SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated
as of November 14, 2010, by and between Dejour Enterprises Ltd., a corporation
incorporated under the laws of British Columbia (the “Company”), (the
“U.S.
Purchaser”) and (the “Offshore Purchaser”,
together with the U.S. Purchaser, the “Purchasers” and
separately, each a “Purchaser”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company
desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and
not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as
more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Acquiring Person”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3.
“Action” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(k).
“Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are
used in and construed under Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act.
“Agreement” means this
Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Base Prospectus”
means the final base shelf prospectus filed for the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 424(b) with such additions thereto and deletions therefrom as
permitted by Rule 424(b), including all documents incorporated therein by
reference.
“Board of Directors”
means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means
any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York or the Province of British Columbia are authorized or required
by law or other governmental action to close.
“Canadian Base
Prospectus” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.4.
“Canadian Prospectus”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4.
“Canadian Supplement”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4.
“Canadian Securities
Regulators” means the securities regulatory authorities in each of the
Reporting Provinces.
“Closing” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.5.
“Closing Date” means
November 18, 2010, or such other date as shall be agreed upon by the Company and
the Purchasers after which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed
and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
(i) each Purchaser’s obligation to pay its respective Subscription Amount and
(ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Common Shares and Warrants
included in the Units have, in each case, been satisfied or waived.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Shares” means
common shares without par value in the capital of the Company and any other
class of securities into which such shares may hereafter be reclassified or
changed.
“Common Share
Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which
would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred shares, rights, options,
warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Shares.
“Company” means Dejour
Enterprises Inc.
“Continuous Disclosure
Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(h).
“Disclosure Schedule”
means the disclosure schedule of the Company delivered concurrently
herewith.
“DWAC” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.5.
“Environmental Laws”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
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“Exempt Issuance”
means the issuance of (a) Common Shares or options to employees, officers or
directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for
such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of
Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose and (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of
or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities issued
and outstanding on the date of this Agreement that are exercisable or
exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase
the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price
or conversion price of such securities.
“GAAP” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(i).
“Hazardous Materials”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Indebtedness” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(cc).
“Intellectual Property
Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(r).
“Liens” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right
or other restriction.
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(b).
“Material Permits”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“OFAC” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(jj).
“Offering” means,
collectively, the Offshore Offering and the U.S. Offering.
“Offshore Offering”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3.
“Offshore Purchaser”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Per Unit Purchase
Price” means Cdn.$0.28, subject to adjustment for any reverse or forward
stock split, stock dividends, share consolidation or other similar transaction
of the Common Shares that occurs after the date of this Agreement and prior to
the Closing.
“Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Placement Agent”
means Dunwoody Asset Management, LLC, in its capacity as placement agent under
the Placement Agent Agreement.
“Placement Agent
Agreement” means the letter agreement dated November 5, 2010 between the
Company and the Placement Agent.
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“Proceeding” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether
commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the
Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus, including all documents
incorporated therein by reference.
“Prospectus
Supplement” means the prospectus supplement to the Prospectus complying
with Rule 424(b) of the U.S. Securities Act, including all documents
incorporated therein by reference, relating to the offer and sale of the
Securities to the U.S. Purchaser to be filed with the Commission and delivered
by the Company to the U.S. Purchaser on the date of the Agreement.
“Purchasers” means the
U.S. Purchaser and the Offshore Purchaser
“Purchaser Party”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6 of this
Agreement.
“Registration
Statement” means the effective Form F-3 shelf registration statement of
the Company (Commission file no. 333-162677), which registers under the U.S.
Securities Act the offer and sale, from time to time, of up to $25,000,000
aggregate principal amount of common shares, warrants, and units of the Company,
at any given time, as amended to such time, including any exhibits and all
documents incorporated therein by reference, and the documents otherwise deemed
to be a part thereof or included therein by the U.S. Securities
Act.
“Reporting Provinces”
means each of Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec,
Canada.
“Required Approvals”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule
144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission under the U.S. Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Securities” means,
collectively, the Common Shares and Warrants comprising the Units and the
Warrant Shares.
“Securities
Regulators” means, collectively, the Commission and the Canadian
Securities Regulators, and Securities Regulator means any one of
them.
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“Short Sales” means
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable Common Shares).
“Subscription Amount”
means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount determined by multiplying the
Per Unit Purchase Price by the number of Units to be issued to such Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement.
“Subsidiary” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
“Third Quarter Financial
Information” means the Company’s unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements as at and for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2010 and the accompanying management’s discussion and analysis for
such period).
“Trading Day” means a
day on which the Company’s principal Trading Market in Canada is open for
trading.
“Trading Market” means
any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares are listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Amex Equities, the
Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select
Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board, the Toronto Stock
Exchange or the TSX Venture Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the certificates representing the
Warrants and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means
Computershare Investor Services Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company,
and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Units” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
“U.S. Exchange Act”
means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“U.S. Offering” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2.
“U.S. Purchaser” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“U.S. Securities Act”
means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Warrants” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
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“Warrant Shares” means
the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants included in the
Units.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Subscription. On the
Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each
Purchaser agrees to subscribe for, and the Company agrees to sell to each
Purchaser, separately and not jointly, 3,571,429 units of the Company (each, a
“Unit”) at a
per Unit subscription price equal to the Per Unit Purchase Price for an
aggregate issuance by the Company of 7,142,858 Units and aggregate gross
proceeds to the Company of Cdn.$2,000,000.24. Each Unit will be
comprised of one Common Share and 0.65 of a Common Share purchase warrant (each
whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each
Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Warrant Share for a
period of five years following the Closing Date at an exercise price of
Cdn$0.40 per Warrant Share and the Warrants will be represented
by certificates in the form of Exhibit A
hereto. No fractional Warrants shall be issued and any fraction of a
Warrant issuable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole
Warrant. For the avoidance of doubt, the Common Shares and the
Warrants issued as a Unit may be immediately separated and may be
resold separately.
2.2 U.S. Purchase and
Sale. The offer and sale of the Units by the Company to the
U.S. Purchaser (the “U.S. Offering”) shall
be completed pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Appendix A
hereto.
2.3 Offshore Purchase and
Sale. The offer and sale of the Units by the Company to the
Offshore Purchaser (the “Offshore Offering”)
shall be completed pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Appendix B
hereto.
2.4 Canadian Securities Law
Matters. The offer and sale of the Units by the Company
is being made pursuant to a short form base shelf prospectus (the “Canadian Base
Prospectus”) dated June 8, 2010 that has been delivered to the Purchasers
on or prior to the date hereof and filed with the Canadian Securities
Regulators, together with a prospectus supplement (the “Canadian Supplement”)
to the Canadian Base Prospectus containing certain supplemental information
regarding the Units and the terms of the Offering that will be delivered to each
Purchaser at least two business days prior to the Closing and which will be
filed with the Canadian Securities Regulators in accordance with applicable
securities laws (the Canadian Base Prospectus together with the Canadian
Supplement, the “Canadian
Prospectus”).
2.5 Payment and
Closing. The completion of the purchase and sale of Units
pursuant to this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take
place at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP (or such other place
specified by the Company and the Purchasers) at a time on the Closing Date to be
specified by the Company and the Purchasers.
On the Closing Date, (i) each Purchaser
shall pay the applicable Subscription Amount by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account specified in writing by the Company and (ii)
contemporaneously with receipt of payment of the Subscription Amount, the
Company shall cause the Common Shares and Warrants comprising the Units to be
delivered to the Purchaser.
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Delivery of the Common Shares to each
Purchaser will be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company’s
Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (“DWAC”) system and
registered in the name of each such Purchaser or its nominee as each such
Purchaser shall direct. The delivery of the Warrants will be made by the
issuance and delivery of definitive certificates registered in the name of each
such Purchaser or its nominee as each such Purchaser shall direct.
2.6 Closing
Conditions.
(a) Conditions to the
Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company hereunder in
respect of each Purchaser shall be subject to satisfaction or waiver of the
following conditions:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by each Purchaser shall have been delivered to the
Company;
(ii) receipt
of payment in full of the Subscription Amount by each Purchaser;
(iii) the
accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties of each
Purchaser contained herein, and in the case of the Offshore Purchaser those
representations and warranties set forth in Appendix B to this
Agreement, as of the Closing Date (unless such representations and warranties
were made as of a specific date); and
(iv) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of such Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed.
(b) Conditions to the
Obligations of the Purchasers. The respective obligations of each
Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing shall be subject to
satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company shall have been delivered to each
Purchaser;
(ii) legal
opinions of the Company’s U.S. counsel and Canadian counsel, in each case dated
the Closing Date and in substantially the form that is customary for a
transaction of this nature and reasonably acceptable to each Purchaser, shall
have been delivered to each Purchaser;
(iii) a
copy of the Company’s treasury order, reservation order and instructions to the
Transfer Agent, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, instructing the
Transfer Agent to (a) deliver that number of Common Shares to be issued to each
Purchaser: (i) directing delivery via the DWAC system registered in the name of
each such Purchaser or its nominee as each such Purchaser shall direct and (b)
reserve 130% of the maximum number of Warrant Shares as are issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants issued to the Purchasers, shall have been executed by
the Company, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and delivered to each
Purchaser
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(iv) a
copy of the warrant certificate representing that number of Warrants to be
issued to each Purchaser registered in the name of each such Purchaser or as
each such Purchaser shall direct shall have been delivered to such Purchaser
(with the original warrant certificate representing such Warrants to be
delivered to such Purchaser within three Trading Days of the Closing
Date);
(v) in
the case of the U.S. Purchaser, the Prospectus shall have been delivered to the
U.S. Purchaser (which Prospectus may be delivered to the U.S. Purchaser in
accordance with Rule 172 under the U.S. Securities Act);
(vi) in
the case of the Offshore Purchaser, the Prospectus shall have been delivered to
the Offshore Purchaser, for informational purposes only;
(vii) the
Canadian Prospectus shall have been delivered to each of the U.S. Purchaser and
Offshore Purchaser;
(viii) the
accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein, and (i) in the case of the U.S. Purchaser those
representations and warranties set forth in Appendix A to this
Agreement, and (ii) in the case of the Offshore Purchaser those representations
and warranties set forth in Appendix B to this
Agreement, in each case on the Closing Date (unless such representations and
warranties were delivered as of a specific date); and
(ix) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed by the
Company.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of the Company. Except as set forth in the
Continuous Disclosure Reports, the Third Quarter Financial Information or in the
Disclosure Schedule, which Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed a part hereof and
shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the
disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedule,
the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each
Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries. All
of the Subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Section 3.1(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of
the common shares, capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary
free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding common shares
or shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for
or purchase securities.
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(b) Organization and
Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an
entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted, as
described in the Continuous Disclosure Reports, except to the extent that the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in
good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the
nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or
default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. As used in this Agreement, "Material Adverse
Effect" means any material adverse effect on the business, properties,
assets, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole,
or on the transactions contemplated hereby or on the other Transaction Documents
or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith
or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement;
Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each
of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by
the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s shareholders in connection
therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals or the issuance
and sale of the Securities. Each Transaction Document to which it is
a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company
and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will
constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other
equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
to which it is a party do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of
incorporation, articles, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or
(ii) breach or result in a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien
upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
(with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound or subject, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, result in a
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or
other restriction of any Trading Market, court or governmental authority to
which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including applicable United States
federal and state securities laws and regulations, Canadian Securities Laws and
the regulations of any Trading Market), or to which any property or asset of the
Company or a Subsidiary is bound or subject; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and
Approvals. Except as have already been obtained, taken or
made, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization
or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any
court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other
Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to
Section 4.2 of this Agreement, (ii) in the case of the U.S. Offering, the filing
with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii) such applications as are
required to be made to, and such approvals as are required to be obtained from,
the NYSE Amex Equities and the Toronto Stock Exchange in order for the Common
Shares included in the Units and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants to be listed thereon and (iv) such filings as are required to be
made under applicable state securities laws and Canadian Securities Laws
(collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the
Securities. The Common Shares and Warrants comprising the Units have been
duly authorized and, in the case of the Common Shares, when issued and paid for
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Company, free and
clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Warrants will be duly
and validly issued, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms
of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares in
the capital of the Company, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized shares the
maximum number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement (including
the Warrant Shares). The form of certificate representing the Common Shares
included in the Units and the Warrant Shares has been duly approved by the Board
of Directors and complies with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act
(British Columbia) and
the requirements of NYSE Amex Equities and the Toronto Stock
Exchange.
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(g) Capitalization. The
share capital of the Company is as set forth in Section 3.1(g) of the Disclosure
Schedule. All of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company are
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Except as disclosed in
Section 3.1(g), the Company has not issued any Common Shares or equity
securities not disclosed in the Continuous Disclosure Reports, other than
pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock
option plan, the issuance of Common Shares to employees pursuant to the
Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion and/or
exercise of Common Share Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report in the Continuous Disclosure
Reports. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right,
right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as disclosed in the
Continuous Disclosure Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for
or acquire, any Common Shares, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to
issue additional Common Shares or Common Share Equivalents, other than the
Common Shares and Warrants to be issued hereunder. Except for the
issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance and
sale of the Units will not obligate the Company to issue any Common Shares or
other securities to any Person and will not result in a right of any holder of
any securities of the Company to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or
reset price of or under any of such securities. There are no shareholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Common Shares to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the
Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.
(h) Continuous
Disclosure. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(h) of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by the Company
under the U.S. Securities Act and the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, and under Canadian Securities Laws for the two
years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was
required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials,
including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
being collectively referred to herein as the “Continuous Disclosure
Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such
time of filing and has filed any such Continuous Disclosure Reports prior to the
expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the
Continuous Disclosure Reports complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Act and Canadian
Securities Laws, as applicable, and none of the Continuous Disclosure Reports,
when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
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(i)
Financial Statements.
The financial statements of the Company included in the Continuous Disclosure
Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements
and the rules and regulations of the Commission and the Canadian Securities
Regulators with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may
be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes
required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial,
year-end audit adjustments.
(j)
Material Changes;
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Except as set
forth in Section 3.1(j) of the Disclosure Schedule, since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included within the Continuous Disclosure Reports,
except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent Continuous Disclosure Report
filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or
development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
(B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial
statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission or
the Canadian Securities Regulators, (iii) the Company has not altered its method
of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders or purchased,
redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option
plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission or any
Canadian Securities Regulator any request for confidential treatment of
information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this
Agreement or as set forth on Section 3.1(j) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or
exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company
or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, prospects, properties,
operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed
by the Company under the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Act or the
Canadian Securities Laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made
that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date
that this representation is made.
(k) Litigation. Except
as disclosed in Section 3.1(k) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no action,
suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court,
arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”), whether in
the United States, Canada or elsewhere, which (i) adversely affects or
challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction
Documents or the Securities or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable
decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of
violation of or liability under U.S. or Canadian federal, state or provincial
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not
been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated,
any investigation by any Securities Regulator involving the Company or any
current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission
has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the U.S.
Exchange Act or the U.S. Securities Act.
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(l)
Labor
Relations. Except as disclosed in the Continuous Disclosure
Reports, no material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that
relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their
relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the
Company, no executive officer of the Company is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality,
disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or
any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any
third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does
not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect
to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are
in compliance with all applicable U.S. and Canadian federal, state, provincial,
local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where
the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Compliance. Except
as disclosed in the Continuous Disclosure Reports, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has
occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under
or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of
its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been
waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including
without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to
their businesses or otherwise relating to taxes, environmental protection,
occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and
labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) Environmental Laws.
