SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS
Exhibit 10.5
U.S. GOLD CORPORATION
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS
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U.S. GOLD CORPORATION |
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GMP SECURITIES L.P. (the “Canadian Agent”) |
AND TO: |
XXXXXXXXX XxXXXXXX CORP. (the “U.S. Agent”) |
The Subscriber (as hereinafter defined) hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from U.S. Gold Corporation (the “Corporation”) that number of subscription receipts of the Corporation (the “Subscription Receipts”) set out below at a price of US$4.50 per Subscription Receipt. Each Subscription Receipt will entitle the holder thereof to receive, upon the satisfaction of certain events and as set forth in Section 3.2 of the attached “Terms and Conditions of Subscription for Subscription Receipts”, without payment of additional consideration, one unit of the Corporation (a “Unit”). Each Unit is to be comprised of one share of common stock of the Corporation (a “Common Share”) and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share (a “Warrant Share”) for a period of five years following the Closing Date (as defined below) at a price of US$10.00 per Warrant. On closing of the Offering (as defined below), 50% of the proceeds of the Offering will be held in escrow pending the satisfaction of certain Release Conditions (as defined below) prior to certain deadlines (as set out herein). The failure of the Corporation to satisfy the Release Conditions by such deadlines could result in one or both of (i) a change of the conversion basis of the Subscription Receipts and (ii) half of the proceeds from the sale of the Subscription Receipts being returned to the Subscribers, on the terms described herein. The Subscriber agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the attached “Terms and Conditions of Subscription for Subscription Receipts” including, without limitation, the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in the applicable schedules attached thereto. The Subscriber further agrees, without limitation, that the Corporation, the Canadian Agent and the U.S. Agent may rely upon the Subscriber’s representations, warranties and covenants contained in such documents.
SUBSCRIPTION AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION
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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR
SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS
ARTICLE 1 - INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions
Whenever used in this Subscription Agreement, unless there is something in the subject matter or context inconsistent therewith, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them as follows:
“Agent” means the Canadian Agent and the U.S. Agent collectively.
“Agency Agreement” means the agency agreement to be entered into between the Corporation on the one hand and the Agent on the other, to be dated as of the Closing Date, in respect of the Offering.
“Blue Sky Laws” means the securities laws of any State.
“Broker Warrant” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.1.
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which the principal chartered banks located in the City of Toronto are not open for business.
“Canadian Agent” or “GMP” means GMP Securities L.P.
“Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1.
“Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1.
“Closing Time” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1.
“Common Shares” means shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share in the capital of the Corporation.
“Compensation Option” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.1.
“Corporation” means U.S. Gold Corporation and includes any successor corporation to or of the Corporation.
“Disclosed Principal” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term on the face page of this Subscription Agreement.
“Escrow Agent” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 3.2 hereof.
“Escrowed Funds” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 3.2 hereof.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Final Qualification Deadline” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 3.2 hereof.
“Final Receipt” means the final receipt for the Prospectus issued by the securities regulatory authorities in all Jurisdictions.
“Initial Qualification Deadline” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 3.2 hereof.
“Insider” means (a) a director or senior officer of the Corporation (or a subsidiary of the Corporation), (b) any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, voting securities of the Corporation or who exercises control or direction over voting securities of the Corporation or a combination of both carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all voting securities of the Corporation for the time being outstanding or (c) an insider of a person described in (a) or (b) above.
“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an accredited investor, as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) of the U.S. Securities Act.
“Jurisdiction” means all provinces of Canada where the Subscribers reside.
“NI 45-106” means National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus and Registration Exemptions of the Canadian Securities Administrators.
“Offering” means the offering of Subscription Receipts pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the Agency Agreement.
“person” means any individual (whether acting as an executor, trustee, administrator, legal representative or otherwise), corporation, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, syndicate, joint venture, trustee, trust, unincorporated organization or association, and every other form of legal or business entity of whatever nature of kind, and pronouns have a similar extended meaning.
“Prospectus” means the (final) prospectus of the Corporation to be filed in the Jurisdictions to qualify the Common Shares and Warrants issuable upon conversion of the Subscription Receipts and the Broker Warrants issuable upon the exercise of the Compensation Options.
“Public Record” means the Corporation’s annual report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004, the quarterly reports filed on Form 10-QSB for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005, the current reports filed on Form 8-K since January 1, 2005 and the proxy statement dated October 28, 2005.
“Registration Statement” means the registration statement of the Corporation to be filed with the SEC in order to register the Registerable Securities.
“Registerable Securities” means the Common Shares and Warrants underlying the Subscription Receipts, the Warrant Shares, the Broker Warrants and the Common Shares and Warrants underlying the Broker Warrants.
“Regulation D” means Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.
“Release Conditions” means the conditions to be satisfied prior to automatic conversion of the Subscription Receipts, which shall be satisfied upon the latest to occur of the following: (i) the third business day after the date on which a Final Receipt has been issued; (ii) the completion and filing via SEDAR of a current technical report regarding the Tonkin Springs gold project that complies with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities Administrators; (iii) the common shares of the Corporation being listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange; (iv) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; and (v) the delivery of a 10b-5 opinion, addressed to the Agent in a form satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably, provided by United States counsel to the Corporation in respect of the Registration Statement.
“Remaining Subscription Receipts” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2 hereof.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Laws” means, as applicable, the securities laws, regulations, rules, rulings and orders in the Jurisdictions, the applicable policy statements issued by the securities regulators in the Jurisdictions, the securities laws of the United States, any applicable States and any jurisdictions outside of Canada and the United States, the regulations and rules thereunder and the forms prescribed thereby and the rules of any applicable stock exchange.
“State” means any one of the 50 states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
“Subscriber” means the person purchasing the Subscription Receipts as set out on the face page of this Subscription Agreement and includes, as applicable, each Disclosed Principal for whom it is acting.
“Subscription Agreement” means this subscription agreement (including any schedules hereto) and any instrument amending this Subscription Agreement.
“Subscription Amount” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term on the face page of this Subscription Agreement.
“Subscription Receipt Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2.
“Subscription Receipts” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term on the face page of this Subscription Agreement.
“Term Sheet” means the term sheet attached hereto as Schedule “A”.
“United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia.
“Units” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term on the face page of this Subscription Agreement.
“U.S. Agent” means Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx Corp.
“U.S. Institutional Accredited Investor Status Certificate” means the certificate attached hereto as Schedule “C” which is required to be completed by a Subscriber who is resident in the United States
“U.S. Person” has the meaning set forth in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.
“U.S. Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Warrants” means the common share purchase warrants of the Corporation that partly comprise the Units, as described on the face page hereof.
