Canadian Natural Resources Limited Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION VERSION
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
2.950% Notes Due 2023
3.850% Notes Due 2027
4.950% Notes Due 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxx 23, 2017
To the Representatives
named in Schedule I hereto of the
Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada (the “Company”), proposes to sell (the “Offering”) to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, the principal amount of its securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture (the “Base Indenture”) dated as of July 24, 2001, originally made between the Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, (the “Initial Trustee”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of October 28, 2011 entered into between the Company and the Initial Trustee, as amended by a second supplemental indenture dated as of August 30, 2013 among the Company, the Initial Trustee and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as successor trustee (the “Trustee”) (the first supplemental indenture and the second supplemental indenture, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule II other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 4 of Form F-10 which were filed under the Exchange Act or Alberta Securities Law on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act or Alberta Securities Law after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 20 hereof.
The Securities are being issued in connection with (i) a share purchase and sale agreement (the “Marathon Acquisition Agreement”) dated March 8, 2017 by and among Marathon Oil Dutch Holdings B.V., 10084751 Canada Limited and Canadian Natural Resources Limited to acquire (the “Marathon Acquisition”) 1,000 issued and outstanding common shares of Marathon Oil Canada Corporation (“Marathon Oil Corp.” and such shares, the “Marathon Assets”) and (ii) a purchase and sale agreement (the “Shell Acquisition Agreement”) dated March 8, 2017 by and among Shell Canada
Limited, Shell Canada Energy, Shell Canada Resources, Canadian Natural Resources Limited and CNRL Upgrading Limited, as assigned to Canadian Natural Upgrading Limited, to acquire (the “Shell Acquisition” and, together with the Marathon Acquisition, the “Acquisition”) the Hydrocarbon Rights, the Tangibles, the Miscellaneous Interests, the Upgrader, the CCS Assets, the Materials and the Hydrocarbons Inventory (as such terms are defined in the Shell Acquisition Agreement) (the “Shell Assets” and, together with the Marathon Assets, the “Assets”). The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Offering of the Securities to partially fund the Acquisition.
A portion of the cash purchase price of the Acquisition and expenses relating to the closing thereof will be funded with amounts drawn under a credit agreement dated May 4, 2017 (the “Financing Agreement”) among the Company, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders (the “Financing Transaction”).
The Acquisition and the Financing Transaction are collectively referred to herein as the “Transactions.” The Offering is not conditioned on the consummation of any of the Transactions.
1. Representations and Warranties
The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1 that:
(a) the Company meets the requirements under Alberta Securities Law, as interpreted and applied by the Reviewing Authority, and the Shelf Procedures for the use of a short form shelf prospectus with respect to the Securities; a final short form shelf prospectus has been filed with the Reviewing Authority and the Company has informed the Reviewing Authority that it has been selected as the principal jurisdiction regulating the offering of the Securities; a receipt has been obtained from the Reviewing Authority in respect of such short form shelf prospectus and any amendment thereto; no order suspending the distribution of the Securities has been issued by the Reviewing Authority and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or to the Company’s knowledge threatened by the Reviewing Authority;
(b) the Company meets the general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the Act, has filed a registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-207578) in respect of the Securities and an appointment of agent for service of process on Form F-X (the “Form F-X”) in conjunction with the filing of such registration statement with the Commission and has caused the Trustee to prepare and file with the Commission a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 (the “Form T-1”); such registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, in each case including the Canadian Final Prospectus (with such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission), each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives for delivery by them to each of the other Underwriters and, excluding exhibits to such registration statement, but including all documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such registration statement or document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission and no other document incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein has heretofore been filed with the Reviewing Authority, except for any documents filed with the Commission or the Reviewing Authority subsequent to the date of such effectiveness in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives for delivery by them to each of the other Underwriters; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission; any reference herein to any Preliminary Final Prospectus, Canadian Final Prospectus or U.S. Final Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Preliminary Final Prospectus, Canadian Final Prospectus or U.S. Final Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Final Prospectus, Canadian Final Prospectus or U.S. Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Final Prospectus, Canadian Final Prospectus or U.S. Final Prospectus, as the case may be, under Alberta Securities Law or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Final Prospectus, Canadian Final Prospectus or U.S. Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to the U.S. Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the U.S. Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction II.L. of Form F-10 in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing;
(c) the Canadian Documents, when they were filed with the Reviewing Authority, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of Alberta Securities Law; the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with the Reviewing Authority or the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of Alberta Securities Law or Exchange Act, as applicable;
(d) on the Effective Date the Registration Statement did, and on the date each is first filed and on the Closing Date the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus will, conform in all material respects, with respect to the Canadian Final Prospectus, with the applicable requirements of Alberta Securities Law and the rules and regulations of the Reviewing Authority under the Alberta Securities Law, and with respect to the U.S. Final Prospectus, with the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under both the Act and the Trust Indenture Act; the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date and at the Applicable Time, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, did not as of the Effective Date, did not as of their respective filing dates and will not as of the Closing Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus;
(e) as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, the Disclosure Package does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein;
(f) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Act), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of
any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer. The Representatives have notified the Company of the earliest time that an offering participant made a bona fide offer of the Securities;
(g) each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Company Additional Written Communication does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Each Company Additional Written Communication, when taken together with the Disclosure Package, did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented. The foregoing three sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein;
(h) the Company has been duly amalgamated and is valid and subsisting as a corporation under the laws of the Province of Alberta with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), and is duly registered to do business as an extra-provincial corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each such jurisdiction which requires such registration;
(i) each of Canadian Natural Resources, a general partnership (“Canadian Natural Resources”) and Canadian Natural Resources Northern Alberta Partnership, a general partnership (“Canadian Natural Resources Northern”) has been duly formed and is registered as a general partnership in good standing under the laws of the Province of Alberta, with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), and is duly registered to do business as an extra-provincial partnership and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such registration;
(j) each of CNR International (U.K.) Limited and CNR International (U.K.) Investments Limited has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), and is duly qualified or registered to do business as an extra-jurisdictional corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification or registration;
(k) CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL is a private limited liability company (societé à responsabilité limitée) of Côte d’Ivoire, with a share capital of 1,000,000 CFA francs, having its registered office at Immeuble Xxxxxxx, xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx — Avenue Noguès Abidja Plateau, 01 B.P. 8707 ABIDJAN 01, duly registered to the companies registry of Abidjan under number
218 388 and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Côte d’Ivoire, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), and is duly qualified or registered to do business as an extra-jurisdictional corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification or registration;
(l) Marathon Oil Corp. is valid and subsisting as a corporation under the laws of the Province of Alberta with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), and is duly registered to do business as an extra-provincial corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each such jurisdiction which requires such registration;
(m) each of the Company’s material subsidiaries (excluding the Significant Subsidiaries) has been duly incorporated and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), and is duly qualified or registered to do business as an extra-jurisdictional corporation and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification or registration;
(n) each of the Company’s material partnerships (excluding Canadian Natural Resources and Canadian Natural Resources Northern) has been duly formed and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is registered as a partnership in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), and is duly registered to do business as an extra-jurisdictional partnership and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such registration;
(o) the Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto) and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock, or other ownership interests, of each subsidiary of the Company (the term “subsidiary” as used hereinafter includes partnerships and other equity interests unless otherwise indicated) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, as applicable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto) and other than the entities identified in Annex B hereto, all outstanding shares of capital stock, or other ownership interests, of the subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or under a trust relationship where shares of a subsidiary are held in trust on behalf of the Company or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;
(p) there is no contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; and the statements in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the U.S. Final Prospectus under the headings “Certain Income Tax Information”, “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of the Notes” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are in all material respects accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings;
(q) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyances or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) subject to public policy considerations with respect to Section 8 hereunder;
(r) the Acquisition Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and its subsidiaries that are parties thereto, and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and such subsidiaries enforceable against such persons in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyances or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(s) the Financing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and its subsidiaries, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyances or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(t) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, will not be required to be registered as an “investment company” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(u) no Governmental Authorization is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in connection with the Transactions, except such as have been obtained under the Act, Alberta Securities Law and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus or in the case of the Transactions, will have been obtained prior to the closing of the Acquisition;
