RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
THIS RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May
15, 2023 (this “Agreement”), has been entered into by and between VENUS
CONCEPT INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the Purchasers (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “SPA”), by and between the Purchasers (as defined below) and the Company, the Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company up to $9,000,000 in shares of senior convertible preferred stock of the Company (the “Preferred Stock”), and the Company has agreed to provide to the Purchasers certain resale registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder (together, the “Securities Act”), and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Conversion Shares (as defined
below).
AGREEMENT
In light of the above, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
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Definitions.
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As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1:
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Advice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(d)(iv).
“Blue Sky” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(l).
“Business Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock
is traded on a Trading Market, (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar
organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) or (iii) in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i) and (ii) hereof, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor agency.
“Commission Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available
written or oral guidance of the SEC staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the SEC staff whether formally or informally or publicly or privately and (ii) the Securities Act.
“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share.
“Conversion Shares” means any shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable upon the conversion of issued and outstanding Preferred Stock.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Demand Registration Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(i).
“Demand Registration Statement” means each registration
statement under the Securities Act that is designated by the Company for the registration, under the Securities Act, of any Demand Offering pursuant to Section 2(e). For the avoidance of doubt, the Demand Registration Statement may, at the
Company’s election, be the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a).
“Demand Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section
2(e)(i).
“Demand Offering Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section
2(e)(iv)(1).
“Demanding Notice Holders” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e)(i).
“Discontinuance Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(d).
“Effective Date” means, with respect to any Registration
Statement, the date on which the Commission first declares effective such Registration Statement.
“Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a), ninety (90) calendar days after the Filing Deadline in the case of a filing on Form S-3 and one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the Filing Deadline in the case of a filing on Form S-1.
“Effectiveness Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Filing Deadline” means July 15, 2023.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. or any successor organization performing similar functions.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” has the meaning set
forth in the definition of “Registration Statement.”
“Maximum Successful Underwritten Offering Size” means,
with respect to any Demand Offering sought to be structured as an Underwritten Offering, the maximum number of securities that, in the managing underwriter’s or underwriters’ reasonable good faith opinion, which is provided in writing, may be sold
in such Demand Offering without adversely affecting the success of such offering.
“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Majority Holders” means any one or more Holders holding
more than 50% of the Registrable Securities, which for this purpose must include EW Healthcare Partners, LP or any of its Affiliates (as defined in the SPA) holding Registrable Securities.
“Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or
political subdivision thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this Agreement.
“Plan of Distribution” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a).
“Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation
or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any preliminary prospectus, any free-writing prospectus and any prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
“Purchaser” is any of one of the Purchasers.
“Purchasers” means the purchasers of the Preferred Stock
identified on the signature pages to the SPA and each successor and assignee that becomes party to the SPA.
“Registrable Securities” means any Conversion Shares and
any shares of capital stock issued or issuable with respect to Conversion Shares as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities
shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) the Commission has declared a Registration Statement covering such securities effective and such securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement; (ii) such
securities are sold under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act are met and the legend restricting further transfer has been removed from the certificate for such securities; or (iii) such
securities are no longer outstanding. For the avoidance of doubt, “Registrable Securities” shall not include any Conversion Shares or shares of capital stock
issued or issuable with respect to Conversion Shares which cannot be registered for resale on a Registration Statement under Commission Guidance due to the associated Preferred Stock not being issued and outstanding as of, or within a sufficient
period of time after, the applicable Effective Date.
“Registration Default” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(c)(iv).
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement
filed pursuant to the terms hereof and which covers the resale of Registrable Securities by the Holders, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective
amendments, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference (or deemed to be incorporated by reference) therein. For the avoidance of doubt, “Registration
Statement” means the initial registration statement described above in this paragraph (the “Initial Registration Statement”) and any additional
registration statement or registration statements that are needed to sell additional Registrable Securities with the effect that the obligations of the Company under this Agreement also extend to such additional registration statement or
registration statements, in all cases, as specified in this Agreement.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“Selling Holder Questionnaire” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(d)(i).
“Selling Securityholders” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(b).
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“SPA” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Subsequent Form S-3” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(m).
“Suspension Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section
2(b).
“Suspension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section
2(b).
“Trading Market” means whichever of the NYSE American,
New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, Nasdaq Global Select Market or such other United States registered national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question.
“Underwritten Offering” shall mean a registration in
which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.
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Registration.
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(a) Mandatory
Registration.
(i) On or prior to the Filing
Deadline, the Company will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement will be
on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration will be on Form S-1, and if for any reason the Company is not then eligible to register for
resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-1, then another appropriate form for such purpose) and will contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration
Statement) a “Plan of Distribution” section, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A, as the same may be amended in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline, and will use their
reasonable best efforts to keep the Registration Statement (or a Subsequent Form S-3) continuously effective under the Securities Act until such date when the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement cease to be Registrable
Securities as determined by the counsel to the Company (the “Effectiveness Period”).