“Warrant Shares” means the Common Shares of the Corporation issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
1.2 Gender and Number
Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender and words importing persons shall include firms and corporations and vice versa.
1.3 Currency
Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts in this Subscription Agreement, including the symbol “$”, are expressed in U.S. dollars.
1.4 Subdivisions and Headings
The division of this Subscription Agreement into Articles, Sections, Schedules and other subdivisions and the inclusion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Subscription Agreement. The headings in this Subscription Agreement are not intended to be full or precise descriptions of the text to which they refer. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to an Article, Section, Subsection, paragraph, clause or Schedule are to the applicable article, section, subsection, paragraph, clause or schedule of this Subscription Agreement.
ARTICLE 2 - SCHEDULES
2.1 Description of Schedules
The following are the Schedules attached to and incorporated in this Subscription Agreement by reference and deemed to be a part hereof:
Schedule “A” – Term Sheet
Schedule “B” – Accredited Investor Status Certificate
Schedule “C” – U.S. Institutional Accredited Investor Status Certificate
ARTICLE 3- SUBSCRIPTION AND DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS
3.1 Subscription for Subscription Receipts
The Subscriber hereby confirms its subscription for and offer to purchase the Subscription Receipts from the Corporation, on and subject to the terms and conditions set out in this Subscription Agreement, for the Subscription Amount, which is payable as described in Article 4 hereto.
3.2 Creation and Issuance of Subscription Receipts
The Subscription Receipts shall be created and issued pursuant to a subscription receipt agreement (the “Subscription Receipt Agreement”) to be entered into between Equity Transfer Services Inc., (the “Escrow Agent”), the Corporation and the Agent to be dated as of the Closing Date. The specific attributes of the Subscription Receipts shall be set forth in the Subscription Receipt Agreement.
On Closing, 50% of the gross proceeds from the Offering will be delivered to and held by Escrow Agent and invested in short term investment grade debt obligations as agreed to by the Corporation and GMP. The funds held in escrow by the Escrow Agent, together with all interest and other income earned thereon, are referred to herein as the “Escrowed Funds”.
The Subscription Receipts will automatically convert into Units upon satisfaction of the Release Conditions, without any action, including additional payment, required on the part of the holders thereof. Upon the satisfaction of all of the Release Conditions, the Escrowed Funds shall be released by the Escrow Agent to the Company.
If any of the Release Conditions has not been satisfied on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (Mountain time) on that date which is 183 days following the Closing Date, each Subscription Receipt shall thereafter be convertible into 1.1 Common Shares (in lieu of one Common Share) and 0.55 Warrants (in lieu of 0.5
Warrants). If any of the Release Conditions have not been satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m. (Mountain time) on that date that is twelve months following the Closing Date (the “Initial Qualification Deadline”), the Escrowed Funds shall be returned by the Escrow Agent, on behalf of the Corporation, to the holders of the Subscription Receipts in exchange for the delivery to the Corporation of 50% of the outstanding Subscription Receipts held by each holder. The remaining 50% of the Subscription Receipts not returned to the Company on the Initial Qualification Deadline (the “Remaining Subscription Receipts”) shall remain outstanding until the earlier of: (i) 18 months following the Closing Date (the “Final Qualification Deadline”); and (ii) the satisfaction by the Company, or the waiver by the Agent, of each of the Release Conditions. If any of the Release Conditions have not been satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m. (Mountain time) on the Final Qualification Deadline, the Remaining Subscription Receipts shall be deemed to be exchanged into Units in accordance with the provisions of the Subscription Receipt Agreement.
The Term Sheet, a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule “A”, summarizes the terms of the Subscription Receipts. The description of the Subscription Receipts contained in the Term Sheet and this Subscription Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the Subscription Receipt Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions hereof and the provisions of the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the provisions of the Subscription Receipt Agreement shall prevail and take precedence.
3.3 Acceptance and Rejection of Subscription by the Corporation
The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Corporation reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to reject this subscription for Subscription Receipts, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the Closing Time. If this subscription is rejected in whole, any cheques or other forms of payment delivered to the Agent representing the Subscription Amount will be promptly returned to the Subscriber without interest or deduction. If this subscription is accepted only in part, a cheque representing any refund of the Subscription Amount for that portion of the subscription for the Subscription Receipts which is not accepted, will be promptly delivered to the Subscriber without interest or deduction.
ARTICLE 4 - CLOSING
4.1 Closing
Delivery and sale of the Subscription Receipts and payment of the Subscription Amount will be completed (the “Closing”) at the offices of the Corporation’s counsel, Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP in Toronto, Ontario at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) (the “Closing Time”) on February 22, 2006 or such other place, date or time as the Corporation and GMP (on behalf of the Agent) may agree (the “Closing Date”). If, prior to the Closing Time, the terms and conditions contained in this Subscription Agreement and the Agency Agreement have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Agent, or waived by the Agent, the Agent shall (i) deliver to the Corporation at the Closing Time all completed Subscription Agreements, including this Subscription Agreement, (ii) deliver to the Corporation 50% of the aggregate Subscription Amount for the Subscription Receipts sold pursuant to the Agency Agreement , and (iii) deliver to the Escrow Agent 50% of the aggregate Subscription Amount of the Subscription Receipts sold pursuant to the Agency Agreement, against delivery by the Corporation of certificates representing the Subscription Receipts and such other documentation as may be required pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and the Agency Agreement.
If, prior to the Closing Time, the terms and conditions contained in this Subscription Agreement (other than delivery by the Corporation, as applicable, to the Subscriber of certificates representing the Subscription Receipts) and the Agency Agreement have not been complied with to the satisfaction of the Agent, or waived by the Agent, the Agent, the Corporation and the Subscriber will have no further obligations under this Subscription Agreement.
4.2 Conditions of Closing
The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of the Corporation hereunder are conditional on the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the date of this Subscription Agreement, and as of the Closing Time as if made at and as of the Closing Time, and the fulfillment of the following additional conditions as soon as possible and in any event not later than the Closing Time:
(a) payment by the Subscriber of the Subscription Amount by certified cheque or bank draft in United States dollars payable to “GMP Securities L.P.” or “Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx Corp.” (if the Subscriber is a U.S. Person);
(b) the Subscriber having properly completed, signed and delivered this Subscription Agreement to:
GMP Securities L.P.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
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(c) the Subscriber having properly completed, signed and delivered Schedule “B” or Schedule “C” hereto, as applicable:
4.3 Authorization of GMP
The Subscriber irrevocably authorizes GMP in its discretion, to act as the Subscriber’s representative at the Closing, and hereby appoints GMP, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney with full power and authority in the Subscriber’s place and stead:
(a) to receive certificates representing the Subscription Receipts, to execute in the Subscriber’s name and on its behalf all closing receipts and required documents, to complete and correct any errors or omissions in any form or document provided by the Subscriber, including this Subscription Agreement and the Schedules hereto, in connection with the subscription for the Subscription Receipts and to exercise any rights of termination contained in the Agency Agreement;
(b) to approve any opinion, certificate or other document addressed to the Subscriber;
(c) to extend such time periods and to waive, in whole or in part, any representations, warranties, covenants or conditions for the Subscriber’s benefit contained in this Subscription Agreement and the Agency Agreement or any ancillary or related document;
(d) to terminate this Subscription Agreement if any condition precedent is not satisfied, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as GMP in its sole discretion may determine; and
(e) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to negotiate, settle, execute, deliver and amend the Agency Agreement.