(v) neither the issue and sale of the Securities, the Transactions, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof, nor the compliance by the Company and its subsidiaries with all of the provisions of the Acquisition Agreements, will conflict with, result in a breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture,
contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties which conflict, breach, violation or imposition would, either individually or in the aggregate with all other conflicts, breaches, violations and impositions referred to in this paragraph (if any), have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(w) no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement;
(x) the consolidated historical financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the U.S. Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement, together with the related schedules, if any, and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities indicated as of the dates and for the periods indicated; such financial statements comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and Alberta Securities Law and have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected financial data set forth under the caption “Selected Consolidated Financial and Operating Information” in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the U.S. Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement fairly present, on the basis stated in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the U.S. Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the information included therein. The pro forma consolidated financial statements comply with, and have been compiled in accordance with, Alberta Securities Laws, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and assumptions referred to therein;
(y) the operating statements for the Marathon Assets for the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and the three months ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016, together with the notes thereon included in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the U.S. Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement, fairly present in all material respects, in accordance with the financial reporting framework specified in subsection 3.11(5) of National Instrument 52-107 (“NI 52-107”) for operating statements of an acquired oil and gas property, consistently applied, revenue, royalties and production costs attributable to the Marathon Assets and the other information purported to be shown therein and in respect of the Marathon Assets as at the dates thereof and for the period then ended and reflect all revenue, royalties and production costs in respect of the Marathon Assets as at the dates thereof required to be disclosed by the financial reporting framework specified in subsection 3.11(5) of NI 52-107 for operating statements of an acquired oil and gas property and include all adjustments necessary for fair presentation;
(z) the operating statements for the Shell Assets for the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and the three months ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016, together with the notes thereon included in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the U.S. Final
Prospectus and the Registration Statement, fairly present in all material respects, in accordance with the financial reporting framework specified in subsection 3.11(5) of NI 52-107 for operating statements of an acquired oil and gas property, consistently applied, revenue, royalties and production costs attributable to the Shell Assets and the other information purported to be shown therein and in respect of the Shell Assets as at the dates thereof and for the period then ended and reflect all revenue, royalties and production costs in respect of the Shell Assets as at the dates thereof required to be disclosed by the financial reporting framework specified in subsection 3.11(5) of NI 52-107 for operating statements of an acquired oil and gas property and include all adjustments necessary for fair presentation;
(aa) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Agency involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, the Assets or the Transactions, is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the Acquisition Agreements or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the Assets), taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(bb) except as set forth in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or leases or is entitled to own or lease all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted, except where the failure to own or lease could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(cc) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws or other constating documents, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, which violation or default would, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, either individually or in the aggregate with all other violations and defaults referred to in this paragraph (if any), have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(dd) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited annual consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of Alberta Securities Law and the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ee) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have delivered their report with respect to the audited operating statements of Marathon Oil Corp. included in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the
Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to Marathon Oil Corp. within the meaning of the Alberta Securities Law and the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ff) Ernst & Young LLP, who have delivered their report with respect to the audited operating statements of Shell included in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to Shell within the meaning of the Alberta Securities Law and the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(gg) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Company and each of its subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(hh) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), no labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor any employees employed in connection with the Assets, exists or is threatened or imminent, and without making any special inquiry, the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, or the principal suppliers, contractors or customers of the Assets, that could have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the Assets), taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured or reinsured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(jj) except as set forth in or contemplated by the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or other ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, which prohibition could have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business or have an adverse effect on the ability of the Company to make all payments when due with respect to the Securities;
(kk) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), or where the failure to possess licenses, certificates, permits or other authorizations would not singly or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate foreign, federal, provincial, state, municipal or local regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(ll) the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(mm) the Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Alberta Securities Law or the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities;
(nn) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Company and its subsidiaries, and Shell and Marathon Oil Corp. with respect to the Shell Assets and Marathon Assets, respectively, are (i) in compliance with Environmental Laws, (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the Assets), taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business. Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), neither the Company nor any of the subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or under any similar Canadian legislation, except where the realization of any potential liability as such a “potentially responsible party” would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(oo) in the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(pp) neither the Company nor any subsidiary is by itself, nor is it by virtue of its being under “common control” with any other Person within the meaning of the Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), an “employer” within the meaning of the Section 3 (5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 of the United States of America, as amended from time to time (“ERISA”), in respect of any employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under the Code;
(qq) the subsidiaries listed on Annex A attached hereto are the only Significant Subsidiaries of the Company and there are no other subsidiaries material to the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(rr) neither the Company, its subsidiaries and the businesses now run by the Company and its subsidiaries, nor any of their respective officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents, or employees have, directly or indirectly, (A) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (D) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws;
(ss) the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Agency to which the Company and its subsidiaries are subject (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Agency involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened;
(tt) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors or officers nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employees, agents, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company, any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Crimea (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions;
(uu) the Securities have been duly authorized, and, when the Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and, upon payment for the Securities by the Representatives to the Company, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture; the Indenture, which is substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability of the Securities may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyances or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and to the provisions of the Currency Act (Canada) or to the usury provisions of the Criminal Code (Canada); no registration, filing or recording of the Indenture under the laws of Canada or any province thereof is necessary in order to preserve or protect the validity or enforceability of the Indenture or the Securities issued thereunder; and the Indenture conforms, and the Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus with respect to such Securities;
(vv) the Company is not aware of any defects in title to the Assets, the Company’s core oil and gas properties or the Company’s material assets and facilities which are used in the production and marketing of oil and gas that, in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the Assets) , taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(ww) the information set forth or incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus relating to the estimates by the Company of (i) proved reserves at December 31, 2016, (ii) proved plus probable conventional reserves as at the dates specified and appearing in the Company’s Annual Information Form dated March 23, 2017 and (iii) proved and probable oil sands mining reserves as at the date specified and appearing in the Company’s Annual Information Form dated March 23, 2017 have each been reviewed and approved by the Company and prepared in accordance with both National Instrument 51-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators and the definitions and standards contained in the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook. The information set forth in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus relating to estimates by the Company of (i) proved reserves for the Assets as at December 31, 2016 and (ii) proved plus probable reserves for the Assets as at December 31, 2016 have each been reviewed and approved by the Company and prepared in accordance with both National Instrument 51-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators and the definitions and standards contained in the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook;
(xx) all interest and other distributions on the Securities will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of Canada and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction in Canada without the necessity of obtaining any Governmental Authorization in Canada; and
(yy) any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale
Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto.
