SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
3.9
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Form
of Flow Through Subscription Agreement ($0.40) dated for reference
February 8, 2006
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SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT
THE
SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS AGREEMENT RELATES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”) AND THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY (A) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT
OF U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM, THE
PROSPECTUS AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT, OR (B) IN CANADA
OR TO
RESIDENTS OF CANADA EXCEPT PURSUANT TO PROSPECTUS EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE
APPLICABLE PROVINCIAL SECURITIES LAWS AND REGULATIONS OR PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION ORDER MADE BY THE APPROPRIATE PROVINCIAL SECURITIES REGULATOR(S).
Subscription
Agreement
(“Agreement”)
by and
between _____________________ [an
individual] [a ________________ corporation]
(the
“Subscriber”)
and
Mogul Energy International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
the
Company is offering, on a no minimum basis, up to an aggregate of 3,000,000
shares
of its common stock $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”)
at a
price of US$0.40
per
share or US$1,200,000
in the
aggregate (the “Offering”).
WHEREAS,
separate and not as a part of the Offering, the Subscriber desires to purchase
from the Company and the Company desires to sell to the Subscriber the number
of
shares of Common Stock of the Company to be issued on a “flow-through” basis
pursuant to the Income
Tax Act
(Canada)
set forth in Section 1.1 (the “Subscribed
for Flow-Through Shares”)
hereof, at a price of US$0.40
per
share, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. All references
herein to “dollars” or “$” shall be to U.S. dollars unless otherwise
specified.
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NOW
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the recitals and the mutual covenants herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENTS
1.
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Subscription
and Purchase of Flow-Through Shares;
Closing.
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1.1
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Subscription
and Purchase of
Shares.
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Subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Subscriber hereby subscribes
for and agrees to purchase from the Company ______________ Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares (the “Subscribed
for Flow-Through Shares”),
at a
price of US$0.40
per
share or an aggregate consideration of $__________(the “Purchase
Price”).
1.2
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Payment
of Purchase Price.
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Simultaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subscriber, the
Subscriber shall deliver the Purchase Price by check payable to the Company
or
by wire transfer of funds pursuant to wiring instructions provided by the
Company and as set forth on Exhibit 1.2 hereto.
1.3
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Closing.
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The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares
(the
“Closing”)
shall
take place at the offices of the Company immediately following the execution
of
this Agreement by the Company, or at such other time and place or on such other
business day thereafter as the parties hereto may agree (the “Closing
Date”).
On
the Closing Date, the Company will direct its stock transfer agent to deliver
a
certificate(s) representing the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares to the
Subscriber against confirmation of collection of the Purchase
Price.
1.4
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Limitations
of Offering.
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The
Subscriber acknowledges that the Company is offering and selling the Subscribed
for Flow-Through Shares only to investors (the “Qualified
Investors”)
who
are offshore investors who are not “US
Persons”
as
that
term is defined in Regulation S (which definition is set forth on Exhibit
1.4
hereto)
as promulgated under the 1933 Act, and who otherwise satisfy any applicable
criteria established by the laws of the jurisdiction in which they reside.
1.5
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Canadian
Investor Suitability Criteria; Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions.
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(a) If
such
non US Persons are residents of the provinces of Alberta or British Columbia,
Canada, they must either be (1) purchasing the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares as principal and be “accredited
investors”
as
defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions
(“NI-45-106”),
as
adopted by, respectively, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the
“BCSC”),
and
the Alberta Securities Commission (the “ASC”),
or
(2) investors who are purchasing the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares as
a
principal and who are either
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(i)
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a
director, senior officer or control person of the Company, or of
an
affiliate of the Company,
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(ii)
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a
spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a director,
executive officer or control person of the Company, or of an affiliate
of
the Company,
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(iii)
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a
parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a
director,
executive officer or control person of the Company or of an affiliate
of
the Company,
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(iv)
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a
close personal friend of a director, executive officer or control
person
of the Company, or of an affiliate of the
Company,
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(v)
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a
close business associate of a director, senior officer or control
person
of the Company, or of an affiliate of the
Company,
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(vi)
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a
founder of the issuer or a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother,
sister,
child, close personal friend or close business associate of a founder
of
the Company,
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(vii)
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a
parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a
founder
of the Company,
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(viii)
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a
person of which a majority of the voting securities are beneficially
owned
by, or a majority of the directors are, persons described in paragraphs
(i) to (vii), provided such person does not have a “prohibited
relationship” with the Company, as that term is defined in subsection
66(12.671) of the Income
Tax Act (Canada),
or
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(ix)
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a
trust or estate of which all of the beneficiaries or a majority of
the
trustees or executors are persons described in paragraphs (i) to
(vii),
provided such trust or estate does not have a “prohibited relationship”
with the Company, as that term is defined in subsection 66(12.671)
of the
Income
Tax Act
(Canada).
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Collectively,
the categories of prospective investors described in paragraphs 1.4 (a)(2)(i)
through (ix) are herein referred to as “Family
and Friends (Alberta and BC)”.
If the
Subscriber is resident in Alberta
or British Columbia
and is
purchasing the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares as an “accredited investor”
within the meaning of NI-45-106 or as Family and Friends (Alberta and B.C.),
the
Subscriber must deliver, at Closing, a duly completed and executed
Representation Letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “1.5(A)”.
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(b) if
the
Subscriber is a resident of Ontario, the Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed
for Flow-Through Common Shares as principal and is an “accredited investor” as
defined in NI-45-106 as adopted by the Ontario Securities Commission (the
“OSC”),
or is
an investor purchasing a principal and is (a) a founder of the Company, (b)
an
affiliate of a founder of the Company, (c) a spouse, parent, brother, sister,
grandparent or child of an executive officer, director or founder of the
Company, or (d) a person that is a control person of the Company (collectively
“Family
and Friends (Ontario)”).
If
the Subscriber is resident in Ontario
and is
purchasing the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares as an “accredited investor”
within the meaning of NI-45-106 or as Family and Friends (Ontario), the
Subscriber must deliver, at Closing, a duly completed and executed
Representation Letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
“1.5(B)”.
(c) if
the
Subscriber is resident of Saskatchewan, the subscriber is purchasing the
Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares as principal and is an “accredited investor”
within the meaning of NI-45-106, and the Subscriber must deliver at closing,
a
duly completed and executed Representation Letter in the form attached hereto
as
“Exhibit
“1.5C”.
2.
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Subscriber’s
Conditions of Closing.
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The
Subscriber’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the condition that the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section
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hereof shall be true in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date,
except to the extent of changes caused by the transactions herein contemplated;
and, if the Closing Date is other than the date hereof, the Company shall
deliver to Subscriber a certificate of a duly authorized officer of the Company,
dated the Closing Date, to such effect.
3.
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Company’s
Conditions of Closing.
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The
Company’s obligation to sell the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares is subject
to the satisfaction or waiver, on or before the Closing Date, of the conditions
contained in this Section 3.
3.1
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Representations,
Warranties and
Covenants.
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The
representations, warranties and covenants of the Subscriber set forth in Section
5 hereof shall be true in all material respects on and as of the Closing
Date.
3.2
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Payment
of Purchase Price.
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The
Subscriber shall have purchased and paid for the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares by delivery of the Purchase Price.
3.3
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No
Adverse Action or
Decision.
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There
shall be no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending, or to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its
properties or rights, or any of its affiliates, associates, officers or
directors, before any court, arbitrator, or administrative or governmental
body
that (i) seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the consummation of or otherwise
adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii)
questions the validity or legality of any such transaction or seeks to recover
damages or to obtain other relief in connection with any such transaction.
