on
a Trust
Unit Delivery Date shall (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 Trust Units in satisfaction
of
such Interest Obligation.
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Β
(j)
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No
fractional Trust Units will be
issued in satisfaction of interest but in lieu thereof the Trust
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).
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Β
ARTICLE
11
SUCCESSORS
11.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Restrictions on Amalgamation,
Merger and Sale of Certain Assets, etc.
Β
Subject
to the provisions of Article 12,
the Trust shall not enter into any transaction or series of transactions whereby
all or substantially all of its undertaking, property or assets would become
the
property of any other person (herein called a "Successor")
whether by way of reorganization,
consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, transfer, sale or otherwise,
unless:
Β
(a)
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prior
to or contemporaneously with
the consummation of such transaction the Trust and the Successor
shall
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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Β
Β
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(i)
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the
Successor will have assumed
all the covenants and obligations of the Trust under this Indenture
in
respect of the Debentures;
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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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
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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in
the case of an entity organized
otherwise than under the laws of the Province of Alberta, shall attorn
to
the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of
Alberta;
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Β
(b)
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such
transaction, in the opinion
of Counsel, shall 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
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Β
(c)
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no
condition or event shall exist
as to the Trust (at the time of such transaction) or the Successor
(immediately after such transaction) and after giving full effect
thereto
or immediately after the Successor shall become 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.
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Β
11.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Vesting of Powers in
Successor
Β
Whenever
the conditions of Section 11.1
shall have been duly observed and performed, any Successor formed by or
resulting from such transaction shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of the Trust under this Indenture with the
same effect as though the Successor had been named as the Trust herein and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease or other similar disposition of
property to the Successor, the Trust shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Debentures forthwith upon the Trust
delivering to the Debenture Trustee an opinion of Counsel to the effect that
the
conditions of Section 11.1 will have been duly observed and performed on
completion of the transaction and that the transaction shall not result in
any
material adverse tax consequences to the Trust or the Successor. The Debenture
Trustee will, at the expense of the Successor, execute any documents which
it
may be advised by Counsel are necessary or advisable for effecting or evidencing
such release and discharge.
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ARTICLE
12
COMPULSORY
ACQUISITION
Β
12.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Definitions
Β
In
this Article:
Β
(a)
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"Affiliate"
and "Associate"
shall have their respective
meanings set forth in the Securities
Act
(Alberta);
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Β
(b)
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"Dissenting
Debentureholders"
means a Debentureholder who does not accept an Offer referred to
in
Section 12.2 and includes any assignee of the Initial Debenture of
a
Debentureholder to whom such an Offer is made, whether or not such
assignee is recognized under this
Indenture;
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Β
(c)
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"Offer"
means an offer to acquire
outstanding Initial Debentures where, as of the date of the offer
to
acquire, the Initial Debentures that are subject to the offer to
acquire,
together with the Offeror's Initial Debentures, constitute in the
aggregate 20% or more of the outstanding principal amount of the
Initial
Debentures;
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Β
(d)
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"offer
to
acquire" includes
an
acceptance of an offer to
sell;
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Β
(e)
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"Offeror"
means a person, or two or more
persons acting jointly or in concert, who make an Offer to acquire
Initial
Debentures;
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Β
(f)
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"Offeror's
Notice" means the
notice described in Section 12.3;
and
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Β
(g)
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"Offeror's
Initial Debentures"
means Initial 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 acting jointly
or in
concert with the Offeror.
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Β
12.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Offer for
Debentures
Β
If
an Offer for all of the outstanding
Initial Debentures (other than Offeror's Initial Debentures) is made
and:
Β
(a)
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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 Initial Debentures, other than the Offeror's Initial
Debentures;
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Β
(b)
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the
Offeror is bound to take up
and pay for, or has taken up and paid for the Initial Debentures
of the
Debentureholders who accepted the Offer;
and
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Β
(c)
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the
Offeror complies with Sections
12.3 and 12.5;
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Β
the
Offeror is entitled to acquire, and
the Dissenting Debentureholders are required to sell to the Offeror, the Initial
Debentures held by the Dissenting Debentureholder for the same consideration
per
Initial Debenture payable or paid, as the case may be, under the
Offer.
Β
12.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Offeror's Notice to Dissenting
Shareholders
Β
Where
an Offeror is entitled to acquire
Initial Debentures held by Dissenting Debentureholders pursuant to Section
12.2
and the Offeror wishes to exercise such right, the Offeror shall send by
registered mail within 30 days after the date of termination of the Offer a
notice (the "Offeror's
Notice") to each Dissenting
Debentureholder stating that:
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Β
(a)
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Debentureholders
holding at least
90% of the principal amount of all outstanding Initial Debentures,
other
than Offeror's Initial Debentures, have accepted the
Offer;
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Β
(b)
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the
Offeror is bound to take up
and pay for, or has taken up and paid for, the Initial Debentures
of the
Debentureholders who accepted the
Offer;
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Β
(c)
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Dissenting
Debentureholders must
transfer their respective Initial Debentures to the Offeror on the
terms
on which the Offeror acquired the Initial Debentures of the
Debentureholders who accepted the Offer within 21 days after the
date of
the sending of the Offeror's Notice;
and
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Β
(d)
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Dissenting
Debentureholders must
send their respective Initial Debenture certificate(s) to the Debenture
Trustee within 21 days after the date of the sending of the Offeror's
Notice.
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Β
12.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Delivery of Debenture
Certificates
Β
A
Dissenting Debentureholder to whom an
Offeror's Notice is sent pursuant to Section 12.3 shall, within 21 days after
the sending of the Offeror's Notice, send his or her Initial Debenture
certificate(s) to the Debenture Trustee duly endorsed for
transfer.
Β
12.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Payment of Consideration to
Debenture Trustee
Β
Within
21 days after the Offeror sends
an Offeror's Notice pursuant to Section 12.3, the Offeror shall pay or transfer
to the Debenture Trustee, or to such other person as the Debenture Trustee
may
direct, the cash or other consideration that is payable to Dissenting
Debentureholders pursuant to Section 12.2.Β Β The acquisition by the
Offeror of all Initial Debentures held by all Dissenting Debentureholders shall
be effective as of the time of such payment or transfer.
Β
12.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Consideration to be held in
Trust
Β
The
Debenture Trustee, or the person
directed by the Debenture Trustee, shall hold in trust for the Dissenting
Debentureholders the cash or other consideration they or it receives under
Section 12.5. The Debenture Trustee, or such persons, shall deposit cash in
a
separate account in a Canadian chartered bank, or other body corporate, any
of
whose deposits are insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, and
shall place other consideration in the custody of a Canadian chartered bank
or
such other body corporate.
Β
12.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Completion of Transfer of
Debentures to Offeror
Β
Within
30 days after the date of the
sending of an Offeror's Notice pursuant to Section 12.3, the Debenture Trustee,
if the Offeror has complied with Section 12.5, shall:
Β
(a)
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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
Initial
Debentures of the Dissenting Debentureholders to the
Offeror;
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Β
(b)
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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;
and
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Β
(c)
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send
to each Dissenting
Debentureholder who has not complied with Section 12.4 a notice stating
that:
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Β
Β
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(i)
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his
or her Initial Debentures have
been transferred to the
Offeror;
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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the
Debenture Trustee or some
other person designated in such notice is holding in trust the
consideration for such Initial Debentures;
and
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Β
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(iii)
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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 Initial Debenture certificate(s) or such other
documents
as the Debenture Trustee or such other person may require in lieu
thereof;
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Β
and
the Debenture Trustee is hereby
appointed the agent and attorney of the Dissenting Debentureholders for the
purposes of giving effect to the foregoing provisions.
Β
12.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Communication of Offer to
Trust
Β
An
Offeror cannot make an Offer for
Initial Debentures unless, concurrent with the communication of the Offer to
any
Debentureholder, a copy of the Offer is provided to the
Trust.