ARTICLE 5 -
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE CORPORATION
5.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Corporation
The Subscriber shall have the benefit of the representations, warranties and covenants made by the Corporation to the Agent and set forth in the Agency Agreement. Such representations and warranties shall form an integral part of this Subscription Agreement and shall survive the closing of the purchase and sale of the Subscription Receipts and shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Subscriber in accordance with the Agency Agreement.
ARTICLE 6 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUBSCRIBER
6.1 Acknowledgements, Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber
The Subscriber, on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of others for whom it is acting hereunder, hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Corporation and the Agent as follows and acknowledges that the Corporation and the Agent are relying on such representations and warranties in connection with the transactions contemplated herein:
(a) The Subscriber certifies that it is resident in the jurisdiction set out on the face page of this Subscription Agreement. Such address was not created and is not used solely for the purpose of acquiring the Subscription Receipts and the Subscriber was solicited to purchase in such jurisdiction.
(b) If the Subscriber is not a person in the United States or a U.S. Person, or not purchasing the Subscription receipts on behalf of a person in the United States or a U.S. Person:
(i) the Subscriber has properly completed, executed and delivered to the Corporation Schedule “B” hereto (dated as of the date hereof), as applicable and the information contained therein is true and correct;
(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants contained in Schedule “B” will be true and correct both as of the date of execution of this Subscription Agreement and as of the Closing Time;
(iii) neither the Subscriber nor any Disclosed Principal is a U.S. Person nor subscribing for the Subscription Receipts for the account of a U.S. Person or for resale in the United States and the Subscriber confirms that the Subscription Receipts have not been offered to the Subscriber in the United States and that this Subscription Agreement has not been signed in the United States;
(iv) the Subscriber acknowledges that the Subscription Receipts have not been, and will not be, and the Common Shares, the Warrants issuable upon the conversion of the Subscription Receipts and the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. Person unless the securities are registered under the U.S. Securities Act and all applicable State securities laws or an exemption from such registration requirements is available, and further agrees that hedging transactions involving such securities may not be conducted unless in compliance with the U.S. Securities Act;
(v) the Subscriber and if applicable, the Disclosed Principal for whom the Subscriber is acting, understands that the Corporation is the seller of the Subscription Receipts and underlying securities and that, for purposes of Regulation S, a “distributor” is any underwriter, dealer or other person who participates, pursuant to a contractual arrangement in the distribution of securities sold in reliance on Regulation S and that an “affiliate” is any partner, officer, director or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with any person in question. Except as otherwise permitted by Regulation S, the Subscriber and if applicable, the Disclosed Principal for whom the Subscriber is acting, agrees that it will not, during a one year distribution compliance period, act as a distributor, either directly or through any affiliate, or sell, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey the Subscription Receipts or underlying securities other than to a non-U.S. Person;
(vi) the Subscriber and if applicable, the Disclosed Principal for whom the Subscriber is acting, acknowledges and understands that in the event the Subscription Receipts or underlying securities are offered, sold or otherwise transferred by the Subscriber or if applicable, the Disclosed Principal for whom the Subscriber is acting, to a non-U.S Person prior to the expiration of a one year distribution compliance period, the purchaser or transferee must agree not to resell such securities except in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the U.S. Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration; and must further agree not to engage in hedging transactions with regard to such securities unless in compliance with the U.S. Securities Act; and
(vii) neither the Subscriber nor any Disclosed Principal will offer, sell or otherwise dispose of the Subscription Receipts, the Common Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares in the United States or to a U.S. Person unless the Corporation has consented to such offer, sale or disposition and such offer, sale or disposition is made in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act and the securities laws of all applicable states of the United States or the SEC has declared effective a registration statement in respect of such securities.
(c) If the Subscriber is a person in the United States or a U.S. person, or is purchasing the Subscription Receipts on behalf of a person in the United States or a U.S. person, the Subscriber:
(i) or each beneficial purchaser as to which the Subscriber exercises sole investment discretion for whom it is purchasing, is acquiring the Subscription Receipts to be held for investment only and not with a view to resale, distribution or other disposition of the Subscription Receipts, the Common Shares and Warrants issuable upon conversion of the Subscription Receipts, and the Warrant Shares, or any portion thereof, and without any present intention of selling, offering to sell or otherwise disposing of or distributing such securities, or any portion thereof, in any transaction other than a transaction complying with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable Blue Sky Laws, or pursuant to an exemption therefrom;
(ii) is aware that the Subscription Receipts have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act and the sale contemplated hereby is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption to Institutional Accredited Investors;
(iii) or each beneficial purchaser as to which the Subscriber exercises sole investment discretion for whom it is purchasing, satisfies one or more of the categories set out in Schedule “C” hereto;
(iv) acknowledges that the representations, warranties and covenants contained in Schedule “C” will be true and correct both as of the date of execution of this Subscription Agreement and as of the Closing Time;
(v) is not purchasing the Subscription Receipts as a result of any “general solicitation or general advertising” (as such term is defined in Regulation D), including any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting where the attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising;
(vi) understands that, unless the Registration Statement has become effective, the Warrants issuable upon conversion of the Subscription Receipts may not be exercised in the United States or by or on behalf of a U.S. Person unless an exemption is available from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws;
(vii) acknowledges that any person who exercises a Warrant prior to the Registration Statement becoming effective will be required to provide to the Corporation one of the following:
(A) a written certification that the holder (1) at the time of exercise of the Warrant is not in the United States, (2) is not a U.S. Person and is not exercising the Warrant on behalf of a U.S. Person or a person in the United States, and (3) did not execute or deliver the exercise form for the Warrant in the United States;
(B) a written certification that the holder (1) purchased the Subscription Receipt, from which the Warrant was converted, directly from the Corporation pursuant to a written Subscription Agreement for the purchase of the Subscription Receipts, (2) is exercising the Warrant solely for its own account and not on behalf of any other person, and (3) is an Institutional Accredited Investor, both on the date the Subscription Receipts were purchased by the Subscriber from the Corporation and on the date of the exercise of the Warrant; or
(C) a written opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation to the effect that an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares;
and understands that unless the holder provides a written certification pursuant to paragraph (c)(vii)(A) above, the certificates representing the Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants prior to the Registration Statement becoming effective will bear a legend restricting transfer without registration under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws unless an exemption from registration is available;
(viii) understands that if it decides to offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Subscription Receipts, and, prior to the Registration Statement becoming effective, the Common Shares and Warrants issuable upon conversion of the Subscription Receipts and the Warrant Shares, such securities may be offered, sold or otherwise transferred only: (A) to the Corporation; (B) in compliance with Rule 904 under Regulation S, (C) in accordance with Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act, if available, and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations, or (D) in a transaction that does not otherwise require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws if an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation has been provided to the Corporation to that effect; and
(ix) consents to the Corporation making a notation on it records or giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Corporation in order to implement the restrictions on transfers set forth and described herein, and the Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Corporation may instruct the registrar and transfer agent of the Corporation not to record a transfer without first being notified by the Corporation that it is satisfied that such transfer is exempt from or not subject to registration under the U.S. Securities Act.