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3.4
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Compliance
with Securities Laws.
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The
offer
and sale of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares under this Agreement shall
have complied with, and shall not be prohibited by, all applicable requirements
of the 1933 Act or applicable Canadian Securities Laws (as hereinafter
defined).
4.
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Representations
and Warranties of the
Company.
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The
Company represents, warrants and covenants to the Subscriber that:
4.1
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Corporate
Existence.
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The
Company is a Company duly organized, legally existing, and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware with the requisite corporate power
and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as currently conducted.
4.2
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Authorization;
Enforcement.
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The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and otherwise to
carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company. When executed and delivered in accordance with the terms
hereof, this Agreement shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating
to,
or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not become a binding obligation
of the Company until it has been accepted by the Company as evidenced by its
execution by a duly authorized officer.
4.3
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Agreement
Not in Conflict.
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The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the completion
of
the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with or result
in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a
default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both): (A) any statute,
rule or regulation applicable to the Company; (B) the charter documents, by-laws
or resolutions of the Company which are in effect at the date hereof; (C) any
mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or other
document to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; or (D) any
judgment, decree or order binding the Company or, to the best of its knowledge,
information and belief, the property or assets of the Company.
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4.4
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Authorized
and Outstanding Capital
Stock.
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The
Company’s authorized capital stock of consists of 100,000,000
shares
of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share. Assuming the sale of the shares
constituting the Offering are sold, there will be an aggregate of 32,854,310
shares
issued and outstanding in addition to the shares being purchased pursuant
hereto. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company will from time to time, offer
and sell additional shares of common stock on such terms and conditions as
its
Board of Directors may determine.
5.
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Representations,
Warranties and Acknowledgements of
Subscriber.
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The
Subscriber represents, warrants and covenants to the Company that:
5.1
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Organization;
Authority.
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The
Subscriber has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and to carry out its obligations hereunder.
The Subscriber:
(a) if
a
company, trust, partnership, qualified plan or other entity, it is duly
incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of
the jurisdiction of its organization and is authorized and qualified to become
a
holder of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares, the person signing this
Agreement on behalf of such entity has been duly authorized to execute and
deliver this agreement, and the acquisition of the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares by the Subscriber and the consummation by the Subscriber of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action to be taken on the part of the Subscriber;
(b) if
the
Subscriber is not an individual, has the requisite power, authority and legal
capacity to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, to perform all
of
its obligations hereunder and to undertake all actions required of the
Subscriber hereunder, and all necessary approvals of its directors, partners,
shareholders, trustees or otherwise (as the case may be) with respect to such
matters have been given or obtained; and
(c) in
any
case, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Subscriber
and
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Subscriber,
enforceable against the Subscriber, in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity. The entering
into of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not result
in a violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law applicable to the
Subscriber, or any of the Subscriber’s charter documents, or of any agreement to
which the Subscriber is a party or by which it is bound.
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5.2
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Acquisition
of Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares for
Investment.
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The
Subscriber is acquiring the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares as principal
for
its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to or for
distributing or reselling the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares or any part
thereof or interest therein. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the
Company, the Subscriber is not acting jointly or in concert with any other
person or company for the purposes of acquiring any of the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares.
5.3
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Experience
of Subscriber.
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The
Subscriber either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as
to be capable of evaluating and assessing the merits and risks of the
prospective investment in the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares, and has so
evaluated the merits and risks of such investment and has determined that the
Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares are suitable to investment for
him.
5.4
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Ability
of Subscriber to Bear Risk of
Investment.
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The
Subscriber acknowledges that the purchase of the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares is a highly speculative investment, involving a high degree of risk
and
the Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares; and, at the present time, is able to afford
a complete loss of such investment.
5.5
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No
Conflict or Violation.
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The
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by Subscriber and the
consummation by Subscriber of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
conflict with or result in a default under the terms of any material contract,
agreement, obligation or commitment applicable to Subscriber. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Subscriber of this Subscription Agreement and
the completion of the transaction contemplated hereby do not and will not result
in a violation of any law, regulation, order or ruling applicable to the
Subscriber, and do not and will not constitute a breach of or default under
any
of the Subscriber’s charter documents (if the Subscriber is not a natural
person) or any agreement to which the Subscriber is a party or by which it
is
bound.
5.6
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Regulation
S Representations, Acknowledgements and
Warranties.
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If
the
Subscriber is not a US Person as defined in Regulation S, Subscriber further
represents and warrants that:
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(a) The
Subscriber acknowledges that the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares are being
offered and sold in reliance on the exemptions from the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act provided by the provisions of Regulation S as
promulgated under the 1933 Act, and that the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares
may not be resold in the United States or to a US Person as defined in
Regulation S, except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an
exemption from the registration provisions of the 1933 Act as evidenced by
an
opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company, and that in the absence of an
effective registration statement covering the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares
or an available exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, the Subscribed
for Flow-Through Shares must be held indefinitely. The Subscriber further
acknowledges that this Agreement is not intended as a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the 1933 Act;
(b) The
Subscriber is a resident of the country set forth on the signature page
hereto;
(c) the
Subscriber is not a “US
Person”
as
that
term is defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S, as more fully set forth in
Exhibit
1.4
hereto;
(d) the
Subscriber is not, and on the Closing Date will not be, an affiliate of the
Company;
(e) the
Subscriber agrees that all offers and sales of the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares shall be made in compliance with all applicable laws of any applicable
jurisdiction and, particularly, in accordance with Rules 903 and 904, as
applicable, of Regulation S or pursuant to registration of the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from
registration. In any case, none of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares have
been and will be offered or sold by the Subscriber to, or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person or within the United States until after the end of
a
one year period commencing on the date on which this Agreement is accepted
by
the Company (the “Distribution
Compliance Period”),
except pursuant to an effective registration statement as to the Subscribed
for
Flow-Through Shares or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act.
(f)
the
Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares have not been offered to the Subscriber
in
the United States and the individuals making the decision to purchase the
Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares and executing and delivering this Agreement
on behalf of the Subscriber were not in the United States when the decision
was
made and this Agreement was executed and delivered;
(g) the
Subscriber will not engage in any activity for the purpose of, or that could
reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the
United States for any of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares;
(h) neither
the Subscriber nor any of his affiliates will directly or indirectly maintain
any short position, purchase or sell put or call options or otherwise engage
in
any hedging activities in any of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares or
any
other Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares of the Company until after the end
of
the Distribution Compliance Period, and acknowledges that such activities are
prohibited by Regulation S.
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5.7
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Canadian
Exemptions Representations, Acknowledgements and
Warranties.
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(a) The
Subscriber understands that it is purchasing the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares pursuant to certain exemptions from the registration and prospectus
requirements of applicable securities legislation in Canada (the “Canadian
Securities Laws”) afforded by, without limitation, Sections 2.3 [Accredited
Investors],
2.5
[Family,
friends and business associates],
and 2.7
[Family,
friends and business associates
(Ontario)] of
NI
45-106 and, as a consequence, (A) certain rights, remedies and protections
under
securities legislation will not be available to the Subscriber in connection
with the purchase of the Shares; (B) the Subscriber may not receive information
that would otherwise be required to be provided to it under securities
legislation; and (C) the Company is relieved from certain obligations that
would
otherwise apply under securities legislation; and
(b) the
Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares as principal
solely for its own benefit and not for the benefit of any other person, and
not
with a view to the resale or distribution of all or any of the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares and the Subscriber is (A) an “accredited investor” as such
term is defined in NI 45-106, has executed and delivered a duly completed
Representation Letter in the form attached hereto as “Exhibits
1.5 (A), (B) or (C)”
as
applicable, representing that the Subscriber fits within one of the categories
of “accredited investor” set forth in such definition and was not created and/or
used solely to purchase or hold the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares; or
(B)
satisfies the definition of Family and Friends (Alberta and BC) or Family and
Friends (Ontario) as applicable in the province in which he
resides.