Β
ARTICLE
13
MEETINGS
OF DEBENTUREHOLDERS
Β
13.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Right to Convene
Meeting
Β
The
Debenture Trustee or the Trust may
at any time and from time to time, and the Debenture Trustee shall, on receipt
of a written request of the Trust or a written request signed by the holders
of
not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding
and
upon receiving funding and being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction
by
the Trust or by the Debentureholders signing such request against the costs
which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such
meeting, convene a meeting of the Debentureholders. In the event of the
Debenture Trustee failing, within 30 days after receipt of any such request
and
such funding of indemnity, to give notice convening a meeting, the Trust or
such
Debentureholders, as the case may be, may convene such meeting. Every such
meeting shall be held in the City of Calgary or at such other place as may
be
approved or determined by the Debenture Trustee.
Β
13.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Notice of
Meetings
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At
least 21 days notice of any meeting
shall be given to the Debentureholders in the manner provided in Section 14.2
and a copy of such notice shall be sent by post to the Debenture Trustee, unless
the meeting has been called by it. Such notice shall state the time when and
the
place where the meeting is to be held and shall state briefly the general nature
of the business to be transacted thereat and it shall 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 shall not invalidate any resolution passed at any
such meeting. A holder may waive notice of a meeting either before or after
the
meeting.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Sections 13.2(c) and (d)), then:
Β
Β
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(i)
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a
reference to such fact,
indicating each series of Debentures in the opinion of the Debenture
Trustee (or the Person calling the meeting) so especially affected
(hereinafter referred to as the "especially
affected series")
shall be made in the notice of such meeting, and in any such case
the
meeting shall be and be deemed to be and is herein referred to as
a
"Serial
Meeting";
and
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Β
Β
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(ii)
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the
holders of Debentures of an
especially affected series shall 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:
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Β
Β
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(A)
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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 66 2/3%) of the principal amount of the
Debentures of such series then outstanding voted on the resolution;
or
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Β
Β
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(B)
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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 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Debentures of such series
then outstanding.
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Β
(c)
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Subject
to Section 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) shall be determined by an opinion of
Counsel,
which shall be binding on all Debentureholders, the Debenture Trustee
and
the Trust for all purposes
hereof.
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Β
(d)
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A
proposal:
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Β
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(i)
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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;
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Β
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(ii)
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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
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Β
Β
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(iii)
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to
reduce with respect to
Debentureholders of any particular series any percentage stated in
this
Section 13.2 or any of Sections 13.4, 13.12 and
13.15;
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shall
be deemed to especially affect the
rights of the Debentureholders of such series in a manner differing in a
material way from that in which it affects the rights of holders of Debentures
of any other series, whether or not a similar extension, reduction, modification
or termination is proposed with respect to Debentures of any or all other
series.
Β
13.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Chairman
Β
Some
person, who need not be a
Debentureholder, nominated in writing by the Debenture Trustee shall be chairman
of the meeting and if no person is so nominated, or if the person so nominated
is not present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the
meeting, a majority of the Debentureholders present in person or by proxy shall
choose some person present to be chairman.
Β
13.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Quorum
Β
Subject
to the provisions of Section
13.12, at any meeting of the Debentureholders a quorum shall consist of
Debentureholders present in person or by proxy and representing at least 25%
in
principal amount of the outstanding Debentures and, if the meeting is a Serial
Meeting, at least 25% of the Debentures then outstanding of each especially
affected series. If a quorum of the Debentureholders shall not be present within
30 minutes from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if summoned
by the Debentureholders or pursuant to a request of the Debentureholders, shall
be dissolved, but in any other case the meeting shall be adjourned to the same
day in the next week (unless such day is not a Business Day in which case it
shall be adjourned to the next following Business Day thereafter) at the same
time and place and no notice shall be required to be given in respect of such
adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Debentureholders present in
person or by proxy shall, subject to the provisions of Section 13.12, constitute
a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was
originally convened notwithstanding that they may not represent 25% of
the principal amount of the outstanding Debentures or of the Debentures then
outstanding of each especially affected series. Any business may be brought
before or dealt with at an adjourned meeting which might have been brought
before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice
calling the same. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless the
required quorum be present at the commencement of business.
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Β
Β
13.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Power to
Adjourn
Β
The
chairman of any meeting at which a
quorum of the Debentureholders is present may, with the consent of the holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Debentures represented thereat, adjourn
any such meeting and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such
notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.
Β
13.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Show of Hands
Β
Every
question submitted to a meeting
shall, subject to Section 13.7, be decided in the first place by a majority
of
the votes given on a show of hands except that votes on Extraordinary
Resolutions shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided. At any such
meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by
the
chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a
particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be
conclusive evidence of the fact. The chairman of any meeting shall be entitled,
both on a show of hands and on a poll, to vote in respect of the Debentures,
if
any, held by him.
Β
13.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Poll
Β
On
every Extraordinary Resolution, and
on any other question submitted to a meeting when demanded by the chairman
or by
one or more Debentureholders or proxies for Debentureholders, a poll shall
be
taken in such manner and either at once or after an adjournment as the chairman
shall direct. Questions other than Extraordinary Resolutions shall, if a poll
be
taken, be decided by the votes of the holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Debentures and of each especially affected series, if applicable,
represented at the meeting and voted on the poll.
Β
13.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Voting
Β
On
a show of hands every person who is
present and entitled to vote, whether as a Debentureholder or as proxy for
one
or more Debentureholders or both, shall have one vote. On a poll each
Debentureholder present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed
by an
instrument in writing shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each $1,000
principal amount of Debentures of which he shall then be the holder. In the
case
of any Debenture denominated in a currency or currency unit other than Canadian
dollars, the principal amount thereof for these purposes shall be computed
in
Canadian dollars on the basis of the conversion of the principal amount thereof
at the applicable spot buying rate of exchange for such other currency or
currency unit as reported by the Bank of Canada at the close of business on
the
Business Day next preceding the meeting. Any fractional amounts resulting from
such conversion shall be rounded to the nearest $100. A proxy need not be a
Debentureholder. In the case of joint holders of a Debenture, any one of them
present in person or by proxy at the meeting may vote in the absence of the
other or others but in case more than one of them be present in person or by
proxy, they shall vote together in respect of the Debentures of which they
are
joint holders.
Β
13.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Proxies
Β
A
Debentureholder may be present and
vote at any meeting of Debentureholders by an authorized representative. The
Trust (in case it convenes the meeting) or the Debenture Trustee (in any other
case) for the purpose of enabling the Debentureholders to be present and vote
at
any meeting without producing their Debentures, and of enabling them to be
present and vote at any such meeting by proxy and of lodging instruments
appointing such proxies at some place other than the place where the meeting
is
to be held, may from time to time make and vary such regulations as it shall
think fit providing for and governing any or all of the following
matters:
Β
Β
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Β
(a)
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the
form of the instrument
appointing a proxy, which shall be in writing, and the manner in
which the
same shall be executed and the production of the authority of any
person
signing on behalf of a
Debentureholder;
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(b)
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the
deposit of instruments
appointing proxies at such place as the Debenture Trustee, the Trust
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
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(c)
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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 Trust 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.
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Β
Any
regulations so made shall be binding
and effective and the votes given in accordance therewith shall be valid and
shall be counted. Save as such regulations may provide, the only persons who
shall be recognized at any meeting as the holders of any Debentures, or as
entitled to vote or be present at the meeting in respect thereof, shall be
Debentureholders and persons whom Debentureholders have by instrument in writing
duly appointed as their proxies.
Β
13.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Persons Entitled to Attend
Meetings
Β
The
Trust and the Debenture Trustee, by
their respective officers and directors, the Auditors of the Trust and the
legal
advisers of the Trust, the Debenture Trustee or any Debentureholder may attend
any meeting of the Debentureholders, but shall have no vote as
such.
