THIS AGREEMENT made effective the 29th day of February, 2000.
AMONG:
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX AND XXXXXX XXXXXXXX, (the "VENDORS")
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EFINANCIAL XXXXX.XXX, INC., (the "PURCHASER")
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WESTCOR MORTGAGE INC., (the "CORPORATION")
- and -
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, Barristers and Solicitors (the "TRUSTEE")
HYPOTHECATION AGREEMENT
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WHEREAS:
A. Pursuant to the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, the VENDORS have agreed to sell
to the PURCHASER the SHARES;
B. Pursuant to the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, the PURCHASER is indebted to
the VENDORS on account of the purchase price of the SHARES;
C. Pursuant to Section 3.2 of the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, the PURCHASER
has agreed to enter into this Hypothecation Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that, in consideration of the sum
of One ($1.00) Dollar now paid each to the other (the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged) and of the agreements herein contained, the
parties do hereby mutually agree as follows:
ARTICLE1
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1.1 Definitions
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In this AGREEMENT the following expressions will have the meanings herein
set forth:
(a) ACT OF DEFAULT means the acts of default specified in Section 4.1
herein;
(b) AGREEMENT, "herein" and "hereof" means this Hypothecation Agreement;
(c) INDEBTEDNESS means the amount owing from time to time by the PURCHASER
to the VENDORS on account of the purchase price of the SHARES or interest
thereon in accordance with the provisions of the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
together with any legal fees, on a solicitor-and-his-own-client basis, incurred
by the VENDORS in connection with enforcing the payment and satisfaction of such
indebtedness;
(d) SHARE CERTIFICATE means share certificate 6A issued to the PURCHASER
evidencing the PURCHASER's ownership of the SHARES;
(e) SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT means that certain SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT in
writing effective the 29th day of February, 2000, and made between VENDORS and
the PURCHASER;
(f) SHARES means one hundred thousand (100,000) Class "A" shares in the
share capital of the CORPORATION purchased by the PURCHASER pursuant to the
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT and represented by the SHARE CERTIFICATE.
1.2 Preamble Incorporation
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The parties hereby confirm and ratify the matters contained and referred to
in the preamble to this AGREEMENT and agree that same are expressly incorporated
into this AGREEMENT.
ARTICLE 2
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2.1 TRUSTEE
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The TRUSTEE and its successors and assigns is hereby appointed to act as
escrow agent for the purposes of this Hypothecation Agreement and the TRUSTEE
hereby agrees to act as escrow agent in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this AGREEMENT.
2.2 Hypothecation
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As security pursuant to and not in payment of the INDEBTEDNESS, the
PURCHASER does hereby pledge and hypothecate all its legal and beneficial
interest in the SHARES to the VENDORS all on the terms and conditions set out in
this AGREEMENT.
2.3 Transfer of SECURITY SHARES
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For the purposes hereof, the PURCHASER hereby agrees that the SHARE
CERTIFICATE together with a transfer of same in favour of the VENDORS as of the
date hereof shall be delivered forthwith to the TRUSTEE with the executed copies
of this AGREEMENT.
2.4 Directors Resolutions
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The PURCHASER agrees to deliver forthwith to the TRUSTEE a resolution in
writing of the directors of the CORPORATION approving the transfer of the SHARES
from the PURCHASER to the VENDORS.
ARTICLE 3
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3.1 Voting Rights
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The parties agree that the PURCHASER shall be entitled to exercise all
voting rights in respect of the SHARES unless and until there shall be an ACT OF
DEFAULT.
3.2 Shares To Be Property of PURCHASER
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The SHARES shall remain the property of the PURCHASER and the PURCHASER
shall be entitled to all benefits pertaining to the SHARES including, without
limitation, any dividends declared thereon unless and until the PURCHASER fails
to cure an ACT OF DEFAULT pursuant to a notice received from the TRUSTEE under
Section 5.1 herein.