3. Delivery and Payment
Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
4. Offering by Underwriters
It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus.
5. Agreements
The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the U.S. Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will prepare the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus in relation to the applicable Securities in a form approved by the Representatives and shall file (i) such Canadian Final Prospectus with the Reviewing Authority in accordance with the Shelf Procedures and (ii) such U.S. Final Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction II.L. of Form F-10 not later than the Commission’s close of business on the Business Day following the date of the filing thereof with the Reviewing Authority. The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Representatives and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule and will promptly file all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act. The Company will promptly file all reports required to be filed by it with the Reviewing Authority pursuant to Alberta Securities Law and the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) is required under the Act in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, and during such same period will advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Canadian Final Prospectus has been filed or receipted, when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Basic Prospectus or any amended Canadian Final Prospectus or U.S. Final Prospectus has been filed with the Reviewing Authority or the Commission, of the issuance by the Reviewing Authority or the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Reviewing Authority or the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus or for additional information relating to the Securities; and, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or the suspension of any such qualification and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus, each as then supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus to comply with Alberta Securities Law, the Act or the Exchange Act, or the respective rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (1) notify the Representatives of such event, (2)
prepare and file with the Reviewing Authority and the Commission, subject to the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and (3) supply any supplemented Canadian Final Prospectus and U.S. Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request;
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act;
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) for delivery by the Representatives to each other Underwriter and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Final Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and U.S. Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering;
(e) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities and will pay any fee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., in connection with its review of the offering; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;
(f) The Company agrees that, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405); provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the information contained in or consistent with the Free Writing Prospectuses substantially in the form included in Annex C hereto (including the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof). Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company in the United States (other than the Securities), or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of such securities, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the time of Closing; provided that the Company may offer and sell debt securities denominated in Canadian dollars under an “MTN program”
under National Instrument 44-102 of the Canadian Securities Administrators where none of such debt securities is offered or sold in the United States.
(h) The Company will furnish to the Trustee of the Securities reports and other information in accordance with the requirements specified in Section 9.3 of the Indenture;
(i) The Company will use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and U.S. Final Prospectus in relation to the Securities;
(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto) and with the Review Authority of the Final Canadian Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus and U.S. Final Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Final Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus and U.S. Final Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vi) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (vii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; (x) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; and (xi) all other costs and expenses of the Company and its representatives incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. Except as indicated above in this paragraph, it is understood that the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel and certain advertising expenses in connection with any offer the Underwriters make with respect to the Securities;
(k) Neither the sale of the Securities by the Company hereunder nor the use of proceeds thereof will cause any U.S. person participating in the Offering, either as an Underwriter or purchaser of the Securities, to violate the regulations of the United States Treasury Department set forth under 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended, or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto; provided, however, that the Company makes no covenant under this paragraph that would violate Canadian law;
(l) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act,
Alberta Securities Law or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(m) During the distribution of the Securities, the Company and each of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall approve in writing (approval given by e-mail to be considered given in writing), prior to such time marketing materials (as such term is defined in National Instrument 41-101 (“NI 41-101”)) are provided to potential investors resident in Canada, any marketing materials reasonably requested to be provided by the Underwriters to any potential investor of the Securities, such marketing materials to comply with Alberta Securities Laws. The Company shall file such marketing materials with the Reviewing Authority in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws. Any such filing shall constitute the Underwriters’ authority to use such marketing materials in connection with the Offering. The Company shall file any marketing materials approved and filed in accordance with this Section 5(m) with the Commission on Form 6-K. The Company, and the Underwriters, on a several basis, covenant and agree not to provide any potential investor resident in Canada with any marketing materials other than those approved in accordance with this Section 5(m) and limited-use versions thereof.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters
The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) (i) The Canadian Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Reviewing Authority under the Shelf Procedures and (ii) the U.S. Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction II.L. of Form F-10 under the Act, in each case, within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(a) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities shall have been issued and no proceeding for any such purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission or the Reviewing Authority;
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United States special counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) the statements in the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus under the heading “Certain Income Tax Information — Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” to the extent that they constitute summaries of United States federal statutes, rules and regulations or portions thereof, have been reviewed by such counsel and fairly summarize the matters described under that heading in all material respects;
(ii) the Indenture (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of New York) has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. The Indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability of the Indenture may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and possible judicial action giving effect to governmental actions relating to persons or transactions or foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and the Indenture conforms in all material respects to its description contained in the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus under the headings “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities”. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(iii) the Securities (to the extent execution is governed by the laws of New York) have been duly executed by the Company. The Securities, when duly issued and delivered by the Company against payment as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforceability of the Securities may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and possible judicial action giving effect to governmental actions relating to persons or transactions or foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Securities, when issued and delivered, will conform in all material respects to the description contained in the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities”;
(iv) the Registration Statement, the Form F-X, the Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, as of their respective effective or issue times, appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, except for the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference in or omitted from any of them, and the Form T-1, as to which such counsel expresses no opinion. Such counsel has assumed, for purposes of this paragraph, the compliance of the Canadian Base Prospectus and the Canadian Final Prospectus with the requirements of Alberta Securities Laws, as interpreted and applied by the Alberta Securities Commission. Such counsel understands that such matters are covered in the opinion of Xxxxxx XxXxxx LLP to be furnished on the Closing Date;
(v) this Agreement (to the extent execution and delivery are governed by the laws of New York) has been duly executed and delivered by the Company;
(vi) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, and the application of their proceeds as described in the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds,” will not be required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder;
(vii) the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company, the execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder will not (A) breach or result in a default under any agreement, indenture or instrument listed on Schedule I to such counsel’s opinion or (B) violate those laws, rules and regulations of the United States of America and the State of New York (“Applicable Law”), in each case which in such counsel’s experience are normally applicable to the transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement or any judgment, order or decree of any New York or federal court or Governmental Authority binding upon the