(ii) Notwithstanding the
registration obligations set forth in this Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single
registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of
Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 (or Form S-1, if available) or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to
advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the Commission Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, if the Commission or any Commission Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and
notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities,
the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by reducing or eliminating any securities to be included other than Registrable Securities.
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(iv) In the event of a cutback
under this Section 2(a), the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Xxxxxx’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Registration Statement in accordance
with the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or Commission Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration
statements on Form S-3 (or Form S-1 if available) or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.
(b) Suspension Periods. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), the Company may, at any time, delay the filing or delay or suspend the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, without suspending such
effectiveness, deliver a notice (a “Suspension Notice”) that instructs any selling Holders not to sell any securities included in the Registration Statement or
delay the filing of any amendment or supplement pursuant to Section 3, if the board of directors of the Company has determined and promptly notifies the selling Holders in writing that in its reasonable good faith judgment (i) pending corporate
development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it materially detrimental to the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or
Prospectus or (ii) such registration could reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization, merger, tender offer or other significant transaction involving the Company (a “Suspension Period”), by providing the selling Holders with written notice of such Suspension Period and the reasons therefor. The Company will use its reasonable
best efforts to provide such notice at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the commencement of such a Suspension Period; provided, however, that in any event the Company will provide such notice no later than the commencement of such Suspension
Period; provided, further, that in no event will a Suspension Period exceed 30 days and in no event shall the total number of days subject to a Suspension Period during any consecutive 12-month period exceed 45 days. Any Suspension Period will not
be deemed to end until the Holders have received a notice from the Company stating that such Suspension Period has ended.
(c) Damages. The parties hereto agree that, subject to Section 2(d), the Holders will suffer damages if the Company fails to fulfill its obligations under this Section 2 and that, in such case, it would
not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, if:
(i) the Company does not file a
Registration Statement by the Filing Deadline;
(ii) a Registration Statement is
not declared effective by the Commission on or before the Effectiveness Deadline;
(iii) the Company extends any
Suspension Period beyond 45 days during any consecutive 12-month period; or
(iv) a Registration Statement is
filed and declared effective but, during the applicable Effectiveness Period, a Registration Statement is not effective for any reason or the Prospectus contained therein is not available for use for any reason, including by reason of its
withdrawal or termination pursuant to Section 3(e), or, other than by reason of a Suspension Period as provided in Section 2(b), will fail to be usable for its intended purpose without such disability being cured within ten (10) Business Days by
an effective post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement, a supplement to the Prospectus, a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that cures such failure or the
effectiveness of a Subsequent Form S-3, and either (x) the Company fails for any reason to satisfy the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1), including, without limitation, the failure to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule
144(c); or (y) the Company fails to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) as a result of which any of the Holders are unable to sell Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume
restrictions) (each such event referred to in foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”),
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then in such event as partial relief for the damages to any Holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the
Registrable Securities and not as a penalty (which remedy will not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or equity), the Company hereby agrees to make pro rata payments to each Holder, subject to Section 2(d), as liquidated damages
and not as a penalty, an additional amount equal to 0.5% of the aggregate amount invested by such Holder and sought to be included on the applicable Registration Statement for each 90-day period (or pro rata for any portion thereof) following the
occurrence of any Registration Default and shall be increased by 0.5% during each subsequent 90-day period (or pro rata for any portion thereof), provided that in no event shall the additional amount per 90-day period exceed 2.0% and in no event
shall the aggregate additional amount due pursuant to this Section 2(c)(iv) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate amount invested by such Xxxxxx and sought to be included on the applicable Registration Statement. Such payments shall constitute the Holder’s
exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Holders to seek injunctive relief. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid monthly within three (3) Business Days of the
last day of each month following the commencement of the payments. Such payments shall be made to each Holder in cash. Interest shall accrue at the rate of 1% per month on any such liquidated damages payments that shall not be paid by the due date
until such amount is paid in full.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application
of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, such notice shall not, in and of itself, constitute or serve as the basis for a Registration Default.
(d) Holders’ Agreements. It will be a condition of each Holder’s rights under this Agreement, and each Holder agrees, as follows:
(i) Cooperation & Selling Holder Questionnaire. Such Holder will cooperate with the Company by, with reasonable promptness, supplying information and executing documents relating to such selling
Holder or the securities of the Company owned by such selling Holder in connection with such registration which are customary for offerings of this type or is required by applicable laws or regulations, including but not limited to furnishing to
the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Holder Questionnaire”). The Company will not be required to include the Registrable Securities of a Holder in a Registration Statement and will not be required to pay any damages under Section 2(c) to any Holder who fails
to furnish to the Company a fully completed Selling Holder Questionnaire at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Filing Deadline.