5.8
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Transfer
Restrictions.
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(a) The
Subscriber acknowledges that the certificates representing Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares shall bear a legend substantially as follows:
“THE
SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE RELATES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”) AND THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY (A) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT
OF U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER, IN COMPLIANCE WITH
REGULATION S AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT, OR (B) IN CANADA OR TO RESIDENTS OF CANADA EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO REGISTRATIONS AND PROSPECTUS EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE APPLICABLE
PROVINCIAL SECURITIES LAWS AND REGULATIONS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION ORDER
MADE BY THE APPROPRIATE PROVINCIAL SECURITIES REGULATOR(S), IN EACH CASE AS
EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY.”
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(b) The
Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Company has the right not
to
record a purported transfer of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares, without
the Company being satisfied that such transfer is exempt from or not subject
to
(a) registration under the U.S. 1933 Act and any applicable state securities
laws, and (b) the registration and prospectus requirements under Canadian
Securities Laws.
(c) In
addition to resale restrictions imposed under U.S. securities laws, there are
additional restrictions on the Subscriber’s ability to resell the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares under applicable Canadian Securities Law.
(d) The
Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Company is not obligated to
file and has no present intention of filing any registration statement or
prospectus in respect of re-sales of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares
with
the SEC in the United States or with any of the provincial securities regulatory
authorities in Canada.
(e) The
Subscriber confirms that it has been advised to consult its own legal and
financial advisors with respect to the suitability of the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares as an investment for the Subscriber and the resale
restrictions (including “hold periods”) to which the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares will be subject under applicable securities legislation and confirms
that
no representation has been made to the Subscriber by or on behalf of the Company
with respect thereto.
(f) The
Subscriber will not resell any Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares except in
accordance with the provisions of applicable securities legislation and stock
exchange rules.
5.9
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No
Offering Memorandum.
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The
Subscriber acknowledges that the offering is being conducted without delivery
of
an offering memorandum and that it has not relied on any oral representation,
warranty or information in connection with the offering of the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares by the Company, or any officer, employee, agent, affiliate
or subsidiary of the Company.
5.10
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No
Approval by Regulatory
Authority.
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The
Subscriber understands that no securities commission, stock exchange,
governmental agency, regulatory body or similar authority has made any finding
or determination or expressed any opinion with respect to the merits of an
investment in Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares of which the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares are a part.
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5.11
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No
Representation as to Value of Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares.
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The
Subscriber confirms that neither the Company nor any of its directors,
employees, officers, consultants, agents or affiliates, has made any
representations (written or oral) to the Subscriber regarding the future value
of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares and acknowledges and confirms that
no
representation has been made to the Subscriber with respect to the listing
of
the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares on any exchange or that application
has
been or will be made be made for such listing. In making its investment decision
with respect to the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares, the Subscriber has
relied solely upon publicly available information relating to the Company and
not upon any verbal or written representation made by or on behalf of the
Company.
5.12
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No
Advertisement.
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The
Subscriber is not and has not become aware of any advertisement in printed
public media or on radio, television or other form of communication (including
electronic display such as the Internet) with respect to the
Offering.
5.13
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Conditional
Sale.
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The
Subscriber understands that the sale and delivery of the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares is conditional upon such sale being exempt from the
registration and prospectus requirements under applicable securities legislation
or upon the issuance of such orders, consents or approvals as may be required
to
permit such sale and delivery without complying with such requirements. If
required under applicable securities legislation or regulatory policy, or by
any
securities commission, stock exchange or other regulatory authority, the
Subscriber will execute, deliver, file and otherwise assist the Company in
filing such reports, undertakings and other documents with respect to the issue
of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares.
5.14
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No
Joint Action.
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Except
as
disclosed in writing to the Company, the Subscriber does not act jointly or
in
concert with any other person or company for the purposes of acquiring the
Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares.
5.15
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Tax
Consequences.
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The
Subscriber understands that the investment in the Subscribed to Flow-Through
Shares may have tax consequences under applicable taxation laws, that it is
the
sole responsibility of the Subscriber to determine and assess such tax
consequences as may apply to its particular circumstances, and the Subscriber
has not received and is not relying on the Company for any tax advice
whatsoever.
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5.16
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Legal
Advice.
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The
Subscriber is responsible for obtaining such legal advice as it considers
appropriate in connection with the execution and delivery of this Subscription
Agreement and the purchase of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares by
it.
6.
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Reliance
and Indemnification.
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6.1
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Reliance
and Timeliness.
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The
Subscriber understands and acknowledges that (i) the Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares are being offered and sold to the Subscriber without registration under
the Securities
Act
or
applicable Canadian Securities Laws in a private placement that is exempt from
the registration provisions of the Securities
Act
and/or
the registration and prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian Securities
Laws and (ii) the availability of such exemption, depends in part on, and the
Company will rely upon, the accuracy and truthfulness of, the foregoing
representations and warranties and the Subscriber hereby consents to such
reliance. The Subscriber agrees that the representations, warranties and
covenants of the Subscriber contained herein (or in any Representation Letter
executed and delivered by the Subscriber pursuant to the provisions hereof)
shall be true and correct both as of the execution of this Subscription
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, and shall survive the completion of the
distribution of the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares. The Subscriber hereby
agrees to notify the Company immediately of any change in any representation,
warranty, covenant or other information relating to the Subscriber contained
in
this Agreement which takes place prior to Closing.
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Indemnification.
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The
Subscriber agrees to indemnify the Company, and each of its officers, directors,
employees, consultants and agents from and against all losses, claims, costs,
expenses, damages or liabilities that any of them they may suffer or incur
as a
result of or in connection with their reliance on such representations,
warranties and covenants. The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the
Company acts as trustee of the Subscriber’s covenants hereunder for each of its
officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents entitled to indemnity
hereunder and shall be entitled to enforce such covenants on behalf of such
persons.
7.
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Matters
Relating to the Flow-Through
Shares
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7.1
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Definitions.
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In
addition to other terms defined herein, for the purposes of this Section 7
the
following words and phrases have the following meanings:
(a) “Act”
means
the Income
Tax Act
(Canada), together with any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, as
amended from time to time;
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(b) “Canadian
Development Expense(s)”
or
“CDE”
means
Canadian development expenses described in paragraph (a) or (b) of the
definition of “Canadian development expense” in subsection 66.2(5) of the Act or
would be described in paragraph (f) of such definition if the words “any of
paragraphs (a) to (e)” in that paragraph were read as “paragraph (a) or (b)”,
excluding amounts which are prescribed to constitute “Canadian exploration and
development overhead expense” under the Act and, the amount of any assistance
described in paragraphs 66(12.62)(a) and 66(12.601)(c) of the Act;
(c) “Canadian
Exploration Expense(s)”
or
“CEE”
means
Canadian exploration expense described in paragraphs (a) or (d) of the
definition of “Canadian exploration expense” in subsection 66.1(6) of the Act or
that would be described in paragraph (h) of such definition if the reference
therein to “paragraphs (a) to (d) and (f) to (g.1)” were a reference to
“paragraphs (a) and (d)”, excluding amounts which are prescribed to constitute
“Canadian exploration and development overhead expense” under the Act, the
amount of any assistance described in paragraph 66(12.6)(a) of the Act and
any
expense described in paragraph 66(12.6)(b. 1) of the Act;
(d) “Commitment
Amount”
means
an amount equal to $? [NTD:
insert issue price]
multiplied by the number of Flow-Through Shares subscribed and paid for pursuant
to this Subscription Agreement;
(e) “Expenditure
Period”
means
the period commencing on the date of acceptance by the Company of this
Subscription Agreement and ending on the earlier of.