Except to the extent that any violation or other matter referred to in this
Section 3.1(n) could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect:
(i)
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is not in
violation of any Environmental Laws;
(ii) the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has operated its business at all times and
has received, handled, used, stored, treated, shipped and disposed of all
contaminants without violation of Environmental Laws;
(iii) there
have been no spills, releases, deposits or discharges of hazardous or toxic
substances, contaminants or wastes into the earth, air or into any body of water
or any municipal or other sewer or drain water systems by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries that have not been remedied;
(iv) no
orders, directions or notices have been issued and remain outstanding pursuant
to any Environmental Laws relating to the business or assets of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; and
(v) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to report to the proper
federal, state, provincial, municipal or other political subdivision,
government, department, commission, bureau, board, agency or instrumentality,
whether domestic or foreign, the occurrence of any event which is required to be
so reported by any Environmental Law.
The term
"Environmental
Laws" means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to
pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without
limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic
or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, "Hazardous
Materials") into the environment, or
otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all
authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions,
judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or
regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder
(o) Regulatory
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses as described in the Continuous Disclosure Reports, except
where the failure to possess such permits would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”),
and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material
Permit.
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(p) Operational Matters.
Any and all operations of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and, to the
knowledge of the Company, any and all operations by third parties on or in
respect of their respective assets and properties, have been conducted
substantially in accordance with good oil and gas industry practices and
material compliance with applicable, laws, rules, regulations, orders and
directions of governmental and other competent authorities with respect to oil
and gas exploration.
(q) Title to
Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them, in each case that is
material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free
and clear of all Liens, except for Liens (i) as do not materially affect the
value of such property, (ii) do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, (iii)
Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is
neither delinquent nor subject to penalties, and (iv) Liens and defects in title
that would not have, or reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse
Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the
Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance, except where such non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(r) Intellectual Property
Rights. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights
to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and
other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or material for
use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the
Continuous Disclosure Reports and which the failure to so have could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual
Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to
expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two years from the date of this
Agreement. Except as disclosed in the Continuous Disclosure Reports,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice of a claim
or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or
infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the
Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no
existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property
Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable
security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of
their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(s) Insurance. The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured 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 the Company and the Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any 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.
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(t)
Transactions With Affiliates
and Employees. Except as set forth in the Continuous
Disclosure Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the
knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a
party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or
by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary
or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable
expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits,
including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
(u) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx; Internal
Accounting Controls; Disclosure Controls. The Company is in
compliance with all applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
that are effective as of the date hereof, and all applicable rules and
regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the
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 GAAP 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. The Company has established disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in U.S. Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and
under Canadian Securities Law) for the Company and designed such disclosure
controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by
the Company in the reports it files or submits under the U.S. Exchange Act or
Canadian Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms or under Canadian
Securities Laws, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed
in to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports that it files or submits under the U.S. Exchange Act is accumulated and
communicated to the Company's management, including its principal executive
officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. During the twelve months prior to the date hereof,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or
correspondence from any accountant relating to any material weakness in any part
of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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(v) Certain
Fees. Except as set forth in the Placement Agent Agreement, no
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have
no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or
on behalf of the Placement Agent or other Persons for fees of a type
contemplated in this Section 3.1(v) that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(w) Investment Company.
The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities,
will not be registered or required to be registered as an “investment company”
pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(x) Registration
Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect
the registration under the U.S. Securities Act or Canadian Securities Laws of
any securities of the Company.
(y) Listing and Maintenance
Requirements. The Common Shares are registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the U.S. Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no
action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of,
terminating the registration of the Common Shares under the U.S. Exchange Act
nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is
contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in
the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market
on which the Common Shares are or have been listed or quoted to the effect that
the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of
any such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it
will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements. The Company is a “reporting issuer” in
each of the Reporting Provinces and is not included on any list of reporting
issuers in default that may be maintained by Canadian Securities
Regulators.
(z) Application of Takeover
Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken
all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement or shareholder rights plan) or other similar anti-takeover
provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter
documents) or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation that is or could
become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the
Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the
Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s
issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the
Securities.
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(aa) Disclosure. Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Third Quarter Financial
Information, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on
its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with
any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material,
non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed in the
Prospectus. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions
in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or
on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedule and
the Third Quarter Financial Information, is true and correct and does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(bb) No Integrated
Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, and the representations and warranties of
the Offshore Purchaser set forth in Appendix B hereto,
neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or
their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that
would (i) require registration of any of the Units to be issued to the Offshore
Purchaser under the U.S. Securities Act, whether through integration with prior
offerings or otherwise, or (ii) cause this offering of the Securities to be
integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable
shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the
securities of the Company are listed or designated. None of the
Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their
behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that
would require registration of any of the Securities to be issued to the Offshore
Purchaser under the U.S. Securities Act or cause the offering of the Securities
to be integrated with other offerings for purposes of any such applicable
stockholder approval provisions. Assuming the accuracy of the
Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, and the
representations and warranties of the Offshore Purchaser set forth in Appendix B hereto,
the offering and sale of the Securities to the Offshore Purchaser and the
offering and sale of the Securities to the U.S. Purchaser will not be integrated
with each other.
(cc) Solvency. Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date,
after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale
of the Units hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets
exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent
liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute
unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and
projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the
current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would
receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all
anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in
respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be
paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability
to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of
cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). Except as disclosed
in the Continuous Disclosure Reports, the Company has no knowledge of any facts
or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization
or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction
within one year from the Closing Date and after giving effect to the receipt by
the Company of the proceeds of the sale of the Units. Section 3.1(cc)
of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding
secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for
which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purpose of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness” means
(x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000
(other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of
indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in
the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of
any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
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(dd) Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary (i) has made or filed all U.S. and
Canadian federal, state and provincial income and all foreign income and
franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to
which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments
and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such
returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent
to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations
apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be
due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company
or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(ee) Foreign Corrupt
Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries,
nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has (i) directly or indirectly, used
any Company funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made
any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or
to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds,
(iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by
any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in
violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(ff) Accountants. The
Company’s accounting firm is set forth in its Continuous Disclosure
Reports. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting
firm is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and
Canadian Securities Laws. There are no material disagreements of any
kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise,
between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently
employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed
to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to
perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction
Documents
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(gg) Acknowledgment Regarding
Purchasers’ Purchase of Units. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that each Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length
purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no
Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in
any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any
of its respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to such
Purchaser’s purchase of the Units. The Company further represents to
each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation
of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its
representatives.
(hh) Acknowledgement Regarding
Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or
elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and
4.10 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of
the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser
agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of
the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the
Company or to hold any of the Securities for any specified term; (ii) past or
future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically
including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before
or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may
negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities;
(iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which
any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a
“short” position in the Common Shares, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be
deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length
counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in
hedging activities at various times during the period that any of the Securities
are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the
value of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are being
determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of
the existing shareholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time
that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges
that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of
the Transaction Documents.
(ii) Regulation M
Compliance. The Company has not and no one acting on its behalf
has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold,
bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any
of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation
for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other
than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement
Agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
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(jj) U.S. Real Property Holding
Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon any
Purchaser’s request.
(kk) Bank Holding Company
Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the
“BHCA”) and to
regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal
Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more
of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five
percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is
subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is
subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(ll) Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping
and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting
Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable
rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened.
(mm) Off Balance Sheet
Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other
relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance
sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its Continuous
Disclosure Reports and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(nn) U.S. Offering
Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Company relating to the U.S. Offering, as set forth in Appendix A hereto,
are incorporated herein by reference, as if set forth fully herein, solely for
the benefit of the U.S. Purchaser, and the Offshore Purchaser acknowledges that
it may not rely on such representations and warranties of the Company in
relation to its purchase of the Units.
(oo) Offshore Offering
Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Company relating to the Offshore Offering, as set forth in
Appendix B
hereto, are incorporated herein by reference, as if set forth fully herein,
solely for the benefit of the Offshore Purchaser, and the U.S. Purchaser
acknowledges that it may not rely on such representations and warranties of the
Company in relation to its purchase of the Units
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(pp) Stock Exchange
Approvals. The Company has received conditional listing
approval (subject only to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby) from the Toronto Stock Exchange for the issuance of the Securities and
will have received by the Closing Date approval from the NYSE Amex Equities
regarding the issuance of the Common Shares and Warrant Shares.
(qq) No
Scheme. The current structure of this transaction and all
transactions and activities contemplated hereunder is not a scheme to avoid the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act.
(rr) Filing of Third Quarter
Financial Information. The Company shall file the Third
Quarter Financial Information with the Canadian Securities Regulators and the
Commission no later than 9:00 a.m. (New York Time) on November 15,
2010.
3.2 Representations, Warranties
and Acknowledgements of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for
itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents, warrants and acknowledges
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows
(unless as of a specific date therein):
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by such
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or
similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser and, when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as
limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
(b) Understandings or
Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Units as principal for its
own account and has no intention, or direct or indirect arrangement or
understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the
distribution of the Common Shares and Warrants, included in the Units or the
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (it being understood that
this representation and warranty shall not limit such Purchaser’s right to sell
any of the Securities in compliance with applicable United States federal and
state securities laws, Canadian Securities Laws and any applicable local
securities laws or regulations). Such Purchaser is acquiring the
Units hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
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(c) Purchaser
Status. Such Purchaser is, and on each date on which it
exercises any Warrants will be, either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(7) under the U.S. Securities Act or
(ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S.
Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the U.S. Exchange Act. Such Purchaser is not a
resident of Canada.
(d) Experience of Such
Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its
representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business
and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits
and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is
able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e) Canadian Securities
Laws. Each Purchaser represents that it has had access to the
Canadian Base Prospectus (including all documents incorporated therein by
reference), prior to or in connection with its receipt of this Agreement and, in
making its decision to purchase the Units, is relying only on (i) the
information contained in the Canadian Prospectus, and (ii) the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Company set out in the Transaction
Documents.
(f) Certain Transactions and
Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions
contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on
behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or
indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the
securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such
Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) as of the Company or any
other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the
execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a
Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio
managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the
portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the
representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of
assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to
purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to
other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein
shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with
respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available
shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the
future.
(g) Receipt of Certain
Information. The Purchasers acknowledges receipt of the Base
Prospectus and each Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to
review the disclosure related to the Company contained documents received and in
the documents incorporated by reference therein. Each Purchaser
acknowledges receipt of Appendix C hereto
disclosing certain Canadian and United States federal tax consequences to
purchasing, owning and disposing of the Securities.
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(h) Offshore Purchaser
Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Offshore Purchaser relating to the Offshore Offering, as set
forth in Appendix B hereto, are incorporated herein by reference, as if set
forth fully herein.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in Section
3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the
Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or
any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with
this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated
hereby.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Warrant
Shares. If all or any portion of a Warrant issued to the U.S.
Purchaser is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration
statement under the U.S. Securities Act to cover the issuance of the Warrant
Shares, or if, at a time when no registration statement covering the exercise of
the Warrants is effective under the U.S. Securities Act, the Warrant is
exercised via cashless exercise, the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such
exercise shall be issued free of all legends. If at any time
following the date hereof the Registration Statement (or any subsequent
registration statement registering the sale of the Warrant Shares) is not
effective or is not otherwise available for the sale of the Warrant Shares, the
Company shall immediately notify the holders of the Warrants issued to the U.S.
Purchaser in writing that such registration statement is not then effective and
thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when such registration statement
is effective again and available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares
(it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not limit the ability
of the Company to issue, or any Purchaser to sell, any of the Warrant Shares in
compliance with applicable United States federal and state securities laws and
Canadian Securities Laws). The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to keep a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) registering the issuance of the Warrant Shares issued to the U.S.
Purchaser effective during the term of the Warrants. Warrants issued
to the Offshore Purchaser shall be governed by the terms and conditions in the
form of Warrants attached in Schedule A hereto and as generally described in
Appendix B
hereto.
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4.2 Securities Laws Disclosure;
Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City
time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press
release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby,
and furnish a Report on Form 6-K disclosing the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and including the Transaction Documents as
exhibits thereto within the time required by the U.S. Exchange
Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company
shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to
any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company
and the Purchasers shall consult with each other in issuing any other press
releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the
Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make
any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect
to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of the
Purchasers, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is
required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the
other party with prior notice of such public statement or
communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any
Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading
Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as
required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final
Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission
(b) to Canadian Securities Regulators in accordance with Canadian Securities
Laws, (c) the Canadian Revenue Agency, (d) to the extent such disclosure is
otherwise required by law or Trading Market regulations and (e) to the Transfer
Agent. In the event that disclosure of a Purchaser’s name is required
hereunder, the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such
disclosure.
4.3 Shareholder Rights
Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or,
with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an
“Acquiring
Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison
pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement or shareholder rights
plan) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter
adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the
provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities
under the Transaction Documents.
4.4 Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the
information contained in the Third Quarter Financial Information, the Company
covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf,
will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that
the Company believes constitutes material non-public information. The
Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the
foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
4.5 Use of
Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the
Units hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds
for: (a) the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than
payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and
prior practices), (b) the redemption of any Common Shares or Common Share
Equivalents, (c) the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in
violation of the FCPA regulations.
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4.6 Indemnification of
Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section
4.7, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors,
officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other
Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who
controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a
lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a
“Purchaser
Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations,
claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments,
amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur (but
excluding loss of profits) as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any
of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company
in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action
instituted against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their
respective Affiliates, by any shareholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate
of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such
Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any
such shareholder or any violations by such Purchaser of state or federal
securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross
negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall
be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify
the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser
Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically
authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a
reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii)
in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material
conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the
position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible
for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate
counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under
this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the
Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage
or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser
Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The
indemnification required by this Section 4.6 shall be made by periodic payments
of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and
when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained
herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any
Purchaser Party against the Company or others, and (y) any liabilities the
Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
4.7 Reservation of Common
Shares. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company
shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive
rights, a sufficient number of Common Shares for the purpose of enabling the
Company to issue the Common Shares included in the Units issued pursuant to this
Agreement and 130% of the maximum number of the Warrant Shares issuable upon any
exercise of the Warrants.
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4.8 Listing of Common
Shares. The Company hereby agrees to use reasonable best efforts to
maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Shares on each of the Trading
Markets on which they are currently listed, and prior to or concurrently with
the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Common Shares
included in the Units and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
on each such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Common
Shares included in the Units and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants on such Trading Markets. The Company further agrees that, if the
Company applies to have the Common Shares listed or quoted on any other Trading
Market, it will include in such application all of the Common Shares included in
the Units and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and will
take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Common Shares
included in the Units and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. If
the Common Shares are accepted for trading on such other Trading Market, the
Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing
and trading of its Common Shares on such Trading Market and will comply in all
respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the
bylaws or rules of such Trading Market.
4.9 Subsequent Equity
Sales.
(a) From
the date hereof until 90 days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the
issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Share or Common Share
Equivalents in which the consideration per Common Share is, or is deemed to be
(as contemplated below), less thatn Cdn.$0.30 (as adjusted for stock splits,
stock dividends, recapitalization or similar events); provided, that the
consideration per Common Shares in connection with any Common Share Equivalents
will be deemed to be the lowest price per share for which one Common Share is
issuable upon the exercise, conversion, or exchange of such Common Share
Equivalent.