(d) If the Subscriber or any Disclosed Principal, is not a person described in paragraphs 6.1(b) or 6.1(c) above, the subscription for the Subscription Receipts by the Subscriber does not contravene any of the applicable securities legislation in the jurisdiction in which the Subscriber resides and does not give rise to any obligation of the Corporation or the Agent to prepare and file a prospectus or similar document or to register the Subscription Receipts or to be registered with, or to file any report or notice with, any governmental or regulatory authority.
(e) The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the performance and compliance with the terms hereof, the subscription for the Subscription Receipts and the completion of the transactions described herein by the Subscriber will not result in any material breach of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a material default under, or create a state of facts that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default under any term or provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Subscriber, the Securities Laws or any other laws applicable to the Subscriber, any agreement to which the Subscriber is a party, or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Subscriber.
(f) The Subscriber is subscribing for the Subscription Receipts as principal for its own account and not for the benefit of any other person (within the meaning of applicable Securities Laws). If it is subscribing as agent for a Disclosed Principal, it has disclosed the name of the Disclosed Principal on the face page of this Subscription Agreement and acknowledges that the Corporation may be required by law to disclose to certain regulatory authorities the identity of each Disclosed Principal for whom the Subscriber is acting.
(g) In the case of a subscription for the Subscription Receipts by the Subscriber acting as trustee or agent for a fully managed account or as agent for a Disclosed Principal, the Subscriber is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and all other necessary documentation in connection with such subscription on behalf of the fully managed account or Disclosed Principal, as applicable and this Subscription
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of, the fully managed account or Disclosed Principal, as applicable.
(h) In the case of a subscription for the Subscription Receipts by the Subscriber acting as principal, this Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of, the Subscriber. This Subscription Agreement is enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Subscriber.
(i) If the Subscriber is:
(i) a corporation, the Subscriber is duly incorporated and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite legal and corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, to subscribe for the Subscription Receipts as contemplated herein and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Subscription Agreement;
(ii) a partnership, syndicate or other form of unincorporated organization, the Subscriber has the necessary legal capacity and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and to observe and perform its covenants and obligations hereunder and has obtained all necessary approvals in respect thereof; or
(iii) an individual, the Subscriber is of the full age of majority and is legally competent to execute this Subscription Agreement and to observe and perform his or her covenants and obligations hereunder.
(j) Other than the Agent, there is no person acting or purporting to act in connection with the transactions contemplated herein who is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee. If any person establishes a claim that any fee or other compensation is payable in connection with this subscription for the Subscription Receipts, the Subscriber covenants to indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and the Agent with respect thereto and with respect to all costs reasonably incurred in the defence thereof.
(k) The Subscriber is not, with respect to the Corporation or any of its affiliates, a “control person” as defined under the Securities Laws and the purchase of the Subscription Receipts hereunder and the exercise or deemed exercise of the Subscription Receipts will not result in the Subscriber becoming a control person.
(l) If required by applicable Securities Laws or the Corporation, the Subscriber will execute, deliver and file, or assist the Corporation in filing, such reports, undertakings and other documents with respect to the issue and/or sale of the Subscription Receipts as may be required by any securities commission, stock exchange or other regulatory authority.
(m) The Subscriber has been advised to consult its own legal advisors with respect to trading in the Subscription Receipts, and when and if issued, the Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares and with respect to the resale restrictions imposed by the Securities Laws of the jurisdiction in which the Subscriber resides and other applicable securities laws, and acknowledges that no representation has been made respecting the applicable hold periods imposed by the Securities Laws or other resale restrictions applicable to such securities that restrict the ability of the Subscriber (or others for
whom it is contracting hereunder) to resell such securities, that the Subscriber (or others for whom it is contracting hereunder) is solely responsible to find out what these restrictions are and the Subscriber is solely responsible (and neither the Corporation nor the Agent are in any way responsible) for compliance with applicable resale restrictions and the Subscriber is aware that it (or beneficial persons for whom it is contracting hereunder) may not be able to resell such securities except in accordance with limited exemptions under the Securities Laws and other applicable securities laws.
(n) The Subscriber has not received or been provided with a prospectus, registration statement or offering memorandum, within the meaning of the Securities Laws, and the Subscriber’s decision to subscribe for the Subscription Receipts was not based upon, and the Subscriber has not relied upon, any verbal or written representations as to facts made by or on behalf of the Corporation or the Agent. The Subscriber has had access to and has reviewed, to the extent it deems necessary, the Public Record and the Subscriber’s decision to subscribe for the Subscription Receipts was based solely upon the Term Sheet attached hereto as Schedule “A” and the Public Record (any such information having been obtained by the Subscriber without independent investigation or verification by the Agent).
(o) The Subscriber is not purchasing Subscription Receipts with knowledge of material information concerning the Corporation that has not been generally disclosed.
(p) No person has made any written or oral representations:
(i) that any person will resell or repurchase the Subscription Receipts, the Common Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares;
(ii) that any person will refund the Subscription Amount; or
(iii) as to the future price or value of the Subscription Receipts or common shares in the capital of the Corporation.
(q) There are risks associated with the purchase of and investment in the Subscription Receipts and the Subscriber has such knowledge and experience that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscription Receipts, Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares and fully understands the restrictions on resale of the Subscription Receipts, Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares and is capable of bearing the economic risk of the investment.