(ii) Undertakings. Such selling Holder will enter into any undertakings and take such other action relating to the conduct of the proposed offering which the Company may reasonably request as being
necessary to insure compliance with federal and state securities laws and the rules or other requirements of FINRA.
(iii) Shelf Sales. In connection with and as a condition to the Company’s obligations with respect to any shelf Registration Statement, each Holder covenants and agrees that it will not offer or sell
any such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission and such Holder has provided a written notice to the Company of such proposed sale. The Company and
the Holders acknowledge and agree that in no way shall this clause limit Holder’s ability to sell securities without using the Registration Statement.
(iv) Discontinuance of Sales. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a Suspension Notice or a Discontinuance Notice from the Company, such
Holder will forthwith discontinue any offers and sales of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement or until it is
advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any
additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The Company and the Holders acknowledge and agree that in no way shall this clause limit Holder’s
ability to sell securities without using the Registration Statement.
(e) Demand Registrations.
(i) Right to Demand Registration. Subject to the other provisions of this Section (2)(e), Holders will have the right, exercisable by written notice satisfying the requirements of Section
(2)(e)(ii) (a “Demand Registration Notice”) to the Company by the Majority Holders (such notifying Majority Holders, the “Demanding Notice Holders”), to require the Company to register, under the Securities Act, an offering (a “Demand Offering”) of Registrable Securities in accordance with this Section 2(e); provided, however, that no Demand Registration Notice may be delivered, or will be effective if:
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(1) a prior Demand Offering was
commenced within the past six (6) months and remains in process at the time such Demand Registration Notice is delivered;
(2) the Company has already effected
three (3) Demand Offerings under this Section 2(e)(i); or
(3) the Demand Registration Notice
is delivered during a Suspension Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Demanding Notice Holders may only deliver a Demand Registration Notice in accordance with this
Section 2(e)(i) if either (i) the aggregate Purchase Price (as defined in the SPA) of the Preferred Stock of such Holder(s) corresponding to the Registrable Securities to
be included in the requested Demand Offering or (ii) the aggregate market value of the Registrable Securities be included in the requested Demand Offering exceeds two million dollars ($2,000,000).
(ii) Contents of Demand Registration Notice. Each Demand Registration Notice sent by any Demanding Notice Holder(s) must include the below information. Each Holder agrees to treat as confidential
information, its delivery or receipt of any Demand Registration Notice and the information contained therein, including the related Demand Offering.
(1) the name of, and contact
information for, each such Demanding Notice Holder(s) and the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Demanding Notice Holder;
(2) the number of Registrable
Securities that are proposed to be sold by each such Demanding Notice Holder; and
(3) the desired structure of the
Demand Offering, which may include an Underwritten Offering.
(iii) Participation by Holders Other Than the Demanding Notice Holder(s). If the Company receives a Demand Registration Notice sent by one or more Demanding Notice Holders but not by all Holders,
then:
(1) the Company will, within one (1)
Business Day, send a copy of such Demand Registration Notice to each Holder other than such Demanding Notice Holders; and
(2) subject to Section 2(e)(vi), the
Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to include, in the related Demand Offering, Registrable Securities of any such Holder that has requested such Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Offering pursuant to a joinder
notice, delivered no later than the first (1st) Business Day after the date on which Company sent a copy of such Demand Registration Notice pursuant to Section (1) above.
(iv) Certain Procedures Relating to Demand Offering.
(1) Obligations and Rights of the Company. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, upon its receipt of a Demand Registration Notice, the Company will (A) designate a Demand Registration
Statement, in accordance with the definition of such term and this Section 2(e), for the related Demand Offering; and (B) use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Demand Offering promptly and in accordance with the reasonable requests set
forth in such Demand Registration Notice or the reasonable requests of the Holder(s) of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such Demand Offering, which for this purpose must include EW Healthcare Partners, LP or any of its
Affiliates holding Registrable Securities (the “Demand Offering Holders”), and cooperate in good faith with the Demand Offering Holders in connection
therewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company will not be obligated to effect, or take any actions in respect of, any Demand Offering (i) during a Suspension Period or at any time when the securities proposed
to be sold pursuant to such Demand Offering are subject to any lock-up agreement (including pursuant to a prior Demand Offering) that has not been waived or released or (ii) after the Company has already effected three (3) Demand Offerings
pursuant to this Agreement. The Company will be entitled to rely on the authority of the Demand Offering Holders of any Demand Offering to act on behalf of all Holders that have requested any securities to be included in such Demand Offering.