Company listed on Schedule II to such counsel’s opinion, except in the case of clause (A) above, such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to any provision of any agreement, indenture or instrument listed on Schedule I to such counsel’s opinion to the extent that an opinion with respect to such provision would require making any financial, accounting or mathematical calculation or determination, and in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, where the breach, default or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For purposes of the opinion, the term “Applicable Law” does not include federal securities laws (except for purposes of the opinions expressed in paragraph ix below) or state securities laws, anti-fraud laws, or any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Indenture, the Securities, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to this Agreement or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate;
(viii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental Authority, which has not been obtained, taken or made is required by the Company under any Applicable Law for the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Indenture and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder. For purposes of such counsel’s opinion, the term “Governmental Authority” means any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory body of the State of New York or the United States of America;
(ix) under the laws of the State of New York relating to submission to jurisdiction, the Company has, pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement, and pursuant to Section 1.18 of the Indenture, validly and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in the State of New York, in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, or the Indenture, as the case may be, has validly and irrevocably appointed the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in this Agreement and for so long as any Securities are outstanding, has validly and irrevocably appointed the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in the Indenture; and service of process effected on such agent in the manner set forth therein will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company. This opinion (ix) is subject to the qualification that such counsel need express no opinion as to the enforceability of forum selection clauses in the federal courts; and
(x) in rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such counsel will state that the Registration Statement is effective under the Act; the Form F-X of the Company and the Form T-1 of the Trustee were filed with the Commission prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; the filing of the U.S. Final Prospectus pursuant to General Instruction II.L. of Form F-10 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by said General Instruction II.L.; the Commission’s website indicates that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued. Such counsel will state in a separate letter that it has participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus and in conferences and telephone conversations with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Company’s Canadian counsel, the independent registered public accountants for the Company, and the representatives
of the Underwriters and their counsel, during which conferences and conversations the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the U.S. Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed. Based upon such participation (and relying as to factual matters on officers, employees and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries), such counsel’s understanding of the U.S. federal securities laws and the experience such counsel has gained in its practice thereunder, such counsel hereby advises you that its work in connection with this matter did not disclose any information that caused such counsel to believe that (A) at the time it became effective and as of the Applicable Time, the Registration Statement (except for the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom or from the documents incorporated by reference, the Form T-1, and the information derived from the reports of Xxxxxxx Associates Limited, Xxxxxxx International Limited and GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement upon their authority as experts, as to which we express no such belief) included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) as of the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package (except for the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom or from the documents incorporated by reference and the information derived from the reports of Xxxxxxx Associates Limited, Xxxxxxx International Limited and GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package upon their authority as experts, as to which we express no such belief) included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (C) at the time the U.S. Final Prospectus was issued, at the time any amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing Date, the U.S. Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom or from the documents incorporated by reference and the information derived from the reports of Xxxxxxx Associates Limited, Xxxxxxx International Limited and GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. included or incorporated by reference into the U.S. Final Prospectus upon their authority as experts, as to which we express no such belief) included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) Xxxxxx XxXxxx LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly amalgamated and is valid and subsisting as a corporation under the laws of the Province of Alberta, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in each of the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, and is duly registered to do business as an extra-provincial corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such registration;
(ii) each of Canadian Natural Resources and Canadian Natural Resources Northern (together, the “Canadian Subsidiaries”) has been duly formed and is registered as a general partnership, in good standing under the laws of Alberta, and each of the Canadian Subsidiaries has full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final
Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, and is duly registered to do business as an extra-provincial partnership and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such registration. The outstanding partnership units have been duly and validly authorized and are fully paid and nonassessable and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, all outstanding partnership units of each of the Canadian Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries, free and clear of any perfected security interest and, to the knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other security interest, claim, lien or encumbrances;
(iii) the Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, and the Securities conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus and, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, no other options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding other than options issued pursuant to the Company’s existing stock option plans;
(iv) each of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(v) the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture;
(vi) the issuance of the Securities under the Indenture complies with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (the “Business Corporations Act”); an exemption has been obtained to exempt the Indenture from the application of Part 7 of the Business Corporations Act; and no registration, filing or recording of the Indenture under the laws of the Province of Alberta or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein is necessary in order to preserve or protect the validity or enforceability of the Indenture or the Securities issued thereunder which are unsecured obligations of the Company;
(vii) the forms of definitive global security representing the Securities has been duly approved and adopted by the Company and complies with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act;
(viii) neither the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its Canadian Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws or other constating documents of the Company or its Canadian Subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or is bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree in Alberta or of Canada applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries or any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority in Alberta or of Canada having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their properties;
(ix) a receipt for the Basic Prospectus has been obtained from the Alberta Securities Commission (the “Reviewing Authority”) and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge the Reviewing Authority has not revoked such receipt, the Prospectus Supplement has been filed with the Reviewing Authority and no other consent, approval, authorization, permit, license or filing with or order of any court or government agency or body or any arbitrator of Canada, or the Province of Alberta is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein;
(x) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Canadian Subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus; to the knowledge of such counsel, with no special inquiry, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company’s subsidiaries, other than the Canadian Subsidiaries, or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus; and to the knowledge of such counsel there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required;
(xi) the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus under the headings “Certain Income Tax Information — Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Statutory Rights of Withdrawal and Rescission” and in the Registration Statement under the heading “Indemnification” excluding the fourth paragraph therein relating to the Act insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings;
(xii) the Canadian Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) as of its issue date, appears on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Alberta Securities Law, including the Shelf Procedures, as interpreted and applied by the Reviewing Authority;
(xiii) the Company and its Canadian Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, provincial, local or municipal laws and regulations in Canada relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Canadian Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Canadian Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permits, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Canadian Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xiv) there are no reports or other information that in accordance with the requirements of the Reviewing Authority must be made publicly available in connection with the offering of the Securities that have not been made publicly available as required, and there are no