(i)
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the
date on which the Commitment Amount has been fully expended in accordance
with the terms hereof; and
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(ii)
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December
31, 2007;
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(f) “Principal
Business Corporation”
means
a
principal-business corporation as defined in subsection 66(15) of the
Act;
(g) “Qualifying
CDE”
means
an amount of CDE incurred by the Company which is eligible for renunciation
as
CEE under subsection 66(12.601) of the Act; and
(h) “Qualifying
Expenditures”
means
expenses that are CEE or Qualifying CDE at the date they are
incurred.
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Representations
and Warranties of the
Company.
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The
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber (on its own behalf
and,
if applicable, on behalf of each person on whose behalf the Subscriber is
contracting) and acknowledges that the Subscriber is relying thereon
that:
(a) the
Company has the full corporate right, power and authority to incur and renounce
to the Subscriber, Qualifying Expenditures in an amount equal to the Commitment
Amount; and
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(b) the
incurring and renouncing of Qualifying Expenditures to the Subscriber pursuant
hereto, does not and will not constitute a breach of or default under the
constating documents of the Company or any law, regulation, order or ruling
applicable to the Company or any agreement, contract or indenture to which
the
Company is a party or by which it is bound; and
(c) the
Company is, and at all material times will be, a Principal Business Corporation;
and
(d) upon
issuance pursuant to the provisions hereof, the Flow-Through Shares will be
“flow-through shares” as defined in subsection 66(15) of the Act and will not
constitute “prescribed shares” for the purpose of Regulation 6202.1 to the Act;
and
(e) neither
the Company nor any corporation “associated” with it (as defined in the Act) is
party to any other agreement for the issuance of flow-through shares for which
the required expenditures have not been renounced; and
(f) as
of the
date hereof, the taxable capital amount of the Company, as that expression
is
defined under subsection 66(12.6011) of the Act, does not exceed $15,000,000
for
the purpose of determining the Company’s right to renounce expenses to the
Subscriber pursuant to subsection 66(12.601) of the Act.
7.3
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Covenants
of the Company.
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The
Company covenants and agrees with the Subscriber:
(a) to
keep
proper books, records and accounts of all Qualifying Expenditures and all
transactions affecting the Commitment Amount and the Qualifying Expenditures
and
upon reasonable notice and on a reasonable basis, to make such books, records
and accounts available for inspection and review by or on behalf of the
Subscriber at the Subscriber’s expense; and
(b) to
incur,
during the Expenditure Period, Qualifying Expenditures in such amount as enables
the Company to renounce to the Subscriber, Qualifying Expenditures in an amount
equal to the Commitment Amount; and
(c) to
renounce to the Subscriber, pursuant to subsection 66(12.6) of the Act and
effective on or before December 31, 2006, Qualifying Expenditures incurred
during the Expenditure Period in an amount equal to the Commitment Amount;
and
(d) to
deliver to the Subscriber within the time period required by the Act and in
any
event, not later than March 31, 2007, a statement setting forth the aggregate
amounts of such Qualifying Expenditures renounced to the Subscriber;
and
(e) that
all
Qualifying Expenditures renounced to the Subscriber pursuant to this
Subscription Agreement will be Qualifying Expenditures incurred by the Company
that, but for the renunciation to the Subscriber, the Company would be entitled
to deduct in computing its income for the purposes of Part I of the Act;
and
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(f) that
the
Company will not reduce the amount to be renounced to the Subscriber hereunder
and, in the event the Minister of National Revenue reduces the amount renounced
to the Subscriber hereunder pursuant to subsection 66(12.73) of the Act, the
Company shall indemnify the Subscriber as to, and pay in full settlement thereof
to the Subscriber, an amount equal to the amount of any tax payable under the
Act (and under any corresponding provincial legislation) by the Subscriber
(or,
if the Subscriber is a partnership, by any member thereof) as a consequence
of
such reduction, provided that in the event that the Company has fully satisfied
its obligations in respect of the indemnity in accordance with this clause,
all
obligations of the Company hereunder to renounce to the Subscriber any amount
of
the Qualifying Expenditures shall immediately thereafter cease; and
(g) that
if
the Company does not renounce to the Subscriber Qualifying Expenditures equal
to
the Commitment Amount effective on or before December 31, 2006, the Company
shall indemnify the Subscriber as to, and pay in full settlement thereof to
the
Subscriber, an amount equal to the amount of any tax payable under the Act
(and
under any corresponding provincial legislation) by the Subscriber (or, if the
Subscriber is a partnership, by any member thereof) as a consequence of such
failure, provided that in the event that the Company has fully satisfied its
obligations in respect of the indemnity in accordance with this clause, all
obligations of the Company hereunder to renounce to the Subscriber any amount
of
the Qualifying Expenditures shall immediately thereafter cease; and
(h) that
the
Company will maintain its status as a Principal Business Corporation throughout
the Expenditure Period; and
(i)
to
file
all prescribed forms required under the Act necessary to renounce Qualifying
Expenditures equal to the Commitment Amount to the Subscriber effective on
or
before December 31, 2006 and to provide the Subscriber with a copy of all such
forms as are required to be provided thereto, all on a timely basis; and
(j)
that
the
Company will not be subject to the provisions of subsection 66(12.67) of the
Act
in a manner which impairs its ability to renounce Qualifying Expenditures to
the
Subscriber in an amount equal to the Commitment Amount; and
(k) that
the
Company will refrain from entering into transactions or taking deductions which
would otherwise reduce its cumulative CEE or cumulative CDE to an extent it
would preclude renunciation of Qualifying Expenditures hereunder in an amount
equal to the Commitment Amount as contemplated herein; and
(l) the
Company will not knowingly renounce any of the Qualifying Expenditures to a
trust, corporation or partnership with whom the Company has a prohibited
relationship as defined in subsection 66(12.671) of the Act.
7.4
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Covenants,
Agreements, Representations and Warranties of the
Subscriber.
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The
Subscriber covenants, agrees and represents and warrants to the
Company:
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(a) that
neither the Subscriber, nor the beneficial purchaser, as the case may be, has
or
will knowingly enter into any agreement or arrangement to which the Company
is
not a party which will cause the Flow-Through Shares to be or become “prescribed
shares” for purposes of the Act;
(b) if
the
Subscriber or beneficial purchaser, as the case may be, is a corporation, trust
or partnership, it, to the best of its knowledge, does not and will not have,
in
respect of a renunciation of Qualifying Expenditures hereunder, a “prohibited
relationship” with the Company within the meaning of subsection 66(12.671) of
the Act; and
(c) the
Subscriber is not a non-resident of Canada for purposes of the Act.
8.
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Miscellaneous.
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8.1
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Amendment;
Waivers.
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No
provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written
instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by both the Company and the
Subscriber; or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any
provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be
a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any other provision, condition
or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise
any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right accruing
to it thereafter.
8.2
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Survival
of Representations and
Warranties.
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All
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein or made in writing
by or on behalf of any party to this Agreement in connection herewith shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
8.3
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Successors
and Assigns; No Third
Party.
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All
covenants and agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf of the
parties hereto shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
and
their respective successors and assigns and, to the extent provided in this
Agreement.
8.4
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Notices.