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(2) Authority of the Demand Offering Holders. The Demand Offering Holders for any Demand Offering will have the following rights with respect to such Demand Offering, which rights, if exercised, will
be deemed to have been exercised on behalf of all Holders that have requested any securities to be included in such Demand Offering:
(A) to determine the structure of
the offering, provided such structure is be reasonably acceptable to the Company;
(B) with respect to any Demand
Offering that is structured as an Underwritten Offering, to select the managing underwriters, and any other underwriter, subject to the approval of the Company, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(C) with respect to any Demand
Offering that is structured as an Underwritten Offering, to negotiate any related underwriting agreement, including the amount of securities to be sold by the applicable Holders pursuant thereto and the offering price of, and underwriting
discount for, such securities; provided, however, that the Company will have the right to negotiate in good faith all of its representations, warranties and covenants, and indemnification and contribution obligations, set forth in any such
underwriting agreement; and
(D) withdraw such Demand Offering
by providing notice thereof to the Company.
(v) Conditions Precedent to Inclusion of a Holder’s Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2(e), the right of Holder to include any of its Registrable
Securities in any Demand Offering will be subject to the following conditions:
(1) with respect to any Demand
Offering that is structured as an Underwritten Offering, the execution and delivery, by such Holder or it is duly authorized representative or power of attorney, of any related underwriting agreement and such other agreements or instruments
(including customary “lock-up” agreements, custody agreements and powers of attorney), if any, as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriters; and
(2) the provision, by such Holder no
later than one (1) Business Day immediately after the request therefor, of any information reasonably requested by the Company or, with respect to any Demand Offering that is structured as an Underwritten Offering, the managing underwriters.
(vi) Priority of Securities in Demand Offerings Structured as Underwritten Offerings. If the total number of securities requested to be included in a Demand Offering structured as an Underwritten
Offering pursuant to this Section 2(e) exceeds the Maximum Successful Underwritten Offering Size, then:
(1) the number of securities to be
included in such Demand Offering will be reduced to an amount that does not exceed the Maximum Successful Underwritten Offering Size; and
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(2) to effect such reduction, if the
number of Registrable Securities of Holders and other Persons that have duly requested such Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Offering in accordance with this Section 2(e) (or in the case of other Persons, pursuant to
“piggyback rights” evidenced by another agreement) exceeds such Maximum Successful Underwritten Offering Size, then the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Offering will be allocated first to the Holders pro rata based
on the total number of Registrable Securities so requested by each such Holder to be included in such Demand Offering and, thereafter to such other Persons.
(vii) Rule 415. The provisions of Sections 2(a)(ii)-(iv) shall apply to this Section 2(e), mutatis mutandis.
(f) Piggyback Registrations.
(i) Right to Piggyback Registration. Without limiting any obligation of the Company, if the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an
offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity or equity-linked securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating
to equity or equity-linked securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business (or a business combination subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act) or equity or equity-linked securities issuable in
connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans), or a dividend reinvestment or similar plan or rights offering, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within
fifteen (15) calendar days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement or offering statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities
that such Holder requests to be registered (a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included
in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering in connection with such Piggyback Registration to permit the Registrable Securities requested by
the Holders pursuant to this Section 2(f) to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included
in such registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an
Underwritten Offering under this Section 2(f) shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten
Offering by the Company. The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time in its sole discretion. The Company shall not grant piggyback registration rights to any holders of its Common
Stock or securities that are convertible into its Common Stock that are senior to the rights of the Holders set forth in this Section 2(f).
(ii) Priority of Securities in Underwritten Offerings in Connection with Piggyback Registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the total number of securities requested to be included in an
Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Section 2(f) exceeds the Maximum Successful Underwritten Offering Size, then:
(1) the number of securities to be
included in such Underwritten Offering will be reduced to an amount that does not exceed the Maximum Successful Underwritten Offering Size; and
(2) to effect such reduction, if the
number of Registrable Securities of Holders and other Persons that have duly requested such Registrable Securities to be included in such Underwritten Offering in accordance with this Section 2(e) (or in the case of other Persons, pursuant to
“piggyback rights” evidenced by another agreement) exceeds such Maximum Successful Underwritten Offering Size, then the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Underwritten Offering will be allocated first to such other Persons
and thereafter to the Holders pro rata based on the total number of Registrable Securities so requested by each such Holder to be included in such Underwritten Offering.
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Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company’s obligations to effect a
registration pursuant to Section 2(a), the Company and, as applicable, the Holders, will do the following:
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(a) FINRA
Cooperation. The Company and the Holders will cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA.
(b) Right
to Review Prior Drafts. Not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Company will furnish to each Holder copies of the “Selling Securityholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections of such
documents (together with drafts of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto) in the form in which the Company proposes to file them, which sections and documents will be subject to the review of
each such Holder. Each Holder will provide comments, if any, within five (5) Business Days after the date such materials are provided. The Company will not file a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in
which the “Selling Securityholders” or the “Plan of Distribution”
sections thereof differ in any material respect from the disclosure received from a Holder in its Selling Holder Questionnaire (as amended or supplemented) or otherwise differ in any material respect from the drafts previously received by such
Holder. Each Holder whose Registrable Securities are to be sold pursuant to a Demand Offering in accordance with Section 2(e) will be afforded the same rights set forth in this Section 3(b) with respect to any Registration Statement or Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto which names such Holder.