(b) From
the date hereof until the date that is 24 months from the Closing Date, the
Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to
effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Shares
or Common Share Equivalents involving a Variable Rate
Transaction. “Variable Rate
Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells
any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or
exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional Common Shares either
(A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that
is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the
Common Shares at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity
securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject
to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or
equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events
directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for
the Common Shares (but not including any routine anti-dilution protections in
any warrant or convertible security) or (ii) enters into any agreement,
including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may
sell securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser shall be
entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such
issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect
damages. This provision is for the benefit of the Purchasers and may
be waived by the Purchasers by their express written consent.
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(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Section 4.09(a) shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance
and no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt Issuance.
4.10 Equal Treatment of
Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of
any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction
Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to
the applicable Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes,
this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the
Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the
Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed
as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase,
disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.11 Certain Transactions and
Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other
Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or
pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period
commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.2. Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that
until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.2, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence
and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure
Schedule. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges
and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant
hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of
the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described
in Section 4.2, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from
effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with
applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the
initial press release as described in Section 4.2 and (iii) no Purchaser shall
have any duty of confidentiality to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the
issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.2.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no
direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers
managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above
shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio
manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by
this Agreement.
4.12 Placement Agent’s
Fee. The Company and the Purchasers acknowledge that pursuant
to the Placement Agent Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay to the Placement
Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement a
Placement Agent fee consisting of a cash commission of 6% of the gross aggregate
Subscription Amount paid to the Company by the Purchasers.
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ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Currency. All
references to dollars ($ or US$) in this Agreement or any other Transaction
Documents are references to the lawful currency of the United
States. All references to Canadian dollars (Cdn.$) in this Agreement
or any other Transaction Documents are references to the lawful currency of
Canada.
5.2 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the Company,
if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day
after the date hereof; provided, however, that no such
termination will affect the right of any party to xxx for any breach by the
other party (or parties).
5.3 Fees and
Expenses. The Company shall reimburse the Offshore Purchaser
or its designee(s) for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including all
reasonable legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith, documentation
and implementation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
and due diligence in connection therewith) in an amount not to exceed $25,000,
which amount may be withheld by the Offshore Purchaser from its portion of the
Subscription Amount at the Closing. Otherwise, except as expressly
set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the
fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if
any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes
and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any
Securities to the Purchasers.
5.4 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
5.5 Notices. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second
(2nd)
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto.
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5.6 Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived,
modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the
case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers, or, in the case of a
waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is
sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing
waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the
exercise of any such right.
5.7 Headings. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
5.8 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other
than by merger). Any Purchaser may, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to
whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such
transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred
Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchasers.”
5.9 No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.7.
5.10 Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City
of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder
or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the
Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject
to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is
improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party
hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process
being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof
via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or
proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in
addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.6, the prevailing
party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for
its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
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5.11 Survival. The
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and
the delivery of the Securities.
5.12 Execution. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or
on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.13 Severability. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same
or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.14 Replacement of
Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or
cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a
new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The
applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall
also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity)
associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies. In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction
Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and
not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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5.16 Payment Set
Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the
proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered
from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored
to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common
law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17 Independent Nature of
Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any
way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or
in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser
has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and
negotiation of the Transaction Documents.
5.18 Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial
liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a
continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid
partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the
fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated
damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been
canceled.
5.19 Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for
the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted
herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right
may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
5.20 Construction. The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and
had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto. In addition, each and
every reference to share prices and Common Shares in any Transaction Document
shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock
dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement.
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5.21 Rescission and Withdrawal
Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option
under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein expressly provided in the Transaction
Documents, then, solely during such period when the Company remains in
non-compliance with its related obligations, such Purchaser may rescind or
withdraw, in its sole discretion, by providing written notice of the rescission
or withdrawal to the Company, provided that any relevant notice, demand or
election in whole or in part is made without prejudice to each Purchaser’s
future actions and rights.
5.22 WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL. IN ANY
ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY
OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY,
IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
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EXHIBIT
A
FORMS
OF WARRANT
[FORM
OF WARRANT FOR U.S. PURCHASER]
Warrant
To Purchase Common Shares
Warrant
No.: ________
Number of
Shares of Common Shares:_____________
Date of
Issuance: November [___], 2010 ("Issuance Date")
Dejour
Enterprises Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the Province of British
Columbia (the "Company"), hereby certifies
that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns
(the "Holder"), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at
the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this
Warrant to Purchase Common Shares (including any Warrants to Purchase Common
Shares issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the "Warrant"), at any time or
times on or after the date hereof (the "Initial Exercisability Date"),
but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined
below), 2,321,428 fully paid nonassessable Common Shares, without par value,
subject to adjustment as provided herein (the "Warrant
Shares"). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section
16. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to purchase Common Shares
(the "SPA Warrants")
issued pursuant to Article II of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated as of November 14, 2010 (the "Subscription Date"), by and
among the Company and the investors (the "Buyers") referred to therein
(the "Securities Purchase
Agreement").
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1. EXERCISE OF
WARRANT.
(a) Mechanics of
Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof
(including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this
Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any time or times on or after the
Initial Exercisability Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a
written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), of the
Holder's election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the
Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the "Aggregate Exercise Price") in
cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) by notifying the
Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as
defined in Section 1(d)), if available to the Holder at the time of exercise
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1(d). The Holder shall not be
required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise
hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect
to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as
cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing
the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or
before the first (1st)
Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise
Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of
confirmation of receipt of the Notice to the Holder and the Company's transfer
agent (the "Transfer
Agent"). On or before the third (3rd)
Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise
Notice (the "Share Delivery
Date"), so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or
notice of a Cashless Exercise, if available pursuant to Section 1(d)) on or
prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall either (X) provided that the
Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such
aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to
such exercise to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through
its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is
not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue
and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise
Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company's share register in the name of
the Holder or its designee, for the number of Common Shares to which the Holder
is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be
responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and
expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if
any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Delivery Notice, so long as the
Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise,
if available pursuant to Section 1(d)) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date,
the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder
of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the
Holder's DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such
Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in
connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of
Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater
than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the
Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3)
Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of
Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant,
less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is
exercised. No fractional Common Shares are to be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Common Shares to be issued
shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall
pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and
delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Exercise
Price. For purposes of this Warrant, "Exercise Price"
means Cdn.$0.40, subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
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(c) Company's Failure to Timely
Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any reason
or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of receipt
of the Exercise Delivery Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate
Exercise Price (or notice of Cashless Exercise, if available under Section 1(d))
on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, a certificate for the number of Common
Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Common Shares on the
Company's share register or to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for
such number of Common Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise of this Warrant, then, in addition to all other remedies available to
the Holder, the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after such
third (3rd)
Trading Day that the issuance of such Common Shares is not timely effected an
amount equal to 1.5% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of Common
Shares not issued to the Holder on a timely basis and to which the Holder is
entitled and (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued
such Common Shares to the Holder without violating Section 1(a). In
addition to the foregoing, if within three (3) Trading Days after the Company's
receipt of the facsimile copy of an Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder
delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of Cashless Exercise, if
available pursuant to Section 1(d)) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the
Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder and register
such Common Shares on the Company's share register or credit the Holder's
balance account with DTC for the number of Common Shares to which the Holder is
entitled upon the Holder's exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company's
obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Trading Day
the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Shares
to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common Shares issuable
upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a
"Buy-In"), then the
Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder's request and in
the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to
the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Common Shares so purchased
(the "Buy-In Price"), at
which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue
such Common Shares) or credit such Holder's balance account with DTC shall
terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such Common Shares or credit such
Holder's balance account with DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal
to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number
of Common Shares, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the date of
exercise.
(d) Securities Restrictions and
Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary contained in this Warrant, no Warrant Shares will be
issued pursuant to the exercise of any Warrant if the issuance of such
securities would constitute a violation of the securities laws of any applicable
jurisdiction in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company. The
Company agrees to promptly notify the Holder in writing, but in any event within
2 Trading Days, if a Registration Statement (as defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement) ceases to be effective under the U.S. Securities Act or can
no longer be relied upon for the exercise of the Warrants. The
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to undertake such actions as
are necessary to bring a Registration Statement effective, and will promptly
provide notice with the Holder in writing within 2 Trading Days of a
Registration Statement being effective under the U.S. Securities
Act. If and only if, at the time of exercise of this Warrant, a
Registration Statement is not effective and no commission or other remuneration
has been paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exercise, the
Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part
and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the
Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect
instead to receive upon such exercise the "Net Number" of Common Shares
determined according to the following formula (a "Cashless
Exercise"):
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Net Number = (A x B) - (A x
C)
B
For purposes of the foregoing
formula:
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total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being
exercised.
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Weighted Average Price of the Common Shares (as reported by
Bloomberg) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on
the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise
Notice.
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Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the
time of such exercise.
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(e) Disputes. In
the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the
arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue
to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve
such dispute in accordance with Section 12.
(f) Limitations on
Exercises. The Company shall not effect the exercise of this
Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant, to
the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such Person (together with
such Person's affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the "Maximum Percentage") of the
Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such
exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate
number of Common Shares beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates
shall include the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but
shall exclude Common Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the
remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person
and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by
such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible
notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes
of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"). For
purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding Common
Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as
reflected in (1) the Company's most recent Form 20-F or Form 6-K or other public
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a
more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the
Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Common Shares
outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral
request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm
orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares
shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Company, including the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its
affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares
was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from
time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage
not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such
increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day
after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or
decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of SPA
Warrants. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and
implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of
this Section 1(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be
defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation
herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to
properly give effect to such limitation.
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(g) Insufficient Authorized
Shares. If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding
the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved
Common Shares to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of
this Warrant at least a number of Common Shares equal to 100% (the "Required Reserve Amount") of
the number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be necessary to effect
the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (an "Authorized Share Failure"),
then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the
Company's authorized Common Shares to an amount sufficient to allow the Company
to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then
outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an
Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the
occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of
its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized
Common Shares. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall
provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts
to solicit its shareholders' approval of such increase in authorized Common
Shares and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the shareholders that
they approve such proposal.
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE
AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the
number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as
follows:
(a) Voluntary Adjustment By
Company. Subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock
Exchange, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the
then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) Adjustment upon Subdivision
or Combination of Common Shares. If the Company at any time on
or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding Common
Shares into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of
Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at
any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination,
reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding Common
Shares into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of
Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment
under this Section 2(b) shall become effective at the close of business on the
date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
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(c) Other
Events. Subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange,
if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2
but not expressly provided for by such provisions, then the Company's Board of
Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the
number of Warrant Shares so as to protect the rights of the Holder.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF
ASSETS. In substitution for any adjustments pursuant to
Section 2 above, at the sole election of the Holder, if the Company shall
declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to
acquire its assets) to holders of Common Shares, by way of return of capital or
otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or
other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off,
reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other
similar transaction) (a "Distribution"), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon an exercise of
this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder will be entitled to receive the
amount of any such Distribution that the Holder would have received if the
Holder had held, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
declaration or payment of the Distribution, or, if no such record date is taken,
the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined
for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, the number of Common Shares
that the Holder is entitled to receive upon such exercise (without
taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of
this Warrant).
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase
Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any
Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of
Common Shares (the "Purchase
Rights"), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms
applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the
Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares
acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any
limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on
which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights,
or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of
Common Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase
Rights.
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(b) Fundamental
Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to
a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of
the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction
Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(b) pursuant to
written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders
and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
including agreements to deliver to each holder of the SPA Warrants in exchange
for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written
instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant,
including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for
the Common Shares reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and
exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to
the Common Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Required
Holders. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the
Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and
after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant
referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may
exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the
obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such
Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver
to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this
Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in
lieu of the Common Shares (or other securities, cash, assets or other property)
issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
such shares of the publicly traded common stock or common shares (or its
equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the
Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such
Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other
rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction
pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive securities or
other assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Shares (a "Corporate Event"), the Company
shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have
the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the Corporate Event but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of
Common Shares (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable
upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event, such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including
warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have
been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Corporate Event had this
Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate
Event. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in
a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and
equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this
Warrant.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, at the request of the
Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90th) day
after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, the Company (or the
Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the
Holder, within five (5) Trading Days after such request (or, if later, on the
effective date of the Fundamental Transaction), cash in an amount equal to the
5-day Volume Weighted Price of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant
less the Aggregate Exercise Price for the remaining unexercised portion of this
Warrant as calculated on the date of such Fundamental Transaction.
5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The
Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization,
transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution,
issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to
avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and
will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and
take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the
Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
(i) shall not increase the par value of any Common Shares receivable upon
the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect,
(ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable Common Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall,
so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to
reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Shares,
solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 100% of
the number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be necessary to effect
the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any
limitations on exercise).
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6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A
SHAREHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall
not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share
capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this
Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity
as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company
or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether
any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation,
merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends
or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the
Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due
exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this
Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase
any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a shareholder
of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by
creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company
shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information
given to the shareholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the
giving thereof to the shareholders.
7. REISSUANCE OF
WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of
Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred pursuant to
Section 14, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon,
subject to the provisions of Section 14, the Company will forthwith issue and
deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section
7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase
the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than
the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being
transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being
transferred.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated
Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any
indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and,
in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance
with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant.
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(c) Exchangeable for Multiple
Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender
hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant
or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and
each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such
Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender;
provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional Common Shares shall be
given.
(d) Issuance of New
Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new
Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of
like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of
such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a)
or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added
to the number of Common Shares underlying the other new Warrants issued in
connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the
face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall
have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever
notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided
herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 5.5 of the
Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide
the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this
Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the
reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any
adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and
certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record
(A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Shares, (B)
with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible
Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property
to holders of Common Shares or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect
to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each
case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in
conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.
9. AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of
this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein
prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it,
only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder and subject
to the approval to the Toronto Stock Exchange.
10. GOVERNING
LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by,
the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
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11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS;
CURRENCY. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted
by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person
as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Warrant. Unless otherwise indicated, all
dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in Canadian
dollars. All amounts owing hereunder shall be paid in Canadian
dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be
converted in the Canadian dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the
Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. "Exchange Rate" means, in
relation to any amount of currency to be converted into Canadian dollars
pursuant to this Agreement, the Canadian dollar exchange rate as published in
The Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
12. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the
Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via
facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving
rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the
Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or
calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3)
Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days
submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an
independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by
the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant
Shares to the Company's independent, outside accountant. The Company
shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case
may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and
the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it
receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment
bank's or accountant's determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall
be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.
13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS,
BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this
Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available
under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity
(including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and
nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for
any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this
Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its
obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the
remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company
therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the
holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available
remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of
showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required.
14. TRANSFER. No
transfer of the Warrants will be made on the books and records of the Company
unless this Warrant Certificate, accompanied by a duly executed Transfer Form,
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, are delivered to the
Company. No transfer of the Warrants will be made if in the
reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company such transfer would result in the
violation of any applicable securities laws. Subject to the foregoing
provisions regarding transfers in violation of applicable securities laws, the
Warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the
consent of the Company.
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15. SEVERABILITY. If
any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed
amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable,
and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as
so modified continues to express, without material change, the original
intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited
nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not
substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of
the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s)
with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to
that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
16. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Bloomberg" means Bloomberg
Financial Markets.
(b) "Business Day" means any day
other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City
of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(c) "Closing Bid Price" and "Closing Sale Price" means, for
any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade
price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by
Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours
basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price,
as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price,
respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported
by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities
exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last
trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange
or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by
Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last
trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on
the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if
no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such
security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices,
respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the "pink
sheets" by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be
calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases,
the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such
security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by
the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable
to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be
resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations shall be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or
other similar transaction during the applicable calculation
period.