3.3 Payment
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(a) In the event that the PURCHASER has made all payments required pursuant
to the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, the TRUSTEE shall, subject to the provisions of
paragraph 3.3(b) herein, forthwith redeliver to the PURCHASER, the SHARE
CERTIFICATES then held by it, the transfer referred to in Section 2.3 and the
directors resolution referred to in Section 2.4 herein; and
(b) As evidence that the payments referred to in paragraph 3.3(a) have been
made by the PURCHASER to the VENDORS, the PURCHASER shall forward to the TRUSTEE
a sworn statutory declaration to that effect. Thereupon, the TRUSTEE shall give
notice to the VENDORS that such declaration has been received and, if the
VENDORS do not within fifteen (15) days advise the TRUSTEE that the payments
referred to in such declaration have not been made, the TRUSTEE shall deliver
the applicable SHARE CERTIFICATE representing such number of SHARES as are then
releasable by the TRUSTEE to the PURCHASER. In the event that the VENDORS
advise the TRUSTEE that the payments referred to in the above-noted statutory
declaration have not been made, then the TRUSTEE shall not be required to
deliver any share certificates without a written direction signed by both the
VENDORS and the PURCHASER or an appropriate order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
ARTICLE 4
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4.1 Security Enforceable
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The security hereby constituted shall become enforceable:
(a) if an Order is made or an effective resolution is passed for winding up
the CORPORATION, unless such winding up is effected pursuant to a merger or
amalgamation of the CORPORATION with any other corporation and is made with the
prior written consent of the VENDORS, such consent to not be withheld unless
such act would in the reasonable opinion of the VENDORS have a material adverse
impact upon the value of the SHARES or the security granted herein;
(b) if the PURCHASER, or the CORPORATION makes an assignment for the benefit
of creditors or is declared bankrupt or if a receiver is appointed under the
terms of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), or if an execution or
judgment against the property of the PURCHASER, or the CORPORATION or any part
thereof remains after all appeals unsatisfied for a period of fifteen (15) days
following notice from the VENDORS to the PURCHASER to satisfy same or if a
receiver of all or any of the assets of the PURCHASER, or the CORPORATION is
appointed;
(c) if an effective resolution is passed for the sale by either the
PURCHASER, or the CORPORATION of all or substantially all of its assets;
(d) if the PURCHASER fails to make any payment on the INDEBTEDNESS within
thirty (30) days of the date on which such payment is due pursuant to the SHARE
PURCHASE AGREEMENT;
(e) if the PURCHASER attempts to sell or entertain an offer to sell the
SHARES without first obtaining the written consent of the VENDORS; or
(f) if the PURCHASER or the CORPORATION commits any material breach pursuant
to the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, or this AGREEMENT, and such breach continues
for fifteen (15) days after written notice from the VENDORS to the PURCHASER
specifying such breach or requiring the same to be remedied.
ARTICLE 5
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5.1 Realization Against SHARES
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The VENDORS may, at any time after an ACT OF DEFAULT and in addition to
(and not in substitution for) all other rights and remedies available to the
VENDORS, give notice to the TRUSTEE of default by the PURCHASER. Thereupon, the
TRUSTEE shall give notice to the PURCHASER that such notice has been received
and, if the PURCHASER does not within one hundred eighty (180) days cure such
default, then the TRUSTEE shall deliver to the VENDORS the SHARE CERTIFICATE
together with the transfer of same in favour of the VENDORS referred to in
Section 2.3 and the resolutions of the directors referred to in Section 2.4
hereof, whereupon:
(a) the VENDORS may forthwith without notice, without demand for payment,
without advertisement and without any other formality, all of which are hereby
waived by the PURCHASER, sell the SHARES by public or private sale using best
efforts to obtain the maximum sum reasonably obtainable for the SHARES on the
basis of a forced sale. Any such sale of all or any part of the SHARES shall be
a sale either en bloc or in such part or parts and either by public auction or
private contract and with or without any special condition as to upset price,
reserve bid, title or evidence of title or other matter and from time to time as
the VENDORS in their discretion determine, with power to vary or rescind any
such contract or sale or buy in any such auction and resell without being
answerable for any loss. The VENDORS may at any sale of the SHARES, or any part
thereof, sell for a purchase consideration payable in cash or by instalments
either with or without taking security for the second and subsequent instalments
and may make delivery to the purchaser of good and sufficient deeds, assurances
and conveyances of the SHARES and give receipts for the purchase price and any
such sale shall be a perpetual bar, both at law and in equity, against the