(c) Right
to Copies. The Company will furnish to each Holder and the managing underwriters, if any, without charge, (i) at least one (1) conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent
requested by such Holder (excluding those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission, except if such documents are available on XXXXX; and (ii) as many copies of each
Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request. The Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by
each of the selling Holders or managing underwriters, as applicable, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(d) Notices.
The Company will notify each Holder covered by the Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable: (A) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and with respect to the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (B) of any request by the Commission for any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; (C) of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (D) if, at any time prior to the closing contemplated by the SPA, it becomes aware that the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in such agreement cease to be true and correct; (E) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale
in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (F) of the happening of any event which it believes may make any statement made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any document incorporated
therein by reference untrue, or of any material misstatement or omission, and which requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference in order to make the statements
therein not misleading; (G) upon the occurrence of a Suspension Period (items (C) through and including (G) being a “Discontinuance Notice”); and (H) upon the
conclusion of a Suspension Period. In addition, during the pendency of any Demand Offering pursuant to Section 2(e), but other than during a Suspension Period, the Company will provide notice to each Holder whose Registrable Securities are to be
sold in such offering pursuant to the Registration Statement used in connection with the Demand Offering, which Holders will be afforded the same notice set forth in clauses (A) through (H) of this Section 3(d) relating to such Registration
Statement.
(e) Withdrawal
of Suspension Orders. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to any Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and
to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or to prevent any such suspension.
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(f) Supplements
& Amendments. Subject to Sections 2(a) and 2(e), if required by applicable federal securities laws, based on the advice of the Company’s counsel, the Company will prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement, the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document or, if necessary, renew or refile a Registration Statement prior to its expiration, so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, (A) the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) such Registration
Statement remains continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its applicable Effectiveness Period; (C) the related Prospectus may be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented may be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 and (D) the Prospectus will be supplemented, if necessary, to update the disclosure of the number of shares that each Holder intends to sell, reflecting prior resales in accordance with guidance of the staff of the Commission
(as such guidance may be substituted for, amended or supplemented by the staff of the Commission after the date of this Agreement). Furthermore, subject to a Holder’s compliance with its obligations under Section 2(d)(i), the Company will take
such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling Holder in a Registration Statement or any supplement thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in such Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified
in such Holder’s Selling Holder Questionnaire.
(g) Listing.
The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Conversion Shares that constitute Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which identical securities issued by the
Company are then listed if requested by the Holder thereof and, if not so listed, to be approved for listing on the national securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed.
(h) Transfer
Agent & Registrar. The Company will provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the Effective Date
of such Registration Statement.
(i) Certificates.
The Company will cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of any certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to any Registration Statement, which certificates will be
free of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request.
(j) CUSIPs.
The Company, if necessary, will use its best efforts to provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities, not later than the Effective Date of the Registration Statement.
(k) Legal
Counsel. Holders will have the right to select one legal counsel, at the Company’s reasonable expense pursuant to Section 4, to review any Registration Statement or Prospectus prepared pursuant to Section 2 or this Section 3, which
will be such counsel as designated by the Majority Holders. The Company will reasonably cooperate with such legal counsel’s reasonable requests in performing their obligations under this Agreement.
(l) Blue
Sky. If at any time the Registrable Securities are not “Covered Securities within the meaning of Rule 146 of the Securities Act, the Company will, prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best
efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders , in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws (“Blue Sky”) of all jurisdictions within the United States that the selling Holders request in writing be covered, to keep each
such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the applicable Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
Securities covered by any Registration Statement; provided, that the Company will not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to become subject to any material tax in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(m) Subsequent
Form S-3. If, at the time of filing of a Registration Statement, the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3 for transactions involving secondary offerings and the Company is not otherwise eligible to incorporate by reference
prospectively into such Registration Statement, then at such time as the Company becomes eligible to register transactions involving secondary offerings on Form S-3, the Company may, in its sole discretion, file in accordance with the procedures
outlined in this Section 3, including but not limited to all required notices to the Holders, an additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 to cover resales pursuant to Rule 415 of the Registrable Securities (a “Subsequent Form S-3”), and, when such Subsequent Form S-3 has been filed with the Commission, the Company may, concurrently with its filing of a request for acceleration of effectiveness
of such Subsequent Form S-3, withdraw or terminate the original Registration Statement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 3(m) will be interpreted to limit the Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 2(a).
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All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company will be borne by the Company whether or not
any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (B) related to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws and (C) incurred in connection with the preparation or submission of any filing with FINRA); (ii)
printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing Prospectuses); (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses; (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company
and counsel pursuant to Section 3(k); (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance; (vi) fees and expenses of all other persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (vii) all of the Company’s own internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder;
provided, however, that each selling Holder will pay (i) all underwriting discounts, commissions, fees and expenses and all transfer taxes with respect to the Registrable Securities sold by such selling Holder; (ii) any fees and expenses of legal
counsel other than the counsel selected pursuant to Section 3(k) and (iii) all other expenses incurred by such selling Holder and incidental to the sale and delivery of the shares to be sold by such Xxxxxx.