(r) The funds representing the Subscription Amount that will be advanced by the Subscriber to the Corporation hereunder, as applicable, will not represent proceeds of crime for the purposes of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) (the “PCMLTFA”) and the Subscriber acknowledges that the Corporation may in the future be required by law to disclose the Subscriber’s name and other information relating to this Subscription Agreement and the Subscriber’s subscription hereunder, on a confidential basis, pursuant to the PCMLTFA. To the best of its knowledge (a) none of the Subscription Amount to be provided by the Subscriber (i) has been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the law of Canada, the United States of America, or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) is being tendered on behalf of a person or entity who has not been identified to the Subscriber, and (b) it shall promptly notify the Corporation if the Subscriber discovers that any of such representations ceases to be true, and to provide the Corporation with appropriate information in connection therewith.
6.2 Additional Acknowledgments and Covenants of the Subscriber
The Subscriber, on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of others for whom it is acting hereunder, hereby acknowledges, covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) It has received and reviewed a copy of the Term Sheet setting out the principal terms of the Offering.
(b) No securities commission, agency, governmental authority, regulatory body, stock exchange or other regulatory body or similar regulatory authority has reviewed or passed on the merits of the Subscription Receipts, the Common Shares, Warrants, or Warrant Shares.
(c) The Subscription Receipts shall be subject to statutory resale restrictions under the securities laws of the jurisdiction in which the Subscriber resides and under other applicable securities laws, and the Subscriber covenants that it will not resell the Subscription Receipts except in compliance with such laws and the Subscriber acknowledges that it is solely responsible (and neither the Corporation nor the Agent are in any way responsible) for such compliance.
(d) The ability to transfer the Subscription Receipts is limited by, among other things, applicable Securities Laws and the Corporation shall refuse, and shall instruct its transfer agent to refuse, to register any transfer that does not comply with the Securities Laws.
(e) The certificates representing the Subscription Receipts, and the certificates representing Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares, if issued prior to receipt of the Final Receipt, will bear legends substantially in the following form and with the necessary information inserted:
“UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS FOUR MONTHS AND ONE DAY AFTER THE LATER OF (i) [THE CLOSING DATE]; AND (ii) THE DATE THAT THE ISSUER BECAME A REPORTING ISSUER IN ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY.”
The certificates representing the Subscription Receipts and the certificates representing Common Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares, if issued prior to the Registration Statement becoming effective, and all certificates issued in substitution or exchange thereof, will bear a legend substantially in the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO U.S. GOLD CORPORATION (“U.S. GOLD”), (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 OR 144A THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (D) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (E) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO U.S. GOLD AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO U.S. GOLD. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT.
(f) The Agent and/or their directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives assume no responsibility or liability of any nature whatsoever for the accuracy or adequacy of any such publicly available information concerning the Corporation or as to whether all information concerning the Corporation that is required to be disclosed or filed by the Corporation under the Securities Laws has been so disclosed or filed.
(g) The Corporation and the Agent are relying on the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein and in the applicable Schedules attached hereto to determine the Subscriber’s eligibility to subscribe for the Subscription Receipts under applicable Securities Laws and the Subscriber agrees to indemnify the Corporation, the Agent and each of their directors, officers and agents against all losses, claims, costs, expenses, damages or liabilities that any of them may suffer or incur as a result of or arising from reliance thereon. The Subscriber undertakes to immediately notify the Corporation of any change in any statement or other information relating to the Subscriber set forth in such applicable Schedules which takes place prior to the Closing Time.
(h) The Corporation is relying on an exemption from the requirement to provide the Subscriber with a prospectus or registration statement under the Securities Laws and, as a consequence of acquiring the Subscription Receipts pursuant to such exemption, certain protections, rights and remedies provided by the Securities Laws, including statutory rights of rescission or damages, will not be available to the Subscriber.
(i) The Subscriber is responsible for obtaining such legal and tax advice as it considers appropriate in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated under this Subscription Agreement.
(j) There is no government guaranty or insurance covering the Subscription Receipts, Warrants or Common Shares.
(k) There are risks associated with the purchase of the Subscription Receipts and the Subscriber may lose his, her or its entire investment.
(l) This Subscription Agreement and the schedules hereto require the Subscriber to provide certain personal information to the Corporation. Such information is being collected by the Corporation for the purposes of completing the Offering, which includes, without limitation, determining the Subscriber’s eligibility to purchase the Subscription Receipts under the Securities Laws and other applicable securities laws, preparing and registering certificates representing Subscription Receipts to be issued to the Subscriber and completing filings required by any stock exchange or securities regulatory authority. The Subscriber’s personal information may be disclosed by the Corporation, the Agent, and their respective advisors to: (a) stock exchanges or securities regulatory authorities, (b) the Canada Revenue Agency, and (c) any of the other parties involved in
the Offering, including legal counsel and may be included in record books in connection with the Offering. By executing this Subscription Agreement, the Subscriber is deemed to be consenting to the foregoing collection, use and disclosure of the Subscriber’s personal information. The Subscriber also consents to the filing of copies or originals of any of the Subscriber’s documents described in section 6.1(l) hereof as may be required to be filed with any stock exchange or securities regulatory authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Subscriber represents and warrants that it has the authority to provide the consents and acknowledgements set out in this paragraph on behalf of each Disclosed Principal.
(m) If the Corporation obtains approval for the listing of the Common Shares and Warrants on a Canadian stock exchange, prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, such securities will trade on such Canadian stock exchange on a restricted basis. No Canadian broker-dealer would be permitted, under the U.S. Securities Act, to execute a transaction in those securities on a Canadian stock exchange if that member knows that the purchaser is in the United States or a U.S. Person or is acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Also, the Canadian broker-dealer must make reasonable efforts to ascertain whether a purchaser is in the United States or is a U.S. Person or is acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person and implement measures designed to assure reasonable compliance with this requirement.
(n) If the Subscriber is resident in or otherwise subject to the Securities Laws applicable in the Province of Ontario, the information provided by the Subscriber on the face page of this Subscription Agreement identifying the name, address and telephone number of the Subscriber, the number of Subscription Receipts being purchased hereunder and the total purchase price as well as the Closing Date and the exemption that the Corporation is relying on in selling the Subscription Receipts to the Subscriber will be disclosed to the Ontario Securities Commission, and such information is being indirectly collected by the Ontario Securities Commission under the authority granted to it under securities legislation. This information is being collected for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of the securities legislation of the Province of Ontario. Each Subscriber (for certainty including each Disclosed Principal) hereby authorizes the indirect collection of such information by the Ontario Securities Commission. In the event the Subscriber has any questions with respect to the indirect collection of such information by the Ontario Securities Commission, the Subscriber should contact the Ontario Securities Commission, Administrative Assistant to the Director of Corporate Finance at (000) 000-0000 or in person or writing at Xxxxx 0000, Xxx 00, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0.