documents required to be filed with the Reviewing Authority in connection with the Canadian Final Prospectus that have not been filed as required;
(xv) the Company is eligible to file a short form prospectus with the Reviewing Authority and use the Shelf Procedures in respect of the Securities;
(xvi) the Canadian Final Prospectus has been filed with the Reviewing Authority in the manner and within the time period required by the Shelf Procedures;
(xvii) no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Securities has been issued by the Reviewing Authority and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or to the knowledge of such counsel are contemplated;
(xviii) the Registration Statement and the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission and the filing of the Canadian Final Prospectus with the Reviewing Authority, in each case, have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Company; and the Registration Statement has been duly executed pursuant to such authorization by and on behalf of the Company;
(xix) a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Alberta (an “Alberta Court”) would give effect to the choice of the law of the State of New York (“New York Law”) as the proper law governing this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture, provided that such choice of law is bona fide (in the sense that it was not made with a view to avoiding the consequences of the laws of any other jurisdiction) and provided that such choice of New York Law is not contrary to public policy, as that term is applied by an Alberta Court;
(xx) there are no reasons under the laws of the Province of Alberta or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein for avoiding the choice of New York Law to govern this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture;
(xxi) in an action on a final, conclusive and subsisting judgment in personam of any federal or state court sitting in The City of New York (a “New York Court”) that is not impeachable as void or voidable under New York Law, an Alberta Court would give effect to the appointment by the Company of CT Corporation System as its agent to receive service of process in the United States under the Registration Statement, Indenture and this Agreement and to the provisions in the Indenture and this Agreement whereby the Company has submitted to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of a New York Court;
(xxii) if this Agreement, the Securities or the Indenture are sought to be enforced in the Province of Alberta in accordance with the laws applicable thereto as chosen by the parties, namely New York Law, and an Alberta Court recognized the choice of New York Law, an Alberta Court would upon appropriate evidence as to such law being adduced, apply such law in the enforcement of such documents, except in certain circumstances as described in the U.S. Final Prospectus and provided that none of the provisions of this Agreement, the Securities or the Indenture, or of applicable New York Law, is contrary to public policy as that term is applied by an Alberta Court; provided, however, that, in matters of procedure, the laws of the Province of Alberta will be applied, and an Alberta Court will retain discretion to decline to hear such action if it is contrary to public policy, as that term is applied by an Alberta Court, for it to do so; or if it is not the proper forum to hear such an action, or if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere;
(xxiii) there are no reasons under the laws of the Province of Alberta or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein and no reasons, with respect to the application of New York Law by an Alberta Court, for declining to enforce the Indenture or the Securities based on public policy;
(xxiv) the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein permit an action to be brought before an Alberta Court on a final and conclusive judgment in personam of a New York Court respecting the enforcement of this Agreement, the Securities or the Indenture that is not impeachable as void or voidable or otherwise ineffective under the internal laws of New York Law and for a sum certain if: (a) the New York Court rendering such judgment had jurisdiction over the Company, as recognized by an Alberta Court; (b) such judgment was not obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to natural justice or other rule of law, whether equitable, legal or statutory, and the enforcement thereof would not be inconsistent with public policy as such term is understood under the laws of the Province of Alberta or contrary to any order made by the Attorney General of Canada under the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (Canada) or by the Competition Tribunal under the Competition Act (Canada); (c) the enforcement of such judgment does not constitute, directly or indirectly, the enforcement of foreign revenue, expropriatory or penal laws; (d) no new admissible evidence relevant to the action is discovered prior to the rendering of judgment by an Alberta Court; (e) performance of this Agreement, the Securities or the Indenture are not illegal under the laws of the place of performance; (f) the action to enforce such judgment is commenced within the applicable limitation period; (g) such judgment has not been satisfied; and (h) in the case of a judgment obtained by default there has been no manifest error in the granting of such judgment; and
(xxv) no stamp duty, registration or documentary taxes, duties or similar charges are payable under the laws of the Province of Alberta or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein in connection with the creation, issuance and delivery to the Underwriters of the Securities or the authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture and this Agreement.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the Province of Alberta or the Federal laws of Canada, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such counsel will also state that it has participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus and in conferences and telephone conversations with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent chartered accountants for the Company, and the representatives of the Underwriters, during which conferences and conversations the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus, the U.S. Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although the limitations inherent in the independent verification of factual matters and the role of outside counsel are such that such counsel has not undertaken to investigate or independently verify, is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the U.S. Final Prospectus, except for those referred to in paragraph (xi) above, on the basis of the foregoing, such counsel’s work in connection with this matter did not disclose any information that gave such counsel a reason to believe that (A) at its Effective Date and as of the Applicable Time, the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data contained therein or omitted therefrom, the Form T-1 and the information derived from the
reports of Xxxxxxx Associates Limited, Xxxxxxx International Limited and GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. upon the authority of “experts” within the meaning of the Securities Act (Alberta), including as described under the caption “Experts” in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement as to which it expresses no such belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) at the time the U.S. Final Prospectus and Canadian Final Prospectus were issued, at the time any amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing Date, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus or any other amendment or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data, contained therein or omitted therefrom and the information derived from the reports of Xxxxxxx Associates Limited, Xxxxxxx International Limited and GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. upon the authority of “experts” within the meaning of the Securities Act (Alberta), including as described under the caption “Experts” in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, included or incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, as to which it expresses no such belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that (C) as of the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package (other than the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data contained therein or omitted therefrom, the Form T-1 and the information derived from the reports of Xxxxxxx Associates Limited, Xxxxxxx International Limited and GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. upon the authority of “experts” within the meaning of the Securities Act (Alberta), including as described under the caption “Experts” in the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement as to which it expresses no such belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the Province of Alberta or the Federal laws of Canada, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the U.S. Final Prospectus in this paragraph (c) include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(d) The Company shall have requested and caused Pinsent Masons LLP, English law counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) in respect of each of CNR International (U.K.) Limited and CNR International (U.K.) Investments Limited (together, the “UK Subsidiaries”, and, individually, a “UK Subsidiary”): (i) it is duly incorporated as a company in England; (ii) no action is currently being taken by the Registrar of Companies for striking it off the register and dissolving it as defunct; and (iii) as far as the Registrar of Companies is aware, it is not in liquidation or subject to an administration order, and no receiver or manager of its property has been appointed;
(ii) the annual returns for each UK Subsidiary for the period ending 31 May 2016, being the latest annual returns required to be filed at Companies House for each UK Subsidiary, have been so filed at Companies House;
(iii) the latest annual report and accounts for each of the UK Subsidiaries for the period ending 31 December 2016, being the latest annual report and accounts required to be filed at Companies House, has been so filed at Companies House;
(iv) both the latest annual return filed at Companies House and the register of members in respect of the UK Subsidiaries (referred to in a schedule to such counsel’s opinion) show that all of the issued shares in the capital of each of the UK Subsidiaries are owned by the Company;
(v) the validity of an act done by either of the UK Subsidiaries shall not be called into question on the grounds of lack of capacity by reason of anything contained in their Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association. Each of the UK Subsidiaries has the corporate power under its Memorandum and Articles of Association to carry on the business described in the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus;