Β
13.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Powers Exercisable by
Extraordinary Resolution
Β
In
addition to the powers conferred upon
them by any other provisions of this Indenture or by law, a meeting of the
Debentureholders shall have the following powers exercisable from time to time
by Extraordinary Resolution, subject in the case of the matters in paragraphs
(a), (b), (c), (d) and (l) to receipt of the prior approval of the Toronto
Stock
Exchange or such other exchange on which the Debentures are then
listed:
Β
(a)
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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;
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(b)
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power
to sanction any
modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise or arrangement of
the
rights of the Debentureholders or the Debenture Trustee against the
Trust,
or against its property, whether such rights arise under this Indenture
or
the Debentures or otherwise;
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(c)
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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 shall
be
agreed to by the Trust and to authorize the Debenture Trustee to
concur in
and execute any indenture supplemental hereto embodying any modification,
change, addition or
omission;
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(d)
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power
to sanction any scheme for
the reconstruction, reorganization or recapitalization of the Trust
or for
the consolidation, amalgamation or merger of the Trust 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
Trust or
any part thereof, provided that no such sanction shall be necessary
in
respect of any such transaction if the provisions of Section 11.1
shall
have been complied with;
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(e)
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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;
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Β
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(f)
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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;
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(g)
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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)
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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 shall have been permitted
by
Section 8.5, of the costs, charges and expenses reasonably and properly
incurred by such Debentureholder in connection
therewith;
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(i)
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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
units or
other securities of the
Trust;
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(j)
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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 shall 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 shall consist of such number of persons as shall be
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 shall
be
binding upon all Debentureholders. Neither the committee nor any
member
thereof shall be liable for any loss arising from or in connection
with
any action taken or omitted to be taken by them in good
faith;
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(k)
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power
to remove the Debenture
Trustee from office and to appoint a new Debenture Trustee or Debenture
Trustees provided that no such removal shall be effective unless
and until
a new Debenture Trustee or Debenture Trustees shall have become bound
by
this Indenture;
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(l)
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power
to sanction the exchange of
the Debentures for or the conversion thereof into units, bonds, debentures
or other securities or obligations of the Trust or of any other person
formed or to be formed;
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(m)
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power
to authorize the
distribution in specie of any shares or securities received pursuant
to a
transaction authorized under the provisions of Section 13.11(l);
and
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Β
(n)
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power
to amend, alter or repeal
any Extraordinary Resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the
Debentureholders or by any committee appointed pursuant to Section
13.11(j).
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Β
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions
of this Section 13.11 none of such provisions shall in any manner allow or
permit any amendment, modification, abrogation or addition to the provisions
of
Article 5 which could reasonably be expected to detrimentally affect the rights,
remedies or recourse of the priority of the Senior
Creditors.
Β
13.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Meaning of "Extraordinary
Resolution"
Β
(a)
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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 66 2/3% 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 66 2/3% 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.
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Β
Β
(b)
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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, shall be dissolved
but in any other case it shall 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 shall
be
given of the time and place of such adjourned meeting in the manner
provided in Section 14.2. Such notice shall state that at the adjourned
meeting the Debentureholders present in person or by proxy shall
form a
quorum. At the adjourned meeting the Debentureholders present in
person or
by proxy shall 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 66 2/3% 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 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Debentures of
each
especially affected series, in each case present or represented by
proxy
at the meeting voted upon on a poll shall 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.
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(c)
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Votes
on an Extraordinary
Resolution shall always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll
on an
Extraordinary Resolution shall be
necessary.
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Β
13.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Powers
Cumulative
Β
Any
one or more of the powers in this
Indenture stated to be exercisable by the Debentureholders by Extraordinary
Resolution or otherwise may be exercised from time to time and the exercise
of
any one or more of such powers from time to time shall not be deemed to exhaust
the rights of the Debentureholders to exercise the same or any other such power
or powers thereafter from time to time.
Β
13.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Minutes
Β
Minutes
of all resolutions and
proceedings at every meeting as aforesaid shall be made and duly entered in
books to be from time to time provided for that purpose by the Debenture Trustee
at the expense of the Trust, and any such minutes as aforesaid, if signed by
the
chairman of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings
had, or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting of the Debentureholders,
shall be prima
facie
evidence of the matters
therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting, in respect
of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made, shall be deemed to
have been duly held and convened, and all resolutions passed thereat or
proceedings taken thereat to have been duly passed and
taken.
Β
13.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Instruments in
Writing
Β
All
actions which may be taken and all
powers that may be exercised by the Debentureholders at a meeting held as
hereinbefore in this Article provided may also be taken and exercised by the
holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of all the outstanding Debentures
and, if the meeting at which such actions might be taken would be a Serial
Meeting, by the holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Debentures
then outstanding of each especially affected series, by an instrument in writing
signed in one or more counterparts and the expression "Extraordinary
Resolution" when used in
this Indenture shall include an instrument so signed.
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13.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Binding
Effect of
Resolutions
Β
Every
resolution and every Extraordinary
Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article at a meeting
of Debentureholders shall be binding upon all the Debentureholders, whether
present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed
by Debentureholders in accordance with Section 13.15 shall be binding upon
all
the Debentureholders, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every
Debentureholder and the Debenture Trustee (subject to the provisions for its
indemnity herein contained) shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every
such resolution, Extraordinary Resolution and instrument in
writing.
Β
13.17Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Evidence of Rights of
Debentureholders
Β
(a)
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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)
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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 shall consider
proper.
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Β
13.18Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Concerning
Serial
Meetings
Β
If
in the opinion of Counsel any
business to be transacted at any meeting, or any action to be taken or power
to
be exercised by instrument in writing under Section 13.15, does not adversely
affect the rights of the holders of Debentures of one or more series, the
provisions of this Article 13 shall apply as if the Debentures of such series
were not outstanding and no notice of any such meeting need be given to the
holders of Debentures of such series. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, a proposal to modify or terminate any covenant or agreement which
is
effective only so long as Debentures of a particular series are outstanding
shall be deemed not to adversely affect the rights of the holders of Debentures
of any other series.
Β
ARTICLE
14
NOTICES
14.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Notice to
Trust
Β
Any
notice to the Trust under the
provisions of this Indenture shall be valid and effective if delivered to the
Trust at: 2100, 000 - 0xxXxxxxx
X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X0X 0X0,
Attention: President, and a copy delivered to Xxxxxx XxXxxx LLP, 0000, 000
-
0xxXxxxxx
X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0,
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx, or if given by registered letter, postage prepaid,
to
such offices and so addressed and if mailed, shall be deemed to have been
effectively given three days following the mailing thereof. The Trust may from
time to time notify the Debenture Trustee in writing of a change of address
which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address of the
Trust for all purposes of this Indenture.
Β
14.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Notice to
Debentureholders
Β
All
notices to be given hereunder with
respect to the Debentures shall be deemed to be validly given to the holders
thereof if sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, by letter or circular
addressed to such holders at their post office addresses appearing in any of
the
registers hereinbefore mentioned and shall be deemed to have been effectively
given three days following the day of mailing. Accidental error or omission
in
giving notice or accidental failure to mail notice to any Debentureholder or
the
inability of the Trust to give or mail any notice due to anything beyond the
reasonable control of the Trust shall not invalidate any action or proceeding
founded thereon.
Β
If
any notice given in accordance with
the foregoing paragraph would be unlikely to reach the Debentureholders to
whom
it is addressed in the ordinary course of post by reason of an interruption
in
mail service, whether at the place of dispatch or receipt or both, the Trust
shall give such notice by publication at least once in the Cities of Calgary
and
Toronto (or in such of those cities as, in the opinion of the Debenture Trustee,
is sufficient inthe
particular circumstances), each such
publication to be made in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the
designated city.
Β
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Any
notice given to Debentureholders by
publication shall be deemed to have been given on the day on which publication
shall have been effected at least once in each of the newspapers in which
publication was required.