PURCHASER and all those claiming assets sold or any part thereof by, from, or
under the PURCHASER. All costs and expenses incurred by the VENDORS in respect
of the sale of all or any part of the SHARES shall be added to the obligations
and liabilities of the PURCHASER to the VENDORS and shall be a first charge upon
the monies received by the VENDORS as a result of any such sale or other dealing
with all or any part of the SHARES. The proceeds realized from the sale of all
or any part of the SHARES shall be applied by the VENDORS in respect of the
INDEBTEDNESS without first making demand or taking any action whatsoever against
the PURCHASER. If the proceeds are insufficient to satisfy in full the
principal and interest due and payable to the VENDORS (including the costs and
expenses of the sale of any SHARES), the unpaid balance shall be forgiven by the
VENDORS. Any monies remaining after satisfaction in full of the INDEBTEDNESS
and the obligations of the PURCHASER to the VENDORS pursuant to this AGREEMENT
shall be paid by the VENDORS to the PURCHASER;
(b) the VENDORS shall not be bound to sell or otherwise deal with all or any
part of the SHARES or otherwise to realize any proceeds therefrom and shall not
be responsible for any loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing with or any
failure to sell or otherwise deal with all or any part of the SHARES;
(c) at the sole and entire option of the VENDORS to be exercised by notice
in writing to the PURCHASER at any time after delivery to the VENDORS of the
SHARE CERTIFICATE, the VENDORS may accept the SHARES in full satisfaction of the
INDEBTEDNESS; provided however where the VENDORS provide notice to the PURCHASER
in accordance with this subsection 5.1 (c), the PURCHASER shall have 90 days
from the date of receipt of such notice to redeem the SHARES by payment in full
within that time of the INDEBTEDNESS;
(d) the VENDORS may grant extensions, give up any or all of the SHARES,
accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the
SHARES, or any of them, and all parties hereto as they think fit without
affecting the obligations and liability of the PURCHASER to the VENDORS under
the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT and under this AGREEMENT, without prejudice to any
other rights which the VENDORS may have or may be entitled to take against the
PURCHASER;
(e) for the purposes of this Section 5.1 the VENDORS may have all or any of
the SHARES registered in their names or in the name of their nominee and shall
be entitled, but not bound or required, to vote the SHARES at any meeting at
which the holder thereof is entitled to vote and, generally, to exercise any of
the rights which the holder of the SHARES may, at any time, have including
election of directors of the CORPORATION; but the VENDORS shall not be
responsible for any loss occasioned by the exercise of any such rights or by the
failure to exercise the same within the time limited for the exercise thereof;
(f) the PURCHASER hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the VENDORS
its true and lawful attorneys and agents-in-fact to do all acts and execute and
deliver all such agreements, instruments and documents as the VENDORS may deem
necessary and desirable to realize upon the security of the SHARES and agrees to
ratify and confirm all such proper acts of the VENDORS as its attorney and to
indemnify and save harmless the VENDORS from all claims, loss or damage suffered
in so doing.
5.2 Other Legal Action
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Nothing herein contained shall prevent or be construed as preventing the
VENDORS from taking any legal action against the PURCHASER for collection of the
amount due to the VENDORS pursuant to the SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT or for
enforcing any other security given to the VENDORS under the SHARE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT.
5.3 Reorganization
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If the SHARES or any of them are part of an amalgamation or are changed,
classified or reclassified, subdivided, consolidated or converted into a
different number or class of shares or otherwise, the shares or other securities
resulting from such amalgamation, change, classification, reclassification,
subdivision or conversion shall be delivered to and held by the VENDORS in place
of the SHARES and the provisions hereof shall apply thereto.
5.4 Consent and Waiver
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The CORPORATION hereby consents to the Hypothecation herein contained and
agrees that it shall, upon receiving the SHARE CERTIFICATE from the VENDORS
along with written instruction from the VENDORS, register the SHARES in the name
of such transferee as shall be instructed by the VENDORS. The CORPORATION also
agrees that any such transfer shall operate as a waiver of any lien on shares
that the CORPORATION may have against the PURCHASER with respect to the SHARES.
ARTICLE 6
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6.1 TRUSTEE's Fees
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The fees and expenses of the TRUSTEE for acting hereunder shall be borne by
the PURCHASER provided that the TRUSTEE agrees not to charge a general
administration fee for holding the SHARES but shall only charge fees for actual
time expended whether a default has occurred or not.