(vi) no approvals, consents, licences, authorisations or exemptions from any Governmental Authority or regulatory body in England are required in respect of the sale or purchase of the Securities under this Agreement;
(vii) neither the sale and purchase of the Securities under this Agreement, the issuance of the Securities under the Indenture, nor the consummation of any other transactions contemplated under this Agreement nor the fulfilment of the terms of this Agreement or the Indenture will conflict with, result in a breach or violation by a UK Subsidiary of, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of a UK Subsidiary pursuant to: (i) the Memorandum or Articles of Association of the relevant UK Subsidiary; or (ii) any English law applicable to a UK Subsidiary; and
(viii) each UK Subsidiary has a lien over the shares in its capital for unpaid amounts in respect of such shares.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of England and Wales, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company or of the UK Subsidiary and public officials. References to the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the U.S. Final Prospectus in this paragraph (d) include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(e) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & associés, Avocats, Côte d’Ivoire counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL is a private limited liability company (societé à responsabilité limitée) of Côte d’Ivoire, with a share capital of 1,000,000 CFA francs, having its registered office at Immeuble Xxxxxxx, xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx — Avenue Noguès Abidja Plateau, 01 B.P. 8707 ABIDJAN 01, duly registered to the companies registry of Abidjan under number CI-ABJ-1997-B-218 388 and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Côte d’Ivoire, with full corporate power and authority to own
or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus;
(ii) all the issued shares of capital stock of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL are duly and validly authorized and allotted and are fully paid and, except as otherwise set forth in the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, the issued share capital is divided in 100 shares. 98 issued shares of the share capital of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL are directly owned by the Company; 1 issued share of the share capital of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL is held in trust on behalf of the Company by Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx; and 1 issued share of the share capital of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL is held in trust on behalf of the Company by Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Laussin Emmanuel. All the shares of the share capital of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL are free and clear of any perfected security interest and, to the knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance;
(iii) no consent, approval, authorization, permit or license or filing with or order of any court or Governmental Agency or body or any arbitrator of Côte d’Ivoire is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein; and
(iv) neither the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or of the Indenture will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws or other constating documents of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL, or (ii) any Côte d’Ivoire statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL or any of its properties.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of Côte d’Ivoire, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company or of CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL and public officials. References to the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the U.S. Final Prospectus in this paragraph (d) include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(f) The Representatives shall have received from Shearman & Sterling LLP, United States counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the U.S. Final Prospectus (together with any additional supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(g) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the Senior Vice President, Finance of the Company (on behalf of the Company and not in a personal capacity), dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, any supplements to the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus and this Agreement;
(ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or stop order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus (including any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) relating to the Securities has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Reviewing Authority or the Commission; and
(iv) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto).
(h) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent chartered accountants of the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date, letters, (which may refer to letters previously delivered to one or more of the Representatives), dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus.
References to the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus in this paragraph (h) include any additional supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
(i) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent chartered accountants of Marathon Oil Corp., shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date, letters, (which may refer to letters previously delivered to one or more of the Representatives), dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to operating statements of the Marathon Assets contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus.
References to the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus in this paragraph (i) include any additional supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
(j) Ernst & Young LLP, the independent chartered accountants of Shell, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date, letters, (which may refer to letters previously delivered to one or more of the Representatives), dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the operating statements of the Shell Assets contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus.
References to the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus in this paragraph (j) include any additional supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
(k) Subsequent to the Applicable Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto) and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraphs (h), (i) or (j) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the Assets), taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto) and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto) and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto).
(l) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(m) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, on the Closing Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses
If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representatives on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the U.S. Final Prospectus, any Company Additional Written Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d), or in all cases any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the following statements set forth under the heading “Underwriting”, (i) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iii) the paragraph or paragraphs related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in any Preliminary Final Prospectus, Canadian Final Prospectus and U.S. Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the U.S. Final Prospectus, the Canadian Final Prospectus or the Disclosure Package.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
9. Default by an Underwriter
If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the Canadian Final Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
10. Termination
This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in the Company’s common stock shall have been suspended by the Commission, the Reviewing Authority, the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on any of such exchanges, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by authorities in the United States, Canada or New York, (iii) there occurs a change or development involving a prospective change in Canadian taxation affecting the Securities or the transfer thereof or the imposition of exchange controls by the United States or Canada, or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States or Canada of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Canadian Final Prospectus (exclusive of any additional supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and the U.S. Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
additional supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive
The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices
All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, Fax no.: (000) 000-0000 and confirmed to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk Third Floor, Fax no.: (000) 000-0000; Barclays Capital Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Syndicate Registration, Fax no.: (000) 000-0000, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: General Counsel, Fax no.: (000) 000-0000, Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX-000-00-00, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal, Fax no.: (000) 000-0000, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Capital Markets Group, Fax no.: (000) 000-0000 or TD Securities (USA) LLC, 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Transaction Management Group, email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Canadian Natural Resources Limited, 0000, 000-0 Xxxxxx X.X., Xxxxxxx, XX X0X 0X0, Fax no.: (000) 000-0000, Attention: President.
13. Successors
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service; Waiver of Immunities
The Company irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding against the Company brought by any Underwriter or by any person who controls any Underwriter arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby may be instituted in any New York Court, (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and (iii) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company has appointed CT Corporation System, New York, New York, as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any such action arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby which may be instituted in any New York Court by any Underwriter or by any person who controls any Underwriter, expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment shall be irrevocable. The Company represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as such agent for service of process and agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to the
Company shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company.
To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents, to the extent permitted by law.