Β
All
notices with respect to any
Debenture may be given to whichever one of the holders thereof (if more than
one) is named first in the registers hereinbefore mentioned, and any notice
so
given shall be sufficient notice to all holders of any persons interested in
such Debenture.
Β
14.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Notice to Debenture
Trustee
Β
Any
notice to the Debenture Trustee
under the provisions of this Indenture shall be valid and effective if delivered
to the Debenture Trustee at its principal office in the City of Calgary, at
000,
000 - 0xx Xxxxxx X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X0X 0X0, Attention: Manager, Corporate
Trust or if given by registered letter, postage prepaid, to such office and
so
addressed and, if mailed, shall be deemed to have been effectively given three
days following the mailing thereof.
Β
14.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Mail Service
Interruption
Β
If
by reason of any interruption of mail
service, actual or threatened, any notice to be given to the Debenture Trustee
would reasonably be unlikely to reach its destination by the time notice by
mail
is deemed to have been given pursuant to Section 14.3, such notice shall be
valid and effective only if delivered at the appropriate address in accordance
with Section 14.3.
Β
ARTICLE
15
CONCERNING
THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE
15.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
No Conflict of
Interest
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The
Debenture Trustee represents to the
Trust that at the date of execution and delivery by it of this Indenture there
exists no material conflict of interest in the role of the Debenture Trustee
as
a fiduciary hereunder but if, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
15.1, such a material conflict of interest exists, or hereafter arises, the
validity and enforceability of this Indenture, and the Debentures issued
hereunder, shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only that
such material conflict of interest exists or arises but the Debenture Trustee
shall, within 30 days after ascertaining that it has a material conflict of
interest, either eliminate such material conflict of interest or resign in
the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 15.2.
Β
15.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Replacement of Debenture
Trustee
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The
Debenture Trustee may resign its
trust and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder by
giving to the Trust 90 days notice in writing or such shorter notice as the
Trust may accept as sufficient. If at any time a material conflict of interest
exists in the Debenture Trustee's role as a fiduciary hereunder the Debenture
Trustee shall, within 30 days after ascertaining that such a material conflict
of interest exists, either eliminate such material conflict of interest or
resign in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 15.2. The
validity and enforceability of this Indenture and of the Debentures issued
hereunder shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only that
such a material conflict of interest exists. In the event of the Debenture
Trustee resigning or being removed or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going
into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, the Trust
shall forthwith appoint a new Debenture Trustee unless a new Debenture Trustee
has already been appointed by the Debentureholders. Failing such appointment
by
the Trust, the retiring Debenture Trustee or any Debentureholder may apply
to a
Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, on such notice as such Judge
may
direct at the Trust's expense, for the appointment of a new Debenture Trustee
but any new Debenture Trustee so appointed by the Trust or by the Court shall
be
subject to removal as aforesaid by the Debentureholders and the appointment
of
such new Debenture Trustee shall be effective only upon such
newDebenture
Trustee becoming bound by this
Indenture. Any new Debenture Trustee appointed under any provision of this
Section 15.2 shall be a corporation authorized to carry on the business of
a
trust company in all of the Provinces of Canada. On any new appointment the
new
Debenture Trustee shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Debenture
Trustee.
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Any
company into which the Debenture
Trustee may be merged or, with or to which it may be consolidated, amalgamated
or sold, or any company resulting from any merger, consolidation, sale or
amalgamation to which the Debenture Trustee shall be a party, shall be the
successor trustee under this Indenture without the execution of any instrument
or any further act. Nevertheless, upon the written request of the successor
Debenture Trustee or of the Trust, the Debenture Trustee ceasing to act shall
execute and deliver an instrument assigning and transferring to such successor
Debenture Trustee, upon the trusts herein expressed, all the rights, powers
and
trusts of the Debenture Trustee so ceasing to act, and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver all property and money held by such Debenture Trustee
to
the successor Debenture Trustee so appointed in its place. Should any deed,
conveyance or instrument in writing from the Trust be required by any new
Debenture Trustee for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to
it
such estates, properties, rights, powers and trusts, then any and all such
deeds, conveyances and instruments in writing shall on request of said new
Debenture Trustee, be made, executed, acknowledged and delivered by the
Trust.
Β
15.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Duties of Debenture
Trustee
Β
In
the exercise of the rights, duties
and obligations prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the
Debenture Trustee shall act honestly and in good faith and exercise that degree
of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent trustee would exercise
in
comparable circumstances.
Β
15.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Reliance Upon Declarations,
Opinions, etc.
Β
In
the exercise of its rights, duties
and obligations hereunder the Debenture Trustee may, if acting in good faith,
rely, as to the truth of the statements and accuracy of the opinions expressed
therein, upon statutory declarations, opinions, reports or certificates
furnished pursuant to any covenant, condition or requirement of this Indenture
or required by the Debenture Trustee to be furnished to it in the exercise
of
its rights and duties hereunder, if the Debenture Trustee examines such
statutory declarations, opinions, reports or certificates and determines that
they comply with Section 15.5, if applicable, and with any other applicable
requirements of this Indenture. The Debenture Trustee may nevertheless, in
its
discretion, require further proof in cases where it deems further proof
desirable. Without restricting the foregoing, the Debenture Trustee may rely
on
an opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee notwithstanding
that
it is delivered by a solicitor or firm which acts as solicitors for the
Trust.
Β
15.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Evidence and Authority to
Debenture Trustee, Opinions, etc.
Β
The
Trust shall furnish to the Debenture
Trustee evidence of compliance with the conditions precedent provided for in
this Indenture relating to any action or step required or permitted to be taken
by the Trust or the Debenture Trustee under this Indenture or as a result of
any
obligation imposed under this Indenture, including without limitation, the
certification and delivery of Debentures hereunder, the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture and the taking of any other action to be taken
by
the Debenture Trustee at the request of or on the application of the Trust,
forthwith if and when (a) such evidence is required by any other Section of
this
Indenture to be furnished to the Debenture Trustee in accordance with the terms
of this Section 15.5, or (b) the Debenture Trustee, in the exercise of its
rights and duties under this Indenture, gives the Trust written notice requiring
it to furnish such evidence in relation to any particular action or obligation
specified in such notice.
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Such
evidence shall consist
of:
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(a)
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a
certificate made by any one
officer or director of APF Energy, on behalf of the Trust, stating
that
any such condition precedent has been complied with in accordance
with the
terms of this Indenture;
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(b)
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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
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(c)
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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 Auditors of
the
Trust, 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.
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Whenever
such evidence relates to a
matter other than the certificates and delivery of Debentures and the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, and except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, such evidence may consist of a report or opinion
of any solicitor, auditor, accountant, engineer or appraiser or any other person
whose qualifications give authority to a statement made by him, provided that
if
such report or opinion is furnished by a trustee, officer or employer of the
Trust it shall be in the form of a statutory declaration. Such evidence shall
be, so far as appropriate, in accordance with the immediately preceding
paragraph of this Section.
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Each
statutory declaration, certificate,
opinion or report with respect to compliance with a condition precedent provided
for in the Indenture shall include (a) a statement by the person giving the
evidence that he has read and is familiar with those provisions of this
Indenture relating to the condition precedent in question, (b) a brief statement
of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the
statements or opinions contained in such evidence are based, (c) a statement
that, in the belief of the person giving such evidence, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to make the
statements or give the opinions contained or expressed therein, and (d) a
statement whether in the opinion of such person the conditions precedent in
question have been complied with or satisfied.
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The
Trust shall furnish to the Debenture
Trustee at any time if the Debenture Trustee reasonably so requires, its
certificate that the Trust has complied with all covenants, conditions or other
requirements contained in this Indenture, the non-compliance with which would,
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, or otherwise,
constitute an Event of Default, or if such is not the case, specifying the
covenant, condition or other requirement which has not been complied with and
giving particulars of such non-compliance. The Trust shall, whenever the
Debenture Trustee so requires, furnish the Debenture Trustee with evidence
by
way of statutory declaration, opinion, report or certificate as specified by
the
Debenture Trustee as to any action or step required or permitted to be taken
by
the Trust or as a result of any obligation imposed by this
Indenture.