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Indemnification.
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(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company will, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, partners, members and
shareholders of each Holder and each person who controls any Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the directors and officers of any such controlling persons, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or based upon, in the case of the Registration Statement or in any amendments thereto, any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein to make the statements not misleading, or in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus, or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, or in any preliminary prospectus, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions (1) are made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution
of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any Holder consists of the information described in Annex A hereto, as may be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, for
this purpose) or (2) resulted from the use by any Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that such Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of an Advice
or an amended or supplemented Prospectus, but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice or the amended or supplemented Prospectus the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected.
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(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, partners, members and shareholders and each person who controls the Company
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the directors and officers of such controlling person, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law from and against all Losses, as
incurred, arising solely out of or based upon, in the case of the Registration Statement or in any amendments thereto, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein to make the statements not misleading, or in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any preliminary prospectus, any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions (1) are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder expressly for use in a
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Xxxxxx’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder for use in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder consists of the information described in Annex A hereto, as may be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, for this purpose) or (2) resulted from the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified
such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of an Advice or an amended or supplemented Prospectus, but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice or the amended
or supplemented Prospectus the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify will be several and not joint and several and in no event will the liability of any
selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by any such selling Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification
obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. In order for a Person (the “Indemnified Party”) to be entitled to any
indemnification provided for under this Agreement in respect of, arising out of or involving a claim or demand made by any Person against the Indemnified Party (a “Claim”),
such Indemnified Party must notify the indemnifying party (“Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and in reasonable detail, of the Claim as promptly as reasonably
possible after receipt by such Indemnified Party of notice of the Claim; provided, however, that failure to give such notification on a timely basis shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to the extent the Indemnifying Party
shall have been actually materially prejudiced as a result of such failure. Thereafter, the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents
(including court filings and related papers) received by the Indemnified Party relating to the Claim.
If a Claim is made against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense thereof and, if it so
chooses and acknowledges its obligation in writing to indemnify the Indemnified Party therefor, to assume at its cost the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and to
settle such suit, action, claim or proceeding in its discretion with an unconditional full release of the Indemnified Party and no admission of fault, liability, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party.
Notwithstanding any acknowledgment made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Indemnifying Party shall continue to be entitled to assert any limitation to the amount of Losses for which the Indemnifying Party is responsible pursuant
to its indemnification obligations. Should the Indemnifying Party so elect to assume the defense of a Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for legal expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in
connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the Indemnifying Party has materially failed to defend, contest or otherwise protest in a timely manner against Claims or (ii) such Indemnified Party reasonably objects to such assumption on the
grounds that there are defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such Indemnifying Party and, as a result, a conflict of interest exists. Subject to the limitations in the preceding sentence, if
the Indemnifying Party assumes such defense, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party, it being
understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall control such defense. The Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnified Party for any period during which the Indemnifying Party has not
assumed the defense thereof. If the Indemnifying Party chooses to defend any Claim, all the parties hereto shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution of such Claim. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying
Party’s request) the provision to the Indemnifying Party of records and information which are reasonably relevant to such Claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any
material provided hereunder. Whether or not the Indemnifying Party shall have assumed the defense of a Claim, the Indemnified Party shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Claim without the
Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
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The obligations of the Company and the Holders under this Section 5 shall survive completion of any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement and the termination of this Agreement. The Indemnifying Party’s liability to any such Indemnified Party hereunder shall not be extinguished solely because any other Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnity hereunder.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Party, will contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified
Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party will be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses
will be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been
indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(b) was available to such party in accordance with its terms. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant
to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, no Holder
will be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that
such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall
be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) Other. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
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(a) Notices. All notices or other communications hereunder will be in writing and will be given by (i) personal delivery, (ii) courier or other delivery service which obtains a receipt evidencing
delivery, (iii) registered or certified mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or (iv) facsimile or similar electronic device, to such address as may be designated from time to time by the relevant party, and which will initially be:
(i) in the case of the Company:
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M2J 4Y8
Attn: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
TD Canada Trust Tower
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Brookfield Place 000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Toronto, ON M5J 2S1
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
(ii) in the case of each
Purchaser, to the address described in Section 5.4 of the Purchase Agreement.
Notices to Holders shall be provided to the address specified on such Holder’s Selling Holder Questionnaire. All notices and other communications
will be deemed to have been given (i) if delivered by the United States mail, three (3) Business Days after mailing (five (5) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States), (ii) if delivered by a courier or other delivery
service, one (1) Business Day after dispatch (two (2) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States) and (iii) if personally delivered or sent by facsimile or similar electronic device, upon receipt by the recipient or its
agent or employee (which, in the case of a notice sent by facsimile or similar electronic device, will be the time and date indicated on the transmission confirmation receipt). No objection may be made by a party to the manner of delivery of any
notice actually received in writing by an authorized agent of such party.