ARTICLE 7 - SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
7.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Corporation
The representations, warranties and covenants of the Corporation contained in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing and, notwithstanding such Closing or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Subscriber with respect thereto, shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Subscriber and the Agent.
7.2 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber
The representations, warranties and covenants of the Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing and, notwithstanding such Closing or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Corporation or the Agent with respect thereto and notwithstanding any subsequent disposition by
the Subscriber of any of the Subscription Receipts, or the Common Shares and Warrants issuable upon conversion thereof, or the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Corporation and the Agent.
ARTICLE 8 - COMMISSION
8.1 Commission to the Agent
The Subscriber understands that, in connection with the issue and sale of the Subscription Receipts pursuant to the Offering, the Agent will receive from the Corporation on Closing, a cash commission equal to 7.0% of the aggregate Subscription Amount. The Corporation will also issue to the Agent compensation options (the “Compensation Option”) exercisable, without payment of additional consideration, to acquire broker warrants (the “Broker Warrants”) equal, in the aggregate, to 6.0% of the number of Subscription Receipts sold pursuant to the Offering. Each Broker Warrant will be exercisable to purchase one Unit at a price of $4.50 until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the date that is 18 months following the Closing Date. No other fee or commission is payable by the Corporation in connection with the completion of the Offering; however, the Corporation will pay certain fees and expenses of the Agent in connection with the Offering, as set out in the Agency Agreement.
ARTICLE 9 – CONTRACTUAL RIGHT OF RESCISSION
9.1 Grant of Contractual Right of Rescission
By its acceptance of this Subscription Agreement, the Corporation hereby grants to the Subscriber a contractual right of action for rescission set forth below in Section 9.2 and the Subscriber agrees to assign and explicitly extend the benefit of such right (but without liability to any Subscriber who is not a dealer) to any permitted assignee or transferee of the Subscription Receipts. Subject to the foregoing, the Subscriber (and, if applicable, others for whom it is contracting hereunder) hereby waives and releases the Corporation, and the Agent from, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all rights of withdrawal to which the Subscriber might otherwise be entitled under applicable Securities Laws including, without limitation, any rights pursuant to subsection 71(2) of the Securities Act (Ontario) and the analogous provisions of the Securities Laws of the other provinces of Canada.
9.2 Right of Rescission
The Corporation has agreed that in the event that a holder of a Subscription Receipt who acquires Common Shares and Warrants upon the exercise of such Subscription Receipt as provided for in the Prospectus is or becomes entitled under the Securities Laws to the remedy of rescission by reason of the Prospectus or any amendment thereto containing a misrepresentation, such holder shall be entitled to rescission not only of the holder’s exercise of its Subscription Receipts, but also of the private placement transaction pursuant to which the Subscription Receipts were initially acquired and shall be entitled in connection with such rescission to a full refund from the Corporation of the Subscription Amount. In the event such holder is a permitted or lawful assignee of the interest of the original Subscription Receipt Subscriber, such assignee shall be entitled to exercise such rights of rescission and refund as if such permitted assignee were such original Subscriber. The provisions of this section are a direct contractual right extended by the Corporation to holders of Subscription Receipts, assignees of such holders and holders of Common Shares or Warrants acquired by such holders on exercise of Subscription Receipts and are in addition to any other right or remedy available to a holder of Subscription Receipts under section 130 of the Securities Act (Ontario) or otherwise at law. The foregoing contractual rights of action for rescission shall be subject to the defence described under section 130(2) of the Securities Act (Ontario) which is incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis. No action shall be commenced to enforce the foregoing rights of action for rescission more than 180 days after payment is made for the Subscription Receipts.
ARTICLE 10 - MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Further Assurances
Each of the parties hereto upon the request of each of the other parties hereto, whether before or after the Closing Time, shall do, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, deeds, documents, assignments, transfers, conveyances, powers of attorney and assurances as may reasonably be necessary or desirable to complete the transactions contemplated herein.
10.2 Notices
(a) Any notice, direction or other instrument required or permitted to be given to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given if delivered personally, or transmitted by facsimile tested prior to transmission to such party, as follows:
(i) in the case of the Corporation, to:
U.S. Gold Corporation
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with a copy to:
Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP
1 First Canadian Place
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
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and to:
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(ii) in the case of the Subscriber, at the address specified on the face page hereof, with a copy to the Agent at:
GMP Securities L.P.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
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with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
2100 Scotia Plaza
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
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and to:
Xxxxxx & Whitney LLP
000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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(b) Any such notice, direction or other instrument, if delivered personally, shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day on which it was delivered, provided that if such day is not a Business Day then the notice, direction or other instrument shall be deemed to have been given and received on the first Business Day following such day and if transmitted by fax, shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day of its transmission, provided that if such day is not a Business Day or if it is transmitted or received after the end of normal business hours then the notice, direction or other instrument shall be deemed to have been given and received on the first Business Day following the day of such transmission.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address for service from time to time by notice given to each of the other parties hereto in accordance with the foregoing provisions.
10.3 Time of the Essence
Time shall be of the essence of this Subscription Agreement and every part hereof.
10.4 Costs and Expenses
All costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of legal counsel) incurred in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions herein contemplated shall be paid and borne by the party incurring such costs and expenses.
10.5 Applicable Law
This Subscription Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. Any and all disputes arising under this Subscription Agreement, whether as to interpretation, performance or otherwise, shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably attorns to the jurisdiction of the courts of such province.
10.6 Entire Agreement
This Subscription Agreement, including the Schedules hereto, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and cancels and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements, negotiations and discussions between the parties. There are no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings or collateral agreements or understandings, express or implied, between the parties hereto other than those expressly set forth in this Subscription Agreement or in any such agreement, certificate, affidavit, statutory declaration or other document as aforesaid. This Subscription Agreement may not be amended or modified in any respect except by written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.
10.7 Counterparts
This Subscription Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same Subscription Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered either in original or faxed form and the parties adopt any signature received by a receiving fax machine as original signatures of the parties.
10.8 Assignment
This Subscription Agreement may not be assigned by either party except with the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.
10.9 Enurement
This Subscription Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, successors (including any successor by reason of the amalgamation or merger of any party), administrators and permitted assigns.
10.10 Language
It is the express wish of the Subscriber that the Subscription Agreement and any related documentation be drawn up in English. Il est de la volonté expressed du souscripteur que la convention de souscription ainsi que tout document connexe soient rédigés en langue anglaise.
The Corporation hereby accepts the subscription for Subscription Receipts as set forth on the face page of this Subscription Agreement on the terms and conditions contained in the Subscription Agreement (including all applicable schedules) this day of , 2006.