Β
15.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Officer's Certificates
Evidence
Β
Except
as otherwise specifically
provided or prescribed by this Indenture, whenever in the administration of
the
provisions of this Indenture the Debenture Trustee shall deem it necessary
or
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting
any
action hereunder, the Debenture Trustee, if acting in good faith, may rely
upon
an Officer's Certificate.
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15.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Experts, Advisers and
Agents
Β
The
Debenture Trustee
may:
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(a)
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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 Trust, or otherwise,
and shall
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
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(b)
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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 shall 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 dutieshereunder
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
Trust.
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15.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Debenture Trustee May Deal in
Debentures
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Subject
to Sections 15.1 and 15.3, the
Debenture Trustee may, in its personal or other capacity, buy, sell, lend upon
and deal in the Debentures and generally contract and enter into financial
transactions with the Trust or otherwise, without being liable to account for
any profits made thereby.
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15.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Investment of Monies Held by
Debenture Trustee
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Unless
otherwise provided in this
Indenture, any monies held by the Debenture Trustee, which, under the trusts
of
this Indenture, may or ought to be invested or which may be on deposit with
the
Debenture Trustee or which may be in the hands of the Debenture Trustee, may
be
invested and reinvested in the name or under the control of the Debenture
Trustee in securities in which, under the laws of the Province of Alberta,
trustees are authorized to invest trust monies, provided that such securities
are expressed to mature within two years or such shorter period selected to
facilitate any payments expected to be made under this Indenture, after their
purchase by the Debenture Trustee, and unless and until the Debenture Trustee
shall have declared the principal of and interest on the Debentures to be due
and payable, the Debenture Trustee shall so invest such monies at the written
direction of the Trust given in a reasonably timely manner. Pending the
investment of any monies as hereinbefore provided, such monies may be deposited
in the name of the Debenture Trustee in any chartered bank of Canada or, with
the consent of the Trust, in the deposit department of the Debenture Trustee
or
any other loan or trust company authorized to accept deposits under the laws
of
Canada or any Province thereof at the rate of interest, if any, then current
on
similar deposits.
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Unless
and until the Debenture Trustee
shall have declared the principal of and interest on the Debentures to be due
and payable, the Debenture Trustee shall pay over to the Trust all interest
received by the Debenture Trustee in respect of any investments or deposits
made
pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
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15.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Debenture
Trustee Not Ordinarily
Bound
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Except
as provided in Section 8.2 and as
otherwise specifically provided herein, the Debenture Trustee shall not, subject
to Section 15.3, be bound to give notice to any person of the execution hereof,
nor to do, observe or perform or see to the observance or performance by the
Trust of any of the obligations herein imposed upon the Trust or of the
covenants on the part of the Trust herein contained, nor in any way to supervise
or interfere with the conduct of the Trust's business, unless the Debenture
Trustee shall have been required to do so in writing by the holders of not
less
than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding
or
by any Extraordinary Resolution of the Debentureholders passed in accordance
with the provisions contained in Article 13, and then only after it shall have
been funded and indemnified to its satisfaction against all actions,
proceedings, claims and demands to which it may render itself liable and all
costs, charges, damages and expenses which it may incur by so
doing.
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15.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Debenture
Trustee Not Required to Give
Security
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The
Debenture Trustee shall not be
required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the trusts
and powers of this Indenture or otherwise in respect of the
premises.
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15.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Debenture
Trustee Not Bound to Act on
Trust's Request
Β
Except
as in this Indenture otherwise
specifically provided, the Debenture Trustee shall not be bound to act in
accordance with any direction or request of the Trust or of the trustee until
a
duly authenticated copy of the instrument or resolution containing such
direction or request shall have been delivered to the Debenture Trustee, and
the
Debenture Trustee shall be empowered to act upon any such copy purporting to
be
authenticated and believed by the Debenture Trustee to be
genuine.
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15.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Conditions
Precedent to Debenture
Trustee's Obligations to Act Hereunder
Β
The
obligation of the Debenture Trustee
to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of
enforcing the rights of the Debenture Trustee and of the Debentureholders
hereunder shall be conditional upon the Debentureholders furnishing when
required by notice in writing by the Debenture Trustee, sufficient funds to
commence or continue such act, action or proceeding and indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee to protect and hold harmless the Debenture
Trustee against the costs, charges and expenses and liabilities to be incurred
thereby and any loss and damage it may suffer by reason
thereof.
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None
of the provisions contained in this
Indenture shall require the Debenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or
otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless indemnified as
aforesaid.
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The
Debenture Trustee may, before
commencing or at any time during the continuance of any such act, action or
proceeding require the Debentureholders at whose instance it is acting to
deposit with the Debenture Trustee the Debentures held by them for which
Debentures the Debenture Trustee shall issue receipts.
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15.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Authority
to Carry on
Business
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The
Debenture Trustee represents to the
Trust that at the date of execution and delivery by it of this Indenture it
is
authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in the Province of
Alberta but if, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 15.14, it ceases
to be so authorized to carry on business, the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture and the securities issued hereunder shall not be affected in
any
manner whatsoever by reason only of such event but the Debenture Trustee shall,
within 90 days after ceasing to be authorized to carry on the business of trust
company in the Province of Alberta, either become so authorized or resign in
the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 15.2.
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15.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Compensation and
Indemnity
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(a)
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The
Trust shall pay to the
Debenture Trustee from time to time compensation for its services
hereunder as agreed separately by the Trust and the Debenture Trustee,
and
shall 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 shall
be
finally and fully performed. The Debenture Trustee's compensation
shall
not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust.
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(b)
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The
Trust 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 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
shall notify the Trust promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. The Trust shall defend the claim and the Debenture Trustee
shall co-operate in the defence. The Debenture Trustee may have separate
counsel and the Trust shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses
of such
Counsel. The Trust need not pay for any settlement made without its
consent, which consent must not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnity
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Debenture Trustee
or the
discharge of this Indenture.
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(c)
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The
Trust need not reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the
Debenture Trustee through negligence or bad faith or breach of the
Debenture Trustee's duties
hereunder.
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15.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acceptance
of Trust
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The
Debenture Trustee hereby accepts the
trusts in this Indenture declared and provided for and agrees to perform the
same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and to hold all rights,
privileges and benefits conferred hereby and by law in trust for the various
persons who shall from time to time be Debentureholders, subject to all the
terms and conditions herein set forth.
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ARTICLE
16
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
16.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Supplemental
Indentures
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From
time to time the Debenture Trustee
and, when authorized by a resolution of the directors of APF Energy, on behalf
of the Trust, the Trust, may, and they shall when required by this Indenture,
execute, acknowledge and deliver by their proper officers deeds or indentures
supplemental hereto which thereafter shall form part hereof, for any one or
more
of the following purposes:
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(a)
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providing
for the issuance of
Additional Debentures under this
Indenture;
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(b)
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adding
to the covenants of the
Trust 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;
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(c)
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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;
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(d)
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evidencing
the succession, or
successive successions, of others to the Trust and the covenants
of and
obligations assumed by any such successor in accordance with the
provisions of this
Indenture;
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(e)
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giving
effect to any Extraordinary
Resolution passed as provided in Article 13;
and
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(f)
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for
any other purpose not
inconsistent with the terms of this
Indenture.