6.2 TRUSTEE's Acceptance
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The acceptance by the TRUSTEE for its duties and obligations under this
Agreement is subject to the following terms and conditions which the parties to
this Agreement hereby agree shall govern and control with respect to its rights,
duties, liabilities and immunities:
(a) the TRUSTEE shall not be responsible or liable in any manner whatever
for the sufficiency, correctness, genuineness or validity or any security
deposited with it;
(b) the TRUSTEE shall be protected in acting upon any written notice,
request, waiver, consent, receipt, statutory declaration or other paper or
document furnished to it and signed by the PURCHASER or the VENDORS not only as
to its execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions but also
as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained, which it
in good faith believes to be genuine;
(c) except for acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the TRUSTEE
shall not be liable for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, or for any
mistake of fact or law, and the PURCHASER and the VENDORS jointly and severally
indemnify the TRUSTEE in respect of all losses, costs, expenses or damages
suffered by the TRUSTEE in connection with its duties hereunder;
(d) the TRUSTEE may consult with and obtain advice from outside legal
counsel or direction by a Court of competent jurisdiction in the event of any
question as to any of the provisions hereof or its duties hereunder, and it
shall incur no liability and shall be fully protected in acting in good faith in
accordance with the opinion and instructions of such counsel. The cost of
obtaining such services or directions shall be added to and be a part of the
TRUSTEE's fee hereunder;
(e) the TRUSTEE shall have no duties except those which are expressly set
forth herein, and it shall not be bound by any notice of a claim or demand with
respect thereto, or any waiver, modification, amendment, termination or
rescission of this Hypothecation Agreement, unless received by it in writing and
signed by the PURCHASER and the VENDORS and, if its duties herein are affected,
unless it shall have given its prior written consent thereto; and
(f) the TRUSTEE may resign as escrow agent by giving sixty (60) days written
notice of such resignation to all other parties to this Agreement and arranging
for the SHARE CERTIFICATES to be delivered to a successor escrow agent agreed
upon by all of the other parties to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 7
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7.1 Notices
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Any notice required to be given hereunder by any party shall be deemed to
have been well and sufficiently given if:
(a) personally delivered to the party to whom it is intended or if such
party is a corporation to an officer of that corporation; or
(b) if mailed by prepaid registered mail, to the address of the party to
whom it is intended hereinafter set forth.
(i) if to the VENDORS:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
c/o #204, 1109 - 17th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, T2T 5R9
(ii) if to the PURCHASER:
EFinancial Xxxxx.xxx, Inc.
150-1875 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X.X. 00000
(iii) if to the CORPORATION:
Westcor Mortgage Inc.
#000, 0000 - 00xx Xxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
(iv) if to the TRUSTEE:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
3000, 000 - 0xx Xxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
ATTENTION: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Q.C.
or to such other address as a party may from time to time direct in
writing.
Any notice delivered as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been received on the
date of delivery and any notice mailed shall be deemed to have been received
seventy-two (72) hours after the time of mailing. If normal mail service is
interrupted by strike, slow-down, force majeure or other cause after the notice
has been sent the notice will not be deemed to be received until actually
received. In the event normal mail service is impaired -at the time of sending
the notice, then personal delivery only shall be effective.
7.2 Headings
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The headings are inserted for the purpose of convenience only and do not
form part of this Agreement.
7.3 Enurement
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This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and assigns.
7.4 Further Assurances
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The parties hereto and each of them do hereby covenant and agree to do such
things and execute such further documents, agreements and assurances as may be
necessary or advisable from time to time in order to carry out the terms and
conditions of this Agreement in accordance with their true intent.
7.5 Execution
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This Agreement may be executed in several parts of the same form and the
parts as so executed shall together constitute one original agreement, and the
parts, if more than one, shall be read together and construed as if all the
signing parties hereto had executed one copy of this Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed these presents on the
day and year first above written.
/s/ signed /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Witness XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
/s/ signed /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Witness XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
EFINANCIAL XXXXX.XXX, INC.
Per: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
WESTCOR MORTGAGE INC.
Per: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
XXXXXX XXXXXXX
Per: /s/ signed
Per: /s/ signed