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SCHEDULE “A”
TERM SHEET
U.S. GOLD CORPORATION
PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS
Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the subscription agreement to which this Schedule is attached.
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US$4.50 per Subscription Receipt (the “Issue Price”). |
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Up to US$75,150,000 (with a minimum offering of 9,000,000 Subscription Receipts for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of US$40,050,000). |
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The Subscription Receipts shall be automatically converted into Units upon the satisfaction of the Release Conditions (as defined below) without any action on the part of the holder. Each Unit shall be comprised of one share of common stock in the capital of the Company (a “Common Share”) and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (each whole Common Share purchase warrant being a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share (a “Warrant Share”) for a period of five years following the Closing Date (as defined below) at a price of US$10.00. |
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The Release Conditions shall be satisfied upon the latest to occur of the following conditions (the “Release Conditions”): (i) the third business day after the date on which a receipt (the “Final Receipt”) has been issued by the securities regulatory authorities in the Jurisdictions in which Canadian holders are resident for a (final) prospectus qualifying the Common Shares and Warrants issuable upon exchange of the Subscription Receipts and the Broker Warrants (as defined below); (ii) the completion and filing via SEDAR of a current technical report regarding the Tonkin Springs gold project that complies with National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators; (iii) the Common Shares being listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange; (iv) the effectiveness of a registration statement with respect to the resale in the United States of the Common Shares and Warrants underlying the Subscription Receipts, the Warrant Shares, the Broker Warrants, and the Common Shares and Warrants underlying the Broker Warrants; and (v) the delivery of a 10b-5 opinion addressed to the Agent, in a form satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably, provided by United States counsel to the Company in respect of the Registration Statement. |
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On the closing of the Offering, 50% of the gross proceeds from the Offering will be delivered to and held by an escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) mutually acceptable to the Company and GMP and invested in short term investment grade debt obligations as agreed to by the Company and GMP. The Escrowed Funds shall be released from escrow to the Company upon the occurrence of all of the Release Conditions. |
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If any of the Release Conditions has not been satisfied on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (Mountain time) on that date which is 183 days following the Closing Date, each Subscription Receipt shall thereafter be convertible into 1.1 Common Shares (in lieu of one Common Share) and 0.55 Warrants (in lieu of 0.5 Warrants). If any of the Release Conditions have not been satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m. (Mountain time) on that date which is twelve months following the Closing Date (the “Initial Qualification Deadline”), the Escrowed Funds shall be returned by the Escrow Agent, on behalf of the Company, to the holders of the Subscription Receipts in exchange for the delivery to the Company of 50% of the outstanding Subscription Receipts held by each holder. The remaining 50% of the Subscription Receipts not returned to the Company on the Initial Qualification Deadline (the “Remaining Subscription Receipts”) shall remain outstanding until the earlier of: (i) 18 months following the Closing Date (the “Final Qualification Deadline”); and (ii) the satisfaction by the Company, or the waiver by the Agent, of each of the Release Conditions. If any of the Release Conditions have not been satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m. (Mountain time) on the Final Qualification Deadline, the Remaining Subscription Receipts shall be deemed to be exchanged into Units. |
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Expenditures at the Tonkin Springs gold project and for general corporate purposes and working capital. |
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The Company will pay the Agent a cash commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds of the Offering (the “Cash Commission”). The Agent shall also be issued compensation options exercisable for, with no payment of additional consideration, broker warrants (“Broker Warrants”). The Broker Warrants shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase such number of Units as is equal to 6% of the number of Subscription Receipts sold pursuant to the Offering. Each Broker Warrant shall be exercisable to purchase one Unit at a price of US$4.50 for a period of 18 months following the Closing Date, which Units shall be qualified in Canada by the Prospectus and be registered in the United States. The Cash Commission will be paid, and the Broker Warrants will be issued, to the Agent as follows: (i) 50% of such amounts on the Closing Date; and (ii) the remaining 50% of such amounts upon the release of the Escrowed Funds to the Company. |
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The Company shall list the Common Shares issuable on the exchange of the Subscription Receipts and the Warrant Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. |
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SCHEDULE “B”
ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS CERTIFICATE
TO BE COMPLETED BY BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN, MANITOBA, ONTARIO, QUÉBEC, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK AND XXXXXX XXXXXX ISLAND ACCREDITED INVESTORS
The categories listed herein contain certain specifically defined terms. If you are unsure as to the meanings of those terms, or are unsure as to the applicability of any category below, please contact your broker and/or legal advisor before completing this certificate.
TO: U.S. Gold Corporation (the “Corporation”)
In connection with the purchase by the undersigned Subscriber of the Subscription Receipts, the Subscriber, on its own behalf and on behalf of each Disclosed Principal for whom the Subscriber is acting (collectively, the “Subscriber”), hereby represents, warrants, covenants and certifies to the Corporation (and acknowledges that the Corporation and its counsel are relying thereon) that:
(a) the Subscriber is resident in or otherwise subject to the securities laws of one of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Island;
(b) the Subscriber is purchasing the Subscription Receipts as principal for its own account and not for the benefit of any other person;
(c) the Subscriber is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of NI 45-106 on the basis that the undersigned fits within one of the categories of an “accredited investor” reproduced below beside which the undersigned has indicated the undersigned belongs to such category;
(d) the Subscriber was not created or used solely to purchase or hold securities as an accredited investor as described in paragraph (m) below; and
(e) upon execution of this Schedule B by the Subscriber, this Schedule B shall be incorporated into and form a part of the Subscription Agreement.