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(d) "Common Shares" means
(i) the Company's Common Shares, without par value, and (ii) any share
capital into which such Common Shares shall have been changed or any share
capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Shares.
(e) "Convertible Securities" means
any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares.
(f) "Eligible Market" means the
Principal Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NASDAQ Capital Market or The NYSE
Amex.
(g) "Expiration Date" means the
date sixty (60) months after the Initial Exercisability Date or, if such date
falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place
on the Principal Market (a "Holiday"), the next day that
is not a Holiday.
(h) "Fundamental Transaction" means
that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related
transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company
is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or
assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a
purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than
the 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common Shares held
by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with
the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or
(iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination
(including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or
scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires
more than the 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common
Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or
associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock
purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize,
recapitalize or reclassify its Common Shares or (B) any "person" or "group" (as
these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 0000 Xxx)
is or shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by issued and outstanding Common Shares.
(i) "Options" means any rights,
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or Convertible
Securities.
(j) "Parent Entity" of a Person
means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and
whose common stock or common shares or equivalent equity security is quoted or
listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or
Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market
capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction.
(k) "Person" means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any
department or agency thereof.
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(l) "Principal Market" means the
Toronto Stock Exchange.
(m) "Required Holders" means the
holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least seventy-five percent (75%) of
the Common Shares underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
(n) "Successor Entity" means the
Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by,
resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so
elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental
Transaction shall have been entered into.
(o) "Trading Day" means any day on
which the Common Shares is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal
Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Shares, then on the
principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Shares is
then traded; provided that "Trading Day" shall not include any day on which the
Common Shares is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5
hours or any day that the Common Shares is suspended from trading during the
final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market
does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or
market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time).
(p) "Weighted Average Price" means,
for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for
such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01
a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly
announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the
official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg through its "Volume at
Price" function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted
average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m.,
New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is
the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or
such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close
of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average
price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of
the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the
market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by Pink Sheets
LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted
Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of
the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date
shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the
Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the
fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant
to Section 12 with the term "Weighted Average Price" being substituted for the
term "Exercise Price." All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted
for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar
transaction during the applicable calculation period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Shares to be duly executed as
of the Issuance Date set out above.
By:
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EXHIBIT
A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
TO
BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE COMMON SHARES
The undersigned holder hereby exercises
the right to purchase _________________ of the Common Shares ("Warrant Shares") of Dejour
Enterprises, Ltd., a company
incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the
"Company"), evidenced by
the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Shares (the "Warrant"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings
set forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise
Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be
made as:
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a
"Cash
Exercise" with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares;
and/or
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a
"Cashless
Exercise" with respect to _______________ Warrant
Shares.
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Note: Cashless Exercise is only
available in limited circumstances as provided in Section 1(d) of the
Warrant.
2. Payment of Exercise
Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with
respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the
holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of
Cdn.$___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant
Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder __________ Warrant
Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
Date:
_______________ __, ______
Name
of Registered Holder
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Company hereby acknowledges this
Exercise Notice and hereby directs Computershare Investor Services Inc. to issue the above
indicated number of Common Shares in accordance with the Transfer Agent
Instructions dated November [__], 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and
agreed to Computershare Investor Services Inc.
By:
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EXHIBIT
B
TRANSFER
FORM
For value received, the undersigned
hereby sells, transfers and assigns
unto
__________________________________________________________________
(please print name of
transferee)
of
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_________________________________
(please print address of
transferee)
__________________________________________________________
warrants represented
(please
insert number of warrants to be transferred)
by the
within certificate.
DATED
this ____ day of _____________________, 20_____.
NOTICE: THE
SIGNATURE TO THIS TRANSFER MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON
THE FACE OF THE WARRANT CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE
WHATEVER
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Warrants
shall only be transferable in accordance with applicable laws and the resale of
warrants and shares issuable upon exercise of warrants may be subject to
restrictions under such laws.
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[FORM
OF WARRANT FOR OFFSHORE PURCHASER]
THIS
WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT
BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“U.S. SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES. THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE EXERCISED IN THE UNITED STATES OR BY
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON OR PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES
AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES MAY NOT BE DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES UNLESS
THE WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION
OR EXCLUSION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE, AND THE HOLDER
HAS FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY EVIDENCE IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, WHICH EVIDENCE MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING, TO THE EFFECT THAT EXERCISE OF THE
WARRANT AND ISSUANCE OF THE SHARES UNDERLYING THIS WARRANT IS EXEMPT OR EXCLUDED
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT. “UNITED STATES” AND
“U.S. PERSON” ARE USED HEREIN AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT.
Warrant
To Purchase Common Shares
Warrant
No.: ________
Number of
Shares of Common Shares:_____________
Date of
Issuance: November [___], 2010 ("Issuance Date")
Dejour
Enterprises Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the Province of British
Columbia (the "Company"), hereby certifies
that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns
(the "Holder"), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at
the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this
Warrant to Purchase Common Shares (including any Warrants to Purchase Common
Shares issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the "Warrant"), at any time or
times on or after the date hereof (the "Initial Exercisability Date"),
but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined
below), 2,321,428 fully paid nonassessable Common Shares, without par value,
subject to adjustment as provided herein (the "Warrant
Shares"). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section
16. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to purchase Common Shares
(the "SPA Warrants")
issued pursuant to Article II of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated as of November 14, 2010 (the "Subscription Date"), by and
among the Company and the investors (the "Buyers") referred to therein
(the "Securities Purchase
Agreement").
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1. EXERCISE OF
WARRANT.
(a) Mechanics of
Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof
(including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this
Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any time or times on or after the
Initial Exercisability Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a
written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), of the
Holder's election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) payment to the Company
of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the "Aggregate Exercise Price") in
cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds. The Holder
shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an
exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice
with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect
as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing
the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or
before the first (1st)
Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise
Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of
confirmation of receipt of the Notice to the Holder and the Company's transfer
agent (the "Transfer
Agent"). On or before the third (3rd)
Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise
Notice (the "Share Delivery
Date"), so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price on or
prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall either (X) provided that (i)
the holder of the Warrant represents that (1) it did not acquire the
Warrants in the United States or at a time when it was a U.S. Person or acting
for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or a person in the United States,
(2) it is not at the time of exercise in the United States or a U.S. Person, (3)
the Warrants are not being exercised for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person
or a person in the United States, and (4) this Exercise Notice was not executed
or delivered in the United States, or (ii) the Warrant is being exercised by the
Offshore Purchaser as principal for its own account in an “offshore transaction”
within the meaning of Rule 902 of Regulation S and the representations and
warranties of the Offshore Purchaser made in Appendix B to the Securities
Purchase Agreement are true and correct in relation to the exercise of the
Warrants as of the date of exercise thereof and the Offshore Purchaser
represents and warrants to the Company as such by checking box (B) in Section 4
of the Exercise Notice delivered to the Company upon such exercise, and (iii)
the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such
aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to
such exercise to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through
its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Warrant is not being
exercised in accordance with (X)(i) or (ii) above or the Transfer Agent is not
participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and
dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise
Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company's share register in the name of
the Holder or its designee, for the number of Common Shares to which the Holder
is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be
responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and
expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if
any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Delivery Notice, so long as the
Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price on or prior to the Share Delivery
Date, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the
holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has
been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the
Holder's DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such
Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in
connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of
Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater
than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the
Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3)
Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of
Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant,
less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is
exercised. No fractional Common Shares are to be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Common Shares to be issued
shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall
pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and
delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
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(b) Exercise
Price. For purposes of this Warrant, "Exercise Price"
means Cdn.$0.40, subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
(c) Company's Failure to Timely
Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any reason
or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of receipt
of the Exercise Delivery Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate
Exercise Price on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, a certificate for the
number of Common Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Common
Shares on the Company's share register or to credit the Holder's balance account
with DTC for such number of Common Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon
the Holder's exercise of this Warrant, then, in addition to all other remedies
available to the Holder, the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day
after such third (3rd)
Trading Day that the issuance of such Common Shares is not timely effected an
amount equal to 1.5% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of Common
Shares not issued to the Holder on a timely basis and to which the Holder is
entitled and (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued
such Common Shares to the Holder without violating Section 1(a). In
addition to the foregoing, if within three (3) Trading Days after the Company's
receipt of the facsimile copy of an Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder
delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price on or prior to the Share Delivery Date,
the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder and
register such Common Shares on the Company's share register or credit the
Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of Common Shares to which the
Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise hereunder or pursuant to the
Company's obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such
Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
Common Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common
Shares issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from
the Company (a "Buy-In"), then the Company
shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder's request and in the
Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Common Shares so purchased
(the "Buy-In Price"), at
which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue
such Common Shares) or credit such Holder's balance account with DTC shall
terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such Common Shares or credit such
Holder's balance account with DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal
to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number
of Common Shares, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the date of
exercise.
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(d) Securities
Restrictions. The Warrants represented
by this Warrant Certificate and the Common Shares deliverable upon exercise
thereof have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act
or the securities laws of any state of the United States. This Warrant may not
be exercised in the United States or by, or for the account or benefit of, a
U.S. Person and the underlying Common Shares may not be delivered within the
United States unless this Warrant and the underlying Common Shares have been
registered under the U.S. Securities Act and all applicable state securities
laws or an exemption or exclusion from such registration requirements is
available and the Company has received evidence in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, which evidence may include, without limitation, an
opinion of counsel of recognized standing, to the effect that exercise of the
Warrant and issuance of the Warrant Shares is exempt or excluded from
registration under the U.S. Securities Act (it being acknowledged and agreed to
that Xxxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP is a counsel of recognized standing),
provided that if the Warrant is being exercised by the Offshore Purchaser as
principal for its own account in an “offshore transaction” within the meaning of
Rule 902 of Regulation S, where the representations and warranties of the
Offshore Purchaser made in Appendix B to the Securities Purchase Agreement are
true and correct in relation to the exercise of the Warrants as of the date of
exercise thereof and the Offshore Purchaser represents and warrants to the
Company as such by checking box (B) in Section 4 of the Exercise Notice
delivered to the Company upon such exercise, no further evidence for the
exercise of the Warrants or the issuance of the Warrant Shares will be
required. Unless (i) registered under the U.S. Securities Act or (ii)
exercised pursuant to an “offshore transaction” within the meaning of Rule 902
of Regulation S at a time when the Company is a “foreign issuer” as defined in
Rule 902 of Regulation S and where the Company has received reasonably
satisfactory evidence as required for such exercise, as detailed above in this
Section 1(d), the certificates representing the Common Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants shall bear a legend restricting transfer of the Common
Shares under the U.S. Securities Act and all applicable state securities
laws.
(e) Disputes. In
the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the
arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue
to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve
such dispute in accordance with Section 12.
(f) Limitations on
Exercises. The Company shall not effect the exercise of this
Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant, to
the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such Person (together with
such Person's affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the "Maximum Percentage") of the
Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such
exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate
number of Common Shares beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates
shall include the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but
shall exclude Common Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the
remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person
and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by
such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible
notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes
of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"). For
purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding Common
Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as
reflected in (1) the Company's most recent Form 20-F or Form 6-K or other public
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a
more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the
Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Common Shares
outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral
request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm
orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares
shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Company, including the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its
affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares
was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from
time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage
not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such
increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day
after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or
decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of SPA
Warrants. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and
implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of
this Section 1(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be
defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation
herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to
properly give effect to such limitation.
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(g) Insufficient Authorized
Shares. If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding
the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved
Common Shares to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of
this Warrant at least a number of Common Shares equal to 100% (the "Required Reserve Amount") of
the number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be necessary to effect
the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (an "Authorized Share Failure"),
then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the
Company's authorized Common Shares to an amount sufficient to allow the Company
to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then
outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an
Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the
occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of
its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized
Common Shares. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall
provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts
to solicit its shareholders' approval of such increase in authorized Common
Shares and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the shareholders that
they approve such proposal.
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE
AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the
number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as
follows:
(a) Voluntary Adjustment By
Company. Subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock
Exchange, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the
then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(b) Adjustment upon Subdivision
or Combination of Common Shares. If the Company at any time on
or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding Common
Shares into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of
Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at
any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination,
reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding Common
Shares into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of
Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment
under this Section 2(b) shall become effective at the close of business on the
date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(c) Other
Events. Subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange,
if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2
but not expressly provided for by such provisions, then the Company's Board of
Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the
number of Warrant Shares so as to protect the rights of the Holder.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF
ASSETS. In substitution for any adjustments pursuant to
Section 2 above, at the sole election of the Holder, if the Company shall
declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to
acquire its assets) to holders of Common Shares, by way of return of capital or
otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or
other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off,
reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other
similar transaction) (a "Distribution"), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon an exercise of
this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder will be entitled to receive the
amount of any such Distribution that the Holder would have received if the
Holder had held, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
declaration or payment of the Distribution, or, if no such record date is taken,
the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined
for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, the number of Common Shares
that the Holder is entitled to receive upon such exercise (without
taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of
this Warrant).
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase
Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any
Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of
Common Shares (the "Purchase
Rights"), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms
applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the
Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares
acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any
limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on
which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights,
or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of
Common Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase
Rights.
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(b) Fundamental
Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to
a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of
the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction
Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(b) pursuant to
written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders
and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
including agreements to deliver to each holder of the SPA Warrants in exchange
for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written
instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant,
including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for
the Common Shares reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and
exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to
the Common Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Required
Holders. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the
Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and
after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant
referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may
exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the
obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such
Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver
to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this
Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in
lieu of the Common Shares (or other securities, cash, assets or other property)
issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
such shares of the publicly traded common stock or common shares (or its
equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the
Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such
Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other
rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction
pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive securities or
other assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Shares (a "Corporate Event"), the Company
shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have
the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the Corporate Event but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of
Common Shares (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable
upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event, such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including
warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have
been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Corporate Event had this
Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate
Event. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in
a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and
equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this
Warrant.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, at the request of the
Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90th) day
after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, the Company (or the
Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the
Holder, within five (5) Trading Days after such request (or, if later, on the
effective date of the Fundamental Transaction), cash in an amount equal to the
5-day Volume Weighted Price of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant
less the Aggregate Exercise Price for the remaining unexercised portion of this
Warrant as calculated on the date of such Fundamental
Transaction.
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5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The
Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization,
transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution,
issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to
avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and
will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and
take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the
Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
(i) shall not increase the par value of any Common Shares receivable upon
the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect,
(ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable Common Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall,
so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to
reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Shares,
solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 100% of
the number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be necessary to effect
the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any
limitations on exercise).
6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A
SHAREHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall
not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share
capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this
Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity
as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company
or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether
any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation,
merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends
or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the
Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due
exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this
Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase
any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a shareholder
of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by
creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company
shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information
given to the shareholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the
giving thereof to the shareholders.
7. REISSUANCE OF
WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of
Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred pursuant to
Section 14, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon,
subject to the provisions of Section 14, the Company will forthwith issue and
deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section
7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase
the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than
the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being
transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being
transferred.
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(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated
Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any
indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and,
in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance
with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant.
(c) Exchangeable for Multiple
Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender
hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant
or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and
each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such
Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender;
provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional Common Shares shall be
given.