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Unless
the supplemental indenture
requires the consent or concurrence of Debentureholders or the holders of a
particular series of Debentures, as the case may be, by Extraordinary
Resolution, the consent or concurrence of Debentureholders or the holders of
a
particular series of Debentures, as the case may be, shall not be required
in
connection with the execution, acknowledgement or delivery of a supplemental
indenture. The Trust and the Debenture Trustee may amend any of the provisions
of this Indenture related to matters of United States law or the issuance of
Debentures into the United States in order to ensure that such issuances can
be
properly done in accordance with applicable law in the United States without
the
consent or approval of the Debentureholders. Further, the Trust and the
Debenture Trustee may without the consent or concurrence of the Debentureholders
or the holders of a particular series of Debentures, as the case may be, by
supplemental indenture or otherwise, make any changes or corrections in this
Indenture which it shall have been advised by Counsel are required for the
purpose of curing or correcting any ambiguity or defective or inconsistent
provisions or clerical omissions or mistakes or manifest errors contained herein
or in any indenture supplemental hereto or any Written Direction of the Trust
provided for the issue of Debentures, providing that in the opinion of the
Debenture Trustee (relying upon an opinion of Counsel) the rights of the
Debentureholders are in no way prejudiced thereby.
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ARTICLE
17
EXECUTION
AND FORMAL DATE
17.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Execution
Β
This
Indenture may be simultaneously
executed in several counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
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17.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Contracts of the
Trust
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The
parties hereto acknowledge that the
obligations of the Trust hereunder shall not be personally binding upon the
trustee, or any of the unitholders of the Trust and that any recourse against
the Trust, the trustee or any unitholder in any manner in respect of any
indebtedness, obligation or liability of the Trust arising hereunder or arising
in connection herewith or from the matters to which this agreement relates,
if
any, including without limitation claims based on negligence or otherwise
tortious behaviour, shall be limited to, and satisfied only out of, the Trust
Fund, as defined in the trust indenture by which the Trust is established,
as
amended from time to time.
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17.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Formal Date
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For
the purpose of convenience this
Indenture may be referred to as bearing the formal date of July 3, 2003
irrespective of the actual date of execution hereof.
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IN
WITNESS whereof the parties hereto
have executed these presents under their respective corporate seals and the
hands of their proper officers in that behalf.
APF
ENERGY
TRUST,
by
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APF
ENERGY
INC.
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By:
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(Signed)
"Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx"
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President
and Chief Operating
Officer
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APF
ENERGY
INC.
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By:
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(Signed)
"Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx"
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President
and Chief Operating
Officer
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COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY
OF
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CANADA
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By:
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(Signed)
"Xxxxx
Xxxxx"
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By:
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(Signed)
"Xxxx
Xxx"
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SCHEDULE
"A"
TO
THE TRUST INDENTURE AMONG
APF
ENERGY TRUST, APF ENERGY INC. AND
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
FORM
OF DEBENTURE
SCHEDULE
"A"
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This
Debenture is a Global Debenture
within the meaning of the Indenture herein referred to and is registered in
the
name of a Depository 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 Depository 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 Debenture shall be a Global Debenture subject to the
foregoing, except in such limited circumstances described in the
Indenture.
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Unless
this Debenture is presented by an
authorized representative of The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited
("CDS") to APF Energy Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange
or payment, and any Debenture issued in respect thereof is registered in the
name of CDS & CO., or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of CDS, (and any payment is made to CDS & Co. or to such
other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS) ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL since as the registered holder hereof, CDS & CO. has an interest
herein.
Β
CUSIPΒ 00000X
XX
0
Β
No.Β β
Β
$50,000,000
Β
APF
ENERGY TRUST
(A
trust governed by the laws of Alberta)
9.40%
CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
DUE
JULY 31, 2008
APF
ENERGY TRUST
(the "Trust")
for value received hereby
acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the trust
indenture (the "Indenture")
dated as of July 3, 2003 among the
Trust, APF Energy Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the
"Debenture
Trustee"), promises to pay
to the registered holder hereof on July 31, 2008 (the "Maturity
Date") or on such earlier
date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture the principal sum of Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000) in lawful money of Canada on presentation and surrender of this
Initial Debenture at the main branch of the Debenture Trustee in Calgary,
Alberta or Toronto, Ontario in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and,
subject as hereinafter provided, to pay interest on the principal amount hereof
from the date hereof, or from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest
shall have been paid or made available for payment hereon, whichever is later,
at the rate of 9.40% per annum, in like money, in arrears in equal semi-annual
instalments (less any tax required by law to be deducted) on July 31 and January
31 in each year commencing on January 31, 2004 and the last payment
(representing interest payable from the last Interest Payment Date to, but
excluding, the Maturity Date) to fall due on the Maturity Date and, should
the
Trust at any time make default in the payment of any principal or interest,
to
pay interest on the amount in default at the same rate, in like money and on
the
same dates. For certainty, the first interest payment will include interest
accrued from, and including, July 3, 2003 to, but excluding January 31, 2004,
which will be equal to $54.60 for each $1,000 principal amount of the Initial
Debentures.
Β
Interest
hereon shall be payable by
cheque mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to the registered holder hereof or by
electronic transfer of funds to the registered holder hereof and, subject to
the
provisions of the Indenture, the mailing of such cheque or the sending of such
electronic transfer of funds shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby
(plus the amount of any tax withheld), satisfy and discharge all liability
for
interest on this Initial Debenture.
Β
This
Initial Debenture is one of the
Debentures of the Trust issued or issuable in one or more series under the
provisions of the Indenture. The Initial Debentures authorized for issue
immediately are limited to an aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 in
lawful money of Canada. Reference is hereby expressly made to the Indenture
for
a description of the terms and conditions upon which the Initial Debentures
are
or are to be issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holders of
the
Initial Debentures and of the Trust and of the Debenture Trustee, all to the
same effect as if the provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth to
all
of which provisions the holder of this Initial Debenture by acceptance hereof
assents.
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The
Initial Debentures are issuable only
in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. Upon compliance
with
the provisions of the Indenture, Debentures of any denomination may be exchanged
for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures in any other authorized
denomination or denominations.
Β
Any
part, being $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof, of the principal of this Initial Debenture, provided that
the
principal amount of this Initial Debenture is in a denomination in excess of
$1,000, is convertible, at the option of the holder hereof, upon surrender
of
this Initial Debenture at the principal office of the Debenture Trustee in
Calgary, Alberta or Toronto, Ontario, at any time prior to the close of business
on the Maturity Date or, if this Initial Debenture is called for redemption
on
or prior to such date, then up to but not after the close of business on the
last Business Day immediately preceding the date specified for redemption of
this Initial Debenture, into Trust Units (without adjustment for interest
accrued hereon or for dividends or distributions on Trust Units issuable upon
conversion) at a conversion price of $11.25 (the "Conversion
Price") per Trust Unit,
being a rate of approximately 88.8889 Trust Units for each $1,000 principal
amount of Initial Debentures, all subject to the terms and conditions and in
the
manner set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture makes provision for the
adjustment of the Conversion Price in the events therein specified. No
fractional Trust Units will be issued on any conversion but in lieu thereof,
the
Trust will satisfy such fractional interest by a cash payment equal to the
market price of such fractional interest determined in accordance with the
Indenture.Β Β No adjustment in the number of Trust Units to be issued
upon conversion will be made for distributions or dividends on Trust Units
issuable upon conversion or for interest accrued on Initial Debentures
surrendered for conversion.Β Β If a Debenture is surrendered for
conversion on an Interest Payment Date or during the five preceding Business
Days, the person or persons entitled to receive Trust Units in respect of the
Debenture so surrendered for conversion shall not become the holder or holders
of record of such Trust Units until the day following such Interest Payment
Date.
Β
This
Initial Debenture may be redeemed
at the option of the Trust on the terms and conditions set out in the Indenture
at the redemption price therein and herein set out provided that this Initial
Debenture is not redeemable on or before July 31, 2006, except in the event
of
the satisfaction of certain conditions after a Change of Control has occurred.