(b) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial; Etc.. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of 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, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith 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 will constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein will 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 with or arising out of
this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
(c) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of
damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this
Agreement and hereby waives the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(d) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and any documents referred to herein or executed contemporaneously herewith constitute the parties’ entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all agreements, representations, warranties, statements, promises and understandings, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended, altered or modified only by a writing signed by
the Company and the Majority Holders.
(e) Additional Documents. Each party hereto agrees to execute any and all further documents and writings and to perform such other actions which may be or become necessary or expedient to effectuate and
carry out this Agreement.
(f) Third-Party Beneficiaries. None of the provisions of this Agreement will be for the benefit of, or enforceable by, any third-party beneficiary, except with respect to the Holders.
(g) Successors and Assigns. Except as provided herein to the contrary, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
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(h) Waivers Strictly Construed. With regard to any power, remedy or right provided herein or otherwise available to any party hereunder (a) no waiver or extension of time will be effective unless
expressly contained in a writing signed by the waiving party and (b) no alteration, modification or impairment will be implied by reason of any previous waiver, extension of time, delay or omission in exercise, or other indulgence.
(i) Severability. The validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement will not be affected even if one or more of the provisions of this Agreement will be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect.
(j) Attorneys’ Fees. Should any litigation be commenced (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) between the parties hereto or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or
the rights and duties of any person or entity hereunder, the party or parties prevailing in such proceeding will be entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, to the attorneys’ fees and court costs incurred by reason of such
litigation.
(k) Headings. The Section headings in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way define, limit, extend or interpret the scope of this Agreement or of any particular
Section.
(l) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Resale Registration
Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
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Name: Xxxxx Xx Xxxxx
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Resale Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
PURCHASERS:
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EW HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, L.P.
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By: Essex Woodlands Fund IX-GP, L.P., its General Partner
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By: Essex Woodlands IX, LLC, its General Partner
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By:
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Name: X. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Manager
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EW HEALTHCARE PARTNERS-A, L.P.
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By: Essex Woodlands Fund IX-GP, L.P., its General Partner
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By: Essex Woodlands IX, LLC, its General Partner
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Title: Manager
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ANNEX A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the Securities covered by this prospectus on behalf of the Selling Securityholders. All costs, expenses and fees connected with
the registration of these Securities will be borne by us. Any brokerage commissions and similar expenses connected with selling the Securities will be borne by the Selling Securityholders. The Selling Securityholders may offer and sell the
Securities covered by this prospectus from time to time in one or more transactions. The term “Selling Securityholders” includes pledgees, donees, transferees
and other successors-in-interest who may acquire Securities through a pledge, gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer from the Selling Securityholders. The Selling Securityholders will act independently of the Company in
making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. These transactions include:
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in “at the market offerings” within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act, to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or
otherwise;
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directly to a limited number of purchasers or to a single purchaser;
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through agents;
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by delayed delivery contracts or by remarketing firms;
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers;
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its own account pursuant to this prospectus;
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exchange or over-the-counter distributions in accordance with the rules of the exchange or other market;
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block trades in which the broker-dealer attempts to sell the Securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction, or
in crosses, in which the same broker acts as agent on both sides of the trade;
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transactions in options, swaps or other derivatives that may or may not be listed on an exchange;
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through distributions by a Selling Securityholder or its successors in interest to its members, general or limited partners or shareholders (or their respective members, general or
limited partners or shareholders);
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a combination of any such method of sale; or
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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
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In connection with distributions of the Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholders may:
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sell the Securities:
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in negotiated transactions;
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in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time;
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at market prices prevailing at the times of sale;
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at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
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at negotiated prices;
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sell the Securities:
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on a national securities exchange;
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in the over-the-counter market; or
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in transactions otherwise than on an exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or in combination;
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enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions which require the delivery to them of Securities covered by this prospectus, which they
may in turn resell; and
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pledge Securities to broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which, upon a default, they may in turn resell.
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The Selling Securityholders may also resell all or a portion of the Securities in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act, if available, or any other exemption from the registration requirements that become available, rather than under this
prospectus.
If underwriters are used in the sale of any Securities, such Securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold
from time to time in one or more transactions described above. Securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by underwriters. We may use underwriters with whom we
have a material relationship. As applicable, we will describe in each accompanying prospectus supplement the name of the underwriter(s) and the nature of any such relationship(s).
Securities may be sold directly or through agents designated from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of such
shares and we will describe any commissions paid to the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, the agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
Agents may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to
contribution with respect to payments made by the agents, under agreements between us and the agents.