(d) Issuance of New
Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new
Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of
like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of
such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a)
or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added
to the number of Common Shares underlying the other new Warrants issued in
connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the
face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall
have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever
notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided
herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 5.5 of the
Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide
the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this
Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the
reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any
adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and
certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record
(A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Shares, (B)
with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible
Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property
to holders of Common Shares or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect
to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each
case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in
conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.
9. AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of
this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein
prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it,
only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder and subject
to the approval to the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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10. GOVERNING
LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by,
the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS;
CURRENCY. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted
by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person
as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Warrant. Unless otherwise indicated, all
dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in Canadian
dollars. All amounts owing hereunder shall be paid in Canadian
dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be
converted in the Canadian dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the
Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. "Exchange Rate" means, in
relation to any amount of currency to be converted into Canadian dollars
pursuant to this Agreement, the Canadian dollar exchange rate as published in
The Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
12. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the
Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via
facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving
rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the
Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or
calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3)
Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days
submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an
independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by
the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant
Shares to the Company's independent, outside accountant. The Company
shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case
may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and
the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it
receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment
bank's or accountant's determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall
be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.
13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS,
BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this
Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available
under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity
(including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and
nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for
any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this
Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its
obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the
remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company
therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the
holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available
remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of
showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required.
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14. TRANSFER. No
transfer of the Warrants will be made on the books and records of the Company
unless this Warrant Certificate, accompanied by a duly executed Transfer Form,
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, are delivered to the
Company. No transfer of the Warrants will be made if in the
reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company such transfer would result in the
violation of any applicable securities laws. Subject to the foregoing
provisions regarding transfers in violation of applicable securities laws, the
Warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the
consent of the Company
15. SEVERABILITY. If
any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed
amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable,
and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as
so modified continues to express, without material change, the original
intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited
nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not
substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of
the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s)
with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to
that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
16. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Bloomberg" means Bloomberg
Financial Markets.
(b) "Business Day" means any day
other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City
of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(c) "Closing Bid Price" and "Closing Sale Price" means, for
any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade
price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by
Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours
basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price,
as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price,
respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported
by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities
exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last
trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange
or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by
Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last
trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on
the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if
no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such
security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices,
respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the "pink
sheets" by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be
calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases,
the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such
security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by
the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable
to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be
resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations shall be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or
other similar transaction during the applicable calculation
period.
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(d) "Common Shares" means
(i) the Company's Common Shares, without par value, and (ii) any share
capital into which such Common Shares shall have been changed or any share
capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Shares.
(e) "Convertible Securities" means
any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares.
(f) "Eligible Market" means the
Principal Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NASDAQ Capital Market or The NYSE
Amex.
(g) "Expiration Date" means the
date sixty (60) months after the Initial Exercisability Date or, if such date
falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place
on the Principal Market (a "Holiday"), the next day that
is not a Holiday.
(h) "Fundamental Transaction" means
that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related
transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company
is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or
assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a
purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than
the 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common Shares held
by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with
the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or
(iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination
(including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or
scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires
more than the 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common
Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or
associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock
purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize,
recapitalize or reclassify its Common Shares or (B) any "person" or "group" (as
these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 0000 Xxx)
is or shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by issued and outstanding Common Shares.
(i) “Offshore Purchaser” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(j) "Options" means any rights,
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or Convertible
Securities.
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(k) "Parent Entity" of a Person
means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and
whose common stock or common shares or equivalent equity security is quoted or
listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or
Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market
capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction.
(l) "Person" means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any
department or agency thereof.
(m) "Principal Market" means the
Toronto Stock Exchange.
(n) “Regulation S” means Regulation
S under the U.S. Securities Act.
(o) "Required Holders" means the
holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least seventy-five percent (75%) of
the Common Shares underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
(p) "Successor Entity" means the
Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by,
resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so
elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental
Transaction shall have been entered into.
(q) "Trading Day" means any day on
which the Common Shares is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal
Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Shares, then on the
principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Shares is
then traded; provided that "Trading Day" shall not include any day on which the
Common Shares is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5
hours or any day that the Common Shares is suspended from trading during the
final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market
does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or
market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time).
(r) “United States” means the
“United States” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act.
(s) “U.S. Person” means a “U.S.
person” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act.
(t) “U.S. Securities Act” means the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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(u) "Weighted Average Price" means,
for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for
such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01
a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly
announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the
official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg through its "Volume at
Price" function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted
average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m.,
New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is
the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or
such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close
of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average
price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of
the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the
market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by Pink Sheets
LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted
Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of
the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date
shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the
Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the
fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant
to Section 12 with the term "Weighted Average Price" being substituted for the
term "Exercise Price." All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted
for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar
transaction during the applicable calculation period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Shares to be duly executed as
of the Issuance Date set out above.
By:
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EXHIBIT
A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
TO
BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE COMMON SHARES
DEJOUR
ENTERPRISES LTD.
The undersigned holder hereby exercises
the right to purchase _________________ of the Common Shares ("Warrant Shares") of Dejour
Enterprises, Ltd., a company
incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the
"Company"), evidenced by
the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Shares (the "Warrant"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings
set forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise
Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be
made as:
____________
a
"Cash Exercise"
with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares
2. Payment of Exercise
Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with
respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the
holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of
Cdn.$___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant
Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder __________ Warrant
Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
4. Securities Law
Matters.
(Please
check the ONE box
applicable):
¨ A The
undersigned holder (i) did not acquire the Warrant in the United States or at a
time when the undersigned was a U.S. Person or acting for the account or benefit
of a U.S. Person or a person in the United States, (ii) it is not at the time of
the exercise of the Warrant in the United States or a U.S. Person, (iii) the
Warrants are not being exercised for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or
a person in the United States, and (iv) this Exercise Form was not executed or
delivered in the United States.
¨ B. The
undersigned holder is the Offshore Purchaser (as defined in the Warrant) and is
exercising the Warrant as principal for its own account in an “offshore
transaction” within the meaning of Rule 902 of Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) and the
representations and warranties of the Offshore Purchaser made in Appendix B to
the Securities Purchase Agreement are true and correct in relation to the
exercise of the Warrants as though such representations, warranties and
agreements were made on the date hereof and the Offshore Purchaser hereby
represents and warrants to the Company as such.
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¨ C. The
undersigned holder has delivered to the Company evidence in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, which evidence may include, without
limitation, an opinion of counsel of recognized standing (it being acknowledged
and agreed to that Xxxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP is a counsel of recognized
standing), to the effect that an exemption from the registration requirements of
the U.S. Securities Act is available.
"United
States" and “U.S. person” are as defined in Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act.
The
undersigned holder understands that unless Box A or B above is checked, and the
Company is, at the time of exercise, a “foreign issuer” as defined in Rule 902
of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, the certificate representing the
Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrant will, unless the issuance of
such securities has been registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws, bear a legend restricting transfer unless an exemption
from such registration requirements is available.
Date:
_______________ __, ______
Name
of Registered Holder
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Company hereby acknowledges this
Exercise Notice and hereby directs Computershare Investor Services Inc. to issue the above
indicated number of Common Shares in accordance with the Transfer Agent
Instructions dated November [__], 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and
agreed to Computershare Investor Services Inc.
DEJOUR
ENTERPRISES LTD.
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EXHIBIT
B
TRANSFER
FORM
For value received, the undersigned
hereby sells, transfers and assigns
unto
__________________________________________________________________
(please print name of
transferee)
of
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_________________________________
(please print address of
transferee)
__________________________________________________________
warrants represented
(please
insert number of warrants to be transferred)
by the
within certificate.
DATED
this ____ day of _____________________, 20_____.
NOTICE: THE
SIGNATURE TO THIS TRANSFER MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON
THE FACE OF THE WARRANT CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE
WHATEVER
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Warrants
shall only be transferable in accordance with applicable laws and the resale of
warrants and shares issuable upon exercise of warrants may be subject to
restrictions under such laws.
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EXHIBIT
B
TRANSFER
AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
DEJOUR ENTERPRISES LTD.
000 - 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
X. X. X0X 0X0
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(604) 638-5051
November
15, 2010
Computershare
Trust Company
Xxxxx
000
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX
X0X
0X0
TREASURY
ORDER, RESERVATION ORDER AND INSTRUCTIONS
Reference
is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 12,
2010 (the "Agreement"),
by and among Dejour Enterprises Ltd., a company formed under the laws of the
Provence of British Columbia (the "Company"), and the investors
named on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (collectively, the "Holders"), pursuant to which
the Company (x) is issuing to the Holders (i) Common Shares, without par value
(the "Common Shares") of
the Company and (ii) warrants (the "Warrants"), which are
exercisable to purchase Common Shares (“Warrant
Shares”). Pursuant to the Agreement, 2,321,428 Warrants are
being issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement to a registration statement on
Form F-3 (No. 333-162677) (the “Registration Statement”) under
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) to a
purchaser in the United States, (the “U.S. Purchaser”), and will be
in the form attached hereto as Appendix A (“U.S.
Warrants”). 2,321,428 Warrants are being issued pursuant to an
exclusion from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act provided
by Rule 903 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act to a purchaser
offhsore, (the “Offshore
Purchaser”), and will be in the form attached hereto as Appendix B (the
“Offshore
Warrants”).
Common
Shares
You are
hereby irrevocably directed and authorized to register and issue effective as of
November 15, 2010 an aggregate of 7,142,858 fully-paid common shares (the "Shares") of Dejour Enterprises
Ltd. (the "Company") as
set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto in connection with an offering of units
pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated November 15, 2010 to the Form F-3
Registration Statement of the Company that was effective on November 3,
2009.
The
Shares were allotted and authorized for issuance pursuant to directors'
resolutions dated November 11, 2010 in connection with the offering of the
units, each unit consisting of one Share and three-quarters of one common share
purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"), each Warrant
entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share of the
Company.
We hereby
certify that payment for the Shares has been received in full and that the
Shares are fully paid and non-assessable.
Warrants
You are
hereby authorized and directed to reserve up to 6,035,715 common shares in the
capital of the Company (the "Warrant Shares") for issuance
pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants issued to the persons set out on
Schedule "A" attached hereto and to issue such Warrant Shares upon the exercise
thereof.
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DEJOUR ENTERPRISES LTD.
000 - 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
X. X. X0X 0X0
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
We hereby
certify that the 6,035,715 Warrant Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
exercise of the Warrants have been allotted for issuance and, upon proper
exercise thereof and receipt of full payment therefor, shall be issued as fully
paid and non-assessable.
Delivery
of the certificates representing the common shares is to be made through the
facilities of Computershare's Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ("DWAC") system.
Following
the issuance of the Shares subject to this Treasury and Reservation Order, the
balance of the issued shares of the Company will be 107,841,230
shares.
Instructions for Issuance of
Warrant Shares
Warrant Shares underlying
the U.S. Warrants
This
letter shall serve as our authorization and direction to you (provided that you
are the transfer agent of the Company at such time), subject to any stop
transfer instructions that we may issue to you from time to time, if at all, to
issue up to 2,321,428 Common Shares, subject
to adjustment pursuant to the terms and conditions of the U.S. Warrants, upon
exercise of the U.S. Warrants (the "U.S. Warrant Shares") to or
upon the order of a holder of a U.S. Warrant from time to time upon delivery to
you of a properly completed and duly executed Exercise Notice, in the form
attached to the U.S. Warrants, and proof of delivery of the Exercise Notice to
the Company. Cashless exercise of the U.S. Warrants is not permitted,
except in the circumstances provided below, as detailed in Section 1(d) of the
U.S. Warrants.
Provided
however, that if you receive instructions from the Company that the Registration
Statement is no longer effective under the U.S. Securities Act or no longer
available for the exercise of the U.S. Warrants and issuance of the U.S. Warrant
Shares, and the Company has not otherwise notified you that the Registration
Statement (or other registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act
registering the exercise of the U.S. Warrants and issuance of the U.S. Warrant
Shares) is effective and available for exercise of the U.S. Warrant and issuance
of the U.S. Warrant Shares, then the U.S. Warrants may only be exercised on a
cashless basis pursuant to Section 1(d) of the U.S. Warrants. In such
circumstance, you are authorized and directed (provided that you are the
transfer agent of the Company at such time), subject to any stop transfer
instructions that we may issue to you from time to time, if at all, to issue the
U.S. Warrant Shares upon exercise of the U.S. Warrants to or upon the order of a
holder of the U.S. Warrants from time to time upon delivery to you of a properly
completed and duly executed Exercise Notice, in the form attached to the U.S.
Warrants, with such Exercise Notice having been completed for “Cashless
Exercise” under Section 1 of the Exercise Notice. The number of
Warrant Shares to be issued upon such cashless exercise is to be determined by
the formulae contained in Section 1(d) of the U.S. Warrants.
You
acknowledge and agree that so long as you have not previously received
instructions from the Company to the contrary, then, within three (3) business
days after your receipt of an Exercise Notice and (i) in the case of cash
exercise, proof of delivery of the Exercise Notice to the Company or (ii) in the
case of a cashless exercise, such cashless exercise is permitted pursuant to the
above instructions, you shall electronically transfer via DTC or the DWAC
system, or issue the certificates representing the U.S. Warrant Shares, and such
certificates shall not bear any legend restricting transfer of U.S. Warrant
Shares thereby and should not be subject to any stop-transfer
restriction.
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DEJOUR ENTERPRISES LTD.
000 - 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
X. X. X0X 0X0
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Warrant Shares underlying
the Offshore Warrants
This
letter shall serve as our authorization and direction to you (provided that you
are the transfer agent of the Company at such time), subject to any stop
transfer instructions that we may issue to you from time to time, if at all, to
issue up to 2,321,428 Common Shares, subject
to adjustment pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Offshore Warrants,
upon exercise of the Offshore Warrants (the "Offshore Warrant Shares") to
or upon the order of a holder of the Offshore Warrants from time to time upon
delivery to you of a properly completed and duly executed Exercise Notice, in
the form attached to the Offshore Warrants, and proof of delivery of the
Exercise Notice to the Company. Cashless exercise of the Offshore
Warrant is not permitted.
You
acknowledge and agree that so long as you have not previously received
instructions from the Company to the contrary or received notice from the
Company that is has ceased to be a “foreign issuer” as defined in Rule 902 of
Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, then, within three (3) business days
after your receipt of an Exercise Notice in which either: (i) the holder of the
Offshore Warrants represents by checking box (A) in Section 4 of the Exercise
Notice that (1) it did not acquire the Offshore Warrants in the United States or
at a time when it was a U.S. Person or acting for the account or benefit of a
U.S. Person or a person in the United States, (2) it is not at the time of
exercise in the United States or a U.S. Person, (3) the Warrants are not being
exercised for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or a person in the United
States, and (4) this Exercise Notice was not executed or delivered in the United
States, or (ii) the Offshore Warrant is being exercised by the Offshore
Purchaser which has checked box (B) in Section 4 of the Exercise Notice, upon
such exercise and receipt of proof of delivery of the Exercise Notice to the
Company, you shall electronically transfer via DTC or the DWAC system, or issue
the certificates representing the Offshore Warrant Shares, and such certificates
shall not bear any legend restricting transfer of Offshore Warrant Shares
thereby and should not be subject to any stop-transfer restriction.