After July 31, 2006 and on or prior to July 31, 2007, the Initial Debentures
are
redeemable at the option of the Trust at a price equal to $1,050 per Debenture
plus accrued and unpaid interest and otherwise on the terms and conditions
described in the Indenture. After July 31, 2007 and prior to maturity, the
Initial Debentures are redeemable at the option of the Trust at a price equal
to
$1,025 per Debenture plus accrued and unpaid interest and otherwise on the
terms
and conditions described in the Indenture. The Trust may, on notice as provided
in the Indenture, at its option and subject to any applicable regulatory
approval, elect to satisfy its obligation to pay all or any portion of the
applicable Redemption Price by the issue of that number of Trust Units obtained
by dividing the applicable Redemption Price by 95% of the weighted average
trading price of the Trust Units on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the 20
consecutive trading days ending on the fifth trading day preceding the
Redemption Date.
Β
Upon
the occurrence of a Change of
Control of the Trust, the Trust is required to make an offer to purchase all
of
the Initial Debentures at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of
such
Initial Debentures plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the
date the Initial Debentures are so repurchased (the "Offer").
If 90% or more of the principal
amount of all Debentures outstanding on the date the Trust provides notice
of a
Change of Control to the Debenture Trustee have been tendered for purchase
pursuant to the Offer, the Trust has the right to redeem and shall redeem all
the remaining outstanding Initial Debentures on the same date and at the same
price.
Β
If
an offer is made to acquire
outstanding Initial Debentures where, as of the date of the offer to acquire,
the Initial Debentures subject to the offer to acquire, together with the
Initial Debentures beneficially owned or over which control or direction is
exercised by the Offeror, the Associates and Affiliates of the Offeror and
any
person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror constitute 20% or more
of
the outstanding principal amount of Initial Debentures, and 90% or more of
the
principal amount of all the Initial Debentures (other than Initial Debentures
held at the date of the offer to acquire by or on behalf of the Offeror,
Associates or Affiliates of the Offeror or anyone acting jointly or in concert
with the Offeror) are taken up and paid for by the Offeror, the Offeror will
be
entitled to acquire the Initial Debentures of those holders who did not accept
the offer on the same terms as the Offeror acquired the first 90% of the
principal amount of the Initial Debentures.
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The
Trust may, on notice as provided in
the Indenture, at its option and subject to any applicable regulatory approval,
elect to satisfy the obligation to repay all or any portion of the principal
amount of this Initial Debenture due on the Maturity Date by the issue of that
number of Freely Tradeable Trust Units obtained by dividing the principal amount
of this Initial Debenture to be paid for in Trust Units pursuant to the exercise
by the Trust of the Unit Repayment Right by 95% of the weighted average trading
price of the Trust Units on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the 20 consecutive
trading days ending on the fifth trading day preceding the Maturity
Date.
Β
The
indebtedness evidenced by this
Initial Debenture, and by all other Initial Debentures now or hereafter
certified and delivered under the Indenture, is a direct unsecured obligation
of
the Trust, and is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the
manner provided in the Indenture, to the prior payment of all Senior
Indebtedness (including any indebtedness to trade creditors), whether
outstanding at the date of the Indenture or thereafter created, incurred,
assumed or guaranteed.
Β
The
principal hereof may become or be
declared due and payable before the stated maturity in the events, in the
manner, with the effect and at the times provided in the
Indenture.
Β
The
Indenture contains provisions making
binding upon all holders of Debentures outstanding thereunder (or in certain
circumstances specific series of Debentures) resolutions passed at meetings
of
such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed
by
the holders of a specified majority of Debentures outstanding (or specific
series), which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the
terms of this Initial Debenture or the Indenture.
Β
The
Indenture contains provisions
disclaiming any personal liability on the part of holders of Trust Units,
officers or agents of the Trust in respect of any obligation or claim arising
out of the Indenture or this Debenture.
Β
This
Initial Debenture may only be
transferred, upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Indenture,
in
one of the registers to be kept at the principal office of the Debenture Trustee
in the City of Calgary or the City of Toronto and in such other place or places
and/or by such other registrars (if any) as the Trust with the approval of
the
Debenture Trustee may designate. No transfer of this Initial Debenture shall
be
valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his
executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their
attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Debenture Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such
reasonable requirements as the Debenture Trustee and/or other registrar may
prescribe and upon surrender of this Initial Debenture for cancellation.
Thereupon a new Initial Debenture or Initial Debentures in the same aggregate
principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange
hereof.
Β
This
Initial Debenture shall not become
obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Debenture
Trustee under the Indenture.
Β
Capitalized
words or expressions used in
this Initial Debenture shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning
ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
Β
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF
APF ENERGY TRUST has caused
this Debenture to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the
3rdday
of July, 2003.
APF
ENERGY
TRUST,
by
|
APF
Energy
Inc.
|
Β |
Β |
By:______________________________
|
Β |
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(FORM
OF DEBENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE)
This
Initial Debenture is one of the
9.40% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures due July 31, 2008 referred
to in the Indenture within mentioned.
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY OF
CANADA
|
Β |
By:_______________________________________
|
Β Β Β Β Β (Authorized
Officer)
|
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(FORM
OF REGISTRATION PANEL)
(No
writing hereon except by Debenture
Trustee or other registrar)
Β
Date
of
Registration
|
Β
In
Whose Name
Registered
|
Signature
of Debenture Trustee
or
Registrar
|
Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
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FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT
Β
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto __________________________________,
whose address and social insurance number, if applicable, are set forth below,
this Initial Debenture (or $______________ principal amount hereof*) of APF
ENERGY TRUST standing in the name(s) of the undersigned in the register
maintained by the Trust with respect to such Initial Debenture and does hereby
irrevocably authorize and direct the Debenture Trustee to transfer such Initial
Debenture in such register, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Β
Dated:Β ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Β
Address
of
Transferee:Β _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx and Postal Code)
Β
Social
Insurance Number of Transferee,
if
applicable:Β Β ____________________________________________________________________________________Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β
*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 $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof, unless you hold an Initial Debenture in a non-integral multiple of
1,000 by reason of your having exercised your right to exchange upon the making
of an Offer, in which case such Initial Debenture is transferable only in its
entirety) to be transferred.
Β
Β
|
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".
|
Β
Β
|
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 Debenture.
|
Signature
of
Guarantor:
|
Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
Authorized
Officer
|
Β |
Signature
of transferring
registered holder
|
Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
Β | Β | Β |
Name
of
Institution
|
Β | Β |
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EXHIBIT
"1"
TO
CDS GLOBAL DEBENTURE
APF
ENERGY TRUST
9.40%
CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
DUE
JULY 31, 2008
Initial
Principal Amount:
$50,000,000
|
CUSIP:
00000X XX
0
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Β | Β |
Authorization:__________________________________________
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Β |
ADJUSTMENTS
Β
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of
Increase
|
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of
Decrease
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Principal
Amount
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Β
Β
Β
SCHEDULE
"B"
TO
THE TRUST INDENTURE AMONG
APF
ENERGY TRUST, APF ENERGY INC. AND
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
FORM
OF REDEMPTION NOTICE
SCHEDULE
"B"
Β Form
of Redemption Notice
APF
ENERGY TRUST
9.40%
CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
REDEMPTION
NOTICE
To:Β Β Β Β Β Β
Holders
of 9.40%
Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures (the "Debentures")
of APF Energy Trust (the
"Trust")
Β
Note:Β Β Β
All
capitalized terms used
herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture mentioned below,
unless otherwise indicated.
Β
Notice
is hereby given pursuant to
Section 4.3 of the trust indenture (the "Indenture")
dated as of July 3, 2003 among the
Trust, APF Energy Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the
"Debenture
Trustee"), that the
aggregate principal amount of $βΒ of
the $βΒ of
Debentures outstanding will be
redeemed as of Β (the
"Redemption
Date"), upon payment of a
redemption amount of $βΒ for
each $1,000 principal amount of
Debentures, being equal to the aggregate of (i) $βΒ (the
"Redemption
Price"), and (ii) all
accrued and unpaid interest hereon to but excluding the Redemption Date
(collectively, the "Total
Redemption
Price").