Agents may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from us or our purchasers, as their agents in connection with
the sale of securities. These agents may be considered to be underwriters under the Securities Act. As a result, discounts, commissions or profits on resale received by the agents may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions. Each
accompanying prospectus supplement will identify any such agent and describe any compensation received by them from us.
In connection with sales of Securities, the Selling Securityholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of Securities in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The Selling Securityholders may also sell Securities short and the Selling Securityholders may deliver Securities covered by
this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed Securities in connection with such short sales. The Selling Securityholders may also loan or pledge Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such Securities, to the
extent permitted by applicable law. The Selling Securityholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to
such broker-dealer or other financial institution of Securities offered by this prospectus, which Securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such
transaction).
The Selling Securityholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities owned by them and, if they
default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Securities from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable
provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the list of Selling Securityholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as Selling Securityholders under this prospectus. The Selling Securityholders may also
may transfer and donate Securities in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
A Selling Securityholder that is an entity may elect to make an in-kind distribution of Securities to its members, general or limited partners or
shareholders pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part by delivering a prospectus. To the extent that such members, general or limited partners or shareholders are not affiliates of ours, such members, partners or
shareholders would thereby receive freely tradable Securities pursuant to the distribution through a registration statement. Additionally, to the extent that entities, members, partners or shareholders are affiliates of ours received shares in any
such distribution, such affiliates will also be Selling Securityholders and will be entitled to sell Securities pursuant to this prospectus.
In effecting sales, the Selling Securityholders may engage broker-dealers or agents, who may in turn arrange for other broker-dealers to
participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions, discounts or concessions from the Selling Securityholders and/or from the purchasers of Securities for whom the broker-dealers may act as agents or to whom they sell as principal, or
both. The compensation to a particular broker-dealer may be in excess of customary commissions. To our knowledge, there is currently no plan, arrangement or understanding between any Selling Securityholders and any broker-dealer or agent
regarding the sale of any Securities by the Selling Securityholders.
The Selling Securityholders, any broker-dealers or agents and any participating broker-dealers that act in connection with the sale of the
Securities covered by this prospectus may be “underwriters” under the Securities Act with respect to those Securities and will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of that Act. Any profit that the Selling Securityholders realize, and
any compensation that any broker-dealer or agent may receive in connection with any sale, including any profit realized on resale of Securities acquired as principal, may constitute underwriting discounts and commissions. If the Selling
Securityholders are deemed to be underwriters, the Selling Securityholders may be subject to certain liabilities under statutes including, but not limited to, Section 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 under the
Exchange Act.
The securities laws of some states may require the Selling Securityholders to sell the Securities in those states only through registered or
licensed brokers or dealers. These laws may also require that we register or qualify the Securities for sale in those states unless an exemption from registration and qualification is available and the Selling Securityholders and we comply with
that exemption. In addition, the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may apply to sales of Securities in the market and to the activities of the Selling Securityholders and their affiliates.
Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Securities and the
ability of any person to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities.
If any Selling Securityholder notifies us that he has entered into any material arrangement with a broker-dealer for the sale of Securities through
a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution, over‑the-counter distribution or secondary distribution, or a purchase by a broker or dealer, we will file any necessary supplement to this prospectus to disclose:
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the number of Securities involved in the arrangement;
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the terms of the arrangement, including the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents who purchase Securities, as required;
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the proposed selling price to the public;
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any discount, commission or other underwriting compensation;
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the place and time of delivery for the Securities being sold;
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any discount, commission or concession allowed, reallowed or paid to any dealers; and
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any other material terms of the distribution of Securities.
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In addition, if the Selling Securityholder notifies us that a donee, pledgee, transferee or other successor-in-interest of the
Selling Securityholder intends to sell any securities, we will file an amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part of or a supplement to this prospectus, if required.
ANNEX B
SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial owner of securities of Venus Concept Inc. (the “Company”) understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement for the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2023 (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Purchasers (as defined therein). A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein will have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
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Name.
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Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder
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(b)
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Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held:
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(c)
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Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the
securities covered by the questionnaire):
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Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
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Name:
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Address:
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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Contact Person:
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Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities:
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(a)
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Type and Amount of Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned:
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Broker-Dealer Status:
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Are you a broker-dealer?
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Yes ☐ No ☐
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Note: If yes, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
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Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
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Yes ☐ No ☐
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(c)
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If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of
the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
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Yes ☐ No ☐
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Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
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Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder.
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Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable
Securities listed above in Item 3.
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Type and Amount of Other Securities Beneficially Owned by the Selling Securityholder:
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Relationships with the Company:
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Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more
of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
State any exceptions here:
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The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to
the date hereof and prior to the Effective Date for the Registration Statement.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the
inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration
Statement and the related prospectus.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly
given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
Dated:
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Beneficial Owner:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
ATTN: Michael Mandarello, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Toronto, ON M2J 4Y8