You
acknowledge and agree that (i) upon receipt of an Exercise Notice in which the
holder of the Offshore Warrants represents by checking box (C) in Section 4 of
the Exercise Notice that the holder has delivered to the Company evidence in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, which evidence may
include, without limitation, an opinion of counsel of recognized standing (it
being acknowledged and agreed to that Xxxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP is a counsel
of recognized standing), to the effect that an exemption from the registration
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act is available, you will confirm with the
Company that it has received evidence in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to it, and within three (3) business days after your receipt of
confirmation from the Company that it has received evidence in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to it, you shall issue the certificates
representing the Offshore Warrant Shares, and such certificates shall bear the
below legend restricting transfer of Offshore Warrant Shares thereby and should
be subject to a stop-transfer restriction.
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DEJOUR ENTERPRISES LTD.
000 - 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
X. X. X0X 0X0
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
If the
Offshore Warrants are exercised pursuant to the holder checking box (C) in
Section 4 of the Exercise Notice or the Company has provided notice to you that
it has ceased to be a “foreign issuer” as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S
under the U.S. Securities Act, and the Company has not otherwise instructed you,
then you shall place the following legend on all certificates representing
Offshore Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Offshore
Warrants:
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY
PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH
SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 1933 ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OF THE 1933 ACT,
IF AVAILABLE, AND PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (D) IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, OR (E) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933
ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, IN THE CASE OF SUBPARAGRAPHS
(D) OR (E), THE SELLER FURNISHES TO THE CORPORATION AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF
RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION TO THE
EFFECT THAT THE OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE
SECURITIES ARE PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1933
ACT.
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DEJOUR ENTERPRISES LTD.
000 - 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
X. X. X0X 0X0
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
SCHEDULE
"A"
PURCHASERS
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DEJOUR ENTERPRISES LTD.
000 - 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
X. X. X0X 0X0
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
DEJOUR
ENTERPRISES LTD.
C/S
Per:
(Authorized
signatory)
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THE
FOREGOING INSTRUCTIONS ARE
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED TO
this ___
day of November, 2010
Computershare
Trust Company
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Enclosures
B-6
APPENDIX
A
TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THE U.S. OFFERING
This
is Appendix to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November
14, 2010 among Dejour Enterprises Ltd, and .
Definitions
As used
in this Appendix B, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement to which this Appendix is
annexed.
General Terms and
Conditions
The offer
and sale of the Units by the Company to the U.S. Purchaser is being made on a
registered direct basis pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus
contained in the Registration Statement under the U.S. Securities
Act.
Representations and
Warranties of the Company
The
Company represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date for the benefit of the U.S. Purchaser as
follows:
1.
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The
Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity
with the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act, on the date of filing
with the Commission, the Company met the general eligibility requirements
to file a registration statement on Form F-3 under the U.S.
Securities Act, and such Registration Statement became effective
on November 3, 2009 (the “Effective
Date”). The Company filed the Base Prospectus with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) on November 12, 2009. At the
time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became
effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the U.S.
Securities Act.
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No
stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Base Prospectus has
been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the
Commission. No order preventing or suspending the use of the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the
Commission.
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The
Company was not an "ineligible issuer" (as defined in Rule 405 under the
U.S. Securities Act) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes
of Rules 164 and 433 under the U.S. Securities Act with respect to the
Offering contemplated hereby.
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Any
"issuer free writing prospectus" (as defined in Rule 433 under the U.S.
Securities Act) relating to the Units is hereafter referred to as an
"Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus"; and the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable
Time (as defined below), taken together, are hereafter referred to
collectively as the "Pricing Disclosure
Package".
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The
Registration Statement complies, and the Prospectus and any further
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
will comply, in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
the U.S. Securities Act, and do not and will not, as of the applicable
effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the
applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order 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 information contained
in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of
the Placement Agent or the Purchasers specifically for use
therein.
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For
purposes of this Appendix A, the "Applicable Time" is 9:00 a.m. (Vancouver
time) on the date of the Agreement to which this Appendix A is
attached. The Pricing Disclosure Package along with material
terms of the Offering contained in the Transaction Documents and the Third
Quarter Financial Information, as of the Applicable Time, did not, and
from the Applicable Time through the Closing Date, 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,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of the U.S. Securities
Act, and does not include information that conflicts with the information
contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the
Pricing Disclosure Package along with material terms of the Offering
contained in the Transaction Documents and the Third Quarter Financial
Information, as of the Applicable Time, did 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, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading except to the
extent such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as supplemented by and taken
together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time
does not contain the Third Quarter Financial Information. No
representation and warranty is made in this Section 6 with respect to any
information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the
Placement Agent or the Purchasers specifically for use
therein.
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All
references in this Appendix, and in the Agreement to which this Appendix A
is attached, to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the U.S.
Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendments or
supplements to any of the foregoing, shall be deemed to include any copy
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System
(XXXXX).
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Any
reference herein to the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus shall be deemed
to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein as
of the date of filing thereof; and any reference herein to any "amendment"
or "supplement" with respect to any of the Base Prospectus, and the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of any
document with the Commission incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference after the date of filing of such Base Prospectus or
Prospectus and (ii) any such document so
filed.
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APPENDIX
B
TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFSHORE OFFERING
This is Appendix B to the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of November 14, 2010 among Dejour Enterprises
Ltd., and
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Definitions
As used
in this Appendix B, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement to which this Appendix is
annexed and the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
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“Directed Selling
Efforts” means “directed selling efforts” as that term is defined
in Regulation S. Without limiting the foregoing, but for
greater clarity in this Schedule, it means, subject to the exclusions from
the definition of directed selling efforts contained in Regulation S, any
activity undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be
expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United
States for any of the Securities and includes the placement of any
advertisement in a publication with a general circulation in the United
States that refers to the Offering;
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(b)
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“Regulation S” means
Regulation S as promulgated by the Commission under the U.S. Securities
Act;
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(c)
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“United States” means the
“United States” as defined in Rule 902(l) of Regulation S;
and
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(d)
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“U.S. Person” means a
“U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation
S.
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General Terms and
Conditions
The offer
and sale of the Units by the Company to the Offshore Purchaser is being made
pursuant to the exclusion from the registration requirements of the U.S.
Securities Act provided by Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Representations and
Warranties of the Company
The
Company represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date for the benefit of the Offshore Purchaser as
follows:
1.
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The
Company is, and as of the Closing will be, a “foreign private issuer”
within the meaning of Regulation S.
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During
the period in which the Units are offered for sale, neither it nor any of
its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has made or
will make any Directed Selling
Efforts.
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3.
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As
of the date of the Agreement to which this Appendix B is attached, there
is a “substantial U.S. market interest” (as defined in Rule 902(j) of
Regulation S) in the Company’s Common Shares, and therefore this offering
is being made under Category 2 of Rule 903 of Regulation
S.
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Assuming
the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Offshore
Purchaser contained herein, the offer and sale of the Units to the
Offshore Purchaser will comply with the requirements for an "offshore
transaction" (as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S) and (ii) the offer
and issuance by the Company of the Units does not require registration
under the U.S. Securities Act.
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The
Company represents and warrants that if the exercise of the Warrants and
the issuance of the Warrant Shares is either: (i) registered under the
U.S. Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or (ii)
exercised pursuant to an “offshore transaction” within the meaning of Rule
902 of Regulation S at a time when the Company is a “foreign issuer” as
defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S and where the holder has checked box
(A) or, if the Offshore Purchaser is the holder, box (B), in Section 4 of
the Exercise Notice delivered to the Company upon such exercise, the
certificates representing the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants shall not bear any legend restricting transfer of the Warrant
Shares under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state securities
laws
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Representations and
Warranties of the Offshore Purchaser
The
Offshore Purchaser represents, warrants, covenants and agrees for the benefit of
the Company that:
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The
Offshore Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been approved
or disapproved by the Commission or any state securities agency or
regulatory authority.
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The
Offshore Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities being purchased by it
have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or
any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States, the
Securities may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the
United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person,
except pursuant to registration under the U.S. Securities Act and the
securities laws of all applicable states of the United States or pursuant
to applicable exemptions from such registration requirements, and the
Company has no obligation or present intention of filing a registration
statement under the U.S. Securities Act in respect of any of the
Securities being purchased by the Offshore Purchaser, or any resale
thereof.
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The
Offshore Purchaser (i) is not an underwriter, dealer, or other person who
is participating, pursuant to a contractual arrangement, in the
distribution of the Units being offered and sold to the Offshore Purchaser
hereunder in reliance on Regulation S, (ii) is acquiring the Units as
principal, solely for investment for its own account and not with a view
to, or for, resale or other distribution of the Securities in connection
with any distribution of any of the Securities in violation of the U.S.
Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and (iii) has no
intention to distribute, either directly or indirectly, any of the
Securities being purchased by the Offshore Purchaser, except in compliance
with the U.S. Securities Act, the securities laws of all applicable states
of the United States and all applicable local securities laws and
regulations.
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The
Offshore Purchaser does not have any agreement (either written or oral)
with any person in the United States, U.S. Person, or person purchasing
for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person, respecting: (i) the transfer
or assignment of any rights or interests in any of the Securities to be
purchased by the Offshore Purchaser; (ii) the division of profits, losses,
fees, commissions or any financial stake in connection with the Agreement
to which this Appendix B is attached; or (iii) the voting of the
Securities to be purchased by the Offshore
Purchaser.
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The
Offshore Purchaser (i) is not resident in the United States, is not a U.S.
Person and is not purchasing the Units for the account or benefit of a
U.S. Person.
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The
Offshore Purchaser is acquiring the Units in an “offshore transaction”
within the meaning of Regulation S, pursuant to Rule 902(h)(3)
thereunder. In particular, the offer and sale of the Units was
made to the Offshore Purchaser’s investment advisor, which is professional
fiduciary that is organized in the United States and that holds a
discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust)
for the benefit of the Offshore Purchaser, which is not a U.S. Person, and
the offer and sale to such investment advisor is being and was made solely
in its capacity as the holder of such discretionary account or similar
account.
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The
Offshore Purchaser is not purchasing the Units, to its knowledge, as the
result of any Directed Selling Efforts, and will not engage in any
Directed Selling Efforts in connection with resale of the Securities by
the Offshore Purchaser.
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The
Offshore Purchaser acknowledges that the Company is not obligated to
remain a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Regulation
S.
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The
current structure of this transaction and all transactions and activities
contemplated hereunder and under the Agreement to which this Appendix B is
attached is not a scheme to avoid the registration requirements of the
U.S. Securities Act.
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The
Offshore Purchaser acknowledges that the Warrants may not be exercised in
the United States or by, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person,
and the Warrant Shares may not be delivered upon such exercise, in each
case, unless an exemption or exclusion from the registration requirements
of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is
available with respect to such exercise and the Offshore Purchaser has
furnished evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, which evidence may include, without limitation, an opinion of
counsel of recognized standing, to the effect that exercise of the Warrant
and issuance of the Warrant Shares is exempt or excluded from registration
under the U.S. Securities Act (it being acknowledged and agreed to that
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP is a counsel of recognized standing);
provided that if the Warrants are being exercised by the Offshore
Purchaser as principal for its own account in an “offshore transaction”
within the meaning of Rule 902 of Regulation S, where the representations
and warranties of the Offshore Purchaser made in this Appendix B are true
and correct in relation to the exercise of the Warrants as of the date of
exercise thereof and the Offshore Purchaser represents to the Company as
such by checking box (B) in Section 4 of the Exercise Notice delivered to
the Company upon such exercise, no further evidence for the exercise of
the Warrants or the issuance of the Warrant Shares will be
required. The Warrants will bear a legend with respect to the
restrictions described in this
paragraph.
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The
Offshore Purchaser acknowledges that unless the exercise of the Warrants
and the issuance of the Warrant Shares is either: (i) registered under the
U.S. Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or (ii)
exercised pursuant to an “offshore transaction” within the meaning of Rule
902 of Regulation S at a time when the Company is a “foreign issuer” as
defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S and where the holder has checked box
(A) or, if the Offshore Purchaser is the holder, box (B), in Section 4 of
the Exercise Notice delivered to the Company upon such exercise, the
certificates representing the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants shall bear a legend restricting transfer of the Warrant Shares
under the U.S. Securities Act and all applicable state securities
laws.
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APPENDIX
C
This is Appendix C to the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of November 14, 2010 among Dejour Enterprises
Ltd., and .
CANADIAN
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The
following summary describes the principal Canadian federal income tax
considerations generally applicable to a purchaser who acquires, as a beneficial
owner, Units pursuant to this Offering and who, at all relevant
times, for the purposes of the application of the Income
Tax Act (Canada) and the Income Tax Regulations (collectively, the “Tax
Act”), deals at arm’s length with the Company; is not affiliated with the
Company, the Underwriters or a subsequent holder of the Shares and Warrants; and
holds the Shares and Warrants as capital property (a “Holder”). Generally,
the Shares and Warrants will be capital property to a Holder provided the Holder
does not acquire or hold those Shares or Warrants in the course of carrying on a
business or as part of an adventure or concern in the nature of
trade.
This summary is
based on the current provisions of the Tax Act and the current published
administrative policies and assessing practices of the Canada Revenue Agency
(“CRA”) published in
writing prior to the date hereof. This summary also takes into account all
specific proposals to amend the Tax Act and Regulations publicly announced by
the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date hereof (collectively, the
“Tax Proposals”) and
assumes all Tax Proposals will be enacted in the form proposed. There is no
certainty that the Tax Proposals will be enacted in the form proposed, if at
all. This summary does not otherwise take into account or anticipate any changes
in laws or administrative policy or assessing practice whether by judicial,
regulatory, administrative or legislative decision or action nor does it take
into account provincial, territorial or foreign income tax legislation or
considerations.
This
summary is of a general nature only and is not, and is not intended to be, nor
should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any particular purchaser of
Units. This summary is not exhaustive of all Canadian federal income
tax considerations. Accordingly, purchasers should consult their own
tax advisors regarding the income tax consequences of purchasing Units based on
their particular circumstances.
Holders
Resident in Canada
This
portion of the summary is generally applicable to a Holder who, at all relevant
times, for the purposes of the Tax Act is, or is deemed to be, resident in
Canada (a “Resident
Holder”). Certain Resident Holders may be entitled to make, or may have
already made, the irrevocable election permitted by subsection 39(4) of the Tax
Act the effect of which may be to deem to be capital property any Shares and all
other “Canadian securities” (as defined in the Tax Act) owned by such Resident
Holder in the taxation year in which the election is made and in all subsequent
taxation years. Resident Holders should consult their own tax
advisors for advice as to whether an election under subsection 39(4) is
available and/or advisable in their particular circumstances.
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This
portion of the summary is not applicable to a Holder that is a “specified
financial institution”; a Holder an interest in which is a “tax shelter
investment”; a Holder that is a “financial institution” for purposes of the
xxxx-to-market rules contained in the Tax Act; or a Holder that has made a
“functional currency” reporting election, each as defined in the Tax Act. Such
Holders should consult their own tax advisors.
Acquisition
of Shares and Warrants
A
Resident Holder must allocate the total purchase price of Cdn.$0.28 for a Unit
on a reasonable basis between the Share and the Warrant to determine the cost of
each for its purposes under the Tax Act. For its own purposes, the Company
intends to allocate Cdn.$0.08 to the Warrant and Cdn.$0.20 to the Share of the
$0.28 issue price of each Unit for its purposes under the Tax Act. Although the
Company believes its allocation is reasonable, it is not binding on the Resident
Holder or the CRA. The Resident Holder’s adjusted cost base of the Share
comprising a part of each Unit will be determined by averaging the cost
allocated to the Share with the adjusted cost base to the Resident Holder of all
other Shares owned by the Resident Holder (other than certain Shares acquired
under the Company’s employee stock option plan, if any) immediately prior to
such acquisition.