The provisions of this Section 14 shall survive any termination of this Agreement, in whole or in part.
15. Judgment Currency
The obligation of the Company in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first Business Day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency; if the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.
16. Applicable Law
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
17. Jury Trial
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
18. Counterparts
This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
19. Headings
The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
20. Authority of Representatives
Any action by the Underwriters may be taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. or TD Securities (USA) LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action
taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. or TD Securities (USA) LLC shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
21. Definitions
The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
“Acquisition” means the Shell Acquisition together with the Marathon Acquisition.
“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Alberta Securities Law” shall mean the securities laws, rules, regulations and published policy statements and instruments applicable in the Province of Alberta.
“Applicable Time” shall mean 7:58 p.m. New York City time on May 23, 2017.
“Assets” means the Shell Assets and the Marathon Assets.
“Basic Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus referred to in the first paragraph of this Agreement contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date, or the Canadian short form shelf prospectus at the time the Reviewing Authority issued its final receipt for such short form shelf prospectus under National Instrument 44-102.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close in New York City, Toronto or Calgary.
“Canadian Documents” shall mean any documents incorporated by reference in the Canadian Final Prospectus when they were filed with the Reviewing Authority.
“Canadian Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Reviewing Authority, together with the Basic Prospectus for which a final receipt was issued by the Reviewing Authority.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company Additional Written Communication” shall mean any electronic road show or other written communications listed on Annex D hereto.
“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Basic Prospectus, together with each Preliminary Final Prospectus that supplements the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the Applicable Time, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, substantially in the form identified in Annex C hereto, (iii) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, and (iv) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.
“Environmental Claim” shall mean any administrative, regulatory or judicial action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, lien, notice of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceeding relating in any way to any Environmental Laws.
“Environmental Laws” shall mean any Canadian, United States, United Kingdom, Ivorian, Gabonese and other applicable foreign, federal, provincial, state, local or municipal laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
“Governmental Agency” shall mean any court or governmental agency or body or any arbitrator of any kind having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties.
“Governmental Authorization” shall mean any consent, approval, authorization, order, permit, license, filing, registration, clearance or qualification of, or with any statute, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency.
“Marathon Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition of 1,000 issued and outstanding common shares of Marathon Oil Corp. pursuant to the Marathon Acquisition Agreement.
“Marathon Acquisition Agreement” shall mean the share purchase and sale agreement dated March 8, 2017 by and among Marathon Oil Dutch Holdings B.V., 10084751 Canada Limited and Canadian Natural Resources Limited.
“Marathon Assets” shall mean the common shares of Marathon Oil Corp. acquired pursuant to the Marathon Acquisition.
“Marathon Oil Corp.” shall mean Marathon Oil Canada Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Alberta, Canada.
“NI 52-107” shall mean National Instrument 52-107.
“Preliminary Final Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus which describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the U.S. Final Prospectus or the Canadian Final Prospectus, together with the Basic Prospectus filed with the Commission or with the Reviewing Authority.
“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in the first paragraph of this Agreement, including exhibits and financial statements, as amended at the Applicable Time and, any post-effective amendment thereto, and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed part of such registration statement, and shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.
“Reviewing Authority” shall mean the Alberta Securities Commission.
“Rule 405”, “Rule 164” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Act.
“Shelf Procedures” shall mean the rules and procedures established under National Instrument No. 44-102 for the distribution of securities on a continuous or delayed basis.
“Shell” shall mean Shell Canada Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Canada.
“Shell Acquisition” means the acquisition of the Shell Assets pursuant to the Shell Acquisition Agreement.
“Shell Acquisition Agreement” shall mean the purchase and sale agreement dated March 8, 2017 by and among Shell Canada Limited, Shell Canada Energy, Shell Canada Resources, Canadian Natural Resources Limited and CNRL Upgrading Limited, as assigned to Canadian Natural Upgrading Limited.
“Shell Assets” means the Hydrocarbon Rights, the Tangibles, the Miscellaneous Interests, the Upgrader, the CCS Assets, the Materials and the Hydrocarbon Inventory (as such terms are defined in the Shell Acquisition Agreement).
“Significant Subsidiary” shall have the meaning set forth under Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Act.
“Transactions” means the Acquisition and the Financing Transaction.
“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“U.S. Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to General Instruction II.L of Form F-10 after the Applicable Time, together with the Basic Prospectus, with the Commission.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated May 23, 2017
Registration Statement No. 333-207578
Representatives: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
TD Securities (USA) LLC
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
A. Title: 2.950% Notes due 2023 (“2023 Notes”)
Principal amount: US$1,000,000,000
Purchase price (including accrued
interest or amortization, if any): 99.253%
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions: Prior to December 15, 2022, Make-Whole Call at T+20bps, on or after December 15, 2022, redemption at the Company’s option at par.
Special mandatory redemption: In the event of a special mandatory redemption, the special mandatory redemption price will be equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption
B. Title: 3.850% Notes due 2027 (“2027 Notes”)
Principal amount: US$1,250,000,000
Purchase price (including accrued
interest or amortization, if any): 99.046%
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions: Prior to March 1, 2027, Make-Whole Call at T+25bps, on or after March 1, 2027, redemption at the Company’s option at par.
Special mandatory redemption: In the event of a special mandatory redemption, the special mandatory redemption price will be equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption
C. Title: 4.950% Notes due 2047 (“2047 Notes”)
Principal amount: US$750,000,000
Purchase price (including accrued
interest or amortization, if any): 99.047%
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions: Prior to December 1, 2046, Make-Whole Call at T+30bps, on or after December 1, 2046, redemption at the Company’s option at par.