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Any
and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section prior to 4:30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on a business day, (ii)
the
business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in the
this
Agreement later than 4:30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on any date and earlier
than 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on such date, (iii) the business day
following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight
courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice
is
required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall
be
as follows:
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If
to the
Company: At
the
address set forth next to the Company’s acceptance of this Agreement as set
forth on the signature page hereto.
If
to the
Subscriber: At
the
address set forth below the Subscriber’s name on the signature page hereto;
or
such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner,
by
such party.
8.5
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Headings.
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The
headings herein are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part
of this Agreement. Whenever the context requires, the gender of any word used
in
this Agreement includes the masculine, feminine or neuter, and the number of
any
word includes the singular or plural. Unless the context otherwise requires,
all
references to articles and sections refer to articles and sections of this
Agreement, and all references to schedules are to schedules attached hereto,
each of which is made a part hereof for all purposes. The descriptive headings
of the several articles and sections of this Agreement are inserted for purposes
of reference only, and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any
of
the provisions hereof.
8.6
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Governing
Law; Consent to
Jurisdiction.
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The
corporate laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues concerning
the
relative rights of the Company and its shareholders. All other questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this
Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York,
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or
rule
(whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New
York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that
the
venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to
such
party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees
that
such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO
REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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8.7
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Remedies.
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In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, the Subscriber will be entitled to specific
performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder. The Company and the
Subscriber agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for
any loss incurred by reason of any breach of its obligations described in the
foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific
performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
8.8
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Entire
Agreement.
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This
Agreement and the other writings referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto
contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or
understandings with respect thereto.
8.9
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Severability.
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Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and
enforceable provision which shall be a reasonable substitute therefore, and
upon
so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
Any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate
or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.10
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Counterparts.
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This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.
This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other parties
hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the
signature of the party so delivering this Agreement. In the event any signature
is delivered by facsimile transmission, the party using such means of delivery
shall cause the manually executed execution page(s) hereof to be physically
delivered to the other party within five days of the execution hereof, provided
that the failure to so deliver any manually executed execution page shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
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8.11
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Fees
and Expenses.
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Except
as
otherwise provided herein, each of the parties hereto shall pay its own fees
and
expenses, including attorney fees, in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
8.12
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English
Language.
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The
Subscriber acknowledges that it has consented to and requested that all
documents evidencing or relating in any way to the sale of the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares be drawn up in the English language only.
8.13
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Knowledge.
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As
used
in this Agreement, the term “knowledge” of any person or entity shall mean and
include (i) actual knowledge and (ii) that knowledge which a reasonably prudent
business person could have obtained in the management of his or her business
affairs after making due inquiry and exercising due diligence which a prudent
business person should have made or exercised, as applicable, with respect
thereto.
8.14
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Reference
Date and Effective
Date.
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The
reference date of this Agreement is February 8, 2006. The date of acceptance
of
this Agreement by the Company, as set forth on the signature page, shall be
the
“effective date” hereof.
SIGNATURES
APPEAR ON THE NEXT PAGE
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the dates set
forth below.
Number Of Subscribed | ||||
(Name
of Subscriber - please print)
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for
Flow-Through Shares:
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By:
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Aggregate
Consideration: $
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Authorized
Signature
|
||||
Paid
by Delivery of $
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||||
(Official
Capacity or Title - please print)
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Date
the Subscription
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(Please
print name of individual whose signature appears above if different
than
the name of the subscriber printed above.)
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Agreement
Signed by the Subscriber:
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(Subscriber’s
Address including Country of Residence)
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(Telephone
Number)/(Facsimile Number)
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ACCEPTANCE
The
Company hereby accepts the above subscription for the Subscribed for
Flow-Through Shares of the Company effective the ______day of
_________________________ , 2006.
Address:
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By:
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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EXHIBIT
1.4
REGULATION
S - DEFINITION OF US PERSON
Rule
902(k) of Regulation S states:
(1)
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“US
person” means:
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(i)
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Any
natural person resident in the United States;
(1)
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(ii)
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Any
partnership or Company organized or incorporated under the laws of
the
United States;
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(iii)
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Any
estate of which any executor or administrator is a US
person;
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(iv)
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Any
trust of which any trustee is a US
person;
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(v)
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Any
agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United
States;
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(vi)
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Any
non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate
or
trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account
of a
US person;
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(vii)
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Any
discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or
trust)
held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if
an
individual) resident in the United States;
and
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(viii)
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Any
partnership or Company if:
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(A)
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Organized
or incorporated under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction;
and
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(B)
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Formed
by a US person principally for the purpose of investing in securities
not
registered under the 1933 Act, unless it is organized or incorporated,
and
owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a)) who are
not
natural persons, estates or trusts.
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(2)
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The
following are not “US persons”:
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(i)
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Any
discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or
trust)
held for the benefit or account of a non-US person by a dealer or
other
professional fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual)
resident in the United States;
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(ii)
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Any
estate of which any professional fiduciary acting as executor or
administrator is a US person
if:
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(A)
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An
executor or administrator of the estate who is not a US person has
sold or
Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares investment discretion with respect
to
the assets of the estate; and
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(B)
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The
estate is governed by foreign law;
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(iii)
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Any
trust of which any professional fiduciary acting as trustee is a
US
person, if a trustee who is not a US person has sole or shared investment
discretion with respect to the trust assets, and no beneficiary of
the
trust (and no settler if the trust is revocable) is a US
person;
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(iv)
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An
employee benefit plan established and administrated in accordance
with the
law of a country other than the United States and customary practices
and
documentation of such country;
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(v)
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Any
agency or branch of a US person located outside the United States
if:
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(A)
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The
agency or branch operates for valid business reasons;
and
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(B)
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The
agency or branch is engaged in the business of insurance or banking
and is
subject to substantive insurance or banking regulation, respectively,
in
the jurisdiction where located; and
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(vi)
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The
International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction
and
Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations, and their
agencies, affiliates and pension plans, and any other similar
international organizations, their agencies, affiliates and pension
plans.
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(3)
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United
States.
“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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EXHIBIT
1.5(A)
FOR
RESIDENTS
XX XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
TO:
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Mogul
Energy International, Inc. (the
“Company”)
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In
connection with the purchase by the undersigned of Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares of the Company, the undersigned is delivering this representation letter
to the Subscription Agreement dated, for reference, ?,
2006
the undersigned and the Company, and hereby represents, warrants and certifies
to the Company that the undersigned is resident in Alberta or British Columbia
or is otherwise subject to the securities laws of Alberta or British Columbia,
and is either (A) an “accredited investor” within the meaning National
Instrument 45-106 (Prospectus and Registration Exemptions) on the basis that
the
undersigned fits within that category of “accredited investor” identified on the
attached Schedule to this Representation Letter beside which the undersigned
has
marked its initials; or (B) is purchasing the Subscribed for Flow-Through Shares
as a principal, does not have a “prohibited relationship” with the Company as
described in s. 7.4(b) of the Subscription Agreement and is (please check all
applicable descriptions):
_____
(i)
a director, senior officer or control person of the Company, or of an affiliate
of the Company,
_____
(ii) a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a director,
senior officer or control person of the Company, or of an affiliate of the
Company,
_____
(iii) a parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a
director, senior officer or control person of the Company or of an affiliate
of
the Company,
_____
(iv) a close personal friend of a director, senior officer or control person
of
the Company, or of an affiliate of the Company,
_____
(v)
a close business associate of a director, senior officer or control person
of
the Company, or of an affiliate of the Company,
_____
(vi) a founder of the issuer or a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister,
child, close personal friend or close business associate of a founder of the
Company,
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_____
(vii) a parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a founder
of the Company,
_____
(viii) a person or company of which a majority of the voting securities are
beneficially owned by, or a majority of the directors are, persons or companies
described in paragraphs (i) to (vii), or
_____
(ix) a trust or estate of which all of the beneficiaries or a majority of the
trustees are persons or companies described in paragraphs (i) to
(vii).