(PLEASE CHECK THE BOX OF THE APPLICABLE CATEGORY OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
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a Canadian financial institution, or a Schedule III bank; |
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the Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business Development Bank of Canada Act (Canada); |
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a subsidiary of any person referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), if the person owns all of the voting securities of the subsidiary, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors of that subsidiary; |
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a person registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as an adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer under one or both of the Securities Act (Ontario) or the Securities Act (Newfoundland and Labrador); |
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an individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a person referred to in paragraph (d); |
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the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown corporation, agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada; |
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a municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan community, school board, the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal or an intermunicipal management board in Québec; |
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any national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal government of or in any foreign jurisdiction, or any agency of that government; |
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a pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada; |
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an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, financial assets having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000; |
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an individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the two most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the two most recent calendar years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year; |
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an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least $5,000,000; |
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a person, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial statements; |
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an investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to (i) a person that is or was an accredited investor at the time of the distribution, (ii) a person that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances referred to in sections 2.10 [Minimum amount investment] and 2.19 [Additional investment in investment funds] of NI 45-106, or (iii) a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires or acquired securities under section 2.18 [Investment fund reinvestment] of NI 45-106; |
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an investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator or, in Québec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a receipt; |
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a trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to carry on business under the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) or under comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by the trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be; |
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a person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person (i) is registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and (ii) in Ontario, is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment fund; |
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a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from an eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction of the registered charity to give advice on the securities being traded; |
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an entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to any of the entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i) in form and function; |
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a person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors, are persons that are accredited investors; |
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an investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser or a person that is exempt from registration as an adviser, or |
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a person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory authority or, except in Ontario and Québec, the regulator as (i) an accredited investor, or (ii) an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia. |
For the purposes hereof, the following definitions are included for convenience:
(a) “Canadian financial institution” means (i) an association governed by the Cooperative Credit Associations Act (Canada) or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under section 473(1) of that Act, or (ii) a bank, loan corporation, trust company, trust corporation, insurance company, treasury branch, credit union, caisse populaire, financial services cooperative, or league that, in each case, is authorized by an enactment of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada to carry on business in Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
(b) “control person” has the same meaning as in securities legislation except in Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Island and Québec where control person means any person that holds or is one of a combination of persons that holds (i) a sufficient number of any of the securities of an issuer so as to affect materially the control of the issuer, or (ii) more than 20% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer except where there is evidence showing that the holding of those securities does not affect materially the control of the issuer;
(c) “entity” means a company, syndicate, partnership, trust or unincorporated organization;
(d) “financial assets” means cash, securities, or any a contract of insurance, a deposit or an evidence of a deposit that is not a security for the purposes of securities legislation;
(e) “founder” means, in respect of an issuer, a person who, (i) acting alone, in conjunction, or in concert with one or more persons, directly or indirectly, takes the initiative in founding, organizing or substantially reorganizing the business of the issuer, and (ii) at the time of the trade is actively involved in the business of the issuer;
(f) “fully managed account” means an account of a client for which a person makes the investment decisions if that person has full discretion to trade in securities for the account without requiring the client’s express consent to a transaction;
(g) “investment fund” means a mutual fund or a non-redeemable investment fund, and, for greater certainty in British Columbia, includes an employee venture capital corporation that does not have a restricted constitution, and is registered under Part 2 of the Employee Investment Act (British Columbia), R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 112, and whose business objective is making multiple investments and a venture capital corporation registered under Part 1 of the Small Business Venture Capital Act (British Columbia), R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 429 whose business objective is making multiple investments;
(h) “mutual fund” means an issuer whose primary purpose is to invest money provided by its security holders and whose securities entitle the holder to receive on demand, or within a specified period after demand, an amount computed by reference to the value of a proportionate interest in the whole or in part of the net assets, including a separate fund or trust account, of the issuer;
(i) “non-redeemable investment fund” means an issuer,
(A) whose primary purpose is to invest money provided by its securityholders,
(B) that does not invest,
(i) for the purpose of exercising or seeking to exercise control of an issuer, other than an issuer that is a mutual fund or a non-redeemable investment fund, or
(ii) for the purpose of being actively involved in the management of any issuer in which it invests, other than an issuer that is a mutual fund or a non-redeemable investment fund, and
(C) that is not a mutual fund;
(j) “related liabilities” means liabilities incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing the acquisition or ownership of financial assets and liabilities that are secured by financial assets;
(k) “Schedule III bank” means an authorized foreign bank named in Schedule III of the Bank Act (Canada);
(l) “spouse” means an individual who (i) is married to another individual and is not living separate and apart within the meaning of the Divorce Act (Canada), from the other individual, (ii) is living with another individual in a marriage-like relationship, including a marriage-like relationship between individuals of the same gender, or (iii) in Alberta, is an individual referred to in paragraph (i) or (ii), or is an adult interdependent partner within the meaning of the Adult Interdependent Relationships Act (Alberta); and
(m) “subsidiary” means an issuer that is controlled directly or indirectly by another issuer and includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary.
In NI 45-106 a person or company is an affiliate of another person or company if one of them is a subsidiary of the other, or if each of them is controlled by the same person.
In NI 45-106 a person (first person) is considered to control another person (second person) if (a) the first person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over securities of the second person carrying votes which, if exercised, would entitle the first person to elect a majority of the directors of the second person, unless that first person holds the voting securities only to secure an obligation, (b) the second person is a partnership, other than a limited partnership, and the first person holds more than 50% of the interests of the partnership, or (c) the second person is a limited partnership and the general partner of the limited partnership is the first person.
The foregoing representations contained in this certificate are true and accurate as of the date of this certificate and will be true and accurate as of the Closing Time. If any such representations shall not be true and accurate prior to the Closing Time, the undersigned shall give immediate written notice of such fact to the Corporation prior to the Closing Time.
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SCHEDULE C
UNITED STATES
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR CERTIFICATE
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U.S. Gold Corporation (the “Corporation”) |
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GMP Securities L.P. |
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Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx Corp. |
CERTIFICATE
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed thereto in the Subscription Agreement to which this certificate was attached.
In connection with the purchase of subscription receipts (the “Subscription Receipts”) of U.S. Gold Corporation (the “Corporation”), the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that:
1. the Subscriber (or if the Subscriber is acting on behalf of a principal, then for the principal for whom the Subscriber is acting) satisfies one or more of the following categories of “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), by virtue of the Subscriber being:
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o Category 1. Any bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the U.S. Securities Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the U.S. Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any insurance company as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the U.S. Securities Act; any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of US$5,000,000; or any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors
o Category 2. A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
o Category 3. An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscription Receipts, with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000
o Category 4. A trust that: (a) has total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, (b) was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscription Receipts, and (c) is directed in its purchases of securities by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he/she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscription Receipts
o Category 5. An entity in which all of the equity owners satisfy the requirements of one or more of the foregoing categories
2. (a) if the undersigned is the Subscriber, he or she is making the above statement based on personal knowledge of his or her financial situation and has reviewed personal financial documentation with an accountant, financial advisor or other financial professional, if necessary, to determine that the above statement is true; or (b) if the undersigned is other than the Subscriber, he or she is making the above statement based on a review, if necessary, of the financial statements of the Subscriber for the most recently completed financial year and any interim financial statements prepared since the end of such financial year and has undertaken such other review and due diligence necessary to determine and certify that the Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of the U.S. Securities Act; and
3. the Subscriber understands that the Corporation is relying on this certificate as evidence of the Subscriber’s status as an “accredited investor” in accordance with Rule 501(a) of the U.S. Securities Act.
The foregoing representations contained in this certificate are true and accurate as of the date of this certificate and will be true and accurate as of the Closing Time. If any such representations shall not be true and accurate prior to the Closing Time, the undersigned shall give immediate written notice of such fact to the Corporation prior to the Closing Time.
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