Special mandatory redemption: In the event of a special mandatory redemption, the special mandatory redemption price will be equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2047 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption
Closing Date, Time and Location: May 30, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at
Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
SCHEDULE II
|
Underwriters |
|
Principal Amount |
|
Principal Amount |
|
Principal Amount |
| |||
|
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
|
US$ |
150,000,000 |
|
US$ |
187,500,000 |
|
US$ |
112,500,000 |
|
|
Barclays Capital Inc. |
|
|
95,000,000 |
|
118,750,000 |
|
71,250,000 |
| ||
|
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
|
|
95,000,000 |
|
118,750,000 |
|
71,250,000 |
| ||
|
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx |
|
|
95,000,000 |
|
118,750,000 |
|
71,250,000 |
| ||
|
MUFG Securities Americas Inc. |
|
|
95,000,000 |
|
118,750,000 |
|
71,250,000 |
| ||
|
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
|
|
95,000,000 |
|
118,750,000 |
|
71,250,000 |
| ||
|
RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
|
|
85,000,000 |
|
106,250,000 |
|
63,750,000 |
| ||
|
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
|
|
85,000,000 |
|
106,250,000 |
|
63,750,000 |
| ||
|
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
|
|
57,500,000 |
|
71,875,000 |
|
43,125,000 |
| ||
|
CIBC World Markets Corp. |
|
|
57,500,000 |
|
71,875,000 |
|
43,125,000 |
| ||
|
Mizuho Securities USA LLC |
|
|
30,000,000 |
|
37,500,000 |
|
22,500,000 |
| ||
|
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |
|
|
30,000,000 |
|
37,500,000 |
|
22,500,000 |
| ||
|
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
|
|
30,000,000 |
|
37,500,000 |
|
22,500,000 |
| ||
|
Total |
|
US$ |
1,000,000,000 |
|
US$ |
1,250,000,000 |
|
US$ |
750,000,000 |
|
ANNEX A
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
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Name |
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Percent Ownership |
|
Jurisdiction |
|
|
CNR International (U.K.) Limited |
|
100 |
% |
England |
|
|
CNR International (U.K.) Investments Limited |
|
100 |
% |
England |
|
|
Canadian Natural Resources, a general partnership |
|
100 |
% |
Alberta |
|
|
Canadian Natural Resources Northern Alberta Partnership |
|
100 |
% |
Alberta |
|
|
CNR International (Côte D’Ivoire) SARL |
|
100 |
% |
Côte d’Ivoire |
|
ANNEX B
SUBSIDIARIES NOT WHOLLY OWNED AND SUBSIDIARIES SUBJECT
TO SECURITY INTERESTS, CLAIMS, LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES
|
Name |
|
Percent Ownership |
|
Jurisdiction |
|
|
North West Redwater Partnership |
|
50 |
% |
Alberta |
|
ANNEX C
May 23, 2017
Pricing Term Sheet
US$3,000,000,000
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
US$1,000,000,000 2.950% Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”)
US$1,250,000,000 3.850% Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”)
US$750,000,000 4.950% Notes due 2047 (the “2047 Notes”)
The following information supplements (or supersedes, to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith) the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated May 23, 2017 relating to the below described securities (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this pricing term sheet shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
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Issuer: |
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Canadian Natural Resources Limited (“CNRL” or the “Issuer”) | ||||
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|
|
| ||||
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Trade Date: |
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May 23, 2017 | ||||
|
|
|
| ||||
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Settlement Date: |
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May 30, 2017 (T+4) | ||||
|
|
|
| ||||
|
|
|
2023 Notes |
|
2027 Notes |
|
2047 Notes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of Securities: |
|
2.950% Notes due 2023 |
|
3.850% Notes due 2027 |
|
4.950% Notes due 2047 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Amount: |
|
US$1,000,000,000 |
|
US$1,250,000,000 |
|
US$750,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturity Date: |
|
January 15, 2023 |
|
June 1, 2027 |
|
June 1, 2047 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price to Public: |
|
99.853%, plus accrued interest, if any, from May 30, 2017 |
|
99.696%, plus accrued interest, if any, from May 30, 2017 |
|
99.922%, plus accrued interest, if any, from May 30, 2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coupon: |
|
2.950% |
|
3.850% |
|
4.950% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Payment Dates: |
|
January 15 and July 15 commencing January 15, 2018 |
|
June 1 and December 1 commencing December 1, 2017 |
|
June 1 and December 1 commencing December 1, 2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Record Dates: |
|
January 1 and July 1 |
|
May 15 and November 15 |
|
May 15 and November 15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yield to Maturity: |
|
2.978% |
|
3.887% |
|
4.955% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spread: |
|
+115 basis points |
|
+160 basis points |
|
+200 basis points |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benchmark Treasury: |
|
UST 1.875% due April 30, 2022 |
|
UST 2.375% due May 15, 2027 |
|
UST 3.000% due February 15, 2047 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury Yield/Price: |
|
1.828% (100-07) |
|
2.287% (100-25) |
|
2.955% (100-28) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Make-Whole Call: |
|
Prior to December 15, 2022 (the date one month prior to the Maturity Date), T+ 20 basis points |
|
Prior to March 1, 2027 (the date three months prior to the Maturity Date), T+ 25 basis points |
|
Prior to December 1, 2046 (the date six months prior to the Maturity Date), T+ 30 basis points |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Call at Par: |
|
On or after December 15, 2022 (the date one month prior to the Maturity Date) |
|
On or after March 1, 2027 (the date three months prior to the Maturity Date) |
|
On or after December 1, 2046 (the date six months prior to the Maturity Date) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CUSIP: |
|
136385 AW1 |
|
136385 AX9 |
|
136385 AY7 |
|
ISIN: |
|
US136385AW17 |
|
US136385AX99 |
|
US136385AY72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Special Mandatory Redemption: |
|
In the event of a special mandatory redemption, the special mandatory redemption price will be equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
|
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC Incorporated MUFG Securities Americas Inc. | ||||
|
|
|
| ||||
|
Co-Managers: |
|
RBC Capital Markets, LLC | ||||
Changes to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
On May 23, 2017, CNRL priced a Canadian offering of Cdn$1.8 billion of debt securities consisting of Cdn$900.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.05% Medium Term Notes due June 1, 2020, Cdn$600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.42% Medium Term Notes due December 1, 2026 and Cdn$300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.85% Medium Term Notes due May 30, 2047 (collectively, the “Canadian Notes”). The Canadian Notes comprise a portion of the expected additional debt described under the heading “Recent Developments—Financing the Acquisitions,” “Use of Proceeds” and elsewhere in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. CNRL intends to fund the Acquisitions with the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2023 Notes, the 2027 Notes and the 2047 Notes, the net proceeds from the issuance of the Canadian Notes, borrowings under the Term Loan Facility and the issuance of the Consideration Shares. The Canadian Notes are being offered only by means of a prospectus in each of the provinces of Canada. The offering of the Canadian Notes is not being made in the United States. Conforming changes are made throughout the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to reflect the issuance of the Canadian Notes.
This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by us.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC website at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC collect at 0-000-000-0000, Barclays Capital Inc. toll-free at 0-000-000-0000, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at 1-800-831-9146, Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated toll-free at 1-800-294-1322, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. toll-free at 0-000-000-0000 or TD Securities (USA) LLC toll-free at 0-000-000-0000.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
ANNEX D
Company Additional Written Communication
Electronic (Net Roadshow) road show of the Company made available on May 22, 2017