Β
The
Total Redemption Price will be
payable upon presentation and surrender of the Debentures called for redemption
at the following corporate trust office:
Β
Computershare
Trust
Company of Canada
Xxxxx
000, 000 - 0xx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxx
XX X0X 0X0
The
interest upon the principal amount
of Debentures called for redemption shall cease to be payable from and after
the
Redemption Date, unless payment of the Total Redemption Price shall not be
made
on presentation for surrender of such Debentures at the above-mentioned
corporate trust office on or after the Redemption Date or prior to the setting
aside of the Total Redemption Price pursuant to the
Indenture.
Β
[Pursuant
to Section
4.6 of the Indenture, the Trust hereby irrevocably elects to satisfy its
obligation to pay $βΒ of
the Redemption
Price payable to holders of Debentures in accordance with this notice by issuing
and delivering to the holders that number of Freely Tradeable Trust Units
obtained by dividing the Redemption Price by 95% of the Current Market Price
of
the Trust Units.
Β
No
fractional Trust Units shall be
delivered upon the exercise by the Trust of the above-mentioned redemption
right
but, in lieu thereof, the Trust shall pay the cash equivalent thereof determined
on the basis of the Current Market Price of Trust Units on the Redemption Date
(less any tax required to be deducted, if any).
Β
In
this connection,
upon presentation and surrender of the Debentures for payment on the Redemption
Date, the Trust shall, on the Redemption Date, make the delivery to the
Debenture Trustee, at the above-mentioned corporate trust office, for delivery
to and on account of the holders, of certificates representing the Freely
Tradeable Trust Units to which holders are entitled together with the cash
equivalent in lieu of fractional Trust Units, cash for all accrued and unpaid
interest up to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, and, if only a portion
of
the Debentures are to be redeemed by issuing Freely Tradeable Trust Units,
cash
representing the balance of the Redemption Price.]
DATED:
|
Β |
APF
ENERGY
TRUST, by
|
APF
Energy
Inc.
|
Β |
Β ____________________________ |
(Authorized
Director or Officer
of
|
APF
Energy
Inc.)
|
Β |
Β |
B-1
SCHEDULE
"C"
TO
THE TRUST INDENTURE AMONG
APF
ENERGY TRUST, APF ENERGY INC. AND
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
FORM
OF MATURITY NOTICE
Β
Β
Β
SCHEDULE
"C"
Β Form
of Maturity Notice
APF
ENERGY TRUST
9.40%
CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
MATURITY
NOTICE
To:Β Β Holders
of 9.40%
Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures (the "Debentures")
of APF Energy Trust (the
"Trust")
Β
Note:Β Β All
capitalized terms
used herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture mentioned below,
unless otherwise indicated.
Β
Notice
is hereby given pursuant to
Section 4.10(b) of the trust indenture (the "Indenture")
dated as of July 3, 2003 among the
Trust, APF Energy Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustee
(the "Debenture
Trustee"), that the
Debentures are due and payable as of July 31, 2008 (the "Maturity
Date") and the Trust elects
to satisfy its obligation to repay to holders of Debentures the principal amount
of all of the Debentures outstanding on the Maturity Date by issuing and
delivering to the holders that number of Freely Tradeable Trust Units equal
to
the number obtained by dividing such principal amount of the Debentures by
95%
of the Current Market Price of Trust Units on the Maturity
Date.
Β
No
fractional Trust Units shall be
delivered on exercise by the Trust of the above mentioned repayment right but,
in lieu thereof, the Trust shall pay the cash equivalent thereof determined
on
the basis of the Current Market Price of Trust Units on the Maturity Date (less
any tax required to be deducted, if any).
Β
In
this connection, upon presentation
and surrender of the Debentures for payment on the Maturity Date, the Trust
shall, on the Maturity Date, make delivery to the Debenture Trustee, at its
principal corporate trust office in Calgary, Alberta, for delivery to and on
account of the holders, of certificates representing the Freely Tradeable Trust
Units to which holders are entitled together with the cash equivalent in lieu
of
fractional Trust Units, cash for all accrued and unpaid interest up to, but
excluding, the Maturity Date and if only a portion of the Debentures are to
be
repaid by issuing Freely Tradeable Trust Units, cash representing the balance
of
the principal amount and premium (if any) due on the Maturity
Date.
Β
DATED:
APF
ENERGY
TRUST, by
|
APF
Energy
Inc.
|
Β |
Β |
Β |
________________________________ |
(Authorized
Director or Officer
of
|
APF
Energy
Inc.)
|
C-1
SCHEDULE
"D"
TO
THE TRUST INDENTURE AMONG
APF
ENERGY TRUST, APF ENERGY INC. AND
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
FORM
OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION
Β
Β
Β
Β
Β
Β
SCHEDULE
"D"
Form
of Notice of Conversion
CONVERSION
NOTICE
TO:Β Β APF
ENERGY
TRUST
Β
Note:Β Β All
capitalized terms
used herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture mentioned below,
unless otherwise indicated.
Β
The
undersigned registered holder of
9.40% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures bearing Certificate No.
Β irrevocably
elects to convert such
Debentures (or $Β principal
amount thereof*) in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture referred to in such Debentures and tenders
herewith the Debentures, and, if applicable, directs that the Trust Units of
APF
Energy Trust issuable upon a conversion be issued and delivered to the person
indicated below. (If Trust Units are to be issued in the name of a person other
than the holder, all requisite transfer taxes must be tendered by the
undersigned).
Dated:
________________________
|
Β _________________________________ |
Β |
(Signature
of Registered
Holder)
|
Β
|
*
|
If
less than the full principal
amount of the Debentures, indicate in the space provided the principal
amount (which must be $1,000 or integral multiples
thereof).
|
Β
NOTE:
If Trust Units 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".
Β
(Print
name in which Trust Units are to
be issued, delivered and registered)
Name:__________________________________
|
Β |
_______________________________________ |
(Address)
|
Β |
_______________________________________ |
(City,
Province and Postal
Code)
|
Β |
Name
of
guarantor:_____________________________________
|
Β |
Authorized
signature:___________________________________
|
D-1
Β
Β
Β
Β
SCHEDULE
"E"
TO
THE TRUST INDENTURE AMONG
APF
ENERGY TRUST, APF ENERGY INC. AND
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
FORM
OF DECLARATION FOR REMOVAL OF LEGEND
Β
Β
Β
SCHEDULE
"E"
FORM
OF DECLARATION FOR REMOVAL OF LEGEND
TO:Β Β Β Β Β Computershare
Trust
Company of Canada, as trustee and registrar of the 9.40% Convertible Unsecured
Subordinated Debentures and Trust Units of APF Energy Trust
Β
The
undersigned (a) acknowledges that
the sale of the securities of APF Energy Trust (the "Trust")
to which this declaration relates is
being made in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S under the United
States
Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933
Act") and (b) certifies
that (1) it is not
an affiliate of the Trust (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), (2)
the
offer of such securities was not made to a person in the United States, and
either (A) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside
the
United States, or the seller and any person acting on its behalf reasonably
believe that the buyer was outside the United States, or (B) the transaction
was
executed on or through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange and neither
the seller nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has
been prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (3) neither the seller
nor
any affiliate of the seller nor any person acting on any of their behalf has
engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts in the United States
in
connection with the offer and sale of such securities, (4) the sale is bona
fide
and not for the purpose of "washing off" the resale restrictions imposed because
the securities are "restricted securities" (as such term is defined in Rule
144(a)(3) under the 1933 Act), (5) the seller does not intend to replace the
securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of the 1933 Act with fungible
unrestricted securities, and (6) the contemplated sale is not a transaction,
or
part of a series of transactions which, although in technical compliance with
Regulation S, is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions
of the 1933 Act. Terms used herein have the meanings given to them by Regulation
S.
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