DATED:__________ ,
2006
(Name
of Subscriber - please print)
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(Authorized
Signature)
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(Official
Capacity - please print)
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(please
print name of individual whose signature appears
above)
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IMPORTANT:
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IF
APPLICABLE, PLEASE COMPLETE THE SCHEDULE TO THIS REPRESENTATION LETTER
BY
MARKING YOUR INITIALS BESIDE THE CATEGORY TO WHICH YOU
BELONG.
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SCHEDULE
A TO EXHIBIT 1.5(A)
(ALBERTA
AND BRITISH COLUMBIA)
PLEASE
COMPLETE THIS SCHEDULE BY MARKING YOUR INITIALS BESIDE THE CATEGORY OF
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” TO WHICH YOU BELONG.
Meaning
of “Accredited Investor”
The
term
“accredited investor” is defined in National Instrument 45-106 (Prospectus
and Registration Exemptions)
to mean
(Please check all the categories that apply to you):
(a)
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a
Canadian
financial institution,
or an authorized foreign bank listed in Schedule III of the Bank
Act
(Canada);
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(b)
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the
Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business
Development Bank of Canada Act
(Canada);
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(c)
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a
subsidiary
of
any person
referred to in paragraphs (a) to (b), if the person
owns all of the voting
securities
of
the subsidiary,
except the voting
securities
required by law to be owned by directors
of
that subsidiary;
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(d)
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a
person
registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of
Canada,
or as an adviser or dealer,
other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer
under one
or both of the Securities
Act
(Ontario) or Securities
Act
(Newfoundland and Labrador);
|
||
(e)
|
an
individual
registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation
of a
jurisdiction of Canada, as a representative of a person
referred
to in paragraph (d);
|
||
(f)
|
the
Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown
corporation, agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of
Canada or
a jurisdiction of Canada;
|
||
(g)
|
a
municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan
community, school board, the Comite’de gestion de la taxe scolaire de
l’ile de Montreal or an intermunicipal management board in
Quebec;
|
||
(h)
|
any
national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal
government
of or in any foreign
jurisdiction,
or any agency of that government;
|
||
(i)
|
a
pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar
regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada;
|
||
(j)
|
an
individual
who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly
or
indirectly, financial assets having an aggregate realizable value
that
before taxes, but net of any related
liabilities,
exceeds $1,000,000;
|
||
(k)
|
an
individual
whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the
two most
recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined
with that
of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the two most recent calendar
years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that
net
income level in the current calendar year;
|
||
(l)
|
an
individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of
at least
$5,000,000;
|
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(m)
|
a
person , other than an individual or investment fund, that has
net assets
of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial
statements;
|
||
(n)
|
an
investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities
only to
(i) a person that is or was an accredited investor at the time
of the
distribution, (ii) a person that acquires or acquired securities
in the
circumstances referred to in sections 2.10 (of NI-106)
[Minimum
amount investment],
and 2.19 (of NI-106) [Additional
investment in investment funds],
or (iii) a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires
or
acquired securities under section 2.18 (of NI-106) [Investment
fund reinvestment];
|
||
(o)
|
an
investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities
under a
prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator
or, in
Quebec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a
receipt;
|
||
(p)
|
a
trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to
carry on
business under the Trust and Loan
Companies Act
(Canada) comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or
a foreign
jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed
by the
trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be;
|
||
(q)
|
a
person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that
person,
if that person (i) is registered or authorized to carry on business
as an
adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a
jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and (ii) in Ontario,
is
purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment
fund;
|
||
(r)
|
a
registered charity under the Income
Tax Act
(Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from
an
eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities
legislation of the jurisdiction or the registered charity to give
advice
on the securities being traded;
|
||
(s)
|
an
entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to
any of the
entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i)
above in
form and function;
|
||
(t)
|
a
person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct
or
indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by
law to be
owned by directors, are persons that are accredited
investors;
|
||
(u)
|
an
investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser
or a
person that is exempt from registration as an adviser;
or
|
||
(v)
|
a
person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory
or,
except in Ontario and Quebec, the regulator as (i) an accredited
investor,
or (ii) an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia after
NI-106
comes into force
|
The
following definitions relate to certain of the categories of “accredited
investor” set forth above:
“adviser”
means
a
person or company engaging in or holding itself out as engaging in the business
of advising others with respect to investing in or the buying or selling of
securities or exchange contracts;
“Canadian
financial institution”
means
(a) an association governed by the Cooperative
Credit Associations Act
(Canada)
or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under
section 473(1) of that Act or (b) a bank, loan Company, trust company, insurance
company, treasury branch, credit union or caisse populaire that, in each case,
is authorized by an enactment of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada to carry
on
business in Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
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“financial
assets”
means
cash, securities or a contract of insurance, a deposit or an evidence of a
deposit that is not a security for the purposes of securities
legislation;
“foreign
jurisdiction”
means
a
country other than Canada or a political subdivision of a country other than
Canada;
“fully
managed account”
means
an account of a client for which a person makes investment decisions if that
person has full discretion to trade in securities for the account without
requiring the client’s express consent to a transaction;
“issuer”
means
a
person or company who: (i) has a security outstanding; (ii) is issuing a
security; or (iii) proposes to issue a security;
“investment
fund”
has
the
same meaning as in National Instrument 81-106 Investment
Fund Continuous Disclosure;
“jurisdiction”
means
a
province or territory of Canada, except when used in the term foreign
jurisdiction;
“person”
includes, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, trust, fund and an
association, syndicate, organization or other organized group of persons,
whether incorporated or not, and an individual or other person in that person’s
capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator or personal or other legal
representative;
“spouse”
means,
an individual who, (a) is married to another individual and is not living
separate and apart with the meaning of the Divorce
Act
(Canada), from the other individual , (b) is living with another individual
in a
marriage-like relationship, including a marriage-like relationship between
individuals of the same gender, or (c) in Alberta, is an individual referred
to
in paragraph (a) or (b), or is an adult interdependent partner with the meaning
of the Adult
Interdependent Relationships Act
(Alberta);
“subsidiary”
means
an issuer that is controlled directly or indirectly by another issuer and
includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary; and
Affiliated
Issuers
An
issuer
is affiliated with another issuer if one of them is the subsidiary of the other
or if each of them is controlled by the same person.
Control
A
person
is considered to control another person (second person) if (a) the first person,
directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises control or direction
over
securities of the second person carrying votes which, if exercised, would
entitle the first person to elect a majority of the directors of the second
person, unless that first person holds the voting securities only to secure
an
obligation, (b) the second person is a partnership, other than a limited
partnership, and the first person holds more than 50% of the interest of the
partnership, or (c) the second person is a limited partnership and the general
partner of the limited partnership is the first person.
All
monetary references in this Schedule A Exhibit “1.5(A)” are in Canadian
Dollars.
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Exhibit
1.5(B)
ONTARIO
RESIDENTS
TO:
|
Mogul
Energy International, Inc. (the
“Company”)
|
In
connection with the purchase by the undersigned of Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares of the Company, the undersigned is delivering this representation letter
to the Subscription Agreement dated, for reference, ?