Exercise
of Warrants
Where a
Resident Holder exercises a Warrant to acquire a Share, no gain or loss will
arise for purposes of the Tax Act. The Resident Holder’s cost of the Share
acquired on the exercise of the Warrant will be equal to the adjusted cost base
of the Warrant and the exercise price paid for the Share. The Resident Holder’s
adjusted cost base of the Share acquired on the exercise of the Warrant will be
determined by averaging the cost allocated to the Share with the adjusted cost
base to the Resident Holder of all other Shares owned by the Resident Holder
(other than certain Shares acquired under the Company’s employee stock option
plan, if any) immediately prior to such acquisition.
Disposition
and Expiry of Warrants
On a
disposition or deemed disposition of a Warrant (other than on the exercise
thereof), a Resident Holder will realize a capital gain (or capital loss) equal
to the amount, if any, by which the proceeds of disposition, net of any
reasonable costs of disposition, exceed (or are less than) the adjusted cost
base to the Resident Holder of the Warrant immediately before the disposition or
the deemed disposition. If an unexercised Warrant expires, the Resident Holder
will realize a capital loss equal to the Resident Holder’s adjusted cost base of
the unexercised, expired Warrant. The tax treatment of capital gains and capital
losses is discussed in greater detail under the heading “Dispositions of
Shares”.
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Dividends
A
Resident Holder will be required to include in computing its income for a
taxation year any dividends received or deemed to be received on the Shares. In
the case of a Resident Holder that is an individual (other than certain trusts),
such dividends will be subject to the gross-up and dividend tax credit rules
applicable to taxable dividends received or deemed to be received from taxable
Canadian corporations, including the enhanced gross-up and dividend tax credit
applicable to any dividends designated by us as “eligible dividends” in
accordance with the provisions of the Tax Act. Although the Company
currently anticipates that all dividends to Resident Holders will be designated
as “eligible dividends”, it is possible that such dividends may not be so
designated. A dividend received by a Resident Holder that is a corporation must
be included in computing its income but generally will be deductible in
computing the corporation’s taxable income.
A
Resident Holder that is a “private corporation”, as defined in the Tax Act, or
any other corporation controlled, whether because of a beneficial interest in
one or more trusts or otherwise, by or for the benefit of an individual (other
than a trust) or a related group of individuals (other than trusts) will
generally be liable to pay a refundable tax of 331⁄3% under Part IV of the Tax
Act on dividends received on the Shares to the extent such dividends are
deductible in computing the Resident Holder’s taxable income for the
year.
Dispositions
Generally,
on a disposition or deemed disposition of a Share, a Resident Holder will
realize a capital gain (or capital loss) equal to the amount, if any, by which
the proceeds of disposition, net of any reasonable costs of disposition, exceed
(or are less than) the adjusted cost base to the Resident Holder of the Share
immediately before the disposition or the deemed disposition.
Generally,
a Resident Holder is required to include in computing its income for a taxation
year one-half of the amount of any capital gain (a “taxable
capital gain”) realized in the year. Subject to and in accordance with
the provisions of the Tax Act, a Resident Holder is required to deduct one-half
of the amount of any capital loss (an “allowable
capital loss”) realized in a taxation year from taxable capital gains
realized by the Resident Holder in the year. Allowable capital losses in excess
of taxable capital gains may be carried back and deducted in any of the three
preceding taxation years or carried forward and deducted in any subsequent
taxation year against net taxable capital gains realized in such years, to the
extent and under the circumstances described in the Tax Act.
The
amount of any capital loss realized by a Resident Holder that is a corporation
on the disposition or deemed disposition of a Share may be reduced by the amount
of dividends received or deemed to have been received by it on such share, to
the extent and in the circumstances prescribed by the Tax Act. Similar rules may
apply where a Share is owned by a partnership or trust of which a corporation,
trust or partnership is a member or beneficiary. Resident Holders to whom these
rules may be relevant should consult their own tax advisors.
A Holder
that is throughout the year a “Canadian-controlled private corporation”, as
defined in the Tax Act, is liable for tax, a portion of which may be refundable,
on investment income, including taxable capital gains realized and dividends
received in respect of the Shares (but not dividends that are deductible in
computing taxable income).
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Alternative
Minimum Tax
Capital
gains realized on the disposition of Shares or Warrants by a Resident Holder who
is an individual or a trust may give rise to a liability to pay alternative
minimum tax.
Eligibility
for Investment
The
Shares would, if issued on the date hereof and listed on a “designated stock
exchange”, as defined in the Tax Act, (which includes the TSX) be qualified
investments under the Tax Act for a trust governed by a registered retirement
savings plan, registered retirement income fund, registered education savings
plan, deferred profit sharing plan, registered disability savings plan
(collectively, the “Deferred
Plans”) and a tax-free savings account (“TFSA”).
If the
Shares are qualified investments for Deferred Plans and a TFSA, generally the
Warrants should also be qualified investments for Deferred Plans and a
TFSA.
Notwithstanding
that the Shares or Warrants may be a qualified investment for a trust governed
by a TFSA, the holder of a TFSA will be subject to a penalty tax on the Shares
or Warrants held in the TFSA if such Shares or Warrants are a “prohibited
investment” for that TFSA. The Shares and Warrants will generally be
a “prohibited investment” if the holder of the TFSA does not deal at arm’s
length with the Company for the purposes of the Tax Act or the holder of the
TFSA has a “significant interest” (within the meaning of the Tax Act) in the
Company or a corporation, partnership or trust with which the Company does not
deal at arm’s length for the purposes of the Tax Act.
Holders
Not Resident in Canada
This
portion of the summary is generally applicable to a Holder who, at all relevant
times, for purposes of the application of the Tax Act, is not, and is not deemed
to be, resident in Canada and does not use or hold, and is not deemed to use or
hold, the Shares in a business carried on in Canada (a “Non-Resident
Holder”). Special rules, which are not discussed in this
summary, may apply to a Non-Resident Holder that is an insurer that carries on
an insurance business in Canada and elsewhere.
Dividends
Dividends
paid or credited or deemed to be paid or credited to a Non-Resident Holder by
the Company will be subject to Canadian withholding tax at the rate of 25%,
subject to any reduction in the rate of withholding to which the Non-Resident
Holder is entitled under any applicable income tax convention between Canada and
the country in which the Non-Resident Holder is resident. For example, where the
Non-Resident Holder is a resident of the United States and is entitled to
benefits under the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention (1980) and is the
beneficial owner of the dividends, the applicable rate of Canadian withholding
tax is generally reduced to 15%.
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Dispositions
A
Non-Resident Holder will not be subject to tax under the Tax Act on any capital
gain realized on a disposition of a Share or Warrant, unless the Share or
Warrant is or is deemed to be “taxable Canadian property” to the Non-Resident
Holder for the purposes of the Tax Act and the Non-Resident Holder is not
entitled to relief under an applicable income tax convention between Canada and
the country in which the Non-Resident Holder is resident.
Generally,
provided the Shares are listed on a “designated stock exchange” as defined in
the Tax Act (which includes the TSX) at the time of disposition, the Shares will
not constitute taxable Canadian property of a Non-Resident Holder, unless at any
time during the 60-month period immediately preceding the disposition, the
Non-Resident Holder, persons with whom the Non-Resident Holder did not deal at
arm’s length, or the Non-Resident Holder together with all such persons, owned
25% or more of the issued Shares or any other class of our shares and more than
50% of the fair market value of the Shares was derived directly or indirectly
from any one or combination of (i) real or immovable property situated in
Canada,(ii) Canadian resource properties, (iii) timber resource properties, and
(iv) options in respect of, or interests in, or for civil rights law rights in,
property described in any of (i) to (iii), whether or not that property
exists.
If the
Shares constitute taxable Canadian property of a particular Non-Resident Holder,
the Warrants will also constitute taxable Canadian property of that Non-Resident
Holder.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in certain circumstances set out in the Tax Act, the Shares may
be deemed to be taxable Canadian property. Non-Resident Holders whose Shares
constitute taxable Canadian property should consult with their own tax
advisors.
CERTAIN
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The
following is a general summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations
applicable to a U.S. Holder (as defined below) arising from and relating to the
acquisition, ownership and disposition of Units acquired pursuant to this
document, the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of Common
Shares acquired as part of the Units, the exercise, disposition, and lapse of
Warrants acquired as part of the Units, and the acquisition, ownership, and
disposition of Warrant Shares received on exercise of the
Warrants.
If an
entity that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes
holds Units, Common Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares, the U.S. federal income
tax consequences to such partnership and the partners of such partnership
generally will depend on the activities of the partnership and the status of
such partners. Partners of entities that are classified as
partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes should consult their own tax
advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences arising from and
relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of Units, Common Shares,
Warrants and Warrant Shares.
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This
summary is for general information purposes only and does not purport to be a
complete analysis or listing of all potential U.S. federal income tax
considerations that may apply to a U.S. Holder as a result of the acquisition of
Units pursuant to this document. In addition, this summary does not
take into account the individual facts and circumstances of any particular U.S.
Holder that may affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences to such U.S.
Holder, including specific tax consequences to a U.S. Holder under an applicable
tax treaty. Accordingly, this summary is not intended to be, and
should not be construed as, legal or U.S. federal income tax advice with respect
to any U.S. Holder. This summary does not address the U.S. federal
alternative minimum, U.S. federal estate and gift, U.S. state and local, or
foreign tax consequences to U.S. Holders of the acquisition, ownership, and
disposition of Units, Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant
Shares. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding
the U.S. federal, U.S. federal alternative minimum, U.S. federal estate and
gift, U.S. state and local, and foreign tax consequences relating to the
acquisition, ownership and disposition of Units, Common Shares, Warrants and
Warrant Shares.
No legal
opinion from U.S. legal counsel or ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the
“IRS”) has been requested, or will be obtained, regarding the US. federal income
tax considerations applicable to U.S. Holders as discussed in this
summary. This summary is not binding on the IRS, and the IRS is not
precluded from taking a position that is different from, and contrary to, the
positions taken in this summary. In addition, because the authorities
on which this summary is based are subject to various interpretations, the IRS
and the U.S. courts could disagree with one or more of the positions taken in
this summary.
NOTICE
PURSUANT TO IRS CIRCULAR 230: NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SUMMARY CONCERNING ANY
U.S. FEDERAL TAX ISSUE IS INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND IT CANNOT BE USED,
BY A U.S. HOLDER (AS DEFINED BELOW), FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING U.S. FEDERAL
TAX PENALTIES UNDER THE U.S. CODE (AS DEFINED BELOW). THIS SUMMARY WAS WRITTEN
TO SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OR MARKETING OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR MATTERS ADDRESSED
BY THIS DOCUMENT. EACH U.S. HOLDER SHOULD SEEK U.S. FEDERAL TAX ADVICE, BASED ON
SUCH U.S. HOLDER’S PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX
ADVISOR.
Scope
of this Summary
Authorities
This
summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
Treasury Regulations (whether final, temporary, or
proposed), published rulings of the IRS, published administrative
positions of the IRS, U.S. court decisions and the Convention Between Canada and
the United States of America with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital,
signed September 26, 1980, as amended (the “Canada-U.S. Tax Convention”), that
are applicable and, in each case, as in effect and available, as of the date of
this document. Any of the authorities on which this summary is based
could be changed in a material and adverse manner at any time, and any such
change could be applied on a retroactive basis or prospective basis which could
affect the U.S. federal income tax considerations described in this
summary. This summary does not discuss the potential effects, whether
adverse or beneficial, of any proposed legislation that, if enacted, could be
applied on a retroactive or prospective basis.
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U.S.
Holders
For
purposes of this summary, the term "U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of
Units, Common Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares acquired pursuant to this
document that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
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individual who is a citizen or resident of the
U.S.;
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corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes) organized under the laws of the U.S., any state
thereof or the District of
Columbia;
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estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless
of its source; or
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a
trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the
U.S. and the control of one or more U.S. persons for all substantial
decisions or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury
regulations to be treated as a U.S.
person.
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Non-U.S.
Holders
For
purposes of this summary, a “non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Units,
Common Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares that is not a U.S.
Holder. This summary does not address the U.S. federal income tax
consequences to non-U.S. Holders arising from and relating to the acquisition,
ownership, and disposition of Units, Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant
Shares. Accordingly, a non-U.S. Holder should consult its own tax
advisor regarding the U.S. federal, U.S. federal alternative minimum, U.S.
federal estate and gift, U.S. state and local, and foreign tax consequences
(including the potential application of and operation of any income tax
treaties) relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of Units,
Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares.
AC-7
U.S. Holders Subject to
Special U.S. Federal Income Tax Rules Not Addressed
This
summary does not address the U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable
to U.S. Holders that are subject to special provisions under the Code, including
the following: (a) U.S. Holders that are tax-exempt organizations,
qualified retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, or other
tax-deferred accounts; (b) U.S. Holders that are financial institutions,
underwriters, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, or regulated
investment companies; (c) U.S. Holders that are dealers in securities or
currencies or U.S. Holders that are traders in securities that elect to apply a
xxxx-to-market accounting method; (d) U.S. Holders that have a “functional
currency” other than the U.S. dollar; (e) U.S. Holders that own Units, Common
Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares as part of a straddle, hedging transaction,
conversion transaction, constructive sale, or other arrangement involving more
than one position; (f) U.S. Holders that acquired Units, Common Shares, Warrants
or Warrant Shares in connection with the exercise of employee stock options or
otherwise as compensation for services; (g) U.S. Holders that hold Units, Common
Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares other than as a capital asset within the
meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment
purposes); (h) partnerships and other pass-through entities (and investors in
such partnerships and entities); or (i) U.S. Holders that own or have
owned (directly, indirectly, or by attribution) 10% or more of the
total combined voting power of the outstanding shares of the
Company. This summary also does not address the U.S. federal income
tax considerations applicable to U.S. Holders who are (a) U.S. expatriates or
former long-term residents of the U.S., (b) persons that have been, are, or will
be a resident or deemed to be a resident in Canada for purposes of the Tax Act;
(c) persons that use or hold, will use or hold, or that are or will be deemed to
use or hold Units, Common Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares in connection with
carrying on a business in Canada; (d) persons whose Units, Common Shares,
Warrants or Warrant Shares constitute “taxable Canadian property” under the Tax
Act; or (e) persons that have a permanent establishment in Canada for the
purposes of the Canada-U.S. Tax Convention. U.S. Holders that are
subject to special provisions under the Code, including U.S. Holders described
immediately above, should consult their own tax advisor regarding the U.S.
federal, U.S. federal alternative minimum, U.S. federal estate and gift, U.S.
state and local, and foreign tax consequences relating to the acquisition,
ownership and disposition of Units, Common Shares, Warrants or Warrant
Shares.
U.S.
Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Acquisition of Units
For U.S.
federal income tax purposes, the acquisition by a U.S. Holder of a Unit will be
treated as the acquisition of an “investment unit” consisting of two
components: a component consisting of one Common Share and a
component consisting of one Common Share and 0.65 of a Common Share purchase
warrant. The purchase price for each Unit will be allocated between
these two components in proportion to their relative fair market values at the
time the Unit is purchased by the U.S. Holder. This allocation of the
purchase price for each Unit will establish a U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis
for U.S. federal income tax purposes in the one Common Share and 0.65 of a
Common Share purchase warrant that comprise each Unit.
For this
purpose, the Company will allocate Cdn.$0.20 of the purchase price for the Unit
to the Common Share and Cdn$0.08 of the purchase price for each Unit to the 0.65
of a Common Share purchase warrant. However, the IRS will not be
bound by the Company’s allocation of the purchase price for the Units, and
therefore, the IRS or a U.S. court may not respect the allocation set forth
above. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding
the allocation of the purchase price for the Units.