2006 the
undersigned and the Company, and hereby represents, warrants and certifies
to
the Company that the undersigned is resident in Ontario or is otherwise subject
to the securities laws of Ontario, and is either (A) an “accredited investor”
within the meaning National Instrument 45-106 (Prospectus
and Registration Exemptions)
on the
basis that the undersigned fits within that category of “accredited investor”
identified on the attached Schedule to this Representation Letter beside which
the undersigned has marked its initials; or (B) is purchasing the Subscribed
for
Flow-Through Shares as a principal, does not have a “prohibited relationship”
with the Company as described in s. 7.4(b) of the Subscription Agreement and
is
(please check all applicable descriptions):
_____
|
(a)
|
a
founder of the issuer,
|
_____
|
(b)
|
an
affiliate of a founder of the
issuer,
|
_____
|
(c)
|
a
spouse, parent, brother, sister, grandparent or child of an executive,
director or founder of the issuer,
or
|
_____
|
(d)
|
a
person that is a control person of the
issuer.
|
DATED:__________ ,
2006
(Name
of Purchaser - please print)
|
|
(Authorized
Signature)
|
|
(Official
Capacity - please print)
|
|
(please
print name of individual whose signature appears
above)
|
IMPORTANT:
|
PLEASE
COMPLETE THE SCHEDULE TO THIS REPRESENTATION LETTER BY MARKING YOUR
INITIALS BESIDE THE CATEGORY TO WHICH YOU
BELONG.
|
28
Schedule
A Exhibit 1.5(B)
REPRESENTATION
LETTER
(ONTARIO)
PLEASE
COMPLETE THIS SCHEDULE BY MARKING YOUR INITIALS BESIDE THE CATEGORY OF
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” TO WHICH YOU BELONG.
Meaning
of “Accredited Investor”
The
term
“accredited investor” is defined in National Instrument 45-106 (Prospectus and
Registration Exemptions) to mean (Please check all categories that apply to
you):
(a)
|
a
Canadian
financial institution,
or an authorized foreign bank listed in Schedule III of the Bank
Act
(Canada);
|
||
(b)
|
the
Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business
Development Bank of Canada Act
(Canada);
|
||
(c)
|
a
subsidiary
of
any person
referred
to in paragraphs (a) to (b), if the person
owns
all of the voting
securities
of
the subsidiary,
except the voting
securities
required by law to be owned by directors
of
that subsidiary;
|
||
(d)
|
a
person
registered
under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada, or
as an
adviser
or
dealer,
other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer
under one
or both of the Securities
Act
(Ontario) or Securities
Act
(Newfoundland and Labrador);
|
||
(e)
|
an
individual
registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation
of a
jurisdiction of Canada, as a representative of a person
referred
to in paragraph (d);
|
||
(f)
|
the
Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown
corporation, agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of
Canada or
a jurisdiction of Canada;
|
||
(g)
|
a
municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan
community, school board, the Comite’de gestion de la taxe scolaire de
l’ile de Montreal or an intermunicipal management board in
Quebec;
|
||
(h)
|
any
national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal
government
of or in any foreign
jurisdiction,
or any agency of that government;
|
||
(i)
|
a
pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar
regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada;
|
||
(j)
|
an
individual
who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly
or
indirectly, financial
assets
having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net
of any
related
liabilities,
exceeds $1,000,000;
|
||
(k)
|
an
individual
whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the
two most
recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined
with that
of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the two most recent calendar
years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that
net
income level in the current calendar year;
|
||
(l)
|
an
individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of
at least
$5,000,000;
|
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(m)
|
a
person , other than an individual or investment fund, that has
net assets
of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial
statements;
|
||
(n)
|
an
investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities
only to
(i) a person that is or was an accredited investor at the time
of the
distribution, (ii) a person that acquires or acquired securities
in the
circumstances referred to in sections 2.10 (of NI-106) [Minimum
amount investment],
and 2.19 (of NI-106) [Additional
investment in investment funds],
or (iii) a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires
or
acquired securities under section 2.18 (of NI-106)
[Investment
fund reinvestment];
|
||
(o)
|
an
investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities
under a
prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator
or, in
Quebec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a
receipt;
|
||
(p)
|
a
trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to
carry on
business under the Trust
and Loan Companies Act
(Canada) comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or
a foreign
jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed
by the
trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be;
|
||
(q)
|
a
person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that
person,
if that person (i) is registered or authorized to carry on business
as an
adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a
jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and (ii) in Ontario,
is
purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment
fund;
|
||
(r)
|
a
registered charity under the Income
Tax Act
(Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from
an
eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities
legislation of the jurisdiction or the registered charity to give
advice
on the securities being traded;
|
||
(s)
|
an
entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to
any of the
entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i)
above in
form and function;
|
||
(t)
|
a
person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct
or
indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by
law to be
owned by directors, are persons that are accredited
investors;
|
||
(u)
|
an
investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser
or a
person that is exempt from registration as an adviser;
or
|
||
(v)
|
a
person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory
or,
except in Ontario and Quebec, the regulator as (i) an accredited
investor,
or (ii) an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia after
NI-106
comes into force
|
The
following definitions relate to certain of the categories of “accredited
investor” set forth above:
“adviser”
means
a
person or company engaging in or holding itself out as engaging in the business
of advising others with respect to investing in or the buying or selling of
securities or exchange contracts;
“Canadian
financial institution”
means
(a) an association governed by the Cooperative
Credit Associations Act
(Canada)
or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under
section 473(1) of that Act or (b) a bank, loan Company, trust company, insurance
company, treasury branch, credit union or caisse populaire that, in each case,
is authorized by an enactment of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada to carry
on
business in Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
30
“financial
assets”
means
cash, securities or a contract of insurance, a deposit or an evidence of a
deposit that is not a security for the purposes of securities
legislation;
“foreign
jurisdiction”
means
a
country other than Canada or a political subdivision of a country other than
Canada;
“fully
managed account”
means
an account of a client for which a person makes investment decisions if that
person has full discretion to trade in securities for the account without
requiring the client’s express consent to a transaction;
“issuer”
means
a
person or company who: (i) has a security outstanding; (ii) is issuing a
security; or (iii) proposes to issue a security;
“investment
fund”
has
the
same meaning as in National Instrument 81-106 Investment
Fund Continuous Disclosure;
“jurisdiction”
means
a
province or territory of Canada, except when used in the term foreign
jurisdiction;
“person”
includes, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, trust, fund and an
association, syndicate, organization or other organized group of persons,
whether incorporated or not, and an individual or other person in that person’s
capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator or personal or other legal
representative;
“spouse”
means,
an individual who, (a) is married to another individual and is not living
separate and apart with the meaning of the Divorce
Act
(Canada), from the other individual , (b) is living with another individual
in a
marriage-like relationship, including a marriage-like relationship between
individuals of the same gender, or (c) in Alberta, is an individual referred
to
in paragraph (a) or (b), or is an adult interdependent partner with the meaning
of the Adult
Interdependent Relationships Act
(Alberta);
“subsidiary”
means
an issuer that is controlled directly or indirectly by another issuer and
includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary; and
Affiliated
Issuers
An
issuer
is affiliated with another issuer if one of them is the subsidiary of the other
or if each of them is controlled by the same person.
Control
A
person
is considered to control another person (second person) if (a) the first person,
directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises control or direction
over
securities of the second person carrying votes which, if exercised, would
entitle the first person to elect a majority of the directors of the second
person, unless that first person holds the voting securities only to secure
an
obligation, (b) the second person is a partnership, other than a limited
partnership, and the first person holds more than 50% of the interest of the
partnership, or (c) the second person is a limited partnership and the general
partner of the limited partnership is the first person.
All
monetary references in this Schedule A Exhibit “1.5(B)” are in Canadian
Dollars.
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Exhibit
1.5(C)
SASKATCHEWAN
RESIDENTS
REPRESENTATION
LETTER
TO:
|
Mogul
Energy International, Inc. (the
“Company”)
|
In
connection with the purchase by the undersigned of Subscribed for Flow-Through
Shares of the Company, the undersigned is delivering this representation letter
to the Subscription Agreement dated, for reference, ?,
2006
the undersigned and the Company, and hereby represents, warrants and certifies
to the Company that the undersigned is resident in Saskatchewan or is otherwise
subject to the securities laws of Saskatchewan, and is an “accredited investor”
within the meaning National Instrument 45-106 (Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions) on the basis that the undersigned fits within that category of
“accredited investor” identified on the attached Schedule to this Representation
Letter beside which the undersigned has marked its initials.
DATED:_______________
,
2006
(Name
of Purchaser - please print)
|
|
(Authorized
Signature)
|
|
(Official
Capacity - please print)
|
|
(please
print name of individual whose signature appears
above)
|
IMPORTANT:
|
PLEASE
COMPLETE THE SCHEDULE TO THIS REPRESENTATION LETTER BY MARKING YOUR
INITIALS BESIDE THE CATEGORY TO WHICH YOU
BELONG.
|
32
Schedule
A Exhibit 1.5(C)
REPRESENTATION
LETTER
(SASKATCHEWAN)
PLEASE
COMPLETE THIS SCHEDULE BY MARKING YOUR INITIALS BESIDE THE CATEGORY OF
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” TO WHICH YOU BELONG.
Meaning
of “Accredited Investor”
The
term
“accredited investor” is defined in National Instrument 45-106 (Prospectus and
Registration Exemptions) to mean (Please check all categories that apply to
you):
(a)
|
a
Canadian
financial institution,
or an authorized foreign bank listed in Schedule III of the Bank
Act
(Canada);
|
||
(b)
|
the
Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business
Development Bank of Canada Act
(Canada);
|
||
(c)
|
a
subsidiary
of
any person
referred
to in paragraphs (a) to (b), if the person
owns
all of the voting
securities
of
the subsidiary,
except the voting
securities
required by law to be owned by directors
of
that subsidiary;
|
||
(d)
|
a
person
registered
under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada, or
as an
adviser
or
dealer,
other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer
under one
or both of the Securities
Act
(Ontario) or Securities
Act
(Newfoundland and Labrador);**
|
||
(e)
|
an
individual
registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation
of a
jurisdiction of Canada, as a representative of a person
referred to in paragraph (d);
|
||
(f)
|
the
Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown
corporation, agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of
Canada or
a jurisdiction of Canada;
|
||
(g)
|
a
municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan
community, school board, the Comite’de gestion de la taxe scolaire de
l’ile de Montreal or an intermunicipal management board in
Quebec;
|
||
(h)
|
any
national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal
government
of or in any foreign jurisdiction,
or any agency of that government;
|
||
(i)
|
a
pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar
regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada;
|
||
(j)
|
an
individual
who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly
or
indirectly, financial
assets
having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net
of any
related liabilities,
exceeds $1,000,000;
|
||
(k)
|
an
individual
whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the
two most
recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined
with that
of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the two most recent calendar
years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that
net
income level in the current calendar
year;
|
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(l)
|
an
individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets
of at least
$5,000,000;
|
||
(m)
|
a
person , other than an individual or investment fund, that has
net assets
of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared
financial
statements;
|
||
(n)
|
an
investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities
only to
(i) a person that is or was an accredited investor at the time
of the
distribution, (ii) a person that acquires or acquired securities
in the
circumstances referred to in sections 2.10 (of NI-106)
[Minimum amount investment],
and 2.19 (of NI-106) [Additional
investment in investment funds],
or (iii) a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires
or
acquired securities under section 2.18 (of NI-106) [Investment
fund reinvestment];
|
||
(o)
|
an
investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities
under a
prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator
or, in
Quebec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a
receipt;
|
||
(p)
|
a
trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to
carry on
business under the Trust and Loan
Companies Act
(Canada) comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or
a foreign
jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed
by the
trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be;
|
||
(q)
|
a
person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by
that person,
if that person (i) is registered or authorized to carry on business
as an
adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of
a
jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and (ii) in
Ontario, is
purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment
fund;
|
||
(r)
|
a
registered charity under the Income
Tax Act
(Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from
an
eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities
legislation of the jurisdiction or the registered charity to
give advice
on the securities being traded;
|
||
(s)
|
an
entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous
to any of the
entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i)
above in
form and function;
|
||
(t)
|
a
person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct
or
indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required
by law to be
owned by directors, are persons that are accredited
investors;
|
||
(u)
|
an
investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an
adviser or a
person that is exempt from registration as an adviser;
or
|
||
(v)
|
a
person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory
or,
except in Ontario and Quebec, the regulator as (i) an accredited
investor,
or (ii) an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia after
NI-106
comes into force
|
The
following definitions relate to certain of the categories of “accredited
investor” set forth above:
“adviser”
means
a
person or company engaging in or holding itself out as engaging in the business
of advising others with respect to investing in or the buying or selling of
securities or exchange contracts;
“Canadian
financial institution”
means
(a) an association governed by the Cooperative
Credit Associations Act
(Canada)
or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under
section 473(1) of that Act or (b) a bank, loan Company, trust company, insurance
company, treasury branch, credit union or caisse populaire that, in each case,
is authorized by an enactment of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada to carry
on
business in Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
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“financial
assets”
means
cash, securities or a contract of insurance, a deposit or an evidence of a
deposit that is not a security for the purposes of securities
legislation;
“foreign
jurisdiction”
means
a
country other than Canada or a political subdivision of a country other than
Canada;
“fully
managed account”
means
an account of a client for which a person makes investment decisions if that
person has full discretion to trade in securities for the account without
requiring the client’s express consent to a transaction;
“issuer”
means
a
person or company who: (i) has a security outstanding; (ii) is issuing a
security; or (iii) proposes to issue a security;
“investment
fund”
has
the
same meaning as in National Instrument 81-106 Investment
Fund Continuous Disclosure;
“jurisdiction”
means
a
province or territory of Canada, except when used in the term foreign
jurisdiction;
“person”
includes, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, trust, fund and an
association, syndicate, organization or other organized group of persons,
whether incorporated or not, and an individual or other person in that person’s
capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator or personal or other legal
representative;
“spouse”
means,
an individual who, (a) is married to another individual and is not living
separate and apart with the meaning of the Divorce
Act
(Canada), from the other individual , (b) is living with another individual
in a
marriage-like relationship, including a marriage-like relationship between
individuals of the same gender, or (c) in Alberta, is an individual referred
to
in paragraph (a) or (b), or is an adult interdependent partner with the meaning
of the Adult
Interdependent Relationships Act
(Alberta);
“subsidiary”
means
an issuer that is controlled directly or indirectly by another issuer and
includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary; and
Affiliated
Issuers
An
issuer
is affiliated with another issuer if one of them is the subsidiary of the other
or if each of them is controlled by the same person.
Control
A
person
is considered to control another person (second person) if (a) the first person,
directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises control or direction
over
securities of the second person carrying votes which, if exercised, would
entitle the first person to elect a majority of the directors of the second
person, unless that first person holds the voting securities only to secure
an
obligation, (b) the second person is a partnership, other than a limited
partnership, and the first person holds more than 50% of the interest of the
partnership, or (c) the second person is a limited partnership and the general
partner of the limited partnership is the first person.
All
monetary references in this Schedule A Exhibit “1.5(C)” are in Canadian
Dollars.
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