U.S.
Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Exercise and Disposition of
Warrants
Exercise of
Warrants
A U.S.
Holder should not recognize gain or loss on the exercise of a Warrant and
related receipt of a Warrant Share (unless cash is received in lieu of the
issuance of a fractional Warrant Share). A U.S. Holder’s initial tax
basis in the Warrant Share received on the exercise of a Warrant should be equal
to the sum of (a) such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in such Warrant plus (b) the
exercise price paid by such U.S. Holder on the exercise of such
Warrant. Subject to the “passive foreign investment company” (or
“PFIC”, as defined below) rules discussed below, a U.S. Holder’s holding period
for the Warrant Share received on the exercise of a Warrant should begin on the
date that such Warrant is exercised by such U.S. Holder.
AC-8
Disposition of
Warrants
A U.S.
Holder will recognize gain or loss on the sale or other taxable disposition of a
Warrant in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between (a) the amount of
cash plus the fair market value of any property received and (b) such U.S.
Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant sold or otherwise disposed
of. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, any such gain or loss
generally will be a capital gain or loss (provided that the Warrant Share to be
issued on the exercise of such Warrant would have been a capital asset within
the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code if acquired by the U.S. Holder), which
will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Warrant is held for more than one
year.
Expiration of Warrants
Without Exercise
Subject
to the PFIC rules discussed below, upon the lapse or expiration of a Warrant, a
U.S. Holder will recognize a loss in an amount equal to such U.S. Holder’s tax
basis in the Warrant. Any such loss generally will be a capital loss
and will be long-term capital loss if the Warrants are held for more than one
year. Deductions for capital losses are subject to complex
limitations under the Code.
Certain Adjustments to the
Warrants
Under
Section 305 of the Code, an adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares that will
be issued on the exercise of the Warrants, or an adjustment to the exercise
price of the Warrants, may be treated as a constructive distribution to a U.S.
Holder of the Warrants if, and to the extent that, such adjustment has the
effect of increasing such U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in the “earnings
and profits” or assets of the Company, depending on the circumstances of such
adjustment (for example, if such adjustment is to compensate for a distribution
of cash or other property to shareholders of the Company). (See more
detailed discussion of the rules applicable to distributions made by the Company
at “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Acquisition, Ownership, and
Disposition of Common Shares and Warrant Shares – Distributions on Common Shares
and Warrant Shares” below).
U.S.
Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Acquisition, Ownership, and Disposition
of Common Shares and Warrant Shares
The
following discussion is subject to the rules described below under the heading
“Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”
AC-9
Distributions on Common
Shares and Warrant Shares
Subject
to the PFIC rules discussed below, a U.S. Holder that receives a distribution,
including a constructive distribution, with respect to a Common Share or Warrant
Share will be required to include the amount of such distribution in gross
income as a dividend (without reduction for any Canadian income tax withheld
from such distribution) to the extent of the current or accumulated “earnings
and profits” of the Company, as computed for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. A dividend generally will be taxed to a U.S. Holder at
ordinary income tax rates. To the extent that a distribution exceeds
the current and accumulated “earnings and profits” of the Company, such
distribution will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital to the extent
of a U.S. Holder's tax basis in the Common Shares or Warrant Shares and
thereafter as gain from the sale or exchange of such Common Shares or Warrant
Shares. (See “ Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of Common Shares
and/or Warrant Shares” below). However, the Company does not intend
to maintain the calculations of earnings and profits in accordance with U.S.
federal income tax principles, and each U.S. Holder should therefore assume that
any distribution by the Company with respect to the Common Shares or Warrant
Share will constitute ordinary dividend income. Dividends received on
Common Shares or Warrant Shares generally will not be eligible for the
“dividends received deduction”.
For tax
years beginning before January 1, 2011, a dividend paid to a U.S. Holder who is
an individual, estate or trust by the Company generally will be taxed at the
preferential tax rates applicable to long-term capital gains if the Company is a
“qualified foreign corporation” as defined under Section 1(h)(11) of the Code (a
“QFC”) and certain holding period requirements for the Common Shares or Warrant
Shares are met. The Company generally will be a QFC if the Company is
eligible for the benefits of the Canada-U.S. Tax Convention or the Common Shares
or Warrant Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in
the U.S. However, even if the Company satisfies one or more of these
requirements, the Company will not be treated as a QFC if the Company is a PFIC
for the tax year during which it pays a dividend or for the preceding tax
year. (See the section below under the heading “Passive Foreign
Investment Company Rules”).
If a U.S.
Holder fails to qualify for the preferential tax rates discussed above, a
dividend paid by the Company to a U.S. Holder generally will be taxed at
ordinary income tax rates (and not at the preferential tax rates applicable to
long-term capital gains). The dividend rules are complex, and each
U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the application of such
rules.
Sale or Other Taxable
Disposition of Common Shares and/or Warrant Shares
Subject
to the PFIC rules discussed below, upon the sale or other taxable disposition of
Common Shares or Warrant Shares, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital
gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount of cash
plus the fair market value of any property received and (ii) such U.S. Holder’s
tax basis in such Common Shares or Warrant Shares sold or otherwise disposed
of. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, gain or loss
recognized on such sale or other disposition generally will be long-term capital
gain or loss if, at the time of the sale or other disposition, the Common Shares
or Warrant Shares have been held for more than one year.
Preferential
tax rates apply to long-term capital gain of a U.S. Holder that is an
individual, estate, or trust. There are currently no preferential tax
rates for long-term capital gain of a U.S. Holder that is a
corporation. Deductions for capital losses are subject to significant
limitations under the Code.
AC-10
Passive
Foreign Investment Company Rules
If the
Company were to constitute a PFIC (as defined below) for any year during a U.S.
Holder’s holding period, then certain different and potentially adverse tax
consequences would apply to such U.S. Holder’s acquisition, ownership and
disposition of Units, Common Shares, Warrants, and Warrant Shares.
The
Company generally will be a PFIC under Section 1297 of the Code if, for a
taxable year, (a) 75% or more of the gross income of the Company for such
taxable year is passive income or (b) 50% or more of the assets held by the
Company either produce passive income or are held for the production of passive
income, based on the quarterly average of the fair market value of such
assets. “Gross income” generally means all revenues less the cost of
goods sold, and “passive income” includes, for example, dividends, interest,
certain rents and royalties, certain gains from the sale of stock and
securities, and certain gains from commodities transactions. Active
business gains arising from the sale of commodities generally are excluded from
passive income if substantially all of a foreign corporation’s commodities are
(a) stock in trade of such foreign corporation or other property of a kind which
would properly be included in inventory of such foreign corporation, or property
held by such foreign corporation primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary
course of business, (b) property used in the trade or business of such foreign
corporation that would be subject to the allowance for depreciation under
Section 167 of the Code, or (c) supplies of a type regularly used or consumed by
such foreign corporation in the ordinary course of its trade or
business.
In
addition, for purposes of the PFIC income test and asset test described above,
if the Company owns, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the total value of
the outstanding shares of another corporation, the Company will be treated as if
it (a) held a proportionate share of the assets of such other corporation and
(b) received directly a proportionate share of the income of such other
corporation. In addition, for purposes of the PFIC income test and
asset test described above, “passive income” does not include any interest,
dividends, rents, or royalties that are received or accrued by the Company from
a “related person” (as defined in Section 954(d)(3) of the Code), to the extent
such items are properly allocable to the income of such related person that is
not passive income.
Under
certain attribution rules, if the Company is a PFIC, U.S. Holders will be deemed
to own their proportionate share of any subsidiary of the Company which is also
a PFIC (a ‘‘Subsidiary PFIC’’), and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax
on (i) a distribution on the shares of a Subsidiary PFIC or (ii) a disposition
of shares of a Subsidiary PFIC, both as if the holder directly held the shares
of such Subsidiary PFIC.
The
Company does not believe that it was a PFIC for the tax year ended December 31,
2009, and based on current business plans and financial expectations, the
Company does not expect to be a PFIC for the current tax year. The
determination of whether the Company will be a PFIC for a taxable year depends,
in part, on the application of complex U.S. federal income tax rules, which are
subject to differing interpretations. In addition, whether the
Company will be a PFIC for its current taxable year depends on the assets and
income of the Company over the course of each such taxable year and, as a
result, cannot be predicted with certainty as of the date of this communication.
Consequently, there can be no assurance regarding the Company’s PFIC status for
any taxable year, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge
the determination made by the Company concerning its PFIC
status.
AC-11
Under the
default PFIC rules, a U.S. Holder would be required to treat any gain recognized
upon a sale or disposition of our Units, Common Shares, Warrants, or Warrant
Shares as ordinary (rather than capital), and any resulting U.S. federal income
tax may be increased by an interest charge which is not deductible by
non-corporate U.S. Holders. Rules similar to those applicable to
dispositions will generally apply to distributions in respect of our Common
Shares or Warrant Shares which exceed a certain threshold level.
While
there are U.S. federal income tax elections that sometimes can be made to
mitigate these adverse tax consequences (including, without limitation, the “QEF
Election” and the “Xxxx-to-Market Election”), such elections are available in
limited circumstances and must be made in a timely manner. Under
proposed Treasury Regulations, if a U.S. holder has an option, warrant, or other
right to acquire stock of a PFIC (such as the Units or the Warrants), such
option, warrant or right is considered to be PFIC stock subject to the default
rules of Section 1291 of the Code. However, the holding period for
the Warrant Shares will begin on the date a U.S. Holder acquires the
Units. This will impact the availability of the QEF Election and
Xxxx-to-Market Election with respect to the Warrant Shares. Thus, a
U.S. Holder will have to account for Warrant Shares and Common Shares under the
PFIC rules and the applicable elections differently. U.S. Holders are
urged to consult their own tax advisers regarding the potential application of
the PFIC rules to the ownership and disposition of Units, Common Shares,
Warrants, and Warrant Shares, and the availability of certain U.S. tax elections
under the PFIC rules.
U.S.
Holders should be aware that, for each taxable year, if any, that the Company or
any Subsidiary PFIC is a PFIC, the Company can provide no assurances that it
will satisfy the record keeping requirements of a PFIC, or that it will make
available to U.S. Holders the information such U.S. Holders require to make a
QEF Election under Section 1295 of the Code with respect of the Company or any
Subsidiary PFIC. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor
regarding the availability of, and procedure for making, a QEF Election with
respect to the Company and any Subsidiary PFIC.
Subject
to certain specific rules, foreign income and withholding taxes paid with
respect to any distribution in respect of stock in a PFIC should qualify for the
foreign tax credit. The rules relating to distributions by a PFIC are
complex, and a U.S. Holder should consult with its own tax advisor with respect
to any distribution received from a PFIC.
AC-12
Additional
Considerations
Receipt of Foreign
Currency
The
amount of any distribution paid to a U.S. Holder in foreign currency or on the
sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of Common Shares, Warrants or
Warrant Shares generally will be equal to the U.S. dollar value of such foreign
currency based on the exchange rate applicable on the date of receipt
(regardless of whether such foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollars at
that time). If the foreign currency received is not converted into
U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder will have a basis in the
foreign currency equal to its U.S. dollar value on the date of
receipt. Any U.S. Holder who receives payment in foreign currency and
engages in a subsequent conversion or other disposition of the foreign currency
may have a foreign currency exchange gain or loss that would be treated as
ordinary income or loss, and generally will be U.S. source income or loss for
foreign tax credit purposes. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own
U.S. tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of
receiving, owning, and disposing of foreign currency.
Foreign Tax
Credit
Subject
to the PFIC rules discussed above, a U.S. Holder who pays (whether directly or
through withholding) Canadian income tax with respect to dividends paid on the
Common Shares and Warrant Shares generally will be entitled, at the election of
such U.S. Holder, to receive either a deduction or a credit for such Canadian
income tax paid. Generally, a credit will reduce a U.S. Holder’s U.S.
federal income tax liability on a dollar-for-dollar basis, whereas a deduction
will reduce a U.S. Holder’s income subject to U.S. federal income tax. This
election is made on a year-by-year basis and applies to all foreign taxes paid
(whether directly or through withholding) by a U.S. Holder during a
year.
Complex
limitations apply to the foreign tax credit, including the general limitation
that the credit cannot exceed the proportionate share of a U.S. Holder’s U.S.
federal income tax liability that such U.S. Holder’s “foreign source” taxable
income bears to such U.S. Holder’s worldwide taxable income. In
applying this limitation, a U.S. Holder’s various items of income and deduction
must be classified, under complex rules, as either “foreign source” or “U.S.
source.” Generally, dividends paid by a foreign corporation should be
treated as foreign source for this purpose, and gains recognized on the sale of
stock of a foreign corporation by a U.S. Holder should be treated as U.S. source
for this purpose, except as otherwise provided in an applicable income tax
treaty, and if an election is properly made under the Code. However,
the amount of a distribution with respect to the Common Shares or Warrant Shares
that is treated as a “dividend” may be lower for U.S. federal income tax
purposes than it is for Canadian federal income tax purposes, resulting in a
reduced foreign tax credit allowance to a U.S. Holder. In addition,
this limitation is calculated separately with respect to specific categories of
income. The foreign tax credit rules are complex, and each U.S.
Holder should consult its own U.S. tax advisor regarding the foreign tax credit
rules.
Information Reporting;
Backup Withholding Tax
Under
U.S. federal income tax law and Treasury regulations, certain categories of U.S.
Holders must file information returns with respect to their investment in, or
involvement in, a foreign corporation. For example, recently enacted
legislation generally imposes new U.S. return disclosure obligations (and
related penalties) on U.S. Holders that hold certain specified foreign financial
assets in excess of $50,000. The definition of specified foreign
financial assets includes not only financial accounts maintained in foreign
financial institutions, but also, unless held in accounts maintained by a
financial institution, any stock or security issued by a non-U.S. person, any
financial instrument or contract held for investment that has an issuer or
counterparty other than a U.S. person and any interest in a foreign
entity. U. S. Holders may be subject to these reporting requirements
unless their Units, Common Shares, Warrants, and Warrant Shares are held in an
account at a domestic financial institution. Penalties for failure to
file certain of these information returns are substantial. U.S.
Holders should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the requirements of
filing information returns, and, if applicable, filing obligations relating to a
Xxxx-to-Market or QEF Election.
AC-13
Payments
made within the U.S., or by a U.S. payor or U.S. middleman, of dividends on, and
proceeds arising from the sale or other taxable disposition of the Units, Common
Shares, Warrants, and Warrant Shares generally may be subject to information
reporting and backup withholding tax, at the rate of 28% (and increasing to 31%
for payments made after December 31, 2010), if a U.S. Holder (a) fails to
furnish such U.S. Holder’s correct U.S. taxpayer identification number
(generally on Form W-9), (b) furnishes an incorrect U.S. taxpayer identification
number, (c) is notified by the IRS that such U.S. Holder has previously failed
to properly report items subject to backup withholding tax, or (d) fails to
certify, under penalty of perjury, that such U.S. Holder has furnished its
correct U.S. taxpayer identification number and that the IRS has not notified
such U.S. Holder that it is subject to backup withholding
tax. However, certain exempt persons generally are excluded from
these information reporting and backup withholding tax rules. Any
amounts withheld under the U.S. backup withholding tax rules will be allowed as
a credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, or
will be refunded, if such U.S. Holder furnishes required information to the IRS
in a timely manner. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax
advisor regarding the information reporting and backup withholding tax
rules.
